Time to apply the brakes to runaway AI, says pioneer
23 april 2026 - 07:53:50New York, US (PANA) - If AI is “a very fast car with no steering wheel” then regulation must provide [...] Full text...
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New York, US (PANA) - If AI is “a very fast car with no steering wheel” then regulation must provide [...] Full text...
UN resolution urges reparations for slavery’s ‘historical wrongs’
25 march 2026 - 20:19:01New York, US (PANA) - Applause erupted in the UN General Assembly Hall on Wednesday as Member States adopted a [...] Full text...
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AI ‘moving at the speed of light’ warns Guterres, unveiling recommendations for UN expert panel
05 february 2026 - 09:03:29New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Wednesday announced the list of experts nominated to the General Assembly to [...] Full text...
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FIFA World Cup trophy arrives in South Africa
30 january 2026 - 08:15:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The FIFA World Cup trophy arrived in Johannesburg on Friday morning after the Kigali, [...] Full text...
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UN Assembly president defends multilateralism, UN Charter in Davos
21 january 2026 - 19:30:58Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - From Davos, the President of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday warned that the world has [...] Full text...
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‘Beyond GDP’ economists push for clearer metrics on wellbeing, sustainability
13 january 2026 - 07:27:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Top finance experts are meeting at UN Geneva this week to push for a radical shake [...] Full text...
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Sudanese doctor wins international accolade of over 1 million dollars
08 november 2025 - 15:02:42Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan Doctors Network has sent a sympathetic congratulation to Dr. Jamal Al-Tayeb, Director of [...] Full text...
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Surviving the next pandemic could depend on where you live
04 november 2025 - 07:44:14New York, US (PANA) - A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making [...] Full text...
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South African court rules that Africa's first Nobel Laureate Albert Luthuli was murdered
31 october 2025 - 08:21:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The KwaZulu-Natal High Court has ruled that the 1967 death of liberation hero Albert [...] Full text...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office
10 october 2025 - 14:51:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision to [...] Full text...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office
10 october 2025 - 13:15:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision to [...] Full text...
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Peace begins behind bars: A corrections officer’s fight for dignity inside Congo’s prisons (A MONUSCO Feature)
08 october 2025 - 22:02:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The offer sounded almost unreal. The UN was fishing around for someone with a knack for [...] Full text...
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Three years ago, Finance & Development devoted a full issue to anticipating “The Money Revolution,” driven by innovations in finance, such as crypto assets. That revolution, writes F&D editor-in-chief Gita Bhatt, is now unfolding
08 september 2025 - 10:48:33Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The September issue of F&D looks at the new frontiers of finance, where technology, [...] Full text...
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How stablecoins and other financial innovations may reshape the global economy (By Gitab Bhatt of IMF)
05 september 2025 - 13:30:33Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Three years ago, Finance & Development devoted a full issue to anticipating “The Money Revolution,” [...] Full text...
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Technology, payments, and the rise of stablecoins (By Gita Bhatt F&D Editor-in-Chief)
04 september 2025 - 10:08:28Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Technology, data, and changing societal values are reshaping how people and institutions move money [...] Full text...
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South Africa prepares for annual Nelson Mandela Day
10 july 2025 - 07:53:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa is preparing for the annual Nelson Mandela Day on 18 July. The [...] Full text...
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UN Peacebuilding Commission ‘more needed than ever’ amid rising conflict
21 june 2025 - 05:46:13New York, US (PANA) - Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and other senior officials from across the world have spoken [...] Full text...
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Crimes of the transatlantic slave trade ‘unacknowledged, unspoken and unaddressed’ (By Vibhu Mishra, UN News)
26 march 2025 - 10:28:15New York, US (PANA) - The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State eulogises former President Jimmy Carter
30 december 2024 - 09:49:15Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has eulogised former President Jimmy Carter calling him a [...] Full text...
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Security Council: Put young women at the heart of peace and security efforts
04 december 2024 - 05:39:38New York, US (PANA) - Peace is in peril worldwide and avenues for diplomatic dialogue are shrinking, but young women [...] Full text...
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Global Assembly for the World Movement underway in Johannesburg
21 november 2024 - 07:41:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Communist Party (SACP) has denounced the hosting of the Global Assembly for [...] Full text...
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Five trailblazing women win top UNHCR award for life-changing work
10 october 2024 - 06:15:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Five trailblazing women – a nun, an activist, a social entrepreneur, a volunteer aid worker, and [...] Full text...
