Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Burundian authorities will soon move hundreds of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to more secure zones away from the common border between the two countries, in accordance with international agreements dealing with this category of displaced people. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Three children were killed and their mother seriously injured by an anti-personnel mine in Chila, Bocoio municipality of Angola's central province of Benguela, national news agency, ANGOP has reported. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- The long running trial of a group of 70 suspected foreign mercenaries resumed in Zimbabwe Wednesday, with the state laying fresh charges against the suspects. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Togolese Justice Minister Katari Foli-Bazy has announced the release of 474 prisoners, who had served half of their jail terms and had demonstrated the willingness to be reintegrated into society. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Burundian authorities were warned about the danger facing refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo after they settled at the Gatumba transit camp, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR) said Wednesday in a statement issued to PANA in Bujumbura. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Leaders of a community in Ardennes district said they were willing to get involved in the building of homes in Gabon, Michel Marchet, vice-president of the consul general of Ardennes has said in Paris. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) needs US$81. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- A correspondent of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Banjul, Ebrima Sillah, narrowly escaped death when suspected arsonists torched his house as he slept on Sunday night. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The first shipment of humanitarian aid comprising 440 tons of flour from Benghazi port in Libya has started arriving in Chad for refugees who fled the fighting in Sudan's western region of Darfur. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- With almost half the world's population below age 25, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has stressed the need to invest in education and training of the youths to take care of both their children and parents in the future. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Five million people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South-Kivu province lack humanitarian aid, while humanitarian organisations have lost $1. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- US Ambassador Aurelia Brazeal Thursday handed over a donation of 20,000 dollars in refugee assistance to supplement education programmes in three camps hosting Eritrean and Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- President Denis Sassou-Nguesso of Congo Wednesday announced here his government's decision to set aside a special grant of 201 million FCFA ($374,538 dollars) to finance the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of 450 ex-combatants "The government has decided to make a special grant of 201 million FCFA for the reintegration of 450 ex-combatants to fill the gap caused by the amount withdrawn by the European Union from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the disarmament and reintegration of 1,000 ex-combatants," Sassou- Nguesso said. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Police in Zimbabwe said Wednesday the death toll from road accidents over the four-day Heroes and Defence Forces holidays between last Friday and Tuesday had risen to 37. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Police in Zimbabwe said Tuesday 31 people died in road accidents between Friday and Monday when the country observed the Heroes and Defence Forces holidays. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A magistrate has gone on trial in Zimbabwe for marrying a woman to a dead man, allegedly to enable her to inherit the estate of the deceased. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Two South African trade unions, Solidarity and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Friday declared a dispute with Anglo Platinum, after failing to reach agreement with the platinum producer on wage increases. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia - Key stakeholders represent-ing all eleven regions in Ethiopia are meeting here to assess the scale and scope of programmes for the rising number of orphans and vulnerable children in the country. ) Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- In an effort to effectively rehabilitate hundreds of street families dotting Kenya's major urban areas, a local Community Based Organisation (CBO) Wednesday initiated the formation of chapters in 15 local authorities that have serious street families' problems. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday announced the reschedule of five Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) papers, which were to have been written on Tuesday and Wednesday. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Common Front of Mauritian Workers, a body grouping nurses in the country, has called on Prime Minister Paul Berenger to intervene in resolving the chronic problem understaffed health facilities. Full text...

Sekondi- Ghana (PANA) -- A Sekondi High Court in western Ghana has sentenced four men to a total of 150 years in prison with hard labour for conspiracy to rob and attempted murder. Full text...

