South Africa's top court hears hate speech case
22 september 2020 - 14:25:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Tuesday heard arguments in the hate speech case against prominent [...] Full text...
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Trial of former Rwandan presidential guard commander postponed after defense pleads for more time
14 september 2020 - 23:19:38Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The trial of former Rwandan presidential guard commander, Colonel Tom Byabagamba, who is facing a new [...] Full text...
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Paul Rusesabagina, controversial hero of "Hotel Rwanda" movie, indicted for terrorism
14 september 2020 - 22:27:50Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Paul Rusesabagina, whose story on the genocide of Tutsis in 1994 inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda", [...] Full text...
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Bachelet urges urgent action to strengthen resilience and protect people’s rights
14 september 2020 - 13:17:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – In view of sharply escalating suffering and turmoil across the world, human rights principles, norms and [...] Full text...
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Death toll in Rwanda's road crash rises to 4
12 september 2020 - 20:22:19Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The number of people who died in Rwanda's road accident involving a truck on the main [...] Full text...
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Three killed, 8 injured in road accident in Western Rwanda
12 september 2020 - 17:05:27Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least three people were killed and eight others injured in a road accident in the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa salutes Mandela Foundation head
07 september 2020 - 12:31:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday described the death of acclaimed author and [...] Full text...
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Global stars endorse South African hit song
04 september 2020 - 12:51:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Global stars Janet Jackson and Cristiano Ronaldo this week threw their formidable weight behind [...] Full text...
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South Africa's biggest home goes on sale
01 september 2020 - 15:41:32Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s largest house has gone on sale and is expected to fetch up [...] Full text...
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Tunisian security arrests 3 alleged terrorists, one described as ‘dangerous’
26 august 2020 - 22:36:57Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian security based in Sfax (south) Tuesday arrested a Takfiri element described ’as [...] Full text...
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Three bodies of alleged migrants recovered off the Tunsian coasts
05 august 2020 - 23:54:39Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian navy of the region of Mahdia,200 km southeast of the capital, Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Six people killed in traffic accident 40 kilometers away from Bamako
03 august 2020 - 16:25:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Six people died following a traffic accident on Sunday in Kassela on the road to Ségou, [...] Full text...
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French soldier killed in operation in Chad
31 july 2020 - 22:29:40Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A French soldier was killed Friday as he was carrying out a maintenance intervention on [...] Full text...
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14 illegal migrants rescued off the Tunisian coasts
29 july 2020 - 21:47:13Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian marines said here Wednesday they had rescued 14 migrants, including a four-year-old child, 25 km [...] Full text...
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Tunisian government unit dismantles extremist group
22 july 2020 - 15:58:49Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's Terrorist Crimes Research Unit has dismantled a suspected extremist cell made up of five people, [...] Full text...
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Dozens of Tunisian illegal migrants arrested by Tunisian security forces
21 july 2020 - 23:52:34Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security units Tuesday arrested dozens of Tunisians attempting to cross illegally the maritime borders for [...] Full text...
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Tunisian navy rescues 26 illegal migrants in two operations
20 july 2020 - 23:32:56Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian navy unit Monday rescued 12 illegal migrants on a boat which engine broke down [...] Full text...
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Tunisian navy rescues four illegal migrants
16 july 2020 - 20:20:18Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A unit of the Tunisian navy here Wednesday rescued four illegal migrants of Maghreb nationality, the [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso to release 100 billion CFAF to support companies strongly impacted by Covid-19
16 july 2020 - 19:43:05Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The prime minister of Burkina Faso, Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré, chaired Thursday the signing ceremony [...] Full text...
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Five people drown in Burkina Faso
15 july 2020 - 10:01:50Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least five people drowned on Tuesday night in Ganzourgou province in the central plateau [...] Full text...
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Tunisian navy rescues migrants in difficulties at sea
14 july 2020 - 23:55:40Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian navy units Tuesday rescued a group of illegal migrants off the Mediterranean Sea,30 km off [...] Full text...