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Working from home is powering productivity: IMF article by Nicholas Bloom
02 october 2024 - 05:39:32Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Economics is famous for being the dismal science. Sadly, recent work highlighting the slowdown [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Abdulrazak Gurnah to deliver Nelson Mandela Lecture
23 september 2024 - 16:17:52Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The 22nd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture will be delivered by Abdulrazak Gurnah in Johannesburg [...] Full text...
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Sustained economic growth hinges on productivity gains as populations age : IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt
04 september 2024 - 12:00:14Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - A productivity slump is eroding living standards and imperilling financial and social stability “Productivity isn’t [...] Full text...
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Minister says South Africans have failed Mandela
01 august 2024 - 07:55:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has encouraged citzens to [...] Full text...
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Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during 77th World Health Assembly
01 june 2024 - 11:25:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During a special ceremony at the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Friday, awards were [...] Full text...
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Fresh inquests to probe deaths of anti-apartheid activists
14 may 2024 - 09:00:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has announced that the inquest into the death of former [...] Full text...
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Fundamental economic changes require a departure from simplistic economics: IMF Blog By Diane Coyle
27 march 2024 - 08:56:33Cambridge, UK (PANA) - The economy of the 2020s is a world away from the economy of the mid-20th century, [...] Full text...
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Beyond efficiency: A more-human economics: IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt
06 march 2024 - 11:42:57Washington, United States (PANA) - John Maynard Keynes, memorialising the death of his mentor Alfred Marshall a century ago, wrote [...] Full text...
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Auction of Mandela's personal possessions suspended
30 january 2024 - 12:25:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Global auction house Guernsey's on Tuesday announced that an auction of more than 100 [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: South Africa takes aim at Israel at The Hague
12 january 2024 - 09:52:07Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A statue of Archbishop Desmond Tutu wearing a Palestinian scarf was erected in Cape [...] Full text...
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Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai salutes Mandela
06 december 2023 - 09:43:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai and Deputy President Paul Mashatile have honoured former President [...] Full text...
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Liberia election: Opposition leader Boakai officially declared winner of presidential runoff vote
21 november 2023 - 07:31:12Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia's National Elections Commission (NEC) on Monday formally declared opposition leader Joseph Boakai as winner of [...] Full text...
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Liberia elections: UN chief congratulates Liberians, govt for 'calm, peaceful' vote
20 november 2023 - 05:42:06New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has commended the Government and people of Liberia for the [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Liberia election: Liberia's president Weah concedes defeat, US congratulates opposition leader Boakai
18 november 2023 - 05:44:00Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia's President George Weah on Friday night conceded defeat to opposition leader Joseph Boakai in the [...] Full text...
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Liberia election: Opposition leader Boakai set to win run-off poll
17 november 2023 - 20:00:17Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia's main opposition leader and former vice president Joseph Boakai is set to win the 14 [...] Full text...
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Liberia election: Opposition leader Boakai maintains slight lead with nearly 88% of votes declared
16 november 2023 - 23:00:17Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Opposition leader Joseph Boakai is maintaining a slender lead over President George Weah in Liberia's 14 November [...] Full text...
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Liberia election: Opposition leader Boakai takes early lead in runoff vote
16 november 2023 - 08:02:30Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - With about one-quarter of preliminary results in Liberia's presidential runoff held on 14 November released, the [...] Full text...
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Liberia election: Liberians vote in presidential run-off
14 november 2023 - 07:55:05Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberians are voting on Tuesday in a presidential run-off following the inconclusive first round election on [...] Full text...
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AfDB announces $1 billion to boost access to climate finance for Africa’s youths
06 september 2023 - 16:43:37Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina has announced a new $1 billion fund to accelerate [...] Full text...
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UN deputy chief, Malala champion girls’ right to education in Nigeria
13 july 2023 - 05:22:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - More than 120 million girls are out of school and the world must do more to [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Opposition party slams Dalai Lama's "child abuse"
11 april 2023 - 11:25:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African political party on Tuesday called on Indian authorities to arrest and [...] Full text...
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Japan honours leading South African medical researchers
04 august 2022 - 09:16:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Japanese government has confirmed that it will award the prestigious fourth Hideyo Noguchi [...] Full text...
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Pioneering Namibia MP, Indonesia family planning board, win 2022 UN Population Award
13 june 2022 - 12:34:39New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, announced on Monday the winners of it’s [...] Full text...
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Justice critical to fighting sexual violence in conflict
14 april 2022 - 05:31:56New York, US (PANA) - Women’s rights are human rights, and universal in times of war and peace, a senior [...] Full text...
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Liberia's democratic credentials on test amid growing fear over freedom of expression
07 february 2022 - 18:22:25Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberian President George Weah's administration is on an international spotlight after the authors of a controversial [...] Full text...
