Partnership with private sector is key in closing Rwanda’s infrastructure gap – WB Update

22 july 2021 - 13:52:50

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has pushed the Rwandan economy into recession in 2020 for the first time since 1994, according to [...] Full text...

Mauritius to tackle food wastage

22 july 2021 - 08:10:53

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry and Food Security Minister Maneesh Gobin on Wednesday launched the 2021 potato harvesting season with a call to [...] Full text...

Progress towards ending AIDS among children, others stalling - UNAIDS warns

21 july 2021 - 22:24:40

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The UNAIDS and partners have warned in their 'Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free' report that progress towards ending AIDS among [...] Full text...

Libya urges Non-Aligned Movement to work towards fair representation of all peoples of the world

15 july 2021 - 20:39:43

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya said here Thursday results of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit meetings held recently in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, and previously [...] Full text...

Burkinabe President to attend 20th Int'l Development Association Resource Replenishment meeting in Abidjan

14 july 2021 - 19:47:49

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, left Ouagadougou on Wednesday for Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, where he will [...] Full text...

South Africa: Defiant Zuma slams the government

04 july 2021 - 15:42:55

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A defiant Jacob Zuma on Sunday addressed hundreds of his supporters outside his KwaZulu-Natal home after police failed to [...] Full text...

'Mauritius' crime rate increased in 2020'

01 july 2021 - 07:21:08

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday that crime rate (excluding contraventions) per 1,000 population, increased from 35.6 in 2019 to 43.8 in [...] Full text...

SADC holds Extraordinary Summit in Maputo

23 june 2021 - 09:22:59

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are on Wednesday meeting in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, to discuss issues of [...] Full text...

Tripoli named Arab media capital for 2022

17 june 2021 - 14:27:08

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Tripoli, the Libyan capital, was on Wednesday proclaimed the Arab media capital for the year 2022 by the Council of Arab [...] Full text...

Libyan FM unveils plans to make the country stable

15 june 2021 - 17:51:20

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla al-Mangouch, says Libya's stability will depend greatly on the full implementation [...] Full text...

Ghana: President Akufo-Addo launches national security strategy

07 june 2021 - 23:44:46

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday launched a National Security Strategy blueprint to deal with existing, new and emerging threats to [...] Full text...

New Malian president commits to reducing budget for the presidency

07 june 2021 - 18:09:30

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The new president of the Transition in Mali, Col. Assimi Goita, has pledged to reduce the cost of running the country's [...] Full text...

Fifth Tunisia Digital Summit topens in Tunis

02 june 2021 - 21:07:00

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The fifth Tunisia digital summit opened here Wednesday on the theme "Challenges of post Covid-19 digital change", drawing 500 participants and [...] Full text...

Africa’s Free Trade Area, world’s largest, says Expert

02 june 2021 - 19:59:40

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Anne Wambui Gaitha, an International Trade and Investment expert on Wednesday revealed that the newly-launched African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) [...] Full text...

Extraordinary summit on Mali's political crisis begins

30 may 2021 - 15:55:02

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A one-day extraordinary summit by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to discuss the political crisis in Mali began [...] Full text...

Ghana hosts ECOWAS summit on unfolding political events in Mali

30 may 2021 - 06:22:03

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit in Accra  on Sunday to address the unfolding [...] Full text...

Libyan Presidential Council chairman calls for end to violations on Libya's southern borders

26 may 2021 - 11:10:44

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mr. Mohamed al-Manfi, has stressed the need to stop violations on Libya's southern borders, [...] Full text...

Somali leaders resume talks on critical elections

26 may 2021 - 06:42:19

New York, US (PANA) - A summit involving leaders of Somalia’s political factions is underway in Mogadishu, a welcome relief after months of escalating tension, [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: G20 leaders call for urgent, immediate action to overcome pandemic

21 may 2021 - 22:32:30

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World leaders met here Friday at the Global Health Summit co-hosted by the European Commission and Italy  to adopt an agenda to [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso president leaves for Paris Summit on financing for African economies

17 may 2021 - 11:53:09

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, left Ouagadougou on Monday for Paris, where he will take part [...] Full text...

Nigeria: Buhari departs Abuja for France for African Finance Summit

16 may 2021 - 16:24:31

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari will Sunday depart Abuja for Paris, France, on a four-day official visit to attend the African Finance Summit, [...] Full text...

Tunisian, Turkish foreign ministers discuss situation in Palestine

11 may 2021 - 21:33:37

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of foreign affairs, Migration and Tunisians living abroad, Othman Jerandi, held talks with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, [...] Full text...

UN chief, senior officials express deep concern over East Jerusalem violence

10 may 2021 - 04:58:26

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and senior UN officials have expressed their deep concern over confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli [...] Full text...

Tunisia ministerial Council focuses on preparations for 18th Francophonie Summit

06 may 2021 - 10:12:20

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Preparations for the 18th Summit of the Francophonie, scheduled to take place in Djerba, Tunisia, on 20-21 November, was the focus [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: WHO chief hails US support for vaccine patent waiver

06 may 2021 - 05:57:04

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said the commitment announced by the United States administration to lift [...] Full text...

