'No one will take power from us'- Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa

14 december 2019 - 19:52:31
Goromonzi, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said here Saturday no one would take the mandate bestowed on the [...] Full text...

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Former Beninese and Nigerian presidents end working visit to Guinea

14 december 2019 - 19:38:36
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)  - Former Beninese and Nigerian Presidents Nicéphore Soglo and Goodluck Jonathan Saturday ended a six-day working visit [...] Full text...

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Mali's inclusive National Dialogue opens Saturday

13 december 2019 - 18:39:46
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's inclusive National Dialogue starts on Saturday at the Amadou Hampaté Ba Palace of Culture in [...] Full text...

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Angolan justice requests hearing of Eduardo dos Santos

12 december 2019 - 00:15:49
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan Supreme Court decided here Tuesday to call former President José Eduardo dos Santos as [...] Full text...

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Troika group led by US promises to support Sudanese if they engage in peace talks

12 december 2019 - 00:00:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -  The United States and two allies who have been sponsoring peace talks between the rival Sudanese [...] Full text...

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US deputy sub-secretary for West African security issues calls for free, fair elections in Togo

10 december 2019 - 23:14:48
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - The deputy sub-secretary for West African and security issues of the US State Department, Mrs Whitney [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed receives 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

10 december 2019 - 17:31:26
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, with [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa returns to South Africa to deal with power crisis

10 december 2019 - 14:38:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday cut short his official trip to Egypt to deal [...] Full text...

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Ivorian INEC to set up 549 local electoral commissions for 2020 presidential election

10 december 2019 - 11:13:51
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire's Independent Electoral Commission announced on Tuesday that it will set up 549 Local Electoral Commissions [...] Full text...

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Electoral Violence and other threats to democracy in Africa (By Paul Ejime (PANA Guest Writer)

10 december 2019 - 10:38:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The disturbing images of violent activities that saturated the social media space during the recent governorship [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African anti-Apartheid hero dead at 92

09 december 2019 - 21:22:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Tributes are pouring in for South African liberation hero Ben Turok who died here [...] Full text...

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Botswana courts to presides over national election petitions

08 december 2019 - 22:37:16
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana courts here and the second city of Francistown will preside over national election petitions, an [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's secret Police says activist, US-based publisher Sowore re-arrested over plan to "forceful takeover of government"

08 december 2019 - 15:46:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)  - Stung with widespread outrage over the dramatic re-arrest of Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore inside [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria's secret Police says activist, US-based publisher Sowore re-arrested over plan to "forceful takeover of government"

08 december 2019 - 08:16:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)  - Stung with widespread outrage over the dramatic re-arrest of Nigerian activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore inside [...] Full text...

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Mohamed Siala describes as ’unacceptable’ expulsion by Greece of Libyan ambassador in Athens

06 december 2019 - 21:55:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  The Libyan minister of foreign affairs of the government of national accord, Mohamed Taher Siala, Friday [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe President to decorate 978 deserving Burkibnabes on Friday

06 december 2019 - 17:30:26
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, will Friday in Ouagadougou preside over [...] Full text...

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'Russia's policy in Libya has no geopolitical dimension,' says Lavrov

06 december 2019 - 11:01:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Russia's policy in Libya was "very responsible", [...] Full text...

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Opposition, gov’t mourns Gambians migrants drown off Mauritania

06 december 2019 - 10:39:14
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Opposition United  Democratic Party (UDP) has joined the government to mourn more than 50 citizens [...] Full text...

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Togolese to vote in presidential election on 22 February 2020

06 december 2019 - 05:59:54
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Togolese will vote on 22 February 2020 in the first round of the West African country's [...] Full text...

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US, Sudan to exchange ambassadors for first time in 23 years

05 december 2019 - 10:32:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan and the United states of America have decided to elevate their diplomatic representation to ambassadorial [...] Full text...

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Archbishop Tutu readmitted to hospital

05 december 2019 - 09:10:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu is being treated for an unidentified infection [...] Full text...

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US to elevate diplomatic Representation with Sudan

04 december 2019 - 19:46:21
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ending twenty three years of shy diplomatic representation, the US Administration has decided to elevate its [...] Full text...

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Tanzania’s former Premier ditches main opposition party

04 december 2019 - 19:40:36
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s former Prime Minister, Frederick Sumaye, has quit the country’s main opposition party, Chadema, [...] Full text...

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President Barrow welcomes new political parties in Gambia as "dividends of democracy"

04 december 2019 - 14:56:49
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)-  President Adama   Barrow on Wednesday congratulated new political parties that are gracing The Gambia's  political landscape, saying [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Commission uncovers ex-dictator’s alleged crimes

04 december 2019 - 13:12:23
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The Gambia  Truth Commission has heard testimony that former president Yahya Jammeh was responsible for numerous grave [...] Full text...

