Friday's forex rates for the CFA Franc
06 december 2019 - 11:14:40Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates of the CFA franc as published by the Bank of [...] Full text...
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Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates of the CFA franc as published by the Bank of [...] Full text...
Joint ECOWAS, ABWA inaugural congress opens
05 december 2019 - 21:07:01Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian minister of finance and economic affairs Mambury Njie said here Thursday the contribution of [...] Full text...
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"People with disabilities still unaware of HIV infection" in Africa
05 december 2019 - 19:28:28Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Chairman of the African Disability Alliance (ADA), El hadji Siddo Nouhou Oumarou, on Thursday complained [...] Full text...
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Several African leaders to meet next month to criminalise the sale of fake drugs
05 december 2019 - 18:46:24Lome, Togo (PANA) - African leaders from several countries will meet next month in Lomé, Togo, to sign the 'Lomé [...] Full text...
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'Bring us to the table to unlock youth jobs and power growth,' say young African entrepreneurs
05 december 2019 - 17:06:01Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Young African entrepreneurs urged to make their voices heard in business policy-making across the continent [...] Full text...
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Fostering jobs, entrepreneurship and capacity development for African youth: the time for disruption is now! (An AfDB feature)
05 december 2019 - 16:55:50Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - “There is no greater asset to Africa than its youth,” a statement that has [...] Full text...
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Switzerland returns to Nigeria US$321 million embezzled by former president Sani Abacha
05 december 2019 - 12:28:30Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - After an advance of US$600 million, Switzerland will return US$321 million to Nigeria, following an agreement [...] Full text...
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Thursday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
05 december 2019 - 11:27:41Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's president pledges to help ensure stability in Liberia
05 december 2019 - 06:43:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said that the stability of Liberia is a key part [...] Full text...
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Wednesday trading at the Abidjan-based stock market
04 december 2019 - 22:47:28Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading up for BRVM 10 index and down [...] Full text...
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Ghassan Salamé discusses problems in region with delegation from southern Libya
04 december 2019 - 21:49:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The special representative of the UN Secretary-general in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, Wednesday held talks with a [...] Full text...
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Coris Bank International opens branch in Niamey
04 december 2019 - 17:59:16Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Coris Bank International Branch of Niger has just launched its activities in Niamey to "fully play [...] Full text...
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UEMOA supports three member countries to fight terrorism
04 december 2019 - 13:32:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) decided on Tuesday in Dakar to grant US$100 [...] Full text...
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Wednesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
04 december 2019 - 10:48:28Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Wednesday's forex rates for the CFA Franc
04 december 2019 - 09:22:31Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates of the CFA franc as published by the Bank of [...] Full text...
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South Africa's ruling party rebukes African telecom giants
04 december 2019 - 08:45:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has asked South Africa’s telecom giants, Vodacom and [...] Full text...
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Nigerian defender William Ekong participates in campaign against NTDs
04 december 2019 - 00:12:11Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Nigerian national soccer team defender William Ekong is participating in a public campaign against neglected [...] Full text...
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Magigal Kenya Ladies Open Pro-Am attracts 120 golfers
03 december 2019 - 23:44:26Vipingo Ridge, Kenya (PANA) - The Magical Kenya Ladies Open Pro-Am tournament to be held Wednesday at the PGA Baobab [...] Full text...
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Niger First Lady urges compatriots to use female craft products to accelerate women entrepreneurship
03 december 2019 - 22:36:31Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger’s First Lady, Dr Lalla Malika Issoufou, godmother of the campaign “Let’s consume Nigerien” Tuesday urged [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian government committed to implement association deal with ECOWAS
03 december 2019 - 22:21:51Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government Tuesday reaffirmed its strong commitment to the implementation of an association deal signed [...] Full text...
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Niger: HALCIA urges media to fully participate in fight against corruption
03 december 2019 - 21:09:04Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger’s high authority for the fight against corruption and assimilated crimes (HALCIA) Tuesday urged the media [...] Full text...
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Togo: Summit on fake drugs in Africa postponed
03 december 2019 - 16:37:29Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The summit on the fight against fake drug trafficking on the African continent, initially scheduled for [...] Full text...
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Six girls drown as canoe capsizes in northwest Nigeria
03 december 2019 - 14:34:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Six young girls were killed when a canoe ferrying them across Tindifai River in Suru Local [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's secret Police accuse unnamed groups of plotting disorder across the country
03 december 2019 - 14:10:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s political and security environment is going to heat up as the secret Police, the Department [...] Full text...
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Tuesday's forex rates for the CFA Franc in Central Africa
03 december 2019 - 11:14:07Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the CFA Franc in Central Africa as announced by [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's president says no date yet to reopen borders
03 december 2019 - 10:28:12Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari says he has not given any date for the reopening of the [...] Full text...