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South African Minister considers inquest into Nobel Laureate Albert Luthuli's death
10 january 2022 - 12:01:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola has confirmed that he is considering reopening [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Archbishop Desmond Tutu's body lies in state
30 december 2021 - 11:57:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The body of the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is lying in state at [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Archbishop Desmond Tutu's funeral to be held Saturday
28 december 2021 - 08:42:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Cathedral bells around South Africa are ringing in recognition of anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond [...] Full text...
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South Africa: World leaders salute Archbishop Tutu
27 december 2021 - 09:58:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – World leaders, clerics and celebrities have saluted Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu who died peacefully [...] Full text...
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Greece sends condolences on death of Desmond Tutu
27 december 2021 - 09:43:13Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greece has sent its condolences to South Africa on the death Sunday of South African [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Archbishop Tutu fought for justice – President Hichilema
27 december 2021 - 09:07:16Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia is saddened by the death of South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with President Hakainde Hichilema [...] Full text...
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ANC, Nelson Mandela Foundation pay tribute to Archbishop Tutu
26 december 2021 - 13:13:52Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has eulogised Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who passed [...] Full text...
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South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu dies
26 december 2021 - 08:34:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu died peacefully at his Cape Town home on [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa salutes Africa's last white leader
12 december 2021 - 17:52:07Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Sunday saluted Africa’s last white leader, FW De [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Strong security ahead of De Klerk's memorial service
11 december 2021 - 07:47:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - There are concerns that former President F.W. De Klerk’s memorial in Cape Town on [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopians continue to rally against rebels
07 november 2021 - 11:42:04Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Residents of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, and several cities and towns on Sunday heeded calls [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Former soldiers asked to register with the Defence Force (Eds: New lead with latest developments)
05 november 2021 - 12:56:25Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) on Friday asked former soldiers to register with the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis; Thousands demonstrate against rebel groups marching on Addis Ababa; nine anti-govt groups emerge (Eds: Updated)
05 november 2021 - 11:17:06Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Thousands of people in towns and cities in Ethiopia's Oromia Region on Friday poured into [...] Full text...
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South African college honours world's youngest professor, aged 9
19 october 2021 - 12:09:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management will this week bestow a Laureate [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari urges peace, stability in Ethiopia as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed begins second five-year term
04 october 2021 - 16:23:59Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, called for peace and stability [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic caused ‘shocking’ inequalities: Human rights chief
29 september 2021 - 06:00:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has caused and perpetuated “truly shocking” inequality that has affected the world’s [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Desmond Tutru mural defaced
28 september 2021 - 17:18:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Desmond Tutu Trust has condemned the “loathsome” desecration of a popular Tutu mural [...] Full text...
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South Africa's former President Zuma in jail after dramatic stand-off
08 july 2021 - 07:44:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following a night of high drama, former President Jacob Zuma is back behind bars. Nearly [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International slams Nigerian govt for increasing insecurity
28 may 2021 - 06:58:47Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International has slammed the Nigerian authorities for not doing enough to protect lives in the [...] Full text...
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South African health expert appointed to WHO council
07 may 2021 - 11:38:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s world renowned infectious disease epidemiologist Professor Salim Abdool Karim, who played a [...] Full text...
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UNESCO laureate helps girls go back to school in Kenya (A UNESCO feature)
27 april 2021 - 05:45:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - “I would be out of school and married now without the help of our community facilitator," [...] Full text...
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Niger's former President Issoufou scoops top African democracy prize
08 march 2021 - 13:16:40Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Former Niger President Mohamadou Issoufou, who championed Africa's cause for a continental free trade area, has [...] Full text...
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WFP chief uses Nobel speech as call for action to avert ‘hunger pandemic’
10 december 2020 - 17:05:30Rome, Italy (PANA) - With 270 million people – more than the entire population of Western Europe – “marching toward starvation”, the head of the World [...] Full text...
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South African family barred from burying corpse near Mandela's grave
08 october 2020 - 11:29:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Nelson Mandela’s grandson Mandla has secured a court order barring a burial [...] Full text...
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South Africa's ruling party slams Trump
09 september 2020 - 15:55:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has joined the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s condemnation [...] Full text...
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Mandela’s foundation slams Trump's disparaging remarks about Mandela
08 september 2020 - 10:41:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation on Tuesday slammed disparaging remarks allegedly made by United States [...] Full text...