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MO5 calls for resistance against Lomé regime

02 december 2019 - 21:32:55
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - The 5 October Patriotic Movement (MO5), one of the key forces of the 1990 popular protests, [...] Full text...

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Mali to launch the inclusive national dialogue on December 14

02 december 2019 - 19:07:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, announced on Saturday evening, in a televised message to his compatriots, [...] Full text...

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Fifty-three second video of 'gunshots' fired at Zimbabwe opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, goes viral

02 december 2019 - 17:23:09
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A video on social media showing the leader of Zimbabwe’s largest opposition party, Movement for Democratic [...] Full text...

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Namibia’s ruling party loses parliamentary dominance in general election

01 december 2019 - 15:16:06
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party has lost its overwhelming parliamentary dominance after gaining 63 seats in the [...] Full text...

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Revision of electoral register kicks off in Togo toward 2020 presidential election

30 november 2019 - 15:26:29
Lomé, Togo (PANA)   -  The revision of the voters’ register for the 2020 presidential election began here Friday throughout the [...] Full text...

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Guinean opposition unites against Alpha Condé

30 november 2019 - 10:30:33
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)  - The leader of the Union for Democracy and Development (UDD) and former minister of national reconciliation, [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Unity, social measures at the center of presidential speech on Independence Day

28 november 2019 - 23:51:17
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)   -   Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani Thursday called for consultation between all political forces and [...] Full text...

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Togolese government sets up force to secure next year’s presidential election

28 november 2019 - 21:05:44
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - The Togolese government at the weekly council of ministers Wednesday set up a presidential election security [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Detained FNDC leaders provisionally released by appeal court

28 november 2019 - 19:40:36
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The coordinator of the National Front for the defence of the Constitution (FNDC), the former Guinean [...] Full text...

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Togolese civil society marches to demand level field for 2020 presidential election

28 november 2019 - 11:19:38
Lomé, Togo(PANA) - Togolese demonstrated in Lomé on Wednesday to demand level field for the 2020 presidential election. Organised by the [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International calls Egypt's Attorney General's Office an "ominous tool of repression"

27 november 2019 - 17:30:36
Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) has noted in a new report, released on Wednesday, that the Office of [...] Full text...

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Senegal to host World Championship finals of French kick boxing

26 november 2019 - 18:44:06
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Dakar, the Senegalese capital, will host three finals of the world championship of French kick boxing. The [...] Full text...

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Botswana High Court confirms receipt of many post-election petitions

25 november 2019 - 21:46:13
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The High Court of Botswana has confirmed that many petitions for both Parliamentary and Council members [...] Full text...

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UN Mission, community leaders, condemn South Sudan violence which left two dead at camp

25 november 2019 - 17:52:45
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Community leaders issued an apology on Monday after rioting on 21 November by “drunken youth” within [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe registers new MDC opposition party

25 november 2019 - 15:32:51
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has registered another party called ‘Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Zimbabwe’ [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU PF members of parliament boycot MDC chaired committees

25 november 2019 - 14:15:14
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Legislators from the ruling ZANU PF party are boycotting parliamentary meetings chaired by a member of [...] Full text...

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South Africa's president Ramaphosa calls for racial reconciliation

25 november 2019 - 10:30:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday defended his decision to appoint a white male to [...] Full text...

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Nigerian president orders 'scrupulous investigation' into post-election murder of opposition member in Kogi State

25 november 2019 - 08:07:01
Abuja, 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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Military reinforcement sent to Port Sudan to contain ethnic clashes

22 november 2019 - 16:15:03
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA )- Sudanese authorities on Friday sent military reinforcement to the Red Sea State in eastern Sudan, where [...] Full text...

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ANC calls for improved electoral framework for Togo's 2020 presidential poll

22 november 2019 - 15:49:42
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's main opposition party, National Alliance for Change (ANC), on Friday issued a statement in Lomé [...] Full text...

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Coalition C14 urges public support for transparent election in Togo

22 november 2019 - 14:12:26
Lome, Togo (PANA) - A coalition of opposition parties in Togo on Friday called on the Togolese people to mobilize [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Senate passes bill increasing VAT from 5% to 7.5%

21 november 2019 - 17:44:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed the Finance Bill, which seeks to amend seven Acts of [...] Full text...

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Senior UN official urges regional partnership to address security threats in Sahel region

21 november 2019 - 08:17:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Representative of the United Nations (UN) Secretary General to West Africa and the Sahel, Dr [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian opposition coalition wants audit of public companies

21 november 2019 - 00:00:08
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  The Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change (CFCD) Wednesday denounced the management of former Mauritanian leader [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa vows mass action against government

20 november 2019 - 22:51:09
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -  The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Nelson Chamisa has promised mass action against the President [...] Full text...

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Botswana opposition responds to Masisi's State of the Nation address

20 november 2019 - 18:32:07
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana coalition opposition party, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), says the tussle between former [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe police beat opposition party members ahead leader's address

20 november 2019 - 11:20:55
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's police have beaten members of the country's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) ahead [...] Full text...