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Five inmates electrocuted, 10 injured at Lagos prison
03 december 2019 - 10:11:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has confirmed that five inmates, who were awaiting trial, were in [...] Full text...
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Tuesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
03 december 2019 - 09:46:47Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Mayor of Niamey calls for mobilization to clean up the Nigerien capital
02 december 2019 - 18:59:02Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The central mayor of the city of Niamey, Mouctar Mamoudou, on Sunday introduced a monthly environmental [...] Full text...
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Nigerian, Russian firms sign agreement for purchase of potash for fertilizer production in Nigeria
02 december 2019 - 18:28:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government and Russia on Monday signed an agreement for the supply of potash, [...] Full text...
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Monday's exchange rates for the CFA franc in Central Africa
02 december 2019 - 11:53:56Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are the exchange rates of the CFA franc as published by the Bank of [...] Full text...
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Two gendarmes killed by unidentified armed men in northern Mali
02 december 2019 - 11:12:15Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two gendarmes were killed in an attack on Sunday by unidentified armed men at the Ménaka [...] Full text...
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Fourteen people killed in attack on church in Burkina Faso near border with Niger
02 december 2019 - 11:09:33Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Fourteen people were killed on Sunday in an attack on the Hantoukoura church in eastern [...] Full text...
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Malian PM attends high-level WAEMU meeting on debt and development in Dakar
02 december 2019 - 10:48:01Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Mali, who is also Minister of Economy and Finance, Boubou Cissé, will [...] Full text...
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Monday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
02 december 2019 - 09:36:03Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Row breaks out between Nigeria's Presidency, former military Chief over pace of restructuring
02 december 2019 - 08:06:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A row has broken out between Nigeria’s Presidency and a former Chief of Defence Staff, General [...] Full text...
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Five persons dead, nine others injured in vehicle accident on Nigeria's Lagos-Ibadan highway
02 december 2019 - 07:54:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State in the southwest on Sunday confirmed the [...] Full text...
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2019–20 CAF Confed. Cup: Results from Day 1, Group matches on Sunday
02 december 2019 - 05:41:05Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are results from Day 1, Group matches, played on Sunday across Africa in the 2019-20 [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's military deny alleged recruitment of former Boko Haram terrorists
01 december 2019 - 20:00:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters on Sunday dismissed reports of alleged recruitment of de-redicalised Boko Haram ex-fighters into [...] Full text...
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Togolese abroad to vote in six countries
01 december 2019 - 18:44:51Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese living abroad now have the opportunity to vote in the forthcoming presidential election, scheduled for [...] Full text...
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A delegation of French company employers due Monday in Nigeria
01 december 2019 - 15:31:38Paris, France (PANA) – A delegation of French company leaders and business people chaired by Philippe Labonne, vice president of [...] Full text...
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2019–20 CAF Confed. Cup: Day 1, Group matches on Sunday
01 december 2019 - 07:42:41Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are Day 1, Group matches to be played Sunday across Africa in the 2019-20 CAF [...] Full text...
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The 12th edition of photographic meetings opens in Bamako
30 november 2019 - 19:51:41Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 12th edition of the Bamako Photographic Encounters opened here Saturday under the chairmanship of the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari expresses concern at rate of piracy, kidnapping and smuggling in Gulf of Guinea
30 november 2019 - 18:18:01Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern at the rate of piracy, kidnapping and smuggling in [...] Full text...
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Eleventh edition of International Women's Crafts Fair opens in Niamey
30 november 2019 - 16:22:47Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The First Lady of Niger, Hadjia Aissata Issoufou, Friday opened the 11th edition of the International [...] Full text...
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Niger hosts AIPP conference on sidelines of FPU Africa continental summit
30 november 2019 - 15:48:08Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The continental summit of the Federation for Universal Peace (FPU) began here Saturday under the chairmanship [...] Full text...
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President Issoufou calls for stronger IDB efforts to promote private sector
30 november 2019 - 14:41:33Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's President Issoufou Mahamadou has urged the Islamic Bank to strengthen its efforts to promote the [...] Full text...
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Woman nabbed in Greece over trafficking ring exploiting Nigerian girls
30 november 2019 - 11:28:38Athens-Greece (PANA) - A 40-year-old Greek-Nigerian woman arrested in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday is seen as one of the [...] Full text...
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Spanish FM warns against travels to Sahrawi camps, Sahel
29 november 2019 - 20:01:50Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Union (EU) and Cooperation has urged Spaniards not [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde loses one place in the latest FIFA ranking
29 november 2019 - 18:07:59Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde has lost one place in the latest FIFA ranking, updated on Thursday. It [...] Full text...