ECOWAS court orders Senegal to remove obstacles to elections

29 april 2021 - 20:35:02

Dakar, Senegal PANA) - The ECOWAS Court Thursday ordered Senegal to remove all obstacles to free participation in the country’s elections, specifically to eliminate the [...] Full text...

Sudan and France underline the need to cooperate for security and stability of region following Debby's demise

23 april 2021 - 21:08:44

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Khartoum and Paris Friday underlined the need to cooperate in efforts to “strengthen security and stability in the region” following the [...] Full text...

Gambia's Human Rights Commission chairperson commends media for exposing sexual and gender-based violence

13 april 2021 - 18:11:58

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Emmanuel D. Joof, chairperson of The Gambia National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has commended the media, including social media, for the [...] Full text...

Gambia’s human Rights Commission alarmed at spate of rape, gender-based violence

13 april 2021 - 17:23:10

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed shock at the spate of rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based [...] Full text...

Tunisian President receives Arab League Secretary General

05 april 2021 - 15:54:17

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saeid received on Monday, at the Carthage Palace in Tunis, the Secretary General of the League of Arab [...] Full text...

Morocco to organise 1st Summit on Education through Sport in Africa

31 march 2021 - 09:46:41

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan Ministry of Education and a non-governmental organisation, Tibu Maroc, have announced the holding of the first Education through Sport [...] Full text...

Gambia’s economy expected to gradually rebound this year

18 march 2021 - 13:08:53

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - After two years of strong growth of 6.1% in 2019 and 7.2% in 2018, Gambia’s economy has been affected by the [...] Full text...

Gambia: Major advance for victims of abuses during Yahya Jammeh rule

17 march 2021 - 17:22:27

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The arrest in Germany on March 16, 2021, of an alleged former Gambian “death squad” member suspected of crimes against humanity is [...] Full text...

Gambian women rights defender receives $10,000 Daily Trust African of the Year Award

15 march 2021 - 15:30:27

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian lawyer and women rights advocate Musu Bakoto Sawo has received the prestigious Daily Trust African of the Year Award, PANA [...] Full text...

Gambia's ex-President Jammeh tied to killing of 59 migrants - Rights groups

12 march 2021 - 11:08:26

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Testimony before Gambia's truth commission implicating then president Yahya jammeh in the summary execution in 2005 of about 59 West African migrants should [...] Full text...

Friday’s forex rates for the Gambian Dalasi

12 march 2021 - 10:52:12

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Central Bank of The Gambia. Currency    [...] Full text...

Thursday’s forex rates for the Gambian Dalasi

11 march 2021 - 10:26:26

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Thursday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Central Bank of The Gambia. Currency    [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: President Barrow says infection rate close to 5,000 in Gambia

10 march 2021 - 18:46:51

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has said  that  the coronavirus infection rate stands close to five thousand cases in the country, hence [...] Full text...

Gambia to immunise girls against cervical cancer

05 march 2021 - 12:15:30

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia is to embark on a nationwide immunisation of girls between the ages of 9 and 14 years against cervical cancer [...] Full text...

Gambia's domestic debt up by 4.3% - Central bank governor

05 march 2021 - 10:27:48

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's domestic debt went up by 4.3 per cent in 2020 to 34.6 billion dalasis, Bauh Saidy, governor of the Central [...] Full text...

Friday’s forex rates for the Gambian Dalasi

05 march 2021 - 10:01:09

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Central Bank of The Gambia. Currency    [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: More African countries receive vaccines under COVAX facility

04 march 2021 - 05:47:53

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - More African countries have continued to receive lifesaving COVD-19 vaccines through the UN-led COVAX facility with Sudan and Rwanda becoming the [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Gambia receives first consignment of vaccines under COVAX initiative

03 march 2021 - 09:47:35

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia has received its first shipment of 36,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines through the COCAX Facility, less than a week after [...] Full text...

Zamalek may suffer transfer ban following FIFA’s ruling for Ghanaian player Acheampong

03 march 2021 - 06:26:16

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - FIFA has given Egyptian football powerhouse, Zamalek, a 30-day ultimatum to pay their former player, Benjamin Acheampong, over US$1 million. FIFA said [...] Full text...

Chambas urges Gambians to build consensus ahead of December elections

01 march 2021 - 13:16:57

Banjul, Gambia (PANA)-  The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn [...] Full text...

Friday’s forex rates for the Gambian Dalasi

26 february 2021 - 09:19:58

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Friday’s foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi (D) as published by Central Bank of The Gambia. Currency    [...] Full text...

President Barrow calls for more foreign investment

24 february 2021 - 19:48:27

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow og Gambia has called for stronger cooperation in the manufacturing and tourism industries, saying that such investments will [...] Full text...

Gambia truth commission commences hearings on 2005 migrant massacre

24 february 2021 - 11:34:04

Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC) is on Wednesday holding hearings at its current session, which began on 22 February, on [...] Full text...

Ambassadors of Belgium, Spain present credentials to Gambian Foreign Minister

24 february 2021 - 10:27:33

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Ambassadors of Belgium and Spain to Gambia on Tuesday presented their letters of credence to the Gambian Foreign minister, Dr. [...] Full text...

Tunisia condemns armed attack on a WFP convoy in DR Congo

23 february 2021 - 17:14:14

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Foreign Ministry on Monday strongly condemned the armed attack on a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) convoy in [...] Full text...