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2020 Togo presidential election: Opposition political parties quit dialogue with government

19 november 2019 - 23:51:38
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - Opposition political parties in Togo have withdrawn from a dialogue with the government, shortly after the [...] Full text...

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Guinean women return to the streets to protest killings

19 november 2019 - 18:10:34
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Less than a month after their first demonstration, about a thousand women, claiming to be from [...] Full text...

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Leading civil society group urges Buhari to rescue Nigeria’s democracy from decline

19 november 2019 - 14:15:58
Abuja, 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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'Politics and economics inextricably linked in Zimbabwe'

19 november 2019 - 06:02:20
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, says political and economic dynamics in Zimbabwe [...] Full text...

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Libya refuses to hand over Saif el-Islam Gaddafi to the ICC

18 november 2019 - 14:26:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Ministry of Justice in the Government of National Accord (GNA) has turned down the request [...] Full text...

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Ruling party candidate re-elected Governor of Kogi State in north-central Nigeria

18 november 2019 - 13:14:24
Abuja, 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 - 07:28:33
Abuja, 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 - 07:09:34
Abuja, 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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Nigeria: 30 missing electoral staff found as leading civil society coalition calls for cancellation of election over irregularities

17 november 2019 - 17:30:24
Abuja, 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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Voting begins for governors in two Nigerian States

16 november 2019 - 11:15:19
Abuja, 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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Civil society organisations, opposition political parties support Malian security forces

15 november 2019 - 23:52:25
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Several Malian opposition political parties, civil society organisations and trade unions Friday held a meeting in [...] Full text...

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Opposition party expels 8 MPs in The Gambia

15 november 2019 - 19:52:56
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's biggest opposition political party, the Unity Democratic Party (UDP), has expelled eight members representing  the [...] Full text...

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Niger: Opposition leader Hama Amadou back in Niamey

15 november 2019 - 18:08:44
Niamey, 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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Burundi moves to mop up illegally acquired small arms and light weapons

15 november 2019 - 17:39:03
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian government has given illegal holders of small arms and light weapons additional three months, [...] Full text...

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Opposition leader claims 122 young Guineans shot dead in political demonstrations

15 november 2019 - 14:15:28
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - At least 122 young people, mostly under the age of 25, have been shot dead in [...] Full text...

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One more demonstrator shot dead in Conakry

14 november 2019 - 22:16:39
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)   - The fourth day of peaceful demonstrations initiated by the National Front for the Defence of Constitution(FNDC) [...] Full text...

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Political parties, civil society organizations call for a halt to the electoral process in Togo

14 november 2019 - 17:21:41
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - A group of political parties and civil society organizations, under the group, "Democratic Forces" movement, with [...] Full text...

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Trial on September 2009 events in Guinea due to start by June 2020 - ICC

14 november 2019 - 15:58:55
Paris, France (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms Fatou Bensouda, has said after a meeting [...] Full text...

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President Barrow says Banjul a national priority

13 november 2019 - 22:49:48
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  -   President Adama Barrow Wednesday called on all Gambians, irrespective of political or regional affiliations, to fully [...] Full text...

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Mauritian Opposition gets a new leader

13 november 2019 - 15:11:09
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian former Minister of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs, Arvin Boolell, has been appointed opposition leader [...] Full text...

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Uproar in Nigeria over hate speech bill in Senate that seeks death penalty

13 november 2019 - 11:48:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – There is uproar in Nigeria over a bill before the Nigerian Senate that seeks death by hanging for [...] Full text...

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ANC sends memorandum to joint UN-ECOWAS mission for free, fair election in Togo

12 november 2019 - 21:56:57
Lomé, Togo (PANA)   -  The National Alliance for Change (ANC), Togo's main opposition political party, Monday presented to the joint [...] Full text...

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Guinean President Conte issues decree for conduct of parliamentary elections

12 november 2019 - 21:30:34
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Hours after a decree issued by Guinean President Alpha Condé ordering the electoral body to conduct [...] Full text...

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Group phases of CAF Cup draws RS Berkane - DC Motema Pembe clash

12 november 2019 - 19:24:25
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The draw for the group phase of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Cup carried out [...] Full text...

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President Conde reshuffles his cabinet

12 november 2019 - 17:35:30
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - President Alpha Condé of Guinea, on Monday announced a minor reshuffle of his government, marked by [...] Full text...

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ICC warns Guinean social, political actors against escalation of violence

12 november 2019 - 17:04:32
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - In a statement transmitted Monday to PANA, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has warned Guinean political [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde's main opposition party set to elect new president

12 november 2019 - 15:07:03
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde's main opposition party, the African Independence Party of Cape Verde (PAICV), will elect [...] Full text...

