Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Members of the unified interim Executive Authority, designated by the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum, on Sunday agreed with members of the joint 5+5 military commission on the possibility of holding the next session of Parliament in the city of Sirte (450 km East of Tripoli). The agreement [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Interior minister of the Government of National Accord, Fathi Bachagha, has escaped an assassination attempt that targeted him as he was in a convoy bound for Janzour, in the west of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, reliable security and health services said on Sunday. "The Bachagha [...]Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The black box and the cockpit recorder of the crashed Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Beachcraft aircraft in which seven personnel were killed has been recovered. The aircraft, which was en route to Minna, Niger State capital, crashed near the perimeter fence of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, [...]Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said that Nigeria recorded 645 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Saturday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 151,553. The NCDC said, via its official Twitter handle, that Nigeria also registered 18 COVID-19-related deaths on Saturday, raising [...]Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Seven people have died in a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft crash that occurred just short of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja runway. NAF Spokesperson, Air Vice Marshal Ibikunle Daramola, said on his Twitter handle Sunday afternoon: “This is to confirm that a Nigerian Air [...]Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday saluted the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for its work during the COVID-19 pandemic which saw a major lockdown. Addressing a rally to mark the National Armed Forces Day in Cape Town, Ramaphosa noted that thousands of soldiers were [...]Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Ministry of Health on Sunday recorded 208 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. Kenyan health authorities said the new cases were detected from 3,415 samples tested. There were no fatalities captured during the period. The new infections push the total number of confirmed cases and [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the UN World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says the COVID-19 situation in Tanzania "remains very concerning" and renewed his call for the authorities "to start reporting COVID-19 cases and share data". In a statement released on Saturday, the WHO chief also called on [...]Full text...
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino, has visited Mauritania, Senegal, Central African Republic and Rwanda ahead of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Presidential election next month. According to the FIFA media outlet, Infantino’s African tour is taking place despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The FIFA President began his tour [...]Full text...
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - FIFA and the African Union (AU) have agreed to launch a schools football competition following a meeting in Kinshasa between the FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, and the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, who is also the current Chairperson of the [...]Full text...
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are fixtures for the second-leg, play-off round of the 2020/21 CAF Confederation Cup, to be played across Africa on Sunday. The first-named teams host the second leg, with first-leg results in brackets. Rivers United, Nigeria vs Enyimba, Nigeria (0-1) ASC Diaraf, Senegal vs FC Platinum, Zimbabwe (1-0) US [...]Full text...
Paris, France (PANA) - The UN educational and cultural agency, UNESCO, has encouraged people everywhere to celebrate the world’s diversity by supporting multilingualism at school and in everyday life: the theme for International Mother Language Day, observed on Sunday. The annual commemoration honours linguistic diversity and multilingualism, which UNESCO chief, Audrey Azoulay, [...]Full text...
