Moroni- Comoros (PANA) -- Comoran president Azali Assoumani left here Tuesday for Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to participate in a Francophone summit in the West African nation. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The government of Sudan is determined to raise the Darfur problem at the summit meeting of the International Organisation of the Francophonie taking place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso later this month, according to officials of the Foreign Ministry in Khartoum. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Paul Berenger will take part in the Francophonie summit slated for 23-28 November in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, official sources have said. Full text...

Grand Bay- Mauritius (PANA) -- The 51st Conference of Ministers of Education of French-speaking Countries (CONFEMEN) is under way at the International Conference Centre in the northern Mauritius town of Grand Bay, official sources have said. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The Secretary General of the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF) Abdou Diouf said here Monday that he was "totally satisfied" with preparations for the 10th Francophonie Summit slated for 27-28 November in Ouagadougou. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Secretary General of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF), Abdou Diouf is expected to arrive here Tuesday for a three-day official visit to Mauritius, official sources disclosed Monday. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger has formulated a plan to prevent doping among athletes during the 5th Francophonie Games to be held in Niamey in December 2005. Full text...

Malabo- Equatorial Guinea (PANA) -- At the behest of Infrastructure minister Teodoro Nguemo Obiang (son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema), more than 10,000 French dictionaries have been distributed in primary and secondary schools in Bata, the country's second largest city located on the mainland. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Comorian President Assoumani Azali, on a private visit to France, Tuesday briefed Abdou Diouf, secretary- general of the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF), on the progress made to end in the Comorian crisis, reliable sources said. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The French-speaking branch of the International Free Unions Confederation (CISL) begins a three-day forum on union claims here Thursday, a release announced Wednesday. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The executive board of the Conference of Youth and Sports Ministers of French-speaking Countries (CONFEJES) would hold its 6th meeting here 10-20 March, official sources indicated Tuesday. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- The International Francophonie Organisation (OIF) has appointed former President Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro of Cape Verde as its special envoy to monitor the situation in Haiti. Full text...

N'djamena- Chad (PANA) -- Chadian Foreign Minister Nagoum Yamassoum left N'djamena Wednesday for Paris where he is to attend Thursday's 19th session of the Francophonie ministerial conference. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The visit to Cote d'Ivoire of former Senegalese president and now secretary-general of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (IOF), Abdou Diouf, is on the front pages of most Ivorian newspapers this week. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) secretary general and former Senegalese President Abdou Diouf is scheduled to begin a three-day visit here Wednesday evening, reliable sources told PANA in the Ivorian. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Burkinabe authorities have fixed the next Francophonie summit in Ouagadougou for 26-27 November 2004, according to Burkinabe diplomatic sources in Paris. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- King Mohamed VI of Morocco and the Secretary General of the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF), Abdou Diouf, on Wednesday held talks on a range of issues in the northern town of Tetouan, an official source has revealed here. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Editors-in-chief from several African public media organs are attending a training workshop here on "print media and the mission of public service" organised by the Malian ministry of New Information and Communication Technologies with the support of the Francophonie agency. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritian former President Cassam Uteem, has been appointed to the International Francophonie Organisation's Consultative Council. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- The Federation of Cameroonian Youth Associations (CAJC) and the Francophonie Inter-governmental Agency (AIF) has organised the first meeting of youths from Francophone countries on sustainable development 29 August in Cameroon. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The secretary-general of the International Francophonie organisation (OIF), Abdou Diouf, is expected in Ouagadougou Saturday for a three-day working visit, the foreign ministry announced here Friday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- A meeting of top officials from French- speaking countries involved in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks opened here Wednesday with focus on the stakes of the Cancun (Mexico) conference for the French-speaking world. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The International Francophonie Organisation (OIF) has stongly condemned the abortive coup mounted last weekend by a unit of the Mauritanian army against President Maaouya Ould Taya's regime. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Cape Verde's minister for cabinet affairs Arnaldo Andrade Ramos on Wednesday called for stronger ties between Praia and the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF). Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) secretary general Abdou Diouf begins a two-day official visit to the Democratic Republic Congo (DR Congo) on Friday. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Secretary general Abdou Diouf of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (IOF) will visit Kinshasa in April for a working visit, official sources said here Friday. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Abdou Diouf, new Secretary General of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (IOF) is to visit DR Congo soon, Isabel Ruth Matchik Tsombe, an official of the Paris-based organisation, said in Kinshasa. Full text...

