New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday in New York expressed deep concern about the violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Kinshasa, and several other locations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday condemned the killing of at least eight persons in Zamfara State, northwestern Nigeria, on allegation of blasphemy.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on Friday condemned clashes that took place Thursday in Kidal, northern Mali, between forces of The Platform Movement and those of the Coordination of movements of Azawad (CMA), both of which are signatories to the country's peace agreement. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Several Arab Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Economy and Trade arrived in Nouakchott between Thursday and Friday to attend the 27th Arab League Summit, due for 25-27 July in the Mauritanian capital, official sources told PANA on here. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana has set aside plans to introduce an environmental levy on plastic shopping bags, while the debate on banning them continue.Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has dismissed an accusation of the Government of Eritrea that Washington instigated last weekend's heavy fighting with Ethiopia along their border. Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it is "gravely concerned" about fighting that took place on the Ethiopia-Eritrea border on 12 and 13 June and called for restraint. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Following the extraordinary meeting of its foreign ministers on Saturday in Cairo, Egypt, the Council of the Arab League has urged its member states not to interfere in the internal affairs of Libya, including "the supply of arms to armed groups" and "not to use the media to incite violence and trying to undermine the political process" in the country. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government on Tuesday in Abuja ordered all the nation’s security agencies to crush and deter all the growing wave of conflicts, including the farmer-herdsmen and communal violence that have the potential to breach the peace and national stability. Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health organization (WHO) is calling for early diagnostic tests for Lassa fever to prevent the virus from affecting other organs. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Fierce fighting broke out on Monday evening between rival armed groups in the zone of Ghout al-Chaal, in the southern suburb of the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togo's Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Moustafa Mijiyawa, has urged the public not to panic but heed the measures outlined by his ministry to avoid the haemorrhagic Lassa fever virus, after two cases of the disease were reported last week in Oti prefecture, located in the Savanes Region of Togo. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Council of the League of Arab States (LAS) has called for acceleration of the formation of a national unity government in Libya, in accordance with resolutions of the Security Council, to ensure support to the military and security institutions in order to deal with terrorist organizations that continue to threaten the security and stability of the country and plunder its resources.Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Following the outbreak of Lassa fever in Benin, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO) officials in the country are scaling up an emergency response to help prevent further spread of the disease. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - After the identification of four cases of Lassa fever in Benin, the government, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has immediately launched a response against the epidemic, a UN statement said on Friday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A Libyan army unit based in the southern region of Koufra early Thursday killed about 20 rebels and captured six others in a surprise attack around a security checkpoint in Bouzrik, 200 km from the city of Koufra, said Abdelrahman Hachem, chief of the Libyan army unit. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least 14 people were killed and 19 others, including 6 policemen, were injured in Genaina, capital of west Darfur state, when angry villagers stormed a number of local government buildings. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Clashes between Mozambique government forces and the opposition Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) have forced an increasing number of people to flee Mozambique and seek asylum in Malawi over the last few weeks, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's capital city of Abuja has recorded its first death from the Lassa Fever outbreak that has claimed over 40 lives across the country since it started in Nov. 2015.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria may have stemmed the spread of the Lassa Fever outbreak that has killed 41 people in 10 states across the country, following the announcement by the authorities on Tuesday that no new confirmed cases have been recorded in the last 72 hours.Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Council of Arab League States has called for the quick completion of the formation of the national coalition government in Libya, within the framework of the deal signed in the Moroccan city of Skhirat, "so that it can immediately assume its responsibilities".Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian health authorities have commenced a nation-wide sensitization campaign against Lassa Fever after an outbreak of the disease left 40 dead from 10 of the country's 36 states since January 2016. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The use of plastic bags will be banned in Mauritius as from Friday, 1 January, 2016, PANA learnt Thursday from sources close to the Environment and Sustainable Development Ministry in the Mauritian capital. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As plastic products continue to pose environmental hazard in Ghana, the Government is once again threatening to ban its production if manufacturers do not agree and implement their sustainable disposal. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The Arab Foreign Affairs ministers have urged stakeholders in the Libyan crisis to respect the Libyan political deal signed in the Moroccan city of Skhirat on 17 December and which sets the platform for the formation of a national coalition government. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby said Thursday he welcomed the nomination of Martin Kobler as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to succeed Bernardino Leon. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) is calling on security forces in the Republic of Congo to refrain from using excessive force against citizens protesting against proposed changes in the constitution. Full text...