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South African racist fails in attempt to have case dropped

12 november 2019 - 12:15:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Adam Catzavelos, who sparked a national outcry when he filmed himself making racial comments in [...] Full text...

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Congo: UN expresses satisfaction with approach taken by CND to organize national dialogue in near future

11 november 2019 - 23:49:56
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  -  The Special Representative for Central Africa and head of the United Nations Regional Office, François Louncény [...] Full text...

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World Bank will not give any monetary support to Zimbabwe

11 november 2019 - 19:15:28
New York City, USA (PANA) - The Zimbabwean government can expect no monetary support from the World Bank as engagement will [...] Full text...

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Mali opposition leader calls on Malians to join 'sacred union' around defence and security forces

09 november 2019 - 13:40:57
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé, president of FSD (Front pour la Sauvegarde de la Démocratie), has [...] Full text...

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Tunisia, Italy hold talks on the management of migrant flows

08 november 2019 - 19:12:07
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A negotiating session between Italy and Tunisia was held Thursday at the headquarters of the Italian [...] Full text...

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US warns South Sudan leaders after they failed to form government of national unity

08 november 2019 - 11:33:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The United States says it is "deeply disappointed" that South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and opposition leader [...] Full text...

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South Africa presiden Ramaphosa urged to rebuke his deputy

08 november 2019 - 10:36:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday called on President Ramaphosa to rebuke [...] Full text...

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Sudanese, South Sudanese and Ugandan leaders in Entebbe for tripartite meeting on South Sudan

07 november 2019 - 17:18:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The leaders of Sudan, Uganda and South Sudan are meeting in Entebbe, Uganda, on Thursday to [...] Full text...

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'International community concerned about the situation in Guinea'

07 november 2019 - 12:01:18
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The international community said on Thursday that it is closely monitoring the Guinean government's legal proceedings [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire's 2020 presidential election: 17 opposition parties finalise platform under Bedie

07 november 2019 - 10:04:37
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Seventeen Ivorian opposition parties gathered on Wednesday in Daoukro, in central-eastern Côte d'Ivoire, around former head [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwean elections think tank bemoans slow govt implementation of election reforms

06 november 2019 - 21:19:52
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local elections think tank, Election Resource Centre (ERC), Wednesday bemoaned the lack of comprehensive plans by [...] Full text...

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The Gambia’s opposition party urges President Barrow to honour coalition agreement

06 november 2019 - 20:22:29
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   -  The Gambia’s biggest  opposition political party, United  Democratic Party (UDP), Wednesday called on Gambian leader Adama  [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Senate introduces bill to regulate social media

06 november 2019 - 11:01:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate has introduced a bill to regulate the use of the social media, just [...] Full text...

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Togolese government amends electoral code for nationals living abroad

05 november 2019 - 23:28:35
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - A draft bill adopted at the council of ministers on 18 October enabling Togolese nationals living [...] Full text...

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Towards creation of new political party inside the Mauritanian Black Nationalist trend

05 november 2019 - 21:46:48
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - The Coalition Living Together (CVE) from the Black Nationalist Movement, which backed the candidature of Kane [...] Full text...

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Nigerian court stops military's operation for citizens to show "positive identification"

05 november 2019 - 18:31:14
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A Federal High Court in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos on Tuesday ordered the suspension of [...] Full text...

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Twenty-two Malians detained in Guinea released

05 november 2019 - 11:56:29
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Twenty-two young Malians, believed to be involved in Qnet scam stories, an international online direct sales [...] Full text...

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Two youths shot dead during burial of 11 victims of Guinea demonstration

05 november 2019 - 11:31:11
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Two young supporters from the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) were shot [...] Full text...

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Guinea: More than 100 arrested young Malians to be released for lack of evidence

04 november 2019 - 17:24:27
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Mali's ambassador to Guinea, Modibo Traoré, looking for a way to free many of his compatriots [...] Full text...

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Guinea's opposition victims buried

04 november 2019 - 17:07:17
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The eleven young Guinean opposition activists, killed recently during street demonstrations organized by the National Front [...] Full text...

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Tunisia's main labour union calls for speedy formation of new govt

04 november 2019 - 09:22:16
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), Noureddine Taboubi, on Sunday called for the [...] Full text...

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Malian envoys in Guinea to free Malian nationals detained by police

02 november 2019 - 14:15:12
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Malian government envoys arrived in Conakry on Friday evening to inquire about the circumstances and motives [...] Full text...

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South Africa crowned rugby World Cup winners

02 november 2019 - 13:58:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Twenty four years after the historic Mandela Rugby World Cup victory, South Africa’s first [...] Full text...

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Longest UN mediation in Burundi crisis ends

01 november 2019 - 17:38:03
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The latest UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Burundi, Michel Kafando, offered his resignation in mid-week to [...] Full text...

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Former President Ian Khama boycotts Presidential inauguration

01 november 2019 - 15:23:50
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The former President of Botswana, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, boycotted the Presidential inauguration of the 5th [...] Full text...

