Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, will be in Rabat, Morocco, Thursday for a visit during which he will discuss bilateral relations and the situation in the Arab world with several senior Moroccan government officials, PANA learnt here from reliable sources. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government Wednesday refuted media reports alleging that Saadi Kadhafi, one of the sons of late Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, is “seeking refuge somewhere in Nigeria”. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated Cameroon and Nigeria for the progress they have made in implementing the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on their border dispute. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese head of state, Denis Sassou Nguesso, on Monday departed Brazzaville for a three-day working visit to Rwanda to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – The Burundi President, Pierre Nkurunziza, on Monday received in an audience the High AU Representative in Somalia and former Ghanaian leader, Jerry Rawlings, and the head of the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), Boubakar Diarra, according to reports on the Burundian National Radio. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, will Sunday travel to Togo, his first stop in a tour of West Africa, according to a statement issued Saturday in Brussels, Belgium. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ecuador’s first Permanent Observer to the African Union (AU), José Valencia, on Thursday presented his credentials to the AU Commission Chairperson, Jean Ping, the continental organization said in a statement Friday. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Morocco has recalled its ambassador in Syria after its diplomatic representation was attacked by demonstrators, the Moroccan ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation said. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania is to open an embassy in Angola, according to Tanzania's top diplomat Bernard Membe. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Slovakia has downgraded diplomatic relations with Ethiopia and recalled Ambassador Milan Dubcek after an unexplained detention of the envoy in Addis Ababa against international norms, the Slovak Foreign Ministry said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe rounded off his three-day official visit to Nigeria on Saturday with a pledge to assist the African country in its war against terror. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Serbian Foreign Minister, Vuk Jeremic, will begin a two-day Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has formally protested against the terror alert issued by the US Embassy in Nigeria over impending attacks on some targets, including three luxury hotels, in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan government Thursday decided to freeze all bank accounts of the Belgian Embassy in Kigali, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mrs. Louise Mushikiwabo, said here. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Thursday shrugged off calls by US non-governmental organisations for the imposition of a no-fly zone on two regions where fighting rages between government and rebel forces. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Iran has expressed its willingness to assist the Libyan people in several sectors, especially that of health, the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Akbar Salihi said Friday in Benghazi. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Embassy of the state of Palestine in Senegal has hailed Palestine's admission as a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) during a vote on Monday during its general conference held at its Paris-based headquarters. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustapha Abdeljelil, will pay an official visit on Egypt, his first since declaring Libya fully liberated, to explore new areas of cooperation between the two countries, official sources said here Monday. Full text...

Berna, Switzerland (PANA) - The Angolan Ambassador to Switzerland, Osvaldo dos Santos Varela, on Thursday presented his letters of credence to the president of the Swiss Confederation, Micheline Calmy-Rey. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt and Israel Thursday successfully executed their planned exchange deal to swap 25 Egyptian prisoners, including 3 children, in Israeli jails for Israeli/American US citizen Ilan Grapel, held by Egypt on charges of spying since June. Full text...

Perth, Australia (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday in Perth, Australia, solicited the strengthening of trade and economic relations between Nigeria and Australia. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt and Israel have reached a deal to swap 25 Egyptian prisoners, including 3 children, in Israeli jails for Israeli/US dual national Ilan Grapel, held by Egypt on charges of spying since June. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Vowing that he is ready to work for the implementation of the peace deal signed with the Sudanese government three months ago, the leader of Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM), Tijani el-Sissi, arrived in El-Fasher Monday, accompanied by a high-level Qatari delegation, led by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Ahmed Bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud. Full text...

