Nine killed in Somalia by cyclone Gati
01 december 2020 - 15:12:03Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - At least nine people were killed during the tropical cyclone Gati which made landfall in Puntland’s [...] Full text...
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Address water scarcity ‘immediately and boldly’, urges FAO chief
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. Libyan rights bodies denounce hate speech against a local cultural group
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Coronavirus: IMF plans live conversation on pandemic in developing countries
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Nine killed in Somalia by cyclone Gati
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UN Women Chief launches campaign against gender-based violence in DR Congo
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Coronavirus: Senegal reports one death, 66 new cases and 30 recoveries
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. Libyan Dialogue Forum resumes virtual meeting on selecting the executive authority
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Mauritania: The measures of the year 60 of independence highlighted in the news
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UN report says 1.3 billion school-aged children can’t log on to internet at home
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Mali’s national trade union plans five-day strike next month
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UNICEF puts forward a ‘six point plan to protect our children’
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Senegalese swimmer, Mathieu Sèye, breaks two national records
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Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - At least nine people were killed during the tropical cyclone Gati which made landfall in Puntland’s [...] Full text...
Child-trafficking in Mali increases because of conflict and COVID-19
01 december 2020 - 13:52:11Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Conflict, insecurity, COVID-19 and deteriorating economic conditions are leading to a rise in trafficking of children, [...] Full text...
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South Africa presides over United Nations Security Council
01 december 2020 - 12:33:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday assumed the rotating monthly presidency of the United Nations Security [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mali's interim president announces drastic measures to fight pandemic
01 december 2020 - 09:07:46Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Bah N'Daw, on Monday announced drastic measures to break [...] Full text...
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Mali: MINUSMA condemns attack on its positions
30 november 2020 - 16:49:49Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mr. Annadif [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Study reveals a severe deterioration in global efforts to protect the most vulnerable
30 november 2020 - 13:04:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new report released Monday by the Norwegian Refugee Council and the UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency-led [...] Full text...
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Are multiple political processes complementary or competing with Libyan Dialogue Forum?
30 november 2020 - 09:35:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As the United Nations-sponsored Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LDPF) struggles with the criteria for selecting the [...] Full text...
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2020/21 CAF Confed. Cup: All results of 1st-leg, preliminary-round matches this weekend
29 november 2020 - 20:13:03Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are results from all the first-leg, preliminary-round matches of the 2020/21 CAF Confederation Cup, played [...] Full text...
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2020/21 CAF Champions league: All results of 1st-leg, preliminary-round matches played this weekend
29 november 2020 - 20:09:12Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are results of all the first-leg, preliminary-round matches of the 2020/21 CAF Champions league, [...] Full text...
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2020/21 CAF Confed. Cup: Results of matches at the weekend
29 november 2020 - 13:30:20Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are all the results of matches played in the 2020/21 CAF Confederation Cup at the [...] Full text...
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AQIM members arrested in Oubari, southern Libya, by pro-Haftar armed forces
29 november 2020 - 12:40:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Seven terrorists, affiliated with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Oubari, southwestern Libya, were [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: One-related death recorded in Mali
28 november 2020 - 11:27:32Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali recorded Friday one new death related to the coronavirus (COVID-19), 62 new confirmed cases and [...] Full text...
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Six people killed by suspected jihadists in Dogofry village of central Mali
27 november 2020 - 15:25:50Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Six people were killed and three others seriously injured in an attack by armed men suspected [...] Full text...
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Two Malian clubs to play in African clubs competitions on Sunday
27 november 2020 - 10:25:41Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two Malian clubs will on Sunday play in the top African clubs competitions at home and [...] Full text...
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Under-20 WAFU tournament: Semi-finals open, this Friday in Thies
26 november 2020 - 22:18:20Thies, Senegal (PANA) - The finalists of the zone A tournament of the Union of West African Football Federations (WAFU-A) [...] Full text...
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Gabonese Evouna signs two-year contract with Tunisia’s Club Sportif Sfaxien
26 november 2020 - 21:33:09Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Club Sportif Sfaxien (CSS), one of the top clubs in Tunisia, Thursday announced the signing of [...] Full text...
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2020-21 Total CAF Champions League: Preliminary-round, first-leg fixtures
26 november 2020 - 18:40:42Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The 2020-21 Total CAF Champions League season kicks off this weekend with the first-leg fixtures of [...] Full text...
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Seven villagers killed by unidentified gunmen in central Mali
26 november 2020 - 17:36:09Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Unidentified heavily armed men on motorcycles killed 7 villagers and wounding 5 others when they attacked [...] Full text...
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‘I freely resigned as AU High Representative for Mali and the Sahel’ – Buyoya
26 november 2020 - 14:35:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The African Union's High Representative for Mali and the Sahel (Misahel), also former president of Burundi, [...] Full text...
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Sudan's veteran PM al Mahdi passes away at 85
26 november 2020 - 10:41:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in years, Sudan has announced a three-day national mourning and ordered its [...] Full text...
