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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of what has become one of the famous speeches of all time. On 20 April,1964, a young lawyer named Nelson Mandela delivered a three-hour speech in a Pretoria courtroom during … Read More
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Dr. Carlos Lopes, has called on African countries to follow the example of China in their development programmes. “It is important to keep the spirit of … Read More
Luanda, Angola (PANA) – African Health Ministers have rounded off a two-day meeting in Luanda with an agreement to establish the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention to avert the high death and sickness associated with severe public health … Read More
