Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Carlos Lopes, has called on Africa to determine its own future and take ownership of its development agenda. This was part of Mr Lopes’ presentation … Read More
Africa-Afrique / Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A man who made history by being the recipient of the world’s first male organ transplant has become a father. The 21-year-old unidentified patient, who had his member amputated three years ago … Read More
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has slammed both South Africa and Nigeria at the African Union Summit because they had both voted for a United Nations Security Council Resolution in 2011 which authorised military action against … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has “warmly congratulated” Ameenah Gurib-Fakim on her appointment as the new President of the Republic of Mauritius. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is the first woman to be appointed to the … Read More
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in Munich, Germany, Sunday afternoon to begin a two-day official visit, during which he will participate in the G-7 Outreach programme for invited heads of government and global institutions. President Buhari … Read More
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – There has been robust growth in Internet access and usage over the past few years and Africa is now primed to take advantage of the social and economic opportunities that the Internet can bring to people … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A memorial service was held at Cape Town’s famous Clifton beach last week for 200 African slaves who died on board a Portuguese ship which sank in 1794. The wreck of the São José-Paquete de … Read More
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government, represented by its ministry of foreign affairs, the representatives of the armed movements and those of the international mediation team, led by Algeria, signed on Friday the peace and reconciliation agreement, agreed on … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Two Libyan soldiers, who are taking part in a military training in Great Britain, have been sentenced by a Cambridge Court to 12 years imprisonment for rape on Saturday. Mokhtar Ali Saad Mahmoud, 33, and Ibrahim … Read More
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Amid growing cases of white-collar crimes in the world, there is the need to prosecute those who commit such crimes, which feed into more serious crimes, according to the World President of the Association of Chartered … Read More
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Western Union and Money Gram operators in the Gambia have complained that the government’s decision to fix the exchange rates for the local currency, the Dalasi, is having a negative effect on their business. “We lost … Read More
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The first case of Ebola has been recorded in Italy last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced. ”On May 12, 2015, WHO received notification of a laboratory-confirmed case of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Italy. … Read More
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu is hopeful that Saturday’s African Union (AU) summit, held in Livingstone, southern Zambia, will help in securing Africa a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. President Lungu, who spoke Friday ahead … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has slammed the executors of Nelson Mandela’s estate for associating themselves with “racist and colonialist” view that civil laws are superior to customary laws. This was after Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, … Read More
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Oraganisation (WHO) has declared Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission. A WHO statement obtained by PANA on Saturday said 42 had passed since the last laboratory-confirmed case was buried on 28 March 2015 … Read More
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Three journalists from Botswana’s private media have been arrested for allegedly publishing a story on an ongoing investigation by the country’s anti-corruption law enforcement agency. Botswana’s Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) agents on Thursday … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, parliamentary leader of the official South African opposition Democractic Alliance, on Sunday became the new head of the party. Delegates at the party’s congress in Port Elizabeth voted for the first black … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed shock at the recent wave of tragedies on the Mediterranean sea that has claimed hundreds of lives. Hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, especially West Africa, … Read More
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A young Cameroonian female student who is to be deported from Mauritius because of her HIV-positive status on Friday took the matter to the Supreme Court in a bid to have the decision from the Passport … Read More
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Thousands of demonstrators took Saturday to the streets of Burkina’s capital, Ouagadougou, and the western city of Bobo-Dioulasso to show their support for the electoral code which has banned pro-Compaoré officials from taking part in … Read More
