GERD: Ethiopian PM announces successful final filing of controversial dam

11 september 2023 - 06:28:35
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday announced the successful fourth and final filling of [...] Full text...

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GERD: Time to make controversial dam work for greater good of all - Think-tank

04 may 2023 - 13:26:17
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - With the fourth annual filling looming in June and construction abicaout 90% complete, the contentious [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Investment Bank gets A+ rating

21 march 2023 - 18:54:42
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has obtained an A+ rating in the [...] Full text...

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Organised crime infecting African and global supply chain

28 february 2023 - 12:29:53
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Africa’s fishing and cocoa industries are good examples of how multinational logistics systems present [...] Full text...

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Insecurity takes toll on women, girls in Niger’s Tillabéri region

23 february 2023 - 12:02:49
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The security crisis in Niger’s south-western Tillabéri region is taking a heavy toll on local communities, [...] Full text...

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Food crisis looms in Malawi due to failure to protect farming against climate hazards

26 january 2023 - 12:39:30
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi faces another food crisis on the back of a series of climate events, after drought, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia loses national treasures to Tigray war

20 january 2023 - 13:01:22
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Large-scale artefact looting took place in war-ravaged Tigray State of northern Ethiopia, according to findings [...] Full text...

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Sea cucumber smuggling in East Africa threatens livelihoods and ecosystems

01 july 2022 - 05:40:24
Zanzibar, Tanzania (PANA) - The high demand for sea cucumbers in China is leading to their over-exploitation along the East [...] Full text...

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DRC leader opens pandora box in Eastern Africa - ISS report

23 june 2022 - 14:09:27
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Tensions are spiking once again in the chronically turbulent eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

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Africa must separate the wheat from Russia’s geopolitical chaff

16 june 2022 - 12:29:50
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Russia’s war against Ukraine is intensifying and, as a result, African countries are increasingly being [...] Full text...

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'Restoration of Algeria-Morocco relations vital to Africa’s free trade ambition'

30 september 2021 - 12:15:37
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – As the diplomatic spat between Algeria and Morocco widened last week with the banning of [...] Full text...

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ISS says SADC countries can learn from Hichilema, create inclusive platforms for civil society and opposition

09 september 2021 - 16:08:49
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Securocrats in the Southern Africa region are no doubt unsettled by Zambia’s new President Hakainde Hichilema’s [...] Full text...

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Cameroon alone can’t stem illicit arms flowing into the country - Study

26 august 2021 - 17:38:53
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In the face of a separatist conflict and violent extremism, Cameroon must secure help from neighbouring [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram desertions in Nigeria could be the tipping point - Study

19 august 2021 - 11:13:16
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - At At least 2,122 people associated with Boko Haram have left the group since Abubakar Shekau, [...] Full text...

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Mozambican opposition, rights groups criticise presence of Rwandan soldiers in Cabo Delgado

22 july 2021 - 13:16:32
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Rwanda has sent a thousand soldiers and police for combat and security operations in Mozambique’s gas-rich [...] Full text...

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First Mauritian nanosatellite launched

23 june 2021 - 07:40:12
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The first Mauritian nanosatellite, Mauritius Imagery and Radiocommunications Satellite -1 (MIR-SAT1), was launched into low orbit [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia-Sudan border tensions must be de-escalated

13 may 2021 - 13:17:13
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A potential border war brewing between Sudan and Ethiopia threatens to destabilise the two nations [...] Full text...

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Tunisia launches first satellite 'Challenge One'

22 march 2021 - 18:14:29
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The first Tunisian satellite named Challenge One was launched Monday into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome [...] Full text...

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'National sovereignty and subsidiarity limit AU intervention in conflicts'

07 january 2021 - 11:37:39
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Response by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union to emerging [...] Full text...

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African governments need to address the plight of missing people more vigorously

03 september 2020 - 14:08:53
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - People around the world go missing every day. Behind every one of these people are [...] Full text...

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SADC, AU must clear the security threat in Mozambique (By Anaclet Rwegayura)

14 august 2020 - 11:39:11
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are due to virtually hold their [...] Full text...

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Study finds illegal human movement networks growing in Kenya

29 july 2020 - 15:58:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Migrant workers lured by jobs in the Middle East are instead being trafficked into forced labour [...] Full text...

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Can the AU help Mozambique combat terrorism? - Analysis

13 february 2020 - 15:13:50
Top of Form Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - For the first time the escalating terrorist threat in Mozambique has been discussed by [...] Full text...

