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PanaPress

Logo: PanaPress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

African news agency

PanaPress or Pana or PanAfrican News Agency is an African news agency. It has its headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. It was founded on 20 July 1979 in Addis Ababa by the OAU and was relaunched by UNESCO in February 1993.2 It was founded by Organisation of African Unity.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Jul 20, 1979Founded1

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PanaPress or Pana or PanAfrican News Agency is an African news agency. It has its headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. It was founded on 20 July 1979 in Addis Ababa by the OAU and was relaunched by UNESCO in February 1993. It provides news in English, French, Portuguese, and Arabic. PanaPress works in collaboration with UNESCO.2

The story

Founded by Organisation of African Unity on Jul 20, 1979, in Addis Ababa.1

It was founded on 20 July 1979 in Addis Ababa, with the adoption of a convention by African Ministers of Information. PANA took over the activities of the Union des agences d'informations Africaines, which had been set up in April 1963 in Tunis.

PANA was officially inaugurated and commenced news agency activities on 25 May 1983. PANA is a specialised agency of the OAU and has its headquarters in Dakar, Senegal, with regional offices in Khartoum, Sudan; Lusaka, Zambia; Kinshasa, DR Congo; Lagos, Nigeria; and Tripoli, Libya.

From Wikipedia’s article on PanaPress, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. Jul 20, 1979Founded Founded in Addis Ababa1

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