WMO says warmest January is hottest month on record
16 february 2024 - 06:52:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the battle to slow global warming, January was the hottest month on record, according to [...] Full text...
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Eswatini looks forward to increased sugar exports from improved cane production
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Libyans watching tonight for new Shawwal lunar crescent marking end of Ramadan and Eid El-Fitr
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Libyan finance minister holds series of meetings at IMF-World Bank Spring meetings
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Industrial firm avails environment-friendly solutions for Southern Africa’s mining sector
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UNSMIL calls for inclusion of women in Libya’s decision-making process
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World Bank Group aims to expand health services to 1.5 billion people
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Kenya’s highest ranking military officer, eight others killed in chopper crash
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Lessons of Hamas operation against Israel, - Libyan newspaper,
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Libyan students participate in World Robotics Championships in United States
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US sanctions four former senior Malawi officials for ’significant corruption’
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CAF announces 2023/24 CAF inter-club semi-final fixtures
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the battle to slow global warming, January was the hottest month on record, according to [...] Full text...
Rights group says victims of 'reckless air strike' in Nigeria still awaiting justice after one year
24 january 2024 - 06:52:15Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, is demanding justice for 40 people who were killed in an [...] Full text...
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Rights watchdog accuses Nigerian military of attempting to cover up mass civilian drone bomb killings
08 december 2023 - 11:33:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities must "promptly, thoroughly, independently, impartially, transparently and effectively" investigate the killing of more [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Army drone kills scores of villagers
05 december 2023 - 11:50:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – More than 90 villagers of Tudun Biri in Rigasa District of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna [...] Full text...
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China, South Africa to co-operate with space venture
12 september 2023 - 12:17:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Representatives of the space agencies of China and South Africa have signed a Memorandum [...] Full text...
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Rights group reports new attacks in Sudan's Darfur region
04 august 2023 - 05:59:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Satellite data shows massive fire destruction in the town of Sirba in Sudan's West Darfur state, in [...] Full text...
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NASA delegation visits South Africa
31 july 2023 - 09:33:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A delegation of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) representatives has arrived in South [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Freddy on track to become record-breaking storm
08 march 2023 - 05:33:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Freddy - which is threatening communities in Madagascar and Mozambique for a second time [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: UN genocide expert warns against worsening security situation
03 february 2023 - 05:26:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on Thursday voiced concern over the worsening [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO updates strategy in bid to vaccinate all health workers, those most at risk
23 july 2022 - 05:53:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although the COVID-19 vaccination rollout is the biggest and fastest in history, many people most at [...] Full text...
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Oshoala, Plumptre named in Nigeria's provisional WAFCON squad
19 may 2022 - 23:13:44Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's head coach, Randy Waldrum, has named Asisat Oshoala and Ashleigh Plumptre in his provisional squad [...] Full text...
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Kenyan opposition veteran Odinga nominated presidential flag bearer
12 march 2022 - 17:06:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four-time presidential election challenger, Raila Odinga, was formally nominated to fly the presidential flag of more [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Public power supply shut down in Abuja, five adjourning States, as electricity workers embark on strike
06 december 2021 - 17:22:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Public power supply has been cut in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its adjourning States [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records six deaths, 226 new cases Thursday
15 october 2021 - 16:27:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Thursday recorded six deaths, 226 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases across 14 States of the federation [...] Full text...
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Nigerian soldier dies as troops eliminate 42 fleeing terrorists, bandits in Niger State
20 september 2021 - 21:52:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian troops, comprising the Armed Forces of Nigeria and Nigeria Police Mobile unit forces, have eliminated [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 519 new COVID-19 infections, 18 deaths
15 september 2021 - 22:35:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 18 deaths, 519 coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, surpassing 200,000 cases from the day [...] Full text...
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U.S. donates $6.8 million to UN’s human trafficking fights and improved law enforcement capabilities in Nigeria
15 september 2021 - 21:08:02Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United States Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) has [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records seven deaths, 727 new cases
10 september 2021 - 19:27:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria Thursday recorded seven coronavirus (COVID-19)-related deaths, 727 new cases. The new figures increased Nigeria’s total infections to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records seven deaths, 444 new infections on Friday
04 september 2021 - 19:52:55Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) recorded seven more Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related deaths and 444 new [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria records 631 new infections, eight deaths Thursday
03 september 2021 - 23:21:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said here Friday it recorded eight more deaths due [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria registers 674 new cases, 8 deaths Thursday
20 august 2021 - 20:51:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said here Friday it recorded 674 additional coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...
