2019 FIFA U-17 WC: Brazil, France join Mexico, Netherlands in semi-finals

12 november 2019 - 05:24:11
Cariacica, Brazil (PANA) - Hosts Brazil and France on Monday completed the semi-final list at the 2019 FIFA Under-17 World [...] Full text...

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Several African leaders to attend UNESCO General Conference beginning Tuesday in Paris

11 november 2019 - 18:48:05
Paris, France (PANA) - Several African heads of state and government will take part in the UN agency's General Conference [...] Full text...

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Tunisia to participate in the 10th Algiers International Film Festival

11 november 2019 - 17:29:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will participate in the 10th edition of the International Film Festival of Algiers (FICA) in [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Prime Minister to visit France and Italy

11 november 2019 - 17:02:24
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Prime Minister, Youssef Chahed, is due in Paris on Monday to deliver a message from [...] Full text...

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Gambia's genocide case against Myanmar at ICJ filed on Monday

11 november 2019 - 16:42:06
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the Genocide Convention,  filed [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Tutu meets Springbok rugby heroes

11 november 2019 - 13:10:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Hundreds of thousands of people on Monday took to the streets of Cape Town [...] Full text...

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2019 FIFA U-17 WC: Mexico, Netherlands reach semi-finals

11 november 2019 - 06:58:34
Cariacica, Brazil (PANA) - The following are results from the two quarter-final matches played on Sunday at the 2019 FIFA [...] Full text...

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Malian President IBK to participate in Paris Peace Forum

10 november 2019 - 12:26:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA)  -  Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita will participate in the Paris Peace Forum and the 40th UNESCO [...] Full text...

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AFCON-Cameroon 2021: Mali picks 27 players for qualifiers against Guinea, Chad

09 november 2019 - 14:05:13
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national football team coach Mohamed Magassouba on Friday released a list of players selected for [...] Full text...

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Second conference of Maghreb Confederation of vascular medicine opens in Tunisia

08 november 2019 - 22:17:22
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  The second conference of the Maghreb Confederation of vascular medicine began in the Tunisian southeastern city [...] Full text...

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Tunisia hosts Franco-Libyan Civil Defense Forum

08 november 2019 - 15:53:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Franco-Libyan forum on civil defense, aimed at promoting cooperation and exchange of experience between Libya [...] Full text...

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2019 FIFA U-17 WC: Italy, Paraguay complete quarter-final list

08 november 2019 - 06:01:36
Cariacica, Brazil (PANA) - Below are results of the remaining Round of 16 matches played on Thursday at the 2019 [...] Full text...

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'International community concerned about the situation in Guinea'

07 november 2019 - 12:01:18
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The international community said on Thursday that it is closely monitoring the Guinean government's legal proceedings [...] Full text...

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2019 FIFA U-17 WC: Senegal exit from Round of 16

07 november 2019 - 03:36:59
Goiânia, Brazil (PANA) - Senegal on Wednesday joined Angola and Nigeria in leaving the 2019 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in [...] Full text...

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Beninese intellectual, politician Albert Tévoédjrè passes on

06 november 2019 - 22:51:00
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)  - The Beninese international intellectual and politician, Professor Albert Tévoédjrè, died Wednesday in his native town of [...] Full text...

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Developing, developed countries given equal time at UN General Assembly . president

06 november 2019 - 22:13:32
New York, USA (PANA)   -  The president of the United Nations (UN)General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Wednesday dismissed charges that several [...] Full text...

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CAN Cameroon 2021 qualifiers: 25 Mauritanians to play against Morocco and CAR

06 november 2019 - 13:27:22
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's national football team coach, Frenchman Corentin Martins, has released a list of 25 players selected [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Senate introduces bill to regulate social media

06 november 2019 - 11:01:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate has introduced a bill to regulate the use of the social media, just [...] Full text...

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Tunisia private TV channel owner arrested for embezzlement

06 november 2019 - 08:53:32
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The owner of the private television channel "El Hiwar Ettounsi", Sami Fehri, and two associates have [...] Full text...

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2019 FIFA U-17 WC: Angola, Nigeria knocked out

06 november 2019 - 04:52:40
Goiânia, Brazil (PANA) - Angola and Nigeria, two African hopefuls for places in the quarter-finals of the 2019 FIFA Under-17 [...] Full text...

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Chinese donkey skin harvesting: A threat to traditional draught power and food security

05 november 2019 - 21:16:05
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Chinese harvesting of donkey skins in Botswana and in some parts of Africa poses a [...] Full text...

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French Defence minister received by President Keita in Bamako

05 november 2019 - 20:19:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA)  - The French minister of armies, Florence Parly, arrived here Tuesday to a warm welcome by Malian [...] Full text...

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2019 FIFA U-17 WC: Round of 16 fixtures

05 november 2019 - 16:31:50
Goiânia, Brazil (PANA) - The following are the Round-of-16 matches, to be played on 5, 6 and 7 of November, [...] Full text...

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New joint military operation launched against terrorism in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

05 november 2019 - 15:57:34
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - French Defence minister Florence Parly on Monday announced in Ouagadougou the launch of a new [...] Full text...

