Grand Bay, Mauritius (PANA) - The third edition of the World Chinese Conference, a three-day event organised by the Federation of Chinese Societies to promote cultural exchanges, cooperation and development among members of the Chinese Diaspora in the world, opened Thursday at the International Conference Centre, Grand Bay, northern Mauritius. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Cheick Sidi Diarra, UN Special Adviser on Africa, on ThursdayFull text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government is planning to raise funds for the development of infrastructure through an inflow of US$ 2 billion via an open-ended instrument issued for sale to Nigerians in Diaspora. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Africans living in Europe have decided to organise themselves into a network in order to put their expertise at the disposal of African countries, one of the initiators of the project, Amély James Koh Bela, told PANA here Friday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The Ambassador of the African Union (AU) to Brussels, Mahamat Annadif, described on Thursday in Paris as "satisfactory" the outcome of the regional advisory conference of the AU/African Diaspora in Europe that ended Wednesday in the French capital. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The International Organisation for Migrations (IOM) has promised to monitor movements of Congolese living abroad with a view to ensure they participate in the development of their country. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- The second Nigeria Diaspora Day/Third Science and Technology Conference opened in the capital city of Abuja Wednesday, with President Umaru Yar'Adua calling on Nigerians in the Diaspora to take seriously their roles as the country's ambassadors in their places of abode. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) - – Nigerians living abroad will meet over three days at a conference scheduled to start in the capital city of Abuja 25 July, a government statement said. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The first Diaspora Africa Forum Mission opened Sunday in Accra, with a call on Africans and those in the Diaspora to team up for mutual benefits and to rebuild the continent. Full text...

Dallas- US (PANA) -- Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) at the weekend in Dallas, U. Full text...

Dallas- US (PANA) -- The Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) have used their 2007 Annual General Meeting to urge President Umaru Yar'Adua to harness the "vast expertise" of Nigerian professionals abroad. Full text...

Dallas- US (PANA) -- A total of 300 Nigerians in Diaspora, have been allocated land at a site for the proposed Abuja Diaspora Village, in Nigeria's capital city, according to Dr Ola Kassim, chairman of Nigerians in the Diaspora Organisation (NIDO Americas). Full text...

Douala- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroonian nationals living in Germany plan to use the "Cameroon-Diaspora" forum scheduled for 25-27 April in Yaounde to sensitise local authorities on the need for a better policy to integrate Cameroonians abroad in the national development process. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The Association of Guinean Expatriates (AGRE) in Paris, Wednesday described as "unacceptable procrastination" the delay by the new Prime Minster Lansana Kouyate to name his cabinet. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The 50th anniversary celebration of the first congress of Black writers and artists draws to a close here Friday at the UNESCO House and the University Paris-Sorbonne. Full text...

Nairobi Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyans living abroad will be eligible to vote in general elections as long as they comply with relevant clauses in the constitution, the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) confirmed here Wednesday. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Ouidah, a former slave trade post in Benin, will Saturday host the 2006 festival of the Reunion of Ouidah Communities and Regions with the Diaspora (Recordia), organisers said here Friday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – Kalidou Kassé, a Senegales-e painter, says the participation of African artists in the second Conference of Intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora (CIAD II) was "an outstanding success". Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- African leaders who gathered in Nigeria for the 7th Leon Sullivan Summit have called for the involvement of the African Diaspora in efforts to develop the continent. Full text...

Salvador- Brazil (PANA) -- Members of the Brazilian Black Movement staged a demonstration Friday at the Convention Centre of the Brazilian State of Bahia, venue of the just-ended second Conference of Intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora (CIAD II), demanding racial equity in their country and the adoption of a law on social quotas for students. Full text...

Salvador- Brazil (PANA) – The development of Afric-a, its citizenship, political, economic and cultural aspects and greater understanding among the African Union (AU) member States, should form major elements for African Renaissance, the just-ended Conference of Intellectual from Africa and the Diaspora said here. Full text...

Salvador- Brazil (PANA) – The former speaker of th-e South African Parliament, Frene Ginwala, Friday urged participants at the second Conference of Intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora (CIAD) to react to the situation in the Middle East characterised in the past few days by violent Israeli offensive against Lebanon. Full text...

Salvador- Brazil (PANA) – A Brazilian cultural ass-ociation involved in efforts at restoring the dignity of the black people has described the second Conference of Intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora (CIAD II), held here, as a dream come true. Full text...