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AfDB plans elaborate swearing-in ceremony for its newly-elected president
31 august 2020 - 13:46:50Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host a swearing in ceremony for its newly re-elected [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief urges DR Congo to protect Nobel laureate Mukwege amid death threats
28 august 2020 - 20:38:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Friday condemned death threats against Congolese Nobel Prize [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina re-elected AfDB President
27 august 2020 - 13:45:26Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Nigeria's Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina was Thursday re-elected to serve a second five-year term as [...] Full text...
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Rwandan papers highlight controversies over recent allegations by Nobel peace laureate in UN Mapping Report
22 august 2020 - 16:40:25Kigali, Rwanda (PANA ) - Rwanda newspapers this week gave significant coverage to the controversies surrounding the UN Mapping Report [...] Full text...
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Former South African president De Klerk under fire again
21 june 2020 - 07:45:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The American Bar Association is under fire over its announcement that former President FW [...] Full text...
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UNESCO puts spotlight on women’s voices in imagining the world to come
18 may 2020 - 13:32:02Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO has invited leading women thinkers, artists and activists from fields ranging from climatology to international [...] Full text...
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France: Doctor Denis Mukwege calls on Africa not to drop arms against Covid-19
14 may 2020 - 22:47:35Paris, France (PANA) - The 2018 Nobel Peace Laureate, Congolese Doctor Denis Mukwege, Thursday commended the African continent for resisting [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: African leaders laud AfDB's President for visionary leadership amid COVID crisis
05 may 2020 - 17:38:53Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - South Africa’s President and African Union chairperson, Cyril Ramaphosa, and the Nobel peace laureate and [...] Full text...
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No designated laureate for the 2019 Mo Ibrahim Prize for excellence leadership in Africa
05 march 2020 - 22:22:45Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – The independent committee of the Mo Ibrahim Prize for excellence leadership in Africa has not [...] Full text...
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Large protest planned against former South African president De Klerk for Apartheid statements
17 february 2020 - 11:02:31Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A large protest march is being planned for Wednesday in Cape Town against former [...] Full text...
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Aung San Suu Kyi defends Myanmar from accusations of genocide at top UN court
12 december 2019 - 07:53:48The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Myanmar will have “no tolerance” for human rights abuses committed in Rakhine state and will [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria's secret Police says activist, US-based publisher Sowore re-arrested over plan to "forceful takeover of government"
08 december 2019 - 15:46:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Stung with widespread outrage over the dramatic re-arrest of Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore inside [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria's secret Police says activist, US-based publisher Sowore re-arrested over plan to "forceful takeover of government"
08 december 2019 - 08:16:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Stung with widespread outrage over the dramatic re-arrest of Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore inside [...] Full text...
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Archbishop Tutu readmitted to hospital
05 december 2019 - 09:10:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu is being treated for an unidentified infection [...] Full text...
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Nigerian secret police, activists feud over use of force to disperse Tuesday's protests Nigerian secret police, activists feud over use of force to disperse Tuesday's protests
14 november 2019 - 07:25:35Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), says its operatives did not open fire [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tutu meets Springbok rugby heroes
11 november 2019 - 13:10:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Hundreds of thousands of people on Monday took to the streets of Cape Town [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian PM reassures Egyptian president on Renaissance dam
25 october 2019 - 09:40:56Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel laureate Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday that he discussed bilateral relations [...] Full text...
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Egyptian President and Ethiopian Prime Minister meet in Sochi
24 october 2019 - 12:03:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sissi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met on Thursday in Sochi, Russia, [...] Full text...
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Egypt 'shocked' by Ethiopian PM's warming on Renaissance dam
23 october 2019 - 09:17:34Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt says it is "shocked" by a statement by the Ethiopian Prime Minister and Nobel laureate Abiy [...] Full text...
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Guterres lauds Ethiopian PM Abiy's ‘people first’ agenda as he wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
11 october 2019 - 17:49:25New York, US (PANA) - The winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Ethiopian Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has been [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Prime Minister affirms his country’s support to Sudan
11 october 2019 - 14:44:03Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday said his country would do its level best to [...] Full text...
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British Royal couple meets Archbishop Tutu in Cape Town
25 september 2019 - 09:44:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to Archbishop [...] Full text...
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Britain's Royal couple warmly welcomed in Cape Town
23 september 2019 - 14:05:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Monday visited South Africa’s most violent township [...] Full text...
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Photojournalism award dedicated to challenges faced by DR Congo
08 august 2019 - 20:45:26Paris, France (PANA) - Organisers of the 11th Edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award have announced that the competition will [...] Full text...
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South Africa commemorates Nelson Mandela's birthday
18 july 2019 - 11:02:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Thursday commemorated the annual birthday of its greatest son, Nelson Mandela, [...] Full text...