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Four sailors kidnapped in Togolese territorial waters

05 november 2019 - 13:50:39
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Pirates attacked a Greek-flagged vessel in Togolese territorial waters on Monday, wounding one crew member and [...] Full text...

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Opening of Rwandan genocide trial delayed by bomb threat at Brussels courthouse

05 november 2019 - 10:46:44
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The trial of Fabien Neretsé, accused of involvement in the 1994 genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda, [...] Full text...

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Air France resumes flights to Liberian capital

04 november 2019 - 21:26:18
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA)    -   The Liberian government announced here Monday that, after months of negotiations, Air France had agreed to [...] Full text...

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Sudan PM Hamdouk pays rare visit to restive region of Darfur

04 november 2019 - 18:15:17
Khartoum, Sudan(PANA) - Sudan’s Prime Minister, Dr Abdallah Hamdouk, has paid a rare visit to the camps of the internally [...] Full text...

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French Minister of Armed Forces arrives in Ouagadougou

04 november 2019 - 15:05:23
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, arrived in Ouagadougou on Monday. She was welcomed [...] Full text...

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French Minister of Armies visits Chad

04 november 2019 - 14:21:26
Paris, France (PANA) - French Minister of  Armed Forces, Florence Parly, arrived in N'Djamena on Monday for a visit to [...] Full text...

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Soro attacks Côte d'Ivoire's Ouattara regime from Italy

04 november 2019 - 13:32:23
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - While in Italy where he organized his "crush" in Milan this weekend, Guillaume Soro, a [...] Full text...

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2019 FIFA U-17 WC: All the 16 qualifiers emerge as Cameroon return home

04 november 2019 - 05:45:02
Gama, Brazil (PANA) - All the 16 qualifiers for the knockout stage of the 2019 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in [...] Full text...

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2019 FIFA U-17 WC: Senegal emerge Group D runners-up

03 november 2019 - 05:55:18
Cariacica, Brazil (PANA) - Senegal, already with a Round-of-16 berth in hand, on Saturday lost their first match at the [...] Full text...

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UNESCO alerts on violence against the media

02 november 2019 - 05:40:16
Paris, France (PANA) - Almost 90% percent of those responsible for the killing of 1,109 journalists around the world from [...] Full text...

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2019 FIFA U-17 WC: Nigeria win Group B, Angola second in Group A

02 november 2019 - 05:06:40
Gama, Brazil (PANA) - Despite losing 2-1 to Australia, Nigeria on Friday emerged winner of Group B at the ongoing [...] Full text...

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15 former collaborators of Joseph Kabila want EU sanctions against them lifted

01 november 2019 - 14:03:21
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - According to a press statement issued in Brussels on Friday by the law firm Daldewolf, the [...] Full text...

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France gives 2 billion CFA Francs to Mali for border Project

01 november 2019 - 13:56:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  The French Development Agency (AFD) and the National Investment Agency of Local Authorities (ANICT) on Thursday [...] Full text...

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US calls on Ethiopian PM to help South Sudanese reach peace

01 november 2019 - 12:55:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States has appealed to Ethiopia to help South Sudanese implement a peace agreement and [...] Full text...

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Government monitors situation of Malians expelled from homes in France

01 november 2019 - 12:02:20
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government is monitoring the situation of its nationals expelled from Baara in Montreuil, France, [...] Full text...

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2019 FIFA U-17 WC: Cameroon disappoint again

01 november 2019 - 06:28:14
Cariacica, Brazil (PANA) - While Angola, Nigeria and Senegal have moved into the knockout stage of the 2019 FIFA Under-17 [...] Full text...

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CAN Cameroon 2021: Coach picks 24 Senegalese players to battle Congo, Eswatini

31 october 2019 - 15:55:05
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal national football team A coach Aliou Cisse on Thursday released a list of 24 players [...] Full text...

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Denmark backs up Operation Barkhane and MINUSMA

31 october 2019 - 14:12:33
Paris, France (PANA) - The Danish Parliament has approved the deployment of several men and air equipment to assist Operation [...] Full text...

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Malian international Aissata Traoré signs two-year contract with French club

31 october 2019 - 13:12:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali 's international footballer Aissata Traoré has signed a two - year contract, with an additional [...] Full text...

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2019 FIFA U-17 WC: Senegal, 3rd African country to advance to knockout stage

31 october 2019 - 06:48:52
Cariacica, Brazil (PANA) - Goals from Pape Sarr and Aliou Baide on Wednesday launched Senegal to the Round of 16 [...] Full text...

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. AI pays tribute to Nigerian human rights activist Kellu Haruna

30 october 2019 - 15:32:31
Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International has paid a strong tribute to the human rights activist and president of  Knifar [...] Full text...

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Tunisian companies attend 'Ambition Africa Forum' in Paris

30 october 2019 - 14:39:22
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Sixty Tunisian companies are taking part in the second 'Ambition Africa Economic Forum 2019' which is [...] Full text...

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France, Germany, Italy agree to take in 194 African migrants rescued in Mediterranean

30 october 2019 - 11:57:30
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - France, Germany and Italy have agreed to receive the 194 African migrants rescued off Libya, the [...] Full text...

