Ending extreme poverty crucial to sustainable future for all: UN chief

17 october 2019 - 12:53:43
New York, US (PANA) - A sustainable future for all is unlikely unless globalization benefits all children, their families and [...] Full text...

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Senegalese President to attend oceans conference in Oslo

17 october 2019 - 12:26:59
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall will take part in the sixth World Conference on the Protection of  [...] Full text...

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Libyan coastguards rescue 80 illegal migrants off Zaouia port

17 october 2019 - 12:21:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan coastguards  on Wednesday rescued 80 illegal migrants on board an inflatable boat, 40 km off [...] Full text...

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Current state of emergency in Mali extended to 31 Oct 2020

17 october 2019 - 11:25:56
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has announced its intention  to extend for the fourth time until 31 October [...] Full text...

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Africa urged to digitise civil registration

17 october 2019 - 09:19:48
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) -  Zambian Secretary for Home Affairs, Mrs.Liya Mutale, has called for the use of digital technology in [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone ‘reinforces discriminatory policy of excluding pregnant girls from school’ – AI

17 october 2019 - 09:08:20
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education has announced that pregnant girls can [...] Full text...

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UN agency reports high malnutrition levels in Horn of Africa countries

17 october 2019 - 07:04:37
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Two consecutive failed rainy seasons in some areas, floods in others, internal violence in [...] 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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Mali celebrates international rural women, food days

16 october 2019 - 21:45:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -  The Malian minister of women, child and family promotion, Dr Diakité Aïssata Kassa Traoré, Tuesday presided [...] Full text...

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Malian armed forces neutralize two terrorists in center of country

16 october 2019 - 21:08:39
Bamako, Mali (PANA)  - The Malian armed forces (FAMas) Wednesday neutralized two fighters of terrorist armed groups in Boulkessi, central [...] Full text...

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Botswana government to reinstate fired employees

16 october 2019 - 19:27:52
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana President, Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi, has said the government will reinstate officers who were sacked [...] 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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3 drown while taking bath in major river in Western Rwanda

16 october 2019 - 16:36:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  At least three people were drowned while taking bath in Nyabarongo river in Western district of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 'Boko Haram now substantially defeated', says Buhari

16 october 2019 - 15:49:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday said his administration’s efforts to curb insecurity in the country [...] Full text...

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Projects from Botswana, Brazil and Germany win UNESCO-Japan prize on Education for Sustainable Development

16 october 2019 - 14:43:15
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, has named the three winners of this year’s UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education [...] Full text...

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Tunisia hosts conference on efficient cooperation, solidarity between Maghreb and Sahel Cities

16 october 2019 - 14:30:02
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Rising from their two-day meeting in Tunis, Mayors and representatives of the cities of the Maghreb [...] Full text...

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2020 Forbes under-30 summit set for Botswana

16 october 2019 - 14:27:56
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Chief content officer of Forbes Media and Editor of Forbes Magazine, Randall Lane, has confirmed [...] Full text...

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The international movement "Let's turn the page" unwanted in Togo

16 october 2019 - 14:20:43
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The international movement, called "Let's turn the page", recognized as very active against amending constitutions that [...] Full text...

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Two Batswana youth chosen to work with Harvey on Family Feud Africa

16 october 2019 - 14:17:13
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)- Two young Batswana (citizen of Botswana), Neo Aabobe and  Maxwell Dichi, have been nominated to join Steve [...] Full text...

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Tunisia adheres to European child protection convention

16 october 2019 - 12:34:22
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Minister for Women, Family, Children and the Elderly, Neziha Laabidi on Tuesday submitted at the [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Navy rescues 89 sub-Saharan migrants

16 october 2019 - 10:58:29
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units rescued 89 migrants of different African nationalities on Tuesday on board a boat [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Amnesty International asks ICC to launch investigation into crimes by Boko Haram, Nigerian military in anti-terror war

16 october 2019 - 08:06:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)   -   Global human rights group, Amnesty International(AI), Wednesday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open [...] Full text...

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Buhari commiserates with victims of floods in Nigeria

16 october 2019 - 07:29:41
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commiserated with victims of natural disasters especially floods which have [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief addresses progress, setbacks in human rights worldwide

16 october 2019 - 05:50:20
New York, US (PANA) - The world is undeniably facing rising challenges to multilateralism, however work can be done with [...] Full text...

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EU commends nomination of female chief justice, states continuous support for Sudan

15 october 2019 - 20:57:10
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)     -   The European Union Tuesday commended the new government in Sudan for appointing four female ministers and [...] Full text...

