The Tony Elumelu Foundation announced yesterday the launch of a $100 million Pan-African entrepreneurship initiative – The Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme – a multi-year programme of training, funding, and mentoring, designed to empower the next generation of African entrepreneurs. … Read More
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – The Mozambican Parliament has unanimously passed a bill on the right for information, which obliges all public and private media operating in public interest to provide information sought by citizens, official sources said Friday in Maputo. … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – The Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has named the President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia ‘West Africa’s King of Impunity.’ According to the Ghana-based NGO, the title was bestowed upon President Jammeh … Read More
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – Nearly 400 people have been killed in two months of fighting in eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, according to a medical centre in the city. It said 399 had been recorded as dead adding that it … Read More
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian ministry of foreign affairs announced on Friday that it would cancel entry visas into Tunisia for 20 countries, especially in Eastern Europe and Africa. Countries to benefit from the measure include Russia, Czech Republic, … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ministers in charge of immigration and refugees in the Horn of Africa region met Wednesday to discuss a response to the influx of forced returnees from Europe and the Gulf region, which is proving to … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -The hearing in a landmark case challenging the Kenyan government’s right to evict the Ogiek ethnic community, an indigenous minority claiming the right to inhabit the expansive Mau forest, opens here Thursday. The Ogiek land case … Read More
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Two African projects are among the 12 inspiring projects from around the world announced Tuesday by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as winners of the 2014 Lighthouse Activity under the Momentum for … Read More
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisians went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president from among 22 candidates after the withdrawal of five others. Altogether, 27,000 observers were accredited and 65,000 representatives of candidates, deployed to various polling … Read More
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s late President Michael Sata’s widow Dr. Christine Kaseba Sata has filed her nomination papers to contest for the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) presidency to stand in the January 20 presidential elections being held following the … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Good Governance Africa (GGA), a research and advocacy body working to improve governance on the continent, Wednesday released a statement, saying unreliable or insufficient electricity, corruption and difficulty in getting bank loans are the three biggest … Read More
[Paris, France (PANA) – The establishment of a civilian transition in Burkina Faso with the appointment of diplomat Michel Kafando as leader of the country should warn African leaders against the tendency of “president for life”. It also puts an … Read More
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The President of Transition government in Burkina Faso, Michel Kafando, has appointed Lt.-Col. Isaac Zida as transitional Prime Minister, according to a decree issued Wednesday. Zida had assumed control of the government in the wake … Read More
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s former ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has suspended its president, Nevers Mumba, and announced the adoption of former president Rupiah Banda as candidate for the presidential by-election slated for 20 Jan. 2015. MMD National … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – As the first anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s death approaches, a number of initiatives are being planned to commemorate the anti-Apartheid struggle hero. The world statesman died on December 5, 2013 at the age of … Read More
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso’s National Anti-corruption Network (REN-LAC) has called for the freezing of assets of officials of ousted President Blaise Compaoré regime and investigations into “blood crimes” during demonstrations that overthrew him after 27 years in … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Chibok, the village in Nigeria’s North-east Borno State where nearly 300 girls were abducted more than six months ago, has now been captured by the insurgent group Boko Haram that abducted the girls, according to local … Read More
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese company VmK (vou mbou ka – meaning wake up in local language Kituba) announced during a press conference on Friday in Brazzaville, the launch this week of its new smartphone designed by Verone Mankou, … Read More
Brisbane, Australia (PANA) – An open letter, published for the attention of the Group of 20 biggest economies, has called for concrete actions to stop corruption and make the global system more transparent. The letter, jointly written by Transparency International, … Read More
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Algeria’s national carrier Air Algeria is to open new air routes in Africa, particularly in the south of the continent, according to Algeria’s Transport Minister Amar Ghoul. Speaking at the 46th General Assembly of the African … Read More
