Congo takes measures to fight illegal enrichment
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese government is considering more efforts to fight the embezzlement of public funds and illegal enrichment, following pressure for good [...] Full text...
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PEACE, SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA
Mo Ibrahim Foundation to release first report on governance in Africa in October
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Mo Ibrahim Foundation will release its first report on governance in Africa on 15 October, an official statement issued [...] Full text...
Barrow presides over Gambia’s new legislative year
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian President Adama Barrow on Thursday presided over the start of Gambia’s New Legislative Year at the National Assembly complex in [...] Full text...
Rwanda welcomes death of rebel leader in eastern DR Congo
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan minister of State in charge of the East African Community, Olivier Nduhungirehe, has stated that the death of a senior [...] Full text...
Senegalese president calls for more efficient disaster prevention measures
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Wednesday called for the improvement of the national early warning system, civil safety and disaster and [...] Full text...
First session of National Early Warning and Security Risk Response Mechanism opens in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The first session of the National Early Warning and Security Risk Response Mechanism opened here Tuesday, official sources told PANA.
The mechanism [...] Full text...
Gambia, China sign deal to instal security inspection equipment at Banjul international airport
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia and China have signed a deal for the installation of security inspection equipment at the Banjul International Airport, official [...] Full text...
Key Rwandan rebel leader killed in fighting in eastern DR Congo
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A senior commander of the Hutu rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), an armed rebel group active in [...] Full text...
Malian president IBK in Luanda for first edition of Peace biannual meeting
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian Presiden Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is in Luanda since Tuesday to take part in the first edition of the Peace biannual [...] Full text...
Africom Commander visits Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - General Stephen Townsend, Commander of the U.S. Africa Command (Africom), is in Ouagadougou to meet with senior Burkina Faso officials [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso Police union calls for urgent response to security problems
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's national police union (UNAPOL) on Monday called on the authorities to find an "urgent response" to the country's [...] Full text...
Fayez al-Sarraj discusses with youth representatives ways out the Libyan crisis
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan President of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, has discussed with representatives of the youth and sports sector [...] Full text...
Eritrean leader Afwerki in Sudan
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Asias Afwerki of Eritrea arrived in Khartoum on Saturday for a two-day visit to the Sudan, the first to the [...] Full text...
Jammeh amassed millions of dollars, 281 properties in Gambia – Report
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia’s former dictator, Yahya Jammeh, amassed over one billion Gambian dalasis (about 300 million dollars) along with 281 landed properties, a [...] Full text...
Violence prevails in South Sudan despite peace deal - ICRC
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - One year after the signing of the peace deal, violence is still pervasive in South Sudan, a global humanitarian organization said [...] Full text...
Mauritania's new president to attend G5 Sahel, ECOWAS meetings in Ouagadougou
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's new head of state, Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani, will take part in the G5 Sahel and Economic Community of West [...] Full text...
Security solution in Niger's Diffa region is 'politico-military', says governor
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The new governor of the Diffa region in the far-east of Niger, which is under attack from the terrorist Boko Haram [...] Full text...
Nigeria's secret Police accuse “subversive” individuals, groups of plans to undermine national security
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s secret Police, the Department of State Services (DSS), on Monday accused some unnamed “subversive” individuals and groups of planning to [...] Full text...
Khartoum gets ready for talks with rebels, lauds South Sudan gov't peace efforts
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Saturday commended efforts exerted by South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit, to reconcile armed rebel movements with the nascent [...] Full text...
G5 Sahel police officers, gendarmes, custom officers trained in border management
Niamey, Niamey (PANA) - Some 30 gendarmes, police and customs officers from the five G5 Sahel countries have completed a training prgramme on border management [...] Full text...
UN envoy makes another push to silence the guns in Tripoli (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Despite a stalemate in the five-month-old fighting near Tripoli, neither side appears to have the appetite for a political solution.
The Tripoli [...] Full text...
LEAD: Libyans continue ‘spilling their blood on the battlefield’ as fight for Tripoli rages on
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - It is five months to the day since the forces of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) launched an offensive to [...] Full text...
Mauritania: Opposition party wants ex-president Abdel Aziz administration probed
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Opposition Rassemblement des Forces Democratiques (RFD) wants a general audit of Mauritania's economic situation under a decade of President Mohamed [...] Full text...
First Gambian President Jawara laid to rest
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia's first President, Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, was on Thursday laid to rest after thousands of Gambians, diplomats and friends of [...] Full text...
