Nigerian legend Ikpeba to grace Kenya sports gala
19 january 2020 - 14:32:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former Africa Footballer of the Year, Nigerian star Victor Ikpeba, will be the chief guest at [...] Full text...
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Fire consumes several tons of cotton in northeast Benin
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EU gives Mali 325 million FCFA to rehabilitate cultural heritage
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Libya oil company declares force majeure after closure of 5 oil ports by protesters
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Kenya: Scientists fertilise another embryo from northern white rhino
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Botswana calls for women, children to be key stakeholders in peace negotiations
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Six countries sign ’Lomé Declaration’ on fight against counterfeit drugs
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Libyan PM al-Sarraj arrives in Berlin for international summit on Libya
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Libyan media highlight preparations for Berlin Conference
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Nkwame Nkrumah Continental Prize awarded to Tunisian
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Two killed, several wounded in demonstrations in central Benin
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AFCON handball 2020: Fixtures for Day 3
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former Africa Footballer of the Year, Nigerian star Victor Ikpeba, will be the chief guest at [...] Full text...
Libyan media highlight preparations for Berlin Conference
19 january 2020 - 06:01:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on preparations for the Berlin International Conference on Libya scheduled for [...] Full text...
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Arrest deemed "arbitrary" of a local press correspondent in Burundi
18 january 2020 - 19:41:37Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The director of Radio "Isanganiro" (Carrefour des Idées), Sylvère Ntakarutimana, Saturday described as “arbitrary” the arrest [...] Full text...
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The arrest and trial of Rwanda's rebel spokesperson dominate headlines in Rwanda
18 january 2020 - 19:21:04Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The arrest of Rwanda's rebel spokesperson ‘Captain’ Herman Nsengimana over terrorism charges and the hearing of [...] Full text...
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WHO warns of urgent need for ‘immediate’ solutions to combat drug-resistant infections
18 january 2020 - 09:39:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Drug-resistant infections are on the rise as private investment in new antibiotic development declines, the World [...] Full text...
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'Berlin conference must seek protection of civilians, justice for victims of violations'
18 january 2020 - 09:21:12Berlin, Germany (PANA) - As the Berlin international conference on Berlin gets underway on Sunday, human rights watchdog Amnesty International [...] Full text...
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15 western countries, EU, UN call for release of Libyan MP abducted for six months
17 january 2020 - 22:30:46Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fifteen European and western countries, in addition to the European Union and the UN Support Mission [...] Full text...
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Libyan National Oil Company warns against closing of oil installations
17 january 2020 - 22:16:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) Friday warned against the closure of its oil installations and [...] Full text...
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Benin's conflict mediator received a record 792 petitions in 2019
17 january 2020 - 19:56:26Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The mediator of the Republic of Benin received a record number of 792 complaints and claims [...] Full text...
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Sudan peace talks: One agreement but several addenda
17 january 2020 - 15:08:25Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - When people hear about Sudan’s current peace talks in Juba, South Sudan, they will immediately think [...] Full text...
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Elite Kenyan athlete runs away from anti-doping testers
17 january 2020 - 11:29:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A top Kenyan athlete ran away from anti-doping testers who had visited their training camp unannounced [...] Full text...
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Botswana president to attend World Economic Forum
17 january 2020 - 07:43:27Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's president Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi on Thursday left for Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic [...] Full text...
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African presidents expected in Lomé for summit on counterfeit drugs
16 january 2020 - 23:46:02Lomé, Togo (PANA) - African heads of state are expected here Friday to attend the summit on counterfeit drugs, official [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Opposition asks EU to stop interfering in Gambia’s internal affairs
16 january 2020 - 22:33:58Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The interim party leader of Gambia’s opposition Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC), Fabakary Tombong [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Scientists fertilise another embryo from northern white rhino
16 january 2020 - 22:12:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Scientists have created a new embryo out of an artificial fertilisation of eggs taken from one [...] Full text...
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The dilemma of the Guinean opposition
16 january 2020 - 22:09:20Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Amadou Damaro Camara, member of the governing board of the ruling Rally for Guinean People (RPG), [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President appoints two deputy director generals into the CIO
16 january 2020 - 19:25:58Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa made two key senior appointments in the country's dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation [...] Full text...
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Togolese media called to play role in preservation of social cohesion
16 january 2020 - 00:21:00Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The national council of media leaders (CONAPP) Wednesday urged the Togolese media to play a key [...] Full text...
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South Sudanese leaders promise to form unity government within set time
15 january 2020 - 21:58:54Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Salva Kiir and his former deputy, Dr Rick Machar, Wednesday agreed to form a unity [...] Full text...
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Lives of traumatized, displaced women in Sudan's West Darfur under threat
15 january 2020 - 20:14:28Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ongoing instability in Sudan’s West Darfur region has left the lives, health and safety of thousands [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe: AfDB, UN and World Bank launch 2019 Needs Assessment Report to spur economic recovery
15 january 2020 - 17:56:46Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), United Nations and World Bank Group recently launched the Zimbabwe 2019 [...] Full text...
