Musa Sheriff and Sainey Marenah Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on The Gambian authorities to immediately release two journalists, Musa Sheriff and Sainey Marenah, who are being detained by the police on charges … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – One of Africa’s fastest growing financial institutions, Ecobank Transnational Incorporation, and the multinational financial services corporation MasterCard have signed an electronic payment deal which might lead to the bank’s 60% control of the market share in … Read More
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Congolese pharmacists have set up a movement called “SOS Central African Republic” to raise funds to buy drugs for the Central African Republic (CAR), where bloody clashes between Christians and Muslims have left more than 1,000 … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is undefeated as a professional, arrived in South Africa on Wednesday for a week-long visit which will see him promoting the sport in the country. It will be … Read More
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – A nine-member Senegalese delegation has wrapped up a two-day visit to Rwanda to study the progress made by the country in the fight against gender-based violence. During the trip, the delegation, which included police officers and … Read More
Nigeria’s First Lady Patience Jonathan Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Some 27,000 jobs have been created under the Nigerian government’s ”Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria (YOU WIN)” Scheme, which was launched in 2011, according to Nigeria’s First Lady Patience Jonathan. … Read More
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The blockade of illegal export of wood from its shores has paid off in Congo, with the government realizing 6,662 billion FCFA at the end of November last year as taxes from forestry, according to an … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s regulatory National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said it plans to spend 68 billion naira (US$423.5 million) to finance the digital switch over, since it intends to switch off from analogue television transmission from 17 June … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Underlining the need for sustained efforts towards conflict prevention, a senior official of the African Union Commission (AUC) urged the continent’s defence ministers to get the proposed African Standby Force (ASF) fully operational by the … Read More
Golden gate of Prophet Muhammad’s tomb in Medina Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerians were observing Tuesday a public holiday in commemoration of the birth of Prophet Muhammad, otherwise known as Eid-el-Maulud. Political and religious leaders used the occasion to extol the … Read More
Alioune Guèye Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Chairman of the network of African UN young leaders (ROJALNU), Malian Alioune Guèye, on Monday called for a better focus on youth employment in Africa’s development policies and programmes. “Africa must reserve better … Read More
Michel Djotodia Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The transitional president of the Central African Republic (CAR), Michel Djotodia, who stepped down two days ago under pressure from the heads of States of the Central African region, arrived late Saturday in Cotonou, … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – Diplomatic ties between the world most populous nation, China, and Africa’s largest black nation, Nigeria, entered the next level with the Asian country granting visa waivers to Nigerian diplomats and senior government officials. The privately-owned GUARDIAN … Read More
A day after winning the Best Supporting Actress award for her work in “12 Years a Slave” at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, Kenyan actress and director Lupita Nyong’o was shining again at the Golden Globes 2014. … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Africa Fashion Day Berlin sera de retour, trois jours après le début de la Semaine de la Mode Mercedes-Benz de Berlin avec un dîner de la mode, le 17 janvier 2014 à Mani Restaurant de Berlin. … Read More
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker expressed her support for comprehensive immigration reform for the second time this week. Pritzker, whose great-grandfather immigrated from Russia at age 10, told the Los Angeles Times that immigration reform is a “moral as well as … Read More
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – More than 500 hundred youth from Africa and the Diaspora will begin a five-day meeting on Monday in Dakar, Senegal, to exchange ideas on the issue of youth unemployment in the UN post-2015 agenda. The debate is … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes have continued to pour in for popular television news anchor, Alice Chavunduka, who died Sunday after suffering an epileptic seizure in Johannesburg a week earlier. The Zimbabwean-born media personality died at the age of … Read More
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Standard Chartered Private Equity (Mauritius) III Limited, a private equity firm, has acquired a stake in Botswana’s largest retail group Choppies. Choppies announced to stakeholders on Wednesday that the private equity firm has bought shares in the … Read More
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The 4th edition of Mauritania’s Ancient Cities Festival will take place from 13-16 January in the southeastern city of Oualata, about 1,300 km from Nouakchott. President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, government officials, diplomats and several hundred foreign and … Read More
