Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Putting on a three-hour military parade, the Rwandan government on Friday celebrated 20 years of Rwanda liberation, which marked the end of genocide by the rebel movement of the Rwandan patriotic front (FPR) on 4 July, … Read More
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The President of the opposition party Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), Pascal Affi N’Guessan, Thursday, said the opposition parties in the country rejected the composition of the new Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) because its membership is … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – If Japanese commercial airlines started regular flights to Tanzania or any other African country, holidaymakers from Southeast Asian countries could boost tourism on the continent, according to Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. During discussion at … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Photo Credit: Rob Bennett Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray hosted a Ramadan Iftar Dinner on Thursday, July 3, 2014 at Gracie Mansion, but the media was nowhere to be seen. The event, … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Nigeriens converged in front the UN headquarters, Saturday, June 14, 2014, to protest against the lack of freedom of expression and democracy in Niger lead since April 7, 2011 by president Mahamadou Issoufou. Protesters came from … Read More
Africa Fashion Week Nigeria was held in Lagos on May 17, and May 18, 2014, and featured more than 30 designers based in Africa and abroad. Related Images:
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Mohamed Ibrahim, Egypt’s Antiquities Minister, revealed Wednesday that 12 stolen artifacts would be returned to his country from London. According to a local paper, the artifacts were smuggled out of Egypt after the 25 January, 2011, revolution. … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan government strongly condemned the capture, on its territory by the United States special forces, of a Libyan Islamist, suspected of being responsible for the terrorist attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi in September … Read More
Manaus, Brazil (PANA) – Croatia beat Cameroon 4-0 in their 2014 FIFA World Cup Group A match at the Arena Amazonia, in Manaus, to bundle the African team from the competition. Cameroon has the final group match against hosts Brazil … Read More
Sao Paulo, Brazil (PANA) – “All my players are fit to start the match against Colombia,” said the coach of the Ivorian national team, Sabri Lamouchi, at a pre-match press conference here Wednesday which focused specifically on captain Didier Drogba … Read More
Belo Horizonte, Brazil (PANA) – Algeria may have lost 2-1 in its opening game against Belgium, on Tuesday, in Belo Horizonte, at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brazil, but the North Africans broke a goal jinx that had afflicted the country … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Senegalese Minister of Public Service, Social Dialogue and Professional Organizations, Mansour Sy, said Tuesday that physical and biometric auditing of the public service has revealed the existence of 1,169 “ghost workers” for whom salaries totalling … Read More
Natal, Brazil (PANA) – The coach of Ghana’s senior national football team, Kwesi Appiah, said loss of concentration was partly to blame for Ghana’s 2-1 opening 2014 FIFA World Cup Group G loss to the United States on Monday and concedes … Read More
Curitiba, Brazil (PANA) – With his team playing a disappointing goalless draw against Iran at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Curitiba on Monday, Nigeria’s head coach Stephen Keshi said anxiety was responsible for the result. Speaking at the post-match … Read More
Curitba, Brazil (PANA) – Of the five African teams featuring in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, only two national coaches — Nigeria’s Stephen Keshi and Ghanaian Appiah Akwesi — are there with their countries’ national teams. The other … Read More
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) – On the occasion of the Day for the African Child, celebrated June 16, every year, children in Casamance, southern Senegal, demanded on Monday from the Senegalese government adequate protection, saying “We deserve appropriate protection for a brighter future.” … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Natal, Brazil (PANA) – Ghana’s head coach James Kwesi Appiah has said he is not under any additional pressure ahead of his team’s 2014 FIFA World Cup opener against the US today. Appiah said as a coach, … Read More
Two weeks after the passing of poet and activist Maya Angelou, the black community is mourning the loss of another legend, actress Ruby Dee who died at 91 from natural causes on June 11, 2014, in her New Rochelle home. … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Several members of New York City’s Burkinabé community gathered at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, across the United Nations headquarters, on June 10, 2014, to protest against any attempt to revise Article 37 of the Constitution that would … Read More
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Civil society observers who gathered in the German city of Bonn for the UN climate change negotiations, have warned that new climate rules could threaten even greater hunger in Africa, if they were not carefully crafted … Read More
