[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – Cape Verde will regularize the status of all illegal immigrants in the country with effect from January 2015 when a new legislation on foreigners comes into force, according to Deputy Health Minister Cristina Fontes … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – The Botswana foreign affairs ministry said on Monday that the Government had taken a decision to render financial assistance to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to assist them in the fight against the disease. … Read More
1 2 … 6 ► Gavin Rajah – Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Cape Town [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] South African designer Gavin Rajah presented a very Asian inspired Spring Summer Collection 2015 on July 24, 2014, at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Nigerian professionals, academicians, entrepreneurs, and government officials will discuss Nigeria’s education and security challenges, present leadership issues and ways the Diaspora can contribute to the country’s economic growth at the 5th Annual Nigerian Leadership Summit held … Read More
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has urged African leaders to follow the example of Mauritius by setting up in their respective countries transparent legal structures to ensure investments. The Mauritian Premier made the call in his … Read More
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara called on Wednesday on his compatriots to unite and take stock of the situation in the country as the nation celebrates its 54th independence anniversary Thursday. Speaking in a televised interview, he … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A new project geared towards reducing post-maize harvest losses and improving grain handling in Zambia was launched Thursday in the country. The project dubbed, ”Bags2Bulk Project” is said to be a product of partnership spearheaded by ”AGCO”, … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian NGO, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked the Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, to “urgently probe the alleged stealing of teachers’ salaries and benefits in several Federal Government colleges across the … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell African heads of states were in Washington DC for the first U.S. Africa summit hosted by president Barack Obama in the nation’s capital on August 4-6, 2014. Themed “Investing in the next generation” and starting … Read More
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Despite the concern of Tunisian authorities about the rising number of people fleeing the ongoing fighting in Libya, the common border of the two countries was temporarily closed Friday due to a chaotic situation at Ras … Read More
1 2 3 ► Loin Cloth & Ashes Spring Summer Collection 2015 Tanzanian designer Anisa Malembo Mpungwe of Loin Cloth & Ashes presented her Spring Summer Collection 2015 on July 26, 2014, at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Cape Town in South … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell The Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders ended this week with a three-day presidential summit attended by President Barack Obama who renamed the program in honor of Nelson Mandela during a town hall meeting with the … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Twenty years since the advent of democracy and the birth of a non-racial South Africa, racism is still rife in the country, so says the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) which received 500 … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The trial of former Senegalese minister of International Cooperation, Infrastructure and Transport from 2009 to 2012, Karim Wade, for illegal acquisition of wealth, has been postponed until next Monday. Wade will have to justify the sources … Read More
Flic en Flac, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Health Minister Lormus Bundhoo says the government is considering the export of doctors to Africa given the significant number of doctors graduating every year in the island. Speaking on Wednesday at the opening … Read More
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Families of victims of the crash of Air Algeria’s flight AH5017 are angry at the Algerian company. The honorary chairperson of the Burkinabe Movement for Human and Peoples Rights, Halidou Ouédraogo, whose daughter died in … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan army has said although the continuing violence in Tripoli and Benghazi has made the north African country a fertile ground for foreign intervention, such a development would make Libya lose its sovereignty and the … Read More
The Pan-African media company Face2face Africa will honor today business mogul Dr. Mo Ibrahim, fashion icon Alek Wek, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, Afrobeat singer Femi Kuti, entrepreneur Bethlehem Alemu and general manager of the NBA’s Toronto Raptors Masai Ujiri … Read More
Senegalese designer Adama Paris hosted the 12th edition of Dakar Fashion Week last month at Hotel des Almadies in the capital and largest city of Senegal, giving an opportunity to more than 16 designers to showcase their collection. Photos: Abdoulaye Ly … Read More
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – In Malawi, a magistrates’ court in the capital, Lilongwe, released on bail businessman Oswald Lutepo, the main suspect of the systematic looting of government money dubbed ‘cashgate’. Lutepo was re-arrested on Sunday after he confessed in … Read More