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Drug trafficking: ENACT research finds Africa’s drugs crisis stimulated by poor policy

26 september 2019 - 12:42:08
New York, US (PANA) -  A looming drugs crisis in Africa is being made worse by ineffective drug policy, fuelled [...] Full text...

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Africa’s drugs crisis stimulated by poor policy - ENACT

24 september 2019 - 23:41:28
New York, United States (PANA)  -  A new research report on transnational organized crime released here Tuesday says a looming [...] Full text...

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Policing alone cannot solve South Africa's violence - ISS Study

12 september 2019 - 13:12:28
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Strengthening the rule of law in South Africa is crucial but not sufficient for improving public [...] Full text...

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South Africa needs to strengthen the rule of law, prevent outbreaks of public violence

05 september 2019 - 12:57:39
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The latest wave of public violence in South Africa was driven by a toxic mix [...] Full text...

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Institute alleges Zimbabwe gov't floated exchange rate to fuel parallel market

11 july 2019 - 16:28:25
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has alleged that the Zimbabwe government floated the exchange rate between [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to host meeting of Police and security chiefs from INTERPOL, West Africa, others

13 may 2019 - 19:19:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Adamu, will this week host a meeting of Police and [...] Full text...

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South African-born billionaire reaches for the stars

04 march 2019 - 15:49:31
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African-born billionaire Elon Musk has made history again. His Falcon9 rocket, which is carrying [...] Full text...

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Preventing terrorism needs better evidence from African projects - Study

04 october 2018 - 17:22:21
Pretoria, South Africa – Scores of projects aimed at preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) in West and Central Africa [...] Full text...

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Study suggests specific roles for member states to make SADC more effective

09 august 2018 - 12:10:57
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are due to meet in Windhoek [...] Full text...

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What’s behind the spike in terrorist-type violence in northern Mozambique?

14 june 2018 - 16:18:39
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - A sudden upsurge in brutal violence in northern Mozambique, including the beheading of women and children, [...] Full text...

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Liberia needs support of African, international partners to build lasting peace

17 may 2018 - 11:17:37
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – The withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers soon after a successful election signals that Liberia is well [...] Full text...

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Somaliland’s politics still divided on clan lines, despite peaceful presidential poll

11 january 2018 - 16:59:31
Hargeisa. Somaliland (PANA) - Despite a peaceful and democratic presidential election, held in Somaliland on 13 November 2017, voting was [...] Full text...

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South Africa Rand surges as President Zuma fights for his political life

05 january 2018 - 17:44:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Rand has surged to its highest levels since mid-2015 amid speculation that [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Dearth of information impedes progress to peace in Burundi

17 january 2017 - 15:08:47
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Scarcity of information about what is going on in Burundi has been singled out [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Freight volumes decline worries Kenyan port managers

15 september 2016 - 19:33:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has reported declining freight volumes destined to other countries in East African [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Libyans look to AU-led national dialogue to crush spoilers of peace

29 august 2016 - 16:01:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Though the African Union (AU) announced at its recent summit in Kigali, Rwanda, that [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: UN's failure to provide security in Juba may affect aid workers everywhere

18 august 2016 - 15:34:50
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The impact of the Terrain Hotel attack in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, on [...] Full text...

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Chad: Déby set to win Sunday presidential election in Chad (Preview by Anaclet Rwegayura, PANA Editor)

08 april 2016 - 15:21:25
Ndjamena, Chad (PANA) - Voters in Chad go to the polls on 10 April with none of the opposition candidates [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Security expert calls for ‘effective preventive action’ in Libya

04 march 2016 - 11:03:40
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The trajectory of instability and terrorism in Libya will determine the future of North [...] Full text...

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South Africa: MTN's profits plunge over record Nigerian fine

03 march 2016 - 11:19:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Telecoms giant MTN on Thursday revealed that it has recorded a staggering 51% drop [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Will others follow suit after South Africa pulls out of Darfur? (News analysis by Anaclet Rwegayura, PANA Editor)

25 february 2016 - 15:32:16
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – South African President Jacob Zuma’s announcement on Wednesday that he had decided to withdraw [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Burundi defiant ahead of Summit on AU troop deployment

29 january 2016 - 10:42:40
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -The African Union (AU) has sounded a warning to Burundi, which insists it would accept talks [...] Full text...

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South Africa: ISS says South Africa disregards rule of law following Bashir’s departure

15 june 2015 - 18:37:42
Pretoria, South Africa – The South African government was legally obliged to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who left South [...] Full text...