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US calls on Ethiopian PM to help South Sudanese reach peace

01 november 2019 - 12:55:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States has appealed to Ethiopia to help South Sudanese implement a peace agreement and [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa govt threatens to end diplomatic relations with United States

31 october 2019 - 21:25:01
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   The Zimbabwean government Thursday threatened to end diplomatic relations with the United States, accusing it of [...] Full text...

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Electoral rigging drama unfolds in Gaborone

31 october 2019 - 18:24:22
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - A new electoral rigging drama unfolded at the High Court in the Botswana capital city of [...] Full text...

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Nigerien PM opens inclusive dialogue on the electoral process

31 october 2019 - 17:11:20
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien Prime Minister Brigi Rafini, has announced government's efforts to open an inclusive dialogue on the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria president Buhari welcomes Supreme Court verdict upholding his re-election

31 october 2019 - 07:05:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday welcomed the verdict of the Supreme Court upholding his victory [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe’s main opposition party MDC condemns govt plans to inject fresh new currency

30 october 2019 - 23:51:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the MDC, Wednesday condemned government’s announcement to inject more cash into the [...] Full text...

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Opposition claims massive rigging and fraud in Botswana polls

30 october 2019 - 19:51:41
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Despite the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) and the African Union Election [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Mixed reactions trail Supreme Court judgment upholding re-election of President Buhari

30 october 2019 - 19:35:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Mixed reactions trailed Wednesday’s Supreme Court judgment upholding the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari for a [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army says reports of planned nationwide operation for citizens to show "positive identification" are fake

30 october 2019 - 16:46:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army has described as ‘Fake Alert’, a viral post of the planned nationwide ‘Operation [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Supreme Court dismisses appeal by opposition presidential candidate against re-election of Buhari

30 october 2019 - 15:13:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Hours after commencement of sitting, Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed in respect [...] Full text...

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Autopsy of victims of Guinea's bloody 14 October demonstrations in progress - Govt

30 october 2019 - 10:39:07
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The autopsy on the 10 victims of the demonstrations organized on 14 October in Guinea by [...] Full text...

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Togo: PDP picks Innocent Kagbara as presidential candidate

29 october 2019 - 15:49:23
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's Pan-African Democratic Party (PDP) has named Innocent Kagbara as its presidential candidate in 2020, "after [...] Full text...

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Guinea-Bissau: PRS activist killed during weekend opposition demonstrations

28 october 2019 - 15:54:43
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A militant of the Social Renovation Party (PRS), the political party of former President Coumba Yala, [...] Full text...

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Rights groups call for repeal of repressive laws in Tanzania

28 october 2019 - 10:11:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Two rights groups on Monday slammed  Tanzania for repression of the media, human rights defenders, and [...] Full text...

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US places sanctions on Zimbabwe's state security minister Owen Ncube for gross human rights abuses

26 october 2019 - 08:17:04
New York, USA (PANA)  -  The United States government Friday added Zimbabwe's State Security Minister Owen Ncube to its list [...] Full text...

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First Lady of Burundi hosts major international conference of women leaders

25 october 2019 - 18:31:30
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)   -   Burundi First Lady Denise Bucumi Thursday played host to the first major international conference of women [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa calls on US Govt to immediately remove sanctions

25 october 2019 - 18:19:11
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the United States government to immediately remove the targeted [...] Full text...

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Resounding victory for ruling party in Botswana

25 october 2019 - 14:45:56
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s ruling party, popularly known as BDP-Tsholetsa Domkrag - has won the country’s 12th general election [...] Full text...

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Ruling Botswana Democratic Party close to victory in general elections

25 october 2019 - 08:49:08
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has a healthy lead in Thursday's general elections in the [...] Full text...

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Marches authorized in Guinea after one year of ban

24 october 2019 - 22:54:30
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)  -  Despite nearly a year after street demonstrations were banned in Guinea by the government, thousands of [...] Full text...

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NGO says human rights situation in Zimbabwe worsening

24 october 2019 - 21:30:04
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  The Zimbabwe human rights NGO forum (ZHRNF) reported here Thursday the human rights situation in the [...] Full text...

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‘Unique opportunity’ to resolve border dispute between Sudan, South Sudan- UN

24 october 2019 - 19:42:39
New York, US (PANA) - Sudan and neighbouring South Sudan “have never been closer” to reaching a sustainable peace with [...] Full text...

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Botswana opposition party in lead with 3 parliament seats

24 october 2019 - 19:05:23
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The current Botswana general elections counting have the stronghold coalition opposition party, Umbrella for Democratic Change [...] Full text...

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Botswana President congratulates minister who won a seat for his party

24 october 2019 - 15:39:55
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana President and head of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has congratulated  Chobe constituency minister [...] Full text...