Former Gambian Minister eulogisses late President Jawara
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Omar A Jallow, former Gambian Minister of Agriculture, on Thursday eulogised the late Sir Dawda K. Jawara describing him as “one [...] Full text...
Gambia declares 7-day national mourning over Jawara’s passing
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow of the Gambia Wednesday declared a seven-day national mourning period following the passing of the West African nation's [...] Full text...
Libya seeks Japan's support in training coast guards, border surveillance devices
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Affairs Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Mohamed Taher Siala, has told Japanese Defence Minister Takeshi Iwaya [...] Full text...
EU Ambassador calls for proper handling of security sector reforms
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union Ambassador in Gambia, Atila Lajos, has called for the proper handling of country's security sector reforms (SSR) for [...] Full text...
New AFRICOM commander pledges diplomatic support in Libya, eradication of terrorist threat
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The new commander of the US military commandment for Africa (AFRICOM), General Stephen Townsend, Tuesday stressed the need for diplomatic solution [...] Full text...
Jawara left good legacy - Gambia’s Information Minister
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Ebrima Sillah, Gambia's Information Minister, on Tuesday singled out respect for human rights and rule of law as some of [...] Full text...
'New Sudan political transition holds out hope for long-term stability to Darfur'
New York, US (PANA) - Important developments under way in Sudan, including a pledge to end the country’s outstanding conflicts, and the establishment of a new [...] Full text...
18 to 32% of budget in Sahel countries devoted to security
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, who is also current Chair of G5 Sahel, has that 18 to 32% of [...] Full text...
DRC to have a government by September 7, says Tshisekedi
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The new government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be in place by September 7, President Luix Tshisekedi announced [...] Full text...
Mauritania: Opposition Party calls for probe of President Abdel Aziz's government
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Union of Progressive Forces (UFP), an opposition party in Mauritania, has called for "a serious audit" of the immediate past [...] Full text...
Nigeria: Buhari assigns portfolios to 43 new Ministers, retains Spokespersons
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday assigned Ministerial portfolios to the 43 new Ministers he inaugurated early in the day.
President Buhari [...] Full text...
Mauritanian President meets head of UN peace mission in Mali
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani on Monday discussed recent developments in Mali with the Special Representative of the United [...] Full text...
Mauritius launches Safe City project
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Monday launched the command centre of the Safe City Project meant to ensure the safety [...] Full text...
UN to investigate attack that killed three UNSMIL staff in Benghazi
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- The United Nations is considering an internal investigation on the circumstances of an attack on a convoy of the United Nations Support [...] Full text...
Zimbabwe drops six places on Global Peace Index
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe has dropped six places on the Global Peace Index (GPI) rankings to 132 out of 163 countries for 2019 due [...] Full text...
Kenyan media practitioners alarmed at government ‘militarising information’
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan media practitioners, gathered Thursday for the annual 2019 Media Summit, have decried the tendency of governments, political parties and corporate [...] Full text...
AU commission commends Sudanese for placing national interests above all other considerations
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has commended Sudanese rivals for placing national interests over all other considerations as they initialed a constitutional [...] Full text...
Angola welcomes peace agreement in Mozambique
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan President João Lourenço has "warmly" welcomed the new peace agreement signed between the Mozambican government and Renamo, the former rebel [...] Full text...
Record number of children killed, maimed in conflict, new UN report reveals
New York, US (PANA) - A new UN report has found that 2018 was the worst year on record for children caught up in armed [...] Full text...
Indian President starts two-day working visit to The Gambia
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The president of the Republic of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, is expected to arrive Tuesday, 30 July in Banjul, The [...] Full text...
Mayors want soldiers redeployed to Central Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The mayors of three communes of Kendi, in the Bandiagara district, in the Mopti region, in central Mali, have called on [...] Full text...
Congo: China ready to assist in maintaining peace and security in Africa
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - China's ambassador to Congo, Ma Fulin, has expressed his country's willingness to play a constructive role in the maintenance of peace [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso gov't announces measures for safety of people in custody
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Cabinet on Thursday announced measures to prevent tragedies in the country's prisons following the death of 11 people [...] Full text...
The Sao Tome court of auditors regrets legal proceedings against members
Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) - The president of the Court of Auditors (CC) of Sao Tome and Principe, José António Monte Cristo, [...] Full text...
Gambia’s gov’t downgraded from Tier 2 Watch list to Tier 3
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Government of The Gambia has received the 2018/201919 US State Department’s Report which shows that the west African nation has [...] Full text...
Sao Tome and Principe: The Court of Auditors to resume its role
Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) - The Court of Auditors will soon resume the trial of economic crimes, the supervision of mega projects [...] Full text...