Two injured as a missile hits Tripoli Medical Center
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two people were injured on Saturday when a missile hit the rear portal of the Tripoli Medical Center, medical and military [...] Full text...
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Abidjan stock market closes Friday trading down
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Friday, 3 April, 2020, trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping from 125.58 [...] Full text...
France welcomes the launch of EU's Operation Irini off Libya
Paris, France (PANA) - France on Wednesday welcomed the launch of the new European Union (EU) military operation off Libya, dubbed Irini (from the Greek [...] Full text...
AfDB approves $1.5 million emergency grant to curb desert locusts East and Horn of Africa
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million emergency relief grant to assist [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading up
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading up, with the BRVM rising from 125.44 points to 125.58 points or [...] Full text...
AfDB releases US$2 million for coronavirus crisis handling in Africa
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank on Tuesday approved US$2 million in emergency assistance for the World Health Organization (WHO) to reinforce [...] Full text...
One killed, 3 wounded in new bombardment of Tripoli residential districts
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – At least one person was killed and three others wounded on Tuesday in a new bombardment of residential districts in Guarchesh [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday 30 March, 2020, trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping from 126.16 points [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: AfDB launches $3 billion to alleviate virus' economic, social impact
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has raised "an exceptional" $3 billion in a three-year bond to help alleviate [...] Full text...
GNA considers Abu Grein attack as extension of "brutal aggression" against Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord said the attack carried out on Friday by Haftar's forces against Abu [...] Full text...
At least 8 people killed in north-central Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 8 people were killed and cattle stolen on Saturday from Moméné village, in the commune of Zimtanga in [...] Full text...
Burkinabè opposition leader condemns abduction of Malian counterpart
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The leader of the opposition Union for Change and Progress (UPC) in Burkina Faso, Zéphirin Diabré, on Friday condemned the [...] Full text...
16 new cases test positive for coronavirus in Côte d'Ivoire
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene on Friday announced 16 new cases have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).
The [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Red Cross and Red Crescent seek 800 million Swiss francs to help vulnerable communities
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement launched a revised emergency appeal on Thursday for 800 million Swiss francs [...] Full text...
Libyans puzzled over settlement of their country's crisis
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Three days after Libya recorded its first confirmed case of coronavirus infection in the midst of violent armed clashes, the population [...] Full text...
Tunisian president and Prime Minister discuss Libyan crisis
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The political and security situation in Libya was at the centre of a meeting on Thursday between Tunisian President Kais Saied [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Thursday trading down
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday 26 March, 2020, trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping from 128.22 points [...] Full text...
Libyan PM hails response to violations of truce by rival government
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj on Wednesday lauded forces of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in an operation in the [...] Full text...
UN calls for immediate de-escalation in Libya to focus on fighting coronavirus
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Wednesday evening called on the warring parties in Libya to cease hostilities [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading down
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday, 25 March, 2020, trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping from 128.46 points [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Côte d'Ivoire records 80 confirmed cases
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Some 80 confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) were recorded in Côte d'Ivoire, the Ivorian ministry of Health and Public hygiene [...] Full text...
Libya: GNA forces announce capture of airbase from LNA
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan forces allied to the Government of National Accord (GNA) on Wednesday announced the takeover of al-Wattia Airbase which was under [...] Full text...
Top UN official in Libya condemns Tripoli bombardments
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The top UN official in Libya, Stephanie Williams, on Tuesday condemned the repeated bombardment of the district of Ain Zara in [...] Full text...
Tuesday trading at the Abidjan stock market
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading up for the BRVM 10 Index and down for the BRVM Composite [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday, 23 March, 2020, trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping from 130.14 points [...] Full text...
3 killed, including two foreign workers, in Tripoli bombardments
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Three persons, two of them members of the foreign workforce in Libya, were killed as the bombing of some Tripoli districts [...] Full text...
