African cities embrace walking, cycling as climate crisis deepens (Feature by UNEP)

05 september 2023 - 06:16:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Each morning in Addis Ababa, the bustling capital of Ethiopia, the same scene plays out. As [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zimbabweans ignore social distancing in search of basic commodities

12 april 2020 - 12:41:32
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local christian organisation, Habbakuk Trust, says social distancing measures to contain the COVID-19 (coronavirus) are being [...] Full text...

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Retail prices of Zimbabwe's staple food continue to rise

01 march 2020 - 12:04:40
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The price of Zimbabwe's staple food, roller maize meal, continues to rise across Zimbabwe’s top markets [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's legislators blast Finance minister over low mealie meal subsidy

13 february 2020 - 19:01:12
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has come under fire from legislators over subsidising mealie meal up [...] Full text...

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Price of Zimbabwe's staple food, mealie meal, rises 40 percent

11 february 2020 - 18:02:29
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Treasury has raised the price of Zimbabwe’s staple food, mealie meal by 40 percent to ZWL$70 [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Govt suspends customs duty on imported wheat flour, maize

25 november 2019 - 20:11:15
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean government has suspended duty on wheat flour and maize to allow for the direct [...] Full text...

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Benin wins the first African games of Roller sports

11 november 2019 - 17:21:29
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese athletes have emerged winners of the first African roller skating games that ended in Kinshasa [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Ethiopian PM switches on 1870 MW hydropower plant

17 december 2016 - 19:53:47
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn on Saturday inaugurated the 1870 Megawatt Gibe III hydropower plant, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: African Union deserves visionary, dynamic leadership (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)

06 september 2016 - 11:33:26
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - These are not good times for Africa and the African Union (AU), its flagship political organization, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ongoing racism undermines the Mandela miracle (A PANA feature by Craig Urquhart)

08 january 2016 - 11:23:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Twenty-two years after Nelson Mandela was swept into power on a ticket of racial [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Ethiopia’s mega dam nears half completion (News Analysis by Omer Redi, PANA Correspondent)

02 may 2015 - 08:53:28
Asossa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Now in its fourth year, construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is nearly half [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Ethiopia’s mega dam nears half completion (News Analysis by Omar Reid, PANA Correspondent)

01 may 2015 - 15:47:36
Asossa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Now in its fourth year, construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is nearly half [...] Full text...

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South Africa celebrates 20 years of democracy (A PANA feature by Craig Urquart)

26 april 2014 - 12:55:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Sunday celebrates 20 years of freedom and democracy. Its roller coaster [...] Full text...

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2013 FIFA Club WC: Bayern Munich wins Morocco 2013, beats Raja 2-0

22 december 2013 - 10:41:42
Marrakesh, Morocco (PANA) - Raja Casablanca of Morocco ended their fairy tale at the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup Saturday, [...] Full text...

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2013 FIFA Club WC finale: Will local Raja continue giant-killing tradition? (Preview by Vincent Obi, PANA Editor)

21 december 2013 - 08:10:47
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - With victories over Auckland City FC in the play-off for quarter-finals, Club de Futbol Monterrey in [...] Full text...

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Federation resists removal of wrestling from Olympic Games

14 february 2013 - 17:39:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) has expressed its determination to fight against the [...] Full text...

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IOC to drop one sport from Olympic programme

31 january 2013 - 13:01:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - One Olympic sport will be dropped next month when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executives meet [...] Full text...

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Angola minister confirms release of funds for skate hockey championship

20 october 2012 - 15:37:42
Luanda, 10/20 (PANA) – The Angolan minister of Construction, Fernando Fonseca, said on Friday in Luanda that funds for the [...] Full text...

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UNAMID installs water play pump in North Darfur

21 march 2012 - 17:22:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An innovative pump, in which water is drawn when children play on a merry-go-round, has recently [...] Full text...

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'Angola has what it takes to host Roller Hockey World Cup'

13 february 2012 - 09:47:49
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola has what it takes to successfully host the 2013 Roller Hockey World Cup, also known [...] Full text...

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Germany beats Angola 4-3 in hockey World Cup

01 october 2011 - 15:23:02
San Juan, Angola (PANA) - Germany on Friday beat the Angolan national senior male roller skate team 4-3 in the [...] Full text...

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World Under-20 hockey cup competition: Angola thrashes Austria 8-2

13 september 2011 - 17:28:21
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola's Under-20 males roller-skate team Monday thrashed Austria 8-2 in group B’s second round of the [...] Full text...

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UNAMID provides water to Darfur villages

27 april 2011 - 15:11:37
New York, US (PANA) - The UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Wednesday said the residents of eight villages in Darfur [...] Full text...

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Angolan sports giant, Petro de Luanda, to mark 31st anniversary Friday

13 january 2011 - 16:56:29
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan giant sports club, Petro de Luanda (APL), will Friday celebrate the 31st anniversary of its [...] Full text...

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Immigration, police gear for Nigeria's 2011 polls

05 september 2010 - 10:28:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigeria Immigration Service has said it will monitor movement of aliens into the country to [...] Full text...

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Cut-throat politics, bizarre sex acts dominate Malawi media

03 april 2010 - 14:55:00
Blantyre-Malawi (PANA) -- Quite ironically for the Holy Week in a mainly Christia n country, politics and quite some bizarre [...] Full text...

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Prominent Ethiopian weekly closed after founders, editors flee

04 december 2009 - 16:20:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Editors and founders of one the prominent private newspapers in Ethiopia on Friday disclosed, from [...] Full text...

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