Dakar, Senegal ( PANA) - The Secretary General of the Coalition of civil society organizations for family planning in Senegal (COSC/PF), Maguette Thiandoum, declared on Monday in Dakar that social media can play a major role in repositioning family planning (FP) in Africa. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The Burundi government on Monday rejected a recent critical report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on “the escalation of violence in Burundi” describing it as "a declaration of war". Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, south west Nigeria, and the Kenyan-based International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), have agreed to collaborate in tackling the challenge of hunger in the continent, according to a statement from IITA made available to PANA in Lagos on Monday. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Evans Atta Mills on Monday congratulated the newly elected French President, Francois Hollande, and said he looked forward to close working ties between the two leaders. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya plans to equip the capital, Tripoli and Benghazi, the country's second largest city, with public transport networks in a bid to resolve urban mobility and pollution-related issues, official Libyan sources announced on Monday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Monday sent a message of congratulations to French president-elect, Mr François Hollande, the Mauritania news agency reported. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Nine judges were sworn in Monday to be part of the mechanism set up in 2010 to finish the work of the UN tribunal dealing with the worst war crimes committed during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A leading Gambian educationist, Baboucarr Bouy, has been named winner of World Bank’s “2012 Jit Gill Memorial Award” for “Outstanding Public Service”, PANA reports Monday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to South Sudan, Ms. Hilde Johnson, on Monday said that the state of Jonglei in South Sudan had the opportunity to start ``a new chapter of peace''. Full text...

Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The induction training for pioneer ECOWAS Volunteers, to be deployed in Liberia, kicked off in the capital, Monrovia, on Monday with the nation's Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Planning, Mr. Christopher Wallace, expressing immense gratitude to ECOWAS for assisting the country to end a civil war and accompanying it in capacity building to promote national development. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The Malawi currency, the kwacha, has been devalued by up to 50 per cent. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - World Bank’s senior official in charge of nutrition matters Menno Mulder Sibanba has met Gambian Vice-President Isatou Njie-Saidy in the nation's capital, Banjul, in a bid to strengthen partnership on nutrition between the bank and the country. Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has been urged to ensure high-level government participation at the 9-10 May international conference in order to make progress in ending a lead poisoning epidemic among children in northern Zamfara State. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Prime Minister of Niger Brigi Rafini, who is currently visiting Libya, has said his country will consider Libya's request for the extradition of Libyan citizens who are taking refuge in the West African nation. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Angolan Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Manuel Augusto, who arrived in Lusaka Sunday on a three-day official visit to Zambia, was due to meet his Zambian counterpart Given Lubinda Monday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete Monday swore in new ministers, deputy ministers and those he moved to different ministries following a major reshuffle of his cabinet last Friday. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's newly-reinstated head of crime intelligence Richard Mdluli is facing fresh allegations of fraud, murder and the slush fund he allegedly dipped into for personal benefit. Full text...

Moroni, Comoros (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the Comoran franc, as published here Monday: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Chief Executive Officer of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Mustapha Chike-Obi, has hinted that the three nationalized banks may soon be listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Monday congratulated Francois Hollande on his victory in Sunday’s presidential runoff in France. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Bank of Tanzania on Monday issued the following exchange rates of the shilling: Full text...