The 9/9/99 Sirte Declaration on creation of AU hailed in Libya as major step towards African unification

09 september 2025 - 14:22:39

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - On its 26th anniversary, the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Unity said here Tuesday that the [...] Full text...

AU sympathises with Sudan on disastrous landslide

02 september 2025 - 14:35:47

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union on Tuesday expressed “deep compassion” following the tragic landslide in North Darfur, Sudan, that wiped away a [...] Full text...

Trapped in Gaza: Palestinians with disabilities cannot reach aid

15 august 2025 - 19:38:10

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When Israeli forces in Gaza issue a new displacement order ahead of an incursion into a neighbourhood or city, Palestinian civilians [...] Full text...

Sudan welcomes AU Peace and Security Council’s stance towards developments in the country

08 august 2025 - 17:37:38

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has welcomed a statement by the African Peace and Security Council rejecting and condemning the establishment of a parallel government to [...] Full text...

AU celebrates African Women's Day; Darfur gives a different version (By Mohamed Osman Adam)

01 august 2025 - 12:59:45

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Africa is celebrating Women's Day, but the occasion couldn’t be more tragic for Sudanese women.They are living the impacts of [...] Full text...

AU rejects formation of parallel government by Sudanese opposition

30 july 2025 - 12:17:15

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has issued a strongly worded statement in support of [...] Full text...

Sudan commends France's move to recognise Palestinian State

27 july 2025 - 12:59:17

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has commended France's intention to recognise the State of Palestine during the upcoming session of the United Nations General [...] Full text...

Disarming armed groups in Tripoli is ‘imperative’ - PSC

26 july 2025 - 13:20:08

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -The African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) has affirmed "the imperative of maintaining order and disarming non-state armed groups in the [...] Full text...

The PSC calls for the transfer of the AU Liaison Office to Tripoli and the appointment of a Special Envoy for Migration

26 july 2025 - 12:57:27

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union has requested the Chairperson of the African Union Commission to expedite [...] Full text...

The PSC reaffirms the AU's commitment to respect Libya's sovereignty

26 july 2025 - 12:45:23

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (PSC) emphasised the need to strengthen and unify all legitimate Libyan institutions [...] Full text...

AU holds special session on Libya on Thursday

24 july 2025 - 12:22:54

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) will hold an extraordinary session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday to discuss [...] Full text...

Top UN official holds consultations with AU ahead of Peace and Security Council meeting on Libya

23 july 2025 - 11:56:26

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has briefed the Permanent Representative of Uganda to the [...] Full text...

AUC Chairperson welcomes peace agreement between DR Congo and Alliance Fleuve Congo/March 23 Movement

19 july 2025 - 13:25:16

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has warmly welcomed the signing of a Peace Agreement [...] Full text...

AU, EU to promote circular economy investment in Africa

18 july 2025 - 12:13:31

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) have embarked on a joint plan to invest in circular economy [...] Full text...

Ukraine: Civilians under fire in record numbers as attacks surge

15 july 2025 - 16:09:48

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Relentless missile and drone strikes by Russian forces have killed and injured hundreds of civilians in Ukraine this month, continuing a [...] Full text...

Libya reiterates commitment to Africa

13 july 2025 - 19:05:49

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, has stated that despite the circumstances that have threatened his country's security, [...] Full text...

Libyan PM hails AfCFTA as 'a continental breakthrough' despite challenges

13 july 2025 - 18:55:26

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) represents a historic step forward that strengthens economic integration and opens up new horizons [...] Full text...

AU urges countries end to fragmented response to climate change

09 july 2025 - 12:26:32

Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – Most African countries have developed early warning systems to climate change-induced disasters, such as floods although the response to epidemics and [...] Full text...

EU-AU Angola summit on 24-25 Nov aims at deeper cooperation

08 july 2025 - 14:59:01

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Leaders of the 27 European Union (EU) member states and the 55 countries of the African Union (AU) will [...] Full text...

UNESCO World Heritage Centre inscribes Historic Georgetown on Janjanbureh Island into its Network

27 june 2025 - 14:20:41

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre has officially inscribed Historic Georgetown on Janjanbureh Island in the Gambia into its Network of Places of [...] Full text...

UNDP, Government of Gambia launch 2025 Global Human Development Report

27 june 2025 - 14:14:51

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (MoHERST), on Friday launched the [...] Full text...

‘A moral failure’: Security Council hears about grave violations against children caught in war

25 june 2025 - 19:47:08

New York, US (PANA) - When Sila, a young woman from Idlib in Syria, was three years-old, she woke up to missiles falling around her, [...] Full text...

AU creates agency to advance space technologies in war against climate change

25 june 2025 - 16:04:52

Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The African Union has created a new agency, whose mandate is to utilize space information to strengthen the fight against climate [...] Full text...

Africa's industrialisation through agricultural revolution shows mixed signals, says AU Commissioner

24 june 2025 - 07:55:46

Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The industrialisation of Africa, through an agricultural revolution, premised on increased investment in agricultural productivity, has shown mixed signals decades later, [...] Full text...

Africa's industrialisation through agricultural revolution shows mixed signals, says AU Commissioner

24 june 2025 - 07:55:46

Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The industrialisation of Africa, through an agricultural revolution, premised on increased investment in agricultural productivity, has shown mixed signals decades later, [...] Full text...