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2019 FIFA U-17 WC: Nigeria, 3rd country to qualify for Round of 16

30 october 2019 - 07:02:39
Goiânia, Brazil (PANA) - Five-time champions Nigeria became the third country to qualify for the round of 16 at the [...] Full text...

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France to invest €700,000 euros on research on climate change adaptation in Nigeria, France

30 october 2019 - 06:59:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – France on Tuesday pledged to invest €700,000 on educational research aimed at fostering collaboration on climate [...] Full text...

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EU grants Tunisia "partner for local democracy" status

29 october 2019 - 19:49:10
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The conference of local and regional authorities of the European Council, held Tuesday in Strasbourg, France, [...] Full text...

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NGOs urgently call on EU to provide landing harbour for migrants fleeing Libya

29 october 2019 - 19:01:06
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Two humanitarian NGOs, SOS Mediterranean and Doctors of the World, on Monday called on the European [...] Full text...

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Cape Town to host 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens

29 october 2019 - 11:49:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cape Town has been named as the host city for the 2022 Rugby World [...] Full text...

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Casablanca to host 2nd edition of Futur.e.s in Africa

28 october 2019 - 15:12:28
Paris, France (PANA) - The second edition of Futur.e.s in Africa, the first event of the Franco-Moroccan cooperation dedicated to [...] Full text...

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21 Malians to play CAN U23 in Egypt

28 october 2019 - 14:01:24
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian U23 national team coach Fanyeri Diarra has unveiled  selected players for the African Cup of [...] Full text...

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German FM arrives in Libya to relaunch Berlin international conference on Libya (News Analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

28 october 2019 - 07:46:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – German foreign minister Heiko Maas arrived in Libya on Sunday as part of a North African [...] Full text...

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Mauritius ranked 5th in ease of paying taxes

28 october 2019 - 06:49:57
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius has been ranked 5th in the Ease of Paying Taxes Index of the World Bank’s [...] Full text...

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Jury selected for 2019 Carthage Film Days (CFD)

26 october 2019 - 12:57:04
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  Some 15 filmmakers, producers, directors, scriptwriters and actors will constitute the official juries for the 2019 [...] Full text...

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Russia-Africa Summit: "We are pursuing our interests", says Burkinabe President

25 october 2019 - 17:35:42
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, said on Friday that Africa's rapprochement with Russia should [...] Full text...

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32nd International Cycling Tour of Burkina Faso kicks off

25 october 2019 - 14:43:21
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The  32nd edition of the Burkina Faso International Cycling Tour started Friday in Ouagadougou with [...] Full text...

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UN announces global initiative to encourage multilateralism

24 october 2019 - 23:28:02
New York, USA (PANA)  -  United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres Thursday announced a global campaign on inclusive dialogue around [...] Full text...

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Niger to stop uranium production at the Akouta site in 2021

24 october 2019 - 18:48:59
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Uranium production at Akouta Mining Company (COMINA, North Niger) will be halted by March 31, 2021, [...] Full text...

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ASPT committed to promoting tourism in southern Senegal

24 october 2019 - 17:42:44
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Agency for Tourism Promotion (ASPT), in partnership with the International Agreement of Ziguinchor and [...] Full text...

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France provides 71 million Euros for integrative projects in Central Africa region

24 october 2019 - 14:26:28
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Central African Development Bank has received 71 million Euros in French overall budget support for [...] Full text...

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Western states pledge support for planned reforms of Sudan’s economy

24 october 2019 - 12:20:35
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Assistant Secretary for U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, says his country [...] Full text...

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Africa-Russia Summit: G5 Sahel calls on Russia to join fight against terrorism in the Sahel

24 october 2019 - 11:40:17
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's head of state, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, who is also the current G5 [...] Full text...

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3 professors awarded 2019 UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Life Sciences Research

23 october 2019 - 23:06:08
Paris, France (PANA)   -  The UN agency announced here Tuesday the names of three professors as recipients of the 2019 [...] Full text...

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Sudanese peace talks successful, spokesman says

23 october 2019 - 17:20:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A senior government official has described the political deal signed with the Sudanese rebel groups under [...] Full text...

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French Foreign minister on three-day visit to Cameroon

23 october 2019 - 14:17:54
Paris, France (PANA) - French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, on Wednesday started a 72-hour visit [...] Full text...

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Chad sets up 80-million-euro project to boost its agricultural sector

22 october 2019 - 16:21:48
Paris, France (PANA) - An 81.9-million-euro project has been awarded to Chad to help more than one million vulnerable smallholder [...] Full text...

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Italian coastguards evacuate 68 migrants rescued by tanker

22 october 2019 - 15:50:41
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Italian coastguards  on Tuesday evacuated 68 migrants from an oil tanker which rescued them, and took [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Deputy Premier meets with French bosses in Paris

22 october 2019 - 13:51:43
Paris, France (PANA) - Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen on Monday chaired a meeting of the France-East Africa Council [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire to hold Fifth International Agricultural and Animal Resources Fair next month

22 october 2019 - 10:54:32
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Fifth International Agricultural and Animal Resources Fair (SARA) will be held from 22 November to [...] Full text...

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Senegalese President at the 70th anniversary of "Présence Africaine" in Paris

21 october 2019 - 19:27:11
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Head of State, Macky Sall, will attend the official ceremony to commemorate the 70th [...] Full text...

