Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Abdoulaye Yéro Baldé, presidential candidate of the Democratic Front of Guinea (FRONDEG), returned to Conakry on Thursday following a nationwide campaign tour marked by significant popular turnout.The tour, from 9-24 December, covered the Km 35 interchange at Lansanaya Barrage, Tombolia, Entag, Sangoyah, and culminated with a [...] Full text...
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The Head of ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM), Dr. Abdoulie Janneh, has reaffirmed that elections remain the cornerstone of democracy, stressing that Guinea’s presidential election scheduled for 28 December was critical to the restoration of constitutional order.Dr. Janneh, a former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and veteran Gambian [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Democratic Party (UDP) has expressed deep sorrow over confirmed reports that a migrants’ boat which departed from Nuimi Jinack on 17 November 2025, carrying more than 190 people, including women and children, has sunk at sea with no survivors.In a statement issued on Thursday, [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – President Adama Barrow has called on Gambians to use the Christmas season to reaffirm the values of love, peace, compassion, and service to humanity, saying these principles are universal and vital to national unity and development.In his message to the nation, President Barrow said Christmas goes [...] Full text...
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Chairman of the Sudanese Transitional Sovereign Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, arrived in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Sudanese Presidency said on Thursday.In a press statement, the Presidency said Erdoğan held an official reception [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - A United Nations anti-racism committee on Wednesday called on all states party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to take action. At stake is the implementation of recommendations made in 2024 following the unprecedented review of allegations of racial discrimination [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With meals becoming longer and drinks flowing more quickly, alcohol is once again a central factor in preventable tragedies. In Europe, one in three injury-related deaths is attributable to alcohol consumption, the European branch of the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Wednesday.Of the 145,000 deaths in [...] Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Archbishop Thabo Makgoba on Thursday delivered a Christmas message, warning that corruption, inequality, and growing disillusionment with democracy are deepening despair in South Africa and across the world.Addressing worshippers at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town, Makgoba said God entered history “not to avoid [...] Full text...
Tripoli, LIbya (PANA) - Preparations are underway for a befitting funeral for top Libyan military officers and civilians who died in a plane crash in Ankara, Türkiye, on Tuesday night, as tributes continue to be delivered in their momory.The Libyan News Agency (LANA) reported that according to initial arrangements, the [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - With Central Africans set to vote in presidential, legislative, regional and long-delayed municipal elections this weekend, the United Nations has appealed for calm and restraint, warning that the credibility of the process will be critical to consolidating peace after years of conflict and instability.Ahead of [...] Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Christians in Ghana on Thursday joined billions of across the world to celebrate Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ, who they believe was sent by God for the salvation of humankind.Christmas will be marked by church services with sermons based on peace and God's love for [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, has renewed her call on authorities in Togo to release Togolese-Irish citizen and human rights defender Abdoul Aziz Goma from prison on the seventh anniversary of his arrest.“Abdoul has now been arbitrarily detained for seven years and [...] Full text...
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The following are the results of matches played on Wednesday in the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Morocco.Group EBurkina Faso 2-1 Equatorial Guinea Algeria 3-0 SudanGroup FCôte d'Ivoire 1-0 MozambiqueCameroon 1-0 Gabon-0- PANA MA 25Dec2025 [...] Full text...
