[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The People’s Cooperative Renewable Energy (PCRE) Wednesday launched the first solar cooperative farm in Mauritius, on the occasion of the country’s 46th Independence anniversary. The cooperative society consists of some 150 citizens, small … Read More
Issa Hayatou Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Mr. Issa Hayatou, has nudged African teams heading to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil to strive to reach the last four. No African … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The North Korean tanker, which was seized by the Libyan military after loading an illegal shipment of crude oil from the Al- Sidera port being held by a separatist armed group in eastern Libya, has escaped … Read More
Their honeymoon was already over, but last week, after the oldest and largest Hispanic advocacy organization in the country made clear it no longer supported him, the Latino divorce from President Obama became official. It happened Tuesday at the National … Read More
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings has lashed out at the “hypocrisy and inconsistency” of some of the superpowers in the Ukrainian crisis, describing it as a serious insult to the intelligence of the world. In … Read More
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – It has been over a half-century since the African continent began freeing itself from the scourge of colonialism. Ghana, my country, led the movement toward liberation by becoming the first sub-Saharan nation to gain its independence. … Read More
Jean-Pierre Fabre Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Leaders of an umbrella Togolese opposition group, Sauvons le Togo, (Let’s save Togo) and president Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé discussed on Wednesday issues about the country’s institutional and constitutional reforms. The opposition group, led by its … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Fish farmers in Nigeria have now gained access to the US market, as they now export large quantities of branded smoked fish, the local media reported on Wednesday. The private BusinessDay newspaper reported that the export … Read More
Sheikh Musa Fazil Harelimana Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Police officials from 40 countries across the world rose from a three-day annual general assembly of the International Association of police chiefs (IACP), agreeing to strengthen cooperation in the fight against cybercrime, … Read More
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – The Cameroonian minister of scientific research and Innovation, Mrs Madeleine Tchuinté, and the director of the Institute for Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), Noé Woin, signed on Tuesday, in Yaoundé, six financing conventions. The agreements totaling 1.28 … Read More
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – An international non-profit organization, Clitoraid, has alleged that pressure from the Catholic Church and other detractors of the International Raelian Movement (IRM) forced the Burkinabe government to block the March 7, opening of its clitoral repair … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – According to the International Narcotics Control Board’s (INCB ) annual report for 2013 released on Tuesday in Dakar by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) regional office based in the Senegalese capital, the rate … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has marked this year’s Africa Environment and Wangari Maathai Day in Maseru, Lesotho, the AU Commission said. The theme of this year’s celebration, marked on Monday, is ”Combating Desertification … Read More
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa warned Monday that the country’s economic woes could become “catastrophic,” saying that people will have to make sacrifices. Tunisia’s economic recovery since its 2011 “Arab Spring” revolution has been hampered by … Read More
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Michael Sata has attributed the recent depreciation of the national currency, Kwacha, to a combination of domestic and international market developments. President Sata said the US Dollar has broadly strengthened against other currencies following … Read More
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As a new year begins, it looks like Congress is at another impasse with immigration reform. Immigration is an issue that urgently needs to be addressed, but both parties are handling it incorrectly. The Democratic Party calls for comprehensive immigration … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Forty-five Malian villages have given up female genital mutilation (FGM) under a convention signed on Friday in Bamako by the leaders of these villages and the Malian Minister for the Promotion of Family, … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – The abductors of a man who has been described variously as President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, uncle and adopted father are insisting on their earlier demand of 500 million naira (US$2.9 million) before he can be released, … Read More
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Claiming that the Mauritanian National Electoral Commission (CENI) failed in last year’s municipal and legislative elections, the Coalition for a Peaceful Alternative (CPA), which includes three moderate opposition parties, called Wednesday for the appointment of a new … Read More