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African Development Bank set to unveil 2020 African Economic Outlook
15 january 2020 - 17:51:09Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will launch the 2020 edition of its flagship African Economic [...] Full text...
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New report warns about severe desert locust outbreak across East Africa
15 january 2020 - 13:59:12Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A serious and widespread desert locust outbreak is destroying crops and pasture across eastern Ethiopia and [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch calls for repeal of repressive laws in Mauritania
15 january 2020 - 12:54:29Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The change of power in Mauritania, following the 22 June 2019 presidential election and the inauguration [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian journalists’ trade-union wants revision of criteria for distribution of press aid
14 january 2020 - 23:01:50Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The trade-union of Mauritanian journalists (SJM) in a statement issued here Tuesday called on the government [...] Full text...
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Ugandan tax body pushes for social media tax to be included in data fees
14 january 2020 - 21:05:29Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda Revenue Authority, the body charged with collecting taxes in the country, is pushing for the [...] Full text...
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Congo: CSLC president denounces poor communication by political actors
14 january 2020 - 15:48:35Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Philippe Mvouo, president of the Higher Council for Freedom of Communication (CSLC), on Tuesday denounced in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria rescues 4 Chinese kidnapped in Libreville, Gabon
14 january 2020 - 15:21:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Four Chinese kidnapped in December 2019 in Libreville, Gabon, regained their freedom last Thursday at the [...] Full text...
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Thirty-four passengers perish in Ghana road accident
14 january 2020 - 11:57:10Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Thirty-four passengers have died with many others injured in an accident involving two buses on Tuesday, on [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Haftar leaves Moscow without signing ceasefire agreement on Libya with al-Sarraj
14 january 2020 - 10:32:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the Libyan National Army (LNA) based in the east of the country, Marshal [...] Full text...
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Global Goals top General Assembly President’s priority list
14 january 2020 - 07:25:18New York, US (PANA) - The President of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on Monday set out [...] Full text...
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Charge for electricity levy in US dollars: MDC Veep tells Zimbabwe govt
13 january 2020 - 23:14:23Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The vice president of Zimbabwe’s largest opposition party, MDC, Tendai Biti, Monday called on the government [...] Full text...
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Signing of deal between Libyan belligerents in Moscow postponed to Tuesday
13 january 2020 - 21:50:50Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The first day of talks between Libyan belligerents led by Russian and Turkish mediators ended here [...] Full text...
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Guinea Bissau President Cissoko Embalo pledges closer integration
13 january 2020 - 21:18:52Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Guinea Bissau President Umaro Cissoko Embalo Monday pledged his commitment to a borderless bloc of Senegal, [...] Full text...
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Sudan Mediation: Coming two weeks are decisive for negotiation
13 january 2020 - 18:49:26Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Senior mediator from South Sudan, Dhio Matok, on Monday announced that the coming two weeks are [...] Full text...
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Tunis hosts resistance and liberation festival with films from 20-26 January
13 january 2020 - 15:55:13Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Tunis will from 20-26 January host the festival on resistance and liberation films, sources close to [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa meets visiting Chinese Foreign Minister
13 january 2020 - 15:08:58Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa took another break from his holiday to meet visiting Chinese Foreign minister, [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire in Libya: An opportunity to achieve peace through negotiations (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
13 january 2020 - 07:33:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – It is obviously too early to evaluate how the ceasefire proclaimed in Libya on Saturday night [...] Full text...
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Military reels out victories against Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Northeast Nigeria
12 january 2020 - 19:46:12Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As the Nigerian military reels out stories of its triumphs against the Boko Haram and the [...] Full text...
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Over 100 armed bandits killed by joint security task force in northwest Nigeria
12 january 2020 - 15:21:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – More than 100 "unrepentant" armed bandits were killed by the Joint Task Force (JTF) of Operation Hadarin [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari describess death of Omani leader as great loss to humanity
12 january 2020 - 14:05:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday described the death of Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said of [...] Full text...
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Truce in Libya in response to Russian-Turkish call for a ceasefire comes into force
12 january 2020 - 12:30:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A ceasefire, the first of its kind since the outbreak of military hostilities on April 4 [...] Full text...
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Mali: Professional press associations regret Tiégoum Maïga's indictment
12 january 2020 - 12:21:15Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Professional press associations in Mali say they learned with regret that their colleague, Tiégoum Boubèye Maïga, [...] Full text...
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Rwandan media highlight release of Rwandan nationals from Ugandan detention facilities
11 january 2020 - 21:33:57Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The latest release earlier this week of nine Rwandans from Ugandan detention facilities dominated headlines in [...] Full text...
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Turkish-Russian call for a cease-fire in Libya among this week's media highlights
11 january 2020 - 19:14:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week made wide coverage to the initiative for a ceasefire, launched after a [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian activist leads preliminary vote hunt in opposition strongholds
11 january 2020 - 14:57:34Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – A coalition of Ethiopian opposition leaders, led by prominent social justice activist-turned politician, Jawar Mohamed, [...] Full text...
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Inaction over climate emergency ‘not an option’ says UN Assembly chief
11 january 2020 - 07:50:29UAE, Abu Dhabi (PANA) - Inaction when it comes to fighting back against damaging climate change is not an option, [...] Full text...