Salvador- Brazil (PANA) – The outgoing and incomin-g chair of the Conference of Intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora (CIAD), have called for greater solidarity and partnership between Africa and its Diaspora to foster development among people of African descent. Full text...

Salvador- Brazil (PANA) – The second conference of- Intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora (CIAD II), convening Wednesday and Thursday in Salvador-Bahia, Brazil, will first focus on African renaissance. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The US Consul-General in Nigeria, Brian Browne, has charged the African Diaspora to develop institutional framework that will help in solving the continent's problems of poverty, conflict, food insecurity and underdevelopment. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Africa and its Diaspora have plans underway to meet next March in Brazil for an international symposium expected to launch the debate about the contribution of the African Diaspora to their continent of origin. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Some 300 Rwandan nationals living in 20 countries are in Kigali attending their second convention whose theme is "Role of the Diaspora in the Rwanda's Socio-Economic Development. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan planning and national development minister Anyang Nyongo' has urged the United Nations to utilize African intellectuals and technocrats in the diaspora when addressing African issues, instead of "parachuting" so-called experts from New York, media reports said here Wednesday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- In a bid to streamline and enhance participation in economic reconstruction of their country, Kenyans living abroad have launched the Kenyans Abroad Investment Fund (KAIF), according to planning minister, Anyang' Nyong'o. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Citizens in Libya have condemned outright the "vain attempts" by Libyan exiles to discredit the people's choices as embodied by the people's power and current direct democracy in the country. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- The Supreme Court in Zimbabwe, sitting as a Constitutional Court, has dismissed an application by a group of citizens based outside the country for nationals working and living abroad to be allowed to vote in Zimbabwe's parliamentary election scheduled 31 March. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- The Caribbean Diaspora conference jointly organised by the South African government, the Jamaican government and the African Union intended to create linkages between Africa and the Diaspora begins Wednesday in Kingston. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The first edition of the international 'Recordia' festival congregating the various ethnic communities of Ouidah and their Diaspora around the former slave post would hold on 6-15 August, the organisers announced here Sunday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A coalition of African-American organisations and groups dealing with African issues has expressed its determination to participate in the 'sixth region' (African Diaspora) as recommended by the African Union (AU). Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- African scholars meet here Sunday to discuss ways of reversing the mass exodus of professionals from the continent and how African governments could raise capital from their lost workforce in the Diaspora. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The poor living condition of African intellectuals remains a major factor propelling brain drain on the African continent, a former head of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has observed. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Kadhafi Friday proposed the adoption of four official languages for use in Africa, as intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora brainstorm on ways to foster integration on the continent. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The leader of the Libyan Revolution, Colonel Muammar Kadhafi has reiterated the need to form the United States of Africa in order to give the continent more influence in the world. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Globalisation has taken a heavy toll on Africa, former UNESCO director Amadou Mahtar Mbow lamented Thursday at an inter-generation debate with African pupils and students at the University of Dakar. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese foreign minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio said Friday that the Conference of Intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora, which opened here Thursday, has recorded a string of successes. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Pressing the case for a supranational State, a delegate to the ongoing conference of intellectuals in Dakar said Friday that the non-viability of most African States, reinforces the argument for them to pool resources in a common entity, The United Africa (UA). Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Pan-Africanism as a concept came under scrutiny Friday at the conference of intellectuals underway here, with members of a committee on the theme differing over the feasibility of a functionally united Africa. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- As the Dakar conference of intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora split into working committees Friday, the African Civil Society Organisation (ACSO) seized the occasion to market its proposed constitution for a supranational State, The United Africa. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio Friday extended a fervent plea to intellectuals in the Diaspora to return to Africa. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- UNESCO deputy director in charge of Africa, Nouréni Tidjani-Serpos believes that with the evolution of information and communication technologies, intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora do not need to return home before contributing toward continental development. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A former United Nations official has praised generations of Africans for their strength in overcoming the danger, pains and adversities they have been subjected to for centuries. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Henri Hogbe Benlend, founder and first president of the African Mathematical Union, Thursday said the poor under-develoved of these days are those who missed the train of the 19th century industrial revolution. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Participants at the first conference of intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora that opened here Thursday have praised African heads of state for their vision in promoting the speedy growth and development of the continent. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has commended the convening of a conference of intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora now underway in Dakar, the Senegalese capital. Full text...