Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - In view of the need for continued cooperation to achieve common goals, the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) and the European Union (EU) Political and Security Committee will hold their sixth joint annual consultative meeting here Tuesday, with a focus on the remaining hot spots on the African continent. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Ms. Mary Robinson, the UN Special Envoy for Africa's Great Lake region on Saturday welcomed the possible resumption of peace talks between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the 23 March Movement (M23) rebels. Full text...

Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Togolese will vote on 21 July to elect their Members of Parliament, the Ministry of Territorial Administration said on Friday. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – World statesman Nelson Mandela has been readmitted to hospital with his spokesperson Mac Maharaj confirming that his condition is “serious”. Full text...

Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been readmitted to hospital in Pretoria after his condition deteriorated on Saturday morning, according to a statement issued from the Office of the South African president. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara, arrived in Brazzaville on Friday for a three-day official visit during which he would have talks with his host Denis Sassou Nguesso on bilateral and muti-lateral issues. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the European Union (EU) and Belgium on Friday signed a financing agreement, to the tune of 11 billion CFAF, to enable Mali to engage properly in its electoral process, official sources told PANA here. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Carlos Lopes, is among the five Africans to be honoured at a ceremony in New York, US, next week for his visionary and exemplary leadership and for playing an integral role in Africa’s development and progress over the last decade. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union (AU) member states should enable their borderland populations to be architects and privileged beneficiaries of African integration, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra, said here Friday as the organisation observed the African Border Day. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Thursday urged the international community to support the efforts of the Somali government to tackle outstanding issues vital for the county’s long-term stability. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The health of Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has triggered a debate, as opposition parties have been questioning his stay in France for more than three weeks for "routine medical checkup". Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A storm is brewing over whether former Central African Republic (CAR) President Francois Bozize is headed to or has already landed in South Africa. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Global partnerships in development could work for Africa if they were aligned with the strategic vision of the continent and buttressed by a unified continental voice, Carlos Lopes, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), said here Thursday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda has stressed the need for the UN Security Council to take a decisive action against those responsible for war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region, saying the plight of the victims has Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya’s transitional government on Wednesday announced plans to relocate some key governmental agencies from Tripoli, the capital, to the eastern city of Benghazi. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The EU Commission’s Chairman, Jose Manuel Barroso, has said that the EU is closely following the political situation in Tunisia where the transitional government is hesitating to draft a new constitution and set a date for elections. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Despite positive reactions by Tanzania Mainland population to the country’s draft constitution, unveiled here Monday, residents of the offshore Zanzibar Island said the document was tilted against the islanders. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - After the recent celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)/African Union (AU), the Chairperson of the AU Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, talked about the legacy of the OAU and what Africans should expect in the next half century in the following interview with PANAPRESS in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN and the African Union (AU) have announced the appointment of Tanzanian Lt.-Gen. Paul Ignace Mella as the new Force Commander of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), a UN statement said on Wednesday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Africa Liberal Network (ALN) of parties has called for ''a structured dialogue'' in Guinea with a view towards finding a ''consensus on the choice of private election operator'' for the West African nation, PANA reports from here Tuesday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The US has described as a ''missed opportunity for further democratization'' the 26 May 2013 elections in Equatorial Guinea. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has expressed concern over a new bill seeking to regulate non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Egypt. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The lasting solution to the disputed sovereignty of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) is to provide the people of Western Sahara the right to self-determination, as envisaged by the UN Declaration on Human Rights and the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU), according to AU Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has projected a total transformation of Africa in the next 50 years, to build on the achievements of the founding fathers of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the AU. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Trial Chamber of the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday set 10 September for the opening of the trial in the case against Kenyan Vice President, William Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang, the former head of operations at Kass FM in Nairobi, Kenya. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Trial Chamber of the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday set 10 September for the opening of the trial in the case against Kenyan Vice President, William Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang, the former head of operations at Kass FM in Nairobi, Kenya. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – A Rwandan government official on Monday rejected any form of negotiation with the Hutu rebel movement from the Democratic Forces for Rwanda's Liberation (FDLR) operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as suggested recently by Tanzanian president Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – The first international treaty, regulating global arms trade, opened for signature at the UN headquarters in New York on Monday, culminating a decades-long push to halt illegal shipments of weapons such as missiles, combat aircraft and attack helicopters. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Full text...

Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) – In a bid to escape arrest following the international arrest warrant issued on him by the new authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR), former president Francois Bozize has relocated to Benin from exile in Cameroon. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) will soon deploy in Libya experts on border security to help the North African country to check its porous borders, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said here. Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara will arrive in Congo on Friday at the start of a three-day working visit, government sources told PANA here Monday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Sunday sharply criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for allegedly putting partisanship over and above national interest, after the President reportedly pitched his tent with the state governor who lost the recent election into the umbrella Nigerian Governors' Forum (NGF). Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Two Mauritanians, Mohamed Ould Sellahi and Ahmed Ould Abdel Aziz, suspected of terrorism and detained for over 10 years at the American base of Guantanamo were released on Friday afternoon, the private press agency Tawary reported on Saturday citing security sources. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – French president François Hollande has called for support for Libya to ensure its security and borders. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo has sent 30 soldiers to reinforce its military contingent within the regional peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic (CAR), MICOPAX, Radio Congo reported. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Friday morning departed for Japan to participate in this weekend's Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-V) Summit in Yokohama. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - For the first time, the African Union Commission (AUC) is co-organising the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), the fifth edition of which opens Saturday in Yokohama, Japan. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – After 25 years, Nigeria and the Republic of Maldives are to renew their bilateral relations. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan legislators suffered a "kick in the teeth" Thursday after the High Court barred the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) from paying them salaries higher than what was recommended by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has urged regional actors to cooperate on all fronts to tackle the lingering instability in the Central Africa Republic (CAR) following a power grab by rebels which has stalled operations to neutralize the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has presented former African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Jean Ping with the Al-Nelaim medal, in recognition of his efforts to achieve peace and stability not only in Sudan but also across Africa. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza left his country Thursday for Yokohama, Japan, where he will attend the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V), scheduled for 1-3 June, the presidency said in a statement. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has extended until 30 November the mandate of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), a UN statement said on Thursday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) says the Court acknowledges and respects the African Union’s role as the continent’s main regional organization, reiterating its commitment to cooperate with the African Union (AU). Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Japanese government will host the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) from 1 to 3 June in Yokohama, the Japanese Embassy in Mauritania disclosed here Wednesday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mohamed al-Megréyef, the President of the Libyan General National Congress (GNC, Parliament), the country’s highest authority, resigned Tuesday following the adoption of the "Law on political exclusion of pro-Kadhafi officials. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin on Wednesday observed a national day of mourning in memory of the Nigerien soldiers killed in a double terrorist attack last Thursday in Agadez and Arlit. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In the first announcement of its type, the Sudanese chief spy said dozens of officers and privates from the Sudan National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) were killed in battle field in Kordufan and Darfur region. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s parliament has said it will not overlook South Sudan's support for rebels fighting against Khartoum in order to enjoy the proceeds of oil flow from the South, the official news agency reported Wednesday. Full text...