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Tunisian leader invited to AU summit on Libya due for 25 January in Brazzaville
10 january 2020 - 23:14:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed Friday received an invitation to participate in a summit of heads of [...] Full text...
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IFAD gives more than 300 million dollars for Ethiopian agricultural sector
10 january 2020 - 21:10:35Paris, France (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Ethiopia Wednesday signed a financing deal of 305.7 [...] Full text...
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US army chief vows to stop Al Shabaab after airbase attack
10 january 2020 - 17:02:50Lamu, Kenya (PANA) – Top US army commanders have carried out an assessment mission at Camp Simba and the Manda Bay [...] Full text...
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Metro Express train service kicks off in Mauritius
10 january 2020 - 15:58:38Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius first Metro Express train started commercial service on Friday plying the Rose Hill-Port Louis [...] Full text...
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Mali: Security guard beheaded by unknown attackers in Fana town
10 january 2020 - 15:49:04Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A security guard Manafa Touré, who worked for Mali telecommunications company (SOTELMA), was beheaded in the [...] Full text...
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Haftar welcomes Putin and Erdogan's move to ceasefire in Libya
10 january 2020 - 13:35:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The General Command of the Libyan National Army, led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, has hailed "Russian [...] Full text...
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Journalists’ federation critical of Khartoum crackdown on pro-defunct regime media
10 january 2020 - 13:14:10Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has criticized a recent government decision to suspend four independent [...] Full text...
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Uncertainty hangs over Tunisian parliament's vote on new government
10 january 2020 - 12:18:01Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - After lengthy political negotiations, the Tunisian Parliament began a plenary session on Friday on a vote [...] Full text...
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Ugandan pop star locked in day-long meeting with electoral body over blocked meetings
09 january 2020 - 19:41:38Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandan pop star, Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, spent the whole of Thursday [...] Full text...
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Armed herdsmen kill 12 persons in Plateau, Northcentral Nigeria
09 january 2020 - 18:10:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Police on Thursday confirmed that armed herdsmen killed 12 persons and injured one at [...] Full text...
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Rwanda's women beach Volleyball off to Tanzania for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Qualifiers
09 january 2020 - 17:58:05Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan women's beach volleyball national teams departed for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Thursday ahead of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria begins regulation of web and onlineTV/radios for hate speech, others
09 january 2020 - 17:47:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian federal government has ordered its National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to regulate the web and [...] Full text...
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Ugandans censure Makerere University for importing academic dress from China
09 january 2020 - 16:34:33Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s biggest public institution of higher learning, Makerere University, has come under severe criticism in print, [...] Full text...
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Burkinabè government condemns attack on home of investigative journalist
09 january 2020 - 15:52:32Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabè government has condemned the attack on the home of investigative journalist Ladji Bama [...] Full text...
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IMF Executive Board approves US$27.63 million disbursement to Mali
09 january 2020 - 14:22:41Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali's immediate priority is to safeguard social and developmental spending in the face of pressures from [...] Full text...
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Libya Presidential Council, UN hail Russian-Turkish proposal for Tripoli ceasefire
09 january 2020 - 11:41:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), the High Council of State, the [...] Full text...
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Rwanda refutes 'unfounded' allegation of involvement in armed attack in Burundi
09 january 2020 - 10:01:25Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The latest accusations that Rwanda has been involved in any attack on Burundian soil are "totally [...] Full text...
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Police play down brutality charge after mass arrests in Uganda
09 january 2020 - 00:19:07Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The Ugandan police said here Wednesday they used proportionate force to arrest supporters of opposition politician [...] Full text...
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Internet disruptions reported in volatile Oromia region in Ethiopia
08 january 2020 - 23:51:25Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Residents of Wollega in the vast Oromia region straddling the capital, Addis Ababa, have decried [...] Full text...
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CFi pleads for release of Beninese journalist
08 january 2020 - 22:40:57Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The “CFi Development Medias” Wednesday pleaded for the “immediate release” of Beninese journalist Ignace Sossou sentenced [...] Full text...
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UN-govt. delegation says people displaced around Genaina need protection, humanitarian assistance
08 january 2020 - 22:33:08Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- A joint United Nations and Sudanese government delegation which paid a visit to West Darfur on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Libyan presidential council chairman against a proxy war in Libya
08 january 2020 - 22:18:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - "We don’t want Libya to be a place for proxy war", said the chairman of the [...] Full text...
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Greece: Political solution is only way to resolve the Libyan crisis
08 january 2020 - 21:31:51Athens-Greece(PANA) - A comprehensive political solution is the only way to resolve the Libyan crisis and regain stability in Libya, [...] Full text...
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Police brutality in Zimbabwe goes up 3.4 percentage points in December 2019
08 january 2020 - 14:58:26Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Police brutality and harassment in Zimbabwe went up 3.4 percentage points to 38 percent in December [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe accuses the U.S. of trying to bring more EU sanctions
08 january 2020 - 12:56:44Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Presidential Spokesperson, George Charamba, has accused the United States of putting pressure on local opposition parties [...] Full text...