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Legendary South African singer Johnny Clegg dies
16 july 2019 - 18:47:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African singer, Johnny Clegg (OBE), died on Tuesday at the age of [...] Full text...
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How Nelson Mandela helped troubled sportsman
11 july 2019 - 13:03:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Less than 24 hours after rugby legend James Small suffered a fatal heart attack, [...] Full text...
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South African Rugby Legend dead at 50
10 july 2019 - 14:43:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African Rugby Great, James Small, died on Wednesday at the age of [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mandela’s daughter rebuked over inflammatory tweets
21 june 2019 - 12:18:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark, Zindzi Mandela, has been reprimanded by International Relations and [...] Full text...
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Gambian FM to receive prestigious 2019 United Nations population award
06 june 2019 - 18:48:07Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, Dr Mamadou Tangara, has been awarded [...] Full text...
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Mandela sketch sells for US$112,000
03 may 2019 - 11:10:26Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A simple sketch by former President Nelson Mandela of his Robben Island prison cell has [...] Full text...
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Anti-Mandela club under fire in the UK
18 april 2019 - 11:18:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A private club catering for white South African and Zimbabwean immigrants in the UK [...] Full text...
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Congolese Nobel Laureate Denis Mukwege wants sexual violence victims compensated
27 march 2019 - 16:43:47Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – On the initiative of Luxemburg's Grand Duchess, Maria Theresa, Congolese Denis Mukwege, Nobel peace Prize winner [...] Full text...
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French President emphasises deepening regional security ties on Kenya visit
14 march 2019 - 16:27:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Visiting French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, the second day of his Kenyan visit, emphasised his [...] Full text...
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Togolese cities host 12th edition of Filbleu March 18-23
11 march 2019 - 16:52:26Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The 12th edition of the International Festival of Blue Fireflies (Filbleu), which is an annual gathering [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS mission urges Nigeria to remain peaceful during polls
22 february 2019 - 19:49:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Head of the ECOWAS Observation Mission to Nigeria’s general elections, Mrs. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has appealed [...] Full text...
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Nigerian elections followed with great expectations, says Johnson-Sirleaf
14 february 2019 - 17:51:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Madam Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a former Liberian President and Head of the ECOWAS 200-member Observation Mission to [...] Full text...
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Daughter of Africa’s first Nobel Laureate dead at 79
17 december 2018 - 07:33:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The youngest daughter of the Chief Albert Luthuli – Africa’s first Nobel Laureate – [...] Full text...
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South Africa's historic TRC saluted
10 december 2018 - 11:03:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A special dinner to commemorate the 20th anniversary of South Africa’s historic Truth and [...] Full text...
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Mandela hailed at inaugural Global Citizen Festival
02 december 2018 - 19:40:13Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – For a few glorious hours, Soweto was the centre of the universe on Sunday as [...] Full text...
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Oprah Winfrey reflects on Mandela's legacy
29 november 2018 - 18:31:36Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Global icon Oprah Winfrey on Thursday reflected on her extraordinary friendship with Nelson Mandela [...] Full text...
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AfDB showcase key agriculture initiatives at 2018 World Food Prize events
19 october 2018 - 14:30:25Des Moines, U.S. (PANA) : The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, led a Bank delegation to the [...] Full text...
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Ailing Tutu turns 87
07 october 2018 - 12:25:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nobel Laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is spending his 87 birthday in a Cape [...] Full text...
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South African Liberation hero fights for life in hospital
04 october 2018 - 15:22:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – One of the last two remaining Rivonia treason trialists, Andrew Mlangeni, is fighting for [...] Full text...
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FAO chief and Nobel Peace Laureate stress links between tackling violence and hunger
03 october 2018 - 12:49:16Rome, Italy (PANA) - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday marked the [...] Full text...
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UNHCR honours South Sudanese surgeon with 2018 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
02 october 2018 - 07:03:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Monday honoured Dr. Evan Atar Adaha, a surgeon from South [...] Full text...
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Ageing Tutu admitted to hospital
27 september 2018 - 15:59:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Archbishop Desmond Tutu was admitted to a Cape Town hospital for unknown reasons on [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch 'deeply saddened' by passing of Kofi Annan
20 august 2018 - 02:19:05New York, US (PANA) - Human Rights Watch says it is deeply saddened by the passing of former United Nations [...] Full text...
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UNESCO DG bemoans the passing of Kofi Annan
19 august 2018 - 09:57:18Paris, France (PANA) - "I am deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of former United Nations Secretary-General and [...] Full text...
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AfDB mourns passing of former UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Kofi Annan
19 august 2018 - 04:20:52Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has learned with deep sadness the news of the death [...] Full text...
