Gunmen invade estate in Bwari near Abuja, kidnap two persons
23 may 2021 - 19:32:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The spate of insecurity in northern region Nigeria is creeping into the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) [...] Full text...
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The spate of insecurity in northern region Nigeria is creeping into the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) [...] Full text...
Mauritian satellite reaches launch site in Florida
22 may 2021 - 06:14:20Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The first Mauritian Satellite project, the nano-satellite, has reached the launch site at Kennedy Space Centre [...] Full text...
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New reports from AfDB, FAO and CGIAR showcase digital agriculture for Africa
26 april 2021 - 13:11:21Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Drones, satellites, geographic information systems, weather stations and advanced analytics are among promising technologies for [...] Full text...
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EBRD Green Cities welcomes Egypt’s 6th of October City to its programme
22 april 2021 - 13:16:05Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt is signing up to a vision of green and sustainable cities. Under the guidance of [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: UNHCR says it has reached destroyed camps in northern Tigray
26 march 2021 - 11:20:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency said on Friday that it has gained access to the Shimelba and [...] Full text...
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Tunisia launches first satellite 'Challenge One'
22 march 2021 - 18:14:29Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The first Tunisian satellite named Challenge One was launched Monday into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome [...] Full text...
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Ghana's Total U-20 AFCON revelation Fatawu gets first Black Stars call-up
22 march 2021 - 08:06:29Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana coach Charles K. Akonnor, handed Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations best player, Abdul Fatawu [...] Full text...
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U-20 AFCON: Victorious Ghana players get $10,000 each from government
10 march 2021 - 08:38:30Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that the each player of the U-20 football [...] Full text...
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U20 AFCON: Ghana beat debutants Uganda to clinch fourth title
07 march 2021 - 05:53:07Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - On the day that their country was celebrating the 64th Independence Day, Ghana's Black Satellites delivered [...] Full text...
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Profile: Joselpho Barnes - Walking in his father’s footsteps with Ghana
04 march 2021 - 20:38:18Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Striker Joselpho Barnes hopes he can be the next Ghanaian star to come out of the [...] Full text...
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U-20 AFCON: Top scorer, Boah, hopes to guide Ghana to glory
03 march 2021 - 23:16:53Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Percious Boah, Ghana’s top scorer at the 2021 Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), hopes [...] Full text...
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U-20 AFCON: Ghana coach, Zito says his players have a chance to write history
03 march 2021 - 07:00:31Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Ghana have a chance to clinch a fourth Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations title on [...] Full text...
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Amnesty says hundreds of people killed as conflict continues to rage in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado
02 march 2021 - 06:37:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Hundreds of civilians in Mozambique have been unlawfully killed by the armed group known locally as [...] Full text...
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U-20 AFCON: Boah strike sends Ghana to final
01 march 2021 - 20:42:24Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Percious Boah’s 33rd-minute freekick at the Olympic Stadium in Nouakchott handed Ghana a 1-0 victory over Gambia, sending [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: Eritrean troops accused of possible crimes against humanity in Tigray region
26 february 2021 - 08:38:53Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray state systematically killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the [...] Full text...
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Ghana's Black Satellites beat Cameroon on penalties to reach AFCON U-20 semis
25 february 2021 - 21:56:39Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Black Satellites reached the semi-finals of the Total U-20 AFCON qualification match when they beat [...] Full text...
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Rights group's investigation reveals horror of conflict and election violence in CAR
25 february 2021 - 05:37:36Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Many civilians have been killed and others injured during the election period in the [...] Full text...
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Wakriya and Fello Star tied at the top of the Guinean League 1 football championship
22 february 2021 - 20:40:49Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - In the duel of the bottom teams of the Guinean League 1 championship, Santoba FC beat [...] Full text...
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Conakry's Horoya gets its first season victory
18 february 2021 - 15:35:47Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Horoya Athlétic Club waited until the end of the 7th day of the Guinean League 1 [...] Full text...
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AS Kaloum leads Guinean Ligue 1 championship
15 february 2021 - 14:49:07Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean national championship League 1 football championship resumed on Sunday, after more than a month's [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: Rights watchdog says govt' forces carried out unlawful shelling of Tigray urban areas
11 february 2021 - 07:00:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ethiopian federal forces carried out apparently indiscriminate shelling of urban areas in the Tigray region in [...] Full text...
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Many areas in Southern Africa at risk of further flooding from heavy rainfall
30 january 2021 - 06:57:34Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - More than 314,000 people in Mozambique have been affected by Tropical Cyclone Eloise, and this figure [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Eloise expected to make landfall near Beira City in Mozambique
23 january 2021 - 08:42:51Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Eloise has strengthened in the Mozambique Channel and is expected to make landfall near [...] Full text...
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Funding shortfalls threaten East African locust operations - FAO
21 january 2021 - 13:59:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In an online briefing, FAO has warned partners that without additional financial resources for fuel, [...] Full text...
