Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Niger is considering the construction of a dry port in Dosso, 140 km east of Niamey, to facilitate the handling of goods, says an official statement made public on Tuesday. According to the government, the construction of … Read More
ibreville, Gabon (PANA) – Gabon’s oil refinery treated 820,000 tonnes of crude oil in 2013 against a target of 1.05 million tonnes, the Managing Director of the company (SOGARA), Pierre Reteno Ndiaye, told journalists in Port-Gentil on Tuesday. He attributed the … Read More
Lake Tanganyika Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The Burundian government has warned that, after 10 January, 2014, all illegal houses and those built without due regards for the town planning regulations, will be demolished. The warning was issued by the Water, Environment, … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The two warring parties in South Sudan on Monday agreed to start substantial talks on two primary issues as of Tuesday, 7 January, according to the chief negotiators of the two sides and regional peace brokers. … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Industry Minister Suleyman al-Faytouri announced on Saturday that the government intends to privatise nine public industries. They include the iron and steel company in Misrata and a soft drinks company in Tripoli. The minister said … Read More
Le Cap, Afrique du Sud (PANA) – Un mois après le décès de l’ex-président de l’Afrique du Sud, Nelson Mandela, l’icône mondiale demeure encore sous les feux de l’actualité au niveau international. Ce week-end, le compte-rendu de la réunion tenue … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Football Association (SAFA) has joined the international football community in mourning the passing away of Mozambican-born and Portugal international football legend Eusebio da Silva Ferreira. The former Benfica star suffered a fatal … 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
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – Cameroonian Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development Minister Hélé Pierre Saturday directed manufacturers, sellers and users of non-biodegradable plastic bags to stop using the product by 31 March 2014. The directive follows the sensitization campaign against … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s city of Cape Town at midnight on New Year’s Eve became the World Design Capital (WDC) 2014 with a magnificent festival and fireworks display that was beamed around the world. The WDC … Read More
President Goodluck Jonathan Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – A Nigerian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has tasked President Goodluck Jonathan to implement a five-point programme against corruption if he is serious about fighting the crime. In apparent response to the President’s promise, in … Read More
New York, US (PANA) – The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has expressed grave concern over mounting evidence of gross human rights abuses in the strife-torn country, including extra-judicial killings of civilians and captured soldiers, massive displacements and arbitrary … Read More
Col. Patrick Karegeya Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The former head of Rwandan military’s external intelligence service has been found strangled in a luxury Johannesburg hotel. Although the South African police have yet to comment on the matter, the … Read More
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – International charity organisation Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said tens of thousands of South Sudanese are living in “catastrophic” conditions and are in need of medical and humanitarian assistance. MSF said in a statement made available … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya’s loss from the shutdown of its oil production and export in the eastern part of the country has reached an estimated US$10 billion, according to Minister of Economy Mustapha Abou Fanas. He said the continuous … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – As the 100-year treaty that led to the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Nigeria Protectorates under the British Colonial rule ends on 1 Jan. 2014, a coalition of ethnic nationalities under the aegis of the … Read More
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Meteorological Service Tuesday issued a cyclone warning class I for the country, as tropical cyclone Bejisa approaches the island. Bejisa, centred in latitude 13.2 degrees south and longitude 53.3 degrees east, is about 900 … Read More
