Archives - 07 april 2012
  • ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Mali
    07 april 2012 20:00:38
    Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS has lifted the economic, diplomatic and financial sanctions imposed on Mali in the aftermath of the 22 March military coup by low-ranking soldiers. Full text...
  • Malawi swears in first woman president
    07 april 2012 18:42:43
    Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - With a bible in hand and her husband, former Chief Justice Richard Banda, on her side, 62-year-old Joyce Hilda Ntila-Banda was sworn in Saturday to become Malawi's first female president, replacing 78-year-old Bingu wa Mutharika who died from cardiac arrest on Thursday. Full text...
  • Sudan, S/Sudan assure Mbeki: "We will be fair to our Sudanese neighbours"
    07 april 2012 18:34:52
    Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Chairman of the African Union High-level Implementation Panel on Sudan, Thabo Mbeki, has been assured that citizens of Sudan and South Sudan who fail to meet the 9 April deadline for the regularization of their status in the other country, will still be treated well. Full text...
  • Deal with Mali putschists paves way for ending Tuareg rebellion (Analysis)
    07 april 2012 17:29:31
    Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Malian putschists' deal with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to return the country to constitutional order will pave the way for a faster resolution of the crisis in its northern part, where Tuareg rebels on Friday declared the independence of the ''State of Azawad'', analysts said. Full text...
  • Jonathan to Nigerians on Easter: 'Keep faith with me'
    07 april 2012 16:09:49
    Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to Nigerians "to continue to have faith in our collective ability to overcome all present challenges and take our rightful place in the comity of nations as a strong, united and prosperous country."Full text...
  • Libya: Benghazi residents demonstrate against insecurity
    07 april 2012 15:41:28
    Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – Benghazi residents on Friday staged a huge demonstration, demanding an end to what they called "the city’s militarization". Full text...
  • CPJ calls for immediate release of two Somaliland journalists
    07 april 2012 15:20:07
    Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The global press freedom watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Friday called for the immediate release of two detained journalists in Somaliland, PANA reports from here. Full text...
  • Zuma sad over Mutharika's death
    07 april 2012 12:20:33
    Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government has expressed regret at the news of the passing away of Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika. Full text...
  • Commonwealth Scribe condoles with Malawians over Mutharika's death
    07 april 2012 10:57:01
    Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma, has expressed deep shock at the death of the President Bingu wa Mutharika of Malawi. Full text...
  • Malawi finally announces president's death, Vice President takes charge
    07 april 2012 10:50:01
    Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The Malawi government has finally confirmed the death, from cardiac arrest, of President Bingu wa Mutharika. Full text...
  • President Jonathan laments death of Malawi counterpart
    07 april 2012 10:38:31
    Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, received with sadness, the news of the sudden death of President Bingu Wa Mutharika of Malawi, a press statement, signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said here Saturday. Full text...
  • Church "bribe", mass rape, oil spill compensation, new tax policy reported in Nigeria
    07 april 2012 08:17:35
    Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's declaration that he did not commit any crime over the "gift" of a church building, the mass rape of teenage female students by armed robbers, and the demand for compensation from Shell for oil spill were the main stories this week in Nigeria. Full text...
  • Nkrumah’s ‘lost son’, reconciling Mills and Rawlings reported in Ghana
    07 april 2012 06:31:42
    Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The sudden emergence of a 55-year-old man claiming to be a son of Ghana’s first president and pan-Africanist, Dr. Kwame Nrumah, as well as efforts to reconcile former President Jerry John Rawlings and his chosen heir and incumbent President John Evans Atta Mills occupied the front pages of Ghanaian newspapers this week. Full text...
  • DEVELOPING STORY: ECOWAS, Mali coup plotters strike deal
    07 april 2012 06:18:02
    Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the coup plotters in Mali have struck a deal to return the West African nation to constitutional rule, PANA learnt here. Full text...
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