Fast fashion fuelling global waste crisis, UN chief warns (By By Vibhu Mishra, UN News)

28 march 2025 - 07:45:50
New York, US (PANA) - Fast fashion is accelerating an environmental catastrophe, with the equivalent of one garbage truck’s worth [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry elected IOC President, the first female President in its history

20 march 2025 - 16:11:35
Costa Navarino, Greece (PANA) - Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected on Thursday as the 10th President of the International [...] Full text...

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Drowning deaths decline globally but the most vulnerable remain at risk

13 december 2024 - 17:35:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first-ever report on drowning prevention, which reveals a [...] Full text...

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2024 Olympic Games: Three African countries reach medals table

30 july 2024 - 06:23:09
Paris, France (PANA) - Only three African countries got their names on the medals table at the ongoing 2024 Olympic [...] Full text...

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World's largest residential yacht docks in Durban

11 march 2024 - 10:58:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The largest private residential yacht on the planet has docked in Durban after making [...] Full text...

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University Student crowned Miss Togo 2024

03 december 2023 - 15:45:23
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Nathalie Yao-Amuama, a 22-year-old university student, was on Saturday night crowned Miss Togo 2024 at a [...] Full text...

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Former Nigeria goalkeeper predicts when country will host World Cup

11 october 2023 - 08:24:07
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peterside Idah, has shared his perspective on Nigeria’s potential to host the [...] Full text...

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11th Indian Ocean Islands Games begins Friday in Madagascar

23 august 2023 - 08:03:28
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The 11th Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) is scheduled from Friday, 25 August to 3 September [...] Full text...

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Madagascar to organise 11th Indian Ocean Island Games from 25 August to 03 September 2023

29 july 2023 - 07:41:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will be represented by some 675 athletes and officials at the 11th edition of the [...] Full text...

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11th Indian Ocean Islands Games: Number of games reduced from 23 to 17

19 may 2023 - 17:23:52
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The International committee on the 11th Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) scheduled from 25 August to 3 [...] Full text...

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Famous ship to visit African ports

03 january 2023 - 06:07:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa will welcome the MSC Poesia cruise ship this year as the vessel [...] Full text...

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South Africa's PresidentRamaphosa condemns racial assault

27 december 2022 - 11:33:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday condemned a Christmas Day racial incident at [...] Full text...

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Accelerated action needed to save 12,000 lives a day due to injury, violence

30 november 2022 - 06:56:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Each day, injuries and violence claim the lives of some 12,000 people around the world, according [...] Full text...

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WHO calls on global community to “do one thing” to save lives on World Drowning Prevention Day

25 july 2022 - 20:00:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday issued a call for people around the world to “do [...] Full text...

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Twenty-three sports disciplines approved for 2023 Indian Ocean Islands games in Madagascar

29 january 2022 - 07:07:17
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Council of the Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) has approved 23 sports disciplines for the [...] Full text...

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Africa's first 'biophilic' building planned for Cape Town

23 september 2021 - 12:53:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cape Town’s city centre will soon be home to a 24-storey apartment building that [...] Full text...

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President Ramaphosa salutes South Africa's Olympic champion

30 july 2021 - 15:47:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker has been congratulated by President Cyril Ramaphosa for breaking [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mauritius to ease restrictions from 1 July

25 june 2021 - 08:23:36
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday announced that restrictions imposed in March 2021 because of [...] Full text...

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FIFA, FIFPRO to provide health support to recently-retired footballers

29 may 2021 - 17:00:03
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFPRO) and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) are [...] Full text...

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Mali: FIFA President Gianni Infantino meets with Transitional President

26 february 2021 - 16:19:00
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, was received on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Olympic Kenya to establish OlymAfrica Centre in Nairobi

24 february 2021 - 15:21:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K  will establish the first OlympAfrica Centre in the country, [...] Full text...

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Senegalese swimmer, Mathieu Sèye, breaks two national records

30 november 2020 - 18:05:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese swimmer, Mathieu Ousmane Sèye broke, the two national records in the 200-meter freestyle at the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: President Barrow announces reopening of hotels, bars, restaurants, pools and gyms

14 october 2020 - 21:46:50
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - President Adama Barrow Wednesday announced the reopening of public places such as hotels, motels, lodges, bars, restaurants, [...] Full text...