Washington, DC,. US (PANA) - The US has congratulated the government and people of Zambia on the occasion of the African nation's 47th independence anniversary Monday (24 Oct.). Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré is expected Monday in Algeria on a four-day official visit, authoritative sources told PANA here Saturday. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union Peace and Security Council has extended the mandate of its High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP), led by former South African president Thabo Mbeki for one year, tasked with resolving pending issues on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement CPA, signed by Sudan and South Sudan in 2005. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has extended an invitation to President Omar Al Bashir of Sudan, to attend the Great Lakes summit meeting set to take place in Uganda, 15-16 December. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and his Eritrean counterpart, Isaias Afewerki, met in Khartoum Wednesday to review bilateral relations and issues of mutual concern to their countries, the official Radio Omdurman reported from here. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Ivorian president, Alassane Dramane Ouattara, is expected Thursday in Bamako for a brief visit to Mali, official sources revealed here Wednesday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The American secretary of State, Mrs. Hilary Clinton, Tuesday arrived in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, from Malta, as the first top US government official to go to Libya since the fall of Mouammar Kadhafi. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Thursday received in audience the senior minister at the Presidency in charge of African affairs in Guinea Bissau, Omar Moctar M’Ballo. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Cairo-based Arab League on Wednesday welcomed the Egypt-brokered prisoner exchange deal between Palestinian movement Hamas and Israel. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Jacob Zuma has expressed his deepest condolences to the government and people of Thailand, following the tragic loss of life, displacement of thousands of people and the large-scale destruction of property in the wake of the heavy monsoon rains, floods and mudslides that have hit the country. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague, on Wednesday held discussions with a high-level Malawi delegation, led by Foreign Minister Peter Mutharika, according to a statement from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, received here by PANA. Full text...

Brasília, Brazil (PANA) - Angola, represented by its ambassador in Brazil, Nelson Cosme, on Sunday assumed the chairmanship of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) group of countries accredited to Brazil. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Dr. Siya Bonga Cwele, an envoy of the South African president, Jacob Zuma, has delivered a special message to the Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, in Nouakchott, official sources told PANA here. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister Olugbenga Ashiru has expressed delight that the country's external policy, which is anchored on economic diplomacy, has started yielding fruits, just three months after it became a cardinal principle of its international engagements. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Friday in Addis Ababa called on the National Transition Council (NTC) in Libya to take urgent action to guarantee the safety of thousands of African Migrants currently trapped in parts of the country. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Leaders of Sudan and South Sudan are meeting in Khartoum on Saturday, the first such meeting since the two sides separated in July this year forming two separate states in place of the larger Sudan. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Nigeria's President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on a two-day official visit to Kigali, Thursday announced that a Nigerian embassy in Rwanda would soon be opened. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian head of State, Pierre Nkurunziza, on Monday received in audience, the US Deputy Secretary of State responsible for good governance and global affairs, Marie Otero, PANA learnt from official sources in Bujumbura. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) – The Angolan president, José Eduardo dos Santos, on Friday received in audience a Namibian businessman, George Namusejo, who delivered a message from the Namibian president Lucas Pohamba. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The staffers of the Palestinian Embassy in Angola Friday laid wreathes on the statue of the Angolan first president, late António Agostinho Neto, at Luanda’s Independence Square. Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilisation, Ambassador Robert Loftis, left Washington, DC, Thursday on a four-nation African swing that will take him to South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Guinea Bissau Prime Minister, Carlos Gomes, Thursday held talks in New York on the implementation of a peacebuilding plan, social and political reforms in the African country. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The continued strengthening of bilateral relations in various fields was Thursday advocated in Luanda by the outgoing ambassador of Mozambique to Angola, Antonio Matonse, after bidding farewell to President José Eduardo dos Santos. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The new Angolan Ambassador to Ethiopia, Arcanjo Maria do Nascimento, on Monday, in Addis Ababa, presented his credentials to President Girma Wolde-Giorgis. Full text...

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Conde has declared that his country is back on the world stage, following his speech to the 66th session of the UN General Assembly in New York last week. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - President Salva Kiir of the Republic of South Sudan on Friday said the "country will need international assistance for a long time to develop basic infrastructure and tap into its natural resources. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council Thursday expressed its determination to enhance the effectiveness of the UN in defusing potential and ongoing conflicts. Full text...