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Sixth 'Musical Days of Carthage' ends in Tunis

19 october 2019 - 14:46:29
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Carthage Film Festival's highest award, the Golden Tanit, has been won by a Cameroon's "100% [...] Full text...

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Tourism receipts increase by 41% in Tunisia

18 october 2019 - 18:00:04
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tourism receipts in Tunisia have increased by 41% since the beginning of the year to October [...] Full text...

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Rwandan rider Samuel Mugisha considers France move after contract is up with South Africa's Dimension Data

18 october 2019 - 17:19:28
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  After his contract comes to an end with South African club, Dimension Data for Qhubeka, Rwandan [...] Full text...

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Sudan peace talks begin in Juba, rivals say they agreed on issues to be discussed in the negotiations

18 october 2019 - 16:10:15
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese rivals, currently engaged in peace talks in Juba, South Sudan, have agreed on issues to [...] Full text...

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Tunisia removed from FATF money laundering ''blacklist''

18 october 2019 - 14:48:09
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday removed Tunisia from the "blacklist" of countries "likely [...] Full text...

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Tunisia officially joins the Network of Anti-Corruption Authorities

18 october 2019 - 14:04:00
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia on Thursday officially signed the agreement to join the Network of Authorities for the Prevention [...] Full text...

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UNESCO, China sign agreement to support higher technical education in Africa

18 october 2019 - 13:22:45
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Director-General, Ms Audrey Azoulay, and Mr Tian Xuejun, the Chinese Vice-Minister of Education, signed an [...] Full text...

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FIFA U-17 World Cup: Senegal deny claims of age-fraud

18 october 2019 - 13:14:38
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Senegal have denied reports of age-cheating as their 21-man squad for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup [...] Full text...

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UN proclaims International Day for Universal Access to Information

18 october 2019 - 09:49:28
Paris, France (PANA) - A significant step has been taken to make a reality of “public access to information and [...] Full text...

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South Africa's retail giant withdraws "Apartheid symbol"

18 october 2019 - 09:22:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African retail giant Woolworths on Friday issued an apology after “mistakingly” marketing a [...] Full text...

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French top court upholds life sentence for former Rwandan mayors convicted of genocide

17 october 2019 - 19:25:54
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The  French top Court on Thursday upheld the decision of a lower court to sentence two [...] Full text...

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EU-UK reach agreement on Brexit

17 october 2019 - 13:49:42
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) and the UK have finally reached an agreement on the exit of [...] Full text...

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Projects from Botswana, Brazil and Germany win UNESCO-Japan prize on Education for Sustainable Development

16 october 2019 - 14:43:15
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, has named the three winners of this year’s UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education [...] Full text...

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Tunisia adheres to European child protection convention

16 october 2019 - 12:34:22
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Minister for Women, Family, Children and the Elderly, Neziha Laabidi on Tuesday submitted at the [...] Full text...

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Tunisia to submit application for accession to European Convention on protection of children against sexual exploitation

14 october 2019 - 20:55:26
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  Tunisian Minister of Women, the Family, Children and the Elderly Neziha Laabidi will Tuesday submit Tunisia's [...] Full text...

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Togo suffers loss of two friendly matches in Marseilles

14 october 2019 - 15:54:24
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Two friendly matches played by Togo's national team, 'Sparrowhawks', last week in Marseilles, France, as part [...] Full text...

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France moves gradually to restore diplomatic ties with Burundi

11 october 2019 - 17:55:41
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)  -    France recently appointed Stéphane Gruenberg as its new ambassador to Burundi, with a mission to relaunch [...] Full text...

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Malian President meets leaders of French forces in Bamako

11 october 2019 - 15:56:46
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Thursday met in Bamako with General Pascal Facon, Commander of [...] Full text...

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Niger president appeals for solidarity to fight AIDS, malaria, TB epidemics

11 october 2019 - 13:15:36
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's head of state Issoufou Mahamadou  on Thursday in Lyon, France, appealed for solidarity with the [...] Full text...

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Global community pledges $14 billion to step up fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria

11 october 2019 - 05:49:58
Lyon, France (PANA) - Donors have pledged just over $14 billion for the next three years to save 16 million [...] Full text...

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France, Switzerland, Denmark reaffirm commitment to strengthen cooperation with Burkina Faso

10 october 2019 - 22:51:37
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Thursday held a working session with his [...] Full text...

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Mali’s coach names 25 players for South Africa friendly

10 october 2019 - 21:15:49
Bamako, Mali (PANA)  -  The interim coach of the Malian national football team, The Eagles, Mohamed Magassouba, Thursday released the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius entering new cycle of development, says Minister

10 october 2019 - 17:40:31
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Mr Nandcoomar Bodha, on Thursday [...] Full text...

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UNICEF to use crypto currencies

09 october 2019 - 23:14:31
New York, USA (PANA)  -  The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has launched a cryptocurrency fund which will be able [...] Full text...