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Contact sports resume but fitness dance, swimming not allowed in Rwanda

01 october 2020 - 00:02:53
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's ministry of Sports stressed Wednesday that contact sports had been allowed to reopen but gyms [...] Full text...

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South Africa's biggest home goes on sale

01 september 2020 - 15:41:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s largest house has gone on sale and is expected to fetch up [...] Full text...

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Tourism sector must be rebuilt in safe, equitable, climate friendly way: UN chief

25 august 2020 - 15:43:25
New York, US (PANA) - Tourism is much more than visiting cultural landmarks or swimming in tropical beaches; it is [...] Full text...

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Ramadan without respite for Libyans, victims of military escalation (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)

17 may 2020 - 20:48:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyans will have lived in 2020 the Ramadan, month of fasting for Muslims, the most difficult [...] Full text...

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COVID-19.: Gambian lawmakers extend state of public emergency to 45 days

04 april 2020 - 16:36:16
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian lawmakers have adopted a motion for the extension of the period of State of Public [...] Full text...

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The Gambia discharges two patients of COVID-19

01 april 2020 - 20:28:16
Banjul, Gambia(PANA)  - Two Gambians who were diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) disease last month have finally recovered and [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: President Barrow orders public transport in Gambia to cut down passenger load

28 march 2020 - 18:33:47
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Declaring a state of public emergency throughout The Gambia, President  Adama Barrow has ordered all public [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabwe to close its borders to curb possible COVID-19 infections

23 march 2020 - 20:40:15
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe will close its borders to human traffic, in a raft of measures announced on Monday [...] Full text...

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Tunisia to postpone Arab swimming championship

05 march 2020 - 20:27:31
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The president of the Tunisian Swimming Federation, Hedi Ben Hassan, on Thursday announced that plans to [...] Full text...

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South African swimming champion slams Chinese Olympic 'cheat'

02 march 2020 - 12:30:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African swimming legend Chad Le Clos has called for Chinese cheat Sun Yang [...] Full text...

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Pirates kill 4 soldiers, two others in Nigeria's Niger Delta waterways

18 february 2020 - 11:51:11
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Troops of the Nigerian military have laid a siege on Lutegbene in Bayelsa State after pirates [...] Full text...

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Mauritius honours best sportsmen for 2019

16 february 2020 - 14:35:29
Mapou, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Sports Council honoured its best athletes for the year 2019 at a ceremony held [...] Full text...

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Botswana citizens challenged to support swimming team

10 february 2020 - 08:59:27
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s citizens have been urged to rally behind the national team at the Confederation Africaine de [...] Full text...

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30 electoral staff missing, 5 persons killed in electoral violence in Northcentral Nigeria

17 november 2019 - 14:41:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – With collation of results ongoing, Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says that [...] Full text...

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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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Tunisia wins gold medal in 5 km freestyle at the African Junior Swimming Championship

16 september 2019 - 23:26:15
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -   Tunisian swimmer Mohamed Khalil Ben Ajmia won gold medal in the 5 km freestyle event at [...] Full text...

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Tunisia to host African Junior Swimming Championship

06 september 2019 - 23:12:19
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   - The African Junior Swimming Championship (girls and boys between 13 and 16 years old) will be [...] Full text...

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Some 600 swimmers expected at the 32nd edition of the Dakar-Gorée crossing

06 september 2019 - 21:58:40
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)   -   About 600 swimmers of all ages from several countries are expected at the 32nd edition of [...] Full text...

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Senegalese swimmers beat four national records in 50m pool at African Games

28 august 2019 - 14:14:01
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Despite its failure to win medals, Senegal's national swimming team has distinguished itself at the 12th [...] Full text...

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Angola defeats Nigeria in handball at African Games in Rabat

22 august 2019 - 21:08:49
Luanda, Angola (PANA)   -   Angola Wednesday beat Nigeria 33-16 in senior women's handball in the second match of the African [...] Full text...

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12th African Games: Benin to participate in several sports

19 august 2019 - 11:19:59
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Benin will participate in several sports at the 12th African Games, which opens in Rabat, Morocco, on [...] Full text...

