Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police fired teargas canisters and beat scores of people rushing home on the second day of a nationwide curfew meant to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus outbreak in Kenya, with seven more cases confirmed on Saturday. Kenya's health Ministry Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the [...]Full text...
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Two suspected terrorists who were planning attacks in Tunisia have been arrested, the spokesman for the anti-terrorist unit in Tunisia, Sofiène Seliti, has announced. He said on Friday night that the first person had completed his preparations to carry out an attack but preventive security operations prevented [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on the coronavirus, the first case of which was recorded in the country as the military escalation prevented a humanitarian truce expected to facilitate joint efforts in fighting the spread of COVID-19. Under the headline 'The war in the capital shatters the [...]Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania recorded two new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the number of people infected with Covid-19 in the country to five, PANA learned from an official source. The Interior ministry announced the suspension of travel between different cities of the country from Sunday at noon. One of [...]Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali on Saturday recorded seven new positive cases of coronavirus, the Health ministry said. These new cases, six of which were recorded in Bamako and one in Ségala in Kayes region of western Mali, now bring the number of coronavirus cases diagnosed in Mali to 18. All these [...]Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Saturday recorded 27 new positive cases of coronavirus disease bringing the total number to 207 cases, said the Government Information Service (GIS). The situation of Coronavirus disease in Burkina Faso on 27 March 2020 was as follows: 9 cured bringing to 21 total [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord said the attack carried out on Friday by Haftar's forces against Abu Grein locality, east of Misrata (220 km east of Tripoli) "is an announcement of the extension of the cycle of brutal aggression to include all [...]Full text...
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's former sports minister and ambassador to China, Jean-Claude Ganga, died at his home on Saturday in Brazzaville, aged 86, PANA learned from sources close to his family. Ganga has been living in France and had come to Congo for his wife's funeral. He stayed some time [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has recorded two new confirmed cases of coronavirus infection, the Libyan National Center for Disease Control has announced, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to three in the country. The new cases were admitted to Misrata Public Hospital (220 km east of Tripoli), the Center [...]Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Declaring a state of public emergency throughout The Gambia, President Adama Barrow has ordered all public transport to carry half of their specified number of passengers as a measure to beat the coronavirus pandemic. In his second address to the nation on COVID-19, broadcast by State-owned GRTS [...]Full text...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 8 people were killed and cattle stolen on Saturday from Moméné village, in the commune of Zimtanga in north-central Burkina Faso by armed men, the Burkinabe news agency (AIB) reported citing an official source. According to testimonies reported to the AIB, an armed group [...]Full text...
Paris, France (PANA) - Mahamat Nouri, president of the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD), a Chadian politico-military movement opposed to President Deby detained since June in France, was released on Friday , his organisation said in a statement. General Mahamat Nouri was indicted in June 2019 by French [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two paramedics were injured and an ambulance was destroyed in the Abu Grein area, east of Misrata, in a shelling that targeted a medical team deployed in the region, the crisis and emergency committee of the Government of National Accord announced on Saturday. Fawzi Ounis, chairman of [...]Full text...
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou announced new health, economic and social measures in a message to the nation on Friday evening, including the establishment of a nationwide state of health emergency and a curfew in the city of Niamey, to deal with the coronavirus pandemic that has [...]Full text...
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank. Currency Buying Selling 1 Euro 40.58 40.99 1 US Dollar [...]Full text...
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - UN Peacekeeping radio stations are playing a vital role – getting information to vulnerable communities in conflict-affected states about the coronavirus pandemic and how people can protect themselves and others from getting the disease. UN Peacekeeping currently has large, popular and trusted radio stations in four [...]Full text...
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese Parliament on Friday authorized the government to take exceptional measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic, official sources told PANA in Lomé. The authorization, according to Parliament, will not go beyond 6 months. During that period, the government will legislate through ruling in view to take immediate [...]Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered the lockdown of three cities and two townships, as he announced a series of strict measures to control the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in the country. In a late night radio and television broadcast, he said effective 1 am (GMT) [...]Full text...
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The positive cases of the COVID-19 in Rwanda has risen to 54 after the confirmation of four new cases late Friday involving people who had traveled internationally to an affected area. The statement issued by the ministry of Health said that two confirmed cases were registered on [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has underlined its full support for calls on the warring parties in Libya to halt the violence and unify efforts in fighting the Coronavirus. UNSMIL stressed "the need for all to protect the Libyans from this threat against Libya and [...]Full text...
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – About 2,856,295 Guineans, or 91.59% of the electorate approved the draft new Constitution during Sunday’s double election, according to provisional results released on Friday by the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI). On the other hand, 262,185 voters, or 8.41% voted 'NO,' according to the Commission, which added [...]Full text...