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Prepare for "devastating" floods from August, Federal Government tells Nigerians
29 july 2021 - 15:05:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has forecast more devastating floods from the end of August to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New infections in Nigeria surge to 535 with 5 deaths in on Wednesday
29 july 2021 - 14:49:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections surged on Wednesday to 535, the biggest daily increase in the country [...] Full text...
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Home-based Super Eagles face Mexico in Los Angeles
29 june 2021 - 20:00:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) would literally be on trial when a full complement of players [...] Full text...
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Fulani herders, leaders bicker with Nigerian military over killing of cows by airstrikes in Nasarawa State
16 june 2021 - 14:38:15Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) –Fulani herders and the Armed Forces of Nigeria are bickering over reports that two military aircraft conducted [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 rate spikes as Nigeria records 28 deaths, 203 new infections
01 june 2021 - 19:13:59Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 203 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, bringing [...] Full text...
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Armed bandits attack villages in Nigeria's Sokoto State, residents flee to Niger
23 may 2021 - 19:22:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Bandits have killed three persons at Garin Zogo village and sacked eight villages in Sabon Birni [...] Full text...
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U.S. raises concerns of religious abuse, discrimination, rising tensions in Nigeria
14 may 2021 - 15:05:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The U.S. has voiced concerns over abuses and discrimination against individuals based on religion and religious [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 45 new infections, bringing total cases to 164,633
24 april 2021 - 13:25:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said here the country had as at Friday recorded 45 [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt. destroys 329,556 chickens in 62 farms over bird flu
11 april 2021 - 15:57:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government says it has destroyed over 329,556 birds across 62 farms following the outbreak [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 129 new infections, one death on Wednesday
01 april 2021 - 19:37:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says that Nigeria recorded 129 new cases of COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 48 new COVID-19 infections Monday, lowest since April 20, 2020
30 march 2021 - 22:25:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) registered 48 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 645 new infections, 18 deaths on Saturday
21 february 2021 - 17:02:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said that Nigeria recorded 645 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 685 new infections, eight deaths on Sunday
01 february 2021 - 14:53:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Sunday recorded 685 new infections of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing its caseload to 131,242 infections. The [...] Full text...
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Bandits, kidnappers in Nigeria kill 19, abduct 75 persons
29 january 2021 - 09:52:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Bandits and kidnappers launched multiple attacks in Katsina, Niger and Taraba States between Wednesday night and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 1,490 new infections, 5 deaths Friday
23 january 2021 - 11:13:57Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Friday recorded 1,483 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria marks its highest record of 23 deaths on a single day
15 january 2021 - 13:48:17Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Thursday recorded its highest single day death toll of 23, with the Nigerian Centre [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria conducts 1,018,061tests, confirmed cases set to hit 100,000
10 january 2021 - 10:42:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has so far conducted 1,018,061 Coronavirus (COVID-19) sample tests, with confirmed cases set to hit the [...] Full text...
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2020 closes hottest decade on record – UN weather agency
25 december 2020 - 06:19:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 2020 draws to a close, it leaves in its wake the warmest decade on record [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Government may ban public gatherings as Nigeria registers a record 1,145 new infections Thursday
18 december 2020 - 21:23:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria recorded an unprecedented 1,145 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections Thursday, compelling the federal government to consider [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 617 new infections, total now 72,757
13 december 2020 - 16:23:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said here Friday it recorded 617 new infections of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records its highest single-day COVID-19 infections
12 december 2020 - 13:51:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Friday registered 796 new cases of coronavirus, its highest single-day tally, according to the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria's infections jump to 69,645 with 390 new cases on Monday
08 december 2020 - 13:49:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 390 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections bringing the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rollout of new WHO-approved rapid tests 'a game changer' for Africa
23 october 2020 - 07:22:15Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The rollout of new, World Health Organization (WHO) approved antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests for the novel coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 103 new infections on Thursday
09 october 2020 - 12:30:55Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria recorded zero Coronavirus-related deaths in five days but the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 176 new infections
23 september 2020 - 08:36:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria recorded 176 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday just as the country's Centre for Disease [...] Full text...
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More expensive pulses in second quarter of 2020 in Benin
20 september 2020 - 14:10:09Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - In the second quarter of this year, Benin recorded an increase in legume prices compared to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 189 new cases, total now 57,145
20 september 2020 - 09:24:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 189 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records three deaths, 156 new infections Friday
05 september 2020 - 08:48:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 156 new infections and three deaths related to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 700 family members of terrorist group surrender to Army troops – Defence Spokesperson
03 september 2020 - 18:34:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Thursday said 700 family members of the Darul Salam Terrorists [...] Full text...