Mogadishu- Somalia (PANA) -- Authorities in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland have suspended flights by European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO) planes over payment of landing and airport operational fees. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is joining 120 countries around the world to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week starting on 1 August. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Some 270,000 members of trade unions in the South African metal and engineering industries have threatened to embark on a strike Thursday if no agreement is reached on wages by Wednesday. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Rima Salah, Wednesday in Cotonou urged the protection of the traditional values of the African family. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The Republic of China (Taiwan) has given a grant of 5. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service said it recorded more than 200 cases of visa fraud between January and June this year. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- Death rates are rising among more than 400,000 children in Eritrea who live in extreme poverty due to prolonged drought and the aftermath of the war with Ethiopia, a new report by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) released here Monday said. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Authorities here announced Monday that over 250 participants were expected at the regional conference of the African Union (AU) on family issues, which opens Tuesday in Cotonou, the Beninese capital. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Family affairs ministers of the 53 AU member states, departmental technical experts, representatives of national and international NGOs, researchers and university professors will officially launch the African Family Plan of Action here Tuesday, official sources said Sunday. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The UN Mission in Congo (MONUC) has begun the repatriation of some 10,823 Rwandan, Burundian, Ugandan, Burundian and other ex-fighters and their dependants in DR Congo. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Twenty-five Ghanaians are back home after their deportation from Italy having failed to gain entry into the European country claiming they were Sudanese fleeing the crisis in western Darfur region. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Former US Ambassador to the UN, Andrew Young was hesitant to learn about his African heritage, even though the technology to trace his roots had been available for years. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Commission has approved humanitarian aid worth 8 million euros for some 158,000 Sahrawi refugees living in camps in southwestern Algeria. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Film giant Disney has until 12 August to notify South Africa's courts whether it intends defending a 15-million rand claim for damages after allegedly infringing the copyright on the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Zambian government has agreed to pay public workers housing allowances, following pressure from two of the country's main civil service unions, Treasury secretary Situmbeko Musokotwane affirmed here Tuesday. Full text...

Geneva- Switzerland (PANA) -- As part of efforts to better address the plight of 50 million people uprooted from their homes by war and other emergencies around the world, the UN has created a new office to "fill in the gaps" that previous efforts failed to tackle, a UN official said. Full text...

Kumasi- Ghana (PANA) -- Two children, aged one and three years, were killed on Monday evening when a gas cylinder exploded in a house in at Patase in Kumasi, 272 km from Accra, the Ghanaian capital. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A British national, Craig Alexander Pinnick, suspected to be the principal architect in a major cocaine haul case in Ghana, was arrested in a neighbouring country, according to the police. Full text...

Accra- Ghana, (PANA) -- Four persons are known to have been killed in an ethnic clash between Konkombas and Battors in Dambai in Ghana's Volta Region of Ghana. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Two talented South African chefs are in the US to serve up a taste of freedom in a week-long series of events, culminating with a dinner on Wednesday hosted by South African Tourism at the James Beard House. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The World Food Programme (WFP) warned Tuesday that it would run out of food by the end of this month for 27,000 refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) trapped in Chad, unless substantial contributions were made. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- An 18-year old boy stunned Kenya, when he eloped with a 67-year old woman, local press accounts affirmed Monday. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian government and the German cooperation agency (KWF) intend to complete the drilling of 325 wells in 56 districts of the western region of Kayes in the next few months at the cost of 15 billion francs CFA, the Energy and Water ministry in Bamako said Monday. Full text...

Mogadishu- Somalia (PANA) -- Hundreds of Somalis including family members and religious leaders Sunday took part in a memorial service for the 47 university students executed in 1989 by soldiers during the regime of the late former President Mohamed Siad Barre. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) has loaned 2. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Twenty countries, 13 of them in sub-Saharan Africa, have suffered development reversals since 1990, according to this year's Human Development Report, released Thursday by the UN Development Programme (UNDP). Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A Magistrate Court in Abakaliki in southeastern Nigeria has sentenced a 24-year-old thief to four years in prison for swindling his pastor's goat valued at 10,000 naira (75 dollars), the News Agency of Nigeria has reported According to NAN, Ignatius Nwogbaga, a church member, was arraigned in court Monday charged with with stealing the goat belonging to the Reverend Joseph Nwanduagu as the latter led his human flock. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- UNHCR opened the ninth camp Monday in Chad for Sudanese refugees arriving from Darfur, the public information officer at the UN refugee agency, Marie-Ange Lescure said here Tuesday. Full text...