Former Namibia president Pohamba accepts Mo Ibrahim Prize

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Former Namibia president Hifikepunye Pohamba accepted on Friday the 2014 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership at a special ceremony in the Ghanaian capital, Accra. The Ibrahim Prize, an annual US$5 million award paid over … Read More

A Nigerian wins Anzisha 2015 African youth entrepreneurship prize

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Honeydew, South Africa (PANA) – Nigerian job placement technology entrepreneur, Chris Kwekowe, has won the Anzisha 2015 African youth entrepreneurship prize. Kwekowe, 22, took away the US$25,000 grand prize for youth entrepreneurs. Fabrice Alomo, 22, from Cameroon, was 1st runner-up while … Read More

AU puts Africa’s experts in position to carry out Agenda 2063

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The African Union (AU) is preparing an implementation plan for Agenda 2063, a long-term vision to ensure faster economic growth and industrialization. An expert meeting bringing together senior officials from regional economic blocs ended in Nairobi, with … Read More

Wildlife issues on agenda for upcoming China-Africa presidential summit

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Wildlife and environmental issues will be on the official agenda when Chinese and African heads of state come together from 4-5 December 2015 for the Sixth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit in Johannesburg, South … Read More

Three African countries on world solar energy consumption ranking

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – South Africa, Cape Verde and Mauritius are the top three African countries on the world solar energy consumption ranking this year. According to SolarSuperState, which carried out the ranking, South Africa and Cape Verde reached … Read More

US extends temporary stay visas for Kenyans

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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The U.S. Department of State has extended to Kenyans the validity of Non-Immigrant Visas (NIVs) for temporary stay in the United States. Also to benefit from the extension are students accepted by a Student and Exchange Visitor … Read More

Sierra Leone enters a 90-day period of enhanced surveillance for Ebola

Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Saturday that Ebola virus transmission has been stopped in Sierra Leone. According to WHO, 42 days, that is two Ebola virus incubation cycles, have now passed since the … Read More

MTN CEO Sifiso Dabengwa quits over Nigeria scandal

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The CEO of South African telecoms giant MTN, Sifiso Dabengwa,  announced on Monday his resignation in the wake of the biggest scandal in the company’s history. This after it was slapped with a US$5.2 … Read More

Unlocking Africa’s potential to create wealth from agriculture

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Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – There is an unbelievable contrast today in Africa: How can a continent with such an abundance of arable land, water and sunshine annually import food worth US$35 billion? How can it be that the continent … Read More

Microsoft launches automatic Kiswahili translation service

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Microsoft has unveiled the launch of Kiswahili text translation which is, according to the company, the first African language to be supported by the company’s automatic translation service – Microsoft Translator. According to Microsoft, … Read More

First major private oil refinery ‘begins operation in 2018’ in Nigeria

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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s efforts to end the importation of petroleum products for domestic consumption will get a boost when the country’s first major privately-owned oil refinery begins operation in 2018. According to local media reports, work is progressing … Read More

Tanzanians vote for new President

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Some 23 million voters headed to the polls last Sunday as Tanzania holds what is considered to be the most keenly-contested general elections since its independence 54 years ago. The interest in the elections, … Read More

Burkina national TV director jailed six months for fraud

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

African leaders say UN Security Council must be reformed

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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

Burkina Faso: Coup leaders charged to court in Burkina Faso

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

Congo: Congolese President’s 3rd term scheming worries US

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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

Dismantle safe havens for corruption proceeds, Buhari tells world leaders

posted in: Africa, Afrique, Nigeria

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

South Africa: Archbishop Tutu turns 84

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

Kenya: 10,000 police officers deployed for Obama visit

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Ten thousand police officers will be deployed to provide security during US President Barack Obama’s visit to Kenya, the Nairobi County Police Commander Benson Kibue has said. Obama, an American of Kenyan ancestry, jets in on … Read More

Kenya: K’Ogelo residents unhappy President Obama ‘won’t bring crown home’

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

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