Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The extradition on Friday of 19 alleged Burundian rebels captured in Rwanda in September 2019 has revived security cooperation between the two countries, which observers say have been accusing each other of mutual destabilisation for more than six years. The identity of the rebels has not been [...]Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga on Friday presented at the Palais des Congrès in Bamako, the government's action plan (PAG-2021-2022) to the National Transition Council (CNT), the legislative body of the transition, PANA reported. Mr. Maiga detailed the main points of the PAG, including the strengthening [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) has called on Member States to expedite the evacuation and return of their citizens stranded in Libya, following the tragic drowning of 57 illegal migrants off the North African country's coast. In a statement issued on Friday, the AUC said it was [...]Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) on Saturday confirmed the suspension of a local sprinter on suspicion that he violated drug-cheating rules. ''I hereby confirm that we have received communication this afternoon from International Testing Agency (ITA) regarding one of our sprinters who has had an [...]Full text...
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In response to growing needs in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United States is providing more than $149 million in additional humanitarian assistance, including more than $105 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a press release received by PANA in Khartoum said. It pointed [...]Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – British super model Naomi Campbell has penned an open letter to former President Jacob Zuma saying: "This isn't the South Africa I remember, and that millions of South Africans fought for." She was reacting to the wave of violence that swept through the Gauteng and [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 548,949 people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus in Libya since the launch of the national vaccination campaign last April, the National Centre for Disease Control announced on Friday. In a statement on the daily epidemiological situation in the country, the Centre said that [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan coast guard patrol boat on Friday rescued 121 illegal migrants of various African nationalities as they headed to the European coast in a rubber dinghy. In a statement, the spokesperson of the Libyan naval staff said that the rescue boat, Zouara, went to the scene [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - It is all calm at the eastern entrance to the city of Zawiya, about 45 km west of Tripoli, after clashes between two armed groups on Thursday night, the Libyan Interior Ministry said. Armed clashes between the two groups went on until dawn on Friday in the [...]Full text...
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan cabinet, at its meeting on Friday, resolved to lift the 15- day lockdown on the country’s capital, Kigali, and eight other districts effective August 1. The districts are Gasabo, Kicukiro, Nyarugenge, Gicumbi, Musanze, Rubavu, Burera, Kamonyii, Rutsiro, Rwamagana and Nyagatare. According to a communique issued by [...]Full text...
Tokyo, Japan (PANA) - African refereeing marked an important milestone on Friday when three women match officials handled the quarterfinal game of the Olympic women's tournament between Great Britain and Australia at the Kashima Soccer Stadium. This also follows the historic feat created last Wednesday when the African quartet of Salima [...]Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Developing Countries on Friday launched a new website that includes the first phase of a global database and country dashboards on vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics to guide their work and advocacy. Heads of the International Monetary [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Cases and deaths resulting from COVID-19 continue to climb worldwide, mostly fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has spread to 132 countries, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday. Almost 4 million cases worldwide were reported last week to WHO and the [...]Full text...
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will open all its 17 vaccination centres around the island to every citizen who wish to be inoculated as from 2 August 2021, official sources said in Port-Louis. Moreover, vaccination will be compulsory as from 15 August 2021 for staff working in the health, tourism [...]Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The continued recruitment and presence of mercenaries in Libya is impeding “progress in the peace process” and an obstacle to upcoming elections, independent UN human rights experts said on Friday, calling for their “long overdue” departure. “Nine months after the ceasefire agreement calling for withdrawal of foreign [...]Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An anti-LGBTQ+ bill pushed by eight members of Ghana's parliament is set to be read in the House on Tuesday, local media reported here Friday. According to the report, the bill, whose lead advocate is Sam Nartey George, member of parliament for Ningo-Prampram, intends to make the [...]Full text...