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WMO: 2020, one of three warmest years on record
15 january 2021 - 05:12:23New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic was not the only long-term crisis the world will remember from 2020. In [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: Safe access, swift action needed for refugees in Tigray
15 january 2021 - 04:59:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed his deep concern over the [...] Full text...
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Ghana beat Burkina Faso 2-1 to win 2020 WAFU Zone B trophy
20 december 2020 - 10:29:03Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Ghana's U-20 national football team, the Black Satellites, came from behind to beat their Burkina Faso [...] Full text...
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Fello Star of Labé leads Guinea League 1 football championship
04 december 2020 - 16:55:13Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Matchday 5 of the Guinean League 1 football championship, which started last weekend, continued throughout the [...] Full text...
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Scores of civilians killed in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict
12 november 2020 - 21:52:30Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Scores of civilians have been killed in Mai-Kadra in South-Western Tigray state, most of them, [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International says Guinea security forces 'fired live bullets at protesters'
26 october 2020 - 07:49:15Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, says witness testimonies, satellite imagery and videos it has analysed and [...] Full text...
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Tunisia to launch its first satellite on 20 March 2021
16 october 2020 - 16:03:35Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's first satellite, 'Challege One', will be launched into space on 20 March 2021, the country's [...] Full text...
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United-States announces crash of two Russian MiG-29 jet fighters
14 september 2020 - 22:12:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Admiral Heidi Berg, chief of intelligence services at the US military commandment in Africa (AFRICOM) in [...] Full text...
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MultiChoice deepens its entertainment investment in Ethiopia
01 september 2020 - 14:11:33Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – MultiChoice, Africa's leading entertainment company, has announced its intention to “significantly increase investment in Ethiopia [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Freed Kenyan journalist in Ethiopia faces coronavirus battle
21 august 2020 - 17:10:15Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Kenyan journalist, Yassin Juma, also known as Collins Juma Osemo, held in a police detention [...] Full text...
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Libya: UN slams Benghazi military court for handing down 15-year jail sentence to journalist
01 august 2020 - 12:22:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Mission of Support in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed "dismay and concern" about the [...] Full text...
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France defends EU's mission to enforce arms embargo on Libya
18 july 2020 - 15:57:22Paris, France (PANA) - France says that the European Union Naval Force's Mediterranean Operation IRINI, which is responsible for enforcing [...] Full text...
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Sudan critical of Ethiopia's filling of dam prior to tripartite consent
15 july 2020 - 16:29:50Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has protested a move taken by its neighbors, Ethiopia, which started filling the Great Ethiopian [...] Full text...
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Two Ghanaian Coaches to participate in FIFA Educators' Online Course
25 june 2020 - 16:44:07Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Local reports from Accra have indicated that the National Under-20 (female) Head Coach, Yusif Basigi, and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNDP launches Rapid Response Facility for vulnerable countries
10 june 2020 - 17:09:51New York, US (PANA) - Pre-existing conditions such as poverty, insecurity, weak governance and fragile infrastructure in low- and middle-income [...] Full text...
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Tunisia sees significant drop in air pollution during COVID-19 health containment
27 may 2020 - 09:11:49Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Air pollution dropped significantly in Tunisia during the general COVID-19 health containment, which lasted about six [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya to station mobile lab at Tanzania border to speed up virus testing
24 may 2020 - 15:39:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two mobile laboratories Kenya received from the East African Community (EAC) will be stationed in Namanga [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: AfDB approves US$13.7 million to strengthen health system, boost anti-COVID-19 efforts in Zimbabwe
15 may 2020 - 18:02:25Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$13.7 million grant [...] Full text...
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EU reaffirms appeal for humanitarian truce in Libya
12 may 2020 - 23:53:10Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) Tuesday reaffirmed its appeal for humanitarian truce, end of fighting in Libya, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic makes universal digital access and cooperation essential, says UN tech agency
06 may 2020 - 07:05:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the COVID-19 (coconavirus) pandemic reshapes the way in which we work, keep in touch, go [...] Full text...
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Libya's Sarraj rejects EU's Operation IRINI
24 april 2020 - 07:49:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) has rejected a new EU military [...] Full text...
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Desert locust fight goes on in East Africa despite coronavirus crisis measures
10 april 2020 - 07:13:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - Sustained efforts to contain East Africa’s worst invasion of desert locusts in decades are forging ahead, [...] Full text...
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France welcomes the launch of EU's Operation Irini off Libya
02 april 2020 - 18:05:51Paris, France (PANA) - France on Wednesday welcomed the launch of the new European Union (EU) military operation off Libya, [...] Full text...
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EU launches new operation to check arms deliveries to Libya
31 march 2020 - 23:42:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The European Union (EU) on Tuesday launched a new operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI, [...] Full text...
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EU launches 'Operation IRINI' to enforce Libya arms embargo
31 march 2020 - 12:10:39Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Pursuant to the 19 January 2020 Berlin Conference on Libya, the European Union (EU) on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigeria shuts down of two States and federal capital
30 march 2020 - 06:51:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday night announced a lockdown of Lagos and Ogun States and the [...] Full text...
