Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt's powerful military, which is ruling the north African country in the interim, has said its soldiers were attacked by protesters armed with swords, firebombs and rocks during a rally by Coptic Christians earlier this week that left dozens dead and hundreds injured. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Cairo-based Arab League on Wednesday welcomed the Egypt-brokered prisoner exchange deal between Palestinian movement Hamas and Israel. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Violent clashes broke out between the police and young black Mauritanian activists of the "Touche pas à ma Nationalité" group, who took to the streets to protest the national population census of 6 May, describing it as "discriminatory and racist", PANA reported from here Thursday. Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Two Nigerien soldiers and six gunmen died in clashes between patrol teams of the Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) and a group of drug smugglers and fighters of Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQMI), a statement released by the Nigerien Ministry of National Defence disclosed Friday. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Arab Foreign Ministers wrapped up their extra-ordinary meeting on Libya and Syria on Sunday, with a call on the United Nations to hand over Libya's seat at the world body to the National Transitional Council (NTC), which overthrew long-serving leader Mouammar Kadhafi from power.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The war may have ended in Sudan, north and south, but its legacy, especially fire arms, remains heavily felt, particularly for the poor and vulnerable groups, women and children in the remote villages. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two former Nigerian leaders, Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Babangida, are virtually dancing naked in the public square, as they trade words over who ran a more successful tenure than the other. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian Prime Minsiter Essam Sharaf said Thursday that his country was keen on playing a pivotal role in strengthening African-Arab ties. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Following the spate of bombings in Nigeria in recent times, the Senate Tuesday invited all the heads of the nation's defence, intelligence and security agencies for debriefing on how to ensure security for the citizens. Full text...

Grand Baie, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Deva Virahsawmy, Monday launched the concept of "zero plastic" to minimise the use of this product in the island. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Thursday confirmed that a total of 18 people died in the 29 May inauguration day bomb blasts in the northern town of Bauchi and Zuba, on the outskirt of the national capital of Abuja. Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Two Angolan soldiers were killed Tuesday in clashes with fighters of the Front for the Liberation of the Cabinda Enclave (FLEC), which took place in Mbata Yema, in south-west Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), PANA learnt from authoritative sources here Wednesday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A UN-backed meeting held in Kigali, Rwanda, has called for better enforcement of laws to protect endangered gorillas in 10 African countries.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Sudan, Haile Menkerios, has deplored renewed clashes in Sudan’s contested Abyei region, whose status North and South Sudan have pledged to solve by the end of March. Full text...

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A Senegalese soldier was killed Monday near the Gambian frontier, north of Ziguinchor, in Casamance, during clashes between the Senegalese troops and elements of the Movement of the Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC, independence rebellion), PANA learnt from military sources here. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Julius Nyerere International Airport here re-opened to traffic Thursday as the Tanzanian nation started mourning over 20 persons so far confirmed killed following accidental explosions at a military arms depot in the vicinity of the airport. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudanese army and Darfur rebels engaged in heavy fighting as of Monday, resulting the death of dozens. Full text...

By Mildred Mulenga- PANA Correspondent Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) -- Libya's widening investment role in Africa has spread to Zambia, where the north African nation is taking a grip on the Zambian telecommunications sector with the recent acquisition of a 75 percent stake in the Zambia Telecommunication Company (Zamtel) at a cost of over US$380 million. Full text...

CBZ Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- When Pakistan's Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) collapsed in the 1990s, its subsidiary in Zimbabwe zoomed to the cliff, widely expected to similarly plunge. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The first Arab-African Youth Summit, organized ahead of a second one scheduled for 10 October in the Libyan city of Sirte, began in Trip o li Tuesday, with an unanimous call by the participants for the need to build an A rab-African space. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- A high level forum on ways to enhance Arab-African coope ration in the fields of investment and trade began work Saturday in Tripoli on t h e sidelines and ahead of the Afro-Arab summit scheduled in Libya 10 October, wit h the theme: "Towards an Arab-African partnership". Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Three people are confirmed -dead and seven others are inj ured following communal clashes in Ghana's north-eastern town of Bawku, Upper Ea s t Regional Minister, Mark Woyongo, announced on Monday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) - â" At least two men were killed on Tuesday in bloody clashe s between two feuding groups at a sprawling slum in Accra inhabited mainly by pe o ple from northern Ghana, police said. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The huge fire that has been devastating the Volcano Nati onal Park in northern Rwanda for the past two days has forced a troop of gorilla s living in the mountains to seek refuge in Uganda while the two countries examin e ways to find a home for the animals faced with extinction, a local newspaper re p orted on Tuesday. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- A Muslim teenager was killed in the latest spate of sectar ian violence in Egypt, again highlighting the tense situation facing Muslims and Christians in Egyptian villages. Full text...