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Trump administration imposes new restrictions on Libyans over entry visas
25 november 2020 - 22:12:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The administration of outgoing US President, Donald Trump, Wednesday imposed temporary travel restrictions on 15 African [...] Full text...
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2020-21 Total CAF Confederation Cup First Prelim Round: First-Leg Fixtures
25 november 2020 - 17:20:02Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The 2020-21 Total CAF Confederation Cup kicks off this weekend with the first-leg fixtures of the [...] Full text...
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Chambers of Commerce of the G5 Sahel meet in Nouakchott
25 november 2020 - 17:07:12Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Nouakchott is hosting a meeting of the Executive Assembly of the Union of Chambers of Commerce [...] Full text...
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Tunisia to participate in the UN Mission in CAR
25 november 2020 - 12:04:35Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's participation in the UN Mission in the Central African Republic was the focus of a [...] Full text...
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Jewelry companies’ sourcing improves, but 'falls short', says Human Rights Watch
25 november 2020 - 06:55:54London, UK (PANA) – Major jewelry companies are improving their sourcing of gold and diamonds, but most cannot assure consumers [...] Full text...
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Fears of Desert Locust resurgence in Horn of Africa, reports FAO
24 november 2020 - 15:09:45Fears of Desert Locust resurgence in Horn of Africa, reports FAO Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The Desert Locust crisis which struck [...] Full text...
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Three minibus passengers killed in attack by bandits in western Mali
24 november 2020 - 14:42:23Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three passengers were killed and several others seriously injured when a minibus on which they were [...] Full text...
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Mali's national trade union plans five-day strike next month
24 november 2020 - 14:14:51Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's largest trade union, Union Nationale des travailleurs du Mali (UNTM), intends to call a 120-hour [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Gati displaces 70,000, leaves 8 dead in Somalia
24 november 2020 - 09:10:40Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Gati, which made landfall on 22 November in Puntland’s Bari region in Somalia, has [...] Full text...
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Somalia at a crossroad, UN envoy urges ‘deepened’ political consensus
24 november 2020 - 05:54:16New York, US (PANA) - The “broad political consensus” reached in September that ended a two-year stalemate in Somalia must [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Terrorist group in Sahel appoints new leader for AQIM
23 november 2020 - 14:07:29Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a terrorist link in the Sahel, has appointed Mibrak [...] Full text...
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Mali's Baccalaureate exam success rate falls this year
23 november 2020 - 13:52:10Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national Baccalaureate exam success rate for 2020 has dropped by 3.6 per cent, or 21.56 [...] Full text...
thread Culture
Second round of Intra-Libyan Political Dialogue Forum begins
23 november 2020 - 09:47:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The second round of the Intra-Libyan Political Dialogue Forum started on Monday by videoconference, under the [...] Full text...
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Kenya faces risk of second locust invasion, warns FAO
22 november 2020 - 15:14:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Sunday warned that Kenya faced an imminent second wave of [...] Full text...
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U-20 UFOA A tournament: Guinea surprises Mauritania, Senegal for a place in the semi-finals
22 november 2020 - 11:34:59Thies, Senegal (PANA) - Guinea overcame Mauritania here Saturday in the only match of the first day of Group B [...] Full text...
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Kenya gears up for CAF youth championships
21 november 2020 - 10:05:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has embarked on preparations for the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) Under- 17 and [...] Full text...
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79 new refugees evacuated from Libya by UNHCR
20 november 2020 - 17:39:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group of 79 refugees and asylum seekers were evacuated from Libya to a safer area [...] Full text...
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New desert locust swarms spreading across southern Somalia: FAO
20 november 2020 - 10:36:17Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Friday that large populations of Desert Locust in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: One death recorded in Mali Thursday
19 november 2020 - 22:33:19Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali Thursday recorded one case of death linked to the coronavirus (COVID-19), 60 new confirmed cases [...] Full text...
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Mali destroys tons of illicit drugs and counterfeit pharmaceuticals
19 november 2020 - 15:47:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Central Office of Narcotics (OCS) in Dio, some 40 km from Bamako, on Wednesday incinerated [...] Full text...
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IMF approves US$10 million disbursement to Somalia
19 november 2020 - 11:22:46Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday completed the first review of [...] Full text...
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AU Commission Chairman calls on Malian Prime Minister
19 november 2020 - 11:16:03Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Wednesday called on the [...] Full text...
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Mali to implement Peace and Reconciliation agreement reached in Algiers
18 november 2020 - 18:00:16Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Applying the provisions of chapter 19, articles 57 to 62 of the Agreement for Peace [...] Full text...
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Mali workers begin 72-hour strike
18 november 2020 - 11:17:56Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Union of Workers of Mali (UNTM), the largest trade union in the country, is [...] Full text...
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New partnership to boost maternal and newborn health in East and Southern Africa
18 november 2020 - 05:51:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Some 10,000 health workers are to be trained to support mothers and newborns in Africa through [...] Full text...
