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Cameroon: Trade unionist wants “beer tax” to fund HIV treatment in Cameroon

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Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – Cameroonian trade unionist, René Bernard Ekédi, has asked the government to impose a tax worth 50 FCFA on each bottle of beer sold to fund the struggle against HIV/Aids in the country, indicating that about 12 … Read More

Zambia: Sata instructs Labour minister to address poor salaries for civil servants

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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – President Michael Sata used the occasion of Labour Day, being commemorated under the theme “Zambia at 50; Creating Decent Work and Promotion Socio-Economic Justice for National Development”, to direct Labour Minister Fackson Shamenda to look into … Read More

Two Pan-African organisations discuss ways to strengthen cooperation

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Two prominent Pan-African organisations, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) and the African Union Commission (AUC), have discussed ways to strengthen their cooperation. Towards this end, Executive Secretary of ACBF Emmanuel Nnadozie and the Deputy … Read More

Mauritania: Black leader Ibrahima Moctar Sarr to contest June presidential election

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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Ibrahima Moctar Sarr will contest this year’s presidential election in Mauritania on the ticket of the Alliance for Justice and Democracy/Movement for Reconciliation (AJD/MR), a nationalist black African movement. He was chosen by acclamation at the … Read More

Report warns of looming tobacco epidemic in Africa

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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – There is the urgent need for concerted efforts by all stakeholders to prevent a looming tobacco epidemic in Africa to safeguard the future well being of the continent, according to a report released by the Network … Read More

EAC leaders take first step to political federation

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Leaders of the five-nation East African Community (EAC) took Wednesday a decisive step by directing their Council of Ministers to initiate the process of drafting a constitution for the political federation. According to a communiqué … Read More

Zambia: 4,000 civil servants benefit from loan scheme

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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Zambian government has, through the Public Service Micro-Finance-Company, disbursed K70 Million at 5 percent interest rate, to 4,000 civil servants spread in 74 districts across all the country’s 10 provinces. The available funds for the … Read More

Nigeria, UK review immigration matters

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[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria and United Kingdom met Wednesday in Abuja to review its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on immigration. Among issues discussed were the transfer of jailed persons, visa services between both countries, cooperation on the … Read More

Nigeria: Court stops probe of oil minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, over lease of private jets

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s embattled Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke,  secured, on Monday, a court injunction ordering the Nigerian House of Representatives to discontinue its investigation into how she allegedly paid over 10 billion naira of government funds in … Read More

Senegal, EU sign new fisheries deal

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Brussels, Belgium ( PANA) – Senegal and the European Union have reached a new fisheries agreement, eight years after the expiry of the previous protocol, according to a statement, on Monday, in Brussels. According to the statement of the European … Read More

RwandAir Express starts flight to Cameroon

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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – RwandAir Express airline, which has just acquired the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, has announced the commencement of its flight from the Rwandan capital, Kigali, to Douala, Cameroon. The airline, Rwanda’s flag carrier, said in a statement … Read More

South Africa: Mandela bust unveiled in Parliament

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Jacob Zuma hailed, on Monday, the 20th anniversary of South Africa’s democratic elections and unveiled the bust of global icon, Nelson Mandela, in Parliament, in Cape Town. Performing the ceremony, President Zuma noted that the … Read More

South Africa: South Africa celebrates 20 years of democracy

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Millions of South Africans celebrated, on Sunday, the 20th anniversary of the country’s historic democratic elections which swept Nelson Mandela into power and changed Africa’s political landscape forever. President Jacob Zuma on Sunday marked the occasion … Read More

Tanzania marks 50 years of progressive merger

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanians celebrated, on Saturday, the Golden Jubilee of the union which, 50 years ago, gave the East African nation a new name following the merger of mainland Tanganyika and the offshore Zanzibar Islands, as … Read More

Zambia: High Court sentences Zambia’s music icon, Clifford Dimba, to 18 years for defilement

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Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Lusaka High Court has sentenced Zambia’s well-known musician, Clifford Dimba, popularly known as “General Kanene” to 18 years with hard labour for defiling a 14-year-old school girl. Lusaka High Court Judge, Chalwe Muchenga, in his … Read More

Tsetse fly genome breakthrough brings hope for African farmers

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Rome, Italy (PANA) – Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the bloodsucking tsetse fly, prompting hope that the breakthrough will help future efforts to control one of the most devastating livestock diseases in sub-Saharan Africa spread by the insect. … Read More

South Africa: SA university honours Nigerian author, Okri

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Acclaimed Nigerian author Ben Okri will receive an honorary doctorate at the University of Pretoria’s Autumn Graduation Ceremony in South Africa on Friday, the university said. In addition to the thousands of degrees which … Read More

Mali: 6,650 jobs created in first quarter of 2014

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Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Some 6,650 formal jobs were created in Mali between January and March this year, the Malian minister of Employment and Professional training, Mahamane Baby, said on Wednesday while presenting his quarterly report on employment. Job creation … Read More

Ethiopia: Ethiopia eyes 2,000MW to boost regional electric power trade

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopia is set to conclude the first phase of a national power generation plan with the completion of the 1,850 megawatts plant at the Gibe III dam in time for electricity exports to Kenya, officials … Read More

South Africa: ANC heavyweights to examine damning Zuma report

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) announced on Tuesday that it has named seven of its most experienced MPs to a 12-member Parliamentary ad hoc committee which will examine President Jacob Zuma’s response to … Read More

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