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New report shows 'sex corruption' highest in Rwandan media
08 january 2020 - 12:06:12Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A new official report released on Wednesday indicates that several newsroom managers in Rwanda have been [...] Full text...
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Four FMs, EU senior representative engage to end fighting in Libya
08 january 2020 - 00:12:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - European Union(EU) senior representative for foreign policy and common security and the French, German, Italian and [...] Full text...
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Faure Gnassingbé selected by party for February’s presidential election
07 january 2020 - 21:47:55Lomé, Togo (PANA) - President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé has been elected presidential candidate of Togo’s ruling Union for Republic (UNIR), [...] Full text...
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Tunis denies Erdogan called for transit facilities for troops
07 january 2020 - 21:22:28Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian presidency Tuesday denied news circulating in certain media and social networks alleging that Turkish [...] Full text...
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Rwanda keeps Uganda travel advisory unchanged despite announcement of "relaxed border restrictions"
07 january 2020 - 20:24:02Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan government has kept Uganda travel advisory unchanged despite latest media reports on the alleged [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council holds extraordinary meeting on Libya
07 january 2020 - 17:40:24Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The UN Security Council held an emergency consultation session on Monday at the request of Tunisia, [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Army sets up panel on alleged extortion against military, other security agencies
07 january 2020 - 16:32:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army Headquarters says it is setting up a panel that will carry out “thorough [...] Full text...
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Mali: Teachers on five-day strike, demanding 20% salary increase
07 january 2020 - 16:27:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian teachers, heeding calls from their different unions, began a five-day strike on Monday, demanding a [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari demands free, fair and credible elections from Police, electoral umpire
07 january 2020 - 16:14:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday met with the head of the nation’s electoral umpire, the [...] Full text...
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Two soldiers wounded, several Boko Haram terrorists killed in northeast Nigeria
07 january 2020 - 14:46:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Tuesday confirmed the “sprung ambush” on Monday evening against the convoy of [...] Full text...
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‘Keep your hands off Libya’ - UN Special Representative tells foreign countries
07 january 2020 - 12:59:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Aggravation of the situation in Libya should open the eyes of the international community to the [...] Full text...
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About 30 die as IED explodes in northeast Nigeria town
07 january 2020 - 08:12:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – About 30 people were killed in northeast Nigerian state of Borno, after an Improvised Explosive Device [...] Full text...
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Algeria wants international community to impose respect of peace in Libya
06 january 2020 - 23:54:07Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune Monday called on the international community and the UN Security Council, in [...] Full text...
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Botswana parliament speaker attends speakers’ conference
06 january 2020 - 21:37:09Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana parliament speaker is scheduled to attend the 25th Conference of Speakers’ and Presiding Officers [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: US warns citizens against travelling to, or across Nigeria, over killing of Iranian General
06 january 2020 - 19:31:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Following the killing of Iranian General, Qassem Soleimani, in a drone airstrike last week, the United [...] Full text...
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Mali: 1,266 people died in 2019 due to accidents, bad weather
06 january 2020 - 16:55:59Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In 2019, Mali recorded 1,266 deaths and 24,463 injuries due to accidents, floods, malaise at home, house [...] Full text...
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International community denounce bombing of military academy in Tripoli
06 january 2020 - 13:41:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - There has been a huge international outcry following the shelling of a military academy in Tripoli [...] Full text...
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'Targeted attacks, executions by armed Islamist groups kill over 250 civilians in Burkina Faso'
06 january 2020 - 08:47:06New York, US (PANA) – Armed Islamist groups in Burkina Faso have committed targeted attacks and summary executions that have killed [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Electricity tariffs to increase in Nigeria effective April 1
05 january 2020 - 20:57:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said here Sunday electricity tariffs being paid by consumers would [...] Full text...
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(UPDATE) 30 dead, 33 wounded in attack on military academy in Tripoli
05 january 2020 - 13:57:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The death toll in the bombing of the military academy in the al-Hadhba area of Tripoli [...] Full text...
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Strong surge in condemnation by Libyans of bombing of military academy in Tripoli
05 january 2020 - 13:16:30Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Large sections of the Libyan public Sunday expressed their strongest condemnation of the missile strikes on [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Sonacos finally starts collecting peanuts in the south of the country
05 january 2020 - 12:18:05Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The first truckloads of peanuts have begun arriving at the Intermediate Reception Centre (CRI) in Kolda, [...] Full text...
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14 killed, 33 injured and 986 displaced in latest floods in Bujumbura
05 january 2020 - 11:50:39Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported here Sunday that 14 people were killed, [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe govt condemns attack that left 14 dead in the northwest
05 january 2020 - 10:41:07Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government on Saturday condemned the "barbaric" attack that killed 14 people in Toéni [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Al Shabaab launches attack on joint Kenya, US military air base
05 january 2020 - 09:55:44Lamu, Kenya (PANA) - A terror attack at a joint military airbase used by the Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) and [...] Full text...
