South Africa's Justice minister attends high-level Gaza talks
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has arrived in Jordan to represent South Africa at a high-level conference on the crisis [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire
AfDB releases highlights of its PPP report
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has published highlights of its purchasing power parities (PPP) findings for Africa, following the [...] Full text...
AfDB and Intel to train millions in AI
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and technology giant, Intel, have formalised their cooperation to transform the African digital ecosystem.
The partnership [...] Full text...
African champions seeking to replicate form and return to FIFA World Cup
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - It’s been exactly 10 years since recently crowned African champions, Cote d’Ivoire, competed in the FIFA World Cup.
The Elephants, as [...] Full text...
Once again, Burkina Faso is world’s most neglected crisis
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - For the second year in a row Burkina Faso is the world’s most neglected displacement crisis, according to a new [...] Full text...
South Africa flags concerns over Sudanese turmoil
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has again expressed its serious concern at the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan which has resulted in [...] Full text...
South Africa welcomes International Criminal Court arrest warrants
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Office of the South African Presidency has welcomed Monday’s International Criminal Court (ICC) announcement that it has applied [...] Full text...
Attempted putsch in DR Congo: leader of assailants killed
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The leader of the assailants who attempted a coup in Kinshasa on Sunday has been killed by the DR Congo [...] Full text...
Pro-Palestine camp set up at Cape Town campus
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Staff and students at the University of Cape Town have erected a pro-Palestinian camp on the campus, following a [...] Full text...
ICJ to hear South Africa's demand for further order to curb Israel
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa will on Thursday afternoon ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to “immediately withdraw [...] Full text...
Türkiye seeks to join South Africa's Gaza case at The Hague
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Türkiye is seeking to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at [...] Full text...
AfDB, partners move to boost food, nutritional security in the Sahel
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) have launched the [...] Full text...
AfDB appoints Ambassador Jalel Trabelsi as Special Envoy for MENA and Gulf Region
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has appointed career diplomat Jalel Trabelsi, as his [...] Full text...
Is failure to resolve the Libyan crisis due to incompetence of UN envoys or selfishness of Libyan leaders?
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The resignation of the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya [...] Full text...
South Africa calls for Middle East restraint
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has joined other African countries in expressing concern at developments in the Middle East following the retaliatory [...] Full text...
South Africa: Ramaphosa expresses remorse over Mozambican boat tragedy
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his condolences to the government and people of Mozambique after a disaster at sea [...] Full text...
IMF reaches staff level agreement with Côte d’Ivoire on review of EFF/ECF arrangements
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team and the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire have reached a agreement on both the [...] Full text...
AfDB plans massive work on DRC's giant Inga 3 dam
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has called for a major political commitment to kick-start construction work [...] Full text...
Sudan’s 24 million children have a right to live in peace: UNICEF
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Almost a year since war broke out in Sudan between rival militias, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday that hunger is [...] Full text...
Opposition up in arms against constitutional change in Togo
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese opposition is united in its opposition to the constitutional change that took place on Monday night, transforming Togo from [...] Full text...
Gaza war: Ireland backs South Africa in Gaza genocide matter
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ireland has announced that it will intervene in South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of [...] Full text...
Gaza war: Mauritius appeals for humanitarian support for Gazans
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Government on Thursday called on the population to demonstrate solidarity and humanitarian support to the Gaza population, by contributing [...] Full text...
Gaza war: South Africa hails UN resolution on Gaza
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has hailed Monday’s UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza despite Israel’s response that [...] Full text...
Gaza war: Israel tells UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Israeli authorities informed the United Nations on Sunday that it will no longer approve the passage of any UN agency for [...] Full text...
Gaza war: Top US diplomat meets with leaders of Egypt, Saudi Arabia to secure Gaza ceasefire
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is continuing with his diplomatic efforts to secure an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for at [...] Full text...
Gaza War: US, Saudi FMs discuss need to protect civilians in Gaza, increase humanitarian aid
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud with [...] Full text...