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UN officials bid farewell to former Secretary-General Kofi Annan; UN flag flies at half-mast
18 august 2018 - 17:28:45New York, US (PANA) - The flag at United Nations Headquarters in New York is flying at half-mast this Saturday [...] Full text...
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ROUNDUP: Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is dead; tributes pour in for him
18 august 2018 - 13:13:50Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan passed away on Saturday morning in Berne, Switzerland, aged [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International mourns Kofi Annan
18 august 2018 - 12:28:01Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has eulogised Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general, who died on [...] Full text...
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2ND UPDATE: Flags to fly at half-mast for one week for Kofi Annan
18 august 2018 - 11:36:25Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed that the national flag will fly at half-mast [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is dead
18 august 2018 - 10:31:13Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan is dead, the family of the late top diplomat [...] Full text...
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100th anniversary of Mandela's birth commemorated
18 july 2018 - 16:27:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa, the African continent and the rest of the world on Wednesday marked [...] Full text...
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Obama salutes Mandela in stirring speech
17 july 2018 - 15:44:14Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Former United States President Barack Obama, on Tuesday saluted global icon Nelson Mandela in a [...] Full text...
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Not educating girls costs countries trillions of dollars - World Bank Report
11 july 2018 - 18:36:18Washington, US (PANA) – Limited educational opportunities for girls and barriers to completing 12 years of education cost countries between [...] Full text...
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Scores of NGOs seek justice for Liberia's war crimes
05 july 2018 - 15:39:13Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Scores of NGOs are asking the Liberian government to undertake fair and credible prosecutions of international [...] Full text...
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Top South African school rocked by abuse scandal
15 june 2018 - 09:33:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education in South Africa has launched an investigation into allegations [...] Full text...
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AfDB President screams "Africa must no longer be a museum of poverty”
22 may 2018 - 12:58:22Busan, South Korea (PANA) - By 2050 about 580 million young Africans will enter the labour market, Akinwumi Adesina, President [...] Full text...
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Ghana President appeals for end of violence against journalists
03 may 2018 - 09:32:37Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday night appealed to world leaders to make a [...] Full text...
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Ivorian President Ouattara in Rwanda for 'Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend'
27 april 2018 - 09:48:48Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - President Alassane Dramane Ouattara of Cote d'Ivoire has arrived in Rwanda to participate in the "Mo [...] Full text...
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AfDB President graces Tanzania’s Union Day anniversary
25 april 2018 - 10:12:05Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina will be a rare guest at this [...] Full text...
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Rights group says state-sponsored hate spurs new era of social activism
22 february 2018 - 07:12:06Washington, D.C., (PANA) - The world is reaping the terrifying consequences of hate-filled rhetoric that threatens to normalise massive discrimination [...] Full text...
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins 2017 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership
12 february 2018 - 05:32:27London, UK (PANA) – The 2017 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership has been awarded to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former [...] Full text...
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Zuma on the ropes as ANC marks Mandela's centenary
11 february 2018 - 09:50:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Sunday officially launched the centennial celebrations [...] Full text...
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Africa’s progress depends on creative energy of its youth, says Nobel Co-Laureate
23 january 2018 - 08:37:40Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ouided Bouchamaoui, the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Co-Laureate, has warned that Africa’s growing youth population [...] Full text...
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Weah presidency: The challenge of high expectations in Liberia (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
19 january 2018 - 19:33:42Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Apart from not playing in the World Cup finals, the dream of every football player, George [...] Full text...
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South African anti-apartheid activist dead at 79
04 january 2018 - 06:11:58Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Anti-apartheid activist and poet Keorapetse Kgositsile died in Johannesburg on Wednesday after suffering from [...] Full text...
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Observers of Liberia's presidential runoff poll meet
27 december 2017 - 14:23:18Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Ghana's former President and Head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Observation Mission, [...] Full text...
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Polls open in delayed Liberia presidential run-off
26 december 2017 - 09:46:15Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Polls have opened in Liberia as voters choose a new president in the delayed presidential run-off [...] Full text...
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Liberians vote in delayed presidential run-off
26 december 2017 - 07:01:22Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Liberians go to the polls on Tuesday in the delayed presidential run-off that pits ex-football star [...] Full text...
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Former Ghana president calls for peaceful Liberia presidential rerun vote
25 december 2017 - 19:01:49Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Ghana’s immediate past President John Dramani Mahama, Head of ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Liberia, on [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS observers return to Liberia for 26 December presidential run-off
22 december 2017 - 11:41:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A 25-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Short-Term Observation Mission headed by Ghana’s immediate [...] Full text...
