Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Unless Africa finds an urgent solution to current conflicts in South Sudan and Central African Republic (CAR), the situation in the two countries would have serious implications for peace and security not only to the … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Disturbed by the massive wage bill, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered an external audit on human resource and payroll in the public service after revelation that up to Sh1.8 billion is possibly paid annually to … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A bill reducing rent to a reasonable proportion for both landlords and tenants in Senegal has been promulgated last Thursday by the head of State, Macky Sall. The objective is to contribute to the well being … Read More
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, unveiled on Monday a monument built for the remembrance of Malian soldiers who died during the war with the North-based Islamist armed groups . The monument is located within the Soundiata Keita military … Read More
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – The Cameroonian government will this month begin an aerial geophysical survey of the country, an official source said on Tuesday in Yaoundé. According to the Cameroonian minister of Industry, Mines and Technological Development, Emmanuel Bondé, the … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – One of Africa’s fastest growing financial institutions, Ecobank Transnational Incorporation, and the multinational financial services corporation MasterCard have signed an electronic payment deal which might lead to the bank’s 60% control of the market share in … Read More
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Congolese pharmacists have set up a movement called “SOS Central African Republic” to raise funds to buy drugs for the Central African Republic (CAR), where bloody clashes between Christians and Muslims have left more than 1,000 … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is undefeated as a professional, arrived in South Africa on Wednesday for a week-long visit which will see him promoting the sport in the country. It will be … Read More
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – A nine-member Senegalese delegation has wrapped up a two-day visit to Rwanda to study the progress made by the country in the fight against gender-based violence. During the trip, the delegation, which included police officers and … Read More
Nigeria’s First Lady Patience Jonathan Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Some 27,000 jobs have been created under the Nigerian government’s ”Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria (YOU WIN)” Scheme, which was launched in 2011, according to Nigeria’s First Lady Patience Jonathan. … Read More
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The blockade of illegal export of wood from its shores has paid off in Congo, with the government realizing 6,662 billion FCFA at the end of November last year as taxes from forestry, according to an … Read More
Golden gate of Prophet Muhammad’s tomb in Medina Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerians were observing Tuesday a public holiday in commemoration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad, otherwise known as Eid-el-Maulud. Political and religious leaders used the occasion to extol the … Read More
Alioune Guèye Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Chairman of the network of African UN young leaders (ROJALNU), Malian Alioune Guèye, on Monday called for a better focus on youth employment in Africa’s development policies and programmes. “Africa must reserve better … Read More
Michel Djotodia Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The transitional president of the Central African Republic (CAR), Michel Djotodia, who stepped down two days ago under pressure from the heads of States of the Central African region, arrived late Saturday in Cotonou, … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Diplomatic ties between the world most populous nation, China, and Africa’s largest black nation, Nigeria, entered the next level with the Asian country granting visa waivers to Nigerian diplomats and senior government officials. The privately-owned GUARDIAN … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – More than 500 hundred youth from Africa and the Diaspora will begin a five-day meeting on Monday in Dakar, Senegal, to exchange ideas on the issue of youth unemployment in the UN post-2015 agenda. The debate is … Read More
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – A meeting of ministers in charge of water resources from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia was held Saturday to discuss the recommendations of the international committee of experts on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The dam, which Ethiopia … Read More
New York, US (PANA) – Nigerian scholar, author and journalist Wale Adebanwi’s book on the country’s anti-graft war has been named among the ‘Best Books of 2013 on Africa’ by Foreign Affairs, the leading journal on US foreign policy and … Read More
Madeleine Berre Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – A woman has been elected head of the Gabonese Employers Confederation (GEF), PANA reported from here Saturday. Mrs Madeleine Berre succeeds Henri-Claude Oyima, who has led the Confederation for the past ten years. More … Read More
Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeida Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – A member of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) in Mauritania, Hamdy Ould Lehbous, has denounced the “harassment and detention” of some human rights activists from different … Read More