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Nigeria military announces surrender of 410 terrorists
27 august 2020 - 11:29:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Thursday said that not less than 410 members of the Darul [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria’s infections rise to 39,977 with 438 new patients
26 july 2020 - 09:18:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Saturday recorded 39,977 Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases out of 259,516 total tests, with 438 new [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 653 new cases, total hits 36,107
19 july 2020 - 09:46:15Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 653 new COVID-19 cases in the country [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Nigeria's health agency alerts on airborne transmission of virus
14 july 2020 - 12:01:18Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the possibility of airborne transmission of Coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria records 664 new cases of COVID-19, bringing total to 31,987
12 july 2020 - 08:57:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria Saturday recorded 664 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Nigeria record 499 new infections, warns patients with underlying medical condition
10 july 2020 - 12:39:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As Nigeria recorded 30,748 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) with 499 new infections on Thursday, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria's cases jump to 27,564 with 454 new infections
04 july 2020 - 11:46:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said here Saturday it recorded 454 new cases of [...] Full text...
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How Nigeria's Omagbemi muted idea of CAF Women’s Champions League
03 july 2020 - 15:19:15Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - United States-based former Super Falcons coach, Florence Omagbemi, has commended the Confederation of African Football (CAF) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records highest daily toll of 779 new cases to hit 24,077
28 june 2020 - 08:24:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria Saturday recorded the highest daily coronavirus (COVID-19) toll of 779 new cases and four new [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 667 new cases, total confirmed figures now 19,147
20 june 2020 - 06:47:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) figures continues to be on an upward swing with a total of 667 [...] Full text...
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Benin's court for economic offences to hear 13 bad governance cases
15 june 2020 - 14:14:43Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Thirteen cases of bad governance in the Beninese administration will be examined during the 4th criminal [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Infections maintain high tempo as Nigeria records 627 new cases to hit 15,181
13 june 2020 - 08:58:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria Friday recorded 627 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, maintaining the high tempo for two consecutive days. The [...] Full text...
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Kenya Chief Justice blames President for courts clog up
08 june 2020 - 12:19:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Chief Justice David Maraga on Monday blamed President Uhuru Kenyatta for the backlog of cases [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases swing upwards with 389 new cases, 12,233 total infections
07 june 2020 - 07:42:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – With 389 new cases, the number of Nigerians infected with Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues its upward swing, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Five new cases in Benin
21 may 2020 - 17:20:20Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has registered five new cases of COVID-19 infection, bringing the total number of cases to [...] Full text...
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UNDP supports Mauritania in fight against COVID-19
18 may 2020 - 23:42:56Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The United-Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Monday provided personal protective equipment (PPEs) worth 717,734 US dollars to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records another daily high COVID-19 infections with 386, bringing total to 3,912
09 may 2020 - 09:32:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Friday recorded another daily high of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection with 386 confirmed cases, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria positive cases now total 2,802
05 may 2020 - 06:47:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night announced 245 new confirmed cases of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria records 238 new cases, total now 2,170
02 may 2020 - 09:11:29Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Friday announced 238 new confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tunisia's Sousse hospital gets high-speed oxygen therapy machine
09 april 2020 - 17:26:15Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of health, Abdelatif Mekki, and that of higher education, Slim Choura, presided over [...] Full text...
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Kenya picks team to Turkish Women Cup
02 march 2020 - 20:30:23Nairobi, Kenya(PANA) - Kenya's senior national women team to the forthcoming Turkish Women Cup has been named. Coach David Ouma named [...] Full text...
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Kenya picks provisional squad for Turkish Women Cup
19 february 2020 - 14:13:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya senior women national team coach David Ouma on Wednesday named a provisional squad for the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's inflation rate hits 12.13 per cent
18 february 2020 - 16:53:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday said that the nation’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), [...] Full text...
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No case of coronavirus detected in Niger - Official
03 february 2020 - 21:32:09Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien Minister of Public Health Dr Illiassou Mainassara said here Monday no case of coronavirus had [...] Full text...
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No coronavirus in Guinea, says government
29 january 2020 - 21:39:51Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean Minister of Health Colonel Remy Lamah declared here Wednesday that, so far, no case of [...] Full text...
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Death toll from Lassa fever in Nigeria rises to 41
29 january 2020 - 07:58:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday said that the death toll from the [...] Full text...
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Gabon Oil Company gets new boss
13 december 2019 - 10:58:31Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Gabonese authorities have appointed Maurice Dikongo as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the state-owned Gabon [...] Full text...