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Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré laid to rest took place this Tuesday in Bamako
17 november 2020 - 15:56:06Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The national funeral of former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré, who died on November 10 in [...] Full text...
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AFCON-Cameroon 2022 Qualifiers: Three Malian players miss Tuesday game against Namibia
17 november 2020 - 15:09:55Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three players of Mali's national team have withdrawn from the return match against Namibia set for [...] Full text...
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Top UN peacekeeper warns many challenges remain for Sahel Joint Force
17 november 2020 - 04:42:09New York, US (PANA) - It will take a variety of different actors to confront and deal with the “daunting [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON Qualifiers: Fixtures for Day 4 matches on Tuesday
17 november 2020 - 04:30:59Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for Day 4 of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) [...] Full text...
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IFC, Somalia seal deal to strengthen private sector
16 november 2020 - 21:01:46Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Federal Government of Somalia Monday signed an agreement to [...] Full text...
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CAN 2022 play-off: Mali to play with Namibia Tuesday
16 november 2020 - 19:15:51Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national football team arrived in Windhoek Sunday evening to face Namibia Tuesday for the fourth [...] Full text...
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Nine people killed in road accident in Mali
16 november 2020 - 11:37:07Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Nine people, including four brothers, were killed on Saturday around 6 p.m. local time (GMT), in [...] Full text...
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Mali declares three days of national mourning for former President Amadou Touré
16 november 2020 - 10:28:56Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali will observe three days of national mourning from Monday, following the death of former President [...] Full text...
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The many sides of J.J. Rawlings: A tribute (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
16 november 2020 - 08:46:39Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Not even his harshest critics would begrudge Flt. Lt. John Jerry Rawlings, the late Ghanaian President, [...] Full text...
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Sudan opposition leaders arrive in Khartoum to celebrate peace deal
15 november 2020 - 16:13:06Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in decades, Sudanese rebel leaders from Darfur, the Blue Nile and Eastern [...] Full text...
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Mali's opposition umbrella M5-RFP rejects method of appointing Transition Council
15 november 2020 - 12:45:09Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mouvement du 5 Juin-Rassemblement des Forces Patriotiques (M5-RFP), Mali's opposition umbrella group, whose demonstrations triggered [...] Full text...
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Malian jihadist leader Souleymane Kéita sentenced to death
15 november 2020 - 12:22:59Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Malian jihadist leader of the Katiba of Ansar dine du Sud, Souleymane Keita, and two [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia arrests 14 Al-Shabaab, ISIS terrorists
15 november 2020 - 05:59:48Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) says it has arrested 14 Al-shabaab and ISIS [...] Full text...
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The G5-Sahel workshop on security information management ends in Bamako
14 november 2020 - 19:12:45Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A training workshop on the management of security information initiated by the Sahelian Security College (CSS) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mali records one new death
14 november 2020 - 11:07:33Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali recorded Friday one coronavirus-related death, 14 new cases and four recoveries, the ministry of Health [...] Full text...
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The President of the Malian Transition, Bah N'Daw, in Togo on official visit
14 november 2020 - 11:00:36Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the Transition in Mali, Bah N'Daw, has been in Togo since Friday, as [...] Full text...
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Remains of former Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré arrives in Bamako
14 november 2020 - 10:45:07Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The remains of the former Malian president, General Amadou Toumani Touré, arrived here Saturday at 6 [...] Full text...
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Deputy UN chief looks to ‘new dawn for Mali’
14 november 2020 - 06:31:14Bamako, Mali (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Friday strongly advocated for the greater participation of women and [...] Full text...
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Top Malian terrorist Bamoussa neutralized by French Barkane force in North Mali
13 november 2020 - 22:37:00Bamako, Mali (PANA) - France on Friday announced the "neutralization" in northern Mali by the Barkane force of Ba Ag [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON Qualifiers: Results of all matches played on Friday
13 november 2020 - 21:36:29Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 3 matches in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON Qualifiers: Fixtures for Day 3 matches on Friday
13 november 2020 - 06:26:47Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures of Day 3 matches in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [...] Full text...
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AFCON 2022 qualifiers: 4th day in perspective decisive for Burundian national team
12 november 2020 - 21:12:06Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The fourth day of the qualifiers for the next Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2022) will [...] Full text...
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Funeral for former Malian President scheduled for Nov. 20
12 november 2020 - 17:52:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The remains of former Malian President, Amadou Toumani Touré, will arrive in Bamako on Friday and [...] Full text...
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Mali's transition president to undertake four-nation ECOWAS visit
12 november 2020 - 11:28:16Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Bah N'Daw, on Thursday begins a six-day West African [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa's opposition slams lockdown extension
12 november 2020 - 09:18:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa for extending [...] Full text...
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Malian transitional president begins first trip to West African sub-region
11 november 2020 - 21:50:24Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of the Malian transition, Bah N’DAW, will on 12-17 November 2020 undertake a [...] Full text...