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UNICEF warns 'alarmingly high' number of children malnourished worldwide

15 october 2019 - 19:37:44
New York, US (PANA) - Across the globe, at least one-in-three children under-five are malnourished and not developing properly, UNICEF revealed [...] Full text...

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Nigeriens urged to imbide the culture of handwashing with soap

15 october 2019 - 18:47:20
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien Minister of Works (Hydraulics) and Sanitation on Tuesday urged Nigerien "families, schools, health centres, [...] Full text...

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Tunisia hosts the Int'l conference of Arab Maghreb and African Sahel Cities

15 october 2019 - 18:19:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The issues of "social and political integration as a sustainable factor to ensure a dignified life; [...] Full text...

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EU FMs welcome Cameroon's decision to drop case against Maurice Kamto, others

15 october 2019 - 17:56:23
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Council of EU Foreign Ministers, meeting in Luxembourg, on Monday "welcomed the decision in Cameroon [...] Full text...

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Burundi govt regards rural women's access to sustainable infrastructure, social protection services as top priority

15 october 2019 - 17:09:16
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi on Tuesday celebrated the International Rural Women's Day on a formal commitment to "support access [...] Full text...

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UN Refugee Agency Chief on two-day visit to South Africa

15 october 2019 - 16:17:52
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, arrived in South Africa on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Botswana launches fibre home internet connectivity

15 october 2019 - 15:37:45
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's  wholesale provider of national and international telecommunication infrastructure, BoFiNet has launched the Fibre to the [...] Full text...

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Former financial director of African games in Cape Verde charged with embezzlement

15 october 2019 - 15:26:57
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde Public Prosecutor's Office has raised a charge of embezzlement against the former financial [...] Full text...

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Poor diets damaging children’s health worldwide, warns UNICEF

15 october 2019 - 14:01:53
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - An alarmingly high number of children sufferer the consequences of poor diets and a food system [...] Full text...

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173 Nigerian returnees from Libya arrive in Lagos

15 october 2019 - 12:08:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday said it has received another two batches of [...] Full text...

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Ivorian police seize 4.35 tonnes of cannabis from Ghana

15 october 2019 - 12:00:30
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian police on Saturday intercepted a vehicle intercepted in the Anyama corridor, at one of [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma appears in court again

15 october 2019 - 11:54:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday appeared in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg [...] Full text...

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Pakistani Air Force chief visits Nigeria

15 october 2019 - 11:51:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is to acquire three JF 70 fighter jets from Pakistan, according to [...] Full text...

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Second Houphouet-Boigny Prize for Excellence to be held this week

15 october 2019 - 11:29:19
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Activities for the Second Houpouet-Boigny Research Prize will be held on 17-18 October 2019 at the [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International lashes out at Guinea for using lethal force against demonstrators

15 october 2019 - 06:25:12
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has lashed out at the Guinea authorities for using "lethal force" [...] Full text...

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UN Mission in Libya condemns deadly air strike in Tripoli

15 october 2019 - 04:28:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned “in the strongest possible terms” an attack on a [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian Air Force says its aircraft "decimated" Boko Haram meeting venue

14 october 2019 - 23:11:10
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)   -   The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Monday said its Air Task Force (ATF) under Operation LAFIYA DOLE [...] Full text...

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Former ECOWAS VP Edward Singhateh to appear before Gambia Truth Commission

14 october 2019 - 22:48:43
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  -  Former ECOWAS Vice-President Edward Singhateh, implicated in the brutal murder of former Gambian finance minister Ousman [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Olivier Chinganya of ECA regrets low birth registration in Africa

14 october 2019 - 21:43:05
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA)  -  The director of the African Centre for Statistics of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Oliver [...] Full text...

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President Kaboré sends message to nation following attack on mosque

14 october 2019 - 21:30:32
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  Burkinabé President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Monday called on the citizenry to take action and [...] Full text...

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Tunisia to submit application for accession to European Convention on protection of children against sexual exploitation

14 october 2019 - 20:55:26
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  Tunisian Minister of Women, the Family, Children and the Elderly Neziha Laabidi will Tuesday submit Tunisia's [...] Full text...

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French national stabbed to death in Tunisia

14 october 2019 - 19:56:55
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian authorities have reported the death of a French national, stabbed on Monday in the Bizerte [...] Full text...

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Authorities impose curfew on Burkina Faso's Sahel region

14 october 2019 - 19:39:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A 45-day curfew was on Monday imposed on Monday on the Burkinabe Sahel region because [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International launches report on attack on press freedom in Nigeria

14 october 2019 - 18:57:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights body, Amnesty International, on Monday launched a report chronicling attacks on the press [...] Full text...