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Fayez al-Sarraj denounces hate speech, violence on Libyan TV channels
24 march 2020 - 20:46:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, has [...] Full text...
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Solar firm, Azuri, scores high in fastest growing European company ranking
04 march 2020 - 19:51:28Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Azuri Technologies, a pioneer in pay-as-you-go solar home solutions for off-grid Africa, has been ranked the [...] Full text...
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Rights group says civilians massacred in Cameroon's separatist area
27 february 2020 - 07:56:45Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) – Cameroonian government forces and armed ethnic Fulani killed at least 21 civilians in Ngarbuh village, including 13 [...] Full text...
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South Africa to construct Pan African University in Cape Town
26 february 2020 - 17:19:03Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, on Wednesday announced that the government will commence [...] Full text...
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Horoya leads as League 1 football championship in Guinea gets half way
26 february 2020 - 17:13:21Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Horoya of Conakry is in the lead in the Guinean national football championship, League 1, [...] Full text...
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Horoya de Conakry, new leader of Guinean football championship
21 february 2020 - 15:10:48Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A day before the end of the first leg of the Guinean national football championship League [...] Full text...
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DR Congo’s president expresses need for country to resort to new ICTs
19 february 2020 - 21:52:43Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, Wednesday expressed the need for [...] Full text...
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Moderate tropical storm approaching Mauritius - Meteorological Services
15 february 2020 - 14:13:36Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Meteorological Services (MMS) on Saturday announced that a moderate tropical storm, named Gabekile, [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International, Nigerian military bicker over alleged looting, burning of villages
14 february 2020 - 15:42:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International (AI) on Friday accused the Nigerian Army of burning down [...] Full text...
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Congo plans to implement two artisanal fisheries projects to increase production
13 february 2020 - 17:32:19Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government plans to implement two projects - the construction of an artisanal fishing centre [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria's central electoral body deregisters 74 political parties
06 february 2020 - 23:56:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s central electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Thursday deregistered a total of 74 [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's main opposition party complains about exorbitant broadcast licensing fees
06 february 2020 - 16:12:16Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has accused government of curtailing media freedoms [...] Full text...
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Azuri makes 2020 Global Cleantech 100 list
29 january 2020 - 17:51:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Azuri Technologies, a leading provider of pay-as-you-go solar home solutions for off-grid Africa, has been named [...] Full text...
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Journalists’ federation critical of Khartoum crackdown on pro-defunct regime media
10 january 2020 - 13:14:10Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has criticized a recent government decision to suspend four independent [...] Full text...
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Ligue 1 Guinean national football championship results
07 january 2020 - 13:45:46Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Kaloum Sports Association (ASK) was surprised with a 1-2 beating on Monday at its facilities by [...] Full text...
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Guinea: CIK, lead national football League 1
24 december 2019 - 15:31:53Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - After a 15-day suspension due to the U17 tournament of the Union of West African Federations [...] Full text...
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Congo: Asecna committed to securing air transport in Africa
12 december 2019 - 15:25:42Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The representative in Congo of the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and [...] Full text...
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Heavy rains hit Kenya after hurricane Belna settles in Madagascar
10 december 2019 - 09:54:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Hurricane Belna, which has been travelling around the Indian Ocean, is expected to cause heavy rains [...] Full text...
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Thales Alenia Space and Nilesat agree to build a geostationary satellite
05 december 2019 - 14:55:59Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Thales Alenia Space has signed an agreement with the Egyptian operator, Nilesat, for the building [...] Full text...
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Former São Toméan pastor arrested in Côte d'Ivoire returns home
04 december 2019 - 17:54:05Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) - A former pastor from Sao Tome and Principe, Iudmilo Veloso, of the [...] Full text...
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Rights group says four European dev't banks linked to palm oil abuses in DRC
25 november 2019 - 11:32:06London, UK (PANA) – Four European development banks are financing a palm oil company in the Democratic Republic of Coengo (DRC) that [...] Full text...
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Ghassan Salamé accuses countries violating the UN arms embargo on Libya
14 november 2019 - 13:52:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, has said the decision to impose an arms [...] Full text...
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Fighting resumes on outskirts of Tripoli after Mahoulid calm down.
10 november 2019 - 13:06:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Clashes resumed Sunday on the outskirts of Tripoli after a brief lull during festivities commemorating the [...] Full text...
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Three Sirte protection forces wounded in air strike
05 november 2019 - 23:06:28Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Three soldiers of the Sirte protection and securization force were wounded following an air strike carried [...] Full text...
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UN agencies, partners seek US$89.5m to assist people affected by food insecurity in Zambia
30 october 2019 - 11:47:13Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The UN and inter-governmental organizations (INGOs) are seeking US$89.5 million to provide immediate humanitarian assistance and [...] Full text...