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Benin cyclists to compete at African Games in Rabat

17 august 2019 - 10:15:39
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's national cycling team will take part in the 12th edition of the African Games, which [...] Full text...

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More than 6,000 athletes expected in Rabat for 12th African Games

16 august 2019 - 12:45:38
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan capital is hosting from 19-31 August the 12th African Games, with more than 6,000 [...] Full text...

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Mali: Women's U-20 football team to participate in 12th Africa Games

13 august 2019 - 14:23:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's National Women's Under-20 football Team will travel to Morocco on Wednesday to compete in the [...] Full text...

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10th Indian Ocean Islands games open in Mauritius

19 july 2019 - 20:16:28
Belle-Vue, Mauritius (PANA) - The 10th edition of the Islands of the Indian Ocean Games (JIOI) was on Friday declared [...] Full text...

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IOIG: Reunion in the lead with 9 medals after the first day

19 july 2019 - 15:22:02
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Reunion won four gold, one silver and four bronze medals in swimming during the first day [...] Full text...

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Indian Ocean Islands Games begin Thursday in Mauritius

17 july 2019 - 14:22:00
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The 10th edition of the Indian Ocean Islands Games (IJOI), bringing together some 2,000 athletes [...] Full text...

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Mauritius inaugurates an international sports complex

15 july 2019 - 18:37:20
Côte d'Or, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, on Monday inaugurated a world-class sports complex in Côte [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Non-competitive swimming on the agenda of FINA's international Day celebration

02 july 2019 - 21:32:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)   -   The Senegalese Swimming and Lifesaving Federation (FSNS) intends to focus on recreational swimming, mass practice, utilitarian [...] Full text...

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Morocco wins first ever African beach games in Cape Verde

24 june 2019 - 22:29:37
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA)   -   Morocco won a total of 16 medals, including nine gold, three silver and four bronze [...] Full text...

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Mauritius promises cash awards to its athletes at Indian Ocean games

20 june 2019 - 15:47:28
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Ministry of Youth and Sports has promised a cash bonus of 50,000 rupees, [...] Full text...

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Benin grants 655 million CFAF to sports disciplines

17 june 2019 - 21:37:32
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   The Beninese government Monday granted sporting disciplines a subsidy of 655 million CFA francs for the [...] Full text...

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Women in Botswana venture into construction industry

17 june 2019 - 16:47:43
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)-   In the past only men pursued careers in the built environment, but the 21st century woman is [...] Full text...

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Saudi airline flight crew suspended following aggression of one of its members in Tunisia

16 june 2019 - 10:00:35
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The crew members of the Saudi Arabia airline flight have all been suspended at the international [...] Full text...

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Jeanne Boutbien improves her Senegal record of 50m freestyle

12 june 2019 - 20:37:17
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)   -   Senegalese international Jeanne Boutbien improved her national record for the freestyle in the 50m pool last [...] Full text...

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48 countries confirm participation in Praia African Games in Cape Verde

16 may 2019 - 19:57:12
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – The first Praia African Games, due for 14-23 June in Santa Maria, in the tourist [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe power utility reduces planned blackouts

13 may 2019 - 15:14:11
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) -  Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission & Distribution Company (ZETDC) has reduced the number of hours for planned power [...] Full text...

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Mauritius hosts 10th edition of IOI Games in July 2019

10 april 2019 - 14:42:57
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will host the 10th edition of the Indian Ocean Islands (IOI) Games from 19-28 [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde to host inaugural African Beach Games

24 january 2019 - 11:49:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The inaugural African Beach Games are set for 14-23 June in Sal, Cape Verde. Japanese automotive manufacturer [...] Full text...

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South African legendary long distance swimmer dead at 60

18 october 2018 - 14:52:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in for South African Theodore Yach, one of the world’s leading [...] Full text...

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Marriott International to increase footprint in Africa

08 october 2018 - 12:47:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Global hotel chain, Marriott International, has announced plans to increase its footprint in Africa to over [...] Full text...

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Kenya fast-tracks affordable housing agenda

25 september 2018 - 14:00:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Under its "Big Four" agenda, which includes affordable housing, the Kenyan government has invited bids from [...] Full text...