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'Withhold Release Orders issued earlier this month not a ban', US Customs and Border Protection

14 october 2019 - 17:29:03
New York, USA (PANA) – The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says its recent five withhold release orders [...] Full text...

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World Bank launches Regional Affordable Housing Project in Senegal

14 october 2019 - 17:02:57
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The World Bank has launched the Regional Affordable Housing Project in Dakar, according to a statement [...] Full text...

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Two Europeans killed, one soldier wounded in Tunisia

14 october 2019 - 16:56:53
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Two Europeans, a German and a Frenchman, were killed on Sunday and Monday respectively, and a [...] 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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ECOWAS court orders Nigerian govt to pay compensation to Army private dismissed for loss of rifle

14 october 2019 - 15:44:22
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Republic [...] Full text...

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Civil registration data are essential for African integration: AU Commission

14 october 2019 - 15:05:09
Lusaka, Zambia (NAPA) - Reliable civil registration data are essential for African integration, Professor Victor Harison, Commissioner for Economic Affairs [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Army opts for new strategy to end war on Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorism

14 october 2019 - 14:15:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military is working out a new war strategy towards ending Boko Haram and Islamic [...] 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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Malian PM Boubou Cissé launches DDR process in Soufouroulaye

14 october 2019 - 13:23:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has launched the Disarmament-Demobilization-Reintegration (DDR) process in Soufroulaye, some 20 km [...] 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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Côte d'Ivoire reaches one million users of UNICEF's U-Report platform

14 october 2019 - 11:49:06
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d'Ivoire is the first French-speaking country in the world to reach the one million [...] 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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Experts meet on civil registration in Africa

14 october 2019 - 10:12:05
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A meeting of experts on civil registration in Africa began on Monday in Lusaka, ahead of [...] Full text...

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Libyan Navy rescues 94 illegal migrants including 14 women, 4 children

14 october 2019 - 08:55:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Navy patrol unit has rescued 94 illegal migrants on board an inflatable boat off the [...] Full text...

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At least 9 killed in western Burkina Faso landslide

14 october 2019 - 08:49:51
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least nine people were killed on Friday in a landslide at a artisanal mining [...] Full text...

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UN chief condemns deadly Burkina Faso mosque attack

14 october 2019 - 06:22:38
New York, US (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres has strongly condemned Friday’s attack on a mosque in northern Burkina [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeepers in Mali appeal for calm, restraint after demonstration against them

14 october 2019 - 06:08:18
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – UN peacekeepers in Mali on Sunday called for calm and restraint after a demonstration against them [...] Full text...

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Sudanese peace delegation in Juba for talks with rebel movements

14 october 2019 - 05:45:58
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A high level Sudan government delegation led by a senior member of the Sovereign Council, the [...] Full text...

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Head of Burkinabè diplomacy condemns attack against mosque in north of country

13 october 2019 - 19:44:40
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  The Burkinabè minister of foreign affairs, Alpha Barry, on Sunday condemned the attack in a [...] Full text...

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Lusaka hosts fifth conference of African ministers of registration of civil status acts

13 october 2019 - 19:00:08
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)  -  The Zambian capital, Lusaka, will from Monday host the fifth conference of African ministers in charge [...] Full text...

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‘We are very satisfied’ with Gambia’s ongoing reforms - Ibn Chambas

13 october 2019 - 18:45:29
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  -  United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel Dr. Muhammed Ibn [...] Full text...

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U.S. Congressional delegation arrives in The Gambia

13 october 2019 - 15:40:10
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  -  A Congressional delegation from the United States headed by House Democracy Partnership (“HDP”) Chairman Representative David [...] Full text...

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Malian government condemns pillaging of MINUSMA stores in Sevare

13 october 2019 - 15:28:05
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -  The Malian government Saturday ‘strongly condemned’ the pillaging and sacking of a store belonging to the [...] Full text...

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More than one million Libyan students resume classes this Sunday

13 october 2019 - 12:22:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  More than one million Libyan students, mostly primary and middle, will return to school this Sunday [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: At least 15 people killed Friday in mosque

13 october 2019 - 12:02:26
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   -   At least 15 people were killed Friday evening in a mosque in the town of [...] Full text...

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Six die in road accident in Mauritius

13 october 2019 - 10:19:11
Rose-Belle, Mauritius (PANA)   -   Six people, aged between 14 and 46, died here Sunday morning in a motor accident after [...] Full text...