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Botswana’s opposition party wins its first parliament seats

24 october 2019 - 14:16:12
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Latest parliamentary results released by Botswana Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) show the Umbrella for Democratic Change [...] Full text...

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Former minister calls for release of civil society actors imprisoned in Guinea

24 october 2019 - 12:52:41
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Former Guinean Minister of National Reconciliation Amadou Oury Bah on Thursday pleaded for easing of the [...] Full text...

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Togo: PSR leaves C14 because of divergences on choice of 2020 presidential candidate

23 october 2019 - 23:44:31
Lomé, Togo (PANA)   -   The coalition of 14 opposition political parties has formed a new party known as the Socialist [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Angry Guinean women protest in Conakry

23 october 2019 - 22:25:25
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Hundreds of opposition and civil society women took to the streets of the Guinean capital on [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's parliament speaker stops opposition legislators from questioning gov’t ministers

23 october 2019 - 20:54:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  Zimbabwe's Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda Wednesday prevented opposition legislators from questioning government ministers during a [...] Full text...

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Sudanese peace talks successful, spokesman says

23 october 2019 - 17:20:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A senior government official has described the political deal signed with the Sudanese rebel groups under [...] Full text...

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Botswana President casts his vote

23 october 2019 - 16:47:26
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Democratic Party presidential candidate Mokgweetsi Masisi has cast his vote at Mosielele Primary School polling [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Official opposition leader throws in the towel

23 october 2019 - 16:38:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) was thrown into turmoil on Wednesday following [...] Full text...

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Rights groups calls for humanitarian access to 3 Sudanese states after ceasefire agreement

23 october 2019 - 06:52:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has called for humanitarian access to Sudan's Darfur, South Kordofan and [...] Full text...

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Former Guinean minister sentenced to one-year imprisonment

22 october 2019 - 21:27:41
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)   -   Abdourahamane Sanoh, former Guinean minister under the transition government in 2009, was Tuesday sentenced to one-year [...] Full text...

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Togo: Former PM Kodjo appointed MPDD candidate for 2020 presidential election

22 october 2019 - 19:44:31
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  -  Former Togolese Prime Minister Agbeyomé Messan Kodjo has been nominated by his political party, the Patriotic [...] Full text...

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Togolese abroad could vote in upcoming national elections

22 october 2019 - 11:41:08
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese abroad, long deprived of voting, could now take part in national electoral consultations, following the [...] Full text...

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Parliamentary elections in Guinea postponed

21 october 2019 - 18:26:10
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Legislative elections, scheduled for December 28 in Guinea, have been postponed to a later date, yet [...] Full text...

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Jean-Pierre Fabre appointed ANC presidential candidate in 2020 in Togo

21 october 2019 - 16:51:44
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The National Alliance for Change (ANC, opposition) has appointed its president, Jean-Pierre Fabre, as its presidential [...] Full text...

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Gambia opposition leader in solidarity with Guineans, condemns brutality

20 october 2019 - 18:04:29
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Democratic Congress party (GDC) has expressed solidarity with the people of Guinea Conakry, condemning the [...] Full text...

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Jean-Pierre Fabre dares Faure Gnassingbé

19 october 2019 - 00:03:21
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  - Jean-Pierre Fabre, leader of the National Alliance for Change (ANC), has challenged President Faure Gnassingbé over [...] Full text...

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Leader of Rwanda's suspected terrorism group pleads guilty, seeks forgiveness

18 october 2019 - 17:15:10
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The leader of a suspected terrorist group in Rwanda, retired Major Habib Mudathiru, on Friday pleaded [...] Full text...

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Botswana holds pre-electoral presidential debate

17 october 2019 - 16:14:14
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Presidential canadidates of different Botswana political parties held pre-electoral debates which were aired on radio and [...] Full text...

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Number of persons killed in demonstrations rises in Guinea

16 october 2019 - 22:22:27
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)   -   Security and hospital services Wednesday confirmed that nine people, including eight in Conakry, were killed in [...] Full text...

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Togo: New Mayors assume office amid fears they cannot exercise their full responsibilities

16 october 2019 - 17:22:22
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Political stakeholders said on Wednesday in the Togolese capital that although the new mayors, elected last [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Slow resumption of activities in Conakry 24 hours after violence

15 october 2019 - 13:05:28
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Activities resumed slowly on Tuesday in Guinea, especially in the capital, which in some places returned [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Former PMs banned from street demonstrations

14 october 2019 - 20:45:58
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)  -  Former Guinean Prime Ministers Mamadou Cellou Dalein Diallo, leader of the opposition, and Sidya Touré, both [...] Full text...

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Rwanda's military prosecutor traces links among fugitive soldiers and those on trial

14 october 2019 - 16:02:01
Kigali , Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda's military prosecutor on Monday told a martial court in Kigali that some 25 terrorist [...] Full text...

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Defence team in Rwanda terrorism trial wants case moved to civilian court

14 october 2019 - 13:58:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A member of the defence team of retired Major Habib Mudathiru, who is being tried for [...] Full text...