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Olympic Qualifier: Kenya picks provisional team to face Zambia
01 november 2019 - 15:11:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan senior women provisional national team to face Zambia in the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympic [...] Full text...
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Buhari commiserates with victims of floods in Nigeria
16 october 2019 - 07:29:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commiserated with victims of natural disasters especially floods which have [...] Full text...
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4,000 agro-pastoralists compensated for plague of small ruminants in Burundi
29 august 2019 - 22:12:46Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 4,000 agro-pastoralists from eight of the 18 Burundian provinces hard hit by a plague of [...] Full text...
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'How a South African product played a role in the moon landing'
21 july 2019 - 07:38:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – As the world commemorates the 50th anniversary of the landing in moon by American [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's Environmental Management Agency becomes UN's Adaption Fund's 'National Implementing Entity'
17 july 2019 - 16:20:04Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) is set to become Zimbabwe's ‘National Implementing Entity’ of the Adaptation [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Army Chief says security agencies have 'successfully tackled' insecurity
16 july 2019 - 11:35:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Yukur Yusuf Buratai, says that despite continuing violence and [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Gov't not prepared for climate change (A PANA feature)
12 july 2019 - 10:26:00Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “I don’t think as government we fully understood the impact the weather would have on the [...] Full text...
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Kenya picks provisional squad to 2020 Tokyo Olympics football qualifiers
10 july 2019 - 15:59:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Women National team, Harambee Starlets, is set to report to camp on Sunday in [...] Full text...
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Nigeriens urged to donate blood
14 june 2019 - 11:57:06Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The Niger minister of Public Health, Dr. Illiasou Mainasara, on Friday, called on healthy people to [...] Full text...
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São Tomé steps up airport security
23 may 2019 - 07:00:27Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) - The National Institute of Civil Aviation (INAC) of Sao Tome and Principe is [...] Full text...
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MNJTF troops kill 39 Boko Haram terrorists around Lake Chad Basin
18 april 2019 - 10:42:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) on Thursday said its troops killed 39 Boko Haram terrorists [...] Full text...
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First Tunisian satellite to be launched
03 april 2019 - 14:00:49Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian group, ''TELNET'', and the Russian group, GK Launch Services, on Monday signed a contract [...] Full text...
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Buhari leaves Abuja for two-day trip to Senagal
01 april 2019 - 15:13:35Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday departed Abuja for a two-day trip to Dakar, Senegal, to [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso records more than 100 cases of meningitis in southwest of country
13 march 2019 - 23:05:28Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A total of 104 cases of meningitis have been reported in health centres of the [...] Full text...
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Violence, disruptions, militarization mar collation of Nigeria's governorship election
11 march 2019 - 07:45:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Collation of election results in Nigeria is being marred by violence and alleged militarization of the [...] Full text...
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South African-born billionaire reaches for the stars
04 march 2019 - 15:49:31Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African-born billionaire Elon Musk has made history again. His Falcon9 rocket, which is carrying [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Buhari reelected president of Nigeria
27 february 2019 - 05:08:57Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Muhammadu Buhari has been reelected president of Nigeria in Saturday's presidential election, the chairman of the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's major opposition party ask electoral umpire to discontnue announcement of results
26 february 2019 - 20:42:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) -Nigeria's leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday called on the chairman of the [...] Full text...
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Buhari in ealy lead as announcement of presidential results enters second day
26 february 2019 - 12:23:14Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), [...] Full text...
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Guterres highlights 'vital' need for more women, girls in sciences
08 february 2019 - 04:55:31New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has described the participation of women and girls in science as [...] Full text...
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Kenya's 'overborrowing' a ticking time bomb - warns opposition politician
31 december 2018 - 14:25:15Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Opposition politician Musalia Mudavadi said on Monday Kenya's rising public debt will chock the country to [...] Full text...
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US Embassy in Nigeria condemns killing Shiite group members in Abuja
01 november 2018 - 17:32:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States Embassy in Nigeria on Thursday condemned the deaths resulting from the confrontation between [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Nigeria security forces for 'killing' of at least 45 peaceful Shi’a protesters
01 november 2018 - 05:31:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International says its investigation shows that the horrific use of excessive force [...] Full text...
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2018 Women's AFCON: Kenya starts preparations for continental showpiece
29 october 2018 - 16:35:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya National Women football team checked into camp on Monday in Nairobi, ahead of the [...] Full text...
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2018 Women's AFCON: Kenya names provisional squad
26 october 2018 - 19:30:06Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's National Women team coach, David Ouma, has named 32 players in Harambee Starlets provisional squad [...] Full text...