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Curfew established in Loroum province in northern Burkina Faso

13 october 2019 - 09:48:12
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  A curfew has been established in Loroum province in northern Burkina Faso, where terrorist attacks [...] 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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Residents of Sévaré demonstrate for the departure of foreign forces from Mali

12 october 2019 - 18:01:30
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Residents of Sévaré, about 15 km from Mopti in central Mali, once again demonstrated in their [...] Full text...

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EU grants 120,000 euros to Mali to support people affected by floods

12 october 2019 - 17:50:59
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The European Union has given 120,000 euros to help Malians affected by floods in the Koulikoro, [...] Full text...

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Six militiamen killed in clash with police in DR Congo city

12 october 2019 - 14:59:30
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Six Bakata Katanga militiamen were killed on Friday in a clash with police in Rwashi [...] Full text...

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Army says 10 top Boko Haram terrorists, 15 others killed in northeast Nigeria

12 october 2019 - 13:27:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Saturday announced that its troops captured 10 “suspected key Boko Haram members” [...] Full text...

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Four Zimbabweans arrested with illicit drugs in Mauritius

12 october 2019 - 09:34:46
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Four Zimbabweans, named as David Simbarashe Munyengwa (27),  Godfrey Zisengwa (25),  Katros Chabata (25), and Frank [...] Full text...

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IMF team encourages Gabon to step up improvement of business environment

12 october 2019 - 08:17:20
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Continuation of ongoing efforts to improve the business climate in Gabon is essential to generate sustainable [...] Full text...

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Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita to take part in international conference on population in Nairobi

11 october 2019 - 23:06:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita will take part in the international conference on population and development [...] Full text...

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Cargo carrying DRC’s presidential logistic disappears between Goma and Kinshasa

11 october 2019 - 22:37:49
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) -  An Antonov 72 type cargo plane carrying the presidential logistics with eight people, including 4 [...] 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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Guterres lauds Ethiopian PM Abiy's ‘people first’ agenda as he wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

11 october 2019 - 17:49:25
New York, US (PANA) - The winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, Ethiopian Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has been [...] 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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Sudanese PM congratulates Ethiopia counterpart over his Noble Peace Prize

11 october 2019 - 17:26:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Prime Minister, Dr Abdullah Hamdouk, on Friday congratulated his Ethiopian counterpart, Dr Abiy Ahmed, for winning [...] Full text...

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Former Malian general questioned

11 october 2019 - 17:02:29
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the Democratic League for Change (LDC) party, retired Gen. Moussa Sinko Coulibaly, was [...] Full text...

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IGAD congratulates Ethiopia’s PM on wining Nobel Peace Prize

11 october 2019 - 16:36:02
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The East African Development organization (IGAD) has congratulated Ethiopia’s prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who received the [...] Full text...

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Malian President meets leaders of French forces in Bamako

11 october 2019 - 15:56:46
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Thursday met in Bamako with General Pascal Facon, Commander of [...] Full text...

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Nearly 6,000 students "displaced" because of insecurity in west Niger

11 october 2019 - 15:48:03
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Some 100 schools with 5,892 students have not opened doors for the start of the academic [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Prime Minister affirms his country’s support to Sudan

11 october 2019 - 14:44:03
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday said his country would do its level best to [...] Full text...

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Khartoum summons Libyan chargé d'affaires following murder of two Sudanese women in Benghazi

11 october 2019 - 14:04:54
Tripoli Libya (PANA) - Sudan's Foreign ministry on Thursday summoned the charge d'affaires of the Libyan embassy in Khartoum "following [...] Full text...

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UNHCR completes second-life saving evacuation of refugees from Libya to Rwanda

11 october 2019 - 13:47:26
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A group of 123 vulnerable refugees arrived at Kigali International Airport in Rwanda late Thursday, being [...] Full text...

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'Gambia is in a period of transition’, says EU Election Observer Mission chief

11 october 2019 - 12:47:08
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Miroslav Poche, head of European Union Election Observer Mission (EOM), has said that The Gambia is [...] Full text...

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First regional conference of African women magistrates begins in Morocco

11 october 2019 - 11:29:01
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The first regional conference of African women magistrates began on Thursday in the Moroccan city of [...] Full text...

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Former South African President Zuma to stand trial in major graft case

11 october 2019 - 10:10:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma is expected to stand trial next week on 18 charges [...] Full text...

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New refugee data centre can inform policies, solutions worldwide: Guterres

11 october 2019 - 05:56:42
New York, US (PANA) - A new UN refugee data centre will improve the way humanitarian agencies support “some of [...] Full text...

