Mali to host the 3rd edition of Sente Int'l Festival in Niéna
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The third edition of the Sente International Festival will be held from April 19 to 21, in Niena, in the region [...] Full text...
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First edition of 'Gabés Cinema Fen festival begins in Tunisia
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The first edition of the ''Gabès Cinéma Fen'' film festival began on Saturday in Tunisia under the theme 'Taala Chouf' (Come [...] Full text...
IDB gives Mali over 32 billion dollars for unschooled children’s education
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has given Mali 19.65 billion CFAF meant for financing its programme to provide access to education [...] Full text...
UNESCO scientific committee completing three volumes on Africa’s general history
MSA Paris, France (PANA) – The international scientific committee, responsible for UNESCO’s Africa general history, has completed the drafting of the next three volumes of the [...] Full text...
Burkinabe filmmaker, Saint Pierre Yaméogo, dies
KND Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso filmmaker, Saint Pierre Yaméogo, died Monday in Ouagadougou, following a long illness, according to sources close to the [...] Full text...
25th edition of Miss Togo scheduled for August 24
KND Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The 25th edition of the election of the beauty queen of Togo will be held at a gala evening on August [...] Full text...
Tunisian amphitheater of Ej Jem relives Roman Days
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The mythical amphitheater of the city of El Jem in Tunisia will during the weekend host the 4th edition of ''Thydsdrus'' [...] Full text...
Germany to accelerate restitution of cultural property to Africa
BBA Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The German authorities have expressed their willingness to accelerate the restitution to Africa of human remains and works of art dating [...] Full text...
14th edition of ‘’Jazz in Carthage’’ scheduled for 4-14 April in Tunis
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The 14th edition of the Jazz festival in Carthage will be held from 4 to 14 April, in Tunis with the [...] Full text...
8th edition of the Luxor African Film Festival begins in Egypt
MTA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The eighth edition of the African Luxor Film Festival in South Egypt, began on Friday, with the theme ''Cinema...to live in [...] Full text...
2nd Tunisian environment film Festival to be held 19 to 23 March
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 2nd Tunisian environment film festival "Envirofest Tunisia" will take place from 19 to 23 March, its executive director, Hisham Ben [...] Full text...
Togolese cities host 12th edition of Filbleu March 18-23
KND Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The 12th edition of the International Festival of Blue Fireflies (Filbleu), which is an annual gathering of French-speaking actors from the [...] Full text...
7th edition of El Alma festival set for March 23-28 in Tunisia
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 7th edition of the international festival of El Alma, South of Tunisia, will take place 23-28 March and will focus [...] Full text...
First international Wassalu festival scheduled for 15-16 March in Mali
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The first international Wassalu festival (FIWA) will be held on 15-16 March in Yanfolila, in Mali's southern region of Sikasso, 280 [...] Full text...
Tunisian choreographer criticises Europe's failure to assist her country
MSA Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Tunisian dancer and choreographer Syhem Belkhodja has deplored before the press in Brussels the attitude of European countries that "praise" Tunisian [...] Full text...
Francophonie Secretary General expected to make first visit to Mali
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The new Secretary General of the International francophonie organisation (OIF), Louise Mushikiwabo, who took office in January, will make her first [...] Full text...
Moroccan actor Aziz Maouhoub dies at 80
BBA Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan actor Aziz Maouhoub died on Sunday at the age of 80, a communiqué from the Moroccan Ministry of Culture and Communication [...] Full text...
Rwandan Joel Karekezi wins prestigious Yennega Gold Standard at 26th FESPACO
MTA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Rwandan film director Joel Karekezi won the prestigious Golden Standard of Yennega prize at the 26th Pan-African Film and Television [...] Full text...
Med Hondo, winner of FESPACO Gold Standard in 1987, dies
MTA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- Mauritanian film director, Med Hondo, who directed the film, Sarraounia, and winner in 1987 of the Yenenega Golden Standard of the Pan-African [...] Full text...
. Rwandan, Malian presidents due in Ouagadougou for closure of FESPACO
KND Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita are due to arrive in Ouagadougou on Friday to take [...] Full text...
280 students drop out of studies daily in Tunisia
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - About 100,000 students dropped out of studies in 2018 in Tunisia, an average of 280 a day, Minister of Education Hatem [...] Full text...
Ex-Emperor Bokassa's daughter publishes a story about her childhood
MTA Paris, France (PANA) - Marie-France Bokassa, daughter of the former emperor of Central Africa, Jean Bedel Bokassa, has publishedba book in which she recounted her [...] Full text...
Egypt hosts African child cinema festival in March
MSA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Egypt will from 1-6 March host in Assouan, about 800 km south of Cairo, the African Child Cinema Festival, with the [...] Full text...
UNESCO DG to visit Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire
BBA Paris, France (PANA) - The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, began a 48-hour visit to Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivorie on Sunday, where she [...] Full text...
