Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Justice Momodou Darboe, a journalist with the Banjul-bas ed privately-owned independent daily, The Point, on Friday disclosed that the re c ent violent attack against him was directly linked to his dealings with "Freedom " , an online paper run by Gambians based in America. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – A global media freedom wat-chdog, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), on Thursday decried press freedom violations in Ethiopia while calling on the international community to help arrest "the Ethiopian government's repression of the media", the IFJ said in a communiqué received by PANA. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Chad and the Ce ntral African Republic (CAR) has begun training some 200 gendarmes and police of f icers who will be tasked with protecting refugees and displaced people in the ea s t of Chad. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Ghanaian lawmakers on Wednes-day turned their attention to strict assets declaration by public office holders as they seek how to tighten the screws on corruption. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) - – Egypt said on Tuesday that one of its border patrol police officers has been killed by smugglers who refused to heed calls to stop and opened fire on him and his men. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Workers of the Togolese Phosphates Office/International Fertilizer Group (OTP/IFG), which was liquidated into the Togo's National Phosphates Company (SNPT), entered their second day of strike Tuesday to protest the poor situation of the firm's workers and the company's long liquidation process, union sources told PANA. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Gambia Press Union (GPU) on Monday called for the im mediate release of Chief Ebrima Manneh, a journalist with the Daily Observer who disappeared two years ago. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Exactly two years after Mr. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) - – Soldiers at Ghana's military hospital in Accra have devis ed a weird way of punishing commercial vehicle drivers who flout road traffic re g ulations – wash and arrange corpses, clean the mortuary and fondle the breasts o f the dead women. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- At least 16 people died Sunday when a bus hit a taxi cab o n a bridge over River Offin in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, dragging it into the river, police said. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- An Ivorian, living in France, Murielle Nanié, he re on Friday emerged Miss Côte d'Ivoire, taking over from Bernadette Nzi. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) - – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has re iterated its demand for the release of Moussa Kaka, Radio France International c o rrespondent in Niger and director of the private Sarouniya FM radio station. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) - – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has re iterated its demand for the release of Moussa Kaka, Radio France International c o rrespondent in Niger and director of the private Sarouniya FM radio station. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- United Nations relief agencies sounded the alarm on Wednes day about the humanitarian situation in six countries across the Horn of Africa, where a combination of drought conditions and soaring food prices has left more t han 14 million people in urgent need of food aid. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – The global media freedom w-atchdog, International Federat ion of Journalists (IFJ), has renewed its call for the release of Moussa Kaka, t h e Niger correspondent for Radio France International (FRI). Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Two suspected human traffickers in the Gambia have been denied bail for the second time by the Kanifing magistrate's court, citing the l a w which bars bail for such suspects. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Police Motor Traffic and Transport Unit on Sunday inte rcepted 380 parcels of substance suspected to be cocaine concealed 19 travelling bags near Elmina in the Central Region. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed the shared r ole of all members of society in preventing and reducing the damage caused by dr u gs, which he said destroy lives, generate crime and threaten sustainable develop m ent. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed the shared r ole of all members of society in preventing and reducing the damage caused by dr u gs, which he said destroy lives, generate crime and threaten sustainable develop m ent. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The head of United Nations security has resigned, saying h e will shoulder full responsibility for any security lapse that may have occurre d concerning the deadly terrorist attack against UN facilities in Algiers last De c ember. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has dispatched a team of experts to Senegal after the death of a number of children in one of the subu r bs of the capital, apparently from exposure to lead batteries. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- United Nations agencies operating in Darfur are calling fo r urgent action to avert a potential food crisis this year in the war-wracked Su d anese region resulting from ongoing insecurity, a bad harvest and rising food pr i ces. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) - – A global press freedom body, the International Federatio n of Journalists (IFJ), has called for an investigation into the "brutal assault " of two sports journalists by police in Dakar, an IFJ communiqué received by PAN A said on Tuesday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – A sub--regional press freedom body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Tuesday urged leaders of Economic Community of West Afric a n States (ECOWAS) to put pressure on Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to ensure th e "unconditional release" of detained Gambian journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Apart from conflict, other key factors fuelling displace ment of people in the world are poverty, bad governance and scarce resources, th e UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, said here Friday. Full text...

