New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday underscored the Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The government of Mali is to recruit more than 1,000 public service agents through direct competitive exams as from 17 September, a statement from the Malian Labour and Public Service ministry announced on Thursday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Three million poor people in Africa and South Asia, majority of them women, will gain access to low-cost mobile phone numbers as part of technology firm Movirtu’s partnership with the UN-backed initiative that enlists the private sector in efforts to fight poverty. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Sixteen people died and several others were injured in eastern Zimbabwe Tuesday, when a bus in which they were travelling overturned after bursting a front tyre, police said. Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The world’s poorest countries spend more money on arms than education, according to the annual report on the Universal Initiative on Education for all. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly on Monday kicked off a high-level summit devoted to tackling the challenges facing the youth and exploring their potential to bring about change in their societies and in the world at large. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A wildlife college in Zimbabwe said Wednesday it had demoted its vice principal after he authorised the hunting and slaughter of 20 wild rabbits to feed guests. Full text...

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP), with the support of the European Union (EU), is providing vouchers for food to the poor in Ziguinchor, southern Senegal, PANA reported from here. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Fourteen Zimbabweans died and several others were injured at the weekend in a bus crash in South Africa, police and officials said Tuesday. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government Monday said it would not pay the salaries of workers who are currently on strike. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday described former South African President Nelson Mandela, as "an inspirational figure who has served as a role model for countless people around the world. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) will Monday, in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, hold an international conference on preparedness and response to pandemies (P2RX), a news release of the institution made available to PANA disclosed. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Africa, Mrs. Lucy Asuagbor, will Tuesday begin a three-day working visit in Burundi, where she will participate in a roundtable on the 30th anniversary of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Hundreds of New Yorkers and diplomats will gather in New York's Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Japan has offered the Beninese authorities 1,200 tents for victims of floods in the south of West African country following torrential rains which have left at least 46 people dead, official sources said on Wednesday in Cotonou. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday congratulated Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka on his 77th birthday, describing him as a national icon, treasure and a source of inspiration. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Eugene Juwah, has commended Nigeria’s communications firm, MainOne Cable, for its pioneering role of providing wholesale broadband capacity that has greatly reduced the digital divide between Africa and the outside world. Full text...

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Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – Cape Verde is to donate five tonnes of drugs to its nationals living in Sao Tomé and Principe, official sources told PANA in Praia on Monday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Journalists in government-owned media organizations in Mauritania are to go on strike Thursday to press for a 10 per cent salary increase and the 50 per cent granted to other public sector employees since 2008, PANA learnt. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Dr Amadou Scattered Janneh, the detained former Gambian minister of Information/Communication, has been charged with treason for allegedly distributing anti-President Yahya Jammeh materials. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN annual drug report said on Thursday that while global markets for cocaine, heroin and cannabis declined or remained stable, the production and abuse of prescription opiate drugs and new synthetic drugs rose. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged public servants across the world to promote the ideals of good governance, integrity, respect for diversity, gender equality and the use of technology for effective management of knowledge to build better lives for all. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Netherlands has granted Mali 6.5 billion FCFA for education, poverty reduction, health and social sectors under an agreement signed in Bamako on Tuesday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Council has endorsed a new set of global guiding principles for businesses, designed to ensure that companies do not violate human rights in the course of their transactions. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A Zimbabwean police woman has been sacked for allegedly concealing a suspected affair with an opposition legislator, the local media reported Thursday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro on Tuesday stressed the need to protect development gains achieved so far despite the fiscal austerity measures undertaken in the wake of the global financial crisis, saying great social benefits arise from investing in poverty eradication programmes. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The prolonged jobs crisis, despite some promising signs of growth, continues to defy global efforts by governments and businesses to generate employment and end the growing hardships people are suffering in their search for work, the International Labour Office (ILO) said Wednesday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Juan Somavia, has called for "a new era of social justice" due to unemployment, unfair globalization, turmoil in the workplace and extreme differences between rich and poor. Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien government Tuesday launched a programme to train 1,500 apprentices and 500 teacher trainees on Cooperative Education, supported by the Fund to Support Continuing Professional Development and Learning (FAFPCA ), official sources in Niamey told PANA. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – All is now set in the Gambia for the 46th-year birthday celebrations of president Yahya Jammeh, PANA has confirmed from here. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania’s National Union of Secondary Education (SNES) is embarking on a three-day general strike from Sunday, sources close to the union told PANA. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Miners at the Tasiast Mauritania Limited on Thursday began a general strike to press for a wage increase of 15 percent, union sources told PANA here. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Striking medical doctors in Mauritania were due to start work Wednesday, after they called off their strike that started 7 April. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Tuesday banned imports of second hand cars older than five years, saying the vehicles posed environmental hazards. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali’s National Agency for the Promotion of Employment (ANPE) and the Italian group, Andriano, on Wednesday in Bamako signed an agreement in the vocational training and employment sectors, official sources told PANA. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Members of National Union of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Mali (SYNESUP) have called off their indefinite strike after the signing Monday of an agreement between the Malian government and the leaders of the organization in Bamako, according to a PANA report. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The three-day strike embarked upon Sunday by the National Union of Secondary Education in Mauritania (SNES) has been largely successful, thus paralysing teaching and learning at that level, according to a statement issued by the union and obtained by PANA here Monday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Secondary Education Union of Mauritania (SNES) Saturday called for a three-day strike (8, 9 and 10 May), to claim "better living conditions" for teachers. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Friday signed an agreement with the Nigerian government to revitalize adult and youth literacy in the country. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Tuesday stressed that freedom of expression remained as important as ever in the digital age, saying it served as a basis for democracy and human dignity everywhere. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Celebrating the the International Labour Day here on Sunday, thousands of Mauritanian workers from different trade unions paraded the main streets of Nouakchott, the capital, calling for a hike in their salaries, PANA reported. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Under Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Kiyo Akasaka, on Thursday said the organisation was increasingly harnessing social media and the Internet to disseminate key messages on its work and activities around the world. Full text...

New York,US (PANA) - The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Juan Somavia, on Thursday called for preventive measures to ensure people worldwide had safer workplaces. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said in a report, unveiled Wednesday, that countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been increasing expenditure on education by six per cent every year over the past decade. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan government announced an increase in the salaries of civil servants by 600 dirhams (50 euros), with effect from 1 May, following several rounds of meetings with the workers' unions, PANA learnt Wednesday from official sources. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Eighty two people were killed in separate road accidents in Zimbabwe over the Easter holiday, police said Wednesday. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Striking Air Zimbabwe pilots and cabin crews returned to work Thursday after the government promised to pay their outstanding salaries and allowances which had prompted the strike. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Two workes' unions in the education sector on Sunday announced a three-day strike from 8-10 May to support several demands aimed at improving working and living conditions of professionals. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Two-thirds of developing countries are on track or close to meeting key targets for tackling extreme poverty and hunger, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Saturday. Full text...