Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A man has been arrested in Nigeria for allegedly selling his baby son for 350,000 naira (US$2,258) so he could raise money to procure a visa to Greece, the local media reported Tuesday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The entire Mauritania was thrown into shock as a Mauritanian male nurse, Houssein Ould Mohamed, aged 50, slaughtered his four children on Thursday evening, according to local press reports. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Eleven persons were killed and three others seriously injured in a road accident which occurred Tuesday evening near Youssoufia, southwest of Morocco, the national radio reported Wednesday. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The collapse of a house in Fes, Morocco, on Sunday night has left four people dead and six others injured. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- A three-metre long boa was killed in the bedroom of a young couple in the city of Bandundu, the administrative centre of the provinc e of the same name, as it attempted to swallow a four-month old baby who was peac e fully sleeping on his parents' bed, PANA reported Wednesday, quoting a news repo r t in the Congolese Press Agency (ACP). Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A candidate who stood for Senegal's presidential poll in February 2007, Alioune "Petit" Mbaye, was Tuesday indicted and placed under com m ittal order, judicial sources told PANA here. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) – Police in Cameroon shot- dead 13 prisoners who were part of the 28 that had escaped on Friday from the Yoko prison, about 700 kilometres north of Yaounde, official sources told PANA here Tuesday. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- A paramilitary policeman and a civilian died in clashes between security forces and rice growers in Magha, far northern Cameroon, sources told PANA Thursday. Full text...

Bangui- Central African Republic (PANA) -- Lieutenant Celestin Dogo, presumed to be behind the kidnapping and murder of two ex- rebels in Central African Republic (CAR) was arrested Monday in Bangui and questioned by the public prosecutor, Justice Minister Lea Koyassoum Doumta said Tuesday. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- A 14-year old boy and his 12-year old girlfriend made history at the Kinshasa hospital's maternity ward last week when they became premature parents of twins, a boy and a girl. Full text...