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Obama visits Kogelo ancestral home
16 july 2018 - 13:37:28Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former US president Barrack Obama, is in Kenya to launch, among other projects, the Sauti Kuu [...] Full text...
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Nigerian civil society organisations mourn victims of violence
28 may 2018 - 10:58:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian civil society groups have declared Monday "a national day of mourning and remembrance to honor [...] Full text...
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2 soldiers wounded, 6 Boko Haram terrorists killed in Northeast Nigeria
15 may 2018 - 15:52:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said that two of its soldiers were wounded while its troops [...] Full text...
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Kenya electoral body defends CEO's suspension
11 april 2018 - 08:14:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has defended its decision to send Chief Executive Officer [...] Full text...
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Kenyan opposition scales down rhetoric after Odinga-Kenyatta accord
12 march 2018 - 18:45:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan opposition has scaled down on its political rhetoric after the meeting between its leader Raila [...] Full text...
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Kenyan President, opposition leader meet for landmark talks
09 march 2018 - 11:24:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga agreed on Friday to end deep political [...] Full text...
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Kenyan advocate seeks removal of Chief Justice, six others
26 february 2018 - 16:34:52Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan lawyer has petitioned the National Assembly to remove Chief Justice David Maraga and five [...] Full text...
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Rights group reports fresh evidence of election-period abuses
26 february 2018 - 06:29:01Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Police and armed gangs killed at least 37 people in Nairobi between September and November 2017, [...] Full text...
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Perform or quit, Kenyatta tells new cabinet
16 february 2018 - 17:56:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday warned his new cabinet that there will be no room for [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Attorney-General resigns
13 february 2018 - 20:08:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Attorney-General Prof. Githu Muigai, who valiantly defended President Uhuru Kenyatta at the International Criminal Court [...] Full text...
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Trump salutes South African-born billionaire
08 february 2018 - 08:55:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – US President Donald Trump has saluted South African-born billionaire Elon Musk, who this week [...] Full text...
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Kenyan opposition crackdown intensifies, protests erupt over lawyer's detention
06 february 2018 - 11:40:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities have intensified a crackdown against opposition leaders days after the "swearing-in" of opposition leader [...] Full text...
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Activist arrested as Kenya police crackdown on opposition intensifies
02 february 2018 - 15:38:39Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) - Police Friday arrested outspoken human rights lawyer-cum-poilitician, Miguna Miguna, who was one of the two advocates who [...] Full text...
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US expresses 'grave' concern about Odinga's self-'inauguration'
02 february 2018 - 09:57:32Washington, DC., US (PANA) - The United States says it is "gravely concerned" by Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga’s self-“inauguration” [...] Full text...
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AU rejects Odinga as 'People's president of Kenya'
02 february 2018 - 06:08:56Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has rejected the "swearing-in" of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga as [...] Full text...
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Kenyan opposition leaders disarmed after controversial oath ceremony
01 february 2018 - 15:13:35Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities withdrew the fire-arm licences to opposition leader Kalonzo Musyoka and the armed guards to [...] Full text...
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Kenyan authorities accuse media of subversion
31 january 2018 - 18:05:40Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities shut down three privately-owned TV stations on Tuesday because they colluded with a criminal [...] Full text...
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Kenyan gov't begins crackdown on key opposition allies after Odinga oath
31 january 2018 - 17:35:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities arrested opposition Member of Parliament Tom Kajwang, the lawyer who led opposition leader Raila [...] Full text...
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Kenya declares opposition pressure group a criminal gang
30 january 2018 - 18:16:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi on Tuesday gazetted the National Resistance Movement, wing of the [...] Full text...
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Kenyan television stations shut down over opposition swearing-in ceremony standoff
30 january 2018 - 10:25:28Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan government shut down several private television stations on Tuesday to prevent the airing of [...] Full text...
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Rights group says dozens killed in Nigeria air attacks on villages
30 january 2018 - 06:44:06Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities’ response to communal violence is totally inadequate, too slow and ineffective, and in [...] Full text...
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Kenya gears up for second president as opposition spins new political narrative (News Analysis by Kennedy Abwao)
28 january 2018 - 16:00:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya is gearing up for a second president on Tuesday, days after the opposition National Super [...] Full text...
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Kenyan opposition promises pursuit of major political reforms in 2018
01 january 2018 - 10:05:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The main opposition alliance in Kenya has promised to pursue major political reforms in the New [...] Full text...
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Kenya football legend ready to reconcile president, opposition chief
11 december 2017 - 20:29:37Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan football legend Joe Kadenge says he is ready to reconcile President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition [...] Full text...