Pamplemousses, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritians have been urged to demonstrate their love for mankind by regularly donating blood to the needy, as "there is no substitute for blood". Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA ) - Scores of civilians were killed in South Sudan's Maridi town, West Equatoria State, when a fuel tanker capsized and exploded Wednesday, according to the UN Mission in that country, UNMISS.Full text...

Bangui, CAR (PANA) – Clashes between rival militias in the past few days have forced several thousand people to flee their homes in the Central African Republic (CAR) town of Bambari and seek shelter at a former cotton factory inside the compound of the UN peacekeeping mission, the UN refugee agency said Thursday. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The fight against Daech can no longer for until the formation of a coalition government in Libya as the terrorist organization continues to perpetrate massacre in the city of Sirte, the Libyan Minister of foreign affairs, Mohamed al-Dairi, said on Tuesday.Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil El Arabi has called for immediate assistance to Libya, after what he called insufficient Arab support for Libya's legitimate interim government. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Minister of Science, Environment, Technology and Innovation, Mahama Ayariga, on Thursday announced a ban on the manufacture and sale of light plastics. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The African Union–United Nations Mission in Darfur on Friday expressed deep concern over reports of escalating tensions and confrontations between the Reizegat and the Habaniya ethnic communities in South Darfur. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – At last 12 people have been killed in fighting between butchers and guards of a chief in a town in Ghana’s Northern Region, police said on Friday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Next time you are in the shower using a refreshing exfoliating shower gel, take a moment to check what the scrubbing agents are made of, according to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) a statement on a report issued on Tuesday. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) -The UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has called upon Rezeigat and Ma'alia ethnic communities in western Sudan's restive region to exercise restraint and check the escalation of tension between them. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Ministry of Defence has announced the death of nine Malian soldiers in an attack perpetrated by the Tuareg rebels near the country's border with Mauritania, a big blow to the peace deal under the aegis of the UN.Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Scores of people have been killed by flash floods which hit Narok town, 150 km outside Nairobi, destroying houses, cars and other property, rescue workers and government officials said Wednesday. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian government has banned the use of plastic bags with effect from 1 Jan. 2016.Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s vice president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, left here Monday for Malaysia on a five-day working visit, primarily focused on the exchange of information and policy issues, according to government spokesperson Jeff Ramsay. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 58 people lay dead Saturday in Maiduguri, north east Borno State, after five coordinated bomb blasts in separate parts of the Sate, according to local media reports, which said that the attacks bore the hallmarks of the terror sect, Boko Haram. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Four fighters of the Darfur rebel movements have been killed and others wounded in clashes in the contested Abyei region, according to the UN Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA).Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The representative of the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nasser al-Koudwa, has reaffirmed his organization's support to efforts by the UN in Libya, particularly moves by Bernardo Leon, the special envoy of the UN Secretary General, to avoid the escalation of violence in the north African country. Full text...

Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – Cameroon will next month launch a programme to recycle 10,000 tons of plastic waste annually in the main cities such as Douala and Yaoundé.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Mr. Martin Kobler, head of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), on Tuesday condemned the deaths and injuries that occurred when protests turned violent on Monday in the country’s capital, Kinshasa.Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Arab foreign affairs ministers, under the aegis of the Council of the Arab League, are due to meet Thursday in Cairo, Egypt, to start a high-level emergency meeting on the latest developments in Libya, according to the League's Secretary General in Libya, Nasser al-Koudwa. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al-Arabi has appealed for crucial decisions against terrorism in Libya and full support to the country's legitimate Chamber of Representatives (Parliament) and the government formed from it. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on Monday said it was concerned about fighting that took place this weekend in several locations around the country, including between anti-Balaka members and peacekeepers. Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA ) - Niger's Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill banning the production, import, trade and use of plastic bags in the West African country. Full text...