The president of the transition in Mali sworn in
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the Transition in Mali, Colonel Major Bah NDaw (Rtd), and the vice- president, Colonel Assimi Goïta, were sworn [...] Full text...
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Lifting of ECOWAS sanctions on Mali linked to nomination of civilian PM
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the Malian crisis, chaired by mediator Goodluck Jonathan, announced [...] Full text...
Meeting of academic committee of 5+5 Group Defence ministers on consultation and training
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan ministry of foreign affairs of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Wednesday took part in a meeting of the [...] Full text...
ECOWAS mediator on Malian crisis, Goodluck Jonathan, arrives in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, mediator of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the Malian crisis, arrived here [...] Full text...
Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi urges Libyans to unify positions and preserve country’s interests
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi Wednesday welcomed the positive interaction among all parties in their efforts to resolve the Libyan crisis.
He [...] Full text...
Three Malian soldiers killed in attack in terrorist attack
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Three Malian soldiers were killed and four others wounded Wednesday in an attack in southern Boulkessy, the Malian ministry of [...] Full text...
Senegalese Cheikh Tidiane Gadio appointed Francophie's special envoy on Malian crisis
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The former Senegalese Foreign Minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, was Wednesday appointed by the Secretary-General of La Francophonie, Louise Mushikiwabo, special envoy [...] Full text...
Mali military junta, M5-RFP continue meetings to resolve political crisis
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Discussions between the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), the military junta that took power since August 18 [...] Full text...
Africa needs urgent trade finance boost in the wake of COVID-19 - Report
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - There is an urgent need for financing to re-energize Africa’s trade in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to [...] Full text...
AfDB approves US$2.1 million for Disaster Risk Financing in Mauritania
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a grant of US$2.1 million to boost the country’s [...] Full text...
GCA Africa launch seeks to improve effectiveness of climate adaption activities across Africa
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The regional office of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) was inaugurated on Wednesday in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, via videoconference [...] Full text...
Ivorian presidential election campaign to kick off 15 October
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The presidential election campaign in Cote d’Ivoire slated for 31 October will open from 15 October to 29 October, the [...] Full text...
Mali: Military junta to appoint College that will choose transitional president
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The spokesman for the National Council for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), the military junta that took power in Mali, [...] Full text...
2 Libyan delegations to political talks in Morocco flown home
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Two flights from Casablanca's Mohamed V International Airport in Morocco have flown home members of the two Libyan delegations that took [...] Full text...
Panelists call for collaboration among funders to meet ambitious targets for a climate-resilient Africa
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Experts at the 2020 Global Philanthropy Forum on Tuesday called for greater collaboration among funders to address the severe threat [...] Full text...
Global and African Leaders launch GCA Africa at AfDB headquarters
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Global Center on Adaptation on Wednesday launched its regional office in Côte d’Ivoire.
Hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) [...] Full text...
Tripoli hosts 3rd meeting of the Scientific Committee of the 5 + 5 training center
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The third meeting of the Scientific Committee of the 5 + 5 Training Center for Humanitarian Demining, dedicated to the challenges [...] Full text...
ECOWAS heads of state continue demanding restoration of civilian power in Mali
Bamako, Mali, (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meeting in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday insisted on a transition government in Mali chaired [...] Full text...
African Leaders for Nutrition call on leaders to embed nutrition within the Covid-19 response and recovery
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) have unveiled a position paper calling upon African Heads of State and Government to [...] Full text...
Nutrition experts discuss ways to advance nutrition and gender at the African Green Revolution Forum
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - A panel of gender, nutrition and food specialists explored food access challenges that vulnerable groups such as women and children [...] Full text...
President of the Malian military junta received by President of Ghana
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNPS), the military junta that seized power on 18 [...] Full text...
Delegation of military junta in Accra for ECOWAS mini-summit on Malian crisis
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A delegation of the National Committee for the People’s Salvation (CNPS), headed by its chairman, Colonel Assimi Goita, left here Monday [...] Full text...
Ban Ki-moon, AfDB President Adesina, other global leaders launch GCA regional office in Africa
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ban Ki-moon, Chair of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, will join African [...] Full text...
"Despite COVID-19 pandemic, Africa still a prime investment destination" - AfDB webinar participants
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Participants in a webinar to present the African Development Bank’s African Economic Outlook Supplement to Asian audiences on Monday endorsed [...] Full text...
Libya: Civil society calls for UN-organised dialogue to include non-political bodies
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group of civil society organisations in Tripoli has called for the UN Commission's consultations in Libya to be broadened its [...] Full text...