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Former members of Mali’s Military Committee regain freedom
11 november 2020 - 19:12:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has ordered the immediate release of 12 former members of the National Committee [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian Defence Minister meets with Malian PM
11 november 2020 - 16:46:15Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mauritanian Minister of National Defense, Hanana ould Sidi, was received Tuesday in Bamako by the [...] Full text...
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'Failed US military-first strategy harming civilians in Somalia'-Report
11 november 2020 - 08:08:35Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The U.S. military intervention in Somalia is failing to advance American interests while bringing significant costs [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS offers 793 tons of cereals of food assistance to Mali
10 november 2020 - 17:33:32Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has offered Mali 793 tons of cereals as [...] Full text...
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President of Mali transitional administration mourns former leader, Amadou Toumani Touré
10 november 2020 - 16:40:29Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Bah N'Daw, has expressed condolences to the family of [...] Full text...
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President of Mali's Transition congratulates US President-elect Joe Biden
09 november 2020 - 11:23:59Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transitional government in Mali, Bah N'Daw, has congratulated Joe Biden for his [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nineteen cases detected Saturday in Mali
08 november 2020 - 12:25:24Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Nineteen new positive cases of Covid-19 were detected in Mali out of 1,020 samples tested on [...] Full text...
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Sudanese PM Hamdok congratulates U.S. President-elect Biden
08 november 2020 - 09:18:11Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok on Saturday congratulated Joe Biden for winning the U.S. presidential election. “On [...] Full text...
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Mauritania/Morocco border closure highlighted in the media this week
07 november 2020 - 18:31:19Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The press in Mauritania this week covered a variety of issues, including the closure of the [...] Full text...
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International Organisation of the Francophonie lifts suspension on Mali
07 november 2020 - 14:43:41Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Secretary General of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF), Ms. Louise Mushikiwabo, on Friday [...] Full text...
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WAFU Zone A, Under-20 AFCON qualifiers draw held in Thies
07 november 2020 - 12:24:59Thies, Senegal (PANA) - The draw for the West African Football Union (WAFU) was held on Friday for Mauritania 2021 [...] Full text...
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U.S. grants $20 million to buy wheat to help Sudanese people
07 november 2020 - 10:13:24Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the intention of the United States government, [...] Full text...
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More than 300 billion FCFA of financial irregularities detected in Auditor General's 2019 report
06 november 2020 - 21:09:30Bamako, Mali (PANA) - More than CFAF 300 billion in financial irregularities, including CFAF 287 billion in mining companies, have [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: ICRC urges respect of people's lives, property amidst escalating tension in Tigray
06 november 2020 - 18:14:44Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday called on those taking part [...] Full text...
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Six humanitarians killed in ‘obscene’ attacks in one week: UN agency
06 november 2020 - 16:38:51New York, UN (PANA) - The UN’s top relief official has strongly condemned recent attacks on aid workers in different [...] Full text...
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Man beheaded by unknown attackers in Malian town of Fana
06 november 2020 - 16:03:53Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A man, who worked as a lumberjack and radio repairman, was beheaded on Wednesday night by [...] Full text...
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Messages of hope from military commission push for peaceful resolution in Libya (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)
05 november 2020 - 23:44:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ten days after signing the permanent peace deal in Geneva, the joint 5+5 military commission has [...] Full text...
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ICC Prosecutor welcomes transfer of Kenyan lawyer Gicheru to ICC custody
05 november 2020 - 12:09:00The Hague, The Netherlands (PANA) – International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensuda on Thursday welcomed the voluntary surrender of [...] Full text...
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Eight civilians killed in alleged terrorist attack in central Mali
05 november 2020 - 11:28:17Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Eight civilians were killed and 10 others wounded in an attack on a minibus by unidentified [...] Full text...
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UN Police ‘vital’ across spectrum of peacekeeping, Security Council hears
05 november 2020 - 06:53:36New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council on Wednesday was briefed on the “vital role” UN Police play across [...] Full text...
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Malian players list versus Namibia in AFCON 2021 qualifiers
04 november 2020 - 15:25:38Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national soccer team coach Mohamed Magassouba has released a list of 37 players to face [...] Full text...
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Some 620 Congolese refugees relocated from high risk zone settlement
03 november 2020 - 13:59:34Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) Some 620 Congolese refugees have been moved from Kigeme, a village described to be at high risk [...] Full text...
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Protect children, relief workers caught up in conflict, urges UN rights envoy
03 november 2020 - 06:31:51New York, US (PANA) - Indiscriminate attacks on education and health facilities during armed conflict is having a “dramatic impact” [...] Full text...
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French army neutralizes more than 50 terrorists in Sahel - Minister of Armies
02 november 2020 - 23:59:34Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Barkane Force, launched in 2014 to fight against terrorism in the Sahel, on 30 [...] Full text...
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French Minister of Defence visits Mali
02 november 2020 - 16:57:34Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The French Minister of Defence, Mrs Florence Parly, is due in Bamako on Monday where she [...] Full text...