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Senegal to reintroduce entry visa for nationals outside ECOWAS zone

10 october 2019 - 23:35:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  -  The Senegalese government will restore entry visas for nationals non-member countries of the Economic Community of [...] Full text...

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PRD raises failures in ongoing political dialogue in Benin

10 october 2019 - 22:34:30
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The party for democratic regeneration (PRD), led by the former speaker of the Beninese parliament, Adrien [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe peace projects record 67 abductions in August

10 october 2019 - 21:36:04
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) said here Thursday a total of 67 abductions were recorded in the [...] Full text...

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CSC Burkina Faso to inspire from Burkina Faso on media monitoring (Repeating story to change healine)

10 october 2019 - 21:19:49
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   A delegation from the Burkina Faso high council of communication (CSC) Thursday visited the media monitoring [...] Full text...

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Malian PM at bedside of wounded in Boulkessi terrorist attacks

10 october 2019 - 21:05:08
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian prime minister, Boubou Cissé, Thursday visited the Sevare hospital, about 15 kilometers from the [...] Full text...

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Delegation from Burkina Faso high council of communication (CSC) visits Mali

10 october 2019 - 20:53:34
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   A delegation from the Burkina Faso high council of communication (CSC) Thursday visited the media monitoring [...] Full text...

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Southn Africa: Net closes on fugitive Gupta family

10 october 2019 - 19:01:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African authorities on Thursday confirmed that they have issued mutual legal assistance requests [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s judicial system, press freedom hailed by EU

10 october 2019 - 18:03:15
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Chief European Union (EU) Election Observer to The Gambia, Miroslav Poche, has commended the efforts [...] Full text...

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45 vocational training centres will be built in Senegal from January

10 october 2019 - 17:34:52
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Head of State, Macky Sall, decided on Wednesday to create a vocational training centre [...] Full text...

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Buhari says all assets forfeited to gov't by corrupt Nigerians must be sold

10 october 2019 - 17:10:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday hosted members of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) [...] Full text...

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World Mental Health Day throws light on worrying rates of youth suicide

10 october 2019 - 13:55:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Worldwide, 800,000 people die by suicide each year - one every 40 seconds - making it the second [...] 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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EU grants five million euros to Finnish Red Cross to support 76,500 food insecure Zimbabweans

09 october 2019 - 23:28:05
New York, USA (PANA)  -  The European Union (EU) Wednesday granted five million euros in financial aid to the Finnish [...] Full text...

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High Court of Zimbabwe dismisses application to compel President Mnangagwa to declare water crisis 'national disaster'

09 october 2019 - 19:00:37
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - High Court Judge, Justice Owen Tagu on Wednesday dismissed an urgent chamber application filed by Community [...] Full text...

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Sudanese cabinet supports female minister who came under attack by prayer leader

09 october 2019 - 18:09:38
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese cabinet on Wednesday asked the Ministry of Justice to take legal action against a [...] Full text...

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Sevare populations demand departure of MINUSMA and Barkane from Mali

09 october 2019 - 17:49:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The people of Sevare, located some 15 kilometers from Mopti, in central Mali, demonstrated on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Northeast Nigerian Governor recruits local hunters with voodoo powers to fight Boko Haram

09 october 2019 - 17:31:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As the Nigerian Army continues to claim victory over the Boko Haram and the Islamic State [...] Full text...

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Mauritian Catholic priest to serve 3 years in jail for child sexual abuse

09 october 2019 - 15:35:23
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Catholic priest Joseph Mario Moctee, 61, was on Wednesday sentenced to three years in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma to learn his fate on Friday

09 october 2019 - 15:11:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Wednesday confirmed that it is ready to [...] 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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Three killed in Mali road accident

09 october 2019 - 11:24:05
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three people were killed on Tuesday morning when a bus and a dump truck collided in [...] Full text...

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Global fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's replenishment conference to open in Lyon

09 october 2019 - 10:14:36
Paris, France (PANA) - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's 6th replenishment conference opens on Wednesday in [...] Full text...

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Tunisian navy foils new illegal immigration attempt

08 october 2019 - 23:31:49
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian coast guards Tuesday foiled a new attempt at illegal migration to Italy, a statement issued [...] Full text...

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At least 8 killed in northern Burkina Faso

08 october 2019 - 23:23:08
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least eight villagers were killed Monday evening in the village of Bouna, in the [...] Full text...

