Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa has called on the government and people of Egypt to seek a speedy and peaceful resolution to the crisis in that country, as mass anti-government protests in Cairo continue. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The evacuation of stranded Nigerian nationals from crisis-ridden Egypt, ordered by President Goodluck Jonathan, has started, with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spearheading the exercise. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian visa requirements for nationals of Kenya and Seychelles are to be relaxed with effect from 11 Feb. 2011, to reciprocate similar gestures by the countries, the local press reported Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The US has dedicated its new embassy compound in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg called an important symbol of America’s commitment to an enduring friendship with Ethiopia. Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will go with with the position adopted by the African Union (AU) about the crisis in Ivory Coast, the Congolese minister of foreign affairs, Thambwe Mwamba, said on Monday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Monday ordered the immediate evacuation of the 200 Nigerians who are stranded at the airport in Cairo, following the mass protests rocking the north African nation. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos Monday met with his Namibian counterpart, Lucas Pohamba, on the sidelines of the 16th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia . Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Mo Ibrahim Foundation on Monday joined the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) to urge leaders from the continent to make regional economic integration a priority in 2011. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As some member countries of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) get ready to embark on the second generation assessment, the chair of the peer review panel, Prof. Mohamed-Seghir Babes, has challenged the continent's media to step up their reporting on the peoples' perceptions of good and bad governance. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Kenyan Vice-President and Minister of the Interior, Stéphen Kalonzo Musyoko, acting as a special envoy of President Nwai Kibaki, Thursday delivered a special message from Kibaki to the Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, an official Libyan source told PANA Friday. Full text...

Luanda, 01/27 (Angop) – President Alpha Conde of Guinea arrived here Thursday to begin a two-day official visit to Angola. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As Nigeria intensifies its diplomatic efforts to find a quick resolution of the post-election crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, President Goodluck Jonathan has said all options remain on the table to ensure that incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo quits office. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Host Mouammar Kadhafi and President Boni Yayi of Benin, on Monday held talks on the preparations for the next African Union (AU) ordinary summit, scheduled for 31 January in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Full text...

Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika, who is the current chairman of the African Union (AU), Tuesday left for the troubled West African state of Cote d'Ivoire to add his weight to the on-going mediation efforts in the crisis. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan leader, Mouamar Kadhafi, on Thursday held talks on phone with the president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, during which he sympathised with Brazilians following deaths and damage caused by floods in the east of the country. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Eritrean ambassador to the African Union (AU), Girma Asmeron Tesfay, has presented his letters of credence to the continental body, AU Commission President Jean Ping African Union (AU) confirmed here Wednesday. Full text...

Havana, Cuba (PANA) - Angola's Vice President Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos arrived in Havana, Cuba, Monday at the start of a five-day working visit, meant to reinforce the co-operation between the two nations. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi, who is also the chairman of the Arab summit, Saturday, discussed the Tunisian political situation with Egyptian President Hosni Moubarak, official sources disclosed to PANA here. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) Saturday condemned the use of excessive force against protesters in Tunisia and urged the political class to stick to the laws governing the succession of the President. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan Vice President, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, on Tuesday received in audience, two emissaries of the acclaimed winner of the presidential elections in Cote D'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) – Angolan and Gabonese authorities are working to identify issues that will top the next Joint Commission session between both countries. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo will this year establish diplomatic relations with three G8 countries - the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan, PANA learnt Wednesday from an official source. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Libyan Secretary in charge of European Affairs, Abdelaati El Obeidi arrived Monday in Brussels for talks with Ms. Cecilia Malmstrom, the European Commissioner in charge of Internal Affairs, PANA learnt from an official European source here. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, was due in N'Djamena, capital of Chad, Monday for Tuesday's festivities marking the 50th independence anniversary of Chad. Full text...

