Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopia’s leading film makers have urged the international film industry to look into more filming opportunities in the under-explored Ethiopia. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopiaâ?s leading film makers have urged the i nternational film industry to look into more filming opportunities in the under- e xplored Ethiopia. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Defying a warning to stay away from The Gambia, American musician Jermaine Jackson, held a concert in the tiny West African nation this w eekend, in honour of his later brother, Michael Jackson, PANA reported Sunday. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Famous American celebrity, Jermaine Jackson is Saturday staging a music concert in The Gambia as a tribute to his late brother, Michael, the worldâ?s pop superstar who died last year aged 50. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- New biosphere reserves will be designated during the meet ing of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) UNESCO Programme, whose 22nd session will be held from 31 May to 4 June at the U N ESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Leading experts have assembled in Seoul, South Korea, whe re the Second World Conference on Arts Education kicked off Tuesday. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The fifth Kanilai International Cultural Festival in Gam bia opened Monday in Kanilai, the birth place of the Gambian leader, Yahya Jamme h . Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) â" The sub--regional rights body, Media Foundation for Wes t Africa (MFWA), has advised the American iconic singer, Jermaine Jackson, to st a y away from Gambian President Yahya Jammeh and his planned birthday celebrations , PANA reported from here Monday. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Nigerian poet, Toyin Adewale Gabriel, is due in Ango la next week at the invitation of the Angolan Writers Union (UEA) to participate in activities marking the Africa Day, to be celebrated on 25 May. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations agency tasked with preserving the world’s cultural heritage on Saturday opened the doors of its headquarters in Paris to the public for guided tours of its collection of 600 masterpieces and artistic works. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese artist Ibrahima Seck Niang, through one of his works exhibited at the Village of Arts in Dakar, has raised the question of importation and consumption of Thai rice in his country instead of what is produced in the Senegal River Valley in the north and in Casamance in the south. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) - – A Belgian art association, Art sans frontières, has selected six Senegalese artists to take part in a series of exhibitions, the first of which is scheduled for August in the island of Koh Samui in Thailand. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan General Office for Waqfs (religious good) and Zakat and the Egyptian ministry of Waqfs on Wednesday signed a memorandum of un d erstanding (MOU) in Tripoli on Waqfs and Islamic Affairs. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Pan-African Circle of Arts (PACA) has embarked on a study tour of The Gambia in an attempt to implement a project initiated in 2001 t o develop the arts on the continent. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese dancing school, Ecole des Sables of Toubab Dialaw, is hosting young dancers and choreographers from 24 countries in Africa and the Diaspora during a 12-week dance course, running from 14 April to 7 July, PANA reported from here. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The permanent secretary of the Forum of Africa kings, sultans, princes, traditional leaders, king Tchiffi Zie Jean Gervais of Côte d'Ivoire, on Tuesday enthroned Grand Serigne of Dakar, Elhadj Massamba Koky Diop, who is the high chief of the Senegalese Lebou, as king of Dakar. Full text...

Brazil Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- A group of Angolan historians are expected in Brazil onMonday to participate in a seminar on "The origin and culture of African people", taking place in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, on 4-6 May,According to the co-ordinator of the group, Carlos Vicente de Oliveira, the seminar is expected to help historians to understand the true origin of Africans who were taken to other continents during the slave trade period. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The following is the result of the eighth edition of the international children's drawing competition held Thursday in Tripoli, the Liby a n capital. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Twenty-eight artists (18 men and 10 women) from 16 African countries have been selected to take part in the ninth edition of the Contemporary African Art (Dak'Art) festival, scheduled to take place from 7 May to 7 June in the Senegalese capital , Dak'Art Secretary General, Ousseynou Wade, said here. Full text...

Cotonou-Benin (PANA) – Benin will from next month begin a seven--month exercise to “repatriate” the souls of African slaves who died during the obnoxious slave trade. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Cuba's Minister of Culture, Abel Prieto, Tuesday met in Luanda with members of the Angolan Writers Association (UEA), to learn about their Association and analyse the cultural ties between both countries. Full text...

