Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Malian foreign minister, Tiéman Coulibaly, on Thursday strongly condemned the terrorist attacks perpetrated in two cities in northern Niger. Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) – About 20 Nigerien soldiers were killed and 16 others injured in a suicide bomb attack perpetrated early Thursday by elements of jihadist movement MUJAO against a military barracks located in the city of Agadez, Northern Niger, the Nigerien Defence Minister, Karidja Mahamadou, disclosed in a press statement. Full text...

Ogidi, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's literary giant Chinua Achebe, who died at the age of 82 on 21 March, 2013, was buried with pomp and pageantry in his hometown of Ogidi in Nigeria's South-eastern Anambra state on Thursday, the culmination of a five-day funeral rites that started on Sunday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - La Jeunesse, a television station in central Tripoli, the Libyan capital, was razed by angry demonstrators who were protesting the death of a citizen during a manhunt for a drug dealer mounted by a local vigilante group in the neighborhood of "Karkach". Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The New York-based global press freedom watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), on Thursday said it had written to South Sudan President, Salva Kiirr, to express concern over ''the deteriorating state of press freedom'' in his country. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Army Chief, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, said some Nigerian Army soldiers have been arrested for allegedly conspiring with the militant Islamic sect Boko Haram. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Valerie Amos, on Wednesday said the international community must do more to ensure the people of Sudan's Darfur region can better provide for themselves. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – A joint mission of the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations High Commissioner for the Refugees (UNHCR), which recently visited the Mbera camp in Mauritania, has called for support for Malian refugees there, according to a joint communiqué by the UN agencies on Wednesday. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) is to grant 37 million euros to Eastern and Southern African countries in their efforts to fight maritime piracy in that region, an EU press release, obtained by PANA on Wednesday, has indicated. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Tuesday provided essential emergency food assistance and goods to hundreds of families fleeing the violence in northern Nigeria. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Four Heads of State and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Rev. Justin Welby, are among the dignitaries expected to attend Thursday's burial of Nigeria's late literary giant Chinua Achebe in his hometown of Ogidi in Nigeria's South-east, the government of his native home state of Anambra has announced. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A joint report released on Tuesday by the UN World Food Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military announced on Tuesday that it would release a number of suspects, including all women, being held over alleged terrorists activities. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The body of Nigeria's late literary giant Chinua Achebe arrived in the capital city of Abuja early Tuesday, two days after its scheduled arrival date, for a series of activities that will culminate in his burial on Thursday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Port workers, demanding enhanced working conditions, went on strike here Tuesday, paralyzing activities at the Nouakchott port, PANA reported, quoting sources close to the workers' union. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – As the African Union (AU) marks its 50th anniversary, there is no better opportunity for the continent to ensure that children’s rights are put at the centre of future development, former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano said here Tuesday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Stabilization Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - To raise awareness of the plight of refugees and find new ways to reconnect refugee families in some of the most remote areas in the world, Ericsson and Refugees United will run a series of developer competitions leading up to World Refugee Day, on 20 June, 2013. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian troops fighting the Boko Haram terrorists Monday announced the arrest of 120 more Boko Haram insurgents in Maiduguri, capital of the North East Borno State. Full text...