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Developing countries may be affected by US$1.38 billion UN funding gap

08 october 2019 - 22:21:16
New York, USA (PANA)  -  The United Nations (UN) has US$1.38 billion in outstanding membership contributions for its 2019 regular [...] Full text...

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French ambassador in Burkina Faso reaffirms country’s support for fight against terrorism in Burkina Faso

08 october 2019 - 20:53:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  The Burkinabè minister of security, Ousséni Compaoré, on Tuesday met with Luc Hallade, French ambassador [...] Full text...

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Rwanda court orders rearrest of media boss accused of assaulting female employee

08 october 2019 - 20:39:04
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A week after he was released on bail, one of the senior managers of a media [...] Full text...

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Some progress made towards security in Mali, but still a long way to go, Security Council hears

08 october 2019 - 19:32:01
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Some progress has been made towards restoring peace and stability in Mali as outlined in a fragile 2015 peace deal, yet sustainable [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: French ambassador reaffirms his country's support in the fight against terrorism

08 october 2019 - 17:40:06
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Speaking when he received Luc Hallade, the French ambassador to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's Minister of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 2-day conference on migration in West Africa opens in Abuja

08 october 2019 - 16:56:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A two-day regional conference opened on Tuesday in Abuja towards working out the place of migration [...] Full text...

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Rwanda deports American pastor for overstaying his visa

08 october 2019 - 16:03:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Directorate-General of Immigration and Emigration on Tuesday confirmed that American Pastor Gregory Ryan Schoof, who [...] 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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African ministers to discuss innovative ways to close identity gap

08 october 2019 - 14:58:23
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African ministers responsible for Civil Registration will gather in Lusaka, Zambia, from 14-18 October for [...] Full text...

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Two Nigerien security force agents killed by terrorists

08 october 2019 - 14:09:10
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Two Nigerien security force agents were killed and five others wounded on Sunday in a clash [...] Full text...

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Ouagadougou municipal authorities bar civil society demo against foreign military bases

08 october 2019 - 13:43:44
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  Ouagadougou city hall has denied permission to civil society organizations intending to hold a protest [...] Full text...

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13 dead following a boat accident off the Italian coast

08 october 2019 - 13:33:04
Rome Italy (PANA) - At least 13 bodies of illegal migrants, all women, were recovered by the Italian coastguard following [...] Full text...

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Mauritius celebrates Biology Week

08 october 2019 - 13:19:17
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Education and Scientific Research minister, Mrs Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun, on Monday, highlighted the urgency [...] Full text...

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Oxfam International says Nigeria is 'World Capital of Poverty'

08 october 2019 - 07:04:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – International charity organisation, Oxfam International, on Monday said Nigeria is now the "World Capital of Poverty". Quoting [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to sign MOU with Zambia

08 october 2019 - 06:52:44
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Sharing of Information to further strengthen [...] Full text...

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Guterres renews call for answers in tragic death of former UN chief Hammarskjöld

08 october 2019 - 05:03:43
New Yirk, US (PANA) - UN chief Antonio Guterres has said he is “deeply committed” to continuing the investigation searching [...] Full text...

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Niger to add eleventh national language

07 october 2019 - 23:22:03
Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -  A nomadic community living mainly in the north (desert), Igdalan, at a forum here Sunday called [...] Full text...

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Libya: Measures taken by UN to reopen Maitigua airport

07 october 2019 - 22:49:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -  The Libyan minister of communications of the government of national accord, Milad Matoug, Monday held talks [...] Full text...

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Libya: Doctor, two ambulance men wounded by shrapnel in airstrike

07 october 2019 - 21:57:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  A doctor was killed and two ambulance men were Monday wounded by shrapnel following an air [...] Full text...

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President Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani launches beginning of school year in Mauritania

07 october 2019 - 21:44:40
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani Monday launched the beginning of the 2019/2020 school year [...] 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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Burkina Faso: Young people to pay tribute to Thomas Sankara on October 13

07 october 2019 - 19:42:16
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Young Burkinabes and Africans will pay tribute, on October 13, to Thomas Sankara, the father [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari opens 25th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja

07 october 2019 - 19:20:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday opened the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja, with the [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s gov’t to pay $ 1.5 million to ex-President Jammeh victims

07 october 2019 - 19:14:32
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian government on Monday announced a decision to contribute to the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations [...] Full text...

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Fire guts Dosso market in Niger

07 october 2019 - 18:30:04
Dosso, Niger (PANA) - Fire on Sunday gutted much of the Dosso Market (140 km east of Niamey), the Nigerien [...] Full text...

