Coronavirus: Mali records eight new cases
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali on Saturday recorded eight new cases of coronavirus and 405 recoveries, the Malian Ministry of Health announced.
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China donates military equipment valued at over six billion CFA francs to Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - China has donated military equipment consisting of weapons, ammunition, vehicles, transport and protection equipment, to the Malian Armed Forces and Security, [...] Full text...
Rights experts condemn ‘dramatic rise’ in attacks on so-called slaves in Mali
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Attacks against so-called slaves in Mali are on the rise and authorities must do more to prevent them, two independent UN human [...] Full text...
Mauritanian FM calls on Transition President of Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's President of the Transition, Col. Assimi Goita, on Thursday received Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad, Ismael [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: Situation in Eritrean refugee camps in Tigray deteriorating - UNHCR
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has flagged the rapidly deteriorating situation in two Eritrean refugee camps in Ethiopia's [...] Full text...
UN envoy to Libya warns of chaos if ceasefire agreement collapses
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ján Kubiš, warned on [...] Full text...
Libyan PM urges all stakeholders to unite to hold elections in December
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Accord, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, Thursday urged the concerned legislative bodies and institutions to [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Mali records 6 new cases
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali on Wednesday recorded six new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), taking to 14,492 the overall number of cases discovered in the [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopia rejects 'politically motivated' EU resolution on human rights situation in Tigray
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has rejected the resolution by the European Union (EU) on the situation of human rights in Tigray region adopted [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: UN appeals for faster passage for aid convoys to Tigray region
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN humanitarians appealed on Tuesday for far quicker access to Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, after the first aid trucks in [...] Full text...
G5 Sahel heads of state call for support for transition in Mali and Chad
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The G5 Sahel heads of state Friday called on the international community to support the transitional regimes in Mali and Chad [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: Guterres welcomes Ethiopia’s pledge to allow humanitarian access to Tigray
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Ethiopia’s commitment to ensuring aid workers can access the war-ravaged Tigray region, his Spokesperson said in [...] Full text...
Kidnapped Malian NGO worker freed
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A worker of a Malian NGO, who was kidnapped last Sunday by unidentified gunmen in central Mali, was released on Tuesday by [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: US reiterates need for immediate, negotiated ceasefire
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has reiterated the need for all parties to the Ethiopian conflict to commit to [...] Full text...
Malian soldier arrested trying to smuggle cannabis into Bamako central prison
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A soldier with Malian Air Force who tried last Saturday to smuggle 500 grams of cannabis into Bamako central prison was [...] Full text...
Mali president on first visit to Mopti to launch plan for national food security
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Transition President Assimi Goita on Tuesday arrived in Mopti, central region of the country, to launch the National Plan for [...] Full text...
Four soldiers killed in terrorist attack in northeast Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Four soldiers were killed when an administrative mission of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMAs), on its way to Léré in the [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: 400,000 in Tigray cross 'threshold into famine', Security Council told
New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials appealed on Friday for immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to Tigray – and for an end to deadly [...] Full text...
Japan donates more than 4,300 tons of milled rice to Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japan has donated 4,310 tons of milled rice worth 300 million Japanese Yen or about 1.5 billion CFA francs to Mali [...] Full text...
UN Security Council extends MINUSMA's mandate for one year
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 15-member United Nations Security Council has extended the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) [...] Full text...
Mali to organise Zone II All Africa Games in December
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali will organise the African Games of Zone II next December, PANA has learned from sports sources in Bamako.
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Malian Prime Minister receives G5 Sahel Executive Secretary
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The G5-Sahel Executive Secretary and new head of the African Union Mission to Mali and the Sahel (MISAHEL), Maman Sambo Sidikou [...] Full text...
Statue of former Malian international footballer Salif Keita unveiled in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A statue of famous Malian footballer Salif Keita, popularly known as Domingo, the first African Ballon d'Or winner, was unveiled on [...] Full text...
Six killed in terrorist attack in central Mali
Bamako, Mali (Mali) - Six people were killed and 13 wounded, including three women, on Sunday when unidentified gunmen attacked a minibus carrying them to [...] Full text...
Malian authorities urged to ‘break the cycle of impunity’ for human rights violations
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rampant impunity for human rights violations in Mali is posing serious risks for the protection of civilians in the West African [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: US calls on all parties to commit to 'immediate, indefinite, negotiated ceasefire'
Washington, US (PANA) - The US on Tuesday called on all parties in the Ethiopian conflict to commit to an immediate, indefinite, negotiated ceasefire.
