President of Botswana Ian Khama Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana has told the US Government to keep a distance from its internal affairs or follow protocol in registering concerns. The development comes after the American government condemned the arrest and detention … Read More
Oscar Pistorius Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Judge Thokozile Masipa granted Oscar Pistorius on Friday afternoon extended bail while he awaits sentencing, on October 13, for his culpable homicide conviction. Judge Masipa said that the State had failed to prove their claim … Read More
Akinwumi Adesina Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The failure to rapidly grow the agricultural sector in Africa has been caused by weak and old-fashioned policies favouring state-run companies in the supply of agricultural produce, ministers said last week. Nigerian agriculture … Read More
Prof. Fred Segor Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Kenya is committed to meeting the African Union (AU) pledges to rapidly industrialise agriculture through the revival of collapsed agricultural corporations in an effort to boost livestock farming amongst the country’s pastoralists. … Read More
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Visually-impaired voters in Botswana have applauded the country’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) for developing the country’s first Braille ballot paper. Botswana’s public media reported that IEC has launched the Braille ballot paper in collaboration with the … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said Monday that border closures and the suspension of flights to Ebola-affected countries in West Africa worsened the impact of the disease on the local populations than the … Read More
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – Over half a billion Malawi Kwacha (about US$1.25 million) was recovered in the wee hours last Thursday after a gang of smartly-dressed robbers burst into one of the major banks in the northern city of Mzuzu. … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma will travel to Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, on Tuesday to try to end the impasse between political leaders after Prime Minister Tom Thabane accused renegade army general Tlali Kamoli of … Read More
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita will lead his country’s delegation at the World Economic Forum 2014 to be held September 10-12 in the Chinese city of Tianjin, official sources said Wednesday. According to the same sources, the … Read More
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
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Ivorian National Security Council (CNS) has decided to open humanitarian, economic and health corridors with neighbouring countries affected by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the Council has announced. The decision was taken at an … 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
