Ivorian government and unions sign social truce
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The prime minister of Côte d'Ivoire, Patrick Achi, on Monday in Abidjan, presided over the signing of a memorandum of [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire
US greets Cote d'Ivoire on 62nd independence day
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Secretary of State. Antony Blinken has congratulated the Ivoirian people on their 62nd National Day which falls on [...] Full text...
Stephanie Williams' departure deepens impasse in Libya's political process
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The departure of the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General, Stephanie Williams, who was leading mediation efforts in Libya to [...] Full text...
Omnipresence of armed groups in Libya puts solution of crisis into perspective
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The latest armed clashes between rival armed groups in Tripoli and Misrata, particularly the deadly one in the Libyan capital that [...] Full text...
Cote d'Ivoire announces second major crude oil and natural gas discovery
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ivorian Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Energy on Thursday announced a second major discovery of crude oil and natural [...] Full text...
ADF extends $4.3 million grant to Ethiopia for capacity building, economic resilience
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a $4.3 million grant to fund capacity building [...] Full text...
ADF approves $14.4 million loan to boost food security in Zambia
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a $14.4 million loan [...] Full text...
AfDB debars Ivorian company for 'fraudulent practices'
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Monday announced a nine-month debarment of Ivoian company, Entreprise de Commerce et de [...] Full text...
AfDB approves $3.5 million for Gambia rice project
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a grant of $3.5 million from the [...] Full text...
MINUSMA spokesperson ordered to leave Mali within 72 hours
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The spokesperson for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Olivier Salgado, has 72 hours to leave the [...] Full text...
MINUSMA spokesperson ordered to leave Mali within 72 hours
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The spokesperson for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Olivier Salgado, has 72 hours to leave the [...] Full text...
Ivorian president expected in South Africa on Wednesday for State visit
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara, is expected on Wednesday in South Africa for a four-day State visit at the invitation [...] Full text...
AfDB Board Approves $134 million loan to boost food production in Nigeria
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $134 million loan for the National [...] Full text...
AfDB Board approves more than $1 billion for emergency food production plan
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s Board of Directors has approved 24 fast-track programmes to help Africa mitigate rising food prices [...] Full text...
AfDB approves US$ 271 million for Egypt's food security and economic resilience support programme
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a loan of US$271 million to finance Egypt’s Food Security and [...] Full text...
UN publishes new guidance on curbing child abduction and other ‘grave violations' in war
New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top official advocating for children caught up in armed conflict issued new guidance on Monday designed to help expert [...] Full text...
Press House of Mali calls on Malian and Ivorian media to be more responsible
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Press House of Mali has launched an urgent appeal to journalists, videomen, citizens, bloggers, opinion leaders, influencers and civil society [...] Full text...
African Development Fund approves $11 million grant to the AfCFTA Secretariat
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved an $11.02 million support package to the Permanent Secretariat of [...] Full text...
AfDB approves $150 million for Kenya highway project
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved financing of $150 million to Kenya to support [...] Full text...
Africa steps up its involvement in efforts to end the Libyan crisis
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - After being on the sidelines of efforts to end the Libyan crisis for a long time, the African Union (AU) appears [...] Full text...
AfDB grants $8.1 million to support food production in South Sudan
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a grant of $8.1 million to South Sudan [...] Full text...
AfDB donates $5.4 million to CAR for food security project
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a grant of $5.39 million to the Central [...] Full text...
AfDB gives Guinea $66 million to extend access to electricity
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $66.39 million support package for Guinea to [...] Full text...
As Libya awaits solution, it seeks to establish electoral roadmap to end crisis (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The priority of the current phase in Libya, in the absence of a consensus on a constitutional text for the holding [...] Full text...
Forty-nine Ivorian soldiers arrested at Bamako-Senou airport with arms and ammunition (statement)
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government said here Tuesday its defense and security forces had arrested 49 Ivorian soldiers aboard two aircraft from Cote [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: ADF approves $27.19 million grant to boost post-pandemid recovery in Ghana
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Fund (ADF) Board of Directors has approved a US$27.19 million grant to Ghana for skills development and [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Mediator welcomes progress made by Mali's Transitional Government
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
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)
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...
UK, Côte d'Ivoire to strengthen cooperation in fight against terrorism
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The British Minister of the Armed Forces, James Heappey, announced on Wednesday that his country would strengthen military cooperation with [...] Full text...
Côte d'Ivoire welcomes families home, as refugee status formally ends
Abidjan, Core d'Ivoire (PANA) - The resolution of a civil conflict fuelled-displacement crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, that at its height forced more than 300,000 people [...] Full text...
The Burkinabe government is looking for authors of hate speech against Fulani community
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
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
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...
8th edition of AFRICA CEO FORUM opens in Côte d'Ivoire
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The 8th edition of the AFRICA CEO FORUM opened on Monday in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, with Presidents Alassane Ouattara of [...] Full text...
Act now to end food, energy, finance crisis, Guterres urges world leaders
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...
Djibouti aspires to become global ICT cente
Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) – African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina has received Djibouti’s highest honour of ‘Commandeur dans l’ordre national.’
Djiboutian Prime Minister Abdoulkader [...] Full text...
UN chief calls for ‘good faith’ effort by all Sudanese leaders ahead of direct talks
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
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
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
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
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...
26 Ivorian illegal migrants rescued by Tunisian Navy
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian Navy, operating in the city of Monastir, have foiled an attempt by illegal migrants to migrate to [...] Full text...
Chad concerned about Mali's withdrawal from GS Sahel and joint force
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...
AfDB Board approves US$1.5 billion facility to avert food crisis in Africa
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group's Board of Directors on Friday approved a US$1.5 billion facility to help African countries avert [...] Full text...
Ukraine conflict highlights urgent need to build resilient food systems with people at their heart - WFP
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is on Thursday calling for a massive expansion of proven solutions that help [...] Full text...
Ukrainian crisis to feature at Dakar conference on revival of the African economy
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...
World ‘at a crossroads’ as droughts increase nearly a third in a generation - UN
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and accelerating ways of slowing it down must happen [...] Full text...
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation calls for compromise between ECOWAS and Mali
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...
High-level UN conference debates precious commodity: Land
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), kicked-off on Monday, in [...] Full text...