Benin: Govt to establish University of Science and Mathematics in Central Benin

15 december 2022 - 19:02:56
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government plans to create a university in Abomey (historic city of Central Benin) to [...] Full text...

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BADEA grants 6 billion CFAF to two Beninese universities

19 march 2021 - 17:04:26
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) will disburse CFAF 26 billion to Benin [...] 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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UN celebrates power of activism on International Women’s Day

09 march 2018 - 06:12:09
New York, US (PANA) - The drumbeat for women’s rights and empowerment reached a crescendo on Thursday as the United [...] Full text...

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Rights group says state-sponsored hate spurs new era of social activism

22 february 2018 - 07:12:06
Washington, D.C., (PANA) - The world is reaping the terrifying consequences of hate-filled rhetoric that threatens to normalise massive discrimination [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council urges ‘comprehensive response’ to piracy off Somali coast

08 november 2017 - 05:33:40
New York, USA (PANA) – Condemning the acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Kidnapped Nigerian broadcaster regains freedom

20 march 2014 - 15:05:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian broadcaster who was kidnapped by gunmen in the oil city of Port Harcourt last [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Journalist's kidnappers demand 10 million Naira

14 march 2014 - 11:33:24
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The gunmen who abducted a radio journalist in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt Thursday have [...] Full text...

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Nigerian president moves to resolve management crisis at anti-grant agency

29 november 2011 - 14:58:17
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday asked a member of the Board of the anti-graft agency, the [...] Full text...

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Abuja, Teheran face-off over imported weapons, reported in Nigeria

13 november 2010 - 09:27:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Developments on the 13 containers of weapons imported recently into Nigeria, labour's three-day warning strike, which [...] Full text...

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Tanzanians re-elect President Kikwete for second five-year term

05 november 2010 - 16:27:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete was Friday decl ared winner of the presidential election held [...] Full text...

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UN members back plans to boost peacebuilding work

30 october 2010 - 14:55:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN member states have reaffirmed the importance of activit ies by the organisation to help [...] Full text...

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UN happy with new date for Guinea's run-off presidential polls

29 october 2010 - 14:55:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations envoy for West Africa, Said Djinnit on Friday welcome the decision by [...] Full text...

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UN Foundation Board in Ghana to see progress on MDGs

20 october 2010 - 23:54:00
Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The United Nations Foundation Board of Directors, includin g Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and UN [...] Full text...

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UN tasks member states on annual financial obligations

15 october 2010 - 18:34:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN on Friday said only 13 of the 192 member states of the organization [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council extends mandate of panel on Darfur sanctions

15 october 2010 - 14:55:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Security Council has extended, by one year, the man date of the panel [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges more ties between Africa, Arab states

11 october 2010 - 23:54:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed the need for more cooperation between African and Arab [...] Full text...

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US donates US$ 16m to flood-hit Pakistani farmers

23 september 2010 - 18:19:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The United States Agency for International Development ( USAID) is to provide FAO with US$ 16 [...] Full text...

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UN launches action plan against human trafficking

31 august 2010 - 20:34:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN on Tuesday launched a global action plan to combat human trafficking, with senior [...] Full text...

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Darfur peacekeepers seized at gunpoint

14 august 2010 - 15:35:00
Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Two police advisors with the African Union - United Nat ions Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were [...] Full text...

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UN creates new agency for women empowerment

02 july 2010 - 20:21:00
New York- US (PANA) -- In an historic move, the UN General Assembly voted unanimo usly on Friday to create [...] Full text...

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Corporate executives endorse UN-led gender equality initiative

22 june 2010 - 07:04:00
New York- US (PANA) -- Nearly 40 chief executive officers representing companies from across the world on Monday endorsed a [...] Full text...

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World Environment Day: UN sounds alarm on biodiversity

05 june 2010 - 12:55:00
New York- US (PANA) -- As millions around the globe celebrate the World Environme nt Day on Saturday, United Nations [...] Full text...

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Ban wants support for Africa's progress

25 may 2010 - 16:08:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged the inte rnational community to step up efforts [...] Full text...

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West, Central Africa hold annual port management meeting

11 may 2010 - 22:50:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The annual council meeting of the Port Management Associ ation of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA) [...] Full text...

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AU, UN and Sudanese govt discuss protection of UNAMID personnel

10 may 2010 - 09:26:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Officials from the African Union (AU), the Unit ed Nations (UN) and the Sudanese [...] Full text...

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Social media initiative supports Africa to combat malaria

23 april 2010 - 10:19:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The US Fund for UNICEF has announced that, in c ommemoration of World Malaria [...] Full text...