Sfax- Tunisia (PANA) -- Tunisian team, CS Sfaxien, was held in check by the visit ing Moroccan team, Widad Athlétique de Casablanca (WAC), 1-1 in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Arab League championships played Sunday in Sfax, the capi t al of Southern Tunisia. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A new publication by the United Nations Environmental Pr ogramme (UNEP) that maps a blueprint for Kenya's Green Development was launched h ere Saturday. Full text...

Kinshasa- RD Congo (PANA) -- The number of mountain gorillas living in the wars z ones in the east of the DR Congo increased from 72 to 81 during the last 15 mont h s, announced a statement of the World Funds for Nature (WWF, English initials) i s sued here on Sunday. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Despite an agreement between Bedouin tribal leaders and th e Egyptian government allegedly being reached over the weekend, violence erupted Monday that left three tribesmen dead and dozens wounded in the latest clashes b e tween police and Bedouins in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula near the Gaza Strip. Full text...

Inhaminga- Mozambique (PANA) -- The district permanent secretary of Cheringoma, i n the central Mozambican province of Sofala, Silvestre Muriane, has said the gue r rillas of the former rebel movement, Renamo, no longer posed a threat to the sec u rity of the local residents or development of the district. Full text...

Gaborone- Botswana (PANA) -- The government of Botswana has backed down on its decision to impose a 30 per cent levy on alcoholic beverages to curb excessive drinking in the African nation, the local press reported. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- A manhunt by the police is underway in Ethiopia f or suspects linked to a bomb blast that Wednesday killed four persons and injure d 24 others in a bar in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) – Monks (Christians) and Bedou-ins (Muslims) in central Egypt agreed to a settlement this week over clashes that erupted between the two in M a y. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Africa's rapidly changing environmental landscape, from the disappearance of glaciers in Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains to the loss of Cape Town's unique "fynbos" vegetation, is now in documentary form, thanks to a newly published Atlas, courtesy of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). Full text...

Ziguinchor- Senegal (PANA) -- Two soldiers of the Senegalese army and seven presu med members of the Casamance Democratic Forces Movement (MFDC) were killed on Tu e sday evening in clashes that took place in the Djibidione area in Southern Seneg a l, military sources in Ziguinchor told PANA. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Uganda, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) h ave agreed to undertake a 10-year joint protection programme of rare mountain go r illas that roam the three countries' jungle borders. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Armed groups have been clashing since last Wednesday in North-Kivu in violation of the ceasefire agreed late in January at the end o f the Goma conference, military sources disclosed here Thursday. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Armed groups have been clashing since last Wednesday in North-Kivu in violation of the ceasefire agreed late in January at the end of the Goma conference, military sources disclosed in Kinshasa on Thursday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian Navy (NN) soldiers killed one suspected militant and arrested three others, following an encounter on the high seas, some 22 nautical miles off the coast of Rivers state in the oil producing Niger Delta region, a naval official said Monday. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) – Sudan's first vice presid-ent Salva Kiir Mayardit has ordered a halt to military activities at the border between South Kordofan and Northern Bahr Al-Ghazal. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Clashes between the Mozambican police and an angry crowd in the central town of Gondola on Saturday left two people dead and 15 injured, three of them seriously, according to a report in Monday's issue of the independent newssheet "Mediafax". Full text...

Douala- Cameroon (PANA) -- Four Cameroonian gorillas, nicknamed 'Taiping Four', that were fraudulently taken to Malaysia in 2002 and later transferred to South Africa, were due to return to Cameroon Friday (today). Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- At least five students of the Bubanza Secondary Technical School, northwest of the country, sustained injuries Wednesday in clashes with the police, during a 40-km protest march which they intended will take them to the Ministry of National Education here. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Four gorillas originating from the western plains of Cameroon and illegally introduced in the Taiping zoo, in Malaysia, on the basis of forged documents, will be returned to Cameroon in November, announces a statement from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Environmental protectors have reported the discovery in eastern DR Congo of the remains of a fifth gorilla, just few weeks after four corpses of these giant primates whose species is fast becoming extinct, were confirmed. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A mission from UNESCO and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) leaves for DR Congo (DRC) Saturday to investigate the apparently senseless slaughter of mountain gorillas in Virunga National Park inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1979 and on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1994. Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) – Liberian President Ellen Johnson--Sirleaf has vowed to prosecute anyone found "to have used excessive force in violation of the law" during Monday's bloody clashes between the Liberian police and Monrovia's seaport security force. Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) -- Bloody clash opposed Monday the national police and the security forces at Monrovia's main seaport, leaving at least 35 security officers and civilians wounded, some seriously. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- A combine military and police force clashed with a mammoth crowd here Tuesday protesting the arrest of two opposition leaders and 27 others accused of inciting anti-Indian violence last week. Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) — An outbreak of Lassa fe-ver has been reported in parts of central and north-eastern Liberia, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said here Friday. Full text...