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Malian footballer Moussa Camara contracts COVID-19 before signing new contract with Rwandan club
02 november 2020 - 16:53:52Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Malian international Moussa Camara who plays for Rwanda's first division club Rayon Sports has tested positive [...] Full text...
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Senegalese president names new cabinet
02 november 2020 - 10:42:58Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Sunday announce a new cabinet of 33 ministers and four secretaries [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF gives Mali extended debt service relief for six months
31 october 2020 - 08:57:29Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday approved a second six-month [...] Full text...
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Kenya relief bid begins to avert ‘hunger crisis’ among poor workers hit by COVID
31 october 2020 - 08:02:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A major UN-led cash and nutrition relief project is underway in Kenya for informal workers facing [...] Full text...
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Libyan army chief of staff visits Mauritania
30 october 2020 - 22:58:23Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian minister of Defence, Hanana ould Sidi, Friday received a Libyan military delegation chaired by [...] Full text...
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Ivorian Rigo Yagbe Gervais, new coach of the Stade Malien in Bamako
30 october 2020 - 17:19:59Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Officials of the Stade Malien FC of Bamako, Mali, have engaged Ivorian Rigo Yagbe Gervais, as [...] Full text...
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UN condemns killing of aid workers in Somalia
29 october 2020 - 22:57:00Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The United Nations in Somalia has condemns the murder of two humanitarian workers, who were reportedly killed [...] Full text...
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Haftar’s future called into question on eve of political solution in Libya (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)
29 october 2020 - 22:18:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The process to resolve the Libyan crisis through consensus raises no doubt following developments over the [...] Full text...
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Malian Muslims unhappy with French president's comments on cartoons of Prophet (PSH)
29 october 2020 - 18:48:52Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Several hundred Muslims Wednesday expressed their displeasure at the recent remarks of French President Emmanuel Macron [...] Full text...
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Senegal's new coach convenes 25 players for Afrobasket 2021 qualification
29 october 2020 - 14:29:40Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Former Senegalese international pivot turned national coach of the 'Lions' of basketball, Boniface Ndong, on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Terrorist exchanged for release of Soumaila Cissé and other hostages in Mali arrested in Algeria
29 october 2020 - 13:40:28Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mustapha Derrar, one of the terrorists exchanged for the release of four hostages who were held [...] Full text...
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Perpetrators of 2015 deadly terrorist attack in Bamako hotel condemned to death
29 october 2020 - 12:01:31Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Perpetrators of the attacks against the Radisson Blu Hotel and La Terrasse restaurant in the Malian [...] Full text...
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Guinean coach names 23 players for Chad match for AFCON 2021 qualifiers
28 october 2020 - 21:10:19Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean national coach, Frenchman Didier Six, Tuesday invited 23 players ahead of the home and [...] Full text...
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Trial of alleged attackers of Radisson Blu Hotel, La Terrasse in 2015 opens in Bamako
28 october 2020 - 15:51:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The trial of alleged perpetrators of the 2015 attack on Radisson Blu Hotel and restaurant La [...] Full text...
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MINUSMA deploys 140 Burkinabè peacekeepers in Mali's Gao region
28 october 2020 - 15:02:00Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on Tuesday deployed 140 peacekeepers, [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Commission Vice President received by Malian Prime Minister
28 october 2020 - 13:00:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Vice President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ms. [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe president loses father
27 october 2020 - 17:26:28Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Bila Charles Kaboré, father of the Burkinabe president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, died on Tuesday, [...] Full text...
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France provides 100 billion CFA francs to Mali for development promotion
27 october 2020 - 13:44:20Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and France on Monday signed five agreements worth about 100 billion CFA francs to promote [...] Full text...
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Will the permanent ceasefire agreement in Libya overshadow the position of critics? (Analysis)
26 october 2020 - 16:44:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The signing on Friday in Geneva of the permanent ceasefire agreement in Libya has accelerated the [...] Full text...
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US-EU call on Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to resume talks on GERD dam
24 october 2020 - 20:23:03Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The European Union and the United States have both spurred Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sudan to [...] Full text...
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UN says it stands ready to assist Sudan achieve economic recovery
24 october 2020 - 19:58:16Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres Saturday expressed the hope that normalization of relations between Sudan [...] Full text...
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Sudan: normalization with Israel a process just launched
24 october 2020 - 16:00:59Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese government has specified that the tripartite statement announced by the White House on normalization [...] Full text...
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French Foreign Minister expected Sunday in Bamako
24 october 2020 - 15:07:50Paris, France (PANA) - Jean-Yves Le Drian, French minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, will pay a 48-hour visit to [...] Full text...
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Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya denounces political trial and sentence to life in peison
24 october 2020 - 12:33:20Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya, current High Representative of the African Union Mission for Mali and [...] Full text...
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Sudan normalizes relations with Israel
23 october 2020 - 23:02:53Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - United States and Sudanese officials said here Friday Sudan would normalise its relations with its hitherto [...] Full text...