Coronavirus and Climate Change: Observing World Water Day
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - As the world celebrates World Water Day, an estimated 400 million people in Africa still lack access to safe water, while [...] Full text...
Côte d'Ivoire has 25 confirmed cases of coronavirus, two cured
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian Minister of Health has announced 8 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the number of patients testing positive to [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Cote d'Ivoire confirms 17 cases
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d'Ivoire has announced 17 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus), according to the Ministry of Health, with three new positive [...] Full text...
Italian Embassy welcomes Libyan govt's decision to observe humanitarian truce
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Italian Embassy in Libya has welcomed the commitment of the Government of National Accord to respect a truce on humanitarian [...] Full text...
UN, US welcome Presidential Council's call for cessation of hostilities in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIl) and the Embassy of the United States welcomed the Presidential Council's positive response [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading down
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping from 133.52 points to 133.02 points or [...] Full text...
AfDB debars two Nigerian companies for fraudulent practices
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Tuesday, 17 March 2020, announced the debarment of Beulah Universal Link Resources Limited [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Monday trading down
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Monday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping from 135.57 points to 134.57 points or [...] Full text...
Launching in Abidjan of the 13th edition of the Anoumabo Urban Music Festival
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The launch of the 13th edition of the Anoumabo Urban Music Festival (FEMUA) took place on Thursday, March 12, 2020, [...] Full text...
Amadou Gon Coulibaly named RHDP candidate for upcoming presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Amadou Gon Coulibaly has been designated candidate of the ruling Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) for the [...] Full text...
Mauritanian head of state meets president of Libya's High Council of State
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani on Thursday received the President of the Libyan High Council of State, Khaled Omar [...] Full text...
Intra-Libyan national conference scheduled for July in Addis Ababa
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The members of the Contact Group of the High Level Committee of the African Union (AU) on Libya, who met on [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Thursday trading down
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Thursday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping from 135.93 points to 135.75 points [...] Full text...
EU expresses concern on Guinea Bissau's post-electoral crisis
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) on Thursday issued a cautionary statement on the political situation in Guinea-Bissau following the country’s presidential elections [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Wednesday trading down
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Wednesday trading down, with the BRVM 10 index dropping from 137.24 points to 135.93 points or [...] Full text...
Côte d'Ivoire reports its first case of Coronavirus
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The first case of a person infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Côte d'Ivoire was reported on Wednesday by theMinistry [...] Full text...
Côte d’Ivoire: Mother-child hospital shows success of public-private partnerships
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - A cutting-edge hospital in the Abidjan suburb of Bingerville is reducing maternal mortality rates in the world’s largest cocoa producer, [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Tuesday trading up
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Tuesday trading up, with the BRVM rising from 136.42 points to 137.24 points or [...] Full text...
Merkel reaffirms to Haftar: "No military solution in Libya"
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – During her meeting with the chief of the Libyan National Army based in eastern Libya, Marshall Khalifa Haftar, German Chancellor Angela [...] Full text...
Fears of deadlock in political solution in Libya after Ghassan Salamé's departure (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A week after the resignation of the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Libya, Ghassan Salamé, the country seems to be in [...] Full text...
President Ouattara's decision not to run again reinforces the standard of a limit of two presidential terms
Paris, France (PANA) - France has welcomed the announcement by Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara not to be a candidate in the 2020 Presidential election, believing [...] Full text...
Abidjan stock market closes Friday trading up
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The Abidjan-based stock market (BRVM) closed Friday trading up, with the BRVM rising from 135.70 points to 136.74 points or [...] Full text...
Gbagbo waits to declare his candidacy for presidency in Cote d'Ivoire
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of war crimes and crimes against humanity, former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo felt relief, [...] Full text...
Sudanese Govt agrees 'emergency mechanism' to deal with economic hardships
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Thursday decided to set up an "emergency mechanism" to deal with persistent shortage of fuel, wheat, medicines [...] Full text...