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Trial of 25 terrorism suspects resumes in Kigali

14 october 2019 - 12:06:02
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The trial of 25 suspects of involvement in terrorism crimes resumed on Monday at the military [...] Full text...

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Uneasy calm in Conakry's streets, as govt seeks to thwart opposition umbrella's call for street protests

14 october 2019 - 11:27:22
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Traffic is flowing on Monday in the Guinean capital, Conakry, where police and gendarmes are on [...] Full text...

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President-elect vows to 'build a new Tunisia'

14 october 2019 - 09:58:18
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Shortly after the announcement of the preliminary result that gave him a landslide victory in Sunday's [...] Full text...

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National solidarity fund established for victims of electoral violence in Benin

13 october 2019 - 16:55:26
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   The political forces for resistance, a Beninese opposition movement, Saturday announced the establishment of a national [...] Full text...

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Senegalese President and predecessor call on Africans to cultivate peace

13 october 2019 - 10:58:20
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  -  Senegalese President Macky Sall and his predecessor, Abdoulaye Wade, on Saturday called on Africans to cultivate [...] Full text...

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Guinean Army orders soldiers to keep away from street protests

12 october 2019 - 18:52:33
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Chief of General Staff of the Guinean Armed Forces has reminded all defence and security [...] Full text...

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Tunisian presidential candidates face-off in first televised debate

12 october 2019 - 14:48:32
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - For the first time in Tunisia and the Arab world, the two candidates in the second [...] Full text...

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Community-led enforcement shows the way to end child marriage in Ethiopia (A UNFPA feature)

11 october 2019 - 19:39:21
Kola, Tembein, Ethiopia (PANA) – Earlier this year, Haderu Gebray, 15, and her parents were arrested for planning her wedding [...] Full text...

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France moves gradually to restore diplomatic ties with Burundi

11 october 2019 - 17:55:41
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)  -    France recently appointed Stéphane Gruenberg as its new ambassador to Burundi, with a mission to relaunch [...] Full text...

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Splinter opposition group shuns Monday's street demonstration in Guinea

11 october 2019 - 17:44:05
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The new entity of a section of the Guinean opposition, the "Circle of Actors for the [...] Full text...

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Congolese Opposition wants electoral and economic governance discussed

11 october 2019 - 17:10:16
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese opposition leader, Pascal Tsaty Mabiala, said Thursday in Brazzaville that the dialogue to be organized [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian PM Abiy hits the peak for efforts to achieve peace, international cooperation

11 october 2019 - 11:06:26
Addi Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, has [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Ethiopian PM Abiy awarded 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

11 october 2019 - 10:38:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 to Ethiopian Prime [...] Full text...

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Benin opposition party demands dropping of charges against former President Yayi

11 october 2019 - 08:47:02
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's opposition Democratic Renewal Party (PRD) of former National Assembly Speaker Adrien Houngbedji has called for [...] Full text...

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Tug-of-war emerges between Guinea's ruling party and opposition

10 october 2019 - 12:31:43
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) -  Guinea's Democratic Coalition for a New Constitution (CODENOC), which includes the ruling party and its allies, [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Watch calls for clear plans to set up war crimes court in South Sudan

10 october 2019 - 05:26:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – South Sudan's government and the African Union should urgently meet to clarify plans to set up a proposed [...] Full text...

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Final step in holding of 2020 general election in Burundi

10 october 2019 - 00:08:05
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)   -  After the registration of eligible voters, reform of the legal framework (Constitution and electoral code), among [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian opposition coalition denounces arbitrary detention of militants

09 october 2019 - 22:33:48
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  The opposition ’Coalition Vivre Ensemble’(CVE) which backed the candidature of Kane Hamidou Baba in the Mauritanian [...] Full text...

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Qatar Renews Support for Sudan

09 october 2019 - 19:52:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The petrodollar Arab state of Qatar on Wednesday sent a senior envoy to Khartoum to say [...] Full text...

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Senegal can stand the test against Brazil in friendly this Thursday in Singapore

09 october 2019 - 18:55:58
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - "We won’t play the waiting game and watch Brazil’’, Aliou Cissé, coach of the Senegalese Lions [...] Full text...

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EU and Council of Europe urge global abolition of death penalty

09 october 2019 - 12:41:07
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe on Wednesday encouraged all countries to join [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari presents 2020 budget proposal, pegs crude oil benchmark at US$57

08 october 2019 - 17:23:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday presented to the National Assembly for approval, a federal government [...] Full text...

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Human rights chief welcomes release of hundreds of political actors in Cameroon

08 october 2019 - 15:59:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday welcomed the release of hundreds of [...] Full text...

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Guinean opposition to hold street demonstrations against referendum

07 october 2019 - 21:31:36
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)  - The national front for the defence of the constitution (FNDC) Monday announced it would hold one-week [...] Full text...

