Paris- France (PANA) – Djibouti ambassador to Fran-ce, Rachad Farah, has expressed his co8untry's "total support" for the re- election of Abdou Diouf as Secretary General of the International Francophone Organisation (OIF). Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Mozambique has filed an application for an observer status with the Paris-based International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF), a reliable source told PANA here. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) - – Secretary general Abdou Diouf of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) has appointed five eminent Africans to head administrative departments of the organisation, an official statement said here. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The government in Senegal is demanding that the Canadian government apologise over the body search on former Senegalese President, Abdou Diouf at Toronto airport where there was no authority to receive him. Full text...

Conakry- Guinea (PANA) -- Secretary general, Abdou Diouf of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) is heading a delegation in Conakry on a two-day visit to Guinea as part of a west African tour. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Francophones from the five continents on Monday began celebrating the French language that unites 170 million speakers throughout the world, but also 710 million inhabitants of 63 States and governments in membership of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF). Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The secretary general of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF), Abdou Diouf, arrived here Sunday afternoon on a two-day working visit to Burundi, official sources said in Bujumbura. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The Francophonie International Organisation (OIF) has appointed Congolese Josette Shaji a Tshibuila as Director of the West African Regional Bureau of the Francophonie University Organisation (AUF) headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian head of state, Col. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Here are results of the final athletics competitions held Wednesday at the 7th Francophonie Games in Niamey. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The latest results recorded Wednesday afternoon at the 5th Francophonie Games in Niamey were celebrations by Canadian François Lavallée who won gold in tale and Lebanese national, Randa Mirza who captured gold in photography. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Results of the Francohonie games held Monday night in Niamey are as follows: Men 20 km Walk Langlois Denis, France 1:30. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The Burkina Faso beat Niger 1-0 and Côte d'Ivoire repeated the scoreline against the DR Congo to reach the semi finals of the Francophonie Games after clashing in their quarterfinal matches here Monday. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Sporting competition at the 5th Francophonie Games went into full swing in Niamey Thursday after President Mamadou Tandja officially opened the events on Wednesday at the General Seyni Kountche Stadium. Full text...

Antananarivo- Madagascar (PANA) -- The Francophone Ministerial Conference (CMF) Wednesday in Antananarivo appealed to the member states of the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF) to ratify quickly the convention that UNESCO's general conference on cultural diversity adopted in October. Full text...

Antananarivo- Madagascar (PANA) -- Five countries have expressed interest in hosting the 2010 Francophonie summit, the Secretary General of the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF), Abdou Diouf, said Wednesday in Antananarivo (Madagascar). Full text...

Antananarivo- Madagascar (PANA) -- Burkina Faso's foreign minister Youssouf Ouedraogo has called on the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) to back African cotton producing countries during the 14-17 December World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks in Hong Kong. Full text...

Antananarivo- Madagascar (PANA) -- The International Organisation of Francophonie (OIF) will defend a common position at the 14-17 December World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference in Hong Kong, it was officially revealed here Wednesday. Full text...

Antananarivo- Madagascar (PANA) -- International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) Secretary General Abdou Diouf Tuesday called on member states to give the organisation a new charter to ensure the completion of its institutional reform. Full text...

Antananarivo- Madagascar (PANA) -- Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana on Tuesday sensitised the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) to devote adequate attention to environmental issues, as they represent the "wealth of certain member nations". Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The Secretary General of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) Abdou Diouf left Paris Friday for Antananarivo at the beginning of a five-day working visit to Madagascar, official sources said here. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) Tuesday said it had set up a prize to celebrate democracy, human rights and peace in the world. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- French minister delegate for Cooperation and Francophonie, Brigitte Girardin, has asked the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) to make elections monitoring more comprehensive. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Secretary General of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) Abdou Diouf said reform proposals meant for presentation at the OIF ministerial session scheduled 22-23 November in Antananarivo aim at giving the organisation more visibility. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The secretary general of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF), Abdou Diouf, has indicated in Bamako that his institution plans to organise in May 2006 at Saint- Boniface, Canada a ministerial conference for the creation ofa conflict- prevention mechanism. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian foreign minister Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed has left the country for Mali to attend the "Bamako + 5" symposium on democracy and human rights organised by the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF), official sources revealed here Sunday. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) plans to send a ten-member observer team, headed by French senator, Laurent Beteille, to Burkina Faso to monitor presidential elections scheduled there 13 November, official OIF sources affirmed here Saturday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) has scheduled a ministerial conference for 22- 23 November in Antananarivo, Madagascar to discuss proposals for reform in the organisation, reliable sources disclosed here Monday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The secretary-general of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) Abdou Diouf, begins a three-day working visit of Cameroon Thursday, reliable sources said here Monday. Full text...

