Secretary general of former ruling party in Algeria arrested
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The investigating judge at Sidi M'hamed Court (Algiers) Friday ordered the arrest and detention of the secretary general of the National [...] Full text...
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Côte d'Ivoire: Confirmation hearing of the two former Central African anti-Balaka military leaders opens
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The confirmation hearing of the two former Central African anti-Balaka military leaders, Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, prosecuted for crimes [...] Full text...
France condemns clashes in CAR locality of Birao
Paris, France (PANA) – France on Wednesday ‘’strongly’’ condemned the clashes that broke out on Saturday in Birao, northern region of Central African Republic (CAR) [...] Full text...
France condemns clashes in CAR locality of Birao
Paris, France (PANA) – France on Wednesday ‘’strongly’’ condemned the clashes that broke out on Saturday in Birao, northern region of Central African Republic (CAR) [...] Full text...
Military escalation continues with new air raids on Wednesday
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fighter jets of the Libyan National Army commanded by Marshall Khalifa Haftar on Wednesday afternoon carried out air strikes on the [...] Full text...
New air strikes on Maitigua, Zouara airports, in western Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Vicious air strikes on Tuesday targeted the airport of Maitigua, closed to air traffic for more than two weeks, and Zouara [...] Full text...
One person killed, 11 wounded in air strikes against Libyan government troops near Sirte
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least one person was killed and 11 others were injured, one seriously, on Monday following three air strikes which targeted [...] Full text...
Three people killed in northern Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least three people were killed on Friday night by gunmen in the village of Galwitanga, in Soum province in [...] Full text...
OIF Secretary General welcomes national dialogue in Cameroon
Paris, France (PANA) - The Secretary General of La Francophonie, Louise Mushikiwabo, has welcomed the announcement by Cameroonian President Paul Biya to convene a major [...] Full text...
GNU bans Libyan ministers, top officials from meeting with representatives abroad
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fayez Al-Sarraj, the President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Unity (GNU) recognized by the international community, has [...] Full text...
CAR citizens ‘need our help now’: UN’s deputy relief chief
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Spikes of violence in previously unaffected areas of the Central African Republic (CAR) have prompted new displacement, the United Nations Deputy [...] Full text...
UN envoy in Libya pleads for resumption of political process
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary General's Special Representative and Head of the Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ghassan Salamé, has urged the UN [...] Full text...
Speaker of Libyan parliament underlines importance of Africa’s role in resolving Libyan crisis
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, Tuesday stressed here the need for Africa to help resolve [...] Full text...
Bombings against Maitigua airport in Tripoli: Ghassan Salamé to report to Security Council and ICC
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative, Ghassan Salamé, also head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), reaffirmed here Tuesday the [...] Full text...
Libya: Planes diverted from Maitigua Airport in Tripoli will land in Misrata - Officials
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The director of Misrata International Airport (220 km east of Tripoli), Adel Kzeit, announced on Monday that preparations are underway at [...] Full text...
Libyan press highlights settlement of national crisis, illegal sale of oil
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on the 45th summit of the G7, which supported the crisis settlement plan proposed by the [...] Full text...
Libya: Cautious calm on fighting fronts near Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A cautious calm prevails since Friday on the fighting fronts in the outskirts of Tripoli after violent clashes on Wednesday and [...] Full text...
State of emergency in Tunisia extended for three months
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's interim President Mohamed Bennaceur on Friday extended the state of emergency across the country for three months, from 3 September [...] Full text...
France calls for international conference to resolve the Libyan crisis
Paris, France (PANA) – The French minister of foreign affairs, Jean Yves le Drian, on Thursday called for an international conference, after a durable ceasefire, [...] Full text...
AU's role in finding a solution to Libyan crisis relaunched at G7 (News Analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The leaders of the G7, who wrapped up their meeting in the French city of Biarritz last Monday, have joined the [...] Full text...
Six countries discuss Libya's crisis exit plan in Paris
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Six countries on Sunday held a meeting in Paris, France, to discuss the implementation of the crisis exit plan for Libya [...] Full text...
Flights resume at Tripoli's Maitigua airport after brief suspension
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The management of Maitigua International Airport in Tripoli on Saturday announced the resumption flights to and from the airport after a [...] Full text...
Libyan aviation authorities suspend flights at Tripoli's Maitigua airport
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights to and from Maitigua airport in the eastern suburb of Tripoli have been suspended until further notice after a missile [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso: Calm returns to military camp that fired warning shots
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Calm returned Friday to the Ouédraogo military camp here where soldiers disgruntled after Monday's deadly attack fired warning shots, the [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso: 41 people killed in 9 terrorist attacks in August
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 41 people were killed and 10 wounded in 9 terrorist attacks during the month of August in Burkina [...] Full text...
Algerian President discusses security, stability in Mali with MINUSMA Chief
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algerian President Abdelkader Ben Salah on Thursday received Mahamat Salah Annadif, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Mali [...] Full text...