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Turkey's support to Tripoli-based Govt, outlook for Libyan economy highlighted in the news
04 january 2020 - 17:44:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on the effects of Turkey's support for the Tripoli-based Government of [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe politicians angered by President Mnangagwa telling people to 'eat vegetables'
04 january 2020 - 16:32:23Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Leading Zimbabwean politicians have condemned President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s comments telling residents from an impoverished Harare suburb, [...] Full text...
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UN refugee agency 'deeply concerned' by shelling near Tripoli facility
04 january 2020 - 07:20:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Shelling near a major facility run by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in the Libyan capital [...] Full text...
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Tripoli's Maitigua airport to resume air flights after brief suspension
03 january 2020 - 21:10:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Maitigua International Airport announced here Friday it had started receiving airline passengers, as a prelude [...] Full text...
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Gabonese president expects immediate results from members of government
03 january 2020 - 20:29:48Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - President Ali Bongo Ondimba said here Friday he expected members of the government to obtain concrete [...] Full text...
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South Africa: KIdnapped South African photojournalist safely home
03 january 2020 - 14:25:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African photojournalist Shiraaz Mohamed has returned home after being held captive in Syria [...] Full text...
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Mauritian police officer kills man who assaulted his wife and children
03 january 2020 - 09:36:17Cascades, Mauritius (PANA) – A police officer shot a man in Cascades, southern Mauritius, who was assaulting his wife and [...] Full text...
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Ghana Football Association sacks all national team coaches
03 january 2020 - 06:28:45Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has sacked the technical bodies of all national teams with immediate [...] Full text...
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UN envoy commends successful conclusion of Guinea-Bissau presidential election
03 january 2020 - 06:08:04Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - The head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) has underlined the [...] Full text...
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Dozens killed, calm restored as probe is launched into Darfur community clashes
02 january 2020 - 20:29:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Red Crescent said here Thursday that at least 48 persons were killed in Genaina, [...] Full text...
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Troika urges South Sudan leaders to form unity government before people lose hope in them
02 january 2020 - 18:28:24Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Troika comprising the United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway have warned South Sudanese politicians that [...] Full text...
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Mauritania offers subvention to 375 private media outlets
02 january 2020 - 17:49:39Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Public subvention to the private media in Mauritania will reach 255 sites, 111 newspapers, 11 radios [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Announcement of new government postponed to Thursday
01 january 2020 - 20:44:44Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - After long political negotiations, Habib Jemli, the new head of the Tunisian government, said here Wednesday [...] Full text...
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High level delegation in Darfur to help put down the unrest there
01 january 2020 - 19:45:47Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A High level delegation from the central government arrived in Genaina, near the borders with Chad, [...] Full text...
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President Barrow says he swore twice by the Holy Qur’an to defend national constitution
01 january 2020 - 18:30:54Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - President Adama Barrow said here Wednesday he swore twice by the Holy Qur’an in Dakar and in [...] Full text...
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113,429 people assisted by Red Cross in Diffa region of Niger
01 january 2020 - 16:05:00Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A total of 113,429 victims of insecurity and floods in Diffa region of eastern Niger have [...] Full text...
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Presidential Council of Libya welcomes Arab League position supporting legitimacy
01 january 2020 - 14:47:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Vice President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Ahmed Omar [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Govt cancels press conference over accusations of trying to block release of artiste's new album
01 january 2020 - 00:36:46Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Ministry Tuesday cancelled a press conference after being accused of [...] Full text...
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Tunisian political parties warn against deployment of Daech fighters in Libya
31 december 2019 - 22:43:50Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The leader of the Project for Tunisia movement, Mohsein Marzouk, Tuesday warned against a “Turkish plan [...] Full text...
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Guinea: RPG pleads for neutrality in Ivorian problems
31 december 2019 - 20:26:36Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The political party in power in Guinea, the Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée (RPG-Arc-en-ciel), has dissociated [...] Full text...
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Curfew imposed on Sudanese border town after community clashes left at least eight dead
31 december 2019 - 17:57:58Khartoum, Sudan(PANA) - The Governor of West Darfur State, Maj. Gen. Abdul-Khaliq Mahmoud has formed a committee to probe community [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Limam Chaafi's lawyer calls for the prosecution of his client to be stopped
31 december 2019 - 14:19:37Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Accusations made against Moustapha Limam Chaafi, a well-known Mauritanian politician in the Sahel, West Africa and [...] Full text...
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Congo to clear CFAF 360 billion of domestic debt
31 december 2019 - 13:20:15Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government committed on Tuesday in Brazzaville to clear CFAF 360 billion of domestic debt [...] Full text...
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Arab League to hold emergency meeting on Libya on Tuesday
31 december 2019 - 13:02:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Council of the League of Arab States will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday in [...] Full text...
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UNICEF reports three-fold rise in verified attacks on children since 2010
31 december 2019 - 05:56:19New York, US (PANA) - Conflicts around the world are lasting longer and claiming more young lives, UN Children's Fund (UNCEF) Executive Director Henrietta [...] Full text...
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UN Sudan mission envoy commends signing of Darfur framework agreement
31 december 2019 - 05:48:16Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The joint chief mediator for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) on Monday [...] Full text...