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Int'l Civil Aviation Organization certifies Bujumbura Int'l airport "safe"
28 october 2019 - 17:49:55Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has certified Burundi's airport safe, according to Emmanuel Habimana, Director General [...] Full text...
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Achieving broadband access for all in Africa comes with a $100bn price tag
17 october 2019 - 19:01:50Washington, US (PANA) - Across Africa, where less than a third of the population has access to broadband connectivity, achieving [...] Full text...
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Uncertainty in climate prediction to influence African governments in disaster risk management
10 october 2019 - 00:08:13Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African researchers and experts on Climate Change meeting here Wednesday concluded that the current predictability of [...] Full text...
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Mauritius satellite to be deployed around mid-2020
26 september 2019 - 14:32:11Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Technology, Communication and Innovation minister, Mr Yogida Sawmynaden, on Thursday said that the first [...] Full text...
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Sudanese govt makes rare apology to TV crew manhandled by security officers
26 september 2019 - 10:02:29Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has made a rare apology to a media outlet that has left the [...] Full text...
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Will a ceasefire be imposed by the Security Council to ensure success of Libya’s political process? (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA Correspondent)
20 september 2019 - 15:43:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Preparatory confabs on Libya, held ahead of the international conference scheduled for autumn in Berlin, the [...] Full text...
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Harare's citizens mull suing its city council over proposal to increase water tariffs
14 september 2019 - 17:49:23Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Harare’s citizens are planning to sue its city council on its proposal to increase water tariffs [...] Full text...
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Gambia, Qatar sign four new bilateral agreements
11 september 2019 - 22:12:40Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow and the Emir of the State of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim [...] Full text...
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High-level segment of the COP 14 begins in New Delhi
09 september 2019 - 15:18:24New Delhi, India (PANA) – The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Conference of Parties (COP14) taking place in New [...] Full text...
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South Africa slammed over xenophobic violence
04 september 2019 - 09:14:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The fallout from the latest wave of xenophobic violence continues to be felt with Nigeria’s [...] Full text...
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Burundi takes new measures to improve security in its airspace
02 september 2019 - 12:51:06Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - As part of the implementation of international aviation safety standards, new flight procedures (or air routes), [...] Full text...
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IOM launches vocational training programme for Gambian Youth
25 august 2019 - 16:50:43Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) office in the Gambia has launched a vocational training programme aimed at [...] Full text...
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Harare to build boreholes as secondary source of potable water due to shortages
23 august 2019 - 15:50:32Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Harare City Council (HCC) is set to build more boreholes in Zimbabwe’s capital to offer residents [...] Full text...
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Doppler weather radar helps Rwanda smallholder farmers to reduce crops losses from floods (Feature by Aimable Twahirwa, PANA Correspondent)
08 august 2019 - 14:33:15Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - In Boneza, a remote rural village in Rutsiro district in Western Rwanda, Vedaste Habyarabatuma, a local [...] Full text...
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UN envoy in Libya urges Security Council action to end violence
30 july 2019 - 02:45:25New York, US (PANA) - Fighting in Libya “shows no signs of abating”, the head of the United Nations Support Mission (UNSMIL) [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: China remains key partner for investment in region - Chinese envoy
29 july 2019 - 22:02:34Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - China remains a key partner for investments in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chinese extraordinary [...] Full text...
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The number of starving Zimbabweans has increased to nearly seven million
10 july 2019 - 15:14:25Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Nearly seven million Zimbabweans are now facing hunger, a sharp increase from what the United Nations [...] Full text...
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UN arms embargo violations put Tripoli’s 1.2 million civilians in grave danger - Amnesty International
03 july 2019 - 09:26:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The lives and security of Tripoli’s 1.2 million civilians hang in the balance as warring parties [...] Full text...
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2019 AFCON: Burundians frustrated by the performances of their national team and the non-broadcast of matches of the CAN
28 june 2019 - 16:54:06Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - After two successive defeats of Burundi, first against Nigeria (0-1), then against Madagascar (0-1), the chances [...] Full text...
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Hafia FC returns to CAF Champions League after 35 years
18 june 2019 - 17:32:32Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Thirty-five years after its last participation in the African Champions League, Hafia football club of Conakry, [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS partnering EU, others to strengthen maritime security in West Africa
13 june 2019 - 20:01:02Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is intensifying efforts to combat [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Egypt for serious abuses, war crimes in North Sinai
28 may 2019 - 11:42:06Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Human Rights Watch has slammed the Egyptian military and police forces for committing serious and widespread abuses [...] Full text...
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Human rights group says unlawful attacks in Tripoli could amount to war crimes
16 may 2019 - 05:54:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Six weeks after Khalifa Haftar, leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA), launched his attack to [...] Full text...
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Will African countries benefit from global satellite technology race? (Feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
06 may 2019 - 16:35:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The development of space technology capacity and capability in any country around the world often points [...] Full text...
