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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Mo Ibrahim Foundation to release first report on governance in Africa in October
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Mo Ibrahim Foundation will release its first report on governance in Africa on 15 October, an official statement issued [...] Full text...
Cote d'Ivoire: Fight against fake medicines focused on reorganisation of the profession of pharmacy
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Dr. Arounan Diarra, President of the National Council of the Order of Pharmacists of Côte d'Ivoire (CNOP-CI), said in the [...] Full text...
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...
EU and African banana producers discuss future trade relations
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Since Wednesday 18 September 2019, The Pan-African Association of Fruit Producers and Exporters (Afruibana), led by their president Joseph Owona Kono, [...] Full text...
Côte d'Ivoire establishes register for poor, vulnerable households
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian government adopted a decree on Wednesday establishing the Single Social Register for Poor and Vulnerable Households (RSU) to [...] 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...
‘’Inequality in the world is major obstacle to attainment of sustainable development goals’’ – Report
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The third annual report of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, entitled "Goalkeepers Data Report", and made public on Wednesday, [...] Full text...
Angolan ecologist, Adjany Costa, wins Young Earth Champions for Africa Award
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Angolan ethno-ecologist specialist in wildlife, Adjany Costa, has been named winner of the Young Earth Champions for Africa Award for [...] 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...
Ivorian tax officers to begin three-day strike on Wednesday
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian tax workers have given notice of a 72-hour strike from Wednesday after the collapse of talks with the government on [...] Full text...
Cote d'Ivoire: French Fintech FairMoney raises 10m Euros for expansion in emerging markets
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - FairMoney, a Paris-based French Fintech, announced here Monday a ten-million-euro fundraiser from Flourish Ventures, the US venture capital fund, partners [...] Full text...
Twenty finalists of Anzisha Award 2019 released
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Anzisha Prize Selection Committee released Monday the list of the top 20 candidates. The winner of the 2019 edition [...] Full text...
ICC prosecutor to appeal acquittal of Gbagbo, Blé Goudé
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ms. Fatou Bensouda, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, says she will apply to the Appeals [...] Full text...
15 African students receive the BGFIBank Foundation Excellence Scholarship
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Fifteen students from Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire and Gabon are beneficiaries of the BGFIBank Foundation Excellence Scholarship, the eponymous [...] Full text...
Africa Oil & Power and partners condemn xenophobic violence in South Africa
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Africa Oil & Power (AOP), the continental platform for investment and energy policies, on Monday expressed in a statement issued [...] 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...
'Innovative thinking marks AfDB's Africa jobs manifesto'
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Innovative thinking about Africa’s conventional employment issues marked the launch here Thursday of the African Development Bank’s new policy research [...] Full text...
Ten years of conflict in northeastern Nigeria have caused nearly 22,000 cases of disappearances -ICRC
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reported here Thursday nearly 22,000 cases of disappearances had been reported to [...] 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...
Côte d'Ivoire designated member of the executive council of the World Tourism Organisation
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The meeting of the regional conference for Africa of the World Tourism Organization, held in line with the general assembly of [...] Full text...
Moroccan, Ivorian parliaments sign MoU
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan and Ivorian parliaments signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Rabat on Wednesday to develop and institutionalise bilateral parliamentary [...] Full text...
Ivorian Rugby Federation appoints two senior officials
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian Rugby Federation (FIR) on Wednesday announced the appointment of a national technical director, Amon Roger Motchian, and the [...] Full text...
Cote d'Ivoire beat Tunisia 2-1 in friendly match
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire beat Tunisia 2-1 on Tuesday when they played a friendly in Rouen, France.
The Ivorians opened the score in the [...] Full text...
Cote d'Ivoire hosts seminar of G20 Africa
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d'Ivoire and the African Centre for Economic Transformation are behind an international Compact peer-to-peer session with G20 Africa holding [...] Full text...
CAN U23: Ivorian Elephants beat Syli of Guinea 1-0
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Under-23 Ivorian national team, recently beaten at home 1-0 by their Guinean counterparts, came back on Tuesday to qualify by [...] Full text...
2nd edition of 'The Heroines' forum set for September 24 in Abidjan
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - More than 200 Ivorian executives and entrepreneurs will meet on 24 September in Abidjan for a day of training and [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading down, compared with the previous session, with the BRVM 10 index rising [...] Full text...
Intl. football legend Didier Drogba expected in Kigali for Youth Connekt Africa summit
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Former international football star Didier Drogba is to attend Youth Connekt Africa summit next month in Kigali, organisers of the event
Youth [...] Full text...
Cote d'Ivoire to host 14th eLearning Africa Conference
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 14th Pan-African Conference on Technologies Applied to Learning, Training and Skills Development, eLearning Africa, will be held here from [...] Full text...
BBC, others in joint effort to fight fake news
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - A new joint effort to deal with fake news has been put in place by the British public media, the [...] Full text...
More than 500,000 people without health care in Burkina Faso, says ICRC
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - More than 500,000 people have been deprived of health care or have had great difficulty in seeking treatment in the [...] Full text...
Ivorian CSO urges AU, ECOWAS to search for solution to South Africa's xenophobic riots
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - An Ivorian civil society organization, CIVIS Côte d'Ivoire (Citizens & Participation), on Sunday urged the African Union (AU) and the [...] Full text...
AfDB: Côte d’Ivoire supports Adesina’s second-term bid
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Cote d’Ivoire will support the candidacy of the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Akinwumi Adesina, for a [...] Full text...
African doctors to benefit from oncology training program in Egypt
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the eponymous pharmaceutical company, will initiate, in partnership with the National Cancer Institute [...] 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...
Abidjan stock market closes Friday trading down
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Friday trading down, compared with the previous session.
Thw BRVM 10 index dropped from 146.89 [...] Full text...
CAN 2021 qualifiers: Ivorian Elephants to meet Benin's Squirrels in friendly match
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Two months into the start of the CAN 2021 qualifiers, Cote d'Ivoire's Elephants will meet Benin's Squirrels in a friendly [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Thursday trading up
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading up, compared with the previous session.
The BRVM 10 index rose from 145.88 [...] Full text...
Falsified medical products pose serious threats to public health, says Ivorian doctor
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Inferior or falsified medical products pose serious threats to public health, Dr Siembou Koné, a doctor at the National Institute [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading down
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock (BRVM) market closed Wednesday trading down, compared with the previous session, with the BRVM Composite index that [...] Full text...
Ivorian presidency announces cabinet reshuffle
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – The Ivorian presidency on Wednesday announced a cabinet reshuffle in which two portfolios changed hands and new faces emerged.
The reshuffle [...] Full text...
Cote d'Ivoire: The 11th Abidjan Performing Arts Market to be held in March 2020
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 11th edition of the Abidjan Performing Arts Market (MASA) will take place from March 7 to 14, 2020, on [...] 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...
Ivorian football authorities strengthen National Technical Directorate
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian football authorities are strengthening the country's game by recruiting the services of four legends.
A statement from the Ivorian Football [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Tuesday trading up
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading up, compared with the previous session.
The BRVM 10 index rose from 144.55 [...] 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...
Cote d'Ivoire: Engie Energy Group acquires Mobisol
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The energy group Engie announced on Tuesday the acquisition of Mobisol, a pioneer in off-grid solar solutions.
This acquisition will enable [...] Full text...