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Buhari says Nigeria to extend its natural gas pipeline to North Africa
29 november 2019 - 17:43:57Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Equatorial Guinea said that Nigeria is considering the viability [...] Full text...
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Africa online retailer Jumia pulls out of Tanzania
29 november 2019 - 14:13:11Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Online retailer Jumia Technologies has withdrawn from the Tanzanian market, a few days after [...] Full text...
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43 refugees of different nationalities evacuated from Libya to Niger, says UNHCR
29 november 2019 - 12:32:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 43 refugees of three different nationalities were evacuated from Libya to Niger on Friday where [...] Full text...
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3rd Continental Summit on Peace, Security and Development opens in Niamey
28 november 2019 - 19:03:27Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The 3rd Continental Summit on Peace, Security and Sustainable Development in Africa opened on Thursday in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari says challenges confronting Nigeria are "so enormous" despite its rich petroleum resources
28 november 2019 - 17:27:12Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday hosted the outgoing Cuban Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Carlos Trejo [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari pledges to safeguard interest of investors
28 november 2019 - 17:22:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday in Abuja said that the Federal Government would do all [...] Full text...
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3-day conference on Nigerian digital economy opens in Abuja
28 november 2019 - 17:19:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The three-day e-NIGERIA 2019 Conference on the Nigerian Digital Economy opened Thursday in Abuja with President [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari seeks Senate approval for foreign loan
28 november 2019 - 17:12:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday forwarded a request to the Senate to reconsider and approve [...] Full text...
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French Defence Minister in Gao to pay tribute to French soldiers killed in northern Mali
28 november 2019 - 15:58:30Bamako, Mali (PANA) - French Armed Forces minister Florence Parly arrived in Gao, northern Mali, on Wednesday, to pay tribute [...] Full text...
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Thursday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
28 november 2019 - 11:23:11Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Mali hosts regional meeting of WAEMU energy producers
27 november 2019 - 23:54:02Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 6th meeting of the Regional Committee of Producers, Transporters and Distributors of Electricity (CRPTDE) kicked [...] Full text...
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Bamako hosts 9th Mali-Burkina Faso-UNHCR meeting
27 november 2019 - 23:23:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Secretary general of the Malian ministry of solidarity and fight against poverty, Salifou Maïga, examined [...] Full text...
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Nigerians protest in Abuja demanding the hate speech and social media bills dropped
27 november 2019 - 23:14:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Dozens of protesters under the banner of 'Take It Back Movement and Concerned Nigerians', on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari expresses grieve over death of 13 French soldiers in helicopter crash in Mali
27 november 2019 - 21:08:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday expressed grieve over the death of 13 French soldiers in Mali [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Military frees 983 persons arrested for alleged complicity with Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists
27 november 2019 - 20:47:18Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military on Wednesday freed 983 persons it arrested and detained for alleged complicity with [...] Full text...
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President of the Republic of Comoros, FPU President visit Niger
27 november 2019 - 19:20:45Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The President of the Republic of the Comoros, Azali Assoumani, and the President of the Federation [...] Full text...
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'EU's total annual financial disbursement to Niger since 2015 is 100 million euros'
27 november 2019 - 19:08:51Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The cumulative financial disbursements to Niger amount to 430.5 million euros or more than 100 million euros [...] Full text...
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Niamey hosts 3rd continental summit on peace, security and sustainable development
27 november 2019 - 18:22:12Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The 3rd Continental Summit on Peace, Security and Sustainable Development in Africa will begin on Thursday [...] Full text...
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President Issoufou expresses condolences to France following the deaths of 13 French soldiers in Mali
27 november 2019 - 18:12:58Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Following the death of 13 French soldiers of the Barkhane force on Monday, November 25, 2019, [...] Full text...
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Golfer Indiza wins Great Rift leg of Safari Tour
27 november 2019 - 14:15:07Naivasha, Kenya (PANA) - Dismas Indiza on Wednesday played a round of 1-under par, 70, to take his overall score [...] Full text...
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Nigerian woman arrested with heroin pellets at a boarding school in Mauritius
27 november 2019 - 14:12:41Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 39-year-old Nigerian, Ifeanyichukwu Favour Ekwueme, was arrested on 20 November with 85 heroin pellets [...] Full text...
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Gunmen kill five persons, including two village heads in north-central Nigeria
27 november 2019 - 13:46:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria Police on Wednesday confirmed attacks on two communities in Taraba State, north-central Nigeria in which [...] Full text...
