Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Lesotho’s Prime Minister Tom Thabane, who fled over the weekend, remains in South Africa despite a Pretoria-brokered agreement between feuding parties that paved the way for his return. Thabane, whose Maseru home was surrounded … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Several rockets and other missiles pounded Tuesday the district of Enjila, western Tripoli, leaving several persons dead and injuring many others in a new sign of fresh outbreak of fighting after a few days of calm in … Read More
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Workers at Mauritania’s copper mine in the northern part of the country went Wednesday on strike to press their demands for better living and working conditions, including a 10 percent increase in wages. “This strike is primarily … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has summoned Lesotho’s political leaders for emergency talks, following this weekend’s coup which saw Prime Minister Thomas Thabane fleeing to South Africa amid fears for his safety. Thabane left … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Researchers have called for more concerted efforts to tackle the menace of weeds and the rejuvenation of the weeds science programme in Africa, as a way of tackling the problem affecting cassava farmers. According to a … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Senegalese government is taking necessary measures to check the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country, President Macky Sall stated Monday, assuring that vital medical services have been mobilised to prevent a … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – One of Africa’s leading financial institutions, Ecobank International Incorporated, has donated US$50,000 to the Sierra Leonean Government in support of its efforts to curtail the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), which has killed hundreds … Read More
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Zambian government announced on Friday that it had granted permanent residency permits to 11 former Angolan refugees, marking the start of a process that will lead to 10,000 Angolans allowed to permanently live in the country. … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The first case of the deadly Ebola virus has tested positive in Senegal, the Senegalese Minister of Health, Eva Marie Coll Seck, said on Friday in a news conference. Seck said that a 21-year-old Guinean, a … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma faces a huge crisis in his political career after the country’s Supreme Court of Appeal Thursday ordered that the so-called Zuma “spy tapes” must be released. The Bloemfontein court … Read More
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Burundians and Chinese travelling between the two countries will henceforth get free visa following the signature of an agreement to that effect, the Burundian External Relations and International Cooperation Ministry said in Bujumbura Thursday. On the … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – African Leadership Academy and The MasterCard Foundation announced Tuesday the finalists, two of whom are from Togo and Cote d’Ivoire, for their $75,000 Anzisha Prize for Young Entrepreneurs. According to a statement from the organizers, for the first … Read More
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Zimbabweans living in Botswana now have a new option to send their remittances home, following the entrance of BotswanaPost, a new competitor in the money transfer market. BotswanaPost launched a new money transfer facility Wednesday, as part … Read More
Michael Agbo Idibia, the father of Nigerian singer 2Face Idibia died yesterday after loosing his battle against prostate cancer. Michael Agbo Idibia was 68 years old. Related Images:
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African countries are demanding access to the US$78.8 trillion worth of assets and pension funds to help grow local economies to accelerate the fight against poverty, top UN and AU officials said Thursday. “The African … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Fourteen years after the introduction of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) by the US government to facilitate trade with the continent, a Nigerian business group has frowned at a situation whereby America is dictating … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The ubiquity of mobile phones is providing a new low cost tool for teaching in some of the poorest communities, according to a news update published Thursday by global telecoms industry monitor Pyramid Research. … Read More
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace has described as a mere window dressing the pollution reducing measures so far taken by the South African power utility Eskom. The organization said that following the launch of its campaign … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based sub-regional rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Thursday urged Senegalese Police to respect students’ right to demonstrate. ”We also urge students to act within the law whenever they choose to exercise their … Read More
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Cameroon and Congo are considering a join exploitation of the iron deposits discovered at the border between the two countries, the Cameroonian minister of Mines, Louis-Paul Motaze, said Monday at the end of an audience with … Read More
