Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the CFA Franc issued by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC). Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A three-day meeting of African Road Infrastructure and Safety experts started in Ghana's capital, Accra, Tuesday, to validate two documents setting up minimum standards for roads covered under the Trans African Highway Network and a Charter for improving road safety in the continent, where road crashes impact significantly on socio economic development, accounting for losses of nearly 2 per cent of GDP. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Delegates at the ongoing 69th International Air Transport Association (IATA) summit in Cape Town, South Africa, have called on African governments to take full advantage of aviation as a catalyst for growth and development. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D): Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Rwandan Franc: Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government has sought Japan's assistance to help the African nation in the areas of power supply, transportation, health, agriculture as well as Information and Communications Technology. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is to set up a national carrier, 10 years after the former one - Nigeria Airways - ceased operation, the local media reported Monday, quoting Aviation Minister Stella Oduah. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said African countries must adopt proactive policies and their partners must help forge an enabling international environment to accelerate the integration of African economy. Full text...

Marrakesh, Morocco (PANA) - The Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group closed on Friday in Marrakesh, Morocco, after five days of intense brainstorming on current African development issues, and the approval of the Group’s 2012 Annual Report and audited accounts as well as its operations programmes. Full text...

Tokyo, Japan (PANA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe on Saturday opened the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) with the announcement of a five-year US$32 billion package to support infrastructure development and boost economic growth in Africa. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) held a seminar on Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), as a side event to the bank's annual meeting which wound up in Marrakesh, Morocco, Friday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D): Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Central African CFA Franc: Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha: Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are the foreign exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling on Friday: Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Members from the International Trade Commission of the European Parliament have approved the terms of the interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between EU and Cameroon, says a statement issued on Thursday in the Belgian capital, Brussels. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is set to host the third edition of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Investment Forum 5-7 June in the economic capital city of Lagos, the organisers said here Thursday. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan King, Mohammed VI, has said that Africa remains "the truly attractive option" when it comes to partnership and economic growth, crediting the development to the "remarkable growth rates recorded in recent years and the numerous assets in the continent". Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government has saved about 300 billion naira through the local production of cement since it commenced its 'backward integration policy' on the commodity, according to Trade and Investment Minister Olusegun Aganga (US$1=155 naira). Full text...

Marrakesh, Morocco (PANA) - A new joint report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Global Financial Integrity (GFI) reveals that the African continent has been a long-term net creditor to the rest of the world. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - On a day Nigeria marked 14 years of uninterrupted democratic rule, another major milestone was recorded in infrastructure development, with the inauguration here Wednesday of the first toll fee cable-stayed bridge in West Africa. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A new "ONE's 2013 DATA Report", published Wednesday in Washington, US, and received here by PANA, shows that 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have accelerated progress in the last three years on reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's forex rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D): Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Here are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, the Naira: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Japan has approved a 8.5-million-euro funding for Mauritania to extend its traditional fishing harbour in the city of Nouadhibou, PANA reported here Tuesday. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - President Joyce Banda of Malawi Tuesday left the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for Tokyo, Japan, where she is expected to attend the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi, May 28 (PANA) - Malawi Labour Minister Eunice Makangala, came under pressure in Parliament Tuesday over the controversial deal Malawi has signed with South Korea to send at least 100,000 Malawian young men and women to work in the Korean peninsula. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has given a US$10 million loan to Chad as part financing for a road project from Massakory to the Niger border. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa’s agricultural, mining and energy resources could boost the continent’s economic growth and pave the way for a breakthrough in human development, according to the African Economic Outlook 2013, released at the ongoing annual meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Marrakech, Morroco. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are exchange rates of the Tanzanian shilling on Tuesday: Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A UN report on Monday said Africa must tap into its agricultural, mining and energy resources to boost its economic growth. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Here are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, the Naira: Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi plans to send 100,000 of its young people to work in South Korea as one of the Joyce Banda administration's moves to ease unemployment and reduce poverty in the southern African country, a senior minister has disclosed. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union’s Foreign Affairs ministers on Monday met in Brussels, the Belgian capital, to discuss the budget to be provided for the African Caribbean and Pacific countries for the period 2014-2020, within the framework of the 11th European Development Fund (FED), PANA reported here. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D): Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The 48th annual meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) opened Monday in Marrakech, Morocco, with a focus on the need for Africa to turn its economic growth into truly ''shared and sustainable economic transformation in the next half century''. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha: Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Qatari national oil company, Qatar Petroleum (QP), has acquired a 15 per cent stake in the exploration and production subsidiary of Total Congo, the Congolese Ministry of Hydrocarbons announced in a statement here Monday Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...