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Wednesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
27 november 2019 - 09:05:41Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's president ratifies international protocols on aviation
27 november 2019 - 07:13:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ratified the Protocol to Amend the Convention for the Suppression of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria, Netherlands pledge stronger partnership on trade, investments
26 november 2019 - 21:32:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria and The Netherlands Tuesday pledged stronger partnership on trade and investments following a meeting between [...] Full text...
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Authorities launch operation to clean up Niamey
26 november 2019 - 17:57:15Niamey, Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The municipal authorities of the city of Niamey on Tuesday launched the first phase of [...] Full text...
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Ex-Nigerian President Obasanjo says the private sector is the driving force behind AfCFTA
26 november 2019 - 17:20:03Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (NAPA) - The private sector must be the driving force behind the African Continental Free Trade Area [...] Full text...
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France starts investigation over the death of 13 French soldiers in a helicopter crash in Mali
26 november 2019 - 15:55:19Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly announced on Tuesday that an investigation has been opened [...] Full text...
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Malian President IBK expresses condolences to his French counterpart
26 november 2019 - 15:44:41Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has sent a message of condolences to his French counterpart, Emmanuel [...] Full text...
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Niger to reform its prison system
26 november 2019 - 15:33:28Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A meeting of the State / Partners Consultation Framework on Justice and Human Rights in Niger [...] Full text...
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Basketball Africa League qualifiers: AS Police of Bamako to play in Yaoundé
26 november 2019 - 14:33:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Bamako AS Police will play from November 26 to December 1 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the Elite [...] Full text...
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Tuesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
26 november 2019 - 13:11:26Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari receives Prime Minister of Netherlands in Abuja
26 november 2019 - 12:53:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received the Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the Presidential Villa [...] Full text...
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Strategic dialogue of companies on AfCFTA opens in Addis Ababa
26 november 2019 - 11:10:34Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union's Trade and Industry Commissioner, Albert Muchanga, launched on Tuesday the strategic dialogue [...] Full text...
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Tuesday's forex rates for the CFA Franc
26 november 2019 - 09:06:42Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Following are Tuesday’s foreign exchange rates for the CFAF, as issued by the Bank of Central [...] Full text...
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Nigeria launches national sex offenders register
26 november 2019 - 05:54:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday launched the first national sexual offenders register and called for [...] Full text...
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Nigerian ministers visit main western border with Benin to assess impact of closure
26 november 2019 - 05:39:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A Nigerian ministerial delegation led by minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down
25 november 2019 - 21:49:28Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping [...] Full text...
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Buhari urges "urgent and imperative" rehabilitation of IDPs in Nigeria
25 november 2019 - 15:55:18Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said the rehabilitation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the [...] Full text...
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Beninese win 15 medals at 6th edition of Open Zainab Saleh karate in Nigeria
25 november 2019 - 14:22:26Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese karatekas won 15 medals at the 6th edition of the Open Zainab Saleh Karate in [...] Full text...
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108 golfers set for Magical Kenya Ladies Open tournament
25 november 2019 - 14:03:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - By close of entries on Sunday, 108 golfers from 28 countries had confirmed participation in the [...] Full text...
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US, Nigerian agency launch new HIV/AIDS campaign
25 november 2019 - 11:48:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in collaboration with the National Agency [...] Full text...
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Nigerian politician wants term limit to president, governors expunged from constitution
25 november 2019 - 09:26:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A member of Nigeria's ruling party has gone to court arguing that the two-term limit to the [...] Full text...
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Monday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
25 november 2019 - 09:02:09Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Monday's forex rates for the CFA Franc
25 november 2019 - 08:08:11Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Following are Monday’s foreign exchange rates for the CFAF, as issued by the Bank of Central [...] Full text...
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Nigerian president orders 'scrupulous investigation' into post-election murder of opposition member in Kogi State
25 november 2019 - 08:07:01Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the post-election murder of a women's leader of the main [...] Full text...
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CAF announces nominees for CAF Awards 2019
25 november 2019 - 05:23:16Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Africa's football governing body, Confederation of African Football (CAF), on Sunday released the list of nominees [...] Full text...
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Sponsor of Nigeria's controversial hate speech bill backtracks, says death penalty would be expunged from legislation
24 november 2019 - 19:49:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian sponsor of the controversial Hate Speech Bill, Senator Sabi Abdullahi, has finally bowed to pressure [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari gives directive for completion of Nigeria's Ajaokuta steel complex
24 november 2019 - 19:26:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, on Sunday said President Muhammadu Buhari [...] Full text...
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Nigerian president sympathises with Kenya, DRC over deadly floods, mudslides
24 november 2019 - 18:17:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday expressed solidarity with the government and people of Kenya and [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Northeast Nigerian State of Borno inducts 150 Cameroonian hunters and viglantes into war against Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorism
24 november 2019 - 10:03:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – To underscore the precarious nature of the fight against Boko Haram and Islamic State in West [...] Full text...