The Ouagadougou Pan-African Film and Television Festival in figures
MTA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), one of Africa’s film festivals, opened its 26th edition Saturday at [...] Full text...
Malian Cheick Oumar Sissoko re-elected head of Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers
MTA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Malian Cheick Oumar Sissoko was Friday re-elected head of the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) at its 10th Congress in [...] Full text...
Fourth edition of Roman Days of El Jem in Tunisia takes place in March
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 4th edition of the “Roman Days of El Jem" will take place from 22-24 March 2019 at the Roman amphitheater [...] Full text...
Two Tunisian films on showcase Saturday at FESPACO
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Two Tunisian films, Nejib Belkadhi's ''Watch Me'' and Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud's ''Fatwa'' will be screened as 26th Panafrican Film Festival of [...] Full text...
26th edition of FESPACO opens on Saturday in Burkina Faso
MTA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), one of the largest African film festivals, opens its 26th edition [...] Full text...
12th Bamako African Photography Meetings scheduled for 30 November 2019 to 31 January 2020
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 12th edition of the Bamako African Photography Encounters, considered as the largest event dedicated to photography and video in Africa, [...] Full text...
Malian delegation to FESPACO received by PM Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's delegation to the 26th Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), led by the National Film Centre Director General, [...] Full text...
UN envoy to Libya promises to support Libyan cultural events
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame, on Tuesday promised to support Libyan cultural events, saying he appreciates the important role [...] Full text...
Congo’s human right body recommends reforms to guarantee press freedom
MSA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese human rights watchdog (OCDH) Wednesday in Brazzaville called for complete press freedom in the Congo to enable [...] Full text...
South Africa to host the first continental conference on Learning through Play
KND Abidjan, Côte d 'Ivoire (PANA) - The first Continental Conference on Learning through Play for Development skills in the 21st Century will be held from [...] Full text...
Mali to present 5 films at FESPACO
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali will present five films at the 26th edition of the Pan-African cinema and television festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), to be [...] Full text...
Ecomedia project launched in Burkina Faso
MSA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The Burkina Faso National Union of Faso Free Audiovisual Media (UNALFA) on Monday launched in Ouagadougou the "Ecomedia", aimed at [...] Full text...
Libya creates guard services for educational institutions
KND Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's national unity government has announced the establishment of guard services to ensure security in educational institutions.
According to a decree on [...] Full text...
Togo to present four films at FESPACO
MSA Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo will present four films at the Pan-African cinema and television festival (FESPACO) due for 24 February-1 March in Burkina Faso. [...] Full text...
Festival on Niger scheduled for 1-9 Feb in Segou
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - This year's "Ségou'Art # 2" Festival on Niger, will be held from 1-9 February in Ségou, 240 km from Bamako, with [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso launches National Tourism Entrepreneurs award
KND Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism, on Tuesday launched the first edition of the Tourism Entrepreneur Award, under [...] Full text...
Malian actor Michel Sangaré passes on
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian actor and artist Michel Sangaré died on Monday at Gabriel Touré Hospital in Bamako after a long illness, the Ministry [...] Full text...
Malian film maker laments Africa's leaders' dislike for African Cinema
MTA Paris, France (PANA) - Malian film maker, Souleymane Cissé, has slammed African leaders' dislike for Cinema, saying they regard the art as an "enemy to [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso assures security for all at FESPACO festival
MTA Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Burkinabe Minister of Culture Abdoul Karim Sango has reassured security at the 26th edition of the Panafrican Film and Television [...] Full text...
Algeria to sponsor Miriam Makeba Prize at Fespaco 2019
MTA Paris, France (PANA) - A Miriam Makeba Prize, sponsored by Algeria, will be awarded for the first time at the Pan-African Film, Television and Audiovisual [...] Full text...
Burkinabe gov't solicits economic model for African cinema at FESPACO 2019
KND Paris, France (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Minister of Culture, Abdoum Karim Sango, has called on African film professionals and their partners to evolve an economic [...] Full text...
Fespaco selects films for screening at Ouagadougou festival
MTA Paris, France (PANA) - The management of the Pan-African Film, Television and Audiovisual Festival (Fespaco), on Wednesday announced the official selection of the full-length films [...] Full text...
Burkinabè Culture Minister in Brussels to whip up interest in Fespaco 2019
KND Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Burkinabe Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism, Abdoul Karim Sango, is due in Brussels for a working visit during which [...] Full text...
Benin's government to rehabilitate 'Akana Idena of Ketou' cultural museum
BBA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The government of Benin plans to rehabilitate the 'Akaba Idena of Kétou' museum, a symbol of Yoruba culture and historical wars [...] Full text...
Benin adopts master plan to develop tourist sites
KND Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin is to implement a master plan to development its tourist sites to tap the potential of these areas to generate [...] Full text...
Congolese author denounces Lari people genocide in Congo
MTA Paris, France (PANA) - Successive regimes in the Republic of Congo have been carrying out a deliberate policy targeting the minority Lari ethnic community in [...] Full text...