EU gives Mali 325 million FCFA to rehabilitate cultural heritage
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The European Union (EU) will provide Mali with about 325 million CFA francs for the rehabilitation of its Cultural Heritage and [...] Full text...
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Tunis hosts resistance and liberation festival with films from 20-26 January
KND Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Tunis will from 20-26 January host the festival on resistance and liberation films, sources close to the event organisers told PANA [...] Full text...
Benin to build museum of epic of the Amazons and kings of Danxomè
KND Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has decided to build the museum of the epic of Amazons and Kings of Danxomè Abomey, sources close to the [...] Full text...
Algeria grants sports scholarships to 40 Malians
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Forty Malians, divided into three categories - football and basketball coaches, graduates and holders of post-university diplomas in sports management are [...] Full text...
Zimbabwe Govt cancels press conference over accusations of trying to block release of artiste's new album
T Z Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Ministry Tuesday cancelled a press conference after being accused of trying to prevent the release [...] Full text...
Tunisia celebrates international Arab language day
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia, like the other Arab countries and the UN agencies, including UNESCO, Wednesday celebrated the international Arab language day here.
The day, [...] Full text...
Tunisia elected president of 11th Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia was elected on Tuesday as president of the 11th Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers for two years (2020-2021).
The conference focuses [...] Full text...
UNESCO committee sets US$387,777 aside for protection of cultural heritage in Burkina Faso
MTA Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage, has concluded its 14th session in Bogota, Colombia, allocating US$387,777 from the Cultural [...] Full text...
French Senators want more broadcasts in Mandinka, Fulani to combat terrorism in the Sahel
MTA Paris, France (PANA) - The Foreign Affairs Committee of the French Senate on Wednesday requested that France Médias Monde be able to step up its [...] Full text...
The date palm tree included on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage
MTA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage has inscribed date palm culture on its list of intangible cultural [...] Full text...
UNESCO adds 'Morna of Cabo Verde' to the list of the intangible heritage of humanity
MTA Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Morna, a truly Cape Verdean musical genre, was on Wednesday officially included on the list of the world' s [...] Full text...
Mauritius: Chagos music on UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
NA Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA ) - The Sega tambour, a Mauritian type of music that originated from the Chagos archipelago, was on Wednesday inscribed on the [...] Full text...
Theatre personalities honoured at Carthage Theatre Days
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Theatre personalities from several countries have been honoured at the ongoing 11th Carthage Theatre Days in Tunisia.
They include Amel Hedhili (Tunisia), [...] Full text...
Three Tunisian monuments on list of Islamic civilization
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Islamic World Heritage Committee of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) has officially listed the Sfax Medina, the [...] Full text...
26th meeting of board of directors of Fund for African world heritage opens in Bamako
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 26th meeting of the board of directors of the Fund for the African world heritage opened here Wednesday, official sources [...] Full text...
The 12th edition of photographic meetings opens in Bamako
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 12th edition of the Bamako Photographic Encounters opened here Saturday under the chairmanship of the Malian head of state, Ibrahima [...] Full text...
4th edition of international camel race ends in Tunisia
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The fourth edition of the international camel racing festival ended on Sunday in Douz, southern Tunisia ended on Sunday marked by [...] Full text...
2nd edition of Carthage Contemporary Art Days ends in Tunis
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The second edition of the Carthage Contemporary Art Days (JACC 2019) ended on Saturday in Tunis at a ceremony chaired by [...] Full text...
Togo elected to UNESCO executive council
MSA Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo was elected to the executive council of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) during the 40th session of [...] Full text...
Tunisia elected to UNESCO Executive Board
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia was on Wednesday elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), for the [...] Full text...
Ouagadougou hosts 11th edition of African Universities of Communication
KND Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The 11th edition of the African Universities of Communication of Ouagadougou (UACO) will be held from 25-27 November 2019, under [...] Full text...
Togo sets up "Lome Palace", a center for art, culture and biodiversity
KND Lome, Togo (PANA) - The former governor's palace during the German colonization will become "The Palace of Lome", a center dedicated to art, culture and [...] Full text...
Tunisia to participate in the Mediterranean Film Festival in Brussels
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian cinema will be represented at the official competition of the 19th edition of the Brussels Mediterranean Film Festival, scheduled for [...] Full text...
Nineteen Burundian refugee university students awarded scholarships
KND Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Nineteen Burundian refugee university students at the Eben Ezer University of Minembwe, South Kivu, DR Congo, have been awarded scholarships to [...] Full text...
Film professionals attend the International Film Festival in Abidjan
KND Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 8th edition of the International Film Festival of Lakes and Lagoons opened on Tuesday in Abidjan, the Ivorian economic [...] Full text...