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Burglary hits Mauritania's Budget Directorate-General in Nouakchott
06 july 2020 - 11:42:44Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Budget Directorate-General, located in downtown Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, was burgled on Sunday g and [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Legendary South Africa actress dead at 80
04 july 2020 - 16:46:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Legendary South African actress Mary Twala died in Johannesburg Saturday after a lengthy illness [...] Full text...
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Tunisian security arrest 50 illegal migrants on board 2 boats
01 july 2020 - 19:42:51Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian security in Teboulba,180 km south of Tunis, Wednesday seized a fishing boat [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Navy thwarts nine illegal migration attempts
30 june 2020 - 14:37:42Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian Navy thwarted on Sunday night thwarted nine illegal attempts to migrate to [...] Full text...
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Mauritius introduces bill against money laundering, financing terrorism
30 june 2020 - 12:22:35Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Financial Services and Good Governance minister Mahen Seeruttun, on Tuesday, told Parliament that the [...] Full text...
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18 sub-Saharan illegal migrants arrested in Tunisia
17 june 2020 - 14:37:52Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security units on Tuesday arrested 18 people of different African nationalities who wanted to be [...] Full text...
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Organizer of deadly illegal migration operation arrested in Tunisia
17 june 2020 - 14:27:47Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The suspected organizer of the latest fateful, illegal migration attempt, whose identity has not been revealed, [...] Full text...
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Congo: Exponential increase in requests for relief and assistance during the lockdown
16 june 2020 - 18:44:07Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The head of the Congolese Department of Rescue Studies and Training at the Directorate General of [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African legend wins lawsuit against own son
13 june 2020 - 14:19:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African golfing legend Gary Player Saturday won a US$5-million lawsuit against his own [...] Full text...
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Attempts at illegal migration foiled, 30 people arrested in Tunisia
11 june 2020 - 20:17:11Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian navy on Thursday foiled four attempts at illegal migration to Italy from [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Navy recovers 13 additional bodies from shipwreck
11 june 2020 - 19:21:29Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian Navy on Thursday recovered 13 additional bodies (9 men and 4 women) [...] Full text...
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Alleged extremists arrested in several operations in Tunisia
10 june 2020 - 15:33:32Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security units in the northern city of Menzel Bourguiba on Tuesday arrested five persons suspected [...] Full text...
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Five killed in Mali gold mine collapse
09 june 2020 - 13:06:49Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Five people were killed and at least seven others seriously injured on Sunday after a gold [...] Full text...
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Four detainees in Bamako central prison shot dead after attempting to escape
05 june 2020 - 23:37:01Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Four detainees of the central prison of Bamako were shot dead Friday as they attempted after [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: South African lobby group flags police brutality in containing pandemic
04 june 2020 - 13:45:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African lobby group AfriForum has laid charges against Pretoria at the United Nations [...] Full text...
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The Gambia's domestic debt remains high - Cetral Bank
28 may 2020 - 21:37:52Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia’s stock of domestic debt remains high, increasing to D33.6 billion or 33.2 per cent [...] Full text...
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Sub-Saharan Africans arrested by Tunisian security services
27 may 2020 - 20:56:14Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian army in the region of Benguardane Tuesday night arrested 15 Sub-Saharan Africans, [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Navy foils 3 attempts of illegal migration
25 may 2020 - 15:21:51Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units in the Nabeul region, 60 km southeast of Tunis, thwarted two attempts of [...] Full text...
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Three illegal migration attempts foiled in Tunisia
21 may 2020 - 22:29:04Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian gendarmerie Thursday foiled three attempts of illegal migration carried out by Tunisians [...] Full text...
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Former South African President Zuma loses another court battle
21 may 2020 - 14:07:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma has lost his appeal against a High Court ruling that [...] Full text...
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25 Tunisian fishermen released Monday after week of retention in Libya
11 may 2020 - 23:58:09Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 25 Tunisian fishermen who were held in Libya since last Tuesday were released here Monday [...] Full text...
