Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Egyptian museum has announced the theft of 54 artifacts by looters on the 28 of January, tagged the Friday of Rage, that saw the withdrawal of police forces from the streets of Cairo and the entire country during the country's revolution. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will on Tuesday hold a conference in Paris to celebrate the 40th anniversary marking the convention on illegal trafficking of cultural goods. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - Sudanese businessman Mo Ibrahim Friday in Paris inaugurated the scholarships programme for distinguished young Africans. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO will organize a seminar in Paris, France, on 15-16 March to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Convention prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property, the UN organization said in a press release issued in the French capital Thursday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Mac Kusare has won the ECOWAS prize for integration at the just-concluded 22nd Pan African Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) which ended 5 March in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, ECOWAS said in a press release, received by PANA here Thursday. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Sierra Leonean and South African writers have reached the finals of the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize competition, after being adjudged top in the African Regional competition. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has launched a new programme to support the cultural sector of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, with a budget of 30 million euros, an official source in Brussels told PANA here Wednesday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa has made significant progress towards Education for All (EFA) over the last 10 years, according to the 2011 EFA Global Monitoring Report, released by UNESCO Tuesday. Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The National Tourism Office (ONT) of DR Congo will, between March and April, hold a tour, tagged "Eductour", to support the North-American tourism professionals, the director of studies of ONT, Mbo Nangeli announced Saturday in Matadi. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A Senegalese journalist, Basile Niane and his three compatriot students have been selected among the 20 best bloggers of the Mondoblog competition, organized by Radio France International, a press release from RFI, made available to PANA said. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A total of 45 models, including 15 males, will attend the 2011 edition of the “Moda Luanda” fashion show, which will bring together the best models in Angola. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – A conference on the first Senegalese President, Léopold Sédar Senghor, will be organised on 3 March at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris by his compatriot and the philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation will on 21 February celebrate International Mother Language Day aimed at raising awareness of the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity and multilingual education. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The album "Ali and Toumani" by Malian musicians Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate, won the Grammy award for the best album in traditional music at the 53rd Grammy Awards ceremony held overnight Monday in Los Angeles, US, PANA learned Thursday from Malian musical sources. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday alerted national authorities, art dealers and collectors around the world to be on the lookout for some artifacts stolen from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and other sites across the country. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - The film "Notre Etrangère", directed by Burkinabe film maker Sarah Bouyain, is on the verge of being withdrawn from the movie theatres in Paris, France, for lack of patronage, PANA learnt Wednesday from the Embassy of Burkina Faso in France. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The first international Soninke festival will begin Tuesday in Kayes in western Mali, PANA learned Monday in Bamako from sources close to the organizers. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, internationally recognised for its role in celebrating ground-breaking works from both new and established authors, on Friday said female writers have dominated the Africa regional shortlist for the 2011 Prize. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) has announced plans to establish virtual library in member states, the union said in a statement. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Director-General the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Mrs Irina Bokova, has arrived in Morocco for an official visit to strengthen cooperation between the two parties, a statement said on Tuesday in Rabat. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The 11th edition of the World Social Forum (WSF) opened in Dakar Sunday with a huge march in the Senegalese capital. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Several artistes from Mali, Benin and South Africa are on the final list of the 53rd edition of the Grammy Awards planned for 13 February in Los Angeles, USA, according to the website of the event that grants the most prestigious awards in the music world. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The regional agencies of eight non-governmental organisations under a platform Inter-Agency for Education on Friday decided to take advantage of the World Social Forum (FSM) to be hosted in Senegal from 6 to 11 February 2011 to join their forces to attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the domain of education. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Bulgarian Irina Bokova, is expected on Sunday in Dakar for a two-day official visit. Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The 2011 International Roots Festival, the 10th in the series of the biannual event, begins Saturday in Banjul, the Gambian capital, with people of African descent and persons committed to the well being and development of the continent in attendance. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Rector of the African Virtual University (AVU), Mr. Bakary Diallo, has said distance learning or e-learning could be an alternative response to the challenges facing the teaching profession in the continent. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - On 29 January, 2011, Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika launched his sixth book, titled "The African Dream: from Poverty to Posterity" at the Sheraton in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A film, "Hors-la-loi” (Out-of law), by French-born Algerian film director, Rachid Bouchareb, has been nominated for the 2011 Oscars in the "Meilleurs films en langue étrangère” (best films in foreign languages) category, a statement from the Algerian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal, said. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Some world famous artists, including Nigeria's Fémi Kuti, Senegal's Ismaël Lô and Togo's King Mensah, are expected at the seventh edition of the Festival on the Niger that will be held from 1 to 6 February in Ségou (240 km at the east of Bamako, the capital of Niger). Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - Nearly 330 art works will be displayed in April at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, during an exhibition dedicated to the art and history of the Dogons, a people of the centre of Mali, PANA learnt Saturday in the French capital. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Director General of the UN Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), Ms. Irina Bokova, Friday commenced a 48-hour official visit in Brazzaville, on the invitation of Congolese authorities, PANA learnt from an authoritative source here. Full text...

