Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Oraganisation (WHO) has declared Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission. A WHO statement obtained by PANA on Saturday said 42 had passed since the last laboratory-confirmed case was buried on 28 March 2015 … Read More
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Three journalists from Botswana’s private media have been arrested for allegedly publishing a story on an ongoing investigation by the country’s anti-corruption law enforcement agency. Botswana’s Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) agents on Thursday … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mmusi Maimane, parliamentary leader of the official South African opposition Democractic Alliance, on Sunday became the new head of the party. Delegates at the party’s congress in Port Elizabeth voted for the first black … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed shock at the recent wave of tragedies on the Mediterranean sea that has claimed hundreds of lives. Hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, especially West Africa, … Read More
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A young Cameroonian female student who is to be deported from Mauritius because of her HIV-positive status on Friday took the matter to the Supreme Court in a bid to have the decision from the Passport … Read More
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Thousands of demonstrators took Saturday to the streets of Burkina’s capital, Ouagadougou, and the western city of Bobo-Dioulasso to show their support for the electoral code which has banned pro-Compaoré officials from taking part in … Read More
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The designer of Ghana’s national flag, Theodosia Salome Okoh, is dead, according to family sources. She died on Sunday in Tema, about 25km east of Accra, the Ghanaian capital, aged 92. Okoh was honoured for designing … Read More
By Segun Adeyemi Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – On April 14, 2014, 276 girls were abducted from their school, the Government Secondary School in Chibok, in Nigeria’s North-east Borno State, in the early hours of the day by Boko Haram terrorists. One … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Just 20 years ago, South Africa was a moral beacon for the entire planet. Its prisoner-turned world statesman Nelson Mandela had confounded millions around the world with his message of reconciliation that saw the … Read More
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – A 109-year-old woman who trekked to a polling booth to cast her vote in Sudan’s ongoing presidential and parliamentary polls made newspaper headlines in the North African nation last week. Fatima Ismail Mohamed Ali voted the … Read More
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The government of Burkina Faso has said it will on May 30, pay tribute to the victims of the popular uprising that toppled the country’s long-time President Blaise Compaoré last October. The plan to remember the … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Various topics including water sanitation, maternal mortality, education and disability were discussed at the African Hope Committee CSW59 Forum held on March 13, 2015 at the National Black Theater in Harlem. African Hope Committee gave a … Read More
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The United Nations has called for entries for the first edition of the Nelson Mandela Prize for persons who distinguish themselves in the promotion of reconciliation, social cohesion and community development, all of which align … Read More
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – “The night of the blind moon”, presented by Tunisian film director, Khadija Mkacher, won on Saturday the first prize of the fourth edition of the North African Film Festival, held on April 7-11, 2015, in Oujda, … Read More
Geneva,. Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has said Caesarean Section should only be performed when medically necessary in order not to put women and their babies at risk of short- and long-term health problems. The advisory was … Read More
[Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian minister of foreign affairs, African integration and International Cooperation, Abdoulaye Diop, has slammed comments credited to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, that all parties to the conflict in Mali, including the Malian government, “have … Read More
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Members of Parliament of Burkina Faso’s national transitional council adopted last week a new electoral bill that bars officials of ousted President Blaise Compaoré from contesting elections in October. Out of 88 voters, 76 MPs … Read More
Due to a federal court order delaying immigration relief, the federal government will not begin accepting requests for Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA), nor for the expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), until … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Community Pride, one of Harlem Children’s Zone’s oldest programs hosted its 2nd Annual Phenomenal Woman Celebration on March 14, 2015. The program, which mission is to create a strong cohesive community, honored this year Carolyn King, … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – With about 51 per cent of the results so far released as at Monday night, Nigeria’s main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken the lead from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the country’s … Read More
