Malian police arrest members of counterfeiting network in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian police have arrested three individuals accused of setting up a personal business specialising in the production of all kinds of [...] Full text...
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Fixtures of Day 3 of Mali's first division national football championship
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Here are the fixtures of Day 3 of Mali's First Division national football championship, which will be played from Tuesday to [...] Full text...
Terrorists attack customs check point of Heremakono at Mali-Burkinabe border
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The customs point of Heremakono, about 30 kilometers from the Malian southern city of Sikasso on the border with Burkina Faso, [...] Full text...
Gendarmerie and police station attacked in southern Mali
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The gendarmerie and police station of Heremakono in southern Mali, four kilometres from the town of Koloko, on the border [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopia says US' statement on its internal affairs 'regrettable'
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia says a statement by the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the reported atrocities and overall deteriorating situation [...] Full text...
Libyan Interior minister, UN Coordinator meet on political process
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan minister of Interior of the Government of National Accord, Fathi Bachagha, Sunday held talks with the deputy secretary-general and [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Crisis: US 'gravely concerned' about reported atrocities in Tigray region
Washington, DC , US (PANA) - The United States has expressed grave concern over reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation in the Tigray region [...] Full text...
Mali: FIFA President Gianni Infantino meets with Transitional President
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA), Gianni Infantino, was received on Thursday in Bamako by the president [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Crisis: Eritrean troops accused of possible crimes against humanity in Tigray region
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray state systematically killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the northern city of Axum on [...] Full text...
Japan grants Mali 6.5 billion CFAF equipment for preventing Covid-19 and training institutions
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and Japan on Wednesday signed exchange notes relating to the financing of two economic cooperation programmes for a total amount [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Crisis: Addis Ababa slams 'politically motivated misinformation' about Tigray
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Government of Ethiopia has slammed "unsubstantiated and politically motivated misinformation" about the situation in Tigray being "extensively shared by [...] Full text...
Two soldiers killed in terrorist ambush in central Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two Malian soldiers were killed and seven others wounded in an ambush by armed terrorist groups on Tuesday in central Mali, [...] Full text...
Mali's First Division National Football Championship Day 1 results
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Here are the results of Mali's national football championship in the first division, after seven matches on the first day played [...] Full text...
Dozo traditional hunters and Peulh community strike peace deal
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Dozo traditional hunters and the Fulani community sealed on Sunday in Niono, Segou region, central Mali, a cessation of hostilities agreement [...] Full text...
Mali's National Transition Council adopts 2021-2022 Government Action Plan
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The members of the National Transition Council (CNT), which plays the role of Parliament in Mali, on Monday approved by 100 [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: IMF releases US$57.6 million to help Mali meet post-pandemic recovery
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday completed the second and the third reviews of Mali’s economic [...] Full text...
Habib Sissoko reappointed head of Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa Zone II
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOS) of Mali, Habib Sissoko, was Monday reappointed for a new four-year [...] Full text...
M5-RFP calls for dissolution of National Transition Council
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 5 June Movement - Rally of Patriotic Forces (M5-RFP), whose demonstrations are at the root of the coup d'état perpetrated [...] Full text...
Nearly 5,000 people displaced by Nigeria's communal violence arrive in Benin
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Nearly 5,000 people, who have been displaced by Nigeria's communal violence, have arrived at Beninese villages in Pobè, a border commune [...] Full text...
Mali's PM presents action plan for transition period
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Moctar Ouane on Friday presented his government's Action Plan to the National Transition Council (CNT), in accordance with [...] Full text...
Five dead, 13 injured in two terrorist attacks in central Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Five people were killed and 13 others wounded in two attacks on Thursday by unidentified gunmen against a public transport bus [...] Full text...
IFC boosts Mali's top mango processor
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, on Friday announced the recent disbursement of a loan to support expansion at [...] Full text...
UEFA suspends 2 Malian int'l footballers of Austrian club for three months for doping
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two Malian international footballers, Sékou Koita and Mohamed Camara, who play for the Austrian club, Red Bull Salzburg, have been suspended [...] Full text...
Mali's Transition President to assume chair of OHADA this year
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Transition President Bah N'Daw will this year assume the chair of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of [...] Full text...
Three civilians killed by unidentified gunmen in central Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three civilians were killed on Wednesday in two simultaneous attacks by unidentified gunmen in the Mopti region of central Mali.
The attacks [...] Full text...