Dondo, Angola (PANA) - Some historical sites in Angola are under threat of collapse due to the advanced state of degradation of the buildings, the director of culture department in the district of Kambambe, northern Kwanza Norte Province, Angola, Luis Francisco Neto, warned Sunday. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The ninth edition of the International Film Festival of Ouidah, starts Friday in this historic city (Ouidah), located about 50 kms away from Cotonou, organizers said. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Gambia’s famous king of “Kora” (a 21-string-traditional-musical instrument), Jaliba Kuyateh, has called for the holding of the World Festival of Black Arts (FESMAN) every two years rather than wait for decades, PANA reported from here Monday. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - In continuation of the tradition by Ethiopia-born Saudi business tycoon Mohammad Hussein Al-Amoudin, Black-American crooner R. Kelly has arrived in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, to perform at a concert to ring in the Western New Year Friday night. Full text...

Senegal proposes to host international conference on cultural industries) Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan singer, Cabo Snoop, winner of the best African artist for Portuguese language of the South African MTV Base television channel prize, will promote in 2011, a special edition of his disc “Bluetooth” for the Nigerian market. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – African film directors ended a two-day round-table on Wednesday to review the cinema industry and chart the way forward as part of the 3rd World Festival of Black Arts currently taking place in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Miss Angola 2011, Leila Lopes, has pledged to enhance the living standards of poor children across the country and combat HIV/AIDS. Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - The four-day, fifth edition of the Black Divinities Festival, closed here Sunday with participants exchanging cultural and religious experiences towards safeguarding the traditional African heritage. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The ongoing third World Festival of Black Arts (FESMAN) taking place in Senegal on Saturday featured African fashion from different parts of the continent, PANA reports from here. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Council of Ministers, chaired by President Abdoulaye Wade, has decided to establish a permanent headquarters for the World Festival of Negro Arts (FESMAN) in Senegal. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Experts will debate the formation of the United States of Africa when the series of roundtables at the Third World Festival of Negro Arts (FESMAN) begin here Sunday. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 11th edition of the Festival of the Desert will be held from 6 to 8 January, 2011, in the Malian town of Timbuktu, PANA learnt from the Malian Ministry of Crafts and Tourism. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A Senegalese linguist said on Monday that communication in national languages is a sine qua non for development pointing out that many of the people do not understand the official language used in the countries' administration. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, arrived in Dakar, Senegal, Monday on the invitation of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, to take part in the third Black World Festival (FESMAN) which began here Friday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Some human right organizations have called on the country's courts to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al- Bashir and hand him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC), if he comes to attend the 3rd World Festival of Negro Arts, which holds in Senegal 10-31 December. Full text...

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Eighty artists will represent Guinea Conakry at the World Festival of Negro Arts (FESMAN), scheduled to hold 10- 31 December in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, Fodéba Isto Keira, Guinean Minister of Arts and Culture, said Wednesday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A U.S. delegation, including 200 African-American leaders, was Wednesday due in Dakar, Senegal, to take part in the 3rd World Festival of Negro Arts 10-31 in the West African nation, organisers said in a statement. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Senegalese musician, Baaba Maal, has highlighted education as the most important gift that can be offered to the African youth. Full text...