ECOWAS Mediator welcomes progress made by Mali's Transitional Government

25 june 2022 - 19:18:10

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, says here Thursday [...] Full text...

ECOWAS mediator for Mali in Mali since Thursday

24 june 2022 - 16:49:05

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mediator of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, has been in Mali [...] Full text...

Lack of prospects for settlement of crisis in Libya after failure of parliamentary consensus to organize elections ( Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

23 june 2022 - 20:31:22

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The horizons are completely blocked in Libya as regards the prospect of a settlement of the political crisis in the country [...] Full text...

‘De facto lethargy’ in Central African Republic, despite escalating attacks, says UN offficial

23 june 2022 - 05:17:43

New York, US (PANA) - Efforts are underway to reinvigorate the Central African Republic’s political process, which has lapsed into a state of “de facto [...] Full text...

The Burkinabe government is looking for authors of hate speech against Fulani community

17 june 2022 - 18:06:44

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government announced Friday in a statement that "hate speech of unprecedented violence is currently circulating in audios on [...] Full text...

South Africa: Ramaphosa holds further talks with Putin

17 june 2022 - 15:15:39

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Office of the Presidency on Friday confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa had a telephone conversation with his Russian [...] Full text...

Malian Foreign Minister addresses UN Security Council

14 june 2022 - 15:26:23

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdoulaye Diop, has expressed his country's position, concerns and expectations for a [...] Full text...

Act now to end food, energy, finance crisis, Guterres urges world leaders

09 june 2022 - 05:06:31

New York, US (PANA) - Ripple effects from the war in Ukraine have generated a severe cost of living crisis which no country or community [...] Full text...

Burkinabe top woman prison officer with UN Mission in CAR wins first ever Trailblazer Award

08 june 2022 - 05:29:27

New York, US (PANA) - The creator of a women-only rapid intervention team who leads riot control activities inside the Central African Republic’s biggest all [...] Full text...

UN chief calls for ‘good faith’ effort by all Sudanese leaders ahead of direct talks

07 june 2022 - 05:15:51

New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief has called for the military authorities in Sudan and civilian representatives and political leaders to enter into direct [...] Full text...

Great Lakes Region Secretariat expresses 'grave concern' about situation in eastern DRC

01 june 2022 - 05:47:45

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) on Tuesday expressed grave concern at the resurgence of military tensions in [...] Full text...

‘Protracted political impasse’ further polarising Libya - UN official

27 may 2022 - 05:11:24

New York, US (PANA) - Despite UN efforts, political, economic and security deadlock continues in Libya, the UN political affairs chief told the Security Council [...] Full text...

Libya: Officials discuss demobilisation of armed groups

26 may 2022 - 23:30:24

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The issue of demobilisation and integration of armed groups in Libya, the subject of a workshop held on Tuesday in the [...] Full text...

Time is short for Sudan to resolve political crisis, UN Mission chief warns

25 may 2022 - 05:19:07

New York, US (PANA) - Time is short for Sudan to reach a solution to its protracted political crisis, the Special Representative for the country [...] Full text...

Chad concerned about Mali's withdrawal from GS Sahel and joint force

22 may 2022 - 12:43:39

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - One week after Mali's decision to withdraw from all the G5 Sahel bodies, the Chadian president and current chairman of this [...] Full text...

Ukrainian crisis to feature at Dakar conference on revival of the African economy

14 may 2022 - 14:39:30

Dakar Senegal (PANA) - The Ukrainian crisis will be the focus of a side event at the 54th Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Economic [...] Full text...

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation calls for compromise between ECOWAS and Mali

11 may 2022 - 13:06:38

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is calling for a compromise between the Malian junta and the Economic Community of West [...] Full text...

Rights group alleges abuses by Russia-linked forces in CAR

03 may 2022 - 06:37:24

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Forces in the Central African Republic (CAR), whom witnesses identified as Russian, appear to have summarily executed, tortured, and beaten civilians [...] Full text...

Intransigence of Libya's two prime ministers risks military confrontation. says newspaper

02 may 2022 - 07:24:49

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Muslim fasting month of Ramadan has ended with no major security incidents or armed clashes occurring between the two warring [...] Full text...

Divisions in UN Security Council on Libyan file fuel foreign interference

02 may 2022 - 06:58:22

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - For the fourth consecutive time, the United Nations Security Council has failed to extend the mandate of the United Nations Support [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US calls for unimpeded humanitarian access to Ethiopians

30 april 2022 - 05:44:26

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US says it is encouraged that the government of Ethiopia and regional authorities in Tigray and Afar have taken [...] Full text...

Ethiopian conflict: New convoy with humanitarian items on the way to Tigray

24 april 2022 - 04:59:53

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government says 74 trucks carrying humanitarian items are on the way to Mekelle, regional capital of Tigray state. The [...] Full text...

South African and Ukrainian presidents discuss Russian invasion

21 april 2022 - 10:46:56

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ukrainian ambassador to South Africa Liubov Abravitova on Thursday confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr [...] Full text...

UN condemns recent attacks on humanitarians in Central African Republic

21 april 2022 - 05:14:35

Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - The top UN humanitarian official in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Wednesday underlined the need for safe access [...] Full text...

Libyan Council chairman reaffirms importance of consensus to solve Libyan crisis

20 april 2022 - 22:57:59

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, has renewed his call to all participants in the political process to [...] Full text...