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Parallel presidential 'inauguration' of Kenya's opposition leader postponed
11 december 2017 - 13:58:53Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Kenya's opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) has postponed a ceremony to swear in its leader Raila [...] Full text...
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Kenya opposition chief's planned swearing-in an 'act of treason', warns AG
07 december 2017 - 11:42:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Plans by opposition leader Raila Odinga and his supporters to have him sworn in as Kenya's [...] Full text...
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Kenyan opposition says five wounded in fierce shooting of its supporters
28 november 2017 - 17:42:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said Tuesday that five people were shot and wounded among [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Kenyan Supreme Court upholds Kenyatta victory in controversial repeat elections
20 november 2017 - 10:00:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Supreme Court in Kenya on Monday dismissed two election petitions seeking to block the election [...] Full text...
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Kenyan opposition calls for international response after deadly round of violence
19 november 2017 - 19:04:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition alliance said 14 people were killed by men riding motorbikes on Sunday and its [...] Full text...
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Three shot dead in Kenyan opposition march in Nairobi
17 november 2017 - 20:46:01Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Three people were shot dead and scores of others wounded when police used live ammunition against [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Supreme Court retreats to write ruling on election annulment
16 november 2017 - 18:03:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court, David Maraga on Thursday announced the finalization [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Supreme Court to begin full hearing of presidential election petition
15 november 2017 - 07:21:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Supreme Court in Kenya is set on Wednesday to begin the full hearing a [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Supreme Court hears arguments in new bid to nullify presidential petition
14 november 2017 - 17:54:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya's Supreme Court on Tuesday kicked off a marathon hearing of applications seeking to nullify the [...] Full text...
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Opposition targets Kenyatta family business, other firms in 'economic boycott'
03 november 2017 - 12:12:30Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The opposition coalition in Kenya has named a milk firm owned by President Uhuru Kenyatta's family [...] Full text...
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Kenya opposition rules out seeking redress in court
02 november 2017 - 18:28:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - National Assembly Minority Leader John Mbadi has said there are no plans by the National Super [...] Full text...
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AU observers give mixed signal on Kenyan Presidential elections outcome
31 october 2017 - 15:47:37Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is not in a position to determine whether the Kenyan Presidential [...] Full text...
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Kenyatta declared Presidential election winner
30 october 2017 - 16:24:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's electoral body declared Uhuru Kenyatta re-elected on Monday, with 98.26% of the vote, at the [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: Kenyatta to be declared winner of Presidency with 98%
30 october 2017 - 12:23:15Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta was set to be declared winner of the 26 Oct presidential [...] Full text...
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Kenya faces political uncertainty after vote count ends
30 october 2017 - 10:49:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyans brace for an uncertain week on Monday after the end of vote counting and [...] Full text...
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Kenyan poll body postpones voting in 27 constituencies after violence
27 october 2017 - 19:52:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The repeat presidential election planned to take place in four counties in Western Kenya on [...] Full text...
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Kenya's violence-riddled repeat presidential election leaves nation divided
27 october 2017 - 10:41:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Deep political divisions emerged in Kenya on Friday, a day after a crucial vote, which recorded [...] Full text...
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Kenyans residing in Rwanda vote in rerun presidential poll
26 october 2017 - 11:08:58Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Kenyan nationals living in Rwanda are on Thursday voting in the controversial rerun presidential election as [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Polls open in Kenya's rerun presidential election; early turnout low
26 october 2017 - 07:07:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Voting in Kenya's repeat presidential election kicked off on Thursday with low voter turnout and pockets [...] Full text...
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Kenyatta vows to stop Kenya's slide to anarchy
25 october 2017 - 17:56:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Wednesday the repeat presidential election scheduled for Thursday would continue on [...] Full text...
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Kenyan opposition transforms into national resistance movement
25 october 2017 - 15:50:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's main opposition alliance said Wednesday it was transforming into a national resistance movement and embarking [...] Full text...
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2ND LEAD: Kenya Supreme Court fails to hear case to postpone rerun presidential election
25 october 2017 - 10:43:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Supreme Court in Nairobi failed to hold its scheduled sitting on Wednesday to hear a [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Kenya Supreme Court fails to hear case to postpone rerun presidential election
25 october 2017 - 09:59:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Supreme Court on Wednesday failed to hear a case filed by three voters seeking to [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Supreme Court to hear case for presidential election postponement
24 october 2017 - 17:07:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Supreme Court has certified a case seeking the postponement of Thursday's presidential election urgent [...] Full text...