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Sevare populations demand departure of MINUSMA and Barkane from Mali

09 october 2019 - 17:49:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The people of Sevare, located some 15 kilometers from Mopti, in central Mali, demonstrated on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Global fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's replenishment conference to open in Lyon

09 october 2019 - 10:14:36
Paris, France (PANA) - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's 6th replenishment conference opens on Wednesday in [...] Full text...

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Burkina president to take part in conference on funding fight against AIDS, malaria in France

08 october 2019 - 21:20:31
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré will from 9-11 October take part in the [...] Full text...

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French ambassador in Burkina Faso reaffirms country’s support for fight against terrorism in Burkina Faso

08 october 2019 - 20:53:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  The Burkinabè minister of security, Ousséni Compaoré, on Tuesday met with Luc Hallade, French ambassador [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: French ambassador reaffirms his country's support in the fight against terrorism

08 october 2019 - 17:40:06
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Speaking when he received Luc Hallade, the French ambassador to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's Minister of [...] Full text...

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Seidik Abba's book on Boko Haram to be released Wednesday in Paris

08 october 2019 - 17:01:08
Paris, France (PANA) - Nigerian journalist and writer, Seidik Abba, has published a book on the Nigerian terrorist sect, Boko [...] Full text...

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Togo to play two friendlies in France against Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea

08 october 2019 - 13:50:57
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's national football team will play two friendlies in Marseille, France, with Cape Verde and Equatorial [...] Full text...

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Interpol issues arrest warrant against Bissau-Guinean and Colombian for drug trafficking

07 october 2019 - 17:10:19
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Interpol has issued international arrest warrants for a Luso-Guinean and a Colombian man suspected of drug [...] Full text...

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French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs begins Senegal, Cape Verde visits on Sunday

06 october 2019 - 10:17:24
Paris, France (PANA) - French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne begins a three-day visit on Sunday to [...] Full text...

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Military escalation in Tripoli and the Berlin Conference on Libya highlighted in the news

05 october 2019 - 18:42:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers were awash this week with stories from the current escalation of tension near Tripoli, [...] Full text...

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Burundians demonstrate against the renewed mandate of UN Commission on Human Rights

05 october 2019 - 16:59:19
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Demonstrations led by civil society, were held Saturday in Bujumbura, the economic capital of Burundi, and [...] Full text...

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French business delegation visits Madagascar, Mauritius

05 october 2019 - 16:08:46
Paris, France (PANA) - A delegation of French business leaders from Medef-International will travel from Monday to Thursday to Antananarivo, [...] Full text...

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Sub-regional workshop on drugs ends in Bamako

05 october 2019 - 13:56:55
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The fight against drugs and the repression of the phenomenon in the West African sub-region requires [...] Full text...

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Saturday, 5 October, is World Teachers' Day 2019

05 october 2019 - 06:51:03
Paris, France (PANA) - The World Teachers' Day (WTD), held annually on 5 October since 1994, commemorates the anniversary of [...] Full text...

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Mexican actress, Yalitza Aparicio, named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples

05 october 2019 - 06:23:22
Paris, France (PANA) - The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has named Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio as a UNESCO Goodwill [...] Full text...

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Burundi ministers ratify cooperation agreements with Turkey, Russia

03 october 2019 - 16:46:40
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi Council of Ministers on Tuesday and Wednesday adopted two draft laws to ratify a [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: National football team to take on Gabon in Paris

03 october 2019 - 15:28:41
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's national football team coach, Kamou Malo, on Thursday called 26 players to face [...] Full text...

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Woman ,daughter killed after rocket falls on their home south of Tripoli

03 october 2019 - 13:07:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A woman was killed late Wednesday as a rocket fell on her home at Sidi Slim, [...] Full text...

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Botswana minister signs book of condolences for former French President Chirac

03 october 2019 - 12:36:51
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Minister for Presidential Affairs, Governance and Public Administration, Nonofo Molefhi, signed a book of condolence at [...] Full text...

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International symposium on armed conflicts, insecurity in Sahel opens in Bamako

03 october 2019 - 11:55:44
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An international scientific symposium on the theme: "Armed conflicts and insecurity in the West African Sahel: [...] Full text...

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Benin makes youth mobilization a weapon in the fight against climate change

02 october 2019 - 19:40:30
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin is making the mobilization of young people a weapon for the fight against climate change, [...] Full text...

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Mali wins Africa Cup of Maracana

02 october 2019 - 15:14:41
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Minister of Youth and Sports Arouna Modibo Touré on Wednesday welcomed home the new winners [...] Full text...

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Congo public schools continue to face chronic shortage of furniture as new academic year begins

02 october 2019 - 06:13:56
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - As Congolese children prepare to begin the 2019/20 new school year, they will be walk into [...] Full text...

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Malian president signs book of condolence for former French President Jacques Chirac

01 october 2019 - 11:44:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta on Monday signed signed the book of condolence opened for the [...] Full text...

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PM Hamdouk praises France's efforts for achieving peace in Sudan

30 september 2019 - 20:02:44
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese Prime Minister, Dr. Abdullah Hamdouk, has commended efforts by France in achieving peace in Sudan, [...] Full text...

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France pledge 60 million Euros as support to Sudan

30 september 2019 - 19:38:50
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - France has pledged to provide some 60 million Euros as grant to the government of the [...] Full text...