Mali qualify for men's Afrobasket, scheduled for Aug 24 - Sept 5
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali national basketball team has qualified for the final phase of the men's Afrobasket after beating Rwanda 76-51 on Wednesday [...] Full text...
’ No reduction of Barkhane force in Sahel’ - President Macron
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - French President Emmanuel Macron has made it clear that the downsizing of the anti-Jihadist operation Barkhane, which currently has some 5,100 [...] Full text...
Second edition of Ag'na Festival holds Feb. 25-27 in Koulikoro, Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The second edition of the Ag'na Festival (or Culture in Tuareg), a fusion of the Festival Ados ciné and the Festival [...] Full text...
G5 Sahel countries committed to achieve project zones in their space
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The current chairman of the G5 Sahel Heads of State, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, Tuesday presided over the meeting of [...] Full text...
Mali's national basketball team in Tunisia for Afrobasket qualifiers
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national basketball team, after a week of training at Ousmane Traoré of Kabala training centre, near Bamako, is now in [...] Full text...
Jerandi and Kubis want to advance Libya's political process
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - United Nations efforts to advance the political process in Libya were the main focus of talks on Monday between the Tunisian [...] Full text...
No case of Ebola virus disease registered in Mali - Health Minister
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Minister of Health assured, on Monday at a meeting with technical and financial partners that Mali has not recorded any [...] Full text...
Mauritanian diplomat expected to head Mali UN peacekeepers
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mauritanian diplomat, El Ghassim Wane, is expected to head the United Nations Integrated Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
He will replace [...] Full text...
Bamako hosts conference for mobilization of skills of the diaspora for employment
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The high-level conference is being held in Bamako to mobilise the financial and technical resources necessary for the implementation of a for [...] Full text...
G5 Sahel leaders gather for summit
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Leaders of the G5 Sahel have gathered in the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, for their their Summit that will discuss security issues [...] Full text...
IFAD provides 20.7 million euros to Mali for response to Covid-19 challenges
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed a financing agreement for 20.7 million euros, under the Joint [...] Full text...
Mali: UN chief says ‘complex attack’ against blue helmets may constitute war crime
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned  on Saturday, a “complex attack” against the UN mission in the West African country of Mali
An assault [...] Full text...
Mali: The president of the Transition visits Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of the Transition in Mali, Bah N'Daw, Saturday arrived here in the company of the ministers of Territorial [...] Full text...
President of the Transition in Mali visits Niger
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Bah N'Daw, arrived in Niamey, Niger, Friday and held talks with his Nigerien counterpart, [...] Full text...
Mali's peace and reconciliation committee meets in Kidal
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A meeting of the Follow-up Committee of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement resulting from the Algiers Process (CSA), was held Thursday [...] Full text...
Togolese MINUSMA peacekeeper dies of wounds after attack in Mali
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A Togolese peacekeeper serving under the United Nations Integrated Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) succumbed to his injuries following [...] Full text...
Mali-Algeria Joint Military Cooperation Committee meets in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali-Algeria Joint Committee in charge of monitoring military and technical cooperation started its 14th session on Wednesday in Bamako to [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Crisis: Rights watchdog says govt' forces carried out unlawful shelling of Tigray urban areas
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ethiopian federal forces carried out apparently indiscriminate shelling of urban areas in the Tigray region in November 2020 in violation of [...] Full text...
Malian transitional president in Mauritania for short visit
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian acting president, Bah N'Daw, on Thursday paid a 24-hour visit to Mauritania at the invitation of his Mauritanian counterpart, [...] Full text...
Traffic between Burkina Faso and Mali resumes
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A first convoy of vehicles from Burkina Faso arrived last Friday in the Malian region of Koro without incident, after more [...] Full text...
Mali's transitional president visits Burkina Faso on Saturday
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of the Transition of Mali, Bah N'Daw, is expected on Saturday, February 13, in Ouagadougou, the capital of [...] Full text...
UN condemns attack on peacekeepers in Mali
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), [...] Full text...
More than 950,000 will be food insecure in Mali during lean season
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 957,751 people will be food insecure in Mali during the lean season (August-September) this year, including 33,848 in [...] Full text...
China grants Mali 4.5 billion CFAF for projects
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Chinese government, through an economic and technical cooperation agreement, is grant Mali 4.5 billion CFAF to finance projects to be [...] Full text...
Tunisian Parliament extends deployment of peacekeepers in Mali, CAR
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Parliament on Tuesday approved the extension of deployment of a military air transport unit in Mali and a helicopter [...] Full text...