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Warning issued for tropical cyclone in Mauritius

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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Meteorological Service Tuesday issued a cyclone warning class I for the country, as tropical cyclone Bejisa approaches the island. Bejisa, centred in latitude 13.2 degrees south and longitude 53.3 degrees east, is about 900 … Read More

Benin to invest 134bn FCFA in road infrastructure in 2014

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin will invest more than 134 billion FCFA (US$280.7million) on several road infrastructure projects, covering 234.19 km, in 2014, PANA reported from here Sunday. Benin invested about 327 billion FCAF (US$685 million) in road infrastructure in … Read More

Le Bénin va consacrer plus de 134 milliards FCFA aux routes en 2014

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Cotonou, Bénin (PANA) – Le Bénin envisage de consacrer en 2014, environ 134 milliards FCfa à la réalisation des infrastructures routières, dans le cadre de plusieurs projets pour un linéaire de 234,19 km, a-t-on appris ce dimanche de sources officielles … Read More

An Undocumented Immigrant Reflects on 2013: No Immigration Reform, But the Movement Keep Building

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Community organizer Cesar Juarez Immigrant rights groups gave a good fight, but immigration reform didn’t happen this year. There’s nothing surprising about immigration reform not passing because House Republicans repeatedly stated their intent to block it. We won various victories … Read More

Nigeria: Party merger, defections reshape political landscape in 2013

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Chief Adebisi Akande, chairman of the All Progressives Congress Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian political scene this year witnessed undoubtedly its biggest transformation since the advent of the current democratic dispensation in 1999, with the merger of political parties, defections … Read More

Mauritanian Diaspora forum kicks off in Nouakchott

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz presided over the opening ceremony of the Diaspora Forum being held Sunday in Nouakchott. The meeting, organized by the National Agency for Project Monitoring, ANESP, is attended by 200 Mauritanian … Read More

UN chief welcomes South Sudan’s mediation efforts

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New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the appointment of a mediation team to work with government of South Sudan and the opposition to reach a ceasefire in the current conflict, which has taken a heavy … Read More

The Piano Lesson big winner at 41st Annual Vivian Robinson

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1 2 … 10 ► By Isseu Diouf-Campbell AUDELCO (Audience Development Committee, Inc.) hosted its 41st Annual Vivian Robinson/AUDELCO Awards honoring the crème de la crème of black film and theatre on September 25, 2013 at Symphony space in Manhattan. … Read More

Immigration reform 2013: Can Boehner or Obama get comprehensive bill passed

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Immigration reforms in the US are not heading anywhere. For the last several months immigration reform advocates and more than 11 million undocumented immigrants are hoping that the comprehensive bill is passed and that undocumented immigrants are given citizenship. But … Read More

Nigerian airline passenger regains missing US$ 8,500

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PANA Lagos, Nigeria – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has returned US$ 8,500 cash, belonging to Mrs. Titilayo Onabokun, which she misplaced at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on her way to the United States. Mr. Yakubu … Read More

Black leaders pay homage to Nelson Mandela at the Riverside Church

By Isseu Diouf Campbell  Several leaders including Ambassador of South Africa to the U.N. Kingsley Mamabolo, Consul General George Monyemangene, former Mayor David N. Dinkins, Imam Al-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur Rashid, Rev. Calvin Butts and the Rev. Al Sharpton converged to … Read More

South Africans in New York pray for Nelson Mandela

By Isseu Diouf Campbell  The South African community in New York mourned Nelson Mandela with songs and dance during a prayer service hosted by the Imbizo Host Committee and Senator Bill Perkins Office on Sunday, December 8, 2013 at the … Read More

Maya Angelou pays tribute to Nelson Mandela

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New award for African journalists announced

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PANA Dakar, Senegal – A South African financial services group, Sanlam, Thursday announced a new award for African journalists, the company revealed in a statement. According to the statement, the ”Sanlam Award” is meant to celebrate journalists’ role in the … Read More

Remains of late Congolese singer to be repatriated from Brussels Saturday

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Rochereau Tabu Ley PANA Brussels, Belgium – The body of the Congolese world-renowned singer Rochereau Tabu Ley will be repatriated to the Democratic Republic of Congo Saturday, according to the funeral programme issued by his family in Brussels. The family … Read More

Deepest Sea Port in West Africa to be built in Lagos

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Information Minister Labaran Maku PANA Lagos, Nigeria – The Nigerian government has approved the construction of what will become the deepest Deep Sea Port in West Africa with a depth of 300 metres at the cost of US$1.354 billion. The … Read More

‘Banda not barred from entering EU’

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President Joyce Banda PANA Blantyre, Malawi – The European Union (EU) delegation in Lilongwe and the Malawi mission to the EU in Brussels have denied reports that President Joyce Banda cancelled her trip to Brussels last week because she was … Read More

Botswana remains least corrupt nation in Africa, Somalia most corrupt

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PANA Lagos, Nigeria – Botswana leads the list of the 10 least corrupt nations in Africa while Somalia remains at the top of the continent’s most corrupt, according to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 released Tuesday by the global anti-corruption … Read More

Kenya court blocks president-appointed probe team

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PANA Nairobi, Kenya – A Kenyan High Court has barred a tribunal appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta to investigate six Judicial Service Commissioners from commencing its probe. High Court judge George Odunga also directed the six commissioners to remain in … Read More

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