Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The Department of Foreign Affairs Wednesday said South African missions in Washington and New York were in constant liaison with American authorities to verify whether there were any South Africans aboard the planes or buildings involved in Tuesday's terrorist crashes. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Erstwhile OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim has roundly condemned Tuesday's terrorist attacks in which hijacked planes crashed into strategic and landmark buildings in the United States, including the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- Like other activities in New York, the 56th session of the UN General Assembly could not open on Tuesday as scheduled because of the terrorist attacks the same day in the city and elsewhere. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan leader, Col. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Leaders of the Southern Africa Development Community Tuesday pledged to continue their mediation role until an amicable solution was found to Zimbabwe's land crisis which threatens to snowball into their countries. Full text...

New York- UN (PANA) -- The UN has condemned the terrorist attacks in the US cities of New York and Washington on Tuesday that are bound to result in horrendous casualties. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European parliament has passed a resolution requiring the Togolese government to set free Yawovi Agboyibo, leader of the opposition Action Committee for Regeneration, official sources here said Tuesday. Full text...

Freetown- Sierra Leone (PANA) -- Sierra Leone's Parliament has unanimously endorsed a motion extending the mandate of the Presidency and Parliament by another six months. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Libyan Prime Minister Mubarak el Shamikh arrived in Khartoum Tuesday to attend the meeting of the Sudanese-Libyan ministerial committee on integration, scheduled to start Wednesday. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The People's Republic of China has granted the Ivorian government 1 million US dollars to help equip its military, Chinese embassy sources said Tuesday in Abidjan. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal has expressed shock and indignation at Tuesday's presumed terrorist strikes on several important and strategic buildings in the United States. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- Sudan has welcomed the appointment of a US envoy to broker peace in the country. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Former fighters of Zimbabwe's war of independence Tuesday told five southern African leaders they will resist international pressure to force President Robert Mugabe to abandon his controversial land reforms which is threatening the economic and political stability of the entire region. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- The African National Congress and its allies Tuesday paid tribute to liberation hero Anthony Tsotsobe, who was murdered in Soweto last week. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- US Navy flagship, USS Enterprise's visit to South Africa is still pending as both countries continued negotiations until late Monday on whether to allow the aircraft carrier and its crew of 6,000 sailors to dock in Cape Town. Full text...

Freetown- Sierra Leone (PANA) -- President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has called for forgiveness and reconciliation among war-traumatised Sierra Leoneans. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Voters in two constituencies in Zimbabwe gave the country's two main political parties mixed signals in weekend's by-elections seen as a test run for next year's crucial presidential poll. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan says elections in war-afflicted Sierra Leone should be held only when certain conditions are met, including the completion of disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of combatants. Full text...

Yamoussoukro- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Five African presidents on Monday attended a mini-summit of the Economic Community of West African States convened by the Ivorian head of state, Laurent Gbagbo in Yamoussoukro. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- About 1,100 members of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party will attend a National Cadre Conference in the central city of Beira this week, the party's general secretary, Manuel Tome. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The Inter-Parliamentary Union started its 106th meeting here Monday electing the Speaker of Burkina Faso's National Assembly, Melegue Maurice Traore, its new chairman. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- King Mohammed VI of Morocco left Tangier Monday for Nouakchott on a three-day state visit to Mauritania at the invitation of President Maaouya Ould Taya. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- A Court Martial in Kigali on Monday started hearing the cases of three senior Rwandan Patriotic Army officers who defected to Uganda, military sources said in Kigali. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- A group of terrorists on Sunday evening attacked a mosque in Arzew town within the Prefecture of Oran town, 450-km west of Algiers, reliable sources said Monday in the Algerian capital. Full text...

Ibadan- Nigeria (PANA) -- Governors of Nigeria's 17 southern States, Monday decried the religious crisis in the country's central city of Jos, and proposed a new revenue allocation formula to replace the one recently submitted by a federal government Commission. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan leader, Col. Full text...

