Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Senegalese Foreign Minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio arrived in Tripoli on Monday with a message from Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade for Libyan leader, Col. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- South Africa Vice President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Uganda on a two-day "private visit," according to official sources on Monday here. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim arrived here Friday to begin a 24-hour visit to Cape Verde aimed at enhancing bilateral co-operation between the two countries. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- The ambassador of France in Gabon, Jean-Marc Simon Monday extended wishes of success to the two-day African Union Peace and Security Council summit convening in Libreville. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Gabon and Morocco have signed an agreement to partially scrap entry visas for selected passport holders, thus broadening the legal base for their 60-year old bilateral cooperation, official sources said Thursday. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Spanish foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos lauded on arrival here Wednesday the excellent relations between his country and Algeria in all sectors. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade Thursday attended the induction of former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing into the Académie française in Paris. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Mauritania Senate president Dieng Boubou Farba announced the country's full adherence here Thursday, to what has been dubbed "parliamentary diplomacy" among National Assemblies of members states of the '5+5 Dialogue'. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanian Foreign and Cooperation Minister Mohamed Vall Ould Bellal is embroiled in controversy over an interview published in "Islamtoday," an Islamic website. Full text...

Washington- US (PANA) -- US President George W. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- President Jacques Chirac has appointed Pierre Jacquemot French ambassador to Ghana, an official source confirmed here Thursday. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Gabonese President Omar Bongo Ondimba is expected Wednesday in Paris but no reason was given for the visit to the French capital. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Cooperation minister Xavier Darcos will represent France at the Nairobi summit on anti-personnel mines which kicks off Monday, a foreign ministry official announced here. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- France has called on Ethiopia and Eritrea to open "in-depth discussions" leading to a peaceful settlement of their border dispute, the French foreign ministry said Saturday here. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- French President Jacques Chirac who arrived here Wednesday night on a 24-hour official visit will hold discussions with Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- French minister delegate for cooperation, Xavier Darcos flies Tuesday to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to attend the Francophonie summit scheduled 26-27 November, official sources said here. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt on Monday summoned the ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Brussels, Jean-Pierre Mutamba, following an incident in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania last Saturday when President Joseph Kabila refused to meet the Belgian foreign minister, Karel De Gucht, during the international conference on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes region. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt on Monday summoned the ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Brussels, Jean-Pierre Mutamba, following an incident in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania last Saturday when President Joseph Kabila refused to meet the Belgian foreign minister, Karel De Gucht, during the international conference on peace, security and development in the Great Lakes region. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria has congratulated King Mohamed VI of Morocco as his kingdom celebrated its 49th independence anniversary, which observers viewed as a move to revamp the thawed relations between the two countries. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya has sent best wishes to Moroccan King Mohamed VI as the kingdom celebrates its 48th anniversary of independence, official sources said Thursday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- A roundtable on the theme "South-South co-operation" held Wednesday at the UNESCO headquarters marked the beginning of celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the Group of 77 (G-77) formed by developing countries. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Government officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) started discussions with their Zambian counterparts in Lusaka Friday on ways to improve momentarily strained relations in the wake of careless remarks by former vice-president Nevers Mumba. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal has extended the "warmest congratulations" to his US counterpart George W. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated US President George W. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- South African foreign minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is expected in the Senegalese capital of Dakar Wednesday for a three-day official visit, official sources said here. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Fifty years after the beginning of the Algerian war for independence, France says it wants to open a new era in its relations with its former North African colony by signing a friendship treaty between them. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritanie (PANA) -- Mauritanian President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya has sent a message of congratulations to his Algerian counterpart, Abdel Aziz Bouteflika, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Algerian revolution that led to Algeria's independence in 1962. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Sunday concluded her visit to Brasilia where she co-chaired the third Joint Binational Commission between Brazil and her country. Full text...

Malabo- Equatorial Guinea (PANA) -- France's new ambassador to Equatorial Guinea Henri Deniaud has presented his credentials to President Teodoro Obiang Nguema. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The government of Serbia-Montenegro (former Yugoslavia) has withdrawn its recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), and instead reaffirmed "total support" to Morocco's territorial integrity, an official source said here. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure has received the new ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Mali, Irène Horejs, after presenting her letters of credence at State House here, official sources affirmed Tuesday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Henri Deniaud has been appointed as France's new ambassador to Equatorial Guinea by French President Jacques Chirac, a French official source told PANA on Monday. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Belgian Foreign Affairs minister Karel de Gucht's undiplomatic comments last week on DR Congo's political players have drawn various reactions in Brussels' political circles. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder have discussed how to step up cooperation between their two countries and consolidate relations between the African Union and its European counterpart, official sources have said. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Visiting Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade is due in the French northeastern city of Reims Friday to attend a function in tribute to African fighters who died during the two World Wars, diplomatic sources indicated here Thursday. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania's new ambassador to Morocco, Cheyakh Ould Ely has presented his letters of credence to King Mohamed VI, official sources confirmed here Tuesday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- French Foreign minister Michel Barnier Tuesday lauded the lifting of the European Union's arms embargo on Libya, noting that France contributed much to the move. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania and Libya have been boycotting attending each other's public functions for some months now, according to diplomatic sources in Nouakchott. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier and his Eritrean counterpart Ali Said Abdellah Wednesday held talks here that primarily centred on the Horn of Africa, a French official said. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- French foreign minister Michel Barnier is expected Wednesday in Tripoli for a working visit aimed at further cementing ties between France and Libya, official sources revealed here Monday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- French President Jacques Chirac has appointed Dominique Renaux as France's new ambassador to Mauritius, French officials told PANA in Paris Monday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Visiting Ivorian Prime Minister Seydou Diarra met here Friday with French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier in Paris, according to French officials. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Rwanda has nominated new ambassadors to China, India, France and Canada, according to a statement issued by the cabinet here Wednesday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Dominique Decherf has been appointed new French Ambassador to Kigali, Rwanda, official sources confirmed here Friday. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin considers disarmament as fundamental to peace and development, Foreign Affairs minister Rogatien Biaou said here Thursday. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco has recalled its ambassador to Pretoria for consultation after South Africa declared recognition Wednesday of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) self- proclaimed by the Polisario Front. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Belgium has appointed Johan Swinnen as its new ambassador to DR Congo, according to a statement issued on Monday by the Foreign ministry in Brussels. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Diplomat Johan Swinnen has been appointed Belgian ambassador to DR Congo, official sources disclosed here Monday. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The regime in the Central African Republic has commended Libyan leader Moammar Kadhafi for his "pioneering role" toward bringing peace, stability and security within the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) and beyond, the Libyan News Agency (JANA) reported. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Authorities in France have expressed satisfaction over the inaugural session of Somalia's transitional parliament, saying Paris hoped that this event will pave the way for a speedy election of the president of Somalia. Full text...