Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Senegal and Nigeria are to be declared Ebola-free in a few days’ time if certain conditions are met, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO said in a dispatch from its headquarters that if the … Read More
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) – Greater cooperation between African nations has laid the groundwork for the continent to determine its own development models and priorities, King Mohamed VI of Morocco has said in a message to the 9th Africa Development Forum … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a dramatic development in Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s legal challenge against the estate of Nelson Mandela, her defence is claiming that her divorce from the former world statesman was fraudulently obtained. Court documents which have … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – An African Union (AU) official has filed a complaint against Mauritius for harassment and deportation, following his ordeal during a recent trip to Port Louis, the Mauritian capital. The top AU Commission Departmental Planning Expert, … Read More
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – The mother of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo died Wednesday while returning from exile in Ghana. Mrs. Marguerite Gado, who is over 90, was in a critical situation in Ghana, where she has lived for … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanians were on public holiday Tuesday to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the passing of the East African nation’s founding father, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere. Since 1999 when Nyerere died aged 77 at Saint … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -Kenya’s iconic historian and a global intellectual maverick, Prof. Ali Mazrui, who wrote the late Wangari Maathai’s 2004 testimonial for the Nobel Peace Prize, has died at 81, his family said Monday. The man, known for his … Read More
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – As the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Sierra Leone continues to accelerate, community Ebola care units are being established in the worst-hit areas of the country to shorten waiting times and provide care closer to … Read More
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – Although Malawi’s law does not specify that only lawyers should head the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau, having a legal mind at the corruption-busting body would be ideal, top Malawian legal activist Justin Dzonzi said. Dzonzi, executive director … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) is deploying a team of election observers to the October 15 Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Mozambique. The AU Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said on Monday that the AU approved the deployment … Read More
President Rupiah Banda Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Former Zambia Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Andrew Sakala was sentenced Friday by a Lusaka magistrate court to five years imprisonment, with hard labour, for theft of 1.5 million Kwacha (approximately US$ 250,000) … 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
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – George Luca, who was accused of one of South Africa’s most high-profile murders, has been extradited back to the country after several years on the run. Luca, who fled from South Africa shortly after … Read More
Cotonou, Bénin (PANA) – Le Bénin envisage de consacrer en 2014, environ 134 milliards FCfa à la réalisation des infrastructures routières, dans le cadre de plusieurs projets pour un linéaire de 234,19 km, a-t-on appris ce dimanche de sources officielles … Read More
PANA Addis-Abeba, Ethiopie – 20 ans après la conférence internationale du Caire (Egypte) sur la population et le développement (CIPD), l’Afrique évalue le chemin parcouru dans la mise en œuvre du programme d’action de cette rencontre qui a relancé les donnes … Read More
PANA Conakry, Guinée – La Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI) de Guinée, a mis en garde, lundi soir contre toute proclamation “de résultats fantaisistes” en cours dans des états-majors politiques, notamment ceux des ténors des partis d’opposition qui crient à … Read More
PANA Bamako, Mali – Le président malien, Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, a quitté Bamako lundi pour New York, aux Etats Unis, où il participera à l’Assemblée générale annuelle de l’Organisation des Nations unies (ONU), a appris la PANA de source officielle. … Read More
PANA Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Le président malien Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita a réitéré ce dimanche son engagement à reconstruire l’armée malienne, à la mettre dans les conditions dignes d’une armée républicaine, pour que “plus jamais ne se reproduise cette tragédie … Read More
PANA Papeete, Tahïti – Grâce à un but de dernière minute de Babacar Fall, le Sénégal, champion d’Afrique en titre, a battu l’Ukraine (5-4) mercredi pour son premier match de la Coupe du monde de football de plage ou Beach … Read More
Par PANA Lagos, Nigeria – L’Agence nationale nigériane de lutte contre les stupéfiants (National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA) pourrait sanctionner les 14 compagnies aériennes suspectées avoir été fréquentées entre janvier et juin par les trafiquants de drogues pour passer … Read More
