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New York, US (PANA) - UN-led efforts are continuing to ensure that all countries can benefit and regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) as it increasingly shapes our economies, societies and daily lives

©- - 22 april 2026 - 07:29:03 - thread (336 words)


Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has asked the transitional government in South Sudan to undertake immediate action if it wishes to  maintain United States support

©- - 01 march 2026 - 07:14:54 - thread (386 words)


Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN experts on Tuesday urged States to ensure that any new regulations governing the deep seabed, including a code on mining, are firmly grounded in international law, including international human rights law, and implement the precautionary principle

©- - 25 february 2026 - 09:00:02 - thread (594 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Governance Track of the Structured Dialogue defined, during its first formal session from 11 to 15 January, five issues that they will seek to address

©- - 16 january 2026 - 09:15:19 - thread (878 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday marked the first year of his second term with a declaration that his government has laid a sustainable foundation for the West African country's long-term development after a year of difficult but necessary decisions and reforms

©- - 07 january 2026 - 13:56:00 - thread (648 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government on Tuesday noted with concern the recent announcement by Israel recognising Somaliland, the breakaway region of Somalia, as an independent state

©- - 30 december 2025 - 09:26:03 - thread (144 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Taiwan has confirmed that it is restricting trade to South Africa after Pretoria said it will downgrade its mission in the country amid ongoing diplomatic tensions

©- - 25 september 2025 - 07:55:44 - thread (296 words)


Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and his aides have been charged afresh with terrorism six months after his kidnapping and rendition from neighbouring Kenya, where he had travelled to attend a book launch

©- - 23 may 2025 - 12:39:54 - thread (291 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The FW de Klerk Foundation has strongly opposed US President Donald Trump's offering of citizenship to white South African farmers

©- - 11 march 2025 - 07:55:01 - thread (307 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has been appointed to head the G20 Africa Expert Panel, which will advise G20 leaders on how best to deal with the social and economic needs of the continent

©- - 17 december 2024 - 06:24:34 - thread (260 words)


Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - As the world navigates rapid digital transformation, the 19th United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, under the theme “Building Our Multistakeholder Digital Future

©- - 17 december 2024 - 05:24:17 - thread (375 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Members of Parliament began debating the special motion to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office on Tuesday, with the Speaker reprimanding the DP for “abhorrent” conduct

©- - 08 october 2024 - 14:51:57 - thread (841 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has encouraged citzens to “find the Mandela” in them and to embrace forgiveness and equality

©- - 01 august 2024 - 07:55:14 - thread (253 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, has stressed the importance of the efforts and role of the Libyan Mukhtars, local administrative auxiliaries to the municipalities, in making the national reconciliation project a success and preserving the country's unity and stability

©- - 18 january 2024 - 10:37:42 - thread (367 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The failure of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to follow through with its recent threat of military intervention to restore constitutional order in Niger, the fourth of its member States to have descended into a military dictatorship within the last four years, is embarrassing enough

©- - 07 december 2023 - 08:10:52 - thread (1450 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union and the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) towards renewing joint programmes to enhance credibility in the management of elections and the advancement of good governance, peace and security in Africa

©- - 28 july 2023 - 11:11:59 - thread (250 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian leader Adama Barrow has stated that the Gambia has transitioned through a national socio-political crisis brought about by undemocratic tendencies to a chain of global crises that have a telling effect on the nation’s well-being, economy, and development prospects

©- - 08 june 2023 - 15:47:52 - thread (656 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The ECOWAS Community Court’s 2023 International Conference on “Zero Tolerance for Unconstitutional Change of Government” (UCG) in West Africa, has ended in Banjul with wide ranging recommendations, including the criminalisation of UCG and the creation of a special task force to intervene in such cases in member States

©- - 26 may 2023 - 06:40:13 - thread (815 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Local Government, Badreddine al-Toumi, and members of the European Union (EU) Delegation to Libya have discussed the implementation and evaluation of projects being carried in cooperation with the  Union

©- - 15 march 2023 - 12:06:16 - thread (134 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's representative to the UN Security Council, Taher el-Sonni, on Monday welcomed initiatives aimed at enabling the country to embark on the path of democracy and hold elections as soon as possible, warning that mistakes of the past that led to failure must be avoided

©- - 28 february 2023 - 14:02:00 - thread (658 words)


New York, US (PANA) - Twelve years after its revolution, political tensions in Libya remain high, and its leaders face a “major legitimacy crisis” amid widespread public frustration, the UN’s senior official in the country told the Security Council on Monday, announcing plans to create a new mechanism in support of crucial elections

©- - 28 february 2023 - 05:57:19 - thread (676 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - At the request of the government, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Olivier Basdevant has conducted a diagnostic of governance and corruption vulnerabilities in The Gambia

©- - 27 january 2023 - 16:47:52 - thread (599 words)


London, UK, (PANA) - Africa’s overall governance score has flatlined since 2019, and in 2021 much of Africa was less safe, secure and democratic than in 2012, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation said in the Ibrahim Index of African Governance released on Wednesday

©- - 25 january 2023 - 10:30:45 - thread (315 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The General Authority for Communications and Informatics, the "Libyana" Telecommunications and Technology Company and the Libyan Internet Association, announced on Monday that Libya will host the North African Forum on Internet Governance on February 23

©- - 23 january 2023 - 19:45:23 - thread (618 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - While regional and international support and encouragement are being heaped on the most recent agreement signed between the military leaders and a number of political forces in Khartoum, the move has only helped remove the thin layer of division within the political forces and the actors that led to the revolution dethroning President Omar Bashir in 2019

©- - 08 december 2022 - 13:33:17 - thread (985 words)