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Voters in court seeking to halt Kenya presidential poll re-run
24 october 2017 - 15:13:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Supreme Court will Wednesday hear a petition filed by three voters seeking to [...] Full text...
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Kenyan elections chief meets President Kenyatta on re-run poll impasse
23 october 2017 - 17:00:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman, Wafula Chebukati, tried a last ditch [...] Full text...
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Kenyan main opposition stresses decision to boycott repeat election
23 october 2017 - 16:24:32Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition coalition leaders met foreign diplomats to discuss the pending presidential election on Thursday [...] Full text...
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AU, UN call for peaceful repeat presidential poll in Kenya
23 october 2017 - 11:19:07Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat and the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres [...] Full text...
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Recovery efforts continue after Kenyan chopper crash
22 october 2017 - 14:50:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Recovery efforts have continued on Sunday, at the site of a helicopter crash on Lake Nakuru, [...] Full text...
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Kenyan electoral commission unable to guarantee credible Presidential poll - Chairman
18 october 2017 - 15:10:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Chairman of Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Wafula Chebukati, has hinted [...] Full text...
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Kenyan opposition cancels Eastern Kenya campaign rally
17 october 2017 - 15:40:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, and his campaign manager, Musalia Mudavadi, Tuesday cancelled a visit to [...] Full text...
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Court lifts ban on Kenya polls demos
17 october 2017 - 13:27:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The High Court Tuesday temporarily lifted the ban slapped on demonstrations within the Central Business [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan mass opposition protests leave bloody deaths, injuries
13 october 2017 - 18:33:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Three people were shot dead in the opposition stronghold township of Bondo, the rural home of [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: AU chief stands ready to initiate measures to resolve Kenyan poll stalemate
11 october 2017 - 22:30:24Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is prepared to take initiative to assist Kenya to complete [...] Full text...
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Kenya: New twist as fringe candidate enters Kenya poll imbroglio (A news analysis by David Jagongo, PANA correspondent)
11 october 2017 - 16:04:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The High Court's decision on Tuesday to allow a fringe Kenyan presidential election candidate to participate [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan electoral board in crisis meeting after Odinga drops out of presidential race
10 october 2017 - 17:41:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)- Kenya's electoral body summoned its commissioners and lawyers to an emergency meeting Tuesday after the opposition leader, [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan police kill 35 people in violent reprisals
09 october 2017 - 19:53:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan security forces killed 35 people, including a six-month old baby, out of the 37 people [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Unidentified gunmen ram into street demonstrators
09 october 2017 - 14:27:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Unidentified gunmen shot and wounded a man before ramming through a crowd of demonstrators in Nairobi [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Demonstrators, led by lawmakers, storm Nairobi streets in free election protests
06 october 2017 - 12:42:02Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan lawmakers led dozens of peaceful protestors in Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa, all opposition strongholds, [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan poll chief meets with presidential candidates over deadlock
03 october 2017 - 17:53:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The deadlock over the holding of a fresh presidential election on 26 Oct. appeared to deepen [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Rights body faults Kenyans for unauthorised use of logo in demo
03 october 2017 - 15:15:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Global human rights organization, Amnesty International, has faulted Kenyans in the Diaspora for the unauthorised use [...] Full text...
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Kenya: EU envoys threaten sanctions against Kenyan officials over poll tension
02 october 2017 - 19:37:32Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Western envoys particularly the British, threatened to impose targeted sanctions against key Kenyan politicians on [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan ruling party seeks major election law amendment
28 september 2017 - 18:20:06Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya’s ruling Jubilee Alliance Party (JAP) introduced a new bill in Parliament on Thursday watering down [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Opposition leaders decry travel ban in Kenya
28 september 2017 - 17:47:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan opposition leaders Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetangula were temporarily barred from leaving Nairobi on a [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Lawmaker alleges torture in detention, govt accused of persecution
28 september 2017 - 14:48:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition lawmaker, Babu Owino, was freed Thursday after spending four days in detention, where he [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya FA blames CHAN hosting rights withdrawal on polls imbroglio
27 september 2017 - 10:45:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has blamed the current political impasse in the country as the reason [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan opposition leaders skip mass protest against poll officials
26 september 2017 - 17:16:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga skipped the street demonstrations against the independent electoral commission on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan election chief pleads with opposition to drop mass protest
25 september 2017 - 18:53:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman, Wafula Chebukati, has pleaded with the main opposition [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyatta maintains 'Presidential powers remain intact'
25 september 2017 - 18:44:32Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Monday he has not been reduced to a lame duck President [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Reckless, sharp rhetorics in Kenya Presidential Poll stalemate worries IGAD
25 september 2017 - 15:39:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is disturbed by sharp statements made by Kenyan politicians ahead [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan opposition supporters mobilise for mass eviction of election chief
24 september 2017 - 18:50:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The main opposition coalition, the National Super Alliance (NASA), on Sunday called on its supporters to [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Witch-hunt tricks, tit-for-tat probe target top Kenyan officials after poll fallout
22 september 2017 - 18:54:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya's main opposition group, National Super Alliance (NASA), on Friday issued an alert about pending private [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyatta blasts Supreme Court over poll nullification
21 september 2017 - 15:40:05Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A few hours after the Supreme Court outlined its reasons for nullifying the August 8 [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Polls body, parties' fallout complicate matters ahead of fresh elections (News analysis by David Jagongo, PANA Correspondent, Kenya)
15 september 2017 - 14:24:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The fallout in Kenyan elections took a new dimension Thursday when an MP, allied to President [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Kenyan Supreme Court ruling and democratic consolidation in Africa (News Analysis by Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
11 september 2017 - 10:49:26Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As expected, the Supreme Court’s annulment of Kenya’s August 8 presidential election over “irregularities and illegalities” [...] Full text...
