|
Latest News |
Last Updated 03/11/2009 23:16:00 |
|
|
|
 | India grants US$263 million to DR Congo | | Kinshasa, RD Congo (PANA) - India has granted the Democratic Republic of Congo a
credit line of US$263 million to finance the construction of two hydro-electric
dams at Katende in the province of western Kassai, and Kakobola in the province
o
f Bandundu.
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
| UN proposes measures to eradicate slavery in Mauritania | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A UN independent mission of experts led by the
special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Mrs Gulnara Shahinian annou
nced on Tuesday that she has recommended a series of measures to eradicate slave
r
y for good in the country.
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
|
|
| Investors stake 3b naira on equities at Nigerian bourse | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (N
SE) Tuesday placed the sum of 3.05 billion naira on 236.79
million shares in 5,575 deals, just as market capitalisation dropped from 5.11 t
rillion naira recorded on Monday to 5.01 trillion naira.
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
| Tripoli hosts Islamic conference | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The world Islamic peoples' Commandments (CPIM) will
on Thursday hold their fifth conference in Tripoli under the topic: â?May you g
ive
birth to a Nation that appeals for good!â?
The organisers told PANA on Tuesday that the participants at the four-day meetin
g will look into the setting up of a plan for the world peoples' social commandm
e
nts for the coming four years.
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
|
|
| Another Guinea minister resigns | | Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean minister in charge of Communication at the
presidency and the Defence ministry, Tibou Kamara, has become the latest ministe
r
to quit the government of Captain Dadis Camara over the 28 September massacres
t
hat saw more than 150 anti-government demonstrators killed by security forces, r
a
dio reports said in Conakry on Tuesday.
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
| Guinea junta leader vows to cooperate with inquiry on massacre | | Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean junta leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara,
said in a broadcast on Monday evening that he was prepared to assist the commiss
i
on of inquiry set up by the United Nations to investigate the bloody suppression
of an opposition demonstration of 28 September in Conakry.
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Jammeh resumes HIV/AIDS treatment programme | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) â" Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will resume his 'contro
versial treatment programme' for carriers of the HIV/AIDS with a new batch of pa
t
ients whose ailments have reached the crisis point, Dr. Tamsir Mbowe, the Direct
o
r General of the â?Presidential Treatment Programmeâ? told pro-government newsp
apers on Tuesday.
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Rwandan jails are of international standards, says Prison Official | | Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The eight convicts, sentenced by the Special tribunal on
Sierra Leone (SCSL) and transferred last weekend to Rwanda to serve their sente
n
ces, are being held in good detention conditions according to international stan
d
ards, the General Manager of the Rwandan Prisons National Service (PNS), Mrs. Ma
r
y Gahonzire, told PANA here on Tuesday.
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| FIFA U-17 WC: Turkey coach promises UAE tough match | | Enugu, Nigeria (PANA) - Ahead of the second-round game against United Arab Emira
tes (UAE) at the current FIFA World Cup finals in Nigeria, Turkish coach, Ercan
A
bdullah, has predicted a tough match against the Arabians at the south-east Enug
u
centre.
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ivorian President visits Ghana | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo arrived in Accra on Tuesd
ay for a two-day visit to Ghana, during which he and his host, President John Ev
a
ns Atta Mills, will hold bilateral talks.
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
| First clinical trial for vaccine against malaria | | Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A group of researchers announced Tuesday the launch of a
maiden clinical trial of a vaccine against malaria, which will benefit seven Af
r
ican countries, an authorised source in the Rwandan capital told PANA here.
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 40 bodies recovered from Nigeria boat mishap | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A total of 40 bodies of the estimated 50 people who died
in a boat mishap in Nigeria's central Kwara state at the weekend have so far be
e
n recovered, according to officials of the Baruten local council in the state.
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
| Rights defenders to meet in Banjul | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Defenders of human rights in Africa will hold a two-da
y conference in Banjul from 7-9 November, according to a statement by the Africa
n
Centre for Democracy and Human Right Studies (ACDHRS).
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
| IMF welcomes Liberia's key banking initiatives | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to L
iberia has supported a plan by the Central Bank of Liberia for key moves in its
b
anking industry including starting its own dollar treasury bill market, accordin
g
to an IMF document received in Addis Ababa on Monday.
03/11/2009 full text... |
|
|
|
|