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Lesotho moves to insure farmers against climate change risks
23 october 2020 - 20:21:29Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) – The Kingdom of Lesotho has signed an agreement with an African Union (AU) specialized agency, mandated [...] Full text...
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German funding helps Ethiopia enhance immigration, border management controls
23 october 2020 - 15:11:52Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Immigration and border management controls in Ethiopia are being improved to help secure the country’s [...] Full text...
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Former Malian President Kéita returns to Bamako
22 october 2020 - 11:57:05Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, returned to Bamako on Wednesday evening after undergoing medical treatment [...] Full text...
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Guinea: Violent clashes erupt between ruling and opposition party supporters
21 october 2020 - 19:18:45Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Violent clashes have broke out on Wednesday in Lambagni, a northern neighbourhood in the upper suburbs [...] Full text...
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Former Nigerian int'l, Augustine Eguavoen, new coach of Stade Malien Bamako
21 october 2020 - 18:48:12Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The coach of the Stade Malien de Bamako, Djibril Dramé, has been sacked and replaced with [...] Full text...
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German Parliamentary Secretary of State calls on Head of the Transition in Mali
21 october 2020 - 15:49:11Bamako, Mali (PANA) - German Parliamentary Secretary of State Thomas Silberhorn, on a visit to Mali since Monday, on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Donors pledge more than $1.7 billion to scale up aid in Central Sahel
21 october 2020 - 08:50:52Copenhagen, Denmark (PANA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says 24 donors pledged more [...] Full text...
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Rights advocate slams African govts for 'undermining' rights groups
21 october 2020 - 06:24:10Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International has slammed African governments for "grossly undermining regional human rights bodies". It [...] Full text...
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Former Malian President IBK expected in Bamako after medical treatment in Abu Dhabi
20 october 2020 - 21:29:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, was authorized on 5 September by the ruling military junta [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s record wheat harvest proves success of AfDB’s agricultural transformation programme
20 october 2020 - 16:06:55Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Despite coronavirus-related lockdowns, travel and transport restrictions, Sudan has just recorded its largest wheat harvest, according [...] Full text...
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Rwanda, Burundi agree to normalise diplomatic relations
20 october 2020 - 15:51:34Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan and Burundian top diplomats on Tuesday reached a deal that will lead to a full [...] Full text...
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Guterres appeals for urgent action to reverse ‘downward spiral’ in Central Sahel
20 october 2020 - 15:13:38Copenhagen, Denmark (PANA) - The world must act now to reverse the situation in Africa’s central Sahel region, where humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Rwanda, Burundi Foreign ministers meet to restore diplomatic ties
20 october 2020 - 12:37:58Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Rwanda and Burundi are holding talks on Tuesday at Nemba [...] Full text...
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'Covid-19, conflict have forced over 12 million children from school across Central Sahel region'
20 october 2020 - 07:10:31Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A humanitarian charity says a staggering 12 million children missed up to four months of school [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso is ‘one step short of famine’, warns WFP
20 october 2020 - 06:15:45Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Unless access is urgently granted to humanitarian organizations, thousands in the Central Sahel will be “pushed into further destitution”, the [...] Full text...
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Malian Army drops basic necessities to besieged villagers of Farabougou
19 october 2020 - 18:18:27Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Armed Forces (FAMA) on Monday carried out a humanitarian action in support of the residents [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mali records nine new cases
19 october 2020 - 09:13:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Nine new cases of Covid-19 were recorded on Sunday in Mali, according to the Malian Ministry [...] Full text...
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Mali in Pool D of preliminary round of Afrobasket Men 2021
18 october 2020 - 14:08:58Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali is in Pool D for the first leg of the 2021 Men's AfroBasket playoffs, which [...] Full text...
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Mali Transition President appoints woman as Mediator of the Republic
17 october 2020 - 15:05:55Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President of the Transition, Col.Maj. (rtd) Bah N'daw has appointed former Minister of Justice and [...] Full text...
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Accelerating learning, earnings of adolescent girls, young women in the Sahel
17 october 2020 - 09:42:52Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - A significant scale-up of activities for the Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend (SWEDD) project [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic and violence contribute to rising humanitarian needs in the Sahel
17 october 2020 - 06:00:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A surge in armed violence, coupled with the economic and social fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, [...] Full text...
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HCR evacuates 153 refugees from Libya to transit center in Niger
16 october 2020 - 22:59:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group of 153 refugees and asylum seekers were evacuated Thursday from Libya by the UN [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for swift action following attacks on peacekeepers in Mali
16 october 2020 - 18:49:02New York, US (PANA) - Authorities in Mali are being urged to act swiftly to apprehend those responsible for two [...] Full text...
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Togo: Former Speaker of National Assembly Fambaré Natchaba passes on
16 october 2020 - 15:52:49Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Former Speaker of Togo’s National Assembly and several times minister, Fambaré Ouattara Natchaba, died on Thursday [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS and perennial political crises (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest writer)
16 october 2020 - 11:49:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - All too soon, but as expected, World attention is shifting from Mali after a frenetic diplomatic [...] Full text...