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CPJ says 262 journalists in jails around the world
13 december 2017 - 20:38:02Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - For the second year in a row, the number of journalists imprisoned for their work hit [...] Full text...
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Opposition party lays charges over Mandela funeral scandal
11 december 2017 - 11:11:11Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Monday laid charges against the Eastern Cape [...] Full text...
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Preparations for Mandela's 100th birthday anniversary kick off
06 december 2017 - 08:35:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation has officially unveiled an exhibition in Johannesburg to mark Madiba’s [...] Full text...
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Anniversary of Mandela's death marred by graft probe
05 december 2017 - 09:51:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tuesday’s fourth anniversary of the death of world statesman Nelson Mandela has been overshadowed [...] Full text...
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Graca Machel to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela in Heroes Marathon
04 december 2017 - 09:37:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former president Nelson Mandela's widow, Graca Machel, has confirmed that she will participate in [...] Full text...
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Future of Africa’s youth dominates agenda at EU-Africa Business Forum
28 november 2017 - 11:36:33Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The 6th EU-Africa Business Forum opened in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on Monday, with emphasis on [...] Full text...
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Weah, Boakai to contest second round of Liberia presidential poll on 7 November
19 october 2017 - 15:50:58Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The second round of Liberia's presidential election will be held on 7 November between George Weah, [...] Full text...
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Liberia: Liberia's electoral body, police commit to successful 10 October polls
21 september 2017 - 09:56:28Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Officials of Liberia’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) and police authorities have assured ECOWAS Long-Term Observers of [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: African leaders to accelerate Africa’s path to prosperity by growing economies, jobs through agriculture
06 september 2017 - 14:24:03Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Over 750 delegates and high-level dignitaries, including African Heads of States, Ministers, and key stakeholders [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mandela's former doctor faces major backlash over tell-all book
24 july 2017 - 10:59:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Nelson Mandela’s grandson‚ Nkosi Mandla Mandela‚ has joined the chorus of condemnation [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Graca Machel threatens to sue Mandela's former doctor
21 july 2017 - 11:39:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel on Friday threatened to sue his former doctor Vejay [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa commemorates Mandela's 99th birthday
18 july 2017 - 17:43:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel and British billionaire Sir Richard Branson on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Tinubu fails to show up for charity boxing bout against ex-World Champ Holyfield
27 may 2017 - 05:54:57Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Bola Tinubu, Nigerian politician and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), on [...] Full text...
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Zambia: IMF hosts confab on “Managing Capital Flows: Challenges for Developing Countries”
06 may 2017 - 15:59:06Livingstone, Zambia (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that capital flows to many developing countries have recently [...] Full text...
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Germany: AfDB Chief addresses need to end rural poverty in Africa
29 april 2017 - 14:21:41Berlin, Germany (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has called for urgent action [...] Full text...
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South Africa: New Nelson Mandela project in the pipeline
18 april 2017 - 15:00:02Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The City of Cape Town on Tuesday launched a public participation process about a [...] Full text...
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UN: UN chief confers Ms. Malala Yousafzai as UN Messenger of Peace
10 april 2017 - 20:25:13New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday formally designated children’s rights activist and Nobel Laureate, Ms. [...] Full text...
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UN: UN chief appoints Malala Yousafzai as UN Messenger of Peace
07 april 2017 - 20:39:04New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Malala Yousafzai, global advocate for girls’ education and the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Evander Holyfield to 'fight' Nigerian politician in charity boxing bout
26 march 2017 - 16:52:28Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Evander Holyfield, the legendary five-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, will hold an exhibition boxing match with [...] Full text...
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UN: UN Chief highlights achievements of slave descendants
25 march 2017 - 13:42:12New York, US (PANA) - Stressing the importance of remembering slavery and slave trade in human history, the legacy of [...] Full text...
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Senegal: 'No winner of 2016 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership'
28 february 2017 - 16:41:40Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Mo Ibrahim Foundation on Tuesday announced that there is no winner of the 2016 Ibrahim [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Preparations underway for Mandela's 100th birthday programme
13 february 2017 - 14:47:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation on Monday launched the Nelson Mandela Centenary programme to mark [...] Full text...
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South Africa: De Klerk slams Zuma on historic anniversary
02 february 2017 - 14:30:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Exactly 27 years after he changed the course of African history, Nobel Laureate FW [...] Full text...
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South Africa: New Mandela statue planned for Cape Town
25 january 2017 - 13:34:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Western Cape government has set aside US$ 120,000 to erect a statue of [...] Full text...