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Botswana’s good governance ‘on a thin line’
30 december 2019 - 23:04:20Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s good governance, peace and tranquility is on the thin line as opposition parties put the [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: New government will not be announced Monday as initially planned, says PM
30 december 2019 - 22:02:41Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian prime minister, Habib Jemli, in charge of forming a new government, Monday announced he [...] Full text...
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UNAMID welcomes framework agreement between transitional government and Darfur track
30 december 2019 - 20:33:13Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations African Union Peace Keeping Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Monday welcomed the recent framework [...] Full text...
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Botswana taking action on cruel elephant calf killing by local hunters
30 december 2019 - 18:25:46Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - An elephant calf was cruelly killed by three suspects using dogs and stones on 6 Dec [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia wants to strengthen cooperation with Libya and find a solution to the Libyan crisis
30 december 2019 - 13:45:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ethiopia desires to strengthen its relations with the Libyan state and to contribute to efforts aimed [...] Full text...
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Zambia's President Lungu fires Information and Broadcasting Permanent Secretary
30 december 2019 - 12:09:17Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia President Edgar Lungu has terminated the contract of Chanda Kasolo as permanent secretary in the [...] Full text...
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Nine police officers indicted after death of 11 detainees in anti-drug unit cell
30 december 2019 - 07:20:27Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Nine police officers have been indicted following the death of 11 detainees on 15 July [...] Full text...
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Two Ugandan activists against Total project in Uganda in danger, says NGOs
29 december 2019 - 17:55:08Paris, France (PANA) - Two Ugandans, community leader Jelousy Mugisha and farmer Fred Mwesigwa, who came to France on 12 [...] Full text...
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Popular Radio Africa Group lays off journalists
29 december 2019 - 15:25:30Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A popular Kenyan media, Radio Africa Group, has begun a series of layoffs intended to help [...] Full text...
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2019: Rwanda’s year of diplomatic offensive in SADC region, political standoff with Uganda
29 december 2019 - 13:53:50Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - For Rwanda, 2019 has been an active year in diplomacy that extended not only to many [...] Full text...
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Libya’s GNA denies presence of Syrian fighters in Libya in support of government forces
29 december 2019 - 12:44:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the government of national accord (GNA) Sunday denied the veracity of videos [...] Full text...
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Libyan media highlight 68th independence anniversary, Erdogan's Tunisia visit
28 december 2019 - 17:40:46Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The celebration of the 68th anniversary of Libya's independence at a time when the Tripoli war [...] Full text...
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Tunisian security forces on high alert along border with Libya following intensification in Tripoli war
28 december 2019 - 15:10:33Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security units along the land and sea borders with Libya have been placed on maximum [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's president appeals to citizens not be be divided by execution of 11 Christian hostages by ISWAP terrorists
28 december 2019 - 08:39:35Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned last Wednesday's execution of 11 Christians in the northeast of [...] Full text...
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End-year analysis: Social media, smart phones: tsunami that brought down Sudan's president Bashir (By Mohamed Osman)
27 december 2019 - 09:46:21Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – You cannot have a better personification of the saying, “Trust the tale not the teller.” Government officials in [...] Full text...
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Libyan journalist Ridha Fhail al-Boum released after 12 days of detention
27 december 2019 - 00:24:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Journalist Ridha Fhail al-Boum was released on Thursday, 12 days after his arrest and detention at [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe minister of communication dissatisfied with treatment of subjects linked to terrorist attacks
26 december 2019 - 23:41:52Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe Minister of Communication Rémis Dandjinou Thursday expressed his indignation at the treatment of subjects [...] Full text...
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Mali: The High Communication Authority allocates 159 frequencies to private sound broadcasting services
26 december 2019 - 23:07:19Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The High Communication Authority (HAC), a regulatory body in Mali, has granted 159 new frequencies to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Northeast governor condoles Chibok Council on killing of six persons by Boko Haram
26 december 2019 - 20:19:55Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The governor of Borno State, northeast Nigeria, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, Thursday expressed condolence to the [...] Full text...
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Tunisia denies any alliance in Libyan conflict
26 december 2019 - 18:44:15Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Thursday denied forming an alliance with any side in the Libyan conflict, an official statement [...] Full text...
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Zambia to open a gold mining company
26 december 2019 - 18:04:57Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - ZCCM Investment Holdings plans to open a gold mining company that will also supervise the mining [...] Full text...
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Mali: DIRPA condemns use of truncated images on armed forces
26 december 2019 - 17:31:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Directorate of Information and Public Relations of the army (DIRPA) has condemned the use of [...] Full text...
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Haftar forces launch air strikes on various positions in Misrata city
26 december 2019 - 14:04:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fighter jets belonging to the Libyan National Army led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar conducted air raids [...] Full text...
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Burundi's political class commits to 'peaceful' 2020 elections
25 december 2019 - 11:08:48Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - As Burundi heads to crucial elections in 2020, a new code of conduct has been announced [...] Full text...