Bangui- Central African Republic (PANA) -- The Francophonie Intergovernmental Organisation (AIF)'s media officer, Tidiane Dioh, on Friday in Bangui called on Central African Republic media practitioners to "examine their conscience" in order to fashion a "new press" in the country. Full text...

Moroni- Comoros (PANA) -- A delegation of experts from the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) is visiting Comoros to support its Constitutional Court in preparing the 2006 presidential election. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The Francophonie Parliamentary Assembly (APF) on Thursday strongly condemned the toppling of the former regime of President Maaouya Sid'Ahmed Ould Taya in Mauritania by army officers, and called for the immediate restoration of the constitutional legality. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The director general of the National Organising Committee of the 5th Francophonie Games (CNJF), Seriba Mahamane Lawan, has urged media professionals to observe the Olympic spirit to assure success of the games set for 7-17 December in Niamey, Niger's capital. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The Standing Council of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) has commended the revival of dialogue between Ivorian political parties, which led to the signing on Wednesday of an accord in Pretoria, South Africa. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The Standing Council of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) has lifted sanctions it imposed on Togo in the wake of political events following the death of President Gnassingbe Eyadema last February, official sources affirmed here. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Ministers who are members of the Francophonie International Games Committee (CIJ) will meet here Thursday to assess the status of the preparations for the 5th Francophonie Games slated for 10-17 December in Niamey, Niger. Full text...

Bissau- Guinea (PANA) -- Guinea-Bissau's entry into the Francophonie "is welcome and our country should take advantage it," Prime Minister Carlos Gomes has said. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The International Francophonie Organisation (OIF) will initiate profound reforms in 2006 in order to make its structures "more visible and efficient," informed sources said here on Monday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The number of French-speaking people has increased considerably in sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean states, a Higher Francophonie Council report has said here. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Control and internal audit have a positive role in ensuring competition for public and private administrations in developed countries, while developing countries are severely affected by the absence of such mechanism. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- International Organisation of the Francophonie (IOF) secretary general Abdou Diouf called Thursday for the cancellation of Africa's debt and the launch of a Marshall Plan to bolster development on the continent. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger President Mamadou Tandja has officially launched the National Francophonie Week the government initiated to intensify preparations and the mobilisation of the people to make the 5th Francophonie Games slated for December in the country a resounding success. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) Secretary general Abdou Diouf on Thursday began a 10-day tour of Central Africa. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) on Wednesday suspended Togo from all its bodies based on "the gravity of the events that occurred in Lome following President Gnassingbe Eyadema's death". Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The Francophonie Parliamentary Assembly (APF) on Tuesday condemned the violation of the constitution in Togo and threatened to suspend the country if the violation of constitutional legality is confirmed, official sources said here. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) secretary general Abdou Diouf set off Thursday on a ten-day African trip during which he will visit Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR), sources confirmed here Friday. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- A national Francophonie week has been slated here for 14-20 February, in prelude to the 5th Francophonie Games billed for Niger in December this year. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania will field a candidate to the general secretariat of the Confederation of French- speaking Youths and Sports Ministers (CONFEGES), official sources said Friday. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Communication minister Hamoud Ould Abdi on Wednesday said Mauritania boycotted the 10th Francophonie Summit held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 26-27 November to protest the West African nation's attitude regarding its security. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The 10th summit of heads of state and government of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) adopted a 10-year strategic framework at its 26-27 November meeting here pledging to intensify the fight against poverty and to ensure sustainable development. Full text...