El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claimed on Sunday that it has taken “complete control” of the 6th Infantry Division command in the besieged city of El Fasher, the Sudanese army’s main base in North Darfur state, following fierce battles, the local media reported.Sudan Tribune [...] Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Quad working to end Sudan's bloody war – the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates – has agreed to form a Joint Operational Committee to coordinate efforts for peace in the East African country.This is according to Sudan Tribune, a [...] Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has joined 35 young women in a discussion on youth empowerment.This is as they started the UN's mission's annual Ra’idat training programme, that takes 35 young women annually for an intensive year of training focused [...] Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s concessional lending arm, has approved a loan of $73.31 million to strengthen science and technology education at the tertiary level.Under the second phase of the Support to Higher Education, [...] Full text...

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Fund (ADF), through its Climate Action Window, has approved an $8.6 million grant in additional financing to support the implementation of the first phase of theWater Sector and Climate Resilience Building Support Programme (PASEREC) in Burundi.This grant comes on top of an [...] Full text...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by deadly floods across Niger.Authorities in the country report that the flooding during this year’s rainy season has affected some 550,000 people, with the regions of Dosso, [...] Full text...

Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Ousted Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina has been stripped of his citizenship, the local media reported on Saturday quoting a decree by the new leaders of the island nation.Madagascartribune.com said an official journal published a decree revoking the former president's nationality based on a law of the [...] Full text...