Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari called early Sunday Australia, to congratulate Wellington Jighere the first African and Nigerian to emerge World Scrabble Champion. Wellington Jighere, 36, defeated Lewis Mackay of Cambridge, England, by 448 points to 426 … Read More
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Saturday that Ebola virus transmission has been stopped in Sierra Leone. According to WHO, 42 days, that is two Ebola virus incubation cycles, have now passed since the … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The CEO of South African telecoms giant MTN, Sifiso Dabengwa, announced on Monday his resignation in the wake of the biggest scandal in the company’s history. This after it was slapped with a US$5.2 … Read More
Sembene!, the story of the “father of African cinema,”, told by a close friend and autobiographer Samba Gadjigo opens today in New York at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene, a self-taught novelist and filmmaker fought against enormous odds … Read More
The Northern Manhattan Borough President’s Office, in partnership with the NYS Department of Business and Licensing Services, is hosting on October 27, 2015 at 6 PM, a free licensing workshop for African hair braiders. The goal is to help African … Read More
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – There is an unbelievable contrast today in Africa: How can a continent with such an abundance of arable land, water and sunshine annually import food worth US$35 billion? How can it be that the continent … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Microsoft has unveiled the launch of Kiswahili text translation which is, according to the company, the first African language to be supported by the company’s automatic translation service – Microsoft Translator. According to Microsoft, … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s efforts to end the importation of petroleum products for domestic consumption will get a boost when the country’s first major privately-owned oil refinery begins operation in 2018. According to local media reports, work is progressing … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Some 23 million voters headed to the polls last Sunday as Tanzania holds what is considered to be the most keenly-contested general elections since its independence 54 years ago. The interest in the elections, … Read More
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso national television director Ouezzin Louis Oulon was on Friday sentenced to six months imprisonment and fined 150,000 CFA francs in a fraud case related to contest for civil service recruitment, sources said. The … Read More
Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer is hosting on October 15, 2015, an informative session on how to complete and submit Citizenship and Naturalization documentation to USCIS at her Northern Manhattan Office located at 431 West 125th Street from 4 … Read More
Families residing in New York and interested in Gifted and Talented programs can submit a request for testing from October 7 to November 9, 2015. Students entering kindergarten, first, second or third grade can submit a mandatory request either on … Read More
New York, US (PANA) – African leaders who addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York called for the reform of the UN Security Council. Angola, Cape Verde and Lesotho said the reforms were necessary to meet up with … Read More
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The leaders of the recent coup d’Etat in Burkina Faso, have been charged to court and slammed with 11-count charge each. The leaders are Gen. Gilbert Diendere and the former head of diplomacy in the … Read More
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – The US has expressed concern at the plan by Congolese President Denis Sassou N’Guesso to amend his country’s constitution to allow him to run for a third term. Ahead of next year’s presidential elections, the … Read More
New York, UN (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the international community to strengthen the mechanism aimed at dismantling safe havens for proceeds of corruption. President Buhari made the call in his address at the 70th General … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s city of Cape Town was on Wednesday marking the birthday of its most famous resident. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who has been a moral beacon for the entire continent for many years, … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Ten thousand police officers will be deployed to provide security during US President Barack Obama’s visit to Kenya, the Nairobi County Police Commander Benson Kibue has said. Obama, an American of Kenyan ancestry, jets in on … Read More
Alego, Kenya (PANA) – The residents of K’Ogelo (the ancestral home of the Obama family) in Alego village of Siaya Country in Western Kenya, who gained worldwide fame following the election of Barack Obama as US President, hardly hide their … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his administration would trace the accounts of individuals who stashed away ill-gotten oil money, freeze and recover the loot and prosecute the culprits. President Buhari made the vow Tuesday … Read More