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UN peacekeeper killed in Mali mine explosion
16 october 2020 - 11:29:29Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A peacekeeper of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was killed and another [...] Full text...
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Guinea army closes roads leading to administrative centre of capital
16 october 2020 - 11:25:01Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea soldiers have closed all roads leading to the administrative centre of Conakry as several witnesses [...] Full text...
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Four best women's teams directly qualify for 2021 Women's Afrobasket
15 october 2020 - 23:38:38Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Due to the health situation related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) [...] Full text...
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AFCON/Cameroum 2022: Mali to play against Namibia 13 November in Windhoek
15 october 2020 - 23:26:07Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali, placed in Group A, will play Namibia 13 November before moving to Windhoek five days [...] Full text...
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French minister of foreign affairs to travel to Algiers
15 october 2020 - 21:44:13Paris, France (PANA) - Jean-Yves Le Drian, French minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Thursday visited Algeria to discuss regional [...] Full text...
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La Francophonie Special Envoy visits Mali
15 october 2020 - 17:37:01Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Prime Minister, Moctar Ouane, on Wednesday in Bamako received a delegation of the International [...] Full text...
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Somalia Humanitarian Fund allocates US$9.26 million for floods response
15 october 2020 - 15:06:57Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) has released US$9.26 million to scale up priority life-saving assistance to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 55 new cases reported Wednesday in Mali
14 october 2020 - 23:23:13Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Fifty-five new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), six recoveries and zero death were recorded Wednesday in Mali, [...] Full text...
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Malian president declares three-day mourning from Thursday in tribute to victims of terrorist attack in central Mali
14 october 2020 - 21:57:13Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The leader of the Malian transition, Colonel Bah N’daw (Rtd), Wednesday declared a three-day mourning in [...] Full text...
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UN envoy outlines progress towards cooperation in Great Lakes Region
14 october 2020 - 06:14:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Even as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in Africa’s Great Lakes Region continue to improve [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: International friendlies: Senegal-Mauritania cancelled, Côte d’Ivoire surprised by Japan
13 october 2020 - 23:19:28Thies, Senegal (PANA) - Just like the matches Guinea-Gambia and Mali-Iran planned for the second day of the October ‘FIFA [...] Full text...
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At least 12 Malian soldiers killed in two attacks in Mopti region
13 october 2020 - 15:56:51Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 12 Malian soldiers were killed Monday night in two terrorist attacks in the [...] Full text...
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Ghana beat Qatar 5-1 in football friendly match
13 october 2020 - 10:49:26Aksu, Turkey (PANA) - Ghana on Monday beat Turkey 5-1 in an international friendly football match played at the Mardan [...] Full text...
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Five students injured in clashes at Bamako university campus
13 october 2020 - 09:10:44Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Five students were injured, some of hem seriously, during clashes on Monday on the campus of [...] Full text...
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AFCON qualifiers: Final tests before next month's programme
12 october 2020 - 15:10:18Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Some African national teams will on Tuesday play their last game of preparation ahead of the [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS chairperson says Mali 'on the right track'
12 october 2020 - 10:28:37Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ghana's president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, [...] Full text...
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Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo and current Chairman of ECOWAS expected Sunday in Bamako
11 october 2020 - 12:15:19Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and current chairman of the Economic Community of West African [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS welcomes release of Malian opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé
10 october 2020 - 15:20:46Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday welcomed the release of Malian [...] Full text...
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Positive death penalty decision in Africa undermined by continued executions, says rights group
10 october 2020 - 06:56:26Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In the year since the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights gave fresh impetus to [...] Full text...
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Ghana shocked 3-0 by Mali in friendly in Turkey
09 october 2020 - 21:54:46Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Mali’s Eagles Friday stunned Ghana's Black Stars by three goals to nil (3-0) in a friendly [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mali records 13 cases Friday
09 october 2020 - 20:37:27Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian health services Friday recorded 13 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), eight recoveries but no [...] Full text...
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Malian opposition leader says he was not subjected to violence during his detention
09 october 2020 - 14:52:52Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé, who spoke briefly to the press on Thursday upon his arrival [...] Full text...
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Freed Malian opposition leader Cissé arrives in Bamako
09 october 2020 - 10:23:17Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé, who was released on Thursday after seven months in captivity, arrived [...] Full text...
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Guterres says UN working ‘relentlessly’ to advance women, peace, security agenda
09 october 2020 - 06:28:21New York, US (PANA) - Armed conflict has a disproportionate impact on women and girls – a key reason why [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: President Ghazouani calls for suspension of G5 Sahel debt
08 october 2020 - 23:27:29Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani called here Thursday for the suspension of debt servicing for [...] Full text...