Mali opposition movement dissociates itself from transition charter document
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The main Mali opposition movement, whose persistent demonstrations against President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita triggered the 18 August coup, has dissociated itself [...] Full text...
CEN-SAD welcomes positive results of Libyan-Libyan dialogue of Bouznika
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Executive Secretariat of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) Friday welcomed the successful outcome of the inter-Libyan talks held in [...] Full text...
Cavusoglu, Bourita discuss Libyan crisis on phone
Istanbul, Turkey (PANA) - The Turkish Foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Friday discussed on phone with Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans living [...] Full text...
The Libyan issue at centre of telephone conversation between Bourita and Hale
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad, Nasser Bourita, spoke Friday on phone with U.S. Under [...] Full text...
Libyan parties reach global agreement on transparent criteria, mechanisms to occupy sovereignty positions
Bouznika, Morocco (PANA) - Delegates of the Libyan High Council of State and the Parliament based in Tobruk said here Thursday they had reached a [...] Full text...
CEN-SAD says it is monitoring inter-Libyan talks in Morocco
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) said on Monday that it is following with "particular attention and great satisfaction" the inter-Libyan [...] Full text...
Egyptian, Moroccan FMs discuss Libyan crisis
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, Nasser Bourita, on Monday had a telephone conversation with [...] Full text...
AfDB partners AGRF as sponsor of virtual African Green Revolution Forum
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) returns as a top-tier partner of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) – Africa’s largest [...] Full text...
Mali's military junta directs former ministers, MPs to surrender buttons, service vehicles
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) has directed former parliamentarians and ministers to return buttons and service [...] Full text...
Bamako to host national consultations on transition in Mali - military junta
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Colonel Ismael Wagué, spokesperson for the National Council for the People’s Salvation, announced here Friday national consultations on the political transition [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: 2 West African Science and Tech institutions driving local solutions to COVID-19 pandemic
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Bank-funded institutes in Nigeria and Burkina Faso are domestically producing much-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) for African workers on the [...] Full text...
Mauritanian FM arrives in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, arrived in Bamako on Thursday for a "listening [...] Full text...
Mali military junta visits ailing ousted President Kéita
Bamako, Mali ( PANA) - A high-powered delegation of Mali's military junta, the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), led by its [...] Full text...
Mali: MPs say National Assembly, dissolved by former President IBK, should be reinstated
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Members of the 6th legislature of the National Assembly of Mali have described as "null and void" the dissolution of the [...] Full text...
Kais Saeid underlines importance of UN-backed Libyan-Libyan dialogue
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian president, Kais Saeid, Wednesday reaffirmed the need for an inclusive solution to preserve Libya’s unity and sovereignty through a [...] Full text...
“We must help Africa build back boldly, but smartly,” says AfDB President, Adesina
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - In a speech kicking off his second term as African Development Bank (AfDB) chief, newly sworn in President, Akinwumi Adesina, [...] Full text...
France welcomes peace deal between Sudanese government, armed movements
Paris, France (PANA) - France Tuesday welcomed the peace deal signed Monday in Juba between the Sudanese transitional authorities, an official statement issued here Tuesday [...] Full text...
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, eighth AfDB President, sworn in for second term
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - “Today, a rainbow stretches from the 81 member countries of the African Development Bank (AfDB) across the deep blue skies [...] Full text...
African leaders reaffirm support for AfDB as President Adesina begins second term
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - African leaders on Tuesday reaffirmed their support for the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and its leadership under Dr. Akinwumi [...] Full text...
Mali military junta holds national consultation on Transition Management in Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP), the military junta that seized power in Mali on August 18, [...] Full text...
AfDB Webinar on 'Promoting renewable energy technologies for sustainable development in post-Covid-19 Africa
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI), and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will Thursday, September 10, 2020, organize a [...] Full text...
AfDB plans elaborate swearing-in ceremony for its newly-elected president
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host a swearing in ceremony for its newly re-elected President, Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, [...] Full text...
Mali's opposition umbrella meets military junta
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A delegation of the June 5-Movement of Patriotic Forces (M5-RFP), the main umbrella group in the protests against ousted President Ibrahim [...] Full text...
Mali reviews curfew hours
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNTM) Sunday reviewed the curfew hours it imposed on the country from [...] Full text...
Amnesty International condemns Ivorian authorities' ban on demonstrations
Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) believes that the ban on demonstrations until 15 September, announced by the Ivorian authorities on 19 August, violates [...] Full text...