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2017 Nigeria pro league: Plateau United FC crowned 2016/17 champions
10 september 2017 - 12:23:58Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - After more than four decades of campaign, Plateau United Football Club of Jos were on Saturday [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya election chief in quagmire ahead of fresh poll
07 september 2017 - 09:45:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati is finding himself in a tight spot [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya's Supreme Court ruling rattles President Kenyatta (A PANA News Analysis by Kennedy Abwao)
03 september 2017 - 15:19:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, whose election was nullified on Friday, is still in shock over [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Plateau United still leading Nigerian pro football league table
28 august 2017 - 05:47:44Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Despite a drab 1-1 draw at home, hosts Plateau United still maintain the lead in the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Day 35 matches in Nigerian premier football league
19 august 2017 - 10:39:51Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The following are Day 35 matches, scheduled for Sunday, in the Nigerian premier football league series. Bukola [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Opposition leader Odinga protests presidential poll result in the Supreme Court
19 august 2017 - 00:19:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga beat a midnight deadline to file an election petition against incumbent [...] Full text...
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Gambia: CPJ wants investigation into harassment of Kenyan journalists
18 august 2017 - 16:46:03Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Authorities in Kenya should credibly investigate incidents of harassment against journalists covering the aftermath of disputed [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Election official denies fleeing to US after airport delay
16 august 2017 - 19:07:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan electoral commission briefly barred from flying to the US on Wednesday has denied reports [...] Full text...
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Kenya: AU observers endorse Kenyan polls conduct
16 august 2017 - 18:47:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African Union (AU) election observers said Wednesday they reserved the right to make further comments on [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Opposition leaders to challenge Kenyatta poll victory in court
16 august 2017 - 16:03:06Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, said Wednesday he would challenge President Uhuru Kenyatta's victory at the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya deregisters prominent right, pro-democracy groups
15 august 2017 - 16:41:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -Two prominent Kenyan human rights organisations, which planned to challenge the this month's Presidential election result in [...] Full text...
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Kenya: US hails Kenya's successful elections
15 august 2017 - 08:39:42Nairobi ,Kenya (PANA) - The United States on Monday congratulated the people of Kenya on the successful conclusion of elections [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyatta extends friendship to opposition leader after poll victory
12 august 2017 - 11:13:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta romped to Presidential victory on Friday, immediately extending a hand of friendship [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan opposition walks out before presidential poll result announcement
11 august 2017 - 17:17:43Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leaders have walked out of the national tallying centre for the presidential poll and [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan opposition gives final list of demands before concession
11 august 2017 - 14:18:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s main opposition, the National Super Alliance (NASA), said it was prepared to concede defeat if [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan presidential election results expected to be declared shortly
11 august 2017 - 09:59:58Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's elections body is undertaking its final tally of the presidential vote on Friday from 17 constituencies [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: Kenyan opposition declares victory in Kenyan polls
10 august 2017 - 14:11:39Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga's National Super Alliance (NASA) on Thursday declared victory in the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Amnesty cautions Kenyan police against use of 'unnecessary force'
10 august 2017 - 09:08:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International has urged Kenyan police not to use unnecessary force in their handling of any [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Elections body continues vote validation after opposition complaints
10 august 2017 - 07:34:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's elections body confirmed receipt of final election result tallied from 30 constituencies on Thursday, which [...] Full text...
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