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Armed policemen have laid a siege on the offices of Uganda's leading independent daily, The Monitor, in Kampala, the nation's capital, and are currently searching the paper's premises, the paper said on its website. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Zambian authorities to dismiss all charges and release two men arrested for engaging in homosexual acts. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Tributes have continued to pour in for popular South African television presenter Vuyo Mbuli, who suffered a fatal heart attack over the weekend. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has on behalf of the Commission extended condolences to the family and friends of renowned South African Television anchor, Mr. Vuyo Mbuli, who died at the weekend. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian troops battling Boko Haram insurgents in the country's South-east on Sunday killed 14 of the insurgents, but lost three of their men, while seven (troops) were wounded and one declared missing. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan authorities have arrested 79 illegal immigrants, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, the country's security sources disclosed on Sunday. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - At least three persons were killed and some 15 others injured on Saturday night by unidentified gunmen during a raid on Gatumba’s sea resort, located in the Western part of the capital, Bujumbura, the private African Radio quoted security sources as saying. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Four people have been confirmed dead in a stampede on Sunday at a church service of popular Nigerian prophet T.B. Joshua in Ghana's capital, Accra. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The funeral rites of the late renowned Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, began Sunday with prayers at the Ecumenical Centre in the capital city of Abuja. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Olebile Gladys Masire, wife of Botswana’s second President Ketumile Masire, has died. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The military has imposed a 24-hour curfew on parts of Maiduguri, capital city of Nigeria's northern Borno state which is one of the three states placed under emergency rule last week to stem the activities of the Islamic sect Boko Haram, the local media reported Sunday. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military has arrested a total of 65 Boko Haram terrorists who attempted to infiltrate Maiduguri, Borno State capital, while fleeing from various camps now under attack by the military's Special Forces. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian troops deployed massively to combat the Islamic sect Boko Haram in the country's north-east since Tuesday's emergency rule declaration in the region have retaken 17 towns and villages allegedly controlled by the insurgents in Borno state, the private Leadership newspaper reported on Saturday. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (Abuja) - For the first time since the beginning of the insurgency in Nigeria of Boko Haram, the terror group on Thursday night struck in Daura, in northwest of Katsina State killing two soldiers and injuring one. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As the war against terrorists in northern Nigeria hots up, advancing troops of the Special Task Force of the Nigerian military have destroyed some terrorists camps sited in the forests of Northern and central Borno State, one of the three States over which a state of emergency had been slammed. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The global press freedom watchdog, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Thursday wrote to US Secretary of State John Kerry, asking him to include in his discussions at the African Union (AU) Summit the issue of press freedom in Africa. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday said members of the violent sect, Boko Haram, and other extremist groups in Nigeria could face war crimes charges for deliberate acts leading to ethnic and religious cleansing. Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Hundreds of Tamil Mauritians Friday demonstrated in Port-Louis to demand that Mauritius should boycott the Commonwealth Summit, to be held in September this year in Sri Lanka. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Determined to stamp out arms and drug trafficking as well as stop illegal immigrants from entering the country, Libyan air force jets have continued to conduct air surveillance along the nation's southern and eastern borders, Yusuf al-Takouss, spokesman for the Air Force, told journalists Friday. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame is due in London on Saturday to participate in a meeting organised by his compatriots who are based in Europe and North America, the local media reported Friday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 31 persons were killed and 16 others injured in a freak accident that occurred when a tree fell on them at a market in Umuejinwaoke Umuadagu village in Nigeria's South-eastern state of Imo, the local media reported Friday Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African doctor who has been at the centre of a major diplomatic row between South Africa and the United Arab Emirates arrived in Cape Town on Friday morning, after being detained in Abu Dhabi for eight months on murder charges. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian court has discharged the two journalists with the local Leadership newspaper who were arraigned by the federal government over alleged conspiracy and forgery of a presidential directive’s bromide. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – The UN on Thursday welcomed the international community’s pledge of 3.25 billion euros to support a recovery plan for Mali, which is emerging from a recent crisis that saw its northern territory overtaken by extremists and hundreds of thousands of people uprooted by conflict. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said he is "very concerned" over the deteriorating security situation in parts of northeast Nigeria where a state of emergency has been declared. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Two days after declaring emergency rule in three States in North Eastern Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday met with Mr. Ahmadou Ali, the Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister and envoy of the Cameroonian President, with both parties pledging to strengthen cooperation and collaboration on trans-border security. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The kidnappers of the wife, daughter and driver of Nigerian Supreme Court Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour has demanded a ransom of 300 million naira (US$1.88 million) for their release, the local media reported Thursday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan coast guards on Tuesday rescued 99 illegal migrants, mainly Africans, after their boat stalled off the coast of Zelitine, in Western Libya, Marine spokesman, Col. Omar Kassem, told newsmen here Wednesday. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has condemned Monday's car bomb attack near the Al Jala’a hospital in Benghazi, Libya, which killed three persons and injured scores of others. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – In protest against Monday's car bomb attack in Benghazi which killed three persons and injured scores of others, media houses in Libya will not function Thursday, PANA reports from here. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Six people were killed and dozens more injured when a four-storey building under construction collapsed in Nyagatare, 160 km away from the Rwandan capital, Kigali, Tuesday afternoon, police spokesman Theos Badege said Wednesday. Full text...