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South Africa: De Klerk slams attacks on mosques
12 january 2017 - 14:17:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President and Nobel laureate, FW De Klerk, has slammed the desecration [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari charges Nigerian Career Ambassadors-designate to change the narrative of Nigeria abroad
19 december 2016 - 16:06:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian Career Ambassadors-designate, recently cleared by the Senate, on Monday in Abuja began a Ministry of [...] Full text...
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Gambia: ECOWAS leaders fail to resolve Gambian politial impasse
13 december 2016 - 21:17:53Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A high-powered delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has failed to resolve [...] Full text...
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Italy: Colombia President Santos to visit FAO
13 december 2016 - 12:51:13Rome, Italy (PANA) - Colombian President and Nobel laureate Juan Manuel Santos will visit the headquarters of the UN [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa marks third anniversary of Mandela's death
05 december 2016 - 11:46:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Monday marked the third anniversary of the death of world statesman [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Emotional Tutu celebrates 85th birthday
07 october 2016 - 14:53:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An emotional Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu on Friday marked his 85th birthday by delivering [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Replica of Mandela's cell to tour South Africa
28 september 2016 - 08:31:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A replica of Nelson Mandela’s infamous Robben Island cell will travel to schools around [...] Full text...
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Kenya: 'Unchecked inequalities could threaten SDGs' - Report
22 september 2016 - 14:37:15Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A new report has warned that unchecked inequalities could jeopardize the sustainability of economies, societies and [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African editors express anger over fake reports on Tutu
21 september 2016 - 13:42:25Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s daughter and the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) have condemned [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Bishop Desmond Tutu re-admitted in hospital
17 september 2016 - 13:17:11Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is back in hospital, just days after being discharged following [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mandela's grandson moves to restrict use of world statesman's name
04 september 2016 - 16:33:53Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela’s grandson has objected to the “Mandelalisation” of the world statesman’s name. [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tutu's personal message goes viral on the Internet
26 july 2016 - 11:30:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A beautiful personal letter from Archbishop Desmond Tutu to an American toddler has gone [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Global giants salute Nelson Mandela
18 july 2016 - 17:33:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday saluted world statesman Nelson Mandela whose [...] Full text...
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South Africa: War of words over Mandela’s voice
05 july 2016 - 18:45:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A war of words has broken out between South Africa's official opposition Democratic [...] Full text...
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US: Seychelles to host Africa’s political, business leaders on 18-24 July
01 july 2016 - 15:21:21New York, US (PANA) - Top African political and business leaders, joined by a Nobel laureate and leading international economic [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mandela and Ali's special bond remembered (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, South Africa)
04 june 2016 - 12:37:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – As millions of South Africans mourn the death of boxing giant Muhammad Ali, they [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Prestigious Harvard University honours famous Ghanaian Sculptor, El Anatsui
02 june 2016 - 12:52:24Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Renowned Ghanaian Sculptor, El Anatsui, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts degree by the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Bill Gates to deliver Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
18 may 2016 - 18:52:07Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Microsoft founder Bill Gates will deliver the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture at the University [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO, Nobel Laureates launch alliance to tackle hunger, poverty
12 may 2016 - 07:19:38New York, US (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has joined forces with a group of Nobel laureates [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Ban Ki-Moon to address Africa’s first ICCA Congress in Mauritius
04 may 2016 - 17:00:04Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address the 23rd International Council for Commercial Arbitration [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Good governance of natural resources vital for post-conflict recovery' - UN
04 may 2016 - 15:38:09New York, US (PANA) - A new UN-backed study finds that meeting the essential needs of people after armed conflicts [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Kofi Annan urges African leaders to leave office when time is up
19 april 2016 - 13:40:25Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, Tuesday urged African leaders to leave when their mandated time is [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa commemorates 20th anniversary of TRC
15 april 2016 - 11:01:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Friday marked the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Truth [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nobel Laureate endorses govt's anti-corruption fight
10 january 2016 - 08:04:27Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has endorsed the much-trumpeted anti-graft battle of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Opposition party calls for De Klerk to be stripped of Nobel Peace Prize
28 december 2015 - 11:20:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A war of words has broken out between South Africa's last white president, F. [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa marks second anniversary of Mandela's death
05 december 2015 - 16:18:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Saturday marks the second anniversary of the death of world statesman Nelson Mandela with [...] Full text...
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UN: UN officials urge more girls' empowerment opportunities
11 october 2015 - 16:38:59New York, US (PANA) - The newly-adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer an opportunity for a global commitment to breaking [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Frail Tutu turns 84
07 october 2015 - 08:06:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's city of Cape Town was on Wednesday marking the birthday of its [...] Full text...
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