Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Senior Adviser on Arab and African Affairs, Massad Boulos, has has spoken to the Prime Minister of Libya's internationally-recognised Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdulhamid Dabaiba, on several economic and political issues in the North African country.In a post on X on Sunday, [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has commended the Nigerian government for its strong commitment to expediting trials addressing terrorism and related crimes. “We welcome the convictions of 386 Islamist militants in cases that had previously faced significant delays in the courts, and we recognise this as an important [...] Full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Voters in Benin have been trickling to polling stations on Sunday to cast their ballots for a new leader to replace President Patrice Talon, who has been in power since 2016 and completes his second term after the vote.There are hardly any queues at polling stations as [...] Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has congratulated President Ismail Omar Guelleh on his re-election for a sixth term.A statement by the AU on Saturday said Mr. Youssouf has taken note of the official results announced by Djibouti’s electoral [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Ms. Anita Kiki Gbeho of Ghana as his new Special Representative for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).Ms. Gbeho will succeed the late Nicholas Haysom of South Africa, [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Mauritanian authorities and an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team have reached a staff level agreement on policies to complete the sixth and final review of Mauritania’s 42-month blended EFF/ECF-supported programme and the fifth and final review of the RSF and on a new 42-month [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, US (PANA) — The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved a US$500 million financing package for the Kingdom of Morocco under the First Morocco Jobs and Green Growth Development Policy Loan. This is a landmark commitment designed to expand employment opportunities through improved labour market policies, more dynamic [...] Full text...
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Voters in Benin's are heading to the polls in a presidential election on Sunday that will give the West African country a new leader to replace outgoing President Patrice Talon, who has been in power since 2016 and completes his second term after the vote.Sunday's vote [...] Full text...
