Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The self-declared chairman of the radical wing of Burundi's ruling Unity for National Progress (UPRONA), Charles Mukasi, has described the agreement signed in Arusha, Tanzania in August 2000 as a "waste of time". Full text...

Freetown- Sierra Leone (PANA) -- The Netherlands has donated 100 trucks as logistical support to the Nigerian contingent serving under the UN Mission in Sierra Leone. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Nine Burkinabe soldiers were placed under police custody at Abidjan's Felix Houphouet-Boigny airport between Monday evening until Tuesday night when they were released and allowed to board a plane for Dakar, Senegal. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Less than a week after Tuesday's terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, investigators appear certain as to who was behind the hideous crime. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The US Consulate in Nigeria has opened a book for those wishing to express their condolences over Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda begins a three-day State visit to Nigeria Sunday, State House sources said in Abuja Friday. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Tunisia has reiterated its condemnation of "terrorism in all its forms," a government statement said. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Hundreds of Kenyans gathered at the Uhuru (Freedom) Park in Nairobi at noon Friday to offer prayers for the repose of the souls of victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- President Yahya Jammeh has declared three days of mourning in Gambia from Friday, over what he called "heinous and barbaric" attacks on the World Trade Centre (WTC) and the Pentagon buildings in the United States Tuesday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- At least four Ghanaians are missing in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on two major American cities, Foreign Minister Hackman Owusu-Agyemang announced in Accra Friday. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Kadhafi Foundation of International Charity Associations has postponed a cultural event earlier scheduled for 20 September at the Arab World Institute of Paris, in honour of victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the US. Full text...

HARARE- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Two weeks after agreeing to halt new compulsory farm acquisitions from white farmers, the Zimbabwe government Friday listed more than 230 commercial farms for take- over to resettle land-less peasants under its controversial agrarian reforms. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Against the backdrop of US threat to revenge Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- In the wake of last Tuesday's terror attacks in America, former South African President Nelson Mandela has postponed a visit to New York, earlier planned for next week. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has called on President Thabo Mbeki to press for an urgent meeting of the Council of Non-Aligned Movement to bring member countries into a global force to combat international terrorism. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Lagos State's outspoken Police Commissioner Mike Okiro has reported receiving death threats through telephone calls to his office and residence, press accounts said Friday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The South African government Thursday dismissed as "psychological and financial terrorism" an e-mail message claiming to contain a CNN article stating that South Africans were behind Tuesday's terrorism attacks in New York and Washington. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The South African High Commission, in collaboration with the South African business community in Botswana, is organising the first ever South Africa Week in Gaborone. Full text...

Freetown- Sierra Leone (PANA) -- Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Francis Munu, Friday confirmed reports of sporadic gunfire earlier Thursday in Freetown from unidentified persons. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has appointed new Tunisian ambassadors to Senegal, Mali and Mauritania. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco on Thursday condemned last Tuesday's attacks against economic and political targets in New York and Washington D. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- The head of the UN mission for Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE), Legwaila Joseph Legwaila said Thursday that the mission has achieved much of its mandate in the past one year that it came into being. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Parliament Thursday asked member states of the European Union to "identify and freeze" all assets of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, his family and close collaborators, which are located in Europe. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Although the Namibian government is under pressure to resettle the landless, the policy of "willing-seller, willing-buyer" will remain in force, Lands, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Minister, Hifikepunye Pohamba said Thursday. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- Cape Verdians on Wednesday observed the anniversary of Amilcar Cabral, who was born in Bafata on 12 September 1925 and founded the African Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) in 1956. Full text...

N'djamena- Chad (PANA) -- Chadian President Idriss Deby, has received the American Ambassador in N'djamena, Chritopher Goldwaith, and expressed his consternation at Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D. Full text...

Washington- US (PANA) -- Zimbabwe's Ambassador to the US said Thursday that six Zimbabweans could be among thousands of people feared killed in three separate terrorist bombings in America last Tuesday. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Tunisian Foreign Minister Habib Ben Yahia has travelled to Baghdad for talks with Iraqi officials on the strengthening of bilateral ties between the two countries, the Tunisian News Agency (TAP), reported Thursday. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe Thursday sent a message of condolences to President George Bush following Tuesday's terrorist bombings in New York and Washington, in which thousands were feared dead. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Of several terrorist trails being considered by American and European secret services following Tuesday's terrorist attacks on targets in New York and Washington, the most likely seems to be that of Saudi born Ossama Ben Mohamed Ben Laden. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Several Western countries and Russia Wednesday flew their national flags at half mast in Nouakchott, as a mark of solidarity with the US over Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopia has expressed indignation at Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the United States. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso has urged the international community to step up action against terrorism in the wake of Tuesday's attacks on US. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (NAMPA) -- The US Embassy in Namibia Thursday issued a list of telephone numbers for people seeking information about relatives who may have been victims of last Tuesday's terrorist attack in New York and Washington. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- The government of Cape Verde Wednesday declared two days of mourning in tribute to victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the United States. Full text...

Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- President Koumba Yalla of Guinea-Bissau has sent a condolence message to his American counterpart, George W. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghanaian newspapers have condemned Tuesday's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Consultations among the International Red Cross, the French Red Cross, the Kadhafi Foundation of charity associations and the Libyan Red Crescent are afoot for concerted action at providing humanitarian aid to the American Red Cross, Tripoli sources said. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- After a one-day delay, the UN General Assembly opened its 56th session Wednesday evening, and adopted a resolution condemning Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the US. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Terrorist attacks against the US two days ago are being blamed for the latest outbreak of sectarian violence in Jos, capital city of Nigeria's central state of Plateau. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Officials of Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said they might evacuate 3,000 Nigerian residents from Liberia if the political crisis in the country persisted. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Former Labour Minister Edith Nawakwi has made an application in a Lusaka magistrate court, asking the state to provide her with round the clock police protection. Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- At least nine Burundian soldiers were killed Monday during an encounter with rebels of the National Liberation Front (LNF) in Kivoga, northwest of Bujumbura, it was reported Wednesday. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo has sent a condolence message to his US counterpart George W. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has postponed its first congress since the end of the civil war almost nine years ago. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Moroccan King Mohammed VI left Nouakchott Wednesday morning, interrupting his three-day maiden visit to Mauritania. Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- US embassy activities resumed in Bujumbura Wednesday after being closed Tuesday following Tuesday's crash of hijacked passenger planes into the World Trade Centre in York and the Pentagon in Washington D. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Human Rights Watch Wednesday condemned as "cruel," Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the US and called on all governments to unite in the investigation of the crime. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The Inter Parliamentary Union currently meeting here has expressed "consternation" following Tuesday's terrorist attacks on two cities in the United States. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambique has strongly condemned Tuesday's massive terrorist attacks against New York and Washington D. Full text...