Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Prime Minister, Ali Zidane, on Sunday said there was no evidence to suggest that Qatar aided perpetrators of a car bomb attack in Libya. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) has yet to deliver on the lofty promises of good governance, deepened democracy and the advancement of human rights in the continent, according to civil society organisations meeting here ahead of the African Union (AU) summit next week. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Though the last 50 years of Africa’s history have been fraught with so many challenges, Africans today are very proud of their achievements, according to Ethiopia’s Ambassador Kongit Sinegiorgis. Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed his country's willingness to strengthen its economic partnership with the Central African nation of Cameroon Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has agreed to a request from Kenya to champion its quest for an expansion of African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) at this week's African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Mr. Albert Gerard Koenders of the Netherlands as the head of the recently-established UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) is urgently seeking Burundi's participation in the regional peacekeeping force for the Central African Republic (CAR), which is in turmoil following the recent violent change of government in the country. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday met with Mr. William Ruto, the visiting Kenyan Deputy Prime Minister and Special Envoy of President Uhuru Kenyatta. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Africa’s young people will be at the heart of social and political discourse during the African Union’s 50th anniversary celebrations starting in Addis Ababa on Sunday under the theme "Pan Africanism and African Renaissance". Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Year-long celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the African Union (AU) kick off in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Sunday with a preparatory meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC), according to the official schedule released on Saturday by the AU Commission. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - As thousands of Nigerian troops poured into the country's north-east to battle the Islamic sect Boko Haram, the US has called on the troops to apply "disciplined use of force" in all operations. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya’s Home Affairs Minister Achour Chawali sent his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Ali Zedan two weeks ago, but has continued to function in his official capacity. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The arrest of at least nine activists who were trying to organise a peaceful demonstration in Equatorial Guinea is further evidence of the authorities’ determination to clamp down on free speech ahead of up-coming elections, Amnesty International said. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Coordination of Mauritanian Opposition (COD), an umbrella of a dozen political parties in Mauritania, on Thursday published a document setting conditions to be met by government before they will participate in the next legislative and local government polls, PANA reports. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Caretaker President of the Central African Republic (CAR) Michel Djotodia met with President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon on Wednesday, but details of their meeting were not disclosed. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Cabinet has vowed to sanction those involved in the landing of a private plane at the Waterkloof Air Force Base, which has sparked a national outcry. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday said that the UN was committed to ensuring a stable and prosperous future for Mali. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Ms. Margaret Vogt, Special Representative for the UN Secretary-General in the Central African Republic, on Wednesday said that a neutral security force was urgently needed to help restore the stability and counter the absence of law and order in the country. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – China is to give Rwanda CFA Franc 5 billion to support the African country in its bid to process and promote the bamboo culture. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military said on Wednesday it had begun a massive deployment of troops to secure the country's borders, a day after President Goodluck Jonathan declared emergency rule in three northern states to curb the activities of the rampaging Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The European Union (EU) on Wednesday said that the killing last Sunday of Mohamed Bashar, a signatory to the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD), and several other members of the Justice and Equality Movement-Sudan, was detrimental to the peace process and to the people in Darfur. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's main opposition party Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Wednesday rejected the state of emergency declared in three states in the northern part of the country to stem the Boko Haram crisis, saying the government's action ''lacks original thinking''. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, accompanied by a delegation of cabinet ministers, will undertake an official visit to Russia Thursday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Though there seems to be widespread support for the declaration of a state of emergency in three Nigerian states worst hit by the Boko Haram crisis, not everyone is cheering President Goodluck Jonathan for the action, PANA reported Wednesday. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Mali's interim president, Dioncounda Traoré, on Tuesday said he would not be a candidate in the 28 July presidential election. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - After years of violence by Islamists that has left over 3,000 people dead, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in the three states worst hit by the violence - Adamawa, Borno, Yobe - all in northern Nigeria. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared emergency rule in the three states worst hit by the Boko Haram insurgency. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's former president Bakili Muluzi has denied meeting one of the front runners for the 2014 presidential candidature for the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The 12,800-strong UN stabilization force which is to replace the African-led Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA) should be commanded by a West African, in recognition of the region's track record, a sub-committee of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) has proposed. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will address the nation Tuesday night at 1900 Hours local time (18 hours GMT), according to a press statement from the presidential spokesperson, Dr. Reuben Abati. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Pakistan has pledged to cooperate fully with Nigeria to enable the West African nation's Air Force achieve its full potentials. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has left Nouakchott for Brussels, Belgium, where he will attend Wednesday's international donors’ conference on Mali, official sources told PANA here Tuesday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has strongly condemned the deadly attack near the Al-Jala hospital in the country's second city of Benghazi that left at least 15 people, including children, dead and many wounded. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The volume of interventions undertaken in Benin by The Netherlands will increase from 16 million Euros (about 10 billion CFA) last year to 29.5 million Euros (18 billion CFAF) this year, official sources said on Monday in Cotonou. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The volume of interventions undertaken in Benin by The Netherlands will increase from 16 million Euros (about 10 billion CFA) last year to 29.5 million Euros (18 billion CFAF) this year, official sources said on Monday in Cotonou. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Denmark will end its development cooperation with Benin this year after more than 20 years of partnership, official sources said on Monday in Cotonou. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Monday described the killing of two former rebel leaders, who had joined the peace process in Darfur, as a “cowardly act” that seeks to dissuade other movements from joining the peace process. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The peace keeping mission in Darfur on Monday denounced the killing Sunday of two former rebel leaders, who had signed the Doha Peace document in April this year, while on their way in a convoy from Chad to Sudan. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Dr. Choguel Kokala Maiga has returned as the flag bearer of the Patriotic Movement for Renewal (MPR) for the Malian presidential polls, slated for July, reliable sources told PANA here. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - An international donors' conference for Mali will be held in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, in the presence of Mali's interim President Dioncounda Traore, PANA reported from here Monday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The armed militia groups that laid a siege on Libya's Ministries of Justice as well as Foreign Affairs have ended their onslaught, following an agreement reached with the country’s transitional authorities. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The stage is finally set for the emergence of what is being touted as Nigeria's mega opposition party, to be called All Progressives Congress (APC), after the three opposition parties planning a merger rounded off their conventions to approve the alliance, PANA reported Sunday Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS and the international community have made irreversible progress in Mali by freeing the north of the country from the grip of terrorists and securing its territorial integrity, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, has affirmed. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Sweden is to give Mali CFA F 3.45 billion in support of the electoral process in the African country, official sources told PANA Friday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The British embassy in Libya Friday announced it would withdraw part of its personnel following the current political and security situation in the north African country, PANA reported here. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Omar El-Bashir arrived in Ndjamena, the capital of Chad, Friday to take part in the second summit of the Great Green Wall. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, has been appointed chair of The Elders, replacing South Africa’s Bishop Desmond Tutu who had chaired the group since it was founded by Nelson Mandela six years ago, the elite group said in a press statement Friday. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The modalities for the transformation of the Africa-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA) into a UN Mission will be discussed at a two-day meeting of the sub-Committee of the ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS), opening in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, on Saturday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended that the mandate of the UN political mission in Guinea-Bissau be adjusted to support a two-phase process for the full restoration of constitutional order and medium-term stability in the country. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General, Mr. Jan Eliasson, on Thursday stressed the need for widespread support from the international community for the new Somali government to help it succeed in its reform efforts. Full text...