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Minister tells Nigerian Customs to allow fuel supply to border towns to power generators for telecom services
23 november 2019 - 19:49:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Pantami, has urged the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to allow [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspapers report US call on Haftar to end Tripoli offensive
23 november 2019 - 18:36:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US State Department's appeal to the head of the Libyan National Army, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, [...] Full text...
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Buhari says Nigerian farmers helped save billions of dollars annually from food importation
23 november 2019 - 18:17:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday commended Nigerian farmers for “saving us billions of dollars yearly [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Labour Union, UGTT, elected permanent member of ITUC-Africa
23 november 2019 - 16:50:52Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) has been elected permanent member of the General Council of [...] Full text...
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Tunisia to host Handball AFCON in January 2020
22 november 2019 - 22:46:28Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The 24th edition of the handball Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has been scheduled to take [...] Full text...
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Malian police arrest notorious burglar
22 november 2019 - 21:52:50Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A burglar who specializes in the theft of gold and money, Nafou Traoré, has been arrested [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari says he won't seek third term in office
22 november 2019 - 18:30:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari stopped speculations that he was nursing a third term agenda, saying that [...] Full text...
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UNGA President says UN is committed to eradicating poverty, hunger across the world
22 november 2019 - 18:11:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on Friday said that the UN remained committed [...] Full text...
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Senior UN, EU officials visit Northeast Nigeria over the war against terrorism
22 november 2019 - 17:28:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa and Sahel, Dr. Mohammed [...] Full text...
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Buhari pledges access to affordable, efficient and equitable healthcare for all Nigerians
22 november 2019 - 17:20:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Abuja pledged that his administration would ensure that all [...] Full text...
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Friday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
22 november 2019 - 13:35:50Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's GDP rose by 2.28 per cent in 3rd quarter of 2019
22 november 2019 - 11:45:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday said that the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) [...] Full text...
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AU struggles for role in political settlement of Libyan crisis (News Analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
22 november 2019 - 10:41:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Western countries' attempts to exclude the African Union (AU) from the process of seeking a political [...] Full text...
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Friday's exchange rates for the CFA franc
22 november 2019 - 09:52:00Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The following are Friday's exchange rates for the CFA as announced by the Bank of Central [...] Full text...
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Nigeria spent $1.66bn to service external debt in one year - Report
22 november 2019 - 08:01:14Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria spent a total of $1.66bn in one year, from July 2018 to June 2019, to [...] Full text...
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UN General Assembly President arrives Nigeria for five-day visit
22 november 2019 - 07:27:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Mr Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, arrived in Abuja on [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Central bank chief rallies support to create 10 million jobs annually
22 november 2019 - 07:18:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has tasked the Governors of [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Senate passes bill increasing VAT from 5% to 7.5%
21 november 2019 - 17:44:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed the Finance Bill, which seeks to amend seven Acts of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari urges security agencies, communities to be more alert, vigilant over armed bandits' attacks, kidnappings
21 november 2019 - 17:22:17Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday called on security agencies and communities under threats of armed [...] Full text...
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Dakar Athletics Meeting to be re-launched soon
21 november 2019 - 14:49:03Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Dakar Athletics Meeting, which has disappeared from the international calendar in recent years, will soon [...] Full text...
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Thursday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
21 november 2019 - 08:40:31Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Senior UN official urges regional partnership to address security threats in Sahel region
21 november 2019 - 08:17:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Representative of the United Nations (UN) Secretary General to West Africa and the Sahel, Dr [...] Full text...
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'Over 150 million citizens at risk of electronic fraud in Nigeria'
21 november 2019 - 08:09:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday warned that over 150 million Nigerians in the financial [...] Full text...
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Fulani herdsmen killed more Nigerians than Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists in 2018 - Report
21 november 2019 - 08:02:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The 2019 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) says that attacks from armed Fulani herdsmen killed more Nigerians [...] Full text...
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Serious concerns over Sahel require ‘urgent action’: Senior UN Africa official
21 november 2019 - 05:26:38New York, US (PANA) - The situation in Africa’s Sahel region continues to be “of serious concern and urgent action [...] Full text...
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Malian soldiers killed in fighting with alleged terrorists buried in Gao
20 november 2019 - 22:18:38Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Thirteen Malian soldiers killed Monday during a clash between a joint patrol of the Malian and [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt. repeals Geneva Convention, re-enacts it to accord greater access to justice by prisoners of war
20 november 2019 - 19:33:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the repeal of the Geneva Convention only to [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International categorises 3 Nigerian detainees as "prisoners of conscience"
20 november 2019 - 19:27:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International, on Wednesday categorised three Nigerians as prisoners of conscience, declaring [...] Full text...