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Could bar brawl derail South Africa's Rugby World Cup campaign?

07 october 2019 - 13:24:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A bar brawl in a small Western Cape town has caused deep divisions across South [...] Full text...

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Rights group says South Sudan's crippled justice system, blanket amnesties fuelling impunity for war crimes

07 october 2019 - 10:05:40
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The South Sudanese authorities have allowed impunity to flourish over serious human rights violations, war [...] Full text...

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UN chief 'encouraged' by release of Cameroon opposition leader, supporters

06 october 2019 - 04:20:06
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General is encouraged by the release of the leader of the main opposition party [...] Full text...

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Burundians demonstrate against the renewed mandate of UN Commission on Human Rights

05 october 2019 - 16:59:19
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Demonstrations led by civil society, were held Saturday in Bujumbura, the economic capital of Burundi, and [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian opposition party worried about failure in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel

05 october 2019 - 16:13:45
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In a statement issued on Friday night in Nouakchott, the Union of Progressive Forces (UFP), a [...] Full text...

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Legislative Elections: Tunisians go to the polls this Sunday

05 october 2019 - 15:38:22
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisians go to the polls on Sunday to take part in the second legislative elections in [...] Full text...

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Former PM lists problems facing Mauritania

03 october 2019 - 23:15:57
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  - Former Mauritanian Prime Minister Sidi Mohamed ould Boubacar, also defeated candidate in the Mauritanian 22 June [...] Full text...

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Rwandan military tribunal adjourns trial of 25 terror suspects

03 october 2019 - 12:09:55
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A military tribunal in Nyamirambo, a suburb of Kigali city, on Thursday postponed to 14 October [...] Full text...

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Rights group condemns Guinea govt for crackdown on right to protest

03 october 2019 - 05:43:59
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The West African state of Guinea is in political limbo as it awaits an announcement from [...] Full text...

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Burundi: Capacity building of 155 new CENI supervisors

02 october 2019 - 16:51:56
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) on Tuesday began to run a capacity-building workshop for the [...] Full text...

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Togo to revise voters’ roll ahead of next year’s presidential election

01 october 2019 - 22:33:55
Lomé, Togo (PANA)  -  The voters’ roll in Togo will be revised before next year’s presidential election, sources at the [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian opposition leader tasks president El Ghazouani with political grieviances

01 october 2019 - 17:40:11
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Biram Dah Abeid, an anti-slavery leader and defeated opposition candidate in the 22 June presidential election [...] Full text...

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Burundi: Members of provincial electoral commissions sworn in

01 october 2019 - 15:26:27
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – New members of Burundi’s provincial independent electoral commissions (CEPI), picked from 22 political parties, 21 civil [...] Full text...

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Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe focuses on production to stimulate the economy

01 october 2019 - 13:38:49
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said  the turnaround of the economy hinges on focused support for [...] Full text...

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Burundi women gaining recognition in media publications

30 september 2019 - 21:34:54
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)  -  The latest monthly issue of Panos Great Lakes Institute (IPGL), a regional media support organization, in [...] Full text...

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New opposition platform emerges in Guinea

30 september 2019 - 19:34:42
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Leaders of ten political parties in Guinea on Monday announced the formation of a new political [...] Full text...

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Will hardening of positions of the main protagonists undermine Conference between Libyans? (News analysis by BA Youssef, PANA Correspondent)

30 september 2019 - 10:53:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The conference of the various factions in Libya, which is intended, as part of the UN-sponsored [...] Full text...

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Togo: ADDI leaves Coalition of 14 opposition political parties

28 september 2019 - 18:03:20
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's Coalition of 14 opposition political parties (C14) has registered a new defection of the Alliance [...] Full text...

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Libyan media highlight meetings in New York and preparations for the international conference

28 september 2019 - 17:53:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Increasing meetings on Libya on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, ahead [...] Full text...

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Senegal beats DRC 29-18, looks to final against Angola at women handball OQT

27 september 2019 - 22:50:23
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  - The Senegalese national handball team Friday evening beat DR Congo 29-18, 11- 8 at half time, [...] Full text...

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UN special rapporteur calls for urgent democratic shift in Zimbabwe - Report

27 september 2019 - 22:19:28
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Clément Nyaletsossi Voule says the promise of a new dispensation is [...] Full text...

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Gambian opposition parties extend President Barrow mandate from 3-5 years

27 september 2019 - 19:59:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Five political parties and one independent candidate that backed President Adama Barrow's candidature in the December [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: New members of the Independent Electoral Commission sworn in

27 september 2019 - 14:41:20
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Fourteen of the 15 newly-appointed members of the Ivorian Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) were sworn [...] Full text...

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Opposition politician murdered in northern Burkina Faso

27 september 2019 - 11:05:54
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - An opposition politician in northern Burkina Faso has been murdered by unidentified armed people in [...] Full text...

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