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Santoba FC maintains lead in Guinean football league, despite Horoya threat
29 april 2019 - 16:44:20Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Day 20 of the Guine football league, played at the weekend saw defending champions, Horoya de [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Kenneth makes landfall in northern Mozambique
26 april 2019 - 08:53:18Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tropical Cyclone Kenneth made landfall between the districts of Macomia and Mocimboa da Praia, [...] Full text...
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Southeastern Africa risks floods as Tropical Cyclone Kenneth strengthens
24 april 2019 - 16:28:29Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Heavy rainfall and winds are expected in Comoros, Mozambique and Tanzania after a tropical [...] Full text...
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Repeated change of football coaches continues in Guinea
23 april 2019 - 20:34:56Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The industrial club of Kamsar (CIK), a first division team, and seventh on the table in [...] Full text...
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First Tunisian satellite to be launched
03 april 2019 - 14:00:49Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian group, ''TELNET'', and the Russian group, GK Launch Services, on Monday signed a contract [...] Full text...
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Horoya humiliates Hafia in Guinea football league
01 april 2019 - 17:11:47Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Horoya de Conakry has on Sunday thrashed Hafia de Conakry 4-0 at the 28 September stadium, [...] Full text...
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Tunis hosts second Chinese-Arab forum on ICTs
01 april 2019 - 15:49:20Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization (AICTO) holds the second session of the ‘’Chinese-Arab cooperation [...] Full text...
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‘Revved up climate action’ needed to counter ‘prolonged’ and deadly storms like Cyclone Idai: Guterres
27 march 2019 - 05:05:18New York, US (PANA) - Cyclone Idai and the mounting death toll is “yet another alarm bell about the dangers [...] Full text...
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EU countries step up support to Cyclone Idai victims in Mozambique
26 march 2019 - 13:31:28Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Many European countries, including Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom, have provided [...] Full text...
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Rights group says US strikes in Somalia 'possible war crimes'
21 march 2019 - 06:28:56Paris, France (PANA) - Human rights organisation Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday called on the US government to conduct impartial [...] Full text...
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Santoba takes lead in Guinean football league
18 march 2019 - 17:10:27Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Santoba Football Club at the weekend pushed Hafia football club de Conakry away from the top [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Idai displaces 1.5 million across Mozambique, Malawi
15 march 2019 - 20:51:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A major aid operation is under way in Mozambique and Malawi to help victims of Tropical [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Idai due to make landfall in central Mozambique
14 march 2019 - 16:29:34Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Idai has regained intensity and is expected to make landfall near Beira City, in [...] Full text...
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Boeing temporarily grounds B737 MAX operations after Ethiopia Airlines plane crash
13 march 2019 - 22:34:42Chicago, Illinois, US (PANA) - US aircraft manufacturer Boeing on Wednesday temporarily grounded its entire 737 MAX operations. In a statement on [...] Full text...
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UN chief sends condolences to families of Malawi flood victims
12 march 2019 - 06:34:08New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has extended his condolences to the families of flood victims across [...] Full text...
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At least 23 people killed in Malawi flash floods this week
09 march 2019 - 20:03:40Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Heavy rains and floods have affected most parts of the Southern Region in Malawi, following the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to launch first Infrared Satellite end 2019
05 march 2019 - 07:08:50Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) The first Mauritian Infrared Satellite (MIR-SAT1), a project of the Mauritius Research Council (MRC), will be launched [...] Full text...
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South African-born billionaire reaches for the stars
04 march 2019 - 15:49:31Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African-born billionaire Elon Musk has made history again. His Falcon9 rocket, which is carrying [...] Full text...
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Rwanda announces successful launch of first ever communication satellite into space
28 february 2019 - 20:50:21Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's first communications satellite, was launched successfully by OneWeb, a UK based global communications company in [...] Full text...
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Rwanda set to improve Internet access in a remote rural island via satellite
26 february 2019 - 13:46:52Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda is expected put into orbit its first ever communication satellite that is expected to improve [...] Full text...
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Hafia maintains lead in Guinean football league, despite defeat
25 february 2019 - 14:16:18Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Despite its 0-1 defeat by Wakriya, Hafia de Conakry has maintained its lead in the Guinean [...] Full text...
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Senegalese President calls for dialogue to find a solution to the StarTimes - Excaf conflict
20 february 2019 - 22:34:39Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's President Macky Sall Wednesday expressed the hope that leaders of the Senegalese Professional Football League [...] Full text...
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Results of Day 12 matches in Guinea's league 1 football
20 february 2019 - 15:22:20Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Following are the results of Day 12 matches in Guinea's league 1 football: Satellite 1-2 FC Gangan [...] Full text...
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AFCON U-20 Niger 2019: The race for Zambia's succession kicks off Saturday in Niamey (By Babacar Khalifa Ndiaye, PANA Correspondent)
01 february 2019 - 13:13:05Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The 21st African Under-20 Football Cup (AFCON U-20) championship will kick off on Saturday at the [...] Full text...
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South African students send Mandela photograph into space
29 january 2019 - 14:19:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A group of University of Cape Town students have sent a framed photograph of [...] Full text...
