Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Several Algerian groups have formed an association in the southern town of Tamanrasset to promote the New Partnership for Africa's Development of Africa (NEPAD). Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The IMF plans to give Zambia 300 million US dollars in debt relief, according to assistant director Robert Sharer in the Fund's African department. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- An envoy of the European Parliament, Philippe Maurion, said Saturday that the EU valued a partnership agreement with Libya, like the ones it had concluded with the other Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) member countries. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Kenyan Vice-President George Saitoti Saturday praised Tanzania's deepening macro-economic and structural reforms, saying the changes should, however, be sustained for a strong economy. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Telefood, a campaign to raise funds against hunger in Burkina Faso was re-launched in Ouagadougou Saturday under the patronage of the country's first lady, Chantal Compaore. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's external reserves stood at 10. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- In continuation of the foreign exchange market deregulation and strengthening of the local currency, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has entered into a working arrangement with Travelex World-wide to allow direct sale of Thomas Cook travellers' cheques to Nigerians. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Poultry farmers in Mali and their clients in the catering industry have bemoaned losses of more than 400 million francs CFA (526,000 US dollars), after business failed to run according to plan at the last Cup of Nations finals, which the country hosted. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has extended a 30-million dollar loan guarantee programme to prop up Uganda's efforts at stimulating exports. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan tailors and their counterparts in the textile industry are up in arms after creditors placed one of the country's largest textile mills under receivership last week. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- The Canary Islands and Cape Verde have signed an agreement aimed at setting up an agency to promote the development of tourism in the Cape Verdean islands of Boa Vista and Maio, well-informed sources said. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian government has adopted a balanced budget of 1946. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The defunct Burkina Cement Company (CIMAT) will revive with the designation of a Togo-based Indian group, West African Cement (WACEM) as a rescuer, following an international tender. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Sudan has drafted a law prohibiting monopolies to cope with the requirements of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Justice minister Ali Yassin disclosed Saturday in Khartoum. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's 2002 fiscal budget is under threat of being upset by strained relations between main donor nations of the European Union and the new government of President Levy Mwanawasa. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Africa must claim the 21st century in economic development after its dismal performance in the past century, Kenya's Vice-President George Saitoti has said. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Uganda is currently drafting a law that will oblige oil companies to reduce pump prices, PANA has learnt in Kampala. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- France has granted Cote d'Ivoire 158 million dollars (approximately 120 billion FCFA in support of the country's education and health sectors. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Holidaymakers visiting Mauritius decreased by 2. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Finance ministers belonging to 11 Commonwealth Highly Indebted Poor Countries Forum are expected to converge on Lilongwe Monday-Wednesday to discuss with their counterparts from four richer commonwealth countries on the poverty situation in their countries. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A senior official of the U. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A Kenyan oil firm, Kenol, is to acquire Jovenna Zambia, a Lusaka-based petroleum marketing company, a Nairobi-published daily reported Friday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) All-share Index moved up Friday, thanks to a 90-cedi gain by Unilever Ghana Limited (UNIL). Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Zambian kwacha has sunk by a significant 7. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The number of Moroccans living below poverty line has risen from 4. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa Airways (SAA) is upgrading its fleet to boost under a programme, an official said Friday could cost the Company up to 1. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The US government has donated 800,000 dollars to the Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA) and further undertaken to sponsor a study tour of three COMESA officials to the World Trade Organisation summit in Geneva. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Barclays Bank Kenya has announced results for the 2001 returning an impressive pre-tax profit of 4,200 million Kenyan shillings (53. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The consumer price index (CPI) in Mauritius surged 6. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Some 20 UN resident representatives in Central and Eastern African countries Thursday ended a four-day annual meeting to discuss development problems in the sub-region. Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The German government has decided to resume bilateral co-operation with Burundi following positive political developments in the country. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin and Gabon on Thursday signed an agreement to ensure coordination of bilateral maritime traffic and maritime transportation. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde Island (PANA) -- Cape Verde is likely to benefit from French investments in pharmaceuticals, civil engineering, transport, fisheries, telecommunications and tourism following a visit by a team from the Club of French Investors in Senegal (CIFAS). Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius has set up a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to fight illegal practices in the financial sector, the Economic Planning and Development Ministry said in Port-Louis Thursday. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Experts from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) began a meeting in Lusaka Thursday on economic partnership agreements and a regional fund, to be launched soon. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- India's Hind Group is preparing to establish a multi-million dollar steel in Namibia in the first half of this year, PANA has learnt in Windhoek. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- President Bakili Muluzi has criticised those he called "speculators" for suggesting that Malawi's donors have suspended assistance to the country. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- About 184,000 persons, including politicians, have signed a petition to draw the attention of French presidential candidates in the forthcoming election to the need to commit themselves to total cancellation of Africa's debt. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- African Development Bank president Omar Kabaj said Wednesday that the bank intends to finance several projects in Algeria. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The All-Share Index on Ghana Stock Exchange moved up Wednesday closing at 961. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian government has just revived its oil prospecting activity by signing an agreement with a French firm, Indigopool. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin's Culture, Tourism and Crafts minister Amos Elegbe and the US Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater have launched a bilingual website on West African country's tourism sector. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Mauritius Sugar Investment Trust (SIT) Wednesday announced a 16-percent drop in profits for the year 2001, down from 38. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Barely 24 hours after posting a major gain against the US dollar, the Kenyan shilling slipped a few cents at Wednesday's trade. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Zambian kwacha has touched a new low of 4,400 units against the US dollar Wednesday, slumping 0. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian and Ghanaian workers, began a four-day bilateral meeting in Abuja Tuesday to address issues of common interests, the local media reported Wednesday. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali's mining sector produced some 55 tonnes of gold in 2001, according to figures from the National Statistics Board (DNSI). Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meet Wednesday in Zanzibar on integration matters overshadowed by the death of a Mozambican delegate Amalia Dias in her hotel room. Full text...

Antananarivo- Madagascar (PANA) -- Air Madagascar's general manager James Andrianalisoa has disclosed that the company is losing 3 billion Malagasy francs daily as a result of the general strike which started 15 days ago. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali's electricity company, EDM, has secured a seven billion CFA franc loan from the West African Development Bank for rehabilitation of the national grid, an official source disclosed here Tuesday. Full text...