Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeida Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – A member of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) in Mauritania, Hamdy Ould Lehbous, has denounced the “harassment and detention” of some human rights activists from different … Read More
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – Cameroonian Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development Minister Hélé Pierre Saturday directed manufacturers, sellers and users of non-biodegradable plastic bags to stop using the product by 31 March 2014. The directive follows the sensitization campaign against … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s city of Cape Town at midnight on New Year’s Eve became the World Design Capital (WDC) 2014 with a magnificent festival and fireworks display that was beamed around the world. The WDC … Read More
President Goodluck Jonathan Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – A Nigerian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has tasked President Goodluck Jonathan to implement a five-point programme against corruption if he is serious about fighting the crime. In apparent response to the President’s promise, in … Read More
New York, US (PANA) – The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has expressed grave concern over mounting evidence of gross human rights abuses in the strife-torn country, including extra-judicial killings of civilians and captured soldiers, massive displacements and arbitrary … Read More
Col. Patrick Karegeya Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The former head of Rwandan military’s external intelligence service has been found strangled in a luxury Johannesburg hotel. Although the South African police have yet to comment on the matter, the … Read More
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – International charity organisation Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said tens of thousands of South Sudanese are living in “catastrophic” conditions and are in need of medical and humanitarian assistance. MSF said in a statement made available … Read More
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya’s loss from the shutdown of its oil production and export in the eastern part of the country has reached an estimated US$10 billion, according to Minister of Economy Mustapha Abou Fanas. He said the continuous … Read More
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – As the 100-year treaty that led to the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Nigeria Protectorates under the British Colonial rule ends on 1 Jan. 2014, a coalition of ethnic nationalities under the aegis of the … Read More
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Meteorological Service Tuesday issued a cyclone warning class I for the country, as tropical cyclone Bejisa approaches the island. Bejisa, centred in latitude 13.2 degrees south and longitude 53.3 degrees east, is about 900 … Read More
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin will invest more than 134 billion FCFA (US$280.7million) on several road infrastructure projects, covering 234.19 km, in 2014, PANA reported from here Sunday. Benin invested about 327 billion FCAF (US$685 million) in road infrastructure in … Read More
Cotonou, Bénin (PANA) – Le Bénin envisage de consacrer en 2014, environ 134 milliards FCfa à la réalisation des infrastructures routières, dans le cadre de plusieurs projets pour un linéaire de 234,19 km, a-t-on appris ce dimanche de sources officielles … Read More
Community organizer Cesar Juarez Immigrant rights groups gave a good fight, but immigration reform didn’t happen this year. There’s nothing surprising about immigration reform not passing because House Republicans repeatedly stated their intent to block it. We won various victories … Read More
Chief Adebisi Akande, chairman of the All Progressives Congress Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian political scene this year witnessed undoubtedly its biggest transformation since the advent of the current democratic dispensation in 1999, with the merger of political parties, defections … Read More
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz presided over the opening ceremony of the Diaspora Forum being held Sunday in Nouakchott. The meeting, organized by the National Agency for Project Monitoring, ANESP, is attended by 200 Mauritanian … Read More
New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the appointment of a mediation team to work with government of South Sudan and the opposition to reach a ceasefire in the current conflict, which has taken a heavy … Read More
1 2 … 10 ► By Isseu Diouf-Campbell AUDELCO (Audience Development Committee, Inc.) hosted its 41st Annual Vivian Robinson/AUDELCO Awards honoring the crème de la crème of black film and theatre on September 25, 2013 at Symphony space in Manhattan. … Read More
Immigration reforms in the US are not heading anywhere. For the last several months immigration reform advocates and more than 11 million undocumented immigrants are hoping that the comprehensive bill is passed and that undocumented immigrants are given citizenship. But … Read More
PANA Lagos, Nigeria – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has returned US$ 8,500 cash, belonging to Mrs. Titilayo Onabokun, which she misplaced at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on her way to the United States. Mr. Yakubu … Read More
By Isseu Diouf Campbell Several leaders including Ambassador of South Africa to the U.N. Kingsley Mamabolo, Consul General George Monyemangene, former Mayor David N. Dinkins, Imam Al-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur Rashid, Rev. Calvin Butts and the Rev. Al Sharpton converged to … Read More