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South Africa: AU must prevent third-term bids from destabilising Africa

12 june 2015 - 20:13:52
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – African leaders’ attempts to change constitutions to allow them to stand for third terms will [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS: Centre launched to boost maritime security in Gulf of Guinea

06 may 2015 - 18:18:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS has inaugurated its Multinational Maritime Coordination Centre for Zone “E” in Cotonou, Benin, to respond [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: Solution to xenophobia in South Africa demands strong leadership

17 april 2015 - 17:04:09
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Pretoria-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS) said Friday that South Africa should react firmly [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Africa is not in flames – ISS Executive Director

15 december 2014 - 20:23:16
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Dr. Jakkie Cilliers, the Executive Director of South African-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS), on Monday [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: AUC, ISS strengthen collaboration

06 november 2014 - 08:58:39
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Wednesday signed a [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya's response to terrorism blamed for worsening youth radicalism 

15 october 2014 - 13:08:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya government’s response to terrorism, involving the assassination of top Muslim clerics and mass arrests, is [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire: Think-tank urges AU to outline Africa's response to terrorism

02 september 2014 - 20:59:34
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) should set the agenda [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Experts cite laxity in handling terrorism root-causes in Africa (News analysis by Kennedy Abwao)

11 july 2014 - 20:31:54
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries are failing to handle the root-causes of terrorism and taking heed of new [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Malabo Summit weak on anti-terrorism approach, says ISS

10 july 2014 - 16:53:27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Addis Ababa-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS) said Thursday that African leaders' decision asking [...] Full text...

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AU may criminalise unconstitutional power change

24 january 2013 - 12:46:19
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African foreign ministers under the aegis of the African Union Executive Council opened their meeting [...] Full text...

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Research institutes launch African Futures Project on communicable diseases

17 february 2012 - 17:10:46
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – “How rapidly will Africa bring communicable diseases under control and advance the education of [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for tracking of small arms

26 april 2011 - 16:49:01
New York, US (PANA) - A report by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for tracking of small arms [...] Full text...

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Nigeria engages Iran over arms importation

12 november 2010 - 07:58:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- After a reported failure to cooperate with Nigerian inve stigators over the importation of military-grade weapons [...] Full text...

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Latest forex for CFA F

11 november 2010 - 09:13:00
Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Following are the latest forex for the CFA Franc iss ued by the Bank of Central [...] Full text...

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Tunisia launches two health magazines

09 november 2010 - 23:09:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Two new medical magazines were launched on Tuesday to fi ll the gap in the Tunisian [...] Full text...

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UNEP, ISS sign partnership agreement

28 october 2010 - 16:14:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Sou th Africa-based Institute for Security Studies [...] Full text...

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ISS welcomes launch of African Women's Decade 2010-2020

15 october 2010 - 14:21:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The South Africa-based Institute for Security S tudies (ISS) has affirmed its commitment to [...] Full text...

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UN to host meeting on religious tolerance

14 september 2010 - 16:03:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN will next week convene a high-level meeting to prom ote inter-cultural understanding and [...] Full text...

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Angolan President bids outgoing Israeli Ambassador farewell

30 july 2010 - 14:33:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan Head of State, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, here Friday bid the out-going Israeli Ambassador [...] Full text...

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Strauss Centre, Africa's policy research institute, partner on climate change

16 july 2010 - 12:40:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- In view of the increasing interdependence of co untries on global issues, the Robert [...] Full text...

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ICC issues second arrest warrant against Sudan's el Bashir

12 july 2010 - 14:40:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday iss ued a second arrest warrant against Sudanese President [...] Full text...

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IOM facilitates cross-border movement for pastoralists in East Africa

30 june 2010 - 09:15:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Besides increasing insecurity in pastoralist border regions, climate change has resulted in unpredictable and [...] Full text...

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Zambian President congratulates UK PM

21 may 2010 - 13:10:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambian President Rupiah Banda has sent a message of con gratulations to the new Prime Minister [...] Full text...

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Malawi court jails gay couple 14 years

20 may 2010 - 11:42:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- The Blantyre Chief Resident Magistrate Court Thursday handed Malawi's first openly gay couple the maximum sentence [...] Full text...

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Landmark gay verdict awaited in Malawi

17 may 2010 - 11:44:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- A buggery case involving Malawi's first openly-gay cou ple will be decided Tuesday in Blantyre, Malawi. [...] Full text...

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Angolan President condoles Nigeria over Yar'Adua

07 may 2010 - 19:08:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan President, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, on Friday se nt a message of condolence to his [...] Full text...

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Angolan President condoles Nigeria over Yar'Adua

07 may 2010 - 16:29:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan President, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, on Friday se nt a message of condolence to his [...] Full text...

