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Title:Freeing the Pan-African News Agency
Author:Cavanagh, Kevin
Year:1989
Periodical:Journal of Modern African Studies
Volume:27
Issue:2
Pages:353-365
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:press
news agencies
Literature, Mass Media and the Press
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/160856
Abstract:The Pan-African News Agency (PANA) emerged during the 'New World Information and Communications Order' fracas, which in the late 1970s to mid-1980s almost tore apart the UNESCO. The 'new order' meant that the OAU had the means to fulfil a longtime dream, because the inaugural 1963 assembly in Addis Ababa had called for 'the creation of an African News Agency'. In 1979 the OAU ratified the terms creating the organization. Finally, in May 1983, PANA became a functional news agency. A central theme of its mandate was to correct 'the distorted picture of Africa, its countries and peoples resulting from partial and negative information published by foreign press agencies'. After years of constant struggle, PANA appears barely closer to commanding respect and economic stability today than when it issued its first bulletin in 1983. Ref.
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