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Robben Island rejects Mandela sleep-over reports

05 july 2018 - 11:23:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The management of Robben Island, South Africa’s notorious aparthheid-era prison, has slammed media reports [...] Full text...

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UNHCR 'appalled' by the loss of life at sea off the coast of Libya

01 july 2018 - 06:42:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is deeply saddened at the latest tragedy in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa's triumphant Commonwealth squad returns home

16 april 2018 - 09:09:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s successful Commonwealth Games squad has received a heroes’ welcome at OR Tambo [...] Full text...

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South African athlete Semenya nominated for top sports award

29 january 2018 - 10:20:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Olympic and world 800-metre champion Caster Semenya has been confirmed as South Africa's only [...] Full text...

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South Africa court rules that National Assembly failed to sanction Zuma

29 december 2017 - 11:00:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Friday ruled that the National Assembly failed to put in [...] Full text...

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Morocco: Nearly 70 migrants hurt crossing Spanish border

01 august 2017 - 14:30:13
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - About 70 sub-Saharan African migrants were injured on Tuesday when they tried to cross through the [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwandan beach volleyball, tennis teams at Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas

17 july 2017 - 17:06:26
Kigali,Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan beach volleyball and tennis teams have arrived in Nassau, Bahamas, ahead of the sixth edition [...] Full text...

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US: 'It's time to reboot, boost US-Africa Commerce and Investments' - Adesina

16 june 2017 - 09:57:37
Washington D.C., US (PANA) - Bemoaning data showing the steep fall in trade between Africa and the United States of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Govt launches nine-year basic education programme in Mauritius

13 february 2017 - 17:48:31
Beau-Bassin, Mauritius (PANA) – A National Water Safety Council will be set up in Mauritius with the aim to sensitise [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Luxury yacht docks in Cape Town

30 december 2016 - 07:13:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's multi-million dollar yacht My Octopus has docked in Cape Town [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya Olympic official remains in custody on theft charges

28 november 2016 - 17:59:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Nairobi court on Monday denied bond to National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) first vice [...] Full text...

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Italy: IOM says 6,908 migrants rescued Monday in Channel of Sicily

30 august 2016 - 12:18:03
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The Rome spokesperson of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM Rome) Flavio Di Giacomo says that [...] Full text...

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2016 Olympic Games: UN chief encourages Team Refugee to win medals

05 august 2016 - 05:40:47
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has charged the 10 refugee athletes competing in the 2016 [...] Full text...

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Rio 2016: Team Refugee to compete in athletics, judo, swimming events

31 july 2016 - 17:53:38
New York, US (PANA) - Ten refugee athletes under the name: "Team Refugee" will compete in athletics, judo and swimming [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Brazil allays Zika Virus fears during Olympic games

28 july 2016 - 13:59:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sportsmen heading to Brazil for the forthcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro should not [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian Army ready to move against Niger Delta militants if dialogue fails

25 july 2016 - 18:39:21
Abuja, Nigeria - (PANA) - The Nigerian Army said on Monday it would resort to use of force if [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda's 2 new five-star hotels unveiled ahead of AU summit in Kigali

08 july 2016 - 13:37:34
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Ahead of the 27th summit of the African Union (AU), scheduled to take place in Kigali [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma humiliated by Constitutional Court ruling

31 march 2016 - 11:12:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Thursday sharply rebuked President Jacob Zuma, the ruling African National [...] Full text...

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South Africa: D-Day looms for battered Zuma

30 march 2016 - 09:27:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court – South Africa’s Highest Court – will on Thursday rule whether [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: South African billionaire faces murder charges in Mauritius

14 march 2016 - 11:43:14
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - South African billionaire Peter Wayne Roberts is facing trial in a Mauritian Court on chargers of [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma battered by Constitutional Court hearing

10 february 2016 - 08:06:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following two years of ducking and diving in the wake of Public Protector Thuli [...] Full text...

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France: INTERPOL operations target illegal timber trade in Africa, the Americas

27 november 2015 - 11:47:06
Lyon, France (PANA) - INTERPOL-coordinated illegal logging operations in West Africa and Central and South America have identified key trade [...] Full text...

