King Lestie III of Lesotho-Photo AWDC PANA Washington, DC, US- The US has congratulated Lesotho on the 47th anniversary of the African nation’s independence being marked Friday 4 Oct., assuring that both nations will continue to build on their strong … Read More
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon – Photo: UN PANA New York, US – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for the implementation of measures that protect the rights of millions of migrants as well as recognise their contributions to society. Ban … Read More
PANA Lagos, Nigeria – Only six of the 20 passengers and crew aboard the local Associated Airlines’ Embraer 120 plane that crashed in Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos on Thursday survived, according to Usman Muktar, a Commissioner with the country’s … Read More
PANA Tripoli, Libya – At least 82 persons, mainly Somali migrants including women and children, were reported dead when the boat they were sailing on sank Thursday off Italy, quoting the Vatican Radio. The radio said 150 other passengers survived … Read More
Mohamed Ould Maouloud, head of the opposition delegation PANA Nouakchott, Mauritania – The political dialogue in Mauritania between the ruling party and the umbrella Coordination of Democratic Opposition (COD) was deadlocked Wednesday as the two sides failed to reach a consensus … Read More
President Jacob Zuma – Photo UN PANA Cape Town, South Africa – President Jacob Zuma has returned home to South Africa after concluding his working visit to Senegal on Wednesday. “We have achieved our goal and a lot has been … Read More
Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam PANA Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – The biggest names in the food and drink industry are not doing enough to stop land grabs and conflicts in their supply chains, said international agency Oxfam in … Read More
PANA Tripoli, Libya – A Libyan army officer, Mohamed al-Soussi, was shot dead Tuesday by a young Russian girl in Suuk al-Jommaa, Tripoli, the local media reported, quoting security sources. “The army officer was with his mother when he was … Read More
Kadré Désiré Ouedraogo, President of the Ecowas Commission PANA Abuja, Nigeria – The ECOWAS Council of Ministers has recommended that the new five-band regional Common External Tariff (CET) become operational on 1 Jan. 2015. Rounding off their extraordinary session Monday in … Read More
PANA Abuja, Nigeria – Nigeria has formally handed over its power generating firms to the private investors who won the bid for the companies as part of the privatisation of the key power sector in the country. PANA reports that … Read More
President Jacob Zuma PANA Cape Town, South Africa – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma Tuesday arrived in Dakar, for a two-day State visit to Senegal, the first by a South African Head of State. President Zuma, who is scheduled to … Read More
PANA Tripoli, Libya – Libyan authorities are to grant operating licence to a third mobile telephone company, Libyan local media reported Tuesday, quoting the Telecommunications Minister, Osama Sayata. The minister was quoted as saying that the licence will be granted … Read More
PANA Khartoum, Sudan – Sudan said it had exported over 3 million sheep to Saudi Arabia, earning the African nation US$200 million, the semi-official Sudan media centre Tuesday quoted Sudanese Exporters Union chief Siddiq Haidoob as saying. Sudan’s naturally-grazed sheep … Read More
PANA Johannesburg, South Africa – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Angolan authorities to end violence against street vendors in the capital city of Luanda, allegedly perpetrated by the police during ”removal operations”. The New York-based rights group said the … Read More
PANA Lagos, Nigeria – Nigeria’s tourism and hospitality sector has received a major boost with the opening on Sunday night of the 23-storey Intercontinental Hotel in the economic capital city of Lagos. The hotel is being described as Nigeria’s first … Read More
Guinean women – Photo: IRIN PANA Lagos, Nigeria – Those responsible for the 2009 stadium massacre, rapes, and other abuses by security forces in Guinea have yet to be brought to account four years after the crimes were committed, Human … Read More
South African president Jacob Zuma PANA Tunis, Tunisia – The eighth African Economic Conference, jointly organized each year by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), holds in … Read More
Photo: UN PANA New York, US – Members of the UN Security Council on Friday welcomed the decision by a UN-backed court to uphold the conviction of former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed … Read More
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita PANA New York, US – The new President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, on Friday warned that terrorist and rebel groups chased out of Mali earlier this year now pose a serious threat to peace and stability … Read More
Photo: AP PANA Cape Town, South Africa – The South African who was killed during this weekend’s terrorist attack in Kenya has been identified as James Thomas from Cape Town. The 57-year-old businessman was in Kenya working for EcoVentures International … Read More
