Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The International Criminal Court (ICC) has delayed the pending trial of Uhuru Kenyatta, a favourite in the race for the Kenyan presidency, until 9 July. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Thursday approved a new regimen of sanctions on North Korea for its underground nuclear test last month, PANA reports. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – The African Union’s Special Envoy to Guinea Bissau, Ovido M. B. Pequeno, on Thursday urged Guinea Bissau’s interim authorities to fix a date for the general elections, promising that the international community would help the West African nation conduct the polls. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Thursday expressed profound sadness at the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, saying, in a condolence letter to interim president, Nicolas Madura, that he had great respect and admiration for the late Chavez. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will embark on a two-day visit to Congo on 29 March, official sources told PANA here Thursday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s presidential vote tallying lurched into further trouble Thursday after the main Coalition for Reform and Democracy (CORD) running mate, Kalonzo Musyoka, said the exercise lacked integrity and called for it to be stopped until the electronic transmission system was restored. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has sent a message of condolence to the government and people of Venezuela, following the death of President Hugo Chavez on 5 March. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council Wednesday evening in New York partially lifted the decades-old arms embargo on Somalia for one year to help the country in its fight against the armed al-Shabab group. Full text...

Washington, US (PANA) - The US on Wednesday sent a message of congratulations to Ghana on the West African country's 56th independence anniversary. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International election monitoring and observer groups on Wednesday called on Kenyan political leaders to restrain their supporters as results trickled in after last Monday's the presidential election. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The "long" wait for a new President in Kenya was extended to Friday amid growing anxiety amongst the populace, most of whom have kept off the streets and businesses since casting their votes. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) Wednesday praised the conduct of the Kenyan General elections but said a full report on its credibility would depend on the successful tallying of the results. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) said it will commence the trial of two Sudanese, Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus, on 5 May, a statement from the ICC, obtained by PANA here, said on Wednesday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The British Foreign Office has denied claims that London was interfering with the electoral process in Kenya, and called for calm as the East African nation awaits the results of Monday's presidential polls. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Wednesday marked its 56th independence anniversary with President John Dramani Mahama calling on his compatriots to play their roles meaningfully and responsibly to create an opportunity for the advancement and prosperity of Ghanaians. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has condoled with the government and people of Venezuela on Tuesday's death of President Hugo Chavez. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - During his lifetime, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who died Tuesday aged 58, saw himself as a friend of Africa, a continent that he believed suffered the same fate as his native Latin America in the hands of colonialists. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Kenyans to remain peaceful and ensure a credible conclusion of the Kenyan presidential election as they wait for the ballots to be counted, in contrast to the violent outcome of the 2007 polls. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The US has applauded the people of Kenya for participating peacefully in the 4 March general elections, as the final results of the polls are being awaited. Full text...

Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) – Comoros on Tuesday said it would donate 100,000 Euro towards the electoral process in Madagascar. Full text...

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The Guinean military, in collaboration with the ministry of Security, Civil Security and Security Sector Reform, on Tuesday called on Guineans to remain calm following the acts of vandalism in some districts of Conakry, the capital. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The race for the Kenyan presidency between Uhuru Kenyatta and main rival Raila Odinga remained tight with about 5 million votes, some 40%of the electorate, already counted. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Amnesty International on Tuesday said it is premature for the UN Security Council to consider lifting the arms embargo on Somalia, warning that such a move could see armed groups like Al-Shabab laying their hands on even more weapons, while removing existing mechanisms of transparency and accountability. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's elections appear a tight race between two coalitions with 13% of the votes counted. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Voting in Kenya’s six-piece elections closed Monday and results started streaming in almost immediately with Uhuru Kenyatta taking the lead after early vote count. Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi's opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will hold its first ever national convention, called "Indaba" in local parlance, from 17-19 April, according to the party's Publicity Secretary, Nicholas Dausi. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A new political party, FARE, has emerged in Mali with businessman Aliou Keita elected its leader. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan army has been put on high alert following the overnight killing of 12 people, including six Kenyan police officers and six members of a separatist group in Kenya's coastal region. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Presidential candidate Raila Odinga voted in Kenya's first election in five years Monday, saying he was optimistic that his coalition would win the presidential vote with a more convincing majority to avoid a runoff. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan, on Saturday warned that African leaders must work harder to strengthen democracy and the rule of law in their countries or face the continuous threat of political instability with its attendant societal dislocations. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Two persons - Commander Pamphile Zomahoun, a close ally of President Yayi Boni, and an accounting expert, Johannes Dagnon - were Friday arrested and detained for what authorities called a "breach of public safety". Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday won a key legal battle ahead of the 2015 presidential race, following a ruling by a High Court in Abuja, the Nigerian Federal capital city, that he (Jonathan) was free to seek re-election in 2015 if he so desires. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, late Friday conferred his country's highest National honour, the Grand Cross of the Order of the Nation, on President Goodluck Jonathan in appreciation of Nigeria’s contributions to peace, stability and progress in Cote D’Ivoire. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan, has pledged that he will continue to work with his Ivorian counterpart, Alassane Ouattara, and other ECOWAS leaders to achieve greater peace, security, political stability and economic prosperity in the West African sub-region. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS has renewed the mandate of the Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara, as the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government for another one year. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya will soon ask the UN Security Council to lift its embargo on arms import imposed against the country in 2011, Libyan Prim Minister, Ali Zeidan, said on Wednesday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya, the centre of one of Africa's most competitive presidential election, is back on the international spotlight five years after undergoing a traumatic post-electoral violence that killed scored of people. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has concluded the confirmation of charges hearing against former President of Cote d' Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo, charged with the killing of over 100 people, the court said on Thursday.  Full text...

Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) – Cameroon will organize its first senatorial polls on 14 April, 2013, according to a decree released Wednesday by President Paul Biya. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged world leaders to promote tolerance and respect, saying that, “these principles can contribute to resolving conflicts, such as those in Syria and Mali, as well as addressing a host of other global challenges”. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Michael Sata has commended the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) for valuing lives more than elections by postponing the Livingstone parliamentary by-election which was scheduled to take place Thursday. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Njongonkulu Ndungane, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, on Thursday expressed support for Dr. Mamphela Ramphele’s call for a national dialogue on key issues in South Africa. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgium is demanding an enhanced security of the site where European instructors who will train Malian soldiers will be based before the country's soldiers can participate. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria has fully deployed the full complement of 1,200 troops it pledged for the African led International Mission in Mali (AFISMA) with the airlifting of the last batch of 162 troops to Mali Wednesday, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Onyeabo Azubuike, said in Abuja. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have "cleared the coast" for the Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, to contest the 2015 presidential election if a statement from the PDP Chair, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, is anything to go by. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - East African foreign ministers have arrived in Kenya on a solidarity mission ahead of the country’s first election under a new constitution on 4 March, the regional Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) said Wednesday. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Police have detained Zambia’s opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema in Livingstone, Southern Province, to help with investigations following the death of Harrison Chanda, an official of the ruling Patriotic Front (PF). Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien head of state, Mahamadou Issoufou, left Niamey Wednesday for Cote d'Ivoire where he will attend the ECOWAS Summit, according to local Nigerien media. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Indian president, Pranab Mukherjee, is expected in Mauritius 11 March for a two-day official visit during which he will be an honorary guest at celebrations marking the 45th anniversary of the Independence of Mauritius, PANA learnt Wednesday from official sources. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – The United States on Wednesday said it is deeply concerned that, 10 years after the outbreak of the conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region, the Darfurians have continue to suffer from increased insecurity, human rights abuses and sexual violence, the US State Department said in a statement, received here by PANA. Full text...