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FAO steps up aid to drought-hit Sahel pastoralists

22 april 2010 - 07:35:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said it is stepping up aid [...] Full text...

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Nigeria records 1,000 new HIV infections daily, says UNAIDS

26 february 2010 - 07:52:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has said that Nigeria records at least 1,000 [...] Full text...

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UN aid official says civilians targeted in Mogadishu fighting

16 february 2010 - 14:49:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- UNâ?s top relief official for Somalia, Mark Bowden, sai d Monday that civilians appeared to have [...] Full text...

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UN chief sends top â~fix itâ? envoy to Sudan

07 february 2010 - 16:59:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has deployed an outstanding Eritrean diplomat, Haile Menkerios, as the new [...] Full text...

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Nigeriaâ?s top diplomat takes control of UNAMID

22 january 2010 - 21:16:00
El Fasher- Sudan (PANA) â" The new head of the African Union--United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Ibrahim Gambari, arrived [...] Full text...

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UN climate boss urges nations to address areas of dispute

21 january 2010 - 08:27:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (U NFCCC) executive secretary Yvo de Boer has urged [...] Full text...

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UN sanctions Eritrea over Somalia role

24 december 2009 - 20:35:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The United Nations Security Council Wednesday san ctioned Eritrea for its role in backing opponents [...] Full text...

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UN sanctions Eritrea over Somalia role

24 december 2009 - 12:33:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The United Nations Security Council Wednesday sanctioned Eritrea for its role in backing opponents of [...] Full text...

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World leaders to unlock differences over global climate deal

18 december 2009 - 16:22:00
Copenhagen- Denmark (PANA) -- World leaders meeting in the Danish capital, Copenh agen, are locked up in a meeting to [...] Full text...

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'Africa peacekeeping raises UNâ?s carbon emissions'

15 december 2009 - 12:41:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The UN said Tuesday it had launched a programme t argeting huge carbon dioxide emission [...] Full text...

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Climate change talks enter final week

14 december 2009 - 10:21:00
Copenhagen- Denmark (PANA) â" As the UN Climate Ch-ange Conference in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, entered its second and final [...] Full text...

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G77 + China urge US to join the Kyoto Protocol

09 december 2009 - 14:11:00
Copenhagen- Denmark (PANA) -- As the climate change negotiations become intense h ere, the G77 nations and China on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Nigerians pray for sick Yar'Adua, political coalition wants him to resign

02 december 2009 - 14:51:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Anxiety over the Presidentâ?s health mounted Tuesday wi th a political coalition asking him to consider [...] Full text...

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Spain moves to ease hunger in Horn of Africa

19 november 2009 - 15:25:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Spain has taken the lead on World Food Programmeâ?s (WF P) appeal for funds to tackle [...] Full text...

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African leaders meet on common position ahead of Copenhagen Summit

16 november 2009 - 18:48:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African leaders meet in the Ethiopian capital, Ad dis Ababa, Tuesday, to agree on a [...] Full text...

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UNAMID worried over harassment of peacekeepers in Darfur

09 november 2009 - 18:44:00
Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNA MID) on Monday called on the Sudan Liberation [...] Full text...

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Kenya's outlawed militia spokesman shot dead

05 november 2009 - 17:00:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The spokesman of Kenya's outlawed militia, Mungiki, Njug una Gitau, was shot dead in Nairobi on [...] Full text...

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Renewed cholera outbreak kills five in Zimbabwe

20 october 2009 - 09:57:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Health authorities in Zimbabwe said Tuesday a renewed outbreak of cholera had killed five people in [...] Full text...

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Climate talks: Negotiators tasked ahead of Copenhagen

09 october 2009 - 08:46:00
Bangkok- Thailand (PANA) -- Negotiators for a climate deal expected to be sealed in Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday have been urged [...] Full text...

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Africa seeks share of global military budget to fight illiteracy

14 september 2009 - 14:29:00
Mombasa- Kenya (PANA) -- African education ministers kicked off a three-day meeti ng in Kenyaâ?s seaside resort of Mombasa Monday [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia's Meles talks tough on new climate change treaty

04 september 2009 - 11:07:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African nations will not rubber-stamp a new clima te change treaty to replace the Kyoto [...] Full text...

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UN marks maiden World Humanitarian Day

19 august 2009 - 08:59:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The United Nations was Wednesday (19Aug) marking the fir st World Humanitarian Day, to honour workers [...] Full text...

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Togo opens 'hot line' for reporting violence against children

15 january 2009 - 16:05:00
Lome- Togo (PANA) -- A hotline, called "Hello 111" to announce violence on Togole se children, was officially launched here [...] Full text...

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