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Bamako public school teachers on strike for non-payment of salaries
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Public school teachers in Bamako district have gone on strike effective Monday to press for payment of salaries to their colleagues [...] Full text...
Seven Malian soldiers killed in two terrorist attacks in central Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Seven Malian soldiers were killed in two terrorist attacks against two military posts in Boni, north-east of Douentza region in central [...] Full text...
Mali, Guinea Bissau to boost cooperation between them
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Col. Assimi Goïta, and his counterpart from Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, currently visiting Mali, [...] Full text...
Guinea Bissau President Umaru Sissoko Embalo visits Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of Guinea-Bissau, Umaru Sissoco Embalo, on Friday began his second visit to Mali since the 18 August 2020 the coup [...] Full text...
Fifteen peacekeepers injured in car bomb attack in northern Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Fifteen peacekeepers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were wounded on Friday in a car bomb [...] Full text...
Mali to supply Senegal with sheep for Tabaski
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - At a joint working session on Thursday in Bamako, the Malian Minister of Industry and Trade, Mahmoud Ould Mohamed, and his [...] Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopia denies 'fabricated' Tigray village market air strike claim
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has denied reports that it carried out an airstrike at a village market in Tigray region in which dozens [...] Full text...
Priest and four companions kidnapped in central Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Ségué parish priest, Abbé Léon Douyon, and four of his companions were abducted on Tuesday by unknown persons between Ouo and [...] Full text...
FM appeals for understanding from Int'l community on Mali's political crisis
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, has appealed to the international community to show a dispassionate understanding of the [...] Full text...
FM appeals for understanding from Int'l community on Mali's political crisis
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, has appealed to the international community to show a dispassionate understanding of the [...] Full text...
Road crashes claim 622 lives in Mali in 2020
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 622 people were killed in traffic accidents in Mali in 2020 compared to 663 in 2019, a reduction [...] Full text...
Three soldiers of French Barkane force injured in car bomb attack in Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three soldiers of the French Barkhane force were wounded on Monday in an attack by terrorists in Gossi, 160 km from [...] Full text...
Makeshift boat capsizes killing 20 Malians on way to Spain
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Twenty young Malians who were trying to reach Spain via the Mauritanian coast perished when their makeshift boat capsized, Mali's bi-weekly, [...] Full text...
Twenty African staff officers graduate from Koulikoro staff college in Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Twenty trainee officers, including four women, from Mali (14), Burkina Faso (1), Côte d'Ivoire (1), Guinea (1), Niger (1), Senegal (1) [...] Full text...
General Laurent Michon to head French Barkane force in Sahel in July
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - General Laurent Michon will replace General Marc Conruyt as head of the French Barkhane force engaged in the fight against terrorism [...] Full text...
Islamic State element for Greater Sahara arrested in joint Barkane-Nigerien army operation
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A senior member of the Islamic State in the Great Sahara (EIGS), Dadi ould Chouaib, known as Abou Dardar, was arrested [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopia slams AU's 'unilateral' Tigray inquiry; calls for joint investigation
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has rejected the "unilateral" establishment of a commission of inquiry into the Tigray crisis in northern Ethiopia and called [...] Full text...
Italian president says Libya's stability requires departure of mercenaries and foreign forces
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Italian President Sergio Mattarella said on Wednesday that national reconciliation and stability in Libya are "priorities of Italian foreign policy" and [...] Full text...
Malian Transition President assigns four key tasks to the new government
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - President of the Transition in Mali, Col. Assimi Goïta, unveiled on Wednesday four essential missions assigned to the new governmental team [...] Full text...
A new $350 million project supports community-based recovery, stability in the Sahel
Washington DC, US (PANA) - Over 8 million people in the Liptako-Gourma region, a tri-border area in the Sahel spanning Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, [...] Full text...
Mali is at ‘critical juncture’ with democratic future at risk, warns UN mission chief
New York, US (PANA) - Immediate action is required now to initiate critical reforms and lay the groundwork for credible elections in Mali, where the [...] Full text...
Malian narcotics office seizes 1.4 kg of cocaine from French-Malian
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Central Narcotics Office on Saturday announced that it has seized 1.4 kg of cocaine with an estimated market value of [...] Full text...
Violence continues in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado, as agencies respond to growing needs
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Civilians continue to flee armed conflict and insecurity in northern Mozambique, more than two months after militants attacked the coastal city of Palma, located in Cabo [...] Full text...
Malian actress, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, dies
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The renowned Malian actress, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, died on Thursday in Bamako at the age of 66, following an illness, the [...] Full text...