Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Ousted Guinean president Alpha Condé left Conakry on Saturday for a medical check-up in Turkey, reliable sources told PANA. His departure comes less than 24 hours after the military junta issued a communiqué authorising him to undergo medical checks abroad. Last January, Condé, 84, was allowed to go to the [...]Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian airline, Tunisair Express, has announced the resumption of its regular flights between Djerba in Tunisia and the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as of 2 June. The airline will operat two flights a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, the company said, explaining that the choice of these days [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded six new cases of coronavirus out of 1,478 samples tested this week, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Saturday. According to a statement from the Centre on the weekly epidemiological situation in Libya, only one recovery was recorded during the period. Thus, confirmed [...]Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Five Burkinabe soldiers were killed and at least 30 suspected terrorists neutralised on Saturday in an armed attack on the military detachment of Bourzanga, in the North-Central region of Burkina Faso, the army said in a statement. "The terrorists, who came in large numbers and were [...]Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Saturday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by the Central Bank of The Gambia. Currency Buying Selling US Dollar 51.50 [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and Turkey have signed a memorandum for the purchase of training aircraft from Turkey, a statement issued by the Libyan army's general staff has said. The contract with Turkish company, TUSAŞ Aerospace Industries, is for the supply of modern Hurkosh C type training aircraft to the Libyan [...]Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdoulaye Diop, on Friday lauded Russia's military assistance to his country at a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Serguei Lavrov, in Moscow, the Malian Press Agency (AMAP) reported. "Thanks to Russia's assistance, the Malian army is recording military [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Envoy and Ambassador of the United States to Libya, Mr. Richard Norland, has reaffirmed that his country will continue to work with all parties to complete the transition to a democratic, stable and prosperous country. Mr. Norland said this at a meeting on Friday in [...]Full text...
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's military junta, the National Committee of the Rally for Development (CNRD), has agreed to permit ousted president Alpha Condé to travel abroad for a medical check-up, Radio-Télévision Guinéenne (RTG) announced on Friday. The former president made his first trip to the United Arab Emirates in January where he underwent medical [...]Full text...
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigeria’s Under-20 football team, the Flying Eagles, on Friday night emerged champions of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Zone B when they defeated the Young Squirrels of Benin Republic 3-1 in the final match played in Niamey, Niger Republic. Tolulope Ojo, who emerged Man of the [...]Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are all the winners of the CAF Confederation Cup, including the latest winners, RS Berkane of Morocco. CS Sfaxien, Tunisia - won 3 - 2007, 2008, 2013 Étoile du Sahel, Tunisia - won 2 - 2006, 2015 RS Berkane, Morocco - won [...]Full text...
Uyo, Nigeria (PANA) - Here is the list of all goal scorers in the just-concluded 2021-22 CAF Confederation Cup, won by RS Berkane of Morocco. 6 goals - Player Team Victorien Adebayor - US Gendarmerie nationale (Niger) 5 goals - Youssef Elfahli - RSB Berkane 4 goals - Bandile Shandu - Orlando Pirates Karim Konaté - ASEC Mimosas 3 [...]Full text...
Uyo, Nigeria (PANA) - RS Berkane of Morocco are champions again, winning the 2021-22 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup after seeing off Orlando Pirates 5-4 on post-match penalties in the final played at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria. The game was forced into penalties after a 1-1 draw in regulation [...]Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Health and Wellness on Friday launched a five-year National Action Plan for Oral Health (2022-2027), with the objective of reducing the incidence and prevalence of oral diseases and, thereby, improving the overall oral health status of the population, the Government Information Service [...]Full text...
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Ministry of Health and Wellness is to promulgate a law on restrictions on tobacco products, following its approval on Friday by the Cabinet, the Government Information Service (GIS) said. Some salient features of the regulations include restriction on use, sale, importation, manufacture and distribution of [...]Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Gabonese economy is gradually recovering from the 2020 recession owing to the efforts undertaken to limit the impact of the pandemic and the rise in oil prices, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. An IMF team, which visited Gabon from May 12 to 20 for talks [...]Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Countries must find consensus on clear, equitable and streamlined pandemic travel measures, the heads of two organizations working to improve migration said on Friday during on event on the sidelines of the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) at UN Headquarters in New York. António Vitorino, Director [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region teeter on the edge of severe hunger over the next three months, the UN released on Friday an additional $30 million from its emergency humanitarian fund, to boost the humanitarian response across four countries. Food insecurity is set to [...]Full text...
