Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Aviation unions in Nigerian on Sunday denied that an agreement has been reached to prevent Monday's scheduled start of a strike to push their demand for higher wages. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Sunday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian banks prefer extending finance offers to high-net-worth individuals, including business moguls and top politicians, to buy private jets instead of giving such to commercial airliners, the private Punch newspaper reported on Sunday, quoting aviation sources. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The three aviation unions that threatened to shut the Nigerian airspace starting from Monday over the failure of the authorities to pay them higher wages have suspended their planned strike. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Bank of Central African States (BEAC) made a profit of 17.951 billion CFAF last financial year, down by 5.192 billion CFAF on the 2011 figure, says an official statement issued on Friday in the Congolese capital, Brazzaville. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Rwandan franc against major currencies as issued in Kigali on Friday by the Central Bank of Rwanda. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS and America’s General Electric (GE) Corporation are to explore areas of cooperation, including in energy projects and infrastructure development, to boost regional trade integration, PANA reported Friday, quoting a press statement from the ECOWAS Commission. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for CFA in central African States: Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Three aviation unions have threatened to shut the Nigerian airspace starting from Monday over the failure of the authorities to pay them higher wages. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - China will provide F CFA 32 billion (US$62.7 million) to assist the West African nation of Mali to maintain peace and implement its sustainable recovery plan, PANA reported. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis: Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In a further confirmation of its market leadership, Ericsson has been named the worldwide leader in telecom operations management by leading industry analyst firm, Gartner. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Spanish city of Barcelona will June host the Africa Energy Forum (AEF), which is expected to bring together some 800 delegates to discuss Africa's power sector, organisers announced Thursday. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) and Algeria are to sign a strategic accord on energy, according to a communiqué issued here Thursday at the end of a meeting of officials from EU member states. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D): Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The international donors' conference aimed at assisting Mali "rediscover" itself was held here Wednesday with participants raising 3.25 billion euros, the Malian interim president, Dioncounda Traoré, announced at the end of the roundtable. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The African Development Fund (ADF) Wednesday said it held its 13 presentation workshops on the fund’s ''priorities and operational strategies'' in Cote d'Ivoire with six West African sub-regional ministers in attendance. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha: Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the CFA issued by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), as published here Wednesday by the financial institution: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Rwanda franc: Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D): Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The total value of daily electronic funds transfer in Nigeria has risen to 80 billion naira, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said, hailing the introduction of its Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon and the European Union (EU) have signed a F FCFA 93 billion fisheries agreement under which seven tuna boats and eight rod-using vessels are allowed to operate in the Gabonese territorial waters with a fixed quantity of 20,000 tons to be fished for the European bloc, the Directorate of Fisheries announced here Tuesday. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A new financial institution, Mouamalat Assahiha Bank, has been established in Mauritania to operate exclusively according to the Islamic finance code. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha: Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As the debate over the newly-unveiled National Civil Aviation Policy 2013 continues in Nigeria, the federal government has explained that some controversial parts of the policy were necessitated by the alleged use of private jets to smuggle cash and wanted persons out of the country. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian authorities are considering “appropriate measures” to be taken against a locally-based Chinese leather factory that tried to export illegally two containers loaded with about 100,000 pieces of semi-processed leather, according to press reports here. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Istanbul, Turkey (PANA) - Libya has solicited technical support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the chairman of the financial institution, Libyan government officials said. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Sunday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The following are the latest exchange rates in the week for the Nigerian currency, the Naira, against other major foreign currencies, as released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – The European Union has given Gabon 942,000 Euros under an agreement aimed at supporting reform of public sector finance in the Central African state. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan franc: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D): Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian national carrier "Mauritania Airlines" on Wednesday resumed flights to Europe following the ban slammed on it in 2010, according to a statement received by PANA Friday in Nouakchott. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the CFA franc issued by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC): Full text...