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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region in Africa, Huang Xia, has told ambassadors of the Security [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopia says its planes hit arms producing sites in Tigray region capital
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has admitted that its planes carried out air strikes on the capital of Tigray region, Makelle, on Wednesday, but [...] Full text...
Sudan cabinet sets up 'crisis cell' to address political challenges
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudan Council of Ministers has set formed a joint "crisis cell" from all parties to resolve the current political tension [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ at reported air strikes on Tigray capital
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations says it trying to verify details of alarming reports it has received of aerial attacks in the residential [...] Full text...
ECOWAS chairman visits Mali for talks on transition
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Several dozen people in favour of extension of the duration of the transition in Mali demonstrated on Sunday in Bamako when [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: Defence Forces claim 'terrorist' TPLF 'extensively crushed'
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government says the National Defence and other forces have "extensively crushed" the "terrorist Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)" [...] Full text...
Tunisian President Kaïs Saied decides to withdraw diplomatic passport of former President Moncef Marzouki
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed announced on Wednesday he had decided to withdraw the diplomatic passport of any personality who had solicited [...] Full text...
Mali army denies allegations of summary executions in fight against terrorism
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Chief of General Staff of the Malian Army, General Oumar Diarra, has denied allegations incriminating the Malian Armed Forces (FAMAs) [...] Full text...
Mali music maestro sends message of peace to Sahel region’s youngsters drawn to extremism
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An ambitious project to raise awareness about rising insecurity and mass displacement in the Sahel has resulted in an original musical [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: US provides $26 million additional humanitarian assistance
Washington, DC, US (PANA) The United States is providing more than $26 million in additional assistance to respond to the humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia bringing [...] Full text...
French Barkane soldier accidentally killed in Timbuktu, north-east Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Adrien Quélin, a 29-year-old mechanic with the Roc Noir desert battle group of the Barkhane force, died accidentally on Tuesday in [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: High level meeting on Ethiopia urges parties to end abuses, negotiate ceasefire
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United States, the European Union, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have urged the parties to the Ethiopian crisis [...] Full text...
Workshop on review of legal framework of Malian media opens
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A four-day workshop on the review of the legal framework of the Malian media opened in Bamako on Monday.
It is initiated [...] Full text...
Senegalese army inspector general visits country's contingent based in Gao, northern Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The head of the regional office of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Gao (North Mali), [...] Full text...
Mali participates in 5th Italy-Africa Business Week
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, on Saturday participated in the 5th edition of the Italy-Africa Business Week in [...] Full text...
Over 1.5 kg of cocaine seized in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Officers of the Anti-Trafficking Airport Unit (CAAT) of the Central Narcotics Office (OCS) on Wednesday seized 1.554 kg of cocaine hidden [...] Full text...
Commander of French Barkane Force calls on Malian Minister of Defence
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The commander of the Barkhane Force (COMANFORT), Major General Laurent Michon, on Tuesday called on the Malian Minister of Defence and [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: Guterres calls for humanitarian work to continue in Ethiopia
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday urged authorities in Ethiopia to allow vital humanitarian work there to continue, following the [...] Full text...
Malian FM summons French Ambassador on 'derogatory' statement by French President Macron
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdoulaye Diop, summoned the French ambassador to Mali on Tuesday in Bamako, [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: China offers Mali 835,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali received here Monday 835,200 doses of SINOVAC vaccine donated by China, as part of the COVAX initiative, a mechanism to [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: Food aid reaches Afar and Amhara, but situation still ‘dire’
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first round of food distribution to people in Afar and Amhara regions impacted by the spread of the conflict in [...] Full text...
World Bank gives Mali US$237.5 million for four projects
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The World Bank has granted Mali US$237.5 million (about 133.119 billion CFA francs), in financial support for the implementation of four [...] Full text...
UN chief condemns attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has condemned an attack against peacekeepers in Mali on Saturday which left one Egyptian ‘blue helmet’ dead, and [...] Full text...
Libya media highlight US' return to the political scene, meeting to agree electoral law
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers last week focused on two developments on the political scene: the "return" of the US to the political process [...] Full text...
MINUSMA reiterates its concern about the security situation in Central Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Multidimensional Integrated Mission for the Stabilisation of Mali (MINUSMA) has reiterated its concern about the security situation in central Mali, [...] Full text...
US condemns killing of French soldier in Mali
Washington, US (PANA) - The United States has condemned unequivocally the militant attack last Friday that led to the death of a French soldier of [...] Full text...