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Alleged terrorist ring dismantled in Tunisia
08 may 2020 - 22:43:48Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An alleged terrorist ring active in the virtual area of the southeastern city of Sfax was [...] Full text...
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Illegal migration attempt foiled in Tunisia
07 may 2020 - 13:55:14Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian coast guards in Mahdia city, 200 km south of Tunis, on Wednesday intercepted a fishing [...] Full text...
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Seizure of two Tunisian fishing boats by Libyan coast-guards confirmed
06 may 2020 - 23:46:08Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Union of agriculture and fishing (UTAP) Wednesday confirmed the seizure of two Tunisian fishing [...] Full text...
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International network of illegal migration dismantled in Tunisia
05 may 2020 - 23:14:37Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security units of the southern city of Sfax Tuesday dismantled an international network of illegal [...] Full text...
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Tunisian navy foils illegal immigration attempt off Tunisian city of Sousse
27 april 2020 - 23:32:08Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A unit of the Tunisian navy Monday morning seized a boat 60 km off the city [...] Full text...
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New forms of crimes reported in Tunisia during health confinement
22 april 2020 - 21:45:00Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of Interior, Hichem Mechichi, Wednesday revealed the incidence of new forms of crime [...] Full text...
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Customs officials seize large quantity of contraband in southern Senegal
22 april 2020 - 12:43:41Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese customs on Tuesday seized a large quantity of contraband in the Sindian area, south of [...] Full text...
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Inflation remains stable in Botswana
15 april 2020 - 23:02:51Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s annual inflation rate has remained stable over the past two months, an official source said [...] Full text...
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4 killed in land dispute in western Burkina Faso
13 april 2020 - 23:00:47Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Four persons were killed Saturday in a land dispute at Sidéradougou in the province of [...] Full text...
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Biggest alleged drug trafficker arrested in Tunisia
05 april 2020 - 16:04:14Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian security on Friday night arrested one of the biggest alleged drug traffickers involved in [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Mandela's foundation salutes Apartheid-era general
04 april 2020 - 13:12:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Nelson Mandela Foundation have paid tribute to an Apartheid-era [...] Full text...
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South Africa: African election officials attend social media conference in Cape Town
03 march 2020 - 13:22:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Commissioners and senior executives from more than 34 African election management bodies are attending [...] Full text...
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8 Tunisians arrested for joining suspected terrorist organizations
29 february 2020 - 16:57:01Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security units in the northern Menzel Bourguiba city have arrested four people who were convicted [...] Full text...
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Tunisian security officials arrest 137 illegal migrants
10 february 2020 - 16:25:11Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security forces have foiled three attempts of illegal migration to the Italian coast from the [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: 2 extremists arrested and sentenced to prison terms
08 february 2020 - 20:10:19Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian gendarmerie forces from Aryana, suburb of Tunis, and Jandouba in the north-west arrested two Takfiri [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Two suspected terrorists arrested separately
06 february 2020 - 15:53:53Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Terrorism prevention services affiliated to the Tunisian police of Zaghouan, 50 km southeast of Tunis, have [...] Full text...
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Tanker truck explosion leaves 6 dead in Togo
05 february 2020 - 21:57:12Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The explosion of a fuel tanker in the city of Anié, about 190 km north of [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Famous African mercenary dead at 100
03 february 2020 - 19:34:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s most notorious mercenary has died at the age of 100. “Mad” Mike Hoare [...] Full text...
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Alleged terrorist arrested in west-central Tunisia
03 february 2020 - 15:58:47Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security officials have arrested in the Tunisian city of Sbaïtla (Central-West Tunisia), a 28-year-old suspected [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian organization denounces arrest of suspected homosexuals
27 january 2020 - 22:50:35Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Activist organization, "For a Secular Mauritania", Monday denounced the arrest of several individuals alleged to be [...] Full text...