Luanda- Angola ((PANA) -- The Agostinho Neto Foundation may count on the assistance of the Republic of Cuba to enrich its archive, the Cuban minister of Culture, Abel Prieto, said in Luanda on Tuesday. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The film, "La metaphore du Manioc", produced by Lionel Meta, earned the Cameroonian the first prize at the sixth edition of the International Short Film Festival of Abidjan (FICA), PANA learnt from organizers on Tuesday. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The maiden edition of the Mouammar Kadhafi Prize for int ernational literature (2009) was Saturday awarded to Jaber Asfrour, an Egyptian i ntellectual and literary critic. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Preparations for the Arab cultural summit agreed during the recent Arab summit held in Sirte, Libya, have begun, the managing director o f Arab Education, Culture and Sciences Organization (ALESCO), Mohamed Aziz Ben Achour, announced on Tuesda y in Tunis. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Preparations for the Arab cultural summit agreed during the recent Arab summit held in Sirte, Libya, have begun, the managing director o f Arab Education, Culture and Sciences Organization (ALESCO), Mohamed Aziz Ben Achour, announced on Tuesda y in Tunis. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The remains of Burkina Faso's actor and playwright, Sotig ui Kouyatأ©, will be flown home on Friday to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The annual United Nations forum on indigenous issues opene d here on Monday with a call by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on member s t ates to promote development while respecting the values and traditions of indige n ous peoples. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- An exhibition of drawings and photographs by French explorer Louis Gustave Binger in Sudan, Mali, and Cأ´te d'Ivoire in 1887 opened Friday at the museum of Bamako. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- UNESCO has pledged to assist Uganda to reconstruct the Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi (Uganda), following the near-destruction of the World Heritage Site by fire on 16 March, a UNESCO statement obtained by PANA here Wednesday said. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A conference of African Ulema will be held in Dakar, from 7 to 9 June, at the initiative of the Senegalese head of state, Mr. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, joined by several African leaders, Saturday inaugurated the Monument of African Renaissance, a 53-metre statue erected on a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" Nigerian Nobel laureate Pro-fessor Wole Soyinka on Friday night won the applause of Vice-President John Dramani Mahama for his literary a c hievements and boldness. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- One hundred artists will perform in Dakar and its suburbs on Friday as part of events planned for the inauguration of the African Renaissance monument, organizers told PANA. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Six Senegalese artists and groups are among the finalists for the 10th edition of the Kora Awards, to be held on 4 April in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The government of Nigeria's Lagos state Tuesday announce d that the 'Lagos Carnival 2010' would be held 5-9 April to help boost the state's enormous tourism potentials and economic development. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan singer Yuri da Cunha was due to joining Italian music star Eros Ramazzotti to perform in a concert Tuesday night at the Bercy arena, in Paris, France, as part of a tour of Europe by the Italian musician. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian government plans to develop its handicrafts sec tor with funds totalling 12. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour on Tuesday begins a tour of France with a concert in the capital, Paris. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Imams of Libyan mosques on Friday strongly condemned the Israeli campaign which, they say, aims to turn Al-Quads (Jerusalem) into a Judaism worshipping place and the demolition of the Al-Aqsa mosque, one of the holy sites of Islam. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- About 500 people on Friday attended events in the Town Co uncil of Paris marking the 40th anniversary of the setting up of the International Francophone Organization (OIF). Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- A book presenting the performance of President Abdoulaye Wade over 10 years at the helm of affairs in Senegal, titled "Le Sénégal sous Wade: Banqueroute, corruption et liberticide", will be published Friday in Paris, one of the book publishing managers, Babacar Sall, told PANA Wednesday. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan Minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz Silva, here on Tu esday said the workshop on "Promotion and Research of UNESCO's Conventions" will help the sector members upgrade their knowledge on implementing the internationa l legal instruments' methods in Angola. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Rwanda has been honoured for the fourth time in a row at the Berlin Tourism Show, the 44th edition of which took place in the German cap i tal, according to a communique of the Rwandan Office of Tourism and National Par k s, made available to PANA here Tuesday. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The tenth edition of the Benin International Theatre Fes tival (FITHEB), one of Africa's most popular meetings for arts begins on 27 Marc h in ten Beninese localities, sources disclosed to PANA here. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Three major concerts are slated to begin in Dakar, Seneg al, Saturday as part of activities marking the 50th independence anniversaries of 17 French-speaking Afr ican nations, organiser Leopold Sedar Senghor French Institute announced in a statement obtained by PANA here. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A documentary film on the life of a disabled Zimbabwea n woman, who faced rejection and other forms of discrimination by her family in h er early years because of her condition, won an Oscar Award Monday in the United States. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese film maker Mahama Johnson Traore, a founding member of the Ouagadougou-based Pan-African Cinema Festival (FESPACO), died on M o nday in Paris, France. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The first edition of the tourist and cultural festival in Tripoli will take place in late April, organizers announced on Wednesday. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Education through Culture and Communication Organisa tion (ECCO), an international non-governmental organisation based in Norway, has launched a culture kids programme for Gambian children, PANA reported from here T uesday. Full text...