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UN chief urges action following execution, abduction of civilians in Nigeria
25 december 2019 - 10:05:11New York, US (PANA) - Those responsible for the recent execution and abduction of civilians in northeastern Nigeria must be held accountable, [...] Full text...
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4 civilians killed, six others wounded in air bombardment in eastern Tripoli
24 december 2019 - 22:34:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Four civilians were killed and six others wounded Tuesday following an air bombardment targeting civilian sites [...] Full text...
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December 2019, acrimonious anniversary for Sudanese revolutionaries
24 december 2019 - 19:57:49Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Minister of Defense Lt Gen. Awad Bin Aouf on 11 April 2019 announced the ouster [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt releases former National Security adviser and online newspaper publisher
24 december 2019 - 18:22:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, on Tuesday announced the release by Nigeria’s [...] Full text...
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Mozambican couple arrested with heroin in Mauritius
24 december 2019 - 16:27:08Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Mozambican couple was arrested on 16 December by the Mauritian Customs Service at the [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Armed Forces 'kill over 40 Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists' in the northeast
24 december 2019 - 13:32:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said that its troops in conjunction with the Nigerian Air Force [...] Full text...
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Course for all-female intelligence personnel from six West African countries ends
24 december 2019 - 08:31:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The US Africa Command has ended a month-long training for about 20 West African female intelligence officers, [...] Full text...
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Burundian president expresses last wishes to defense and security forces
23 december 2019 - 23:17:26Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - This past week witnessed the traditional ceremonies for exchange of end-of-year wishes between the defense and [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso in retrospect: Almost all regions affected by terrorism in 2019
23 december 2019 - 20:42:47Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In 2019, almost all regions of Burkina Faso were affected by terrorist attacks which left [...] Full text...
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Gabon: One killed, four taken hostage in piracy act in Gabonese high seas
23 december 2019 - 20:07:16Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Gabonese government said unidentified gunmen on board a high speed boat on 21 December attacked [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe: 10 suspected cases of typhoid reported in Harare
23 december 2019 - 16:07:37Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Ten cases of suspected typhoid have been reported in Glen View, a Harare high density suburb [...] Full text...
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Greek FM arrives in Benghazi
22 december 2019 - 17:11:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Greek minister of foreign affairs, Nikos Dendias, has arrived in the eastern Libyan city of [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa rules out one-on-one dialogue with rival Chamisa
22 december 2019 - 16:20:37Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ruled out talks with his main political rival, Movement for Democratic [...] Full text...
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Fitch downgrades Nigeria's credit rating from 'stable' to 'negative'
22 december 2019 - 05:24:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Fitch Ratings, the international credit rating agency, has revised the outlook on Nigeria’s long-term foreign currency [...] Full text...
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Rwandan newspapers highlight high-risk zone evacuations and demolitions
21 december 2019 - 19:23:21Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -Demolition of small residential houses and shops built in high risk zones of Kigali and its surroundings, [...] Full text...
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Sudan and UN sign US$20 million deal on peace building in Darfur
21 december 2019 - 18:30:35Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan and the UN on Saturday signed an agreement on a US$ 20 million programme that [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s committee probing June 3 events on protesters against Bashir starts work
21 december 2019 - 18:17:06Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's independent Legal Probe Committee into the brutal dispersal of anti-Bashir revolutionary sit in on 3 [...] Full text...
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Libyan media focus on intensifying war vis-a-vis regional events
21 december 2019 - 17:58:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Memoranda of understanding signed on November 27 between Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) and Turkey [...] Full text...
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Libyan government forces attack large fief of Haftar troops west of Tripoli
21 december 2019 - 15:42:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Forces loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) on Friday evening attacked Tarhouna town, used [...] Full text...
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Libyan Interior minister announces second phase of Tripoli security plan
21 december 2019 - 14:32:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Interior minister in the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bachagha, has announced the start [...] Full text...
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IMF approves US$2.9 billion ECF and EFF arrangements for Ethiopia
21 december 2019 - 13:15:41Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian authorities have secured vital support of the International Monetary Fund for implementation of their [...] Full text...
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Congo sets up network of journalists on democracy
21 december 2019 - 12:16:57Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's Diocesan Conference on Justice and Peace has set up a network of journalists on democracy [...] Full text...
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IMF approves US$115.1 million ECF arrangement for Central African Republic
21 december 2019 - 11:54:53Bangui, CAR (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday approved a US$115.1 million three-year [...] Full text...
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Botswana to host Global National Adaptation Plan Expo
21 december 2019 - 01:23:29Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana, in collaboration with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat, will host [...] Full text...
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Demba Mamadou Traoré new coach of Malian U17 team
21 december 2019 - 00:36:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Demba Mamadou Traoré has been appointed new coach of the Malian U17 team by the Malian [...] Full text...
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Benin mission chief to EU declared persona non grata
20 december 2019 - 22:40:39Paris, France (PANA) - Beninese Ambassador Zacharie Richard Akplogan, chief of mission of his country to the European Union, was [...] Full text...
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Fayez Al-Sarraj urges Chechen president to offer mediation to find solution to Libyan crisis
20 december 2019 - 22:18:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the presidential council of the government of national accord, Fayez Al-Sarraj, Friday expressed [...] Full text...
