Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, officially handed over on Thursday in Bamako, a dozen fighter jets and helicopters to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Brigadier General Aliou Boi Diarra, official sources told PANA. These new acquisitions, all of Russian [...]Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Kingdom and Australia have asked their citizens to avoid all travels to Nigeria. In their latest security advisories issued on Thursday, the European Union (EU) also warned that insecurity might prevent elections from holding in parts of the country, adding that “security climate” was very [...]Full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The opposition party, The Democrats, has appealed to the constitutional judge regarding the results of the legislative elections of 8 January, sources close to the political group said on Friday. According to the sources, the request aims to order the Directorate General of Elections to provide the [...]Full text...
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The National Council for the Defence of Democracy/Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD, party-state) has announced the holding of an ordinary congress on Saturday and Sunday to redistribute cards. This comes shortly after the unexpected dismissal of the former Prime Minister and one of the pillars [...]Full text...
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s 2023 national population and housing census will take place from 29 March to 2 April, 2023, an official source said here Friday. Chairman of the National Population Council National Population Commission (NPC) Nasir Kwarra told journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, [...]Full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Three people have just been imprisoned following the escape of a detainee admitted for treatment at the National Hospital and University Centre, Hubert Koutoukou Maga (Benin's largest hospital), according to the private daily, 'La Nouvelle Tribune'. Three people are suspected of complicity in the escape of Wilfried [...]Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will end the US$300 million annual bailout of its national airline, Kenya Airways (KQ) in favour of a new business strategy, the national Treasury has disclosed in the national draft budget strategy paper. "The Kenya Airways had demonstrated that Kenya could become a global aviation hub," [...]Full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin is committed to adopting a national strategy for artificial intelligence and megadata 2023-2027, announced a decision of the last Council of Ministers. Its adoption will position Benin as a country capable of seizing current and future opportunities relating to artificial intelligence and the processing of massive [...]Full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has opted to contract out the monitoring and construction of the domestic sewage treatment system in Ganvié, a lakeside village in southern Benin. The construction of the domestic sewage treatment system is part of the dynamics of improving hygiene and sanitation conditions in the [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Audit Office in Libya, Khaled Chakchak, signed a cooperation agreement with the Spanish Court of Audit, represented by its president, Enriqueta Chicano Jávega, on the development of auditing work in several areas. The agreement was initialled on Thursday in Madrid, the Spanish capital, [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Algeria, by preventing a plane carrying the Moroccan football team to fly directly from Rabat to the Algerian city of Constantine, where the Moroccan team was to participate in the 7th edition of the African Nations Football Championship (CHAN 2023) which kicked off on 13 January, [...]Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirty-six migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya between 8 -14 January, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced here Friday, bringing to 1,103 the total number of migrants returned to the country since early 2023. In a publication on its latest maritime update, the IOM office [...]Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Large-scale artefact looting took place in war-ravaged Tigray State of northern Ethiopia, according to findings reported on Friday by South Africa-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS). About 1,721 registered movable artefacts were lost or stolen from seven administrative zones during the war which ended in November [...]Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s market is now officially open to U.S. exports of pork and pork products in addition to other meat products from the United States, according to a report published on Global Agricultural Information Network. In a signed letter to the Veterinary Medical Officer of USDA’s Food Safety [...]Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Central Bank of Gambia. Currency Buying Selling US Dollar 59.75 [...]Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) would help build Africa’s economic strength and reduce its dependence on foreign imports, a senior UN official said on Thursday. The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) acting Executive Secretary, Antonio Pedro, said the opening of [...]Full text...
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Africa is set to outperform the rest of the world in economic growth over the next two years, with real gross domestic product (GDP) averaging around 4% in 2023 and 2024, the African Development Bank (AFDB) said in its annual economic outlook. The African growth projection [...]Full text...
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A South African court has allowed a group of UN-appointed experts to intervene in a class action lawsuit against a mining company based in Zambia, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, reported on Thursday. The lawsuit against mining giant Anglo American was filed on behalf of [...]Full text...