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Rights group says satellite imagery shows 'horrific aftermath' of Boko Haram attack
19 january 2019 - 12:34:16Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International says new satellite images it has analysed show the horrific aftermath of a Boko [...] Full text...
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President Barrow vows to reduce youth unemployment from 38% to 25%
16 january 2019 - 21:48:53Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian president Adama Barrow says that his government's ultimate target is to reduce youth unemployment rate [...] Full text...
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Second African Space Generation workshop opens in Mauritius
18 december 2018 - 09:46:23Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Second African Space Generation Workshop opened on Monday at the Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre in [...] Full text...
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Rights group blames UN peacekeepers for CAR massacre
14 december 2018 - 21:52:11Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has asked the United Nations to carry out a thorough investigation [...] Full text...
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Nigeria partners with UNWTO to carry out tourism masterplan
21 november 2018 - 18:28:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Wednesday said it is partnering with the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) in [...] Full text...
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UN holds forum to bring ‘big space data’ benefits to disaster response in Africa
13 november 2018 - 03:34:06Bonn, Germany (PANA) - Outer space and disaster response experts on Monday gathered at a United Nations forum in Bonn, [...] Full text...
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The Netherlands initiate project to mitigate climate change in Mali
12 november 2018 - 13:11:52Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Netherlands, through the Dutch development organization (SNW), has established a project to help farmers and [...] Full text...
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Free-to-air broadcast live TV feeds from 2018 Africa Investment Forum in South Africa
06 november 2018 - 15:35:34Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - As part of efforts to ensure that broadcast, cable, and satellite television stations networks receive [...] Full text...
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Kwese TV to close pay television channels in Africa
05 november 2018 - 15:33:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African broadcaster, Kwesé TV, will begin shutting down its pay-television sports and entertainment channels after a [...] Full text...
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Security chief drops charges against journalists, media houses
02 november 2018 - 16:08:03Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Director of the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), Lt. Gen. Salah Abdulla Gosh, [...] Full text...
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Libya is committed to finding lasting solution to migrant crisis, Foreign minister
27 october 2018 - 03:23:14Rome, Italy (PANA) - As the world continues to grapple with challenges of migration, human smuggling and violation of the [...] Full text...
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Data experts gather to find solutions to world’s biggest challenges at UN Forum
22 october 2018 - 01:38:37Dubai, UAE (PANA) - International data experts from national statistical offices, the private sector, NGOs, academia and international and regional [...] Full text...
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EU provides 1m Euros for flood victims in Nigeria
14 october 2018 - 10:03:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The European Commission has mobilised one million Euros to support the victims of the current flooding [...] Full text...
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More than 100 drowned on shipwreck off Libyan coast a week ago, survivors say
11 september 2018 - 06:45:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than a hundred people have reportedly died after a shipwreck off the Libyan coast one [...] Full text...
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Gov't, separatists abuse civilians in Cameroon's Anglophone region - Rights group says
20 july 2018 - 06:47:08New York, US (PANA) – Government security forces and armed separatists have committed grave abuses against residents of Cameroon’s Anglophone [...] Full text...
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UAE's leading satellite Broadband service to launch YahClick across West Africa
09 july 2018 - 16:00:53Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Yahsat, a UAE-based global satellite operator will be the Gold Sponsors when it participates in West [...] Full text...
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Rights group warns against downsizing UN mission in Darfur
29 june 2018 - 06:18:57Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - International human rights group, Amnesty International, has warned against downsizing the United Nations mission in Darfur, [...] Full text...
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Cameroon's Anglophone regions gripped by 'deadly violence', says Amnesty International
12 june 2018 - 06:51:26Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Armed separatists in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions have stabbed to death and shot military personnel, burned down [...] Full text...
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Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing affects all of us (Feature by FAO)
10 june 2018 - 07:06:58Rome, Italy (PANA) - With the health of our oceans at stake, illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has quickly [...] Full text...
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Additional storm system likely to impact Djibouti after Cyclone Sagar
24 may 2018 - 18:54:56Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) - Four days after Cyclone Sagar brought torrential rains on 19-20 May, floodwaters continue to affect several [...] Full text...
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Rights group says security forces in northeast Nigeria abuse starving women
24 may 2018 - 07:29:02Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Thousands of women and girls who survived the brutal rule of the Boko Haram armed group [...] Full text...
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2019 U-20 AFCON qualifier: Visiting Ghana hold Algeria 0-0 in 2nd-round, 1st-leg match
11 may 2018 - 19:46:04Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The Black Satellites of Ghana put up a decent performance away from home to draw 0-0 [...] Full text...
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Rights group warns of looming humanitarian crisis in Sinai
23 april 2018 - 04:51:13Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A human rights group warned on Monday that the Egyptian government's campaign against an affiliate of [...] Full text...
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South Africa, France complete satellite project
17 april 2018 - 16:08:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and the French South African Institute of [...] Full text...
