Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) – Increasing sexuality education and the availability of Misoprostol pills can help to ensure safe abortion in Africa, according to a health expert, Dr. Nehemiah Kimathi. Dr. Kimathi, the Senior Regional Adviser, Advocacy, and Policy, at the … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – George Luca, who was accused of one of South Africa’s most high-profile murders, has been extradited back to the country after several years on the run. Luca, who fled from South Africa shortly after … Read More
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Divorce cases between couples have been on the rise in Tunisia in the last five years following what officials called “social crisis and disruptions”, according to a study by the Tunisian Women Affairs and Family Ministry. … Read More
Vincente Fox Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Addressing delegates to the international business forum, Build Africa, which ended Friday in Brazzaville, the Congolese capital, the former Mexican president, Vincente Fox, called on Africans to copy China in the construction of infrastructure. … Read More
Thabo Mbeki New York, US (PANA) – UN Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson, and former South African President Thabo Mbeki, have stressed the need for global efforts to address the problem of illicit financial flows from Africa, which have crippled … Read More
Jean-Jacques Bouya Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese Country Planning and Works Minister, Jean-Jacques Bouya, said this week that Africa can create 4.5 million jobs annually with infrastructural development. Speaking at the first international business and investment forum, “Build Africa”, … Read More
Marie-Thérèse Abena Ondoa Yaoundé, Cameroun (PANA) – Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) will be considered an offence in Cameroon, under the country’s penal code currently under review, according to the Cameroonian Minister for Women and Family Promotion, Marie-Thérèse Abena Ondoa. Speaking … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has fined the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch oil firm Shell US$5 billion for the 2011 Bonga oil spill in the country’s oil-producing Niger Delta region, the … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela’s widow Graca Machel has been granted 90 days to decide whether she will waive her right to half of his estate, following the release of the global icon’s will on Monday. This … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Washington, DC, US (PANA) – A delegation of 30 U.S. TechWomen mentors is in Rwanda to collaborate and connect through workshops and visits with local organisations, the US State Department said. An innovative public-private partnership, TechWomen pairs … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The provisional assessment of former South African President Nelson Mandela’s estate has put its worth at about US$4.6 million, according to Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke. Moseneke, who read out the will at a … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Multilateral development organisations have called on the private sector in Africa to join forces with them in ensuring that the revenues from mining are reinvested in people. The call was made by the organisations … Read More
Beatrice Grillo Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – As the deadline for registration comes to a close Monday, 3 February, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have resolved not to register under the NGO Act, charging that the Act of 2009 is retrogressive and that … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African countries should speak with one voice on the basis of a common position in defining the nature of international development cooperation for the next decades, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn said Thursday. Thanking African … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has expressed his country’s gratitude to member countries of the African Union (AU) for standing by the South African people during their struggle for majority rule and the death of … Read More
Biram Oul Dah Ould Abeid Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Anti-slavery campaigner Biram Oul Dah Ould Abeid, has announced his candidacy for the Mauritanian presidential election, scheduled for June. Abeid, the leader of the “Initiative of resurgence and abolitionist movement (IRA)”, … Read More
Carlos Lopes Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African countries now finance a significant share of their infrastructure projects with domestic resources, after such resources accounted for 47 percent of the total amount expended on projects in 2012, Carlos Lopes, Executive … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Huge investments are expected to take place in South Africa over the next five years with the recent arrival of LTE services, as well as the upcoming BRICS and ACE undersea cables, raising the tide … Read More
Mbarka Bouaida Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Mbarka Bouaida summoned the Algerian Ambassador to the ministry’s headquarters in Rabat to express his country’s strong disapproval of the deportation by the Algerian authorities of over 70 Syrian nationals … Read More
Addis, Ababa (Ethiopia) – African leaders gathered in Addis Ababa for their 30-31 Jan. summit are expected to pass a resolution reaffirming their support for the total liberation of Palestine, a top diplomat said in the Ethiopian capital Wednesday. According … Read More