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Tunisian wanted for belonging to terrorist organization arrested
24 january 2020 - 15:04:30Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security arrested Thursday during a security operation an individual in his twenties who was wanted [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's inflation rises by 0.13 points to 11.98 per cent in December 2019
17 january 2020 - 13:07:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said that the country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), [...] Full text...
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Illegal migration attempt foiled in Tunisia
11 january 2020 - 19:51:42Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An attempted illegal migration of 18 people was foiled on Saturday in the Cape Jebel region [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: 5 children die in fire in Nouakchott
09 january 2020 - 00:11:03Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Five children Wednesday died in a fire that broke out in Dar Naim, a commune in [...] Full text...
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Three-year-old Botswana child found in Zimbabwe
03 january 2020 - 16:47:30Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - A three-year-old Botswana girl who went missing on 29 Dec 2019 from her rural home has [...] Full text...
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Four sub-Saharan women arrested for illegal entry into Tunisia from Libya
01 january 2020 - 17:44:26Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian gendarmerie patrol operating along the border Tuesday night arrested four sub-Saharan women whose nationality [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: 6 killed in road crash on Nouakchott-Nouadhibou road
25 december 2019 - 17:24:45Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A collision between a public transport bus from Nouakchott and a truck from Nouadhibou left 6 [...] Full text...
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France hails memory of last Togolese World War 2 fighter
19 december 2019 - 23:50:57Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Louis Kokou Sagbo, the last former Togolese combatant of World War II, who died on 2 [...] Full text...
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Seven bodies of Sub-Saharan African migrants recovered off Moroccan coasts
16 december 2019 - 23:33:20Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - A unit of the Moroccan navy Monday morning recovered off the coasts of Nador (Northern Morocco) [...] Full text...
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Gabon: Former minister and chief of staff of Ali Bongo Ondimba detained with three others
14 december 2019 - 20:11:36Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following a lengthy hearing in connection with a major anti-corruption investigation, four ministers were taken around [...] Full text...
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Togolese cargo runs aground the Tunisian coasts
11 december 2019 - 21:39:33Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A boat flying the Togolese flag on Wednesday ran aground the coasts of Bizerte in northern [...] Full text...
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Miss Universe 2019 crown bears Botswana diamonds
10 december 2019 - 00:12:55Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Sightholder Mouawad has unveiled the $5 million crown created for the Miss Universe competition. The 18-karat gold [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South African anti-Apartheid hero dead at 92
09 december 2019 - 21:22:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Tributes are pouring in for South African liberation hero Ben Turok who died here [...] Full text...
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Botswana President attends 9th Africa, Caribbean and Pacific group summit
05 december 2019 - 14:42:46Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi will attend the 9th Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States [...] Full text...
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Four killed in road accident in southern Mali
29 november 2019 - 12:57:43Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Four persons, including a woman, were killed and 28 others injured in a road accident on [...] Full text...
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Mahamat pays courtesy call on President Masisi
25 november 2019 - 18:06:31Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Monday met with African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat [...] Full text...
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Gunmen raid southern Senegal villages before fleeing to Guinea-Bissau
19 november 2019 - 15:26:00Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Unidentified gunmen on Sunday raided Niagha and Sinthiang Tening villages in Casamance, southern Senegal, robbing people [...] Full text...
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Mali: Six family members die after eating contaminated food
04 november 2019 - 23:22:53Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Six members of the same family died on 31 October in the village of Mougnan, circle [...] Full text...
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Leading South African actor dead at 36
25 october 2019 - 14:18:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African actor Andile Gumbi died in a hospital in Israel on Friday. He [...] Full text...
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Two bodies of migrants recovered off Tunisian coast
18 october 2019 - 12:33:26Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian navy unit on Thursday recovered two bodies of women in a state of decay [...] Full text...
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Ivorian govt rejects report on attempted arrest of Guillaume Soro in Spain
16 october 2019 - 11:40:08Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian authorities have formally rejected allegations by the former Speaker of the National Assembly who incriminated [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Navy rescues 89 sub-Saharan migrants
16 october 2019 - 10:58:29Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units rescued 89 migrants of different African nationalities on Tuesday on board a boat [...] Full text...