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Will hardening of positions of the main protagonists undermine Conference between Libyans? (News analysis by BA Youssef, PANA Correspondent)

30 september 2019 - 10:53:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The conference of the various factions in Libya, which is intended, as part of the UN-sponsored [...] Full text...

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Sudanese premier visits France

29 september 2019 - 19:47:17
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -  Sudan’s Prime Minister Dr. Abdallah Hamdouk on Sunday arrived here for an official visit at the [...] Full text...

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DRC, France launch Ebola treatment support project

29 september 2019 - 16:36:51
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)  -  The Ebola special envoy for France, Pr Yves Levy, with the DRC ministry of health, [...] Full text...

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Ministerial conference on Libya appeals for end of foreign interference, respect for arm embargo

29 september 2019 - 14:40:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  A ministerial conference on Libya, held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: France involved in community sensitization on Ebola

29 september 2019 - 14:18:53
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)  -  France, with the Club RFI, has begun actions to sensitize communities on the Ebola virus [...] Full text...

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Libyan media highlight meetings in New York and preparations for the international conference

28 september 2019 - 17:53:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Increasing meetings on Libya on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, ahead [...] Full text...

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New airstrikes against government forces kill several people in Sirte

28 september 2019 - 11:11:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The air force under Marshal Khalifa Haftar on Friday evening attacked various locations in Sirte, central [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian president expresses deep sadness over the death of Chirac

27 september 2019 - 18:02:38
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In a message of condolence addressed Friday to French President Emmanuel Macron, the Mauritanian head of [...] Full text...

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IBK condoles French President Macron on death of Jacques Chirac

27 september 2019 - 15:14:47
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malians President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has sent a condolence message to French President Emmanuel Macron following [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: New members of the Independent Electoral Commission sworn in

27 september 2019 - 14:41:20
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Fourteen of the 15 newly-appointed members of the Ivorian Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) were sworn [...] Full text...

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Haftar's jet fighter targets site near downtown Tripoli

27 september 2019 - 13:46:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An airstrike on Friday caused a powerful explosion that shook central Tripoli and its echoes were [...] Full text...

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President Faure Gnassingbé hails memory of Jacques Chirac, ‘loyal friend for Togo’

26 september 2019 - 22:06:59
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé in a tweet on Thursday following the death of former French [...] Full text...

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France grants Burkina Faso about 35 million US dollars in budget support

26 september 2019 - 20:28:17
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso minister of economy, finances and development, Lassané Kaboré, and the director of [...] Full text...

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Countries involved in Libyan crisis lay groundwork for an international conference on Libya

26 september 2019 - 19:56:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Foreign ministers of countries involved in the Libyan crisis met in New York on Thursday in [...] Full text...

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All French people are affected by death of Jacques Chirac - Sarkozy

26 september 2019 - 16:55:49
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The passing of former French President, Jacques Chirac, this Thursday at the age of 86 [...] Full text...

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France's ex-president Hollande eulogises Jacques Chirac as a fighter

26 september 2019 - 14:46:56
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Former French president Jacques Chirac, who died on Thursday at the age of 86, was [...] Full text...

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Libya's Sarraj meets Guterres, Moussa Faki on Libyan crisis

26 september 2019 - 12:26:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fayez al-Sarraj, President of Libya's Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Former French President Jacques Chirac dies

26 september 2019 - 11:40:04
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Former French President Jacques Chirac died on Thursday aged 86, French media reported. Chirac was born [...] Full text...

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Thomas Cook bankruptcy raises concerns over tourism industry in Cape Verde

25 september 2019 - 17:33:49
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Tour operators on the island of Sal, Cape Verde's main tourist center, are worried about [...] Full text...

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British government to pay back Tunisian hotels affected by collapse of Thomas Cook

25 september 2019 - 13:36:37
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian authorities will established a fund to pay the debts owned by the collapsed Thomas [...] Full text...

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EU reaffirms support for UN special representative Salamé's actions in Libya

25 september 2019 - 11:39:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - European Union (EU) foreign ministers reaffirmed on Wednesday in New York their support for the efforts [...] Full text...

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French president Macron to host conference for Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

25 september 2019 - 07:01:02
Lyon, France (PANA) - The Sixth Replenishment Conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will be [...] Full text...

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UN: Burkina leader calls for bilateral, international solidarity to provide joint G5 Sahel force with equipment

24 september 2019 - 22:25:41
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Tuesday called the international community for bilateral [...] Full text...

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Fayez al-Sarraj denounces "those who have obstructed the implementation of the Libyan Political Agreement"

24 september 2019 - 19:50:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Unity, Fayez al-Sarraj, has lamented [...] Full text...

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Messi crowned 'Best Footballer' for sixth time

24 september 2019 - 09:47:40
Milan, Italy (PANA) - Argentina and Barcelona football legend Lionel Messi  on Monday won The Best FIFA Men’s Player for [...] Full text...

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ICC: 15 arrest warrant remain on 15 high profile Africans years after issue

24 september 2019 - 06:03:53
New York, USA (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) says outstanding arrest warrants from years ago remain for 15 [...] Full text...

