Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso national television director Ouezzin Louis Oulon was on Friday sentenced to six months imprisonment and fined 150,000 CFA francs in a fraud case related to contest for civil service recruitment, sources said. The … Read More
New York, US (PANA) – African leaders who addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York called for the reform of the UN Security Council. Angola, Cape Verde and Lesotho said the reforms were necessary to meet up with … Read More
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The leaders of the recent coup d’Etat in Burkina Faso, have been charged to court and slammed with 11-count charge each. The leaders are Gen. Gilbert Diendere and the former head of diplomacy in the … Read More
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – The US has expressed concern at the plan by Congolese President Denis Sassou N’Guesso to amend his country’s constitution to allow him to run for a third term. Ahead of next year’s presidential elections, the … Read More
New York, UN (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the international community to strengthen the mechanism aimed at dismantling safe havens for proceeds of corruption. President Buhari made the call in his address at the 70th General … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s city of Cape Town was on Wednesday marking the birthday of its most famous resident. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who has been a moral beacon for the entire continent for many years, … Read More
Alego, Kenya (PANA) – The residents of K’Ogelo (the ancestral home of the Obama family) in Alego village of Siaya Country in Western Kenya, who gained worldwide fame following the election of Barack Obama as US President, hardly hide their … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his administration would trace the accounts of individuals who stashed away ill-gotten oil money, freeze and recover the loot and prosecute the culprits. President Buhari made the vow Tuesday … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is recovering at his Cape Town home after being discharged from a city hospital on Tuesday. The 83-year-old Nobel peace laureate, who has been treated for the past week … Read More
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Ivorian and Congolese presidents on Tuesday in Brazzaville urged African countries to invest more in the digital sector. Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire and Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo were speaking at the opening of … Read More
London, United Kingdom (PANA) – Using malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) in registered drug shops in a highly endemic region in Uganda substantially reduced over diagnosis of malaria, improving the use of valuable malaria drugs, according to a new study. … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former president Nelson Mandela’s gravesite at Qunu in South Africa’s Eastern Cape will eventually be opened up to the public in the future, his eldest grandchild Ndileka Mandela confirmed Monday. He, however, said “certain … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday for an international conference geared towards establishing a global fund to support health programmes for women and children. The conference, which will also be attended by … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a new initiative to help developing countries bolster domestic revenues by strengthening their tax audit capacities. The initiative … Read More
Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment and Sustainable Development Minister Raj Dayal said Monday that climate change is threatening the island nation’s capacity to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking at an inception workshop on the formulation of Intended … Read More
Africa-Afrique (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will visit the US on July 20, to hold bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama in Washington DC. The visit will underscore the US longstanding friendship with Nigeria, the commitment to strengthening and expanding US … Read More
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Security is very tight across Burundi as the controversial legislative polls opened Monday. Ahead of the elections, at least three persons were killed in gun and grenade attacks over the weekend in some of the areas … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government confirmed on Monday that it will appeal the recent North Gauteng High Court ruling over Sudanese President Omar Bashir. “The reasons for the appeal will be contained in the affidavit … Read More
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari assured Tuesday the nation that all public funds stolen by government officials would be recovered, and that the days of impunity, lack of accountability and fiscal recklessness in the management of national … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The National Assembly of Senegal ratified on Thursday a bill relating to the Memorandum of Understanding of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the fight against corruption. The protocol was adopted on December … Read More