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Buhari signs Presidential Order to end open defecation in Nigeria by 2025
20 november 2019 - 16:49:12Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday signed the Executive Order 009 which is titled ‘The Open [...] Full text...
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'Nigerian Air Force awaiting delivery of 18 aircraft to boost its assets'
20 november 2019 - 16:43:15Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said in Abuja at the ongoing a [...] Full text...
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ICRC rehabilitates 608 amputees of terrorist attacks from northeast Nigeria
20 november 2019 - 12:52:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Nigeria delegation, has rehabilitated 608 amputees of bomb [...] Full text...
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Apex bank Governor says Nigeria's rising inflation will go down soon
20 november 2019 - 12:39:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The rise in Nigeria's inflation rate is temporary and “will go down aggressively in another three [...] Full text...
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Global leaders pledge US$2.6 billion to eradicate polio
20 november 2019 - 11:43:43Abu Dhabi, UAE (PANA) - Global leaders convened on Tuesday at the Reaching the Last Mile (RLM) Forum in Abu [...] Full text...
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‘Three-country crisis’ across central Sahel puts whole generation at risk, warns WFP
20 november 2019 - 05:11:06Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Violent attacks by extremists “almost every day” in the Sahel nations of Mali, Niger and [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON qualifiers: All Day 2, Group results
20 november 2019 - 05:01:53Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Below are all Day 2, Group results of matches played across Africa in the final qualifiers [...] Full text...
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Presidential council describes as “terrorists” air strikes against Tripoli, Misrata sites
19 november 2019 - 22:49:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord Tuesday strongly condemned the “terrorist” air [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari receives Special Envoy of Equatorial Guinea, regrets Nigeria's non-exploitation of its gas reserves
19 november 2019 - 19:50:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday hosted the Special Envoy of President of Equatorial Guinea, Mr [...] Full text...
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EU calls for respect of international law following airstrike on Tripoli factory
19 november 2019 - 17:54:30Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has called for full respect of "international law, including international humanitarian law", [...] Full text...
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Dakar Forum: Nigerien Defense Minister suggests how to effectively fight Boko Haram
19 november 2019 - 17:38:17Diamniadio, Senegal (PANA) - Niger's Defense Minister, Issoufou Katambe, said on Tuesday in Diamniadio, some 40 km east of Dakar, [...] Full text...
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Congolese FM denounces marginalization of the AU in settling the Libyan crisis
19 november 2019 - 16:41:51Diamniadio, Senegal (PANA) - Congolese Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister, Jean-Claude Gakosso, on Tuesday denounced what he called "the marginalization [...] Full text...
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Buhari seeks speedy passage of law creating special courts for corruption cases
19 november 2019 - 14:59:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday declared open a two-day summit on 'Diminishing Corruption in the [...] Full text...
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24 Malian soldiers killed in clashes with terrorists at Tabankor
19 november 2019 - 14:31:04Bamako, Mali (PANA) - At least 24 Malian soldiers were killed on Monday in fighting with suspected jihadists at Tabankor, [...] Full text...
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Leading civil society group urges Buhari to rescue Nigeria’s democracy from decline
19 november 2019 - 14:15:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s leading civil society group, Centre for Democracy and Development, (CDD), has said that 10 people [...] Full text...
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African countries urged to be united in implementation of AfCFTA
19 november 2019 - 08:12:16Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Mrs Dorothée Tembo, deputy executive director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), has called for [...] Full text...
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Tuesday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
19 november 2019 - 08:07:39Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Armed bandits kill 14 in Nigeria's Zamfara State
19 november 2019 - 07:32:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The spate of violence in northwest Nigeria is yet to abate as the Zamfara State Police [...] Full text...
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UN stresses need to end open defecation
19 november 2019 - 06:52:18New York, US (PANA) - Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON qualifiers: Remaining Day 2, Group matches on Tuesday
19 november 2019 - 05:31:39Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Below are the remaining Day 2, Group matches, scheduled for Tuesday, in the final qualifiers for [...] Full text...
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Libyan FM Siala attributes continuation of offensive to silence of international community
18 november 2019 - 23:50:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan foreign affairs minister of the government of national accord, Mohamed Siala, said here Monday [...] Full text...
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Seven Malian soldiers killed in antiterrorist operations in Tabankort
18 november 2019 - 20:54:39Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Seven Malian soldiers were killed and 15 others wounded during a joint operation by Malian and [...] Full text...
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24 terrorists neutralized in a joint military operation in the Sahel, says French army
18 november 2019 - 19:11:54Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - From November 1 to 17, the G5 Sahel Joint Force, the Burkina Faso Armed Forces [...] Full text...
