Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan said here Monday that henceforth, the nation’s domestic priorities should be the key factors in the review of its foreign policy. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Contrary to insinuations that Nigeria has jettisoned its Afro-centric foreign policy postures which have been the hallmark of its International engagements since 1960, Nigeria will continue to accord greater priority to issues affecting the continent, according to the Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The President of the Alliance for justice and democracy/Movement for reconciliation (AJD/MR), Sarr Ibrahima Moctar, has asked the Mauritanian authorities to re-embrace black Africa in the course of its diplomacy, Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Haile Menkerios, the former head of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), to the newly created position of Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan. Full text...

Beijing, China (PANA) - The Angolan Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, João Manuel Bernardo has appealed to Angolan entrepreneurs to combine their businesses with the promotion of the country’s image in a dignifying way. Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has congratulated Benin on the occasion of the West African nation's 51st independence anniversary, which will be marked 1 Aug. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, arrived Wednesday in Kigali for a four-day state visit to Rwanda that is designed to enhance cooperation between the two countries, official sources said here. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has warned that its missions abroad will henceforth employ the diplomatic principle of reciprocity in handling the issuance of visas. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has offered his condolences to the people of Norway after Friday’s bomb blast and shooting tragedy which left over 90 dead. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The 16th ordinary meeting of the Ministers' Council of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries Community (CPLP) was opened Friday in Luanda by the Angolan Foreign Affairs Minister, Georges Rebelo Chikoti. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The bilateral relations between Angola and France have always Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, here Thursday discussed with Foreign Affairs ministers from the Portuguese-Speaking Community (CPLP), issues on the activities of the organisation. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Conde, Tuesday received in Conakry, the Angolan ambassador to that country, Brito Sozinho, hours after the assassination attempt on him by some military personnel. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria and Britain Tuesday agreed to double trade between them to 8 billion pounds by 2014. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The newly-appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, has said the country, in its engagement with the rest of the world, will place a top priority on International cooperation that will create jobs for the country's youth. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - France is to boost its relations with Angola, to build on the growing cooperation between the two countries, according to French Ambassador to Angola Philippe Garnie. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Germany has agreed to consider the requests for assistance tabled before it by the regional bloc ECOWAS, during German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Thursday. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel was officially received by host Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan in the capital city of Abuja Thursday, a day after she arrived for a two-day visit to Nigeria. Full text...

Washington DC, US (PANA) - The US has congratulated the people and government of Sao Tome and Principe on the occasion of the African country's independence anniversary, marked 12 July. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - France plans to open an embassy in Juba Saturday after the official proclamation of the independence of South Sudan, the spokesman of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Valero, announced here Friday. Full text...

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A high-powered South African delegation, including President Jacob Zuma, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane as well as several other Cabinet ministers is en route to Juba to attend South Sudan’s historic independence celebrations on Sunday. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) –French Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, announced in Paris Thursday that he would visit Juba, Southern Sudan, Saturday as part of an African tour that will also take him to Ethiopia and Mauritania. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Eritrea has accused Ethiopia and the East African bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), of spreading falsehoods about the country’s alleged links with Somali insurgents. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Karti, on a working visit to Belgium, was received Tuesday in Brussels, the capital, by the High Representative of the European Union for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (PESC), Catherina Ashton, with whom he discussed the tense political situation in the border area between northern Sudan and southern Sudan. Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has said it is ''encouraged'' by the 4 July meeting between Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and First Vice President Salva Kiir at the Extraordinary Session of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on Sudan in Addis Ababa. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Princeton Lyman Travels was expected to arrive in Addis Ababa Sunday on the first leg of his trip to Ethiopia and Sudan Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The US Senate has confirmed Lewis Lukens as the new ambassador of his country to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, a communiqué from the diplomatic representation made available to PANA here Friday said. Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has sent congratulatory messages to Rwanda and Cape Verde on their independence anniversary being marked 4 July and 5 July respectively. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian Prime Minsiter Essam Sharaf said Thursday that his country was keen on playing a pivotal role in strengthening African-Arab ties. Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has congratulated the government and people of Burundi on the occasion of the African nation's 49th independence anniversary, being observed Friday, 1 July. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A top Muslim Brotherhood (MB) figure in Egypt on Thursday welcomed the idea of resuming formal contacts with the US. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - The Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA). a Mauritanian NGO, has asked lawyers to prepare a charges of "complicity in slavery" against the new ambassador of Mauritania in Paris, Cheyakh Ould Ely, according to the president of the NGO, Biram Ould Abeid. Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has congratulated DR Congo on its 51st independence anniversary, being marked Thursday (30 June), while also calling for stronger cooperation between the two countries. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos has appointed Manuel Ruas as the country's ambassador to Guinea Conakry. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The first British minister to meet with a Nigerian President in about five years met with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with Jonathan welcoming the commitment of the United Kingdom to a reinvigoration of bilateral relations with Nigeria. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe will travel to Algeria Wednesday on an official two-day visit, the spokesperson for the French Foreign Ministry, Bernard Valero, said in Paris Tuesday. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is due here Saturday for a three-day official visit to Tanzania during which she will hold bilateral talks with President Jakaya Kikwete and, in addition, convene a high-level meeting with Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda and Irish Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore to address the objectives of the 1,000 Days Nutrition Project in Tanzania. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The freezing of the European bank assets of the second wife of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo, Nadiany Bamba, has been lifted by the European Union Court, according to a statement from the court on Thursday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon may have secured the backing of African countries for his second, five-year term, when his current tenure expires 31 December 2011. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh Saturday received in audience in Banjul the Secretary General of Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC), Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, PANA confirmed from here Monday. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - United States President Barack Obama will receive Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan at the White House, Washington DC on Wednesday, 8 June, at 4:40 pm local time, PANA reported from here Saturday. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil El-Arabi is expected to visit Sudan soon, for the Egypt-Sudan bilateral Commission aimed at strengthening the relations between the two countries. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vanackere Steven Vanackere, will be in Burundi 2-4 June on a working visit aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries, the Belgian embassy here said in press statement. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt on Saturday started implementing its decision to permanently re-open the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza strip, to alleviate the suffering of Palestinians from the illegal Israeli blockade. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Moroccan Youssef Amrani was Wednesday appointed Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UpM), the local press indicated Thursday. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Republic of Southern Sudan, whose proclamation of independence is scheduled for 9 July in Juba, will be the focus of discussions at the meeting of the Joint Council of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) and the European Union (EU) states, scheduled for next Tuesday in Brussels, official sources said in Europe. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to global security and peace and continuing provision of the appropriate policy base and requisite investments towards achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015. Full text...

Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - France Saturday pledged its support for Nigeria's aspirations in the international arena, including the African nation's quest for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Russia is to train and equip the Angolan border police, following a request made by the Angolan government as part of efforts to stop illegal immigration into the country. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal ( PANA) – The Senegalese Prime Minister, Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye, flew into Gambia Wednesday for a day-working visit, the pro-government paper in Banjul, the Daily Observer confirmed Thursday. Full text...