Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Receiving the outgoing Ugandan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Christopher Onyango Aparr, and the departing Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Ali Rifat Koksal, here Monday, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said: "Africa has reached a stage where we must stop exporting raw materials to the outside world. Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations special envoy for West Africa, Said Djinnit, on Tuesday held talks here with the Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, on a wide range of issues, including peace and stability in West Africa, especially in Mali. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki hailed the installation of Somalia's new cabinet Friday and announced plans to revive a government-to-government committee on bilateral cooperation. Full text...

Tripoli Libya (PANA) - Libya on Monday lauded former Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade and South African president Jacob Zuma for their assistance to the North African country during its political crisis. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - French President François Hollande will Wednesday in Paris receive African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the French presidency said Monday. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has said it does not expect that President Omar al-Bashir will be arrested and handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) during his forthcoming visit to Juba, capital of South Sudan. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Edward M. Ned Alford, the new American Ambassador to the Gambia, Monday presented his credentials to the Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh, in Banjul, the Gambian capital, PANA reported Tuesday. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Elizabeth Thabethe has urged businessmen from the country and Gabon to give meaning to bilateral agreements that the two countries have signed by contributing to increasing trade between the countries. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - French President François Hollande will make a brief visit to Dakar, Senegal, this Friday, on his way to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where he will attend the summit of the International Francophone Organization (OIF), scheduled for 12-14 October in Kinshasa. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and former Tanzanian president, Benjamin Mkapa, were due in Nairobi, Kenya, late Monday for a four-day visit in their capacities as members of the African Union Panel of Eminent African Personalities. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi President Joyce Banda, under fire for her penchant for travels, has justified her jet-set life, saying she has to travel to woo back donors and attract investors. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday received five new Ambassadors accredited to the country, telling them Nigeria wants increased trade and economic activities with their countries. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi President Joyce Banda has announced that Malawi was suspending dialogue with its northern neighbour Tanzania over their border dispute because the issue had gone "to the next level". Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has said attracting greater foreign direct investment to accelerate domestic growth and create more jobs for unemployed Nigerians is now the major focus of Nigeria’s foreign policy. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has called for seven African seats on the UN Security Council, while lamenting the slow pace of UN reform. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Michael Sata has demanded for Africa to have permanent seats on the UN Security Council. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The opposition Gambia Moral Congress Party (GMC) Wednesday hailed US civil rights leader, Jesse Jackson, for his intervention, leading to the release of two American-Gambian citizens, Tamsir Jasseh and Amadou Scatrel Janneh, from jail. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Gambian President,Yahya Jammeh, has released two jailed US-Gambian citizens, Tamsir Jassey and Amadou Scatred Janneh, following the intervention of the visiting US Civil Rights leader, Reverend Jesse Jackson, local papers in Banjul, the Gambian capital, confirmed Tuesday. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The New British Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds, has said London wants an amicable solution to the dispute between Malawi and Tanzania over boundaries of Lake Malawi which the two countries share. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has shrugged off a threat by the US to move its embassy in Khartoum to a nearby Africa country, after the north African nation rejected a US request to send special forces to protect the embassy. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Elizabeth Thabethe Saturday returned from trip to Benin where she led a group of 15-business leaders on a week-long trade and investment mission. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Senegalese President, Macky Sall, is expected in Nouakchott on Sunday for a three-day official visit to Mauritania, official sources told PANA here. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday reaffirmed his confidence in Nigeria’s ability to overcome its present challenges and emerge as a very strong, united, stable and economically-progressive nation. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mr. Joseph Kabila, on Wednesday arrived in Oyo, a small town located in the north of Congo, for a 48-hour working visit, Radio Congo announced. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A delegation from the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council arrived in Banjul Monday for a three-day working visit to Gambia, PANA confirmed from here. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Mauritania's Foreign Minister, Hamadi Ould Baba Ould Hamadi, has delivered a special message from his president, Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz, to the Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, PANA reported, quoting Gambian local media Monday. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, is expected Thursday in Brussels for a working visit during which he will hold talks with the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, and the EU high Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), Catherine Ashton, according to an official statement here. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - In an effort to mend fences with Mauritania, the Malian government on Sunday sent its Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Tiemam Coulibaly, to Nouakchott a day after the Malian army killed 13 Mauritanian Muslim preachers, PANA learnt from reliable sources. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana arrived here Thursday for a two-day visit to Nigeria. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In the first major diplomatic move since the separation of South Sudan from Sudan last year, President Omar El-Bashir on Wednesday received the credentials of the first South Sudanese ambassador to Khartoum. Full text...