Saint Denis- Reunion (PANA) -- President France Albert Rene of Seychelles, has sent a goodwill message to former Senegalese leader, Abdou Diouf, who assumed office last week as new Secretary General of the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF). Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- This year's workshop for broadcast professionals within the Francophonie (SERFOR) has been slated for 13-18 December in Niamey, officials in the Niger capital confirmed Sunday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) has named former Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Executive Secretary Lansana Kouyate as its special envoy to Cote d'Ivoire as part of efforts to help resolve the crisis in the West African country. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Former Senegalese President Abdou Diouf's election to head the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) stole the limelight among newspapers in Benin this week. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Gabonese President Omar Bongo on Thursday called for changes in the procedure of electing the secretary general of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF). Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Tuesday newspapers in Brazzaville dwelt at length on last Sunday's election of former Senegalese President Abdou Diouf as secretary general of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF) and the last minute withdrawal of Congo's Henri Lopès. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- While state-owned Cameroon Tribune Monday reported without comment on Sunday's election of former Senegalese President Abdou Diouf as Secretary General of the International Organisation of Francophonie (OIF), the private daily Mutations has accused France of facilitating Diouf's victory. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Algeria is considering to join the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF), the country's foreign minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem said at the French-speaking body's summit in Beirut, Lebanon. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Algeria is to join the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF), Foreign Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem hinted Friday, on the sidelines of the Francophonie summit underway in Beirut, Lebanon. Full text...

Beirut- Lebanon (PANA) -- Tough lobbying is under way at the biannual International Francophonie Organisation (OIF) summit in Beirut, where a new secretary general, to succeed Boutros Boutros Ghali of Egypt, will be named before the three-day event ends Sunday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- France-based Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), a world media watchdog, has appealed to members of the Francophonie to suspend Equatorial Guinea and Tunisia from the organisation for violating press freedom. Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Burundi leader Pierre Buyoya left Bujumbura Thursday for Beirut to attend the 9th ordinary Francophonie summit which opens Friday in the Lebanese capital. Full text...

Saint Denis- Reunion (PANA) -- Malagasy Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva has urged the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF) to send observers to the country's 15 December parliamentary elections. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A Mauritanian official delegation led by Prime Minister Cheikh El Avia ould Mohamed Khouna, left Nouakchott Wednesday for Beirut to attend the 9th Francophonie Summit slated for 18-20 October in the Lebanese capital. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- A Paris-based Congolese association Has claimed that the country's ambassador to France, Henri Lopez, is not the right candidate to become the next secretary general of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF). Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- For the first time in the history of Algeria, the country could be represented at the next Francophonie summit to be held from 18 to 20 October in Beirut, Lebanon. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Congolese President Denis Sassou N'Guessou affirmed earlier this week that the Central African country was maintaining the candidacy of its national Henri Lopes, for the position of secretary general of the International Francophonie Organisation (OIF). Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary General of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF), Thursday condemned what he called attempts to destabilise Cote d'Ivoire, saying the use of arms against an elected government can never be justified. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Congolese intellectuals have expressed support for the bid by former Senegalese President Abdou Diouf to become secretary general of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF). Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- "Cultural diversity is an essential dimension of sustainable development," says Boutros Boutros- Ghali, Secretary General of the Francophonie International Organisation (OIF) in a message to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Former Senegalese President Abdou Diouf has "real chances" to be elected the next Secretary General of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (OIF), a source close to the presidency in Dakar said Monday. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius Friday declared its support for former Senegalese President Abdou Diouf's bid for the post of Secretary General of the Francophonie International Organisation (OIF). Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The International Association of Francophonie Mayors (AIMF) said it would start supporting AIDS control programmes in African Francophone countries, Port Louis mayor, Moorgesh Veerabadren, said Tuesday. Full text...