N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) – The Libya leader Mouammar Kadhafi on Monday arrived here to take part in festivities marking the 50th anniversary of the independence of Chad. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, on Saturday left Tripoli after a three-day visit to Libya during which she had talks with the Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi on the Community of Sahelian-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) and African issues. Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Citing financial constraints, the Democratic Republic of Congo is to close its embassies in the Czech Republic and Poland, PANA learnt from official sources in Kinshasa, the DRC capital. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration was due in Sudan Friday to observe the Southern Sudan referendum. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - US Africa Command (USAFRICOM) commanding general, Gen. William "Kip" Ward, Thursday reinforced his country's commitment to assisting Tanzania in fighting piracy in the Indian Ocean, combating the spread of HIV/AIDS and promoting regional stability. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The new president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, has expressed her willingness to work with the Libyan leader, Mouamar Kadhafi, for the success of the next Africa-Latin America summit planned for the second quarter of 2011 in Libya. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Russia has explained why it does not recognize the internationally-acclaimed winner of the 28 Nov 2010 Ivorian presidential runoff, Alassane Ouattara. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government has promised to work hard, with the support of its citizens, to ensure that project management lessons leant from the FIFA World Cup help it to improve and deliver services, President Jacob Zuma said in his New Year's message. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane will attend the inauguration of Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff on New Year's Day. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Alassane Quattara, the acclaimed winner of the 28 November presidential run-off elections in Cote d'Ivoire, has named his ambassador to the UN. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has decided to start political consultations with Guinea Bissau, under Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement which allows the EU to suspend partially or totally cooperation with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries that are guilty of serious violations of democratic principles. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Mrs Sarah Amani, the diplomat named by Alassane Ouattara, who has been recognised as the legitimate president of Cote d'Ivoire, entered the Ivorian embassy in Brussels on Wednesday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - International affairs analysts in Nigeria have welcomed the decision by West African leaders to use force, if necessary, to remove incumbent Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, who has so far defied international pressure to allow the presumed winner of the 28 Nov. presidential runoff, Alassane Ouattara, to assume office. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Apparently kick-starting their planning for a possible use of force against incumbent Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo if he fails to step down as demanded by West African leaders on Friday, military chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extra-ordinary meeting in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja Tuesday, PANA learnt Monday. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - An ECOWAS delegation, comprising three West African leaders, will travel to Cote d'Ivoire on Tuesday to convey to incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo Friday's decision by the regional bloc asking him to quit or be forced out. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Friday threatened to use force to kick out incumbent Ivorian Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As West African leaders converge on the Nigerian capital city of Abuja Friday for their second extra-ordinary summit within a month on Cote d'Ivoire, under the aegis of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), analysts said they are running out of options to arrest the worsening situation in Cote d'Ivoire. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, Thursday congratulated the newly-elected President of Guinea, Prof. Alpha Condé, "for the confidence placed on him by his compatriots", PANA learnt from an official Libyan source. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Twenty African countries are ready for the takeoff of the United States of Africa, which has been championed by Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi and a few other African leaders, including Senegalese President Aboulaye Wade. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has evacuated its diplomats from Cote d'Ivoire, after the country's embassy in Abidjan was attacked, Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi arrived Tuesday in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, to hold talks with his Sudanese counterpart on the situation in Sudan, a few weeks before the referendum scheduled for 9 January, 2011, in southern Sudan, a Libyan official source told PANA here. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will contest the legality of the creation of a Protected Marine Area around the islands of the archipelago of the Chagos, except Diégo Garcia, before the international tribunal of sea law, Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, announced Tuesday in Port-Louis, confirming that London, which created the area, had been notified. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed ''surprise and disappointment'' at the ultimatum issued by the outgoing President of Cote d’Ivoire, Mr. Laurent Gbagbo, last Saturday to UNOCI, the UN Peacekeeping Mission, and the French Forces, Licorne, to leave the country immediately. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With the political crisis in one of its member states, Cote d'Ivoire, getting worse, the regional bloc Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan leader and current Chairman of the League of Arab States, Mouammar Kadhafi, on Saturday received a message from US President, Barack Obama, over the situation in Sudan, according to an official Libyan source. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A high-level delegation of the African Union Commission (AUC), led by Chairperson Jean Ping, was billed to travel to Abidjan Thursday to help find a way out of the political stalemate in Cote d'Ivoire, the AU has announced. Full text...