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Sudanese government sayd diplaced persons shall be represented in peace talks
20 december 2019 - 22:06:02Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The president of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, Friday stressed the need for [...] Full text...
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Former Mauritanian president confirms "deep differences" with his successor
20 december 2019 - 15:28:23Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's former president Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz (2008-2019) has confirmed "the deep differences" between him and [...] Full text...
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UN Human Rights chief raises concern about deteriorating rights situation in Libya
20 december 2019 - 14:05:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday expressed concern about [...] Full text...
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Fayez al-Sarraj calls on five countries to activate joint defence pact with Libya
20 december 2019 - 10:21:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Presidential Council of the Government of the National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, [...] Full text...
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Senior Zambian official to be disciplined for 'alarming the nation' over bridge
20 december 2019 - 08:13:43Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s Secretary to the Cabinet Simon Miti has disclosed that disciplinary action will be taken against [...] Full text...
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Activist jabs Gambian gov’t over lies
19 december 2019 - 22:52:37Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Leading human rights activist Madi Jobarteh Thursday threw a jab at the Gambian government following the [...] Full text...
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Malian teachers continue their 120 hour strike
19 december 2019 - 21:50:38Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian teachers from eight trade unions Thursday continue their 120 hour strike begun Monday with the [...] Full text...
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Kenya approves commercial production of genetically modified cotton seeds
19 december 2019 - 18:40:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya's Cabinet has approved the commercial farming of Biotechnologically modified (BT) cotton hybrids, the office of [...] Full text...
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Libyan Government endorses security cooperation pact signed with Turkey
19 december 2019 - 18:32:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Council of Ministers of the Government of National Accord (GNA) on Thursday endorsed, at an [...] Full text...
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Two soldiers killed in a mine explosion in central Mali
19 december 2019 - 10:56:51Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two Malian soldiers were killed and three others wounded on Wednesday in Hombori, in the Mopti [...] Full text...
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IMF approves US$282.8 million facility arrangement for Equatorial Guinea
19 december 2019 - 08:39:51Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a three-year arrangement for [...] Full text...
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Italy proposes sending European mediation mission to Libya to end fighting
18 december 2019 - 23:07:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Italian minister of foreign affairs, Luigi di Maio, on Wednesday proposed the sending of a [...] Full text...
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Journalist Fehal Bome disappears in Libya despite calls for his release
18 december 2019 - 20:28:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The fate of the Libyan journalist-writer and rights activist Ridha Fehal Bome remains unknown since his [...] Full text...
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Estranged wife of Zimbabwe VP asks high court for bail on alleged murder attempt
18 december 2019 - 19:18:25Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has filed an application in [...] Full text...
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France grants 2 bn CFAF to Mali for installation of digital terrestrial television
18 december 2019 - 18:42:29Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An agreement on additional funding for assistance with project management relating to the deployment of digital [...] Full text...
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Somalia desert locust outbreak threatens food security in Horn of Africa
18 december 2019 - 16:00:30Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Somalia faces the worst Desert Locust outbreak in a quarter of a century with the risk [...] Full text...
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Kenya Airways blames dip in 2019 profit on increased competition
18 december 2019 - 14:23:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways has announced that its net profit for the year ended December 2019 will decline [...] Full text...
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Tunisian president vows to achieve popular aspirations for freedom, dignity
18 december 2019 - 06:23:44Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisian president Kaïs Saied on Tuesday vowed to work towards the achievement of the popular aspirations [...] Full text...
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High Council for Communication calls on media to be more responsible in handling security information
17 december 2019 - 22:00:26Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The High Council of Communication (CSC), the media regulatory body in Niger, Tuesday "firmly" condemned the [...] Full text...
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South Sudan foes make progress in implementing peace deal
17 december 2019 - 21:09:57Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - South Sudanese rival parties Tuesday agreed to form a government of national unity within hundred days [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari decries slow pace of justice under democracy
17 december 2019 - 20:06:29Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday expressed unhappiness about democracy’s ‘slow’ method of dispensation of justice, expressing [...] Full text...
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IMF Board approves US5123.5 million disbursement to Gabon
17 december 2019 - 18:40:21Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Prudent macroeconomic policies have contributed to Gabon’s economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board [...] Full text...
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Fighting intensifies near Tripoli despite efforts to ease tension in Libya
17 december 2019 - 17:12:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fighting on the outskirts of Tripoli has become more intense in the past 24 hours, increasing [...] Full text...
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French Senators want more broadcasts in Mandinka, Fulani to combat terrorism in the Sahel
17 december 2019 - 15:46:17Paris, France (PANA) - The Foreign Affairs Committee of the French Senate on Wednesday requested that France Médias Monde be [...] Full text...
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UN wants arrested Libyan journalist to be released or brought before courts
16 december 2019 - 23:10:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support in Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said here Monday it was concerned with the [...] Full text...
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GNA's Interior ministry denies involvement in disappearance of Libyan journalist
16 december 2019 - 17:51:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Interior ministry of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has denied any connection by its [...] Full text...
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