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Congo: 11th All-Africa Games begin Friday

03 september 2015 - 08:11:01
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The 4-19 Sept All-Africa Games, beginning on Friday in Brazzaville, Congo, marks the 50th anniversary of [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Seven school boys drown at sea in Kenya's coast

13 august 2015 - 17:33:57
Kwale, Kenya (PANA) - School authorities and government officials were late Thursday identifying bodies of seven pupils who drowned at [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Pres. Buhari approves funding for All-Africa Games prep.

21 july 2015 - 10:13:09
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has approved funds for the preparation of the country's athletes to the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: 9th Islands Games hold in La Réunion in August

02 july 2015 - 08:39:10
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The 9th Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) will take place 1-8 August 2015 in the island [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Death toll in Sousse terror attack rises to 37

26 june 2015 - 21:33:18
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The death toll in the terror attack perpetrated on Friday in a hotel in the Tunisian [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Road accidents claimed 578 lives in 2014 in Senegal

02 march 2015 - 15:11:43
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A report from the Directorate of Civil Protection, published here Sunday, on the Word Civil Protection [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Athletics facing difficult times, say Bubka, Coe

09 december 2014 - 14:17:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Lord Sebastian Coe and Sergey Bubka, presidents-elect of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), have [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Cape Town rocked by racial attacks

26 november 2014 - 11:51:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Cape Town in South Africa has been rocked by a wave of racially-motivated assaults, [...] Full text...

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UN: UN officials urge greater assistance for landlocked developing countries

03 november 2014 - 18:16:09
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the international community must aid the world’s landlocked [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Popular beach closed after shark attack

01 august 2014 - 15:12:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s most popular beach has been closed indefinitely following a Great White shark [...] Full text...

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South Africa: ANC reeling in the wake of latest Zuma scandal (A PANA feature by Craig Urquart)

22 march 2014 - 10:00:13
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – With less than two months before South Africa’s general elections, President Jacob Zuma has been [...] Full text...

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Congo: Govt. releases 379 b FCFA to build games complex

04 february 2014 - 18:00:44
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese government will spend 397.8 billion francs FCA on the construction of the Kintele Olympic [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ruling party denies moves to recall Zuma

02 december 2013 - 11:19:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Monday denied claims that it will [...] Full text...

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Leaked report implicates President Zuma directly in damning investigation

29 november 2013 - 09:39:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The so-called “Nkandlagate” scandal which is threatening Jacob Zuma’s presidency, took a dramatic turn [...] Full text...

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Safaricom rewards Kenya's triumphant Deaflympics team

12 august 2013 - 16:08:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Leading integrated communications service provider, Safaricom, Monday awarded Kenya's Deaflympics medalists a Shs.12.8 million award, following [...] Full text...

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Gaddafi's headquarters to become park

17 july 2013 - 11:15:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government has announced it would turn Bab al-Aziza, the main headquarters of former dictator [...] Full text...

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Malawi President's ride on Nigerian jet: Paper slams Nigerian govt for profligacy

16 july 2013 - 09:36:36
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigeria newspaper on Tuesday described as a sign of fiscal recklessness the decision by the [...] Full text...

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Zuma confers top honours on Freedom Day

28 april 2013 - 06:58:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Jacob Zuma on Saturday marked Freedom Day on the 19th anniversary of [...] Full text...

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Judo earns Angola 5 medals at SADC Youth Games in Zambia

11 december 2012 - 16:17:21
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Judo has earned Angola five medals - two gold, one silver and two bronze - at [...] Full text...

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German drugs firm donates 100 millionth tablet to treat Schistosomiasis

30 november 2012 - 14:43:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Global pharmaceutical and chemical company, Merck, has symbolically donated the 100 millionth praziquantel tablet to the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria sports festival opens amidst colourful displays

27 november 2012 - 22:24:03
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s most prestigious sporting festival opened on Tuesday in the commercial city of Lagos amidst [...] Full text...

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Kenyan ferry workers call off strike

03 november 2012 - 08:02:22
Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - Workers of Kenya Ferry Services on Friday agreed to call off their strike after the firm [...] Full text...