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Khartoum summons Libyan chargé d'affaires following murder of two Sudanese women in Benghazi
11 october 2019 - 14:04:54Tripoli Libya (PANA) - Sudan's Foreign ministry on Thursday summoned the charge d'affaires of the Libyan embassy in Khartoum "following [...] Full text...
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13 dead following a boat accident off the Italian coast
08 october 2019 - 13:33:04Rome Italy (PANA) - At least 13 bodies of illegal migrants, all women, were recovered by the Italian coastguard following [...] Full text...
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Boat carrying 50 migrants capsizes off Italian island of Lampedusa
07 october 2019 - 13:05:42Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A boat carrying 50 migrants has capsized in the Mediterranean off the Italian island of Lampedusa, [...] Full text...
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Several attempts at illegal immigration foiled Saturday night in Tunisia
29 september 2019 - 12:49:47Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several attempts at illegal migration from the Tunisian coast were foiled on Saturday night when 13 [...] Full text...
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Assailant killed in attack on gendarmerie station in southwest Burkina Faso
27 september 2019 - 14:11:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - An attacker was shot dead Thursday evening in an attack on the gendarmerie station in [...] Full text...
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Tunisian security foils 4 attempts of illegal migration, arrests 69 people
27 september 2019 - 13:55:12Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security patrols in the provinces of Sfax, Monastir and Mahdia have thwarted four attempts of [...] Full text...
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26 illegal migrants lost at sea rescued by Tunisian navy
20 september 2019 - 21:40:28Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian navy Friday rescued 26 persons, including women and young children, who were [...] Full text...
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Angry demonstrators assassinate police commissioner in Malian central region
20 september 2019 - 14:51:34Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Angry demonstrators on Thursday ransacked the police station of Niono, in the Malian central region of [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa commemorates fallen rapper
14 september 2019 - 07:29:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The life of leading South African rapper Jabulani Tsambo who died last year will [...] Full text...
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59 Burkinabè bound for Equatorial Guinea to be repatriated, says government
11 september 2019 - 23:13:43Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabè ministry of African integration and Burkinabè living abroad Wednesday explained the repatriation of [...] Full text...
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Bus crash claims 10 lives in Niger
04 september 2019 - 14:47:23Maradi, Niger (PANA) - Ten people were killed and 44 wounded in a road accident involving a bus on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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People perish in Bamako building collapse
02 september 2019 - 14:14:04Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A dozen people were killed in the collapse of an unfinished building on Saturday night in [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Gunmen seize cows, enter Guinea Bissau
20 august 2019 - 22:16:27Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Gunmen armed with rifles Tuesday stole cattle from Djibanar, a village located about 60km east of [...] Full text...
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Tunisia's oldest citizen dies at 119 years of age
15 august 2019 - 15:59:17Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's known oldest woman, Sassia Rouabeh from Gafsa administrative area in the south-west of the country [...] Full text...
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2 persons, 160 rams killed in road accident in western Burkina
08 august 2019 - 21:24:35Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A livestock transport truck Thursday killed two people and 160 rams in the village of [...] Full text...
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Four Mauritanian gold diggers killed as mine caves in
05 august 2019 - 13:54:33Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - At least four gold diggers were killed on Sunday in Guelb Ndour area of Zouerate region [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africans killed in Tanzanian air crash
04 august 2019 - 11:18:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Two South African pilots who were part of a historic flight from Cape Town [...] Full text...
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Tunisian navy foils two illegal immigration attempts
01 august 2019 - 23:23:27Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian navy in Mahdia, 200 km southeast of Tunis, Thursday foiled two illegal [...] Full text...
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Niger: Eleven killed after their boat capsized in Tibiri Gobir
11 july 2019 - 18:34:05Maradi, Niger (PANA) – Eleven people were killed on Thursday morning in Tibiri Gobir (650 km East of Niamey), Niger, [...] Full text...
