Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Rwandan Minister of Management of Disasters and Refugees, Séraphine Mukantabana, has said Kigali has made arrangements to guarantee and facilitate the return of all its citizens who had taken refuge in Congo since 1997. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN has expressed outrage at Wednesday's deadly attack on its compound in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, reiterating that the attack will not deter the organisation from helping the country as it proceeds on the path to stability and development. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan coast guards on Tuesday rescued 111 illegal immigrants of various African nations who were hanging on a boat off the coast of Libya, the official spokesman of the General Staff of the Libyan Navy, Col. Omar Ayoub, said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 150 gunmen riding on 38 motorcycles on Tuesday killed 32 people when they attacked the Kizara village in Nigeria's northern Zamfara State, the local media reported Wednesday. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The governments of Congo and India are to jointly execute a US$250 million project to help ease urban transportation in Brazzaville, the Congolese capital, and Pointe-Noire, the country’s second largest city, according to a government statement received by PANA here Wednesday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Wednesday that 55 journalists from 21 countries fled their homes due to violence, imprisonment, and death threats within the past year. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military said it had rescued a French national, Benjamin Elan, who was abducted 13 June off the Nigerian coast. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has so far repatriated 218 Chinese and 51 citizens of Niger who were arrested in the ongoing clampdown on illegal small-scale miners in Ghana. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - China on Tuesday appealed to Ghana to deal leniently with Chinese nationals arrested in the West African country for engaging in illegal small scale mining, the local media reported. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday said ithad postponed the confirmation of charges hearing in the case against Mr. Bosco Ntaganda of Congo to 10 February 2014. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government on Tuesday dropped the charges against eight of the 15 Russian sailors charged with unlawful importation of arms into Nigeria. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A coalition of human rights groups, numbering over 2,500 across the globe, Tuesday urged Mauritania to join the International Criminal Court (ICC). Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Pro-Kadhafi officials, who are alleged to have "committed political crimes against the Libyan people", will be tried in August, Libya’s Public Prosecutor, Al-Seddik al-Sour, told a press conference here Monday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - About 1,330 ex-rebels, freshly-trained at the police academy in Tajoura, have been deployed to the Libyan police with a view to enhancing efforts to tackle the current insecurity in the North African country, PANA reported here. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Thousands of teachers and learners from around the continent are expected at the seventh annual African Education Week and Career Indaba (conference) in Sandton, South Africa, this week, organisers said. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana plans to open a diplomatic office in Germany in order to strengthen diplomatic ties between Gaborone and Berlin, according to the African nation's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Phandu Skelemani. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 11 persons, including two teachers and seven students, were killed on Sunday night when gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members attacked the Government Secondary School in Damaturu, capital of Nigeria's northern Yobe state, the local media reported on Monday. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Thomas Pere, a Ugandan journalist working for the government daily newspaper, The New Vision, died on Monday after he was stabbed in a slum in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, the local media reported Ugandan security sources. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has called on all Libyans to support their country's legitimate institutions, following armed attacks in Benghazi, which resulted in several deaths and injuries. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The withdrawal of a unit of the Libyan army from the city of Mozda, 180km from the capital city of Tripoli, has left a security vacuum in the city (Mozda). Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 165 illegal immigrants from various African countries were on Sunday rescued by Libyan coast guards, according to Libyan navy spokesman Col. Ayoub Omar Kassim. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The authority responsible for making religious edicts (fatwa) in Libya, or "Dar al-Iftaa", has deplored Saturday's attack on military formations in Benghazi. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday urged governments, civil society and communities to re-examine their attitudes towards ageing and ensure older persons are protected from all forms of abuse. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The government has confirmed the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan as the substantive police chief of Ghana, according to local media reports on Saturday. Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A South African and two Mauritians have been arraigned in court for drug trafficking offences, PANA learnt Friday from police sources in Port-Louis. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African governments should step up efforts in combating harmful practices against children and promote traditional practices and culture that sustain and enrich society, a senior official of the African Union Commission (AUC) said here Friday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern that some countries have continued to impose the death penalty in violation of international Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, on Thursday said despite progress to protect children living in war-affected countries, the evolving character and tactics of conflicts are creating unprecedented threats for children, particularly in Syria, Mali and the Central African Republic. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The current world population of 7.2 billion is projected to increase by 1 million over the next 12 years and reach 9.6 billion by 2050, according to a UN report launched on Thursday in New York. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based sub-regional rights body, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has started moves to ensure the implementation of decisions of the ECOWAS Community Court by member states, PANA reports Thursday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS, will organise a two-day workshop on ''common migration policy'' for the sub-region, AfDB said in a statement Thursday, obtained here by PANA. Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A South African national, Johannes Jurie Botha, was sentenced Thursday to 33 years in prison after being convicted of drug trafficking in Mauritius, PANA learnt from a judicial source . Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Japanese government has made available to the most vulnerable Malian refugees in a camp in M'bera, eastern Mauritania, 600 temporary shelters and 1,200 improved stoves, the Japanese Embassy in Nouakchott announced Thursday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials of the former Libyan government, including Mouammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and ex-Intelligence Chief Abdelah El Senoussi, will soon be brought to justice, the office of the country's Prosecutor has announced. Full text...

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A recent mining accident that killed 16 people at an unlicensed artisanal gold mine in Ghana underscores the need for tougher measures to end child labor and protect the safety of adult artisanal miners, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Members of South Africa’s peacekeeping force deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are facing multiple charges of misconduct, the Department of Defence confirmed on Wednesday. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - African first ladies from across the continent will gather here 2-3 July 2013 to focus on the important role they play in promoting women’s education, health and economic empowerment, it was officially announced Thursday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Benedict Oriase, the man who composed Nigeria's national anthem, Arise, O Compatriots, has died, the local press reported Thursday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Valerie Amos, was due in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja Thursday on a three-day working visit. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Association of Mauritanian Press (RPM), a body of private press editors, has strongly condemned the attack against the offices of the weekly magazine "Biladi", perpetrated on Sunday by unknown persons. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, Mr. Robert Piper, on Tuesday appealed for urgent support to tackle the ongoing food and nutritional crisis in Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said that anti-insurgent operations and general insecurity have uprooted thousands of people in north-eastern Nigeria, with more than 6,000 of them fleeing to neighbouring Niger for safety. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Some 112,503 candidates are sitting for the Secondary School Leaving certificate examinations, which began Tuesday in Mali, except in the northern part of the country which is gripped by political crisis. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Initiatives being taken by the African Union (AU) in countering terrorism and the trafficking of narcotics and human beings also benefit Europe in confronting the same crimes, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said here Tuesday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government says it has identified 46,821 ghost workers in 215 of its ministries, departments and agencies, thanks to its newly-introduced Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS), Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has sent former South African President Nelson Mandela a “get-well-soon” message, as he undergoes treatment in a hospital in Pretoria. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – A Burundian journalist has been ordered to appear before the public prosecutor in Makamba, southern Burundi, only days after a stiff press law was passed by the government. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed “deep concern” over the outbreak of violence in Benghazi that claimed the lives of many people and injured others. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Over the past five years, 23,000 accidents were recorded in Gabon, claiming 500 lives and leaving 11,000 injured, according to Gabonese Minister for Transport Emmanuel Jean Didier Biye. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Presidency on Monday morning issued its first statement on the health of ailing global statesman Nelson Mandela in 48 hours, saying his condition remained “unchanged”. Full text...