Ibadan- Nigeria (PANA) -- Governors of the 17 States in southern Nigeria began a meeting in the south-western city of Ibadan Monday, to discuss issues of common interest, including resource control and creation of State police. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's political stability appears to hang in the balance following assassinations and fresh attempts on the lives of opposition figures, as the country gears up for parliamentary and presidential elections due later this year. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Five southern African leaders arrived in Zimbabwe Monday for two-days of talks with host President Robert Mugabe and other stakeholders on the country's emotive land reform issue. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Burninabe President Blaise Compaore Sunday opened the 106th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference in Ouagadougou, which is focusing on HIV/AIDS, child protection and violence against women. Full text...

Bulawayo- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean police have arrested three members of the country's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), in the southern city of Bulawayo, over allegation of storing large cache of arms in their homes. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- President Thabo Mbeki on Monday departed for Harare where he will meet with regional leaders to discuss the situation in Zimbabwe. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Former Ethiopia Army General Abadula Gemeda, who now chairs a "renewal" committee in the Oromo People's Democratic Organisation (OPDO), has been elected chairman of the party, official sources said. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopia will celebrate the beginning of a New Year (1994) on Tuesday, eight years behind the regular (Gregorian) calendar. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance said Sunday it was concerned about the possibility that a strategically important visit by the US Navy might be compromised by the government due to alleged red tape. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Liberian politician Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf says she has shifted a planned trip to her country from August to October because authorities in Monrovia intended to use the opportunity to make trouble. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Suspected Islamic fundamentalists on Saturday evening killed 10 people and wounded nine others, five of them seriously in Arzew near Oran, 450 km west of Algiers, Algerian security services disclosed on Sunday According to these security services, the victims were performing wake prayers, when an armed group gunned them down down at 9 PM (8 PM GMT). Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- King Mohammed VI of Morocco begins a three-day official visit of Mauritania Monday to further cement bilateral relations, which are currently at their best over the past 25 years. Full text...

Makoni- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Voters turned out in huge numbers at the weekend in two constituencies in Zimbabwe to cast their ballots in elections seen as a litmus test of next year's crucial presidential poll. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Southern African countries breathed a collective sigh of relief following last weeks land reform deal between Zimbabwe and Britain at the end of delicate talks brokered by Nigeria, regional diplomats said Sunday. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo arrived on Sunday in Algiers for discussions with his Algerian counterpart, Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Six leaders are expected to attend a mini-summit of the Economic Community of West African States Monday in Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire's political capital. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- As if to test the effectiveness of Thursday's delicate land pact brokered by the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, Zimbabwean black militants Saturday invaded a white-owned farm and reportedly burned workers' homes. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- A top intellectual has asserted that Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party "has lost some of its personality". Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Commenting for the first time on the success of the Zimbabwe land reform talks which he brokered, Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo said the breakthrough achieved by the Commonwealth committee meeting was made possible by Nigeria's new image and perception on the international scene. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Togolese opposition leader of the Union of Forces of Change (UFC), Gilchrist Olympio, has warned that any attempt by President Gnassingbe Eyadema's regime to tamper with the constitution in a bid to extend his hold on power would be met with total resistance from the opposition and civil society groups. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan opposition politicians have reacted sharply to President Daniel Arap Moi's recent remarks that he would prefer to hand over power to a younger person, saying the president has no power to dictate on who would succeed him. Full text...

Durban- South Africa (PANA) -- The World Conference Against Racism drew to a close on Saturday with the final declaration being adopted despite bitter criticisms by opposing negotiators over the wording of the text dealing with the Middle East issue. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The US is supporting the electoral process in Mali, especially the 2002 polls with 502 million FCF francs, according to Washington's Ambassador in Bamako, M. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Irked by what they said were continuing ethnic cleansing in their country, nationals of the Central African Republic (CAR) Saturday staged a protest march in Paris demanding the resignation of President Ange Felix Patasse. Full text...