Washington DC, US (PANA) - The US on Tuesday congratulated the government and people of Swaziland on the African country's 44th Independence anniversary, to be marked 6 Sept. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – China’s Deputy Prime Minister Hui Liangyu is due here Wednesday for a two-day working visit during which he will hold talks with President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda, the Tanzanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced here Tuesday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye has summoned Gambian High Commissioner in Dakar Mass Gueye to express Senegal's disapproval and consternation over the execution of two of its nationals in the Gambia. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan, has pledged that the Federal Government would continue to work with Britain and other developed nations to promote good governance, political stability and socio-economic development in Nigeria and other African nations. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Benin’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Bako Arifari Nassiron, who was carrying a special message to Banjul from the Chairman of the African Union (AU), President Yayi Boni of Benin, has met with the Gambian leader, Yahya Jammeh, the pro-government Daily Observer newspaper reported Thursday. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan will Wednesday pay a two-day official visit to Senegal, Presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, announced in Abuja Tuesday. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Thursday met with Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa in the nation's capital, Abuja, and urged the government to continue with its reforms to create more opportunities for its citizens. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Briefing African Ambassadors accredited to Israel on Thursday, the Angolan Foreign Minister, Georges Rebelo Chikoti, said his country had come of age, achieving peace and stability with just 10 years after the end of its civil war. Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has sent congratulatory messages to Benin and Niger on the occasion of their independence anniversaries on 1 Aug and 3 Aug respectively. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has disclosed that the Obama Administration’s comprehensive strategy on sub-Saharan Africa is based on four pillars: promote opportunity and development; spur economic growth, trade, and investment; advance peace and security; and strengthen democratic institutions. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Deputy Prime minister of Malta, Tonio Borj, on Wednesday reaffirmed the invitation sent to Libya by his country to attend the conference of the 5+5 group due to be held in Malta in October this year. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Rabat and Tripoli have decided to cancel, from 1 August visas for Moroccan holders of diplomatic passports, services or special activities, the Moroccan ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation said on Tuesday in a statement. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) – Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, was due in Luanda Tuesday on an official visit to Angola, according to the official programme of the visit, quoted by the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP). Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will depart Abuja, the Nigeria capital city, Tuesday for a five-day trip to Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georges Rebelo Chicoti, will Tuesday begin a three-day visit to Israel, as part of efforts to reinforce bilateral cooperation between the two States. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - European Foreign Affairs Ministers have expressed ''grave concerns'' over the worsening situation in Mali and its negative impact on peace in the Sahel region. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has denied campaigning for former African Union (AU) Commission President Jean Ping in his re-election bid against eventual winner Nkosozana Dlamini-Zuma of South Africa. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Britain and Libya are continuing with joint investigations into the murder in London in 1984 of a British policewoman during a demonstration outside the Libyan embassy, the British secretary of Foreign Affairs, Mr William Hague, said on Monday. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Syrian Ambassador to Morocco, Nabih Ismaïl, was declared persona non grata and asked to leave the north African country, the Moroccan ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation announced here Monday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan minister of Foreign Affairs and International cooperation, Ashour Ben Khiyal, will lead his country's delegation to the 19th African Union summit scheduled for Addis Ababa. Full text...