AU urges universal access to climate data to urgently enhance response

23 june 2025 - 17:41:18

Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The African Union has urged countries in Africa to urgently seek for universal access to climate information held by weather prediction [...] Full text...

Gaza: As last fuel supplies run out, aid teams warn of catastrophe

19 june 2025 - 18:30:32

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than 100 days into Israel’s complete fuel blockade in Gaza, UN agencies still in the shattered enclave warned on [...] Full text...

WHO calls for global expansion of midwifery models of care

18 june 2025 - 00:07:08

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday released new guidance to help countries adopt and expand midwifery models of care - where [...] Full text...

African Union and IGAD agree on working together to help Sudan achieve peace

11 june 2025 - 14:08:53

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The East African inter-government Development Agency (IGAD) has said it has agreed with the African Union to coordinate efforts for [...] Full text...

Luanda to host heads of state-level infrastructure financing summit under AU chairmanship

10 june 2025 - 11:57:51

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with Government of Angola will host Africa’s [...] Full text...

AU chief discusses political transition with representatives of Alliance of Sahel States

28 may 2025 - 09:46:37

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, on Tuesday held consultations with the Ambassadors of the [...] Full text...

Tanzanian farmers clear more land to expand coffee plantations

26 may 2025 - 12:59:22

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania's coffee sector is poised for expansion, with cultivated areas projected to grow from 265,000 hectares (HA) in marketing [...] Full text...

Ghana's President calls for reparations to address centuries of African exploitation

25 may 2025 - 16:16:26

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama has called for global accountability and reparative justice to confront the enduring legacies of slavery, colonialism, and [...] Full text...

CAR implements the Enhanced General Data Dissemination System of IMF

20 may 2025 - 08:47:27

Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - With the successful launch of the new data portal—the National Summary Data Page (NSDP) — the Central African Republic [...] Full text...

AU chair expresses concern about armed clashes in Tripoli

18 may 2025 - 13:40:44

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has expressed “deep concern” over the recent armed clashes in [...] Full text...

AU condemns attacks on Port Sudan

06 may 2025 - 10:04:06

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned attacks on Port Sudan in Sudan, that had been used as a de [...] Full text...

Commission to probe apartheid-era crimes in South Africa

02 may 2025 - 08:24:00

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is in the process of establishing a judicial commission of inquiry to [...] Full text...

IMF Spring Meetings: Navigating an uncertain world

26 april 2025 - 11:36:26

Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - High economic uncertainty may be an overarching theme of the IMF Spring Meetings. But it has been on an [...] Full text...

Libya calls for integrated approach to combating irregular migration from Africa to Europe

11 april 2025 - 11:36:11

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation, Ali al-Abed, has stressed that Libya is facing major challenges due to the influx of [...] Full text...

Libya attends Pan-African Youth Leadership Summit in Addis Ababa

04 april 2025 - 11:53:35

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister for Youth, Fathalla Elzuni, took part in the opening of the Conference on African Youth Leadership, organised in [...] Full text...

AU Commission Chairperson to deploy Panel of the Wise for South Sudan mediation

01 april 2025 - 16:32:47

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Youssouf Ali, is dispatching a high-level delegation of the AU Panel [...] Full text...

Top UN official in Libya meets African diplomats

20 march 2025 - 15:25:00

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Hanna Tetteh, on [...] Full text...

Libya reiterates its refusal to bear the burden of illegal immigration alone

18 march 2025 - 17:01:40

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's interim Minister of the Interior in the government of national unity, Major- General Imad Mustafa al-Trabelsi, has stated that Libya [...] Full text...

Libya to host 2026 Africa/Turkey Summit

18 february 2025 - 15:49:46

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya will host the 2026 Africa-Turkey Summit, the Libyan News Agency (LANA) reported on Monday.It quoted a press office from the [...] Full text...

African Union warns against territorial break-up of DR Congo

16 february 2025 - 15:04:19

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union warned Sunday against the break-up of the Democratic Republic of Congo, two days after the Rwandan-backed M23 [...] Full text...

Djibouti's Foreign Minister Ali Youssouf wins race for AUC Chairperson slot

15 february 2025 - 22:27:15

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf emerged victorious in the tough race for the leadership of the African Union Commission [...] Full text...

AU Summit: DRC, Sudan at the heart of discussions in Addis Ababa

15 february 2025 - 19:16:44

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At the start of the 38th annual summit of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, the UN chief on [...] Full text...

Africa 'brimming with hope and possibility': Guterres

15 february 2025 - 18:58:58

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, emphasised the potential of Africa and its young population and called for global reforms to [...] Full text...

Outgoing AUC chair Moussa Faki offers personal scorecard, takes swipe at African leaders

15 february 2025 - 17:41:12

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -  The outgoing Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki, offered a personal reflection on Saturday on his eight-year [...] Full text...

Angola promises everlasting impression on infrastructure

15 february 2025 - 15:10:39

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union's newly-elected Chairman, Angola's President Joao Manuel Lourenco, has promised to leave a permanent mark on Africa's economic [...] Full text...