Conflict driving hunger crisis in Sudan, UN officials tell Security Council
New York, US (PANA) - Eleven months of brutal fighting is driving a hunger crisis in Sudan, with some areas likely to experience catastrophic levels of food [...] Full text...
Malian army neutralises 'several terrorists'
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian army has neutralised several terrorists in Zouera, in the Goundam circle, in the Timbuktu region, in the north-west, and [...] Full text...
World Bank Gaza war: World Bank calls for urgent action to save lives
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - With more than half the population of Gaza on the brink of famine—including children and the elderly—the World Bank Group [...] Full text...
Rabat denies confiscating Algeria's property in Rabat
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco on Monday rejected Algiers' accusations that Rabat had "confiscated" property belonging to it in Morocco, describing them as "false and [...] Full text...
Surge in South Sudan intercommunal conflict harms civilians
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Civilians are bearing the brunt of a surge in intercommunal conflict in pockets of South Sudan, the UN Mission in [...] Full text...
Libya reaffirms support for legitimacy in Yemen
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya on Sunday reiterated support for legitimacy in Yemen and everything that guarantees the security and stability of the people.
The Libyan [...] Full text...
Gaza war: Famine could happen ‘anytime’ in Gaza’s northern governorates, warn UN humanitarians
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid reports that the Israeli military stormed Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Monday in search of Hamas fighters, UN humanitarians [...] Full text...
IMF approves US$1.3 billion under RSF for Cote d’Ivoire
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 30-month Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) arrangement for Côte d’Ivoire for US$1.3 [...] Full text...
Gaza war: Top US, Egyptian, Saudi diplomats discuss ceasefire in Gaza
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday discussed with Egyptain and Saudi foreign ministers efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza [...] Full text...
Major new hydrocarbon discovery in Côte d'Ivoire
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Côte d'Ivoire's Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Energy has announced a major new hydrocarbon discovery in the Ivorian sedimentary basin [...] Full text...
South Africa approaches World Court over Israel again
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has again again approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to ask for additional emergency measures in [...] Full text...
Gaza war: Medical charity says its UK Board member killed in Gaza
London, UK, (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says it is devastated about the death of Reem Abu Lebdeh, an associate trustee of [...] Full text...
North Gaza aid mission reveals more infants may die from hunger
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A rare opportunity to deliver desperately needed supplies to hospitals in northern Gaza for the first time in months has been [...] Full text...
Gaza war may fuel much wider Middle East crisis, warns UN rights chief
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza continued in Egypt for a second day on Monday as the UN’s top rights official [...] Full text...
Gaza: ‘Babies slowly perishing under the world’s gaze,’ UNICEF warns
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for wider and safer humanitarian access in Gaza, where malnourished [...] Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - No communications, no medicine and little hope. That’s what operating a hospital in a war zone has become in Gaza, according [...] Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: Frustration mounts as UN convoy is blocked outside stricken hospital
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN relief agencies operating in war-torn Gaza voiced deep frustration on Tuesday over continuing aid access restrictions placed on them by [...] Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid delivery to Gaza falls by half since January: UNRWA
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Very little humanitarian aid has entered besieged Gaza this month, with a 50 per cent reduction compared to January, the head [...] Full text...
AfFB signs MoU to develop Lake Chad Basin
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to rehabilitate and restore the Lake Chad [...] Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: UNRWA warns of lack of functioning health centres in Gaza
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said just seven of its 23 health centres in Gaza are operational, with [...] Full text...
Independent review group on UNRWA may request Gaza visit - Chairperson
New York, US (PANA) - The head of an independent team reviewing the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Thursday that researchers have [...] Full text...
Israel/Gaza crisis: UNRWA at ‘breaking point’ warns agency chief
New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency serving Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has reached breaking point due to Israeli calls for its abolition and the [...] Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: Humanitarian leaders unite in urgent plea for Gaza
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a collective appeal, heads of UN humanitarian entities and global NGOs implored world leaders to help prevent further deterioration of [...] Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza has become a ‘death zone’, warns UN health chief
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An “inhumane” health and humanitarian situation now prevails across Gaza with conditions continuing to deteriorate, the head of the UN World [...] Full text...