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FAO offers advice on management of solar-powered irrigation systems
12 april 2018 - 11:38:19Rome, Italy (PANA) - Solar powered irrigation systems are now an affordable and climate-friendly technology for both large and small-scale [...] Full text...
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Flights resume at Kigali Int'l Airport after bad weather forced hours of shutdown
06 april 2018 - 14:11:16Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan aviation authorities on Friday announced that air traffic has gradually restarted after all international and [...] Full text...
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FAO launches new tools for reporting on world’s forest resources
05 march 2018 - 16:21:46Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Monday launched a new online platform for reporting [...] Full text...
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Rights group says dozens killed in Nigeria air attacks on villages
30 january 2018 - 06:44:06Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities’ response to communal violence is totally inadequate, too slow and ineffective, and in [...] Full text...
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UN designates 2021-2030 ‘Decade of Ocean Science’
06 december 2017 - 22:12:20Paris, France (PANA) – The United Nations on Wednesday designated the years 2021 to 2030 as the ‘Decade of Ocean [...] Full text...
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2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup: Profiles of Africa's 4 teams in India
02 october 2017 - 11:53:30New Delhi, India (PANA) - With the qualification of Niger, Ghana, Guinea and Mali to represent Africa at the 2017 [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Kenyan Supreme Court ruling and democratic consolidation in Africa (News Analysis by Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
11 september 2017 - 10:49:26Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As expected, the Supreme Court’s annulment of Kenya’s August 8 presidential election over “irregularities and illegalities” [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone: World Bank releases mudslide disaster report
09 september 2017 - 08:01:12Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - In the wake of the mudslide and flood disaster that hit Freetown, the Sierra Leonean [...] Full text...
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US: UN Security Council urged to 'remain united, take appropriate action' on DPRK
04 september 2017 - 19:39:02New York, US (PANA) – The top United Nations political official on Monday urged the Security Council to remain united [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan poll centres open for general elections
08 august 2017 - 07:57:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyans went to the polls on Tuesday to elect a President and members of parliament in [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: Amnesty report reveals war crimes in fight against Boko Haram in Cameroon
20 july 2017 - 05:33:32Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Hundreds of people in Cameroon accused of supporting Boko Haram, often without evidence, are being brutally [...] Full text...
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Mozambique: WB, FAO support forest sector management in Mozambique
10 july 2017 - 19:40:39Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday signed a US$6 [...] Full text...
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Malawi: Africa’s first humanitarian drone testing corridor launched in Malawi
29 june 2017 - 05:07:36Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – The Government of Malawi and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has launched an air corridor to test [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: Rights group says gov't troops 'purge' civilians from Upper Nile
21 june 2017 - 06:13:46Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Tens of thousands of civilians in South Sudan’s Upper Nile region were forcibly displaced as [...] Full text...
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Kenya; Italian Govt funds Ngong Town solid waste feasibility study
15 june 2017 - 16:02:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Italian government is providing a soft loan to the Kenya government to improve solid waste [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO, European Space Agency collaborate to control Desert Locusts
14 june 2017 - 13:58:35Rome, Italy (PANA) - Information from satellites is being used in a new way to predict favourable conditions for Desert [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: UN human rights chief urges repeal of repressive NGO law in Egypt
01 june 2017 - 16:59:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday said the issuance [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Government forces beat back Darfur rebels
21 may 2017 - 18:40:51Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Saturday repulsed attacks [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: UN report exposes rights violations against civilians in South Sudan town
20 may 2017 - 08:05:34Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – A United Nations report has documented human rights violations and abuses against civilians that may [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: UNHCR raises concern about 'massive' Mediterranean crossings this weekend
07 may 2017 - 18:15:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 6,000 people have since last Friday, crossed the Mediterranean to reach Italy – bringing the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: New Atlas shows Africa's potential for investment to meet energy needs
05 may 2017 - 16:38:34Durban, South Africa (PANA) – A new Atlas released at the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Durban, South Africa, [...] Full text...
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Italy: FAO uses satellite data to aid farmers in Africa, Middle East boost water efficiency
21 april 2017 - 07:08:56Rome, Italy (PANA) – The United Nations agricultural agency has created an online database that uses satellite data and Google [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Workshop on Coastline Mapping opens
18 april 2017 - 09:07:12Albion, Mauritius (PANA) - A five-day regional training workshop on Coastline Mapping using Satellite Imagery was launched on Tuesday at [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: UN official addresses AU PSC on alarming situation in South Sudan
17 march 2017 - 19:12:02Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - To pull South Sudan back from the abyss and from a growing famine, the international [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Nairobi's largest shopping complex opens doors to traders
17 february 2017 - 17:11:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's largest shopping complex opened in Nairobi on Friday, putting the Kenyan capital on the forefront [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Ghana's celebrated coach Sam Hemans-Arday passes away
13 february 2017 - 09:30:40Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The death is reported in Accra of one of Ghana's celebrated football coaches, Sam Hemans-Arday, the [...] Full text...