Libyan newspapers highlight risk of transferring political conflict to street confrontations
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Last Tuesday's vote of no-confidence in the Government of National Unity (GNU) by Parliament has led to an open political conflict [...] Full text...
As crises ‘pile up’ in the Sahel, Malian leader says it's time to consider more robust mandate for UN Mission
New York, US (PANA) - The interim Prime Minister of Mali, Choguel Kokalla Maïga, said on Saturday that “rarely, has a country or region been as severely affected by the piling up of [...] Full text...
Former Malian minister under arrest
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The former Malian Minister of Communication, Mahamadou Camara, was again incarcerated on Thursday at the Central Prison of Bamako, a judicial [...] Full text...
French soldier of Barkane force killed in northern Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A soldier of the French Barkhane force was killed on Friday during an operation in northern Mali against terrorist groups, the [...] Full text...
Belgian FM reaffirms support for Libya's political process
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmès has reaffirmed her country's support for Libya's political process and efforts of the Government of National [...] Full text...
US congratulates Mali on 61st independence anniversary
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Wednesday congratulated the people of Mali on the 61st anniversary of their independence and pledged that [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: UNHCR reiterates calls for suffering of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopian crisis
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reiterated its urgent call for investigations following the release of the Human Rights Watch [...] Full text...
Saudi Arabia donates 752 tonnes of rice to vulnerable people in central and northern Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Saudi Arabia, through the King Salman Centre for Relief and Humanitarian Action (CRSSAH), has donated 752 tons of rice to Mali [...] Full text...
IOM says 109 Malian migrants in Niger return home
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Some 109 Malian migrants returned home from Niger on Tuesday, thanks to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in partnership with [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: Eritrean forces, Tigrayan militants abused Eritrean refugees - says HRW
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Eritrean government forces and Tigrayan militias have committed killings, rape, and other grave abuses against Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's Tigray region, Human [...] Full text...
Former Guinean president Alpha Condé may leave for Turkey
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean president, Alpha Conde, 83, ousted by a military junta on 5 September, could be released soon to go [...] Full text...
Bamako condemns attack on a Moroccan trade convoy
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali has strongly condemned the "cowardly and barbaric attack" by unidentified armed people on Saturday against a Moroccan trade convoy in [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: UN reveals multiple reports of alleged human rights violations in Tigray
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet on Monday deplored “multiple and severe reports of alleged gross violations of human rights, humanitarian and [...] Full text...
Amnesty International says increasing number of children killed and recruited by armed groups in Sahel’s tri-border area
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Increasing numbers of children are being killed and targeted for recruitment by armed groups in conflicts raging at Niger’s borders with [...] Full text...
Five soldiers killed in terrorist ambush in central Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Five Malian soldiers were killed when their patrol was ambushed by suspected terrorists in the vicinity of Manidjè/Kolongo, in the Macina [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Crisis: Government determined to free people displaced by 'terrorists' in Tigray region
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – While celebrating the Ethiopian New Year 2014, the nation has yet to make sure that its people in Amhara, Afar, [...] Full text...
World Bank rekindles cooperation with Mali after a three month break
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The World Bank has resumed cooperation with Mali after a temporary break in disbursements, following the coup de force against Transition [...] Full text...
Agri-food programme for integrated resilience , economic development in the Sahel launched in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Minister Delegate to the Malian Minister of Rural Development, in charge of Livestock and Fisheries, Youba Ba, on Wednesday launched [...] Full text...
Mali secures 30 million euros to purchase of petroleum products to generate electricity
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has secured a grant of 30 million euros from the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (IITFC) for the [...] Full text...
ECOWAS evaluation mission on transition in Mali ends
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A high-level mediation mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), led by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, ended [...] Full text...
ECOWAS evaluation mission on transition in Mali ends
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A high-level mediation mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), led by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, ended [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Mali receives 40,000 doses of vaccine
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian minister of Health, Diéminatou Sangaré, Monday received 40,000 doses of vaccine against the coronavirus (COVID-19) at a ceremony presided [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso, Mali to strengthen efforts in fighting terrorism
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso President Roche Marc Christian Kaboré and the Malian minister of Defence, Colonel Sadio Camara, Tuesday reaffirmed the commitment [...] Full text...
Pressure mounts on Tunisian president Saied to restore constitutional regime
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The ambassadors of the group of seven most industrialised countries (G7) on Monday called on Tunisian President Kais Saied, to accelerate [...] Full text...