Tunisia to participate in the 10th Algiers International Film Festival
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will participate in the 10th edition of the International Film Festival of Algiers (FICA) in Algiers, with the film "Fatwa" [...] Full text...
Abidjan hosts 3rd edition of the professional technical book and digital book days
MTA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 3rd edition of the professional technical and digital book days will take place on 5-6 December in Abidjan under [...] Full text...
List of winners of the Carthage Film Days
MTA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - This is the full list of winners of the Carthage Film Days (CFD) that took place in Tunisia from 26 October [...] Full text...
Benin musical and the diaspora show begins on Monday
KND Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The eighth edition of the national Beninese music and the diaspora starts on Monday across the country, organizers said on Saturday.
The [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso closes 455 schools due to terrorism
BBA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A total of 1,455 schools have so far been closed in several regions of Burkina Faso as the country experiences [...] Full text...
US injects funds into Botswana’s cultural monuments
M S Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Underscoring the United States commitment to cultural preservation, the U.S. Embassy has announced that on 4 Nov 2019, the American Ambassador [...] Full text...
National workshops on handicraft training launched in Mauritania
MTA Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The national workshops of artisanal training in the field of pottery, drawing and ceramics, were launched Wednesday at the Nouakchott fair, [...] Full text...
37th edition of Carthage Film Days opens
MTA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 37th edition of Carthage Film Days (CFD 2019) began on Saturday with the launch ceremony attended by Tunisian Minister of [...] Full text...
Tunisia hosts 37th edition of International Festival of Poetry
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 37th edition of the International Festival of Poetry in Tunisia started on Friday night in Tozeur in the south of [...] Full text...
Jury selected for 2019 Carthage Film Days (CFD)
MTA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Some 15 filmmakers, producers, directors, scriptwriters and actors will constitute the official juries for the 2019 Carthage Film Days in Tunisia [...] Full text...
Senegal guest of honour at Mali's second International Craft Fair
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Senegal will be chief guest at the second edition of the Mali International Craft Fair (SIAMA) to be held from 7-19 [...] Full text...
Third International Festival of Poetry opens in Abidjan
KND Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The third edition of the International Festival of Poetry opened on Thursday in the Ivorian economic capital, Abidjan, and for [...] Full text...
14th edition of Nouakchott Film Festival opens
MTA Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The 14th edition of the Nouakchott Film Festival opened on Wednesday at the Palais des Congrès in the Mauritanian capital, in [...] Full text...
Ouagadougou to host 15th International Book Fair in November
BBA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The 15th Ouagadougou International Book Fair (FILO) will be held from 21 to 24 November in the capital of Burkina [...] Full text...
Senegalese President at the 70th anniversary of "Présence Africaine" in Paris
MTA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Head of State, Macky Sall, will attend the official ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the creation of [...] Full text...
Tunisia: 170 films to feature at 2019 Carthage cinema days
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Some 170 films, including 44 vying for honours, will feature at the Carthage cinematographic days (JCC), holding from 26 October to [...] Full text...
Sixth 'Musical Days of Carthage' ends in Tunis
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Carthage Film Festival's highest award, the Golden Tanit, has been won by a Cameroon's "100% Lornoar" at the 6th Carthage [...] Full text...
Centre for preservation, restoration of ancient manuscripts to be installed in Mali
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and Turkey on Friday signed a partnership agreement in Bamako for the installation of a Centre for the Preservation and [...] Full text...
Congo, DR Congo endorse Roadmap to strengthen technical education
KND Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Minister for Technical Education, Antoine Nicéphore Thomas Fylla Saint Eudes, and his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...
Tunis hosts 2nd meeting of Arab ministers of tourism and culture
MTA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The second conference of Arab ministers of tourism and culture opens on Wednesday in Tunis, according to official sources.
The conference will [...] Full text...
Niamey hosts 5th Meeting of African, Caribbean and Pacific Ministers of Culture
KND Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niamey will host the 5th meeting of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Ministers of Culture from October 17 to 20, [...] Full text...
First meeting of AU Advisory Committee on Arts, Culture and Heritage underway in Bamako
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The African Union's Advisory Committee on Arts, Culture and Heritage began its first meeting on Monday in Bamako to outline the [...] Full text...
Tunis to host 13th edition of world music festival
MSA Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The 13th edition of the world music festival (Mûsîqât) will be held this year from 21-26 October at the Ennejma Ezzahea [...] Full text...
Congolese journalists train to process information on women in conflict
BBA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - More than 30 Congolese journalists took part in a training workshop in Brazzaville on Friday, focusing on building the capacity of [...] Full text...
Tunisia: 6th edition of Carthage Music Days opens Friday
KND Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The sixth edition of Carthage Music Days (JMC), starts Friday night in Tunis and will continue until 18 October 2019.
The essential [...] Full text...