Conakry- Guinea (PANA) – Teachers in Guinea on Thu-rsday began a general strike t o demand the bulk payment of their allowances and immediate increase in transpor t allowances for the education and health sectors. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) – Gambia's Secretary of Stat-e for the Interior, Mr. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- An Accra Fast Track High Court on Wednesday sentenced a ke y opposition figure to five years' imprisonment for wilfully causing financial l o ss to the state and misapplying public property. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provided assistance to 25. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A global press freedom watchdog, the International Feder ation of Journalists (IFJ) Wednesday called on the Gambian authorities “to stop h arassing journalists”, PANA reports quoting a communiqué issued by the body’s Af r ica Office here. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Francis Duru, pioneer member of Nigeria’s vibrant film i ndustry popularly known as Nollywood, and interim chairman of the Abuja chapter o f the Actors Guild of Nigeria, has said nollywood will help set up Gambia's movi e industry. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Police in Monrovia, Liberia, detained two journalists, O thello Garblah and Festus Pukie of the independent 'New Democratic newspaper' fo r an alleged "Criminal trespassing and illegal photographing" of old buses, subre g ional press freedom watchdog, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) said Tuesd a y. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – The United Nations and Ghana- are working together to fight drug trafficking in Ghana and the West African sub-region. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Egypt's Coptic Christian community has called on the gover nment to do more to protect the troubled minority. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Zimbabwe’s media are operating under tremendous pressure from state and security agents, as well as non-state actors like youth militia, ZANU PF supporters and war veterans, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said in a report received by PANA Monday. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- A reporter/photo journalist with Foroyaa, a Gambian inde pendent newspaper, Saikou Ceesay was arrested Sunday by officers of the Kotu Pol i ce station while investigating the arrest and subsequent detention of former man a ging Daily Observer of Dida Halake newspaper at the Kotu Police Station. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Child-rights organisations in the Gambia, in collaborati on with UNICEF, is marking "Day of the African Child" Monday with a series of pr o grammes revolving around the theme - "Child participation". Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mohamed Ould Nema Omar, chief editor of Al Houri ya, an Arabic weekly newspaper edited in Mauritania, was released on Saturday ev e ning in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, after several days in police custody, sources said on Sunda y. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The government of Mauritius has decided to libera lize the profession of court bailiffs to promote a fair and equitable judicial s y stem that is in line with the global trend that encourages the use of independen t court bailiffs. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Thursday to naval powers to help protect its food delivery ships from pirate att a cks, saying that as many as two million Somalis could go hungry without this pro t ection. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – At least 16 people died on T-hursday and dozens were injure d when a coach collided with a tipper truck near Komenda, some 120 kilometres we s t of Accra. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The International Labour Organisation (ILO) said Thursday that education was critical to breaking the cycle of child labour and poverty, citing data indicating that many of the estimated 75 million children lacking primary schooling start working at an early age, "We must work for every child's right to education so no child has to work for survival. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- France on Wednesday offered to send a team of investigato rs to Khartoum to help the Sudanese authorities find the cause of Tuesday's plan e crash in the Sudanese capital. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A three-day sub-regional meeting on “human trafficking” began Tuesday at "The Jerma Beach Hotel” in Gambia’s second city of Serre Kunda w ith the country’s Justice Minister, Marie Saine-Firdaus, reiterating the governm e nt’s efforts towards tackling the problem, officials in Banjul revealed to PANA W ednesday. Full text...

Moroni- Comoros (PANA) -- The Comoros on Tuesday introduced biometric passports w ith President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and members of his cabinet being the first to receive the new travelling document. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Customs officials in Mali on Monday arrested a Mozambican and a national of Guinea Bissau near Guinea border with 1. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Customs officials in Mali on Monday arrested a Mozambican and a national of Guinea Bissau near Guinea border with 1. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Customs officials in Mali on Monday arrested a Mozambican and a national of Guinea Bissau near Guinea border with 1. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- A new association bringing together media practitioners in Mali whose aim is to contribute to the promotion of employment and training of j ournalists, organisation of conferences, seminars and press tours was launched i n Mali on Tuesday. Full text...

Moroni- Comoros (PANA) -- The Comoros on Tuesday introduced biometric passports w ith President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and members of his cabinet being the first to receive the new travelling document. Full text...