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Interpol issues arrest warrant against Bissau-Guinean and Colombian for drug trafficking

07 october 2019 - 17:10:19
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Interpol has issued international arrest warrants for a Luso-Guinean and a Colombian man suspected of drug [...] Full text...

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MINUSMA peacekeeper killed in Kidal region of northern Mali

07 october 2019 - 15:58:30
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A blue helmet of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Mission for the Stabilization of Mali (MINUSMA) [...] Full text...

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Botswana Stock Exchange aims at broadening public financial literacy

07 october 2019 - 15:19:16
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) is aiming at extending countrywide financial literacy initiatives to help stakeholders [...] Full text...

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Malian commandos pray for soldiers killed in Boulkessi and Mondor

07 october 2019 - 14:06:40
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's 33rd Regiment of Parachute Commandos (RCP) based at Djicoroni, west of Bamako, on Sunday hosted [...] Full text...

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Mali's Boulkessi and Mondoro military posts attacked by jihadist movement

07 october 2019 - 13:32:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Deputy Army Chief of Staff, General Brigadier Abdrahamane Baby on Saturday revealed in Mopti that [...] Full text...

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Boat carrying 50 migrants capsizes off Italian island of Lampedusa

07 october 2019 - 13:05:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A boat carrying 50 migrants has capsized in the Mediterranean off the Italian island of Lampedusa, [...] 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 Secretary-General condemns attacks on peacekeepers in Mali

07 october 2019 - 05:36:18
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned two separate attacks on Sunday against the organization’s [...] Full text...

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Mali celebrates international education day

06 october 2019 - 16:59:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, on Saturday asked his ministers to strictly respect the commitments his [...] Full text...

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Terrorist attacks in Mali are consequences of Libyan conflict - Malian President

06 october 2019 - 16:39:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, on Saturday said terrorist attacks in Mali are the consequence of [...] Full text...

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Gambians want govt to prioritise delivery of key public services

06 october 2019 - 16:01:14
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambians want the government to prioritise delivery of key public services such as health care, water [...] Full text...

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Gambia, Japan sign $2.3 million food assistance grant

06 october 2019 - 14:33:32
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Governments of The Gambia and Japan have signed a grant agreement for food assistance worth [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force aircraft kill 10 armed bandits in the northwest

06 october 2019 - 12:23:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Sunday said that its air component which oversees the war [...] Full text...

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Benin gov't gets green light to borrow CFAF 22 billion for two public universities

06 october 2019 - 12:09:44
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Benin Parliament has been authorised to ratify a loan agreement with the Arab Bank for [...] Full text...

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Benin releases CFAF 16 billion for care of teacher trainees

06 october 2019 - 10:50:59
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin will release some 16 billion CFA francs for the care of teacher trainees in the [...] Full text...

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CLC calls for protest march against corruption and impunity in DRC

05 october 2019 - 19:30:34
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Professor Isidore Ndaywel, spokesperson for the Laic Coordinating Committee (CLC), a structure of the Catholic [...] 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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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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Sub-regional workshop on drugs ends in Bamako

05 october 2019 - 13:56:55
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The fight against drugs and the repression of the phenomenon in the West African sub-region requires [...] Full text...

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Ground agent at Misrata airport in Libya injured in an airstrike

05 october 2019 - 13:50:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mistata International Airport (200 km east of Tripoli) was the target of an airstrike on Saturday [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Military kills ISWAP, Boko Haram terrorists

05 october 2019 - 09:51:28
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Saturday said that its aircraft killed “remnants” of Islamic State [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Armed bandits kill 9 soldiers in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria

05 october 2019 - 09:29:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Armed bandits on Thursday killed nine soldiers in Sunke village in Anka local government area of [...] Full text...

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WHO, FIFA partner in ‘fight against tobacco use’

05 october 2019 - 07:05:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and football’s world governing body, FIFA, on Friday signed a four-year [...] Full text...

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Saturday, 5 October, is World Teachers' Day 2019

05 october 2019 - 06:51:03
Paris, France (PANA) - The World Teachers' Day (WTD), held annually on 5 October since 1994, commemorates the anniversary of [...] Full text...

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Mexican actress, Yalitza Aparicio, named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Indigenous Peoples

05 october 2019 - 06:23:22
Paris, France (PANA) - The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has named Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio as a UNESCO Goodwill [...] Full text...

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Tigist, a young teacher, is making gender equality through education a reality in Ethiopia (A UNESCO Feature)

04 october 2019 - 19:46:16
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As a young girl growing up in rural Seydebir in Semien Shewa, Ethiopia, Tigist had to [...] Full text...