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South African space hero killed in accident
07 july 2019 - 16:48:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A South African pilot picked to become the first black African to travel in [...] Full text...
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Ivorian migrant among 4 people rescued from shipwreck dies
04 july 2019 - 22:53:22Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An Ivorian migrant among four others rescued from a shipwreck with 86 migrants on board died [...] Full text...
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Six members of same family perish in Dakar road accident
24 june 2019 - 14:49:03Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A traffic accident on Sunday killed six members of the same family at Niague in Dakar [...] Full text...
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Two children killed as building collapses in Tripoli
22 june 2019 - 09:53:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two children have died in the partial collapse of a residential building on Chawki Street in [...] Full text...
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Road crash claims five lives, wounds 52 in west-central Senegal
11 june 2019 - 13:54:29Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Five passengers were killed and 52 others wounded on Monday when a public transit bus on [...] Full text...
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Three killed in road accident in northern Burkina Faso
06 june 2019 - 10:20:41Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A dump truck driver who lost control of the vehicle crushed three people including two [...] Full text...
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Tunisia on top of Arab, African countries on children’s rights
17 may 2019 - 21:01:45Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia occupies the first position in the Arab world and Africa on children’s rights and the [...] Full text...
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Search for missing migrants continues off Tunisian coasts
12 may 2019 - 10:13:00Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Searches continued on Saturday for migrants reported missing after their inflatable dinghy wrecked on Friday off [...] Full text...
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Mauritius readies legislation to curb financing for terrorism, money laundering
11 may 2019 - 09:28:40Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Government said late Friday it will soon introduce two bills in Parliament regarding [...] Full text...
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Second lorry carrying agricultural workers overturns in Tunisia
28 april 2019 - 10:01:41Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A second lorry carrying 15 agricultural workers overturned on Saturday afternoon in the Tunisian central western [...] Full text...
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5 killed in road accident in southern Tunisia
07 april 2019 - 12:54:15Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Five people were killed and eight others injured on Sunday when a bus carrying tourists in [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian woman arrested with 6 kg of heroin at Bamako airport
02 april 2019 - 21:09:46Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Tanzanian woman, Lialane Emanuel Paulo, was Friday arrested at the international Modibo Kéita-Sénou airport, Bamako, [...] Full text...
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ECA urges African countries to focus more on non-tax revenues to boost development
24 march 2019 - 10:32:17Marrakesh, Morocco (PANA) - African countries seeking innovative ways to improve revenue collection to finance development need to focus on [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's inflation ease by 0.09 per cent to 11.31 per cent in February
16 march 2019 - 10:26:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria'rs National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which [...] Full text...
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Tunisia army rescues 64 migrants off Zarzis
08 march 2019 - 16:33:54Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian army units on Friday morning rescued 64 clandestine migrants, including four women, off the town [...] Full text...
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African students in Tunisia stage sit-in over murder of Ivorian community leader
25 december 2018 - 19:30:18Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - African students in Tunisia held a sit-in on Tuesday at the Municipal Theater of Tunis on [...] Full text...
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Tunisian rights group condemns assassination of Ivorian community head
25 december 2018 - 18:12:56Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian League for Defence of Human Rights on Tuesday strongly condemned the assassination of Falico [...] Full text...
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Head of Ivorian community in Tunisia murdered in burglary
24 december 2018 - 15:30:14Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Ivorian community head n Tunisia, Falico Coulibaly, was killed Sunday night in a robbery perpetrated [...] Full text...