First-ever special criminal court trial opens in CAR

19 april 2022 - 20:11:26

Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Mr Abdoulaye Diarra, Amnesty International’s Central Africa researcher, has lauded the opening of the first trial before the Special Criminal [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US welcomes delivery of humanitarian aid to Tigray

16 april 2022 - 05:47:49

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the arrival  on Friday of a convoy of trucks carrying life-saving humanitarian items to Tigray. A [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Dozens of trucks with humanitarian aid sent to Tigray region

15 april 2022 - 11:32:30

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Dozens of trucks have, over the past two days, left for Tigray region as the Ethiopian government implements several measures [...] Full text...

IMF completes first review of staff monitored programme of Central African Republic

14 april 2022 - 11:21:10

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Management of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it approved on 31 March, 2022, the completion of the first review [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Senior US diplomats expected in Ethiopia for talks on humanitarian, security issues

13 april 2022 - 06:45:30

Washington, US (PANA) - US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, David Satterfield and Deputy Special Envoy, Payton Knopf, are expected to arrive in [...] Full text...

The crisis in Libya: Hopes for way out of impasse amid unforeseen complications

10 april 2022 - 18:42:53

  Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Hopes for an end to the impasse in the political process in Libya have begun to emerge with the appointment by [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US concerned over reports of mass atrocities in Western Tigray

09 april 2022 - 07:52:45

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has reiterated its grave concern over continuing reports of ethnically-motivated atrocities committed by Amhara authorities in western [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Tigray region's humanitarian crisis persists despite ceasefire

08 april 2022 - 13:18:28

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The overall situation in northern Ethiopia remains fragile and unpredictable days after the government declared a unilateral humanitarian ceasefire. In Tigray [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Rights groups flag crimes against humanity in Western Tigray Zone

06 april 2022 - 07:31:41

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Amhara regional security forces and civilian authorities in Ethiopia's Western Tigray Zone have committed widespread abuses against Tigrayans since November 2020 that [...] Full text...

Demonstrators call for Mali's outright withdrawal from ECOWAS

03 april 2022 - 06:38:41

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Hundreds of people demonstrated on Friday in Bamako, the Malian capital, and in Kayes, in the west of the country, to [...] Full text...

Top UN official in Libya calls for preserving independence, integrity of sovereign institutions

28 march 2022 - 11:14:53

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has called for the protection of the independence and integrity of Libya's [...] Full text...

Status quo remains in Libya's political crisis after lack of progress in UN mediation (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

28 march 2022 - 06:01:47

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Three months after Libya's 24 December presidential election was postponed, the various parties to the conflict in the North African country [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Rights group laids Addis Ababa's humanitarian truce

27 march 2022 - 05:31:17

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Amnesty International has lauded the humanitarian truce announced by the Ethiopian Federal Government in the conflict-affected Tigray region describing it  [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: UN chief welcomes Tigray humanitarian ceasefire agreement

25 march 2022 - 20:58:31

New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Friday welcomed the declaration of an indefinite humanitarian truce on the part of the Ethiopian Government, and [...] Full text...

South African billionaire assists with Ukrainian war effort

22 march 2022 - 13:04:18

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African-born billionaire Elon Musk is using his Starlink satellite system to help a Ukrainian drone unit destroy Russian [...] Full text...

Mali and ECOWAS fail to agree on timetable for transition

21 march 2022 - 13:39:16

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, ended a visit [...] Full text...

China and South Africa address Ukraine crisis

21 march 2022 - 08:38:36

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – China and South Africa have agreed to continue pushing for mediation in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. President Cyril Ramaphosa who [...] Full text...

Libya sees multiple pathways to a single solution of general elections (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

20 march 2022 - 20:06:12

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Suddenly, the Libyan political space is being filled with initiatives to hold elections and end the North African country's political crisis. At [...] Full text...

Libyan parliamentary candidates present initiative for elections to Presidential Council

20 march 2022 - 17:12:18

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A number of candidates for the parliamentary elections in Libya, on Sunday presented an initiative on the holding of elections  as [...] Full text...

Libyan PM Al-Dbaiba announces Committee to draft electoral law and constitutional basis for election

20 march 2022 - 14:11:24

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Mr. Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, has announced that he has ordered the formation [...] Full text...

Vague position of international community on Libya's two govts keeping crisis alive: newspaper

20 march 2022 - 12:05:45

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The absence of a clear position of the international community on Libya's two governments is keeping the political crisis in the [...] Full text...

ECOWAS mediator for Mali calls on President of Transition

19 march 2022 - 14:55:40

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Mali, former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, arrived here [...] Full text...

UN chief speaks with Libya's rival PM Bachagha, as diplomatic activities to avoid another war continue

18 march 2022 - 04:29:20

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday spoke on phone with Libya's rival Prime Minister, Fathi Bachagha, as the flurry of [...] Full text...

Top UN official in Libya welcomes Presidential Council's support for her elections initiative

17 march 2022 - 19:53:56

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has commended the Libyan Presidential Council and the international community for their [...] Full text...

Top UN official in Libya urges Parliament to give positive response to her mediation initiative

17 march 2022 - 15:09:28

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has called on Parliament to expedite a positive response to her proposal [...] Full text...