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Bankruptcy of Thomas Cook causes 79 million Euros losses for Tunisian hotels

23 september 2019 - 23:45:27
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -  Mouna Ben Halima (Mrs), director of communication at the Tunisian federation of hotels, said here Monday [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire becomes first African member-country of WB programme on capacity strengthening for executives

23 september 2019 - 21:15:43
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -   Côte d’Ivoire has become the first African member-country of the World Bank programme for capacity [...] Full text...

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Mali: President of Kayes Regional Council arrested for misappropriation of public funds

23 september 2019 - 15:18:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Kayes Regional Council (Western Mali), Bandiougou Diawara, and some of his close [...] Full text...

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Ministerial meeting due Thursday in New York to prepare for International Conference on Libya

23 september 2019 - 13:24:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - France and Italy will on Thursday jointly chair a meeting of foreign ministers of countries seeking [...] Full text...

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Terrorist threat in Libya exacerbated by Tripoli war (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

23 september 2019 - 11:04:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Last Thursday, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) carried out an airstrike against elements of the Islamic [...] Full text...

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MSF says WHO 'tightly controlling' Ebola vaccine supplies, access

23 september 2019 - 09:44:14
Paris, France (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is accusing the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) of "tightly [...] Full text...

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UAE, 5 other countries reaffirm support for NOC as the only Libyan institution

22 september 2019 - 19:21:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the ambassadors and chargés d'affaires of five Western countries (Germany, [...] Full text...

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Libyan High council of State wants Fayez al-Sarraj to take action against foreign interference

22 september 2019 - 16:53:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya’s high Council of State, a consultative assembly, has called on the chairman of the Libyan [...] Full text...

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Libyan media highlight proposed international conference to end crisis

21 september 2019 - 18:33:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Preparations for an international conference on Libya scheduled for next autumn in the German capital, Berlin, [...] Full text...

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Former Guinea international Diawara appointed assistant coach of national football team

21 september 2019 - 09:47:20
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Former Guinea international and team manager Kaba Diawara has been appointed assistant coach of the national [...] Full text...

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WB vice-president visits in Côte d'Ivoire

21 september 2019 - 05:32:24
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - World Bank Vice President for Human Resources Ousmane Diagana began a five-day visit to Côte [...] Full text...

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Congo to set up high commission for suppression of Illegal trafficking in counterfeit medicines

21 september 2019 - 04:43:50
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government plans to set up a new office to crack down on illicit trafficking [...] Full text...

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A delegation of the French employers’ group expected in Senegal on Monday

20 september 2019 - 18:03:39
Paris, France (PANA) – A company delegation from the France-Africa council of Medef-international will on Monday travel to Senegal to [...] Full text...

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Will a ceasefire be imposed by the Security Council to ensure success of Libya’s political process? (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA Correspondent)

20 september 2019 - 15:43:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Preparatory confabs  on Libya, held ahead of the international conference scheduled for autumn in Berlin, the [...] Full text...

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Haftar and US Ambassador meet in Dubai to discuss the crisis in Libya

20 september 2019 - 12:22:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Marshal Khalifa Haftar on Thursday met in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, [...] Full text...

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'Doing nothing to mitigate against climate related shocks could be devastating in Africa'

20 september 2019 - 05:45:46
New York, USA (PANA) - The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) president, Francesco Rocca, says [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire: Confirmation hearing of the two former Central African anti-Balaka military leaders opens

19 september 2019 - 19:02:32
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The confirmation hearing of the two former Central African anti-Balaka military leaders, Alfred Yekatom and [...] Full text...

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2022 YOG: France to put its know-how on sports at Senegal's disposal

19 september 2019 - 18:57:47
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The organizing committee of the 4th Youth Olympic Games (YOG), scheduled for 2022 in Senegal, has this [...] Full text...

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President Barrow says country’s economic growth has generally strengthened

19 september 2019 - 17:12:32
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow, has said that that country's economic growth has generally strengthened, while inflation [...] Full text...

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France condemns clashes in CAR locality of Birao

18 september 2019 - 19:10:28
Paris, France (PANA) – France on Wednesday ‘’strongly’’ condemned the clashes that broke out on Saturday in Birao, northern region [...] Full text...

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Military escalation continues with new air raids on Wednesday

18 september 2019 - 17:35:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fighter jets of the Libyan National Army commanded by Marshall Khalifa Haftar on Wednesday afternoon carried [...] Full text...

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Egyptian housing minister, French employers’ group meet in Paris

18 september 2019 - 15:53:39
Paris, France (PANA) – Egyptian minister of Housing and City agglomerations, Assem El-Gazzar, will on Thursday attend in Paris a [...] Full text...

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"No military solution in Libya" - Italian PM

18 september 2019 - 15:36:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has reaffirmed that "there is no military solution to the Libyan [...] Full text...

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Efforts intensify to hold international conference on Libya

17 september 2019 - 22:21:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   Stakeholders have lately intensified diplomatic efforts at engaging the various partners to end the Libyan crisis.   This [...] Full text...

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Activist Kemi Seba invites Africans to mobilize against neo-colonialism, France

16 september 2019 - 22:33:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Pan-African activist Kemi Seba  has called on African peoples to mobilize against neo-colonialism, the CFA franc [...] Full text...