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Nigeria records 5.8% increase in number of students currently studying in the US
18 november 2019 - 17:15:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States embassy in Abuja on Monday said that there is 5.8 per cent increase [...] Full text...
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Joint local, int’l team tours Lassa Fever-affected regions of Liberia
18 november 2019 - 15:45:01Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Amidst an outbreak of Lassa Fever in certain parts of rural Liberia in recent times, a [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's inflation rate jumps to 11.61 per cent in October
18 november 2019 - 14:39:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s inflation rate jumped to a 17-month high at 11.61 per cent in October, from 11.24 [...] Full text...
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Ruling party candidate re-elected Governor of Kogi State in north-central Nigeria
18 november 2019 - 13:14:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, [...] Full text...
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Observers raise concern over conduct of Saturday's governorship election in Nigeria
18 november 2019 - 07:28:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – International observers in the governorship election in Nigeria's Bayelsa and Kogi states last Saturday have expressed [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's ruling party candidate wins Bayelsa State governorship election
18 november 2019 - 07:09:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The candidate of Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has won Saturday's governorship election in Bayelsa [...] Full text...
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WHO supports measles campaign targeting millions of children in northern Nigeria
18 november 2019 - 05:15:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - More than 28 million children in northern Nigeria will be protected against measles and meningitis through [...] Full text...
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2019 FIFA U-17 WC: Brazil win 4th title
18 november 2019 - 05:08:40Gama, Brazil (PANA) - Hosts Brazil on Sunday, at the Estadio Bezerrao in Gama, came from a goal down to [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON: All Day 2 results from Group matches played on Sunday
18 november 2019 - 05:05:19Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Below are results from all Day 2, Group matches played on Sunday across Africa in the [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON: Day 2, Results from Group matches played on Sunday
17 november 2019 - 20:02:44Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Below are results from Day 2, Group matches, played on Sunday across Africa in the final [...] Full text...
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Armed gunmen kill six local hunters in Northeast Nigeria
17 november 2019 - 19:16:12Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Six local hunters were killed on Sunday morning by rampaging gunmen riding on camels in an [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 30 missing electoral staff found as leading civil society coalition calls for cancellation of election over irregularities
17 november 2019 - 17:30:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s central electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said on Sunday that its 30 [...] Full text...
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Mali-Burkina border health districts hold workshop on Malaria prevention
17 november 2019 - 16:48:19Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The health districts of Tominian, in Mali, and Nouna, Burkina Faso, held a workshop on Friday [...] Full text...
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30 electoral staff missing, 5 persons killed in electoral violence in Northcentral Nigeria
17 november 2019 - 14:41:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – With collation of results ongoing, Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says that [...] Full text...
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OCHA says 40,000 displaced persons affected by flooding in 2 local councils in Northeast Nigeria
17 november 2019 - 14:29:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that “no fewer than” 40,000 [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON qualifiers: Day 1, Group K results
17 november 2019 - 11:28:33Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The following are results from Day 1, Group K matches played on Saturday in the qualifying [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON qualifiers: Day 2, Group matches on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
17 november 2019 - 04:55:02Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Below are Day 2, Group matches, scheduled for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday across Africa in the [...] Full text...
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African journalists attend workshop on global trade
16 november 2019 - 16:43:12Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - About 20 African journalists are taking part in a global trade workshop in Addis Ababa [...] Full text...
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Voting ends in Nigeria's Kogi and Bayelsa governorship election
16 november 2019 - 16:34:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Voting has ended in election of governors in Bayelsa and Kogi States in Nigeria marred by [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian president to attend Dakar summit on peace and security
16 november 2019 - 14:24:52Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh Ghazouani is the guest of honour at the Sixth Dakar Peace [...] Full text...
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Voting begins for governors in two Nigerian States
16 november 2019 - 11:15:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Voting has begun to elect governors in Bayelsa and Kogi States in Nigeria. In Kogi State, a [...] Full text...
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Nigerian police deny flouting court orders to release 3 people on bail
16 november 2019 - 08:04:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday denied claims by sections of [...] Full text...
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British military team trains Nigerian Air Force personnel on force protection
16 november 2019 - 07:32:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says a British Military Advisory Training Team (BMATT) has commenced the [...] Full text...
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Nigerian President Buhari returns home after London 'private visit'
16 november 2019 - 07:21:48Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday night returned home after two weeks in London on a [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON: Results from Day 1 matches in Groups E, H, J of the final qualifiers
16 november 2019 - 07:12:34Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Below are results from Day 1 matches in Groups E, H and J, played on Friday [...] Full text...
