Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s ruling party, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), is set to win the country’s general elections held on Friday after securing more than half of the seats in parliament from the number of constituencies declared so … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Dr. Babacar Sène, a Senegalese lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management at Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar, has stressed the need for “budgetary and political federalism” for West African states … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Good Governance Africa (GGA), a research and advocacy body trying to improve governance performance in Africa, said Tuesday its findings show it is getting easier to start business in Africa. “While it is getting easier to … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya Airways has received two new modern planes with state-of-the-art features, bringing the number of its active aircraft to 40. The airline’s first next generation B737-800 touched down at Kenya Airways’ hub at the Jomo Kenyatta … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopia, East Africa’s second largest economy, is on course for the issuance of a sovereign bond, marking the entry into the international financial markets as an alternative to foreign lenders. A state media report Monday, … Read More
Ubuntu: Music and Arts of South Africa kick-off reception By Isseu Diouf Campbell Ubuntu: Music and Arts of South Africa, a month-long festival exploring the diverse culture of South Africa kicked off with a reception on October 10, 2014 at … Read More
Oscar Pistorius Judge Thokozile Masipa sentenced “blade runner” Oscar Pistorius to five years in jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013. “The following is what I consider is a sentence that is fair and just both … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The burial of Prof. Ali Mazrui in Mombasa on Sunday, marked the end of an era and the beginning of a new reflection on what has mostly pushed out Africa’s intellectual giants to exile. Prof. Mazrui, … Read More
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Monday Nigeria Ebola-free, marking the second West African nation within a spate of four days. Senegal was also declared Ebola-free on Friday. Related Images:
Paul Mphwiyo Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Saturday former Ministry of Finance Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo on ‘cashgate’-related charges. Mphwiyo was arrested alongside his wife, Thandizo. “The Anti-Corruption Bureau has on, October 18, 2014, arrested Mr. Paul Mphwiyo, the … Read More
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Senegal and Nigeria are to be declared Ebola-free in a few days’ time if certain conditions are met, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO said in a dispatch from its headquarters that if the … Read More
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) – Greater cooperation between African nations has laid the groundwork for the continent to determine its own development models and priorities, King Mohamed VI of Morocco has said in a message to the 9th Africa Development Forum … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a dramatic development in Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s legal challenge against the estate of Nelson Mandela, her defence is claiming that her divorce from the former world statesman was fraudulently obtained. Court documents which have … Read More
Lagos , Nigeria (PANA) – A Nigerian natural products researcher has challenged fellow researchers in areas of health sciences across Africa to explore the use of indigenous medicinal plants to combat and manage the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – An African Union (AU) official has filed a complaint against Mauritius for harassment and deportation, following his ordeal during a recent trip to Port Louis, the Mauritian capital. The top AU Commission Departmental Planning Expert, … Read More
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – The mother of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo died Wednesday while returning from exile in Ghana. Mrs. Marguerite Gado, who is over 90, was in a critical situation in Ghana, where she has lived for … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanians were on public holiday Tuesday to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the passing of the East African nation’s founding father, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere. Since 1999 when Nyerere died aged 77 at Saint … Read More
Thomas Eric Duncan’s mother and nephew Josephus Weeks By Isseu Diouf Campbell Thomas Eric Duncan’s decision to come to the US after knowingly or unknowingly being exposed to the Ebola virus in his home country Liberia has changed the fate … Read More
Prosper Japheth and Samson Osunleti, Miss and Mister Nigerian Independence 2014 By Isseu Diouf Campbell The Organization for the Advancement of Nigerians elected Prosper Japheth and Samson Osunleti as Miss and Mister Nigerian Independence on October 10, 2014 at the Roulette … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -Kenya’s iconic historian and a global intellectual maverick, Prof. Ali Mazrui, who wrote the late Wangari Maathai’s 2004 testimonial for the Nobel Peace Prize, has died at 81, his family said Monday. The man, known for his … Read More