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Botswana Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime slams local newspaper over fake news

04 october 2019 - 18:28:48
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) has slammed a local newspaper article, titled [...] Full text...

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102 illegal migrants rescued off Tripoli

04 october 2019 - 16:42:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 102 illegal migrants have been rescued off Tripoli by the Libyan coastguard, as the phenomenon [...] Full text...

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New district task forces to strengthen counter human trafficking in Sierra Leone

04 october 2019 - 15:24:52
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has supported Sierra Leone’s Ministry for Social Welfare, Gender [...] Full text...

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Malian toll of Boulkesi and Mondoro terrorist attacks rises

04 october 2019 - 14:24:24
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The terrorist attacks of Boulkéssi and Mondoro on Monday and Tuesday in central Mali left 38 [...] Full text...

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One soldier killed in an explosive device attack in northern Burkina Faso

04 october 2019 - 13:28:50
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A Burkinabe soldier was killed and three others wounded on Thursday in an explosive device [...] Full text...

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More than 15,000 migrants killed in the Mediterranean since 2013, says Save the Children

04 october 2019 - 12:56:18
Rome, Italy (PANA) - More than 15,000 migrants have drowned off the Mediterranean since 2013, Raffaela Milano, director of Italy-Europe [...] Full text...

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Two people killed in rocket attack in southern Tripoli

04 october 2019 - 12:44:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two people were killed on Thursday following the shelling of  Abu Slim area south of Tripoli, [...] Full text...

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Former Botswana President Mogae inaugurated as chancellor of Amref University

04 october 2019 - 11:57:49
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Former President Festus G. Mogae was Friday inaugurated as the First Chancellor of Amref International University [...] Full text...

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Security Council must seize 'golden opportunity' for stability in Great Lakes region: UN envoy

04 october 2019 - 07:15:17
New York, US (PANA) - The international community must step up efforts to end instability around Africa’s Great Lakes so [...] Full text...

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Two alleged Takfiri arrested in Tunisia

03 october 2019 - 22:07:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - The search unit in terrorist and organised crimes  foiled a ’terrorist’ attack after arresting an alleged [...] Full text...

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New electoral law for Somalia, ‘a crucial next step’ says top UN envoy

03 october 2019 - 19:03:40
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Somalia Partnership Forum concluded on Wednesday in the capital Mogadishu, with attendees - including the [...] Full text...

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Trust Africa challenges current “economic orthodoxies”

03 october 2019 - 18:48:56
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Abdarahmane Wone, the Communications Officer at TrustAfrica, Thursday made a strong case for Africans to rise [...] Full text...

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UNGA 2019: AfDB announces new accountability index to measure institutional lending to women

03 october 2019 - 18:40:14
New York, US (PANA) - A new tool to track the level of lending to women across Africa will be [...] Full text...

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Five people killed in north-central Burkina Faso

03 october 2019 - 15:21:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Five people were killed on Wednesday in villages of Bourzanga commune in the Bam province [...] Full text...

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Senegalese President wants a calm school year starting Thursday

03 october 2019 - 15:16:08
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall has underlined the need to respect agreements between the government and teachers' [...] Full text...

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23 boys, two girls cleared of ties to Boko Haram released by Nigerian Army

03 october 2019 - 14:20:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – UNICEF on Thursday confirmed that 23 boys and two girls were released from the Nigerian Army [...] Full text...

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'No French military base in Djibo' - Burkinabe minister

03 october 2019 - 13:48:27
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Minister of Communication and government spokesman Rémis Dandjinou on Thursday denied the presence [...] Full text...

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Gunmen abduct six schoolgirls, two teachers in northwest Nigeria

03 october 2019 - 13:37:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A group of unidentified gunmen on Thursday raided a private secondary school in Sabo, Chikun Local [...] Full text...

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President IBK decrees 3 days of mourning for military victims of terrorist attacks

03 october 2019 - 13:29:18
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita on Wednesday announced a three-day national mourning  from Thursday in tribute [...] Full text...

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Woman ,daughter killed after rocket falls on their home south of Tripoli

03 october 2019 - 13:07:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A woman was killed late Wednesday as a rocket fell on her home at Sidi Slim, [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire rolls out new civil registration measures

03 october 2019 - 11:19:01
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian government has adopted a decree setting out conditions for the application of the Civil [...] 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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UN condemns deadly terrorist attacks on military camps in Mali

02 october 2019 - 22:49:19
New York, US (PANA)  -  The United Nations Wednesday condemned in the strongest terms simultaneous terrorist attacks on military camps [...] Full text...

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