Photo: Luke Vargas/TRNS PANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned the holding of a unilateral referendum in the disputed Abyei region between the republics of Sudan and South Sudan, warning that the act can only … Read More
Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir, President of Sudan and Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan; Photo: UN PANA Khartoum, Sudan – President Omar Al-Bashir announced here Monday that the next presidential elections in Sudan will take place … Read More
Somali artist Affey with his painting ‘Empty Suit’, representing diaspora politicians; Photo: Voice of America Gabe Joselo, Voice of America MOGADISHU — After years working in the shadow of war, Somalia’s artists are stepping back out into public view and … Read More
Photo: World Health Organization PANA Accra, Ghana – Ghana is to start a pilot project next year to vaccinate adolescent girls against cervical cancer to stem its spread, President John Dramani Mahama announced on Saturday. The government will also establish … Read More
Photo: Voice of America Gabe Joselow, Voice of America NAIROBI, KENYA — From games to mobile payment systems, entrepreneurs from across Africa are getting together in Nairobi, Kenya, to pitch their high-tech innovations to potential investors and partners. Some of … Read More
Photo: Michigan State University Today PANA New York, US – The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, Ms. Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, has warned that a growing number of people are exploited and compelled by need or by force to … Read More
Photo: http://semredcrossyouth.org PANA Quatre Bornes, Mauritius – On Saturday, the Mauritian Health Ministry launched the ‘Health Screening and Counselling services at your doorstep Programme’, taking screening and counselling services further closer to the population, PANA reported from here. Under the … Read More
Gambian youth participants in Tostan’s Community Empowerment Program, Photo: tostan.blogspot.com PANA Banjul, Gambia – Concerned by the worsening cases of human rights violations in West Africa in general and The Gambia in particular, two international human rights campaigners have raised … Read More
Photo: whiotv PANA New York, US – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced happiness with the “generally peaceful” conduct of the first round of presidential elections in Madagascar, “after the political impasses of the recent past”. PANA in New York, … Read More
Photo: evwind PANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia– Ethiopia will Saturday launch what it claims to be Africa’s largest wind farm for power generation at Ashegoda, 18 km from Mekelle, the northern Tigray regional capital. Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) said here … Read More
Photo: voanews PANA Lagos, Nigeria- A renewed appeal has gone out from participants in a roundtable at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, US, to stop illicit financial flows (IFF) from Africa, which is depriving the continent of almost US$ … Read More
Photo: energydz The Christian Science Monitor’s David J. Unger Is oil a blessing or a curse? That question will ripple across many African nations in the coming decade as technology and geology converge to unlock billions of barrels of oil … Read More
Photo: Entrance of the Apartheid Museum © Global Brief The Guardian’s Azad Essa In his final address to the African National Congress (ANC) in 1997, Nelson Mandela stunned the western world by attacking white privilege – that enduring postcolonial swear … Read More
Photo: rt.com PANA Tripoli, Libya– On the occasion of the second anniversary of the ‘liberation of Libya’ from the late Mouammar Kadhafi, the US government has reassured Libyans of continued assistance. The assurance was given here Thursday by American Ambassador … Read More
Photo: Kevin Frayer/Associated Press/em> PANA Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire- More than 7.5 million Ivorian children, aged 0-5 years, will be vaccinated against polio when the third round of the nation’s national immunization programme begins on Friday, according to health officials here … Read More
Photo: ddr.tv PANA The Weinstein Company (TWC), backers of the film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, and the Nelson Mandela Foundation are to join forces to introduce Nelson Mandela and the story of South Africa’s transition to democracy to a … Read More
Photo: New Seasons Youth Program PANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia– The African Union (AU) headquarters will host a high-profile workshop to mobilise the private sector, governments, civil society, regional economic communities and pan-African stakeholders to ponder Africa as a company, it … Read More
Photo: Premium Times, Talatu Usman PANA Lagos, Nigeria – The Nigerian government has renewed its energy partnership agreement with Germany to boost bilateral relations between the two countries and address the African nation’s power deficit, the local media reported Wednesday. … Read More
Photo: Huffington Post PANA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia- The Third Annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-III) kicked off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday against a background of growing sense of urgency to respond to the impacts of … Read More
South African President Jacob Zuma, Photo: Huffington Post PANA Cape Town, South Africa- South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has talked himself into trouble after casting a slur on the continent by saying that Johannesburg residents should not ”think like Africans … Read More