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London Olympics: Africa increases medal haul to 17

07 august 2012 - 13:49:06
London, Great Britain (PANA) - Africa's total medal haul so far at the 2012 London Olympics has increased from 12 [...] Full text...

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London Olympics: Africa wins gold, silver in women's marathon

05 august 2012 - 16:12:09
London, Great Britain (PANA) - Africa won the gold and silver medals in the women's marathon event of the 2012 [...] Full text...

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London Olympics: Kenya-Ethiopia rivalry intensifies after Dibaba's 10,000m gold

04 august 2012 - 17:30:28
Nairobi, Kenya ((PANA) - Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba Friday retained the women's 10,000-metre gold at the London Olympics to intensifying the [...] Full text...

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London Olympics: Two more African nations join medals table

03 august 2012 - 22:47:35
London, Great Britain (PANA) - Ethiopia and Kenya on Friday night joined South Africa and Egypt as the only African [...] Full text...

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Azam coach quits days after taking Tanzanian Club to Cecafa Cup finals

03 august 2012 - 17:37:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Stewart Hall, one of the most successful coaches in the East and Central African region, has [...] Full text...

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London Olympics: Angolan female handball team, swimmer eliminated

03 august 2012 - 14:04:22
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Although they defeated hosts Great Britain 31-24 Friday, the Angolan national senior female handball team still [...] Full text...

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London Olympics: Only 2 African nations on the medals table so far

02 august 2012 - 14:00:29
London, Great Britain (PANA) - Seven days into the 2012 London Olympics, only two African nations have made it to [...] Full text...

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Six athletes to represent Togo at London Olympics

25 july 2012 - 21:29:35
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Six athletes will represent Togo at the London Olympic Games, sports sources told PANA on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Lewis, Bungei, Amokachi to analyse London Olympics on SuperSport

11 july 2012 - 14:40:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Olympic champions Carl Lewis of the US and Kenya's Wilfred Bungei are among renowned sportsmen and [...] Full text...

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Kenyan President, PM for London Olympics

27 june 2012 - 15:28:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga will attend July's London Olympic Games with [...] Full text...

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Somali piracy lull linked to harsh sea winds

16 march 2012 - 22:45:18
By Kennedy Abwao, on board SPS Patino Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - Somali pirates have been unable to step into the sea to [...] Full text...

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1,000 athletes set to compete as 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games open

08 september 2011 - 08:39:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The fourth edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games opened in the Isle of Man Wednesday with [...] Full text...

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AAG: UNAIDS launches 'Give AIDS the red card'

02 september 2011 - 20:38:09
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Michel Sidibé and [...] Full text...

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AAG: Angola's national swimming, athletics teams train in SA

09 august 2011 - 10:30:24
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola’s national swimming and athletics teams left Monday for Johannesburg, South Africa, where they will train [...] Full text...

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Icy water SA swimmer elevated to “superhuman” status

21 july 2011 - 12:00:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A South African businessman who swims in icy waters around the world in his [...] Full text...

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Tragic incidents, politics feature in Ghana media

23 april 2011 - 07:39:53
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week featured a number of tragic incidents that drew the sympathy of [...] Full text...

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South Africans complete historic cold water swim

16 february 2011 - 09:38:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Five South Africans Tuesday successfully completed the first of three of the world's toughest [...] Full text...

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Libya to have tourist complex

10 november 2010 - 23:13:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) â" Libya on Wednesday laid t-he foundation stone for a tou rist complex in the capital, Tripoli, [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe launches bilharzia survey

14 september 2010 - 14:56:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe on Tuesday launched a nationwide survey to de termine the prevalence of bilharzia in children, [...] Full text...

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Morocco to host 10th African swimming championships

03 september 2010 - 20:12:00
Rabat- Morocco(PANA) -- The 10th African swimming championships will take place f rom 3 to 19 September in Casablanca, Morocco, [...] Full text...

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Former Guinea Junta leader loses son

18 august 2010 - 15:36:00
Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- The eldest child and only son of former Guinea Military leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, Moriba [...] Full text...

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Angolan team attends inaugural Youth Olympic games in Singapore

14 august 2010 - 13:37:00
Singapore- Singapore (PANA) -- The inaugural Youth Olympic Games begin Saturday i n Singapore featuring more than 5,000 athletes, among [...] Full text...