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Germany: FAO boss calls for more support to family farmers
23 january 2017 - 13:23:12Berlin, Germany (PANA) - In an era in which challenges like climate change and natural resource scarcity are making agriculture [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Tropics’ biggest peatland at risk from climate change, study finds
11 january 2017 - 13:23:25Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Expanses of peatland that have a significant role in the African environment are vulnerable [...] Full text...
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UN: Inaugural UN World Data Forum to hold in Cape Town in January
07 december 2016 - 16:18:54New York, US (PANA) - More than 1,000 data leaders from government, business, science and civil society are expected to [...] Full text...
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UN: UN expert says outer space is driver for disaster risk management
23 november 2016 - 15:17:26New York, US (PANA) - Space applications related to telecommunications and global navigation can play a vital role in supporting [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: NGO to introduce farming insurance through mobile banking in Africa
23 november 2016 - 13:41:54Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - While beneficiaries of farming insurance schemes in Africa still complain about the costs involved in the [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Great Green Wall' initiative to combat climate change in Africa
17 november 2016 - 19:19:28New York, US (PANA) - At the UN Climate Conference (COP 22) under way in Marrakech, Morocco, the Food [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Veteran Ghanaian football coach Afranie dies
09 november 2016 - 17:34:12Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Veteran Ghanaian football coach Emmanuel Kwesi Afranie has died after an ambulance transferring him to a [...] Full text...
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US: 'Past five years hottest on record,' says UN weather agency
09 november 2016 - 05:46:22New York, US (PANA) - In a new detailed analysis of the global climate between 2011 and 2015 – the [...] Full text...
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CAR: Rights group accuses rebels of 'deadly raid' on displaced people
02 november 2016 - 10:48:42Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) – Seleka rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) killed at least 37 civilians, wounded [...] Full text...
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US: 300 million children breathing toxic air - UNICEF report
31 october 2016 - 08:56:34New York, US (PANA) – A new report by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) says almost one in seven of [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Sudan rejects French call to investigate chemical weapons report
01 october 2016 - 19:48:55Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has objected to a call by the French government for investigation into this week's report [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Khartoum refutes AI chemical weapons report
30 september 2016 - 14:23:27Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has categorically refuted a report from Amnesty International (AI) which accused the government of using [...] Full text...
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UN: Amnesty Int'l says chemical weapons used in Sudan's restive Darfur region
29 september 2016 - 17:40:20New York, US (PANA) - An Amnesty International investigation has gathered horrific evidence of repeated use of what the human [...] Full text...
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UN: WHO report millions of people living with excessive air pollution
27 september 2016 - 17:44:14New York, US (PANA) - With some 6.5 million people dying annually from air pollution and 92 per cent of [...] Full text...
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US: Amnesty Int'l to launch new report on Darfur war crimes 29 September
26 september 2016 - 14:49:12New York, US (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, will on 29 September in New York, US, launch a [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: African countries set to key into new second generation weather monitoring satellite
16 september 2016 - 14:38:59Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Representatives of African meteorological agencies, gathered this week in Kigali, Rwanda, on Friday committed to major [...] Full text...
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UN: UN rights chief urges governments to stop blocking human rights scrutiny
13 september 2016 - 19:21:45New York, US (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed concern over attempts [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari assures foreign investors of security, protection of investments
28 august 2016 - 13:31:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday night, “strongly assured” existing and prospective foreign investors that their [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Regional workshop on "Communicating Scientific Information to Policy Makers" holds in Mauritius
09 august 2016 - 14:18:54Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Some 30 participants from the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) member states and Eastern African countries are [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Media highlight beauty queen running-mate, arguments on e-transmission of election results
06 august 2016 - 08:45:59Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The unveiling of a former beauty queen as running mate of a small centre-left party, Progressive [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Sentences for radio panellists, host, owners highlighted in Ghanaian media
30 july 2016 - 11:55:59Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Sentences handed to two panellists and host of an Accra-based radio station on Wednesday by the [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO, UNHCR launch tool to help displaced people manage fuel needs
22 july 2016 - 18:40:31New York, US (PANA) - Two UN agencies have issued a technical handbook to assist humanitarian workers in addressing multifaceted [...] Full text...
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UN: FAO study finds dry lands susceptible to more drought, land degradation
19 july 2016 - 19:43:34New York, US (PANA) - A new study by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will help to fill [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: Rights group says Boko Haram suspects tortured in Cameroon
14 july 2016 - 08:44:51Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International says more than 1,000 people, many arrested arbitrarily, are being held [...] Full text...
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UN: UN reports 'alarming' level of malnutrition in Nigeria's northeast
12 july 2016 - 16:16:19New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarian convoys have uncovered emergency levels of severe acute malnutrition and famine-like conditions in Nigeria's [...] Full text...
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UN: UNESCO, UNOSAT team up to protect cultural heritage
01 july 2016 - 14:03:39New York, US (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UN Operational Satellite Applications Programme [...] Full text...
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