France wishes new Sudanese Prime Minister success
Paris, France (PANA) - The French Foreign Ministry has welcomed the appointment of members of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council on Wednesday and wished the country's [...] Full text...
UN top official, Misrata leaders discuss re-launch of Libyan political process
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy special representative of the UN Secretary-General for political affairs, Mrs Stephanie Williams, Wednesday visited the municipality of Misrata, 220 [...] Full text...
Civil society organizations push for peace in Casamance
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The leader of an NGO in the Casamance region in Senegal is calling on the government and the separatist Movement of Democratic [...] Full text...
Mo Ibrahim Foundation welcomes establishment of Sudan's Sovereign Transitional Council
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Mo Ibrahim Foundation on Thursday welcomed the establishment of a Sovereign Transitional Council in Sudan which marks an important [...] Full text...
Clashes resume between troops commanded by Haftar and Al-Sarraj in southern Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fighting resumed on Wednesday between forces loyal to the national unity government, led by Fayez Al-Sarraj, and troops of the Libyan [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso: Opposition advocates "ad-hoc solutions" to terrorism
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabè political opposition rose from a meeting on Tuesday after 24 soldiers were killed in a deadly terrorist attack, [...] Full text...
Ghassan Salamé says military solution is not option in Libyan crisis, announces reopening of political process
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Special representative of the UN Secretary General in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, has reaffirmed the need to relaunch the negotiations and [...] Full text...
Seventh Nigerien military contingent to be deployed in Mali
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A military contingent of 850 men and women of the Nigerien Defence and Security forces will be shortly deployed in Mali [...] Full text...
US concerned with attacks against civilian aviation installations in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The US embassy in Libya on Monday warned against "attacks on the civil aviation installations in Libya", saying it is ‘’concerned [...] Full text...
Burundi gov't, opposition size themselves up in political landscape (A news analysis by Ferdinand Bigumandondera, PANA correspondent)
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Last week was marked by an offer of "safe" return for exiled opposition leaders to take part in the next general [...] Full text...
Tunisia welcomes signing of political agreement in Sudan
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian ministry of foreign affairs on Sunday expressed its "deep satisfaction" with the signing by Sudanese rivals of the Constitutional Declaration [...] Full text...
Acting Tunisian President calls for continuation of tripartite initiative for Libya
Tunis , Tunisia (PANA) - Acting Tunisian President, Mohamed Bennaceur, at a meeting on Friday with his foreign affairs minister, Khemaies Jhinaoui, has stressed "the [...] Full text...
UN condemns Haftar's refusal to engage in humanitarian truce on the occasion of Eid al-Adha
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Saturday lamented the refusal of the Libyan National Army, led by Khalifa [...] Full text...
EU urges Libyan warring parties to abide by call for truce on Eid Al-Adha
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the European Union (EU) delegation in Libya, Alan Bugeja, has called on the warring parties in Libya to [...] Full text...
Tunisian police search home of son-in-law of president of Ennahdha party
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security forces on Thursday searched the home of Abdelaziz Daghsni, president of the Ennahdha Shura Regional Council and son-in-law of [...] Full text...
Fayez Al-Sarraj, military leaders discuss next phase of Tripoli operation
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Presidential Council of the Government of the National Unity and Supreme Commander of the Libyan Army, Fayez [...] Full text...
Kagame to witness final peace deal agreement between Mozambican gov't and Renamo
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame, on Tuesday arrived in Maputo, Mozambique, for the signing ceremony of the country's Peace and Reconciliation Agreement [...] Full text...
OIC welcomes agreement on constitutional declaration in Sudan
Jeddah Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Youcef Ben Ahmed El-Otheimen, has hailed the agreement between the forces [...] Full text...
Egypt hails agreement on Sudan's constitutional declaration
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In a statement, released in Cairo on Sunday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry welcomed the agreement between the Alliance of Forces for [...] Full text...
'Explosion in Cairo is a terrorist act', says Interior Ministry
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt's Interior Ministry on Monday says a car carrying explosives that was blown up in front of the Cairo Cancer Institute, [...] Full text...
Arab Parliament welcomes Agreement on Constitutional Declaration in Sudan
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - President of the Arab Parliament Mishal al-Sulami has hailed the agreement between the Alliance for Freedom and Change and the Sudan [...] Full text...
France encourages Sudanese to implement transition agreement "in good faith"
Paris, France (PANA) - France has welcomed the conclusion of a comprehensive transition agreement between the Transitional on Military Council and the Sudanese opposition, calling [...] Full text...
French, Egyptian presidents discuss Libyan crisis
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The Libyan crisis was at the centre of talks on telephone between Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi and French president Emmanuel [...] Full text...
Arab League welcomes agreement on constitutional declaration in Sudan
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The League of Arab States has welcomed the agreement between the Opposition Alliance for Freedom and Change (ALC) and the Sudan [...] Full text...