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Small-scale horticulture project transforming lives in Kenya (An AfDB Feature)
24 august 2018 - 13:47:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A decade after going through a food crisis and in the aftermath of the drought in [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Inflation rate drops for 16th consecutive month, food price index up in Nigeria
14 june 2018 - 15:08:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s annual inflation has dropped to 11.61% in May, below the federal government’s projection of 12.42% [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Botswana: New immigration boards to lure investment into Botswana
27 september 2017 - 15:08:06Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has established Immigrants Sector-Specific Selection Boards (ISSBs) to fasttrack permit issuance to foreign employees. Edwin Batshu, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Inflation records fifth monthly consecutive increase
18 july 2016 - 15:17:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – For the fifth consecutive month since February 2016, Nigeria's inflationary trend has maintained steady increases, galloping [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Inflation continues to fall in Botswana
16 may 2016 - 11:52:39Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s annual inflation has continued to fall with figures from the country’s data authority, Statistics Botswana [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Fowl pecks buyer into coma
03 january 2016 - 10:49:01Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In a bizare occurrence over the weekend, a fowl pecked a man who wanted to buy [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Armed robbery caught by Google camera
24 july 2015 - 12:05:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s ongoing crime problems are making international headlines again - this time after [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Train-bus collision claims six lives in Tunisia
19 december 2014 - 16:33:21Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Six persons were killed and 32 others seriously injured when a bus collided with a freight [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Fire causes huge damage in Kigali
03 september 2014 - 13:36:01Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – A huge fire Tuesday burnt down a two-floor building in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, destroying shops [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Wounded son of Mauritanian president now out of danger
01 august 2014 - 13:55:34Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Ould Abdel Aziz Badr's son who sustained injury from gunfire was Friday reported out [...] Full text...
thread Society
Polish PM visits SA Thursday
16 october 2013 - 09:46:03Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Polish Premier Donald Tusk is due to arrive in South Africa Thursday on a [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Man arrested for selling son for over US$2,000 in Nigeria
09 april 2013 - 16:38:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A man has been arrested in Nigeria for allegedly selling his baby son for 350,000 naira [...] Full text...
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Africa, biggest beneficiary of FIFA Goal Project
28 september 2012 - 08:24:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Africa remains the biggest beneficiary of the FIFA Goal Project, with 166 of the overall 600 [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Shock as Mauritanian male nurse slaughters his 4 children
18 august 2012 - 13:10:59Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The entire Mauritania was thrown into shock as a Mauritanian male nurse, Houssein Ould Mohamed, aged [...] Full text...
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11 killed in Morocco road crash
01 august 2012 - 12:58:38Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Eleven persons were killed and three others seriously injured in a road accident which occurred Tuesday [...] Full text...
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New retirement age for Nigerian professors
15 may 2012 - 12:17:10Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Professors in Nigerian universities will now retire at the age of 70, instead of 65, after [...] Full text...
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Subsidy palliatives, inflation, rampaging lion reported in Nigeria
25 february 2012 - 12:17:47Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The disbursement of funds for subsidy palliatives, rising inflation as a result of the subsidy removal, [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Nigerian group seeks probe of car scam by MPs
22 june 2010 - 07:46:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's civil society organisation has urged the anti- graft Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences [...] Full text...
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Four die in collapse of Moroccan house
26 april 2010 - 20:28:00Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The collapse of a house in Fes, Morocco, on Sunday night has left four people dead [...] Full text...
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Kenya wants illegal border trade curbed
22 april 2010 - 17:17:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- East African member states are being urged to fight ille gal trade at border points in [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Inflation down to 4% in Kenya
01 april 2010 - 16:30:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya’s monthly inflation went down to four per cent in March, up from 5. 2 per [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Boa killed in couple's room in DRC
03 february 2010 - 14:28:00Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- A three-metre long boa was killed in the bedroom of a young couple in the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Two Belgian politicians of Congolese origin fight in Brussels
30 january 2010 - 12:10:00Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Two Belgian politicians of Congolese origin, Bertin M ampaka, a deputy burgomaster (mayor) of Brussels and [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Inflation in Cape Verde fixed at 5.8% in June
15 july 2009 - 22:16:00Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- The inflation for June in Cape Verde is estimated at 5. 8 per cent, down [...] Full text...
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Obasanjo's volte face on probe readiness fill Nigerian press
21 march 2009 - 10:42:00Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The volte face of Nigeria's erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo of his readiness to make himself available [...] Full text...
thread Press Review