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15 African students receive the BGFIBank Foundation Excellence Scholarship

16 september 2019 - 19:15:57
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Fifteen students from Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire and Gabon are beneficiaries of the BGFIBank [...] Full text...

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DR Congo president Tshisekedi expected Monday in Brussels

16 september 2019 - 11:00:12
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi is expected in Brussels on Monday for a three-day official visit [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Heads of State committed to eradicate terrorism

15 september 2019 - 19:17:29
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have committed [...] Full text...

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Former Chadian leader Lol Mahamat Choua dies

15 september 2019 - 18:00:38
Paris, France (PANA) – Former Chadian president Lol Mahamat Choua  died on Sunday in the Chadian capital, Ndjamena,  following a [...] Full text...

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82 African migrants rescued off Libya by Ocean Viking land in Lampedusa

15 september 2019 - 11:39:37
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - A humanitarian vessel, Ocean Viking, with 82 African migrants on board, rescued in the open Mediterranean [...] Full text...

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Libyan news highlights Franco-German coordination to hold conference on Libya, extension of UNSMIL mandate

14 september 2019 - 17:34:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   Libyan newspapers this week continued coverage of efforts to resume the political process that has been [...] Full text...

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French Sports Minister to visit Senegal next week "to strengthen sports cooperation" between Paris and Dakar

13 september 2019 - 19:22:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The French Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, is expected to visit Dakar on 18 and 19 [...] Full text...

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International conference on Libya in Germany, challenges and perspectives (News analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

13 september 2019 - 18:44:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – There is a new ray of hope for a peaceful resolution of the Libyan crisis with [...] Full text...

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OIF Secretary General welcomes national dialogue in Cameroon

12 september 2019 - 18:59:26
Paris, France (PANA) - The Secretary General of La Francophonie, Louise Mushikiwabo, has welcomed the announcement by Cameroonian President Paul [...] Full text...

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France grants 33.5 million euros to Mali for agriculture, decentralization

12 september 2019 - 11:39:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and France on Wednesday signed several agreements totalling 33.5 million euros (about 21.98 billion CFA [...] Full text...

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Several associations want civilians protected in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel

11 september 2019 - 17:14:27
Paris, France (PANA) - Several humanitarian organizations on Wednesday signed a joint statement urging ECOWAS Heads of State and Government [...] Full text...

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Ivorian Rugby Federation appoints two senior officials

11 september 2019 - 15:35:37
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian Rugby Federation (FIR) on Wednesday announced the appointment of a national technical director, [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire beat Tunisia 2-1 in friendly match

11 september 2019 - 14:42:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire beat Tunisia 2-1 on Tuesday when they played a friendly in Rouen, France. The Ivorians [...] Full text...

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Malian Prime Minister received by French President

11 september 2019 - 11:03:52
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister, who is also Economy and Finance Minister, Boubou Cissé, was on Tuesday received [...] Full text...

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Youth in Timbuktu demand re-opening of Timbuktu-Niono south road

10 september 2019 - 21:29:00
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   Protesting youth of Timbuktu who have for the past week been asking the Malian government to [...] Full text...

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Tourist arrivals in Mauritius fall by 2% in August

10 september 2019 - 14:54:07
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Tourist arrivals in Mauritius decreased by 2% in  August compared to the same period last [...] Full text...

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Mauritania's new president to attend G5 Sahel, ECOWAS meetings in Ouagadougou

10 september 2019 - 11:07:51
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's new head of state, Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani, will take part in the G5 Sahel [...] Full text...

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Intl. football legend Didier Drogba expected in Kigali for Youth Connekt Africa summit

09 september 2019 - 22:34:11
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  -  Former international football star Didier Drogba is to attend Youth Connekt Africa summit next month in [...] Full text...

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Two African programs win UNESCO 2019 King Sejong Literacy Prize

09 september 2019 - 22:19:19
Paris, France (PANA)   -   UNESCO awarded on Monday its King Sejong 2019 Literacy Prize, on the occasion of International Literacy [...] Full text...

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Malian PM, French officials meet in Paris

09 september 2019 - 17:16:27
Paris, France (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé, on a working visit to France, will Wednesday in Paris meet [...] Full text...

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BBC, others in joint effort to fight fake news

09 september 2019 - 16:27:11
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - A new joint effort to deal with fake news has been put in place by [...] Full text...

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Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé visits France

09 september 2019 - 12:07:13
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé, also Minister of Economy and Finance, begins a two-day working visit to [...] Full text...

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UNESCO chief says engaging ‘head and mind’, key for effective learning

09 september 2019 - 05:46:18
Paris, France (PANA) - The Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has said that [...] Full text...

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Libya's Gov't of National Accord blasts UAE's 'hostile attitude' in Tripoli War

08 september 2019 - 19:17:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has denounced the United Arab Emirates [...] Full text...

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Continued efforts to resolve the Libyan crisis and the Security Council session made newspaper headlines

07 september 2019 - 19:21:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Efforts to find a solution to the crisis in Libya continue to dominate newspaper headlines that [...] Full text...

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Air strikes spark renewed violence in Tripoli war

07 september 2019 - 11:39:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fighter jets joined the fray in the past 24 hours in the battle for Tripoli with [...] Full text...

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