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US dollar up in Central Africa region

18 march 2010 - 10:08:00
Libreville- Gabon (PANA)-- The exchange rate for the US dollar slightly increased against the FCFA of the Bank of East [...] Full text...

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2010 World Cup security gets all-clear

07 march 2010 - 09:07:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- FIFA President Sepp Blatter Friday expressed hi s total confidence in security measures for [...] Full text...

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Latest exchange rate for CFA franc

03 march 2010 - 11:34:00
Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Following are the latest exchange rates for the CFA f ranc of the Bank of the [...] Full text...

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Gambia opposition leader challenges ruling party to debate

17 february 2010 - 23:42:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Halifa Sallah, the Coordinator of the opposition Nationa l Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD), has [...] Full text...

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IMF proposes US$ 100 bln "Green Fund" for climate change financing

01 february 2010 - 19:33:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) â" Dominique Strauss--Kahn, Managing Director of th e International Monetary Fund (IMF), has proposed â?Green Fundâ? [...] Full text...

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Cameroon grants US$1 million to Haiti

27 january 2010 - 20:45:00
Yaoundأ©- Cameroon (PANA) -- The Cameroonian president, Paul Biya has granted hum anitarian aid of US$1 million to Haiti, the [...] Full text...

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UN climate chief urges negotiators to conclude work on essential issues

08 december 2009 - 14:14:00
Copenhagen- Denmark (PANA) -- The UN climate chief has challenged negotiators at the two-week United Nations Climate Change Conference taking [...] Full text...

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Training for English-speaking GIABA member states opens

01 december 2009 - 19:44:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Launde ring in West Africa (GIABA) Tuesday opened a four-day [...] Full text...

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Zuma in Trinidad and Tobago for 2009 CHOGM

27 november 2009 - 07:54:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, [...] Full text...

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World can contain climate change through smart agriculture - FAO

05 november 2009 - 18:12:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The twin battles to improve food security for a growing world population and contain climate change [...] Full text...

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Rights defenders to meet in Banjul

03 november 2009 - 00:14:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Defenders of human rights in Africa will hold a two-da y conference in Banjul from 7-9 [...] Full text...

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Opposition charges Nigerian govt on electoral reform

07 october 2009 - 11:00:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's most vocal opposition party, the Action Congre ss (AC), has called on the Federal Government [...] Full text...

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Vodafone runs into trouble over Ghana sack plan

09 august 2009 - 17:54:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Mobile telecommunications giant Vodafone, which acquired m ajority shares in Ghana's state-owned telecommunication company Ghana Telecom, [...] Full text...

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Libya, Cote d'Ivoire to reinforce cooperation

30 july 2009 - 19:56:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- A Libyan delegation is expected soon in Abidjan to study investment opportunities in Cote d'Ivoire and [...] Full text...

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African leaders define AU Authority's status

03 july 2009 - 17:08:00
Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The transformation of the African Union Commission into an "Authority" is aimed at strengthening the organisation [...] Full text...

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International conference on quality opens

11 may 2009 - 21:17:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Sixth International Conference on Quality, which has brought together experts and specialists from Libya, Egypt, [...] Full text...

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TI warns against ‘token constitution’ for Kenya

08 may 2009 - 13:19:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Global graft watchdog Transparency International (TI) Ke nya has warned against political interference in the drafting [...] Full text...

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African leaders urged to take measures against swine flu

28 april 2009 - 18:56:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Health experts in Nigeria have advised African leaders t o embark on massive surveillance and control [...] Full text...

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Desperate Kenyans tackle US in Rugby match

24 april 2009 - 18:35:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan returns to the field Saturday to face a lifetime test from US as the 2009 [...] Full text...

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French police arrest man who defrauded Gabonese govt

06 april 2009 - 11:27:00
Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Felix Bongo, against whom the Gabonese government iss ued an international arrest warrant in 2008, has [...] Full text...

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Opposition party slams govt. on current electoral reform

15 march 2009 - 14:11:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's most vibrant opposition party, the Action Cong ress (AC), has called on all stakeholders to [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS teams to assess ESF units ahead of military exercise

06 march 2009 - 08:14:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Two assessment teams from the Task Force Headquarters of the ECOWAS Standby Force (ESF) were billed [...] Full text...

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UN chief insists Sudanese leader must face war crime charges

02 february 2009 - 18:56:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has asked the Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir to cooperate fully [...] Full text...

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Libya hails AU Commission's report on African government

25 january 2009 - 19:07:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan African Union (AU) Affairs Secretary, Dr Ali Trik i, has declared that the report of [...] Full text...

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