Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The respect of the timetable for the presidential and legislative elections scheduled for 24 December, is the only solution to end the crisis in Libya, said Tuesday in Rabat the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad, Nasser Bourita. The head of Moroccan [...]Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday topped the table of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections with 393 new cases and six deaths, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported here Tuesday. The agency, which disclosed the figures on its official website, indicated that the additional infections were an [...]Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United Kingdom (UK) government will on Wednesday launch the Skills for Prosperity Nigeria (S4P-N) programme aimed at equipping youths and vulnerable groups with skills that offer them a more attractive pathway to employment, an official source said here Tuesday. The global skills programme, which would be implemented [...]Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Five kingpins of terrorists and bandits’ groups in Zamfara State were Tuesday killed by Nigeria Air Force (NAF) bombardments around Baranda Forest, Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria. The slain kingpins, who were eliminated by the sustained attacks by NAF fighter jets on forests housing terrorists and bandits in Zamfara [...]Full text...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ivorian president, Alassane Ouattara, on Tuesday held talks with General Stephen Townsend, Commander of the US Military commandment for Africa (AFRICOM), the Ivorian presidency said in a statement. The talks focused on issues of common interest, particularly the security situation in the sub-region and the [...]Full text...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Tuesday hailed lawyers of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) for sharing the same vision and harmonizing their experiences in a number of areas. Kabore made the remark when he chaired the opening ceremony of the Second [...]Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian gendarmerie Monday foiled five attempts of illegal migration for Europe, arrested 95 people and rescued 14 others in a boat overwhelmed by water, a statement issued here Tuesday by the Moroccan Interior ministry said. A unit of the Tunisian navy had on 10 [...]Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, affirmed here Tuesday that the Government of National Unity would continue to serve its people to achieve free and fair elections. "We will spare no effort until this historic goal is achieved," he stressed, while reacting [...]Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said it here Tuesday it had received with concern reports that the House of Representatives (Parliament) had passed a motion of no confidence in the Government of National Unity. It, however, gave the assurance that the current government was [...]Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai on Tuesday said the human capital development indices of the North West were closer to those of war-torn Afghanistan. Governor El-Rufai was speaking at a forum on the theme “Human Capital Development Communications Strategy Validation Meeting” organized by the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo-led [...]Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday congratulated Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada, on his re-election. A statement by Presidential Spokesperson Garba Shheu quoted President Buhari as saying: “On behalf of my family, the government and people of Nigeria, I congratulate a true friend of Nigeria and Africa following his [...]Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, participated Tuesday in the opening of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States, an official source said here. Also participating in the session were UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the president [...]Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The president of the Libyan High State Council, Khaled Al Mechri, said here Tuesday his institution strongly insisted on holding legislative and presidential elections on 24 December and assured all candidates of its commitment to neutrality and independence. The Libyan official was speaking during a joint press [...]Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - On the eve of US President Joe Biden’s global COVID-19 summit on the side-lines of the UN General Assembly, campaigners from the People’s Vaccine Alliance are calling for world leaders to go beyond empty promises of charity and deliver bold action to increase manufacturing and [...]Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Minister of Health and Welfare Kailash Jagutpal said on Tuesday that seven patients died from COVID-19 in Mauritius on Tuesday alone. He confirmed that the main cause of their death has been attributed to COVID-19. Mr. Jagutpal also indicated that 130 people, positive for COVID-19, have [...]Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Authorities in Sudan have arrested dozens of senior army officers after an attempted coup failed on Tuesday, but the search is underway to nab more suspects and secure the military positions. An army spokesman said authorities have arrested over 20 senior army officers as well as other [...]Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the Sudan, SRSG, Dr. Volker Perthes, has strongly condemned Tuesday's  coup attempt in Khartoum. “In my capacity as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in [...]Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdouk appeared on national television and official media on Tuesday to announced that the authorities have nipped in the buds a coup attempt that targeted the two-year old hybrid government in the early hours of the day. “You have been following the failed coup [...]Full text...

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Transforming global food systems to become more inclusive, fair and sustainable may seem an insurmountable challenge, yet there are concrete actions policymakers can take, according to a new report released by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Tuesday. “We are living in a world [...]Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Mmusi Kgafela, has warned that the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic is not over, though the country is moving out of the state of emergency. Following adverse effects of COVID-19, Botswana has continuously renewed the state of emergency introduced in [...]Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Tuesday failed to force former President Jacob Zuma to hand over his medical records in order to back up his claims that he is sick and unable to attend his trial. The Pietermaritzburg High Court heard that the [...]Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla al-Mangouch, on Monday participated in a consultative meeting convened by Kuwait for Arab foreign ministers participating in the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, to coordinating their views during the work of this session of the [...]Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The crisis-plagued government in Sudan on Tuesday said it thwarted a coup d’état in the early hours of the day and placed the planners in custody for interrogation. Two statements -- one from Amy General Command and another from the Council of Ministers -- said the Armed [...]Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The East African trade bloc, Inter-governmental Authority for Development (IGAD), says that an estimated 31.4 million people across its nine states have been classified as in crisis or worse (IPC Phase 3+) levels of acute food insecurity in 2020. A press release by the east African organisation [...]Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs  and International Cooperation has discussed with the African Union Commission (AUC) the mechanism of payment of its overdue contributions to the continental organisation. In a statement, the press office of the Ministry said that the committee formed to meet with officials [...]Full text...