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Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé released - presidency
08 october 2020 - 21:20:57Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé, abducted by Jihadists since 25 March while campaigning near Niafunke, in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mali records 26 new cases Thursday
08 october 2020 - 21:01:20Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali Thursday recorded 26 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections from 793 tests, four recoveries and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: African football teams back in action this week
08 october 2020 - 14:45:38Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - After 11 months of being barred from going out because of the Covid-19 pandemic, African soccer [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF review shows Niger’s response plan alleviates socioeconomic impact
08 october 2020 - 10:45:52Niamey, Niger (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission and the authorities in Niger have reached a staff-level agreement [...] Full text...
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Former Malian PM, Speaker, 10 Generals detained after coup released
08 october 2020 - 10:36:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé and former Speaker of the National Assembly Moussa Timbiné, who [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Ghazouani receives France’s special envoy for Sahel
07 october 2020 - 23:08:59Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian president, Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani, Wednesday received France’s special envoy for the Sahel, Frederic [...] Full text...
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Three Malian soldiers killed in ambush in Mopti
07 october 2020 - 15:28:51Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Three Malian soldiers were killed in an ambush on Tuesday by an armed terrorist group [...] Full text...
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Libya declines rotating presidency of League of Arab States
06 october 2020 - 23:12:01Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has declined the rotary presidency of the Council of the League of Arab States for [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Mali records six new cases Tuesday
06 october 2020 - 20:35:31Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Six new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, 12 recoveries but no death were recorded here Tuesday, [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS lifts sanctions against Mali
06 october 2020 - 14:30:59Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lifted the sanctions it imposed on Mali [...] Full text...
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Eight African migrants dead, several injured off Horn of Africa
06 october 2020 - 11:06:44Obock, Djibouti,(PANA) - Staff from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday assisted Djiboutian authorities as they attended to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: IMF extends debt service relief for 28 eligible low-income countries for six months
06 october 2020 - 07:10:19Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a second six-month tranche [...] Full text...
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Mali: New members of government appointees
05 october 2020 - 21:35:22Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A week after the nomination of a new prime minister, Moctar Ouane, the chairman of the [...] Full text...
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G5 Sahel Council of Ministers starts session in Nouakchott
05 october 2020 - 15:11:56Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Executive Secretariat of the G5 Sahel needs reform to enable the strengthening of the organization [...] Full text...
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Two Mali police officers killed in terrorist ambush in Timbuktu
05 october 2020 - 13:18:55Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two police officers of the Mobile Security Group (GMS) were killed and two others as well [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Region: Uneasy calm before preventable storms (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
05 october 2020 - 08:47:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - One of the useful lessons to be drawn from the unfolding political and security crises in [...] Full text...
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Mali transitional govt 'an initial step' to constitutional order: US
05 october 2020 - 07:25:08Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says the establishment of a transitional government in Mali is "an initial [...] Full text...
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Saudi FM expected in Bamako on Monday
03 october 2020 - 14:48:30Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Saudi Minister of State in charge of African Affairs, Ahmed Ben Abdelaziz Al-Qattan, is expected on [...] Full text...
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New UN envoy to Libya, Africa determined to make its voice heard (Analysis)
02 october 2020 - 22:46:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The challenges facing the appointment of a new UN envoy to Libya are comparable to the [...] Full text...
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Final version of Charter of Transition in Mali published in official gazette
02 october 2020 - 21:51:05Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The final version of the Transition Charter put in place after the 18 August coup d'état, [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: G5 Sahel experts meet in Nouakchott
02 october 2020 - 15:57:10Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A meeting of experts took place Friday in Nouakchott to prepare the 8th session of the [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS, US and Algeria welcome efforts by the junta for transition in Mali
02 october 2020 - 15:39:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Sanctions taken by the Economic Community of West African States against Mali will soon to be [...] Full text...
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EU removes two prominent Libyan political figures from sanctions list
02 october 2020 - 13:04:51Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Council of the European Union on Friday removed two leading political figures from the list [...] Full text...
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Togo gets new cabinet
02 october 2020 - 10:28:05Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo on Thursday named a new government of 33 members, including 11 women. Following is the list, [...] Full text...
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US special envoy for the Sahel arrives in Bamako
01 october 2020 - 16:43:05Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The special envoy of the United States of America for the Sahel region, Dr. J. Peter [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS will lift sanctions on Mali after its requirements are met
01 october 2020 - 14:59:02Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Resident Representative in Mali of the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of [...] Full text...
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2 Malian soldiers killed in terrorist ambush in central Mali
30 september 2020 - 19:47:46Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Two soldiers were killed as a mission of the Malian armed forces (FAMAs) fell into a [...] Full text...
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Congo: Rwandan refugee file in Congo closed, Rwandan ambassador says
30 september 2020 - 18:38:30Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Rwanda's ambassador to Congo, Jean-Baptiste Habyarimana, said here Wednesday the file of Rwandan refugees in Congo [...] Full text...
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Sahel: The G5 Sahel Joint Force seizes weapons in Wour area of Chadian territory
30 september 2020 - 18:36:43Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The G5 Sahel Joint Force during its routine operations Thursday seized 23 weapons in the [...] Full text...
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