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Angola thrashes Cote d'Ivoire, wins Basketball gold in Rabat

18 july 2010 - 10:13:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan female basketball team on Saturday beat Cote d'Ivoire by a wide margin of 26-3 [...] Full text...

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Libya's Football Federation gets new president

02 july 2010 - 10:51:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Mr. Salah Eddine Al-Arbi was Thursday appointed president of the Libyan Football Federation (FLF) following [...] Full text...

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Tunis hosts water-polo African qualifier for World Cup

01 june 2010 - 10:40:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- A qualifying African tournament for the water-polo World Cup will be held from 17 to 20 [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Ajulu cleared to swim for Britain

10 may 2010 - 21:55:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has cleared Ke nyan swimmer, Achieng Ajulu-Bushnell, to compete for Great [...] Full text...

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Record turnout for long-distance swimming race in South Africa

01 may 2010 - 14:00:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Two shark attack survivors are among the record 365 swimmers who have entered for [...] Full text...

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Kidnapped Germans freed unharmed in Nigeria

25 april 2010 - 08:57:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The two Germans who were abducted while swimming at the Imo River in Nigeria's South-east Abia [...] Full text...

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UFC activists shock Olympio, accuse him of swimming against the tide

18 april 2010 - 15:42:00
Lome- Togo (PANA) â" Veteran Togolese politician a-nd leader of the opposition U nion of Forces for Change (UFC), Gilchrist [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's World Cup camp inferior to those of competitors - Paper

28 march 2010 - 15:55:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- With 74 days to the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, a [...] Full text...

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BIDC, Bank of Africa finance hotel project in Benin

14 march 2010 - 13:35:00
Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The Development Investment Bank of the Economic Communit y of the West African States (BIDC) and [...] Full text...

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Michael Phelps becomes Youth Olympic Games Ambassador

23 february 2010 - 10:39:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps of the US has bec ame the first official Ambassador of [...] Full text...

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Morocco to host maiden African Youth Games

16 february 2010 - 15:04:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Morocco will host the maiden African Youth Games (AYG) f rom 9 to 15 May, the [...] Full text...

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Angolan swimming team for African championship in Kenya

05 january 2010 - 19:35:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan national junior swimming teams (men and wome n) leave here Wednesday for Nairobi, Kenya, [...] Full text...

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Swimmer is Tunisia's best sportsman of the year

25 december 2009 - 09:26:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Tunisian swimmer Oussama Mallouli, gold medal-winner in the last world championships in Rome, was Thursday named [...] Full text...

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Mali Customs creates five river brigades

22 december 2009 - 22:32:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali's Customs Service has created five river brigades to combat fraud and trans-border crime on the [...] Full text...

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FIFA U-17 WC: Nigerian team hailed

02 november 2009 - 07:25:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Second Assistant Coach of Nigeria's Under-17 nationa l football team, Abimbola Samuel, has hailed the [...] Full text...

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8th Indian Ocean Islands Games to be held in Seychelles in 2011

08 september 2009 - 12:20:00
Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Seychelles will host the 8th Indian Ocean Islands Games from 5-14 August 2011, a PANA correspondent [...] Full text...

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CAF completes third football academy

26 july 2009 - 11:00:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Africa's soccer governing body, CAF, has completed the c onstruction of a football academy in Cameroon, [...] Full text...

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Kadhafi, Abdelaziz lay foundation stone of Al-Fateh Hotel

12 march 2009 - 10:09:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi and Mauritian lea der General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz laid the foundation stone [...] Full text...

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Rescued Russians handed over to Embassy in Abuja

20 february 2009 - 22:54:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Minister of Defence, Dr. Shetima Mustafa, on Friday formally handed over two Russians, [...] Full text...

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Rescued Russians handed over to Embassy in Abuja

20 february 2009 - 18:28:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Minister of Defence, Dr. Shetima Mustafa, on Friday formally handed over two Russians, [...] Full text...

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World men's marathon record holder due in Kenya for training

23 january 2009 - 15:56:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- World men's marathon record holder Haile Gebrselassie je ts into Nairobi, capital of Kenya, next week [...] Full text...

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