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2019 U-23 AFCON: Cote d'Ivoire, South Africa reach semi-finals from Group B
16 november 2019 - 07:05:48Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire and South Africa on Friday joined hosts Egypt and Ghana in the semi-finals of [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON qualifiers: Tunisia beats Libya, Morocco and Mauritania draw
15 november 2019 - 23:39:55Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The first day of the qualifiers for the football Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be [...] Full text...
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Côte d'Ivoire reaches semi-finals of U23 AFCON
15 november 2019 - 23:14:30Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d’Ivoire Friday secured its ticket to the semi- finals of the U23 Africa Cup [...] Full text...
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Diffa: After Boko Haram, floods wreak havoc on thousands of people, devastates villages, farmlands
15 november 2019 - 23:02:17Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The governor of the Diffa region, Issa Lémine, said here Friday that people living along the [...] Full text...
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Niger: Opposition leader Hama Amadou back in Niamey
15 november 2019 - 18:08:44Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Exiled Opposition leader, Hama Amadou, returned to Niamey on Thursday, just days after his mother's death. Amadou, [...] Full text...
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Libyan FM speaks on development of a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy
15 november 2019 - 13:31:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) is working to adopt a comprehensive counter-terrorism strategy, said [...] Full text...
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Friday's forex rate for Rwandan Franc
15 november 2019 - 10:29:09Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc as issued by the National [...] Full text...
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Three Boko Haram terrorists, one soldier die in gunfire in northeast Nigeria
15 november 2019 - 08:06:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army says that “no fewer than” three Boko Haram terrorists were killed while attempting to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria, Niger, Benin agree to set up joint border patrol force to end Nigeria border closure
15 november 2019 - 08:01:01Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Months after Nigeria closed its land borders on 21 August, a tripartite joint committee consisting of [...] Full text...
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2019 FIFA U-17 WC: Brazil, Mexico reach finals
15 november 2019 - 05:57:59Gama, Brazil (PANA) - Hosts Brazil and two-time champions Mexico on Thursday reached the final of the FIFA under-17 World [...] Full text...
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2019 U-23 AFCON: Ghana grab second semi-final slot from Group A
15 november 2019 - 05:55:50Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Ghana on Thursday defeated Mali 2-0 to snatch the second semi-final slot in Group A at [...] Full text...
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Cotonou to host annual meeting of Ouagadougou Partnership in December
14 november 2019 - 23:44:35Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Cotonou will host the eighth meeting of the Ouagadougou Partnership from 3-5 December to accelerate progress [...] Full text...
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Libyan security services arrest 386 illegal migrants in Benghazi
14 november 2019 - 21:11:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 386 illegal African migrants of different nationalities were Thursday arrested in the eastern city of [...] Full text...
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Buhari, US embassy sue for free, fair elections in 2 Nigerian States
14 november 2019 - 17:13:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States embassy in Abuja on Thursday said that the conduct of Saturday’s governorship elections [...] Full text...
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Liberia’s Banking Institute Joins African Body
14 november 2019 - 17:08:57Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The Banking Institute of Liberia (BIL) has become a full member of the Alliance of African [...] Full text...
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Nigeria committed to high values of the Olympic movement - VP
14 november 2019 - 17:03:17Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has assured that Nigeria is committed to the high values of [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Air Force says ISWAP terrorists suffer "severe losses" in joint counter offensive operations in Northeast region
14 november 2019 - 16:55:48Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said that Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) [...] Full text...
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Nigerian secret police, activists feud over use of force to disperse Tuesday's protests Nigerian secret police, activists feud over use of force to disperse Tuesday's protests
14 november 2019 - 07:25:35Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), says its operatives did not open fire [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON: Results from Day 1 group matches of final qualifiers
14 november 2019 - 07:11:32Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Below are results from matches on the opening day (Wednesday) of the group matches in the [...] Full text...
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13 die in road accident along Nigeria's Lagos-Ibadan expressway
14 november 2019 - 07:05:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Thirteen persons died on Wednesday in a road accident involving three vehicles at Sapade-Ogere axis of Lagos-Ibadan [...] Full text...
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EIB, ACA sign agreement on investment insurance in Africa
13 november 2019 - 19:27:42Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) Tuesday signed an agreement with Trade Insurance Agency in Africa (ACA) [...] Full text...
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'Int'l Community must show solidarity with the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin countries,' says Mahamadou Issoufou
13 november 2019 - 18:38:42Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The international community must show solidarity with the countries of the Sahel and the Lake Chad [...] Full text...
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IMF: Implementation of Malian gov't reform programme has been satisfying
13 november 2019 - 17:23:25Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The implementation of the government's reform programme has been "satisfactory despite a difficult environment" and economic [...] Full text...
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