Call for solution to plight of African students in Tunisia
BBA Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Slim Chora on Friday stressed the need for intervention to find a solution [...] Full text...
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French President salutes the memory of Manu Dibango - "a committed voice"
KND Paris, France (PANA) - French President Emmanuel Macron praised the memory of famous Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango on Wednesday as "a committed voice".
Dibango died in [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Government says schools in Congo will not close
MTA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government announced Tuesday in Brazzaville it will not close schools to complete examinations of the second quarter which ends [...] Full text...
Launching in Abidjan of the 13th edition of the Anoumabo Urban Music Festival
MTA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The launch of the 13th edition of the Anoumabo Urban Music Festival (FEMUA) took place on Thursday, March 12, 2020, [...] Full text...
Mali to host the 9th edition of the International Sélingué Festival
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 9th edition of the International Festival of Sélingué, dedicated to urban music and fashion, will be held from March 19 [...] Full text...
Tunisia to host 3rd edition of the int'l festival, ''Les Francophonies''
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Friends of La Francophonie in the Tunisian city of Sousse (140 km south of Tunis) are organizing, from March 5 to [...] Full text...
Third edition of International Wassulou Festival on from 5-7 March in Yanfolila, southern Mali
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The third edition of the International Festival of Wassulou (FIWA) opens in Yanfolila, Sikasso region of southern Mali, from 5-7 March, [...] Full text...
Côte d'Ivoire: Abidjan performing arts market presented in various articulations
MTA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 11th edition of the Abidjan Performing Arts Market (MASA) will take place from 7-14 March 2020 in Abidjan, around [...] Full text...
Tunisia takes part in Luxor African film festival in Egypt
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is taking part in the 9th edition of the African Film Festival, scheduled for 6-12 March in Luxor, Egypt.
For the [...] Full text...
EU grants 2,755 billiom CFAF to cultural actors in Central Africa
KND Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has released 2.755 billion CFA francs to support cultural players in the Central Africa sub-region, so that [...] Full text...
UNICEF equips more than 40,000 Libyan students in conflict area
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has provided school supplies to more than 40,000 students in different parts of Libya, the agency [...] Full text...
Bamako to host 1st edition of the ''Festival Mali du Rire''
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The first edition of the international humor and comedy festival, "Festival Mali du Rire" (MDR), will be held from April 10 [...] Full text...
Sousse to host international 'Women's Voices' festival
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian city of Sousse is hosting the international music festival, "Women's Voices", from 11 to 18 April, a source close [...] Full text...
UNESCO announces 10 young African directors for film residency in Japan
KND Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay and Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase Friday released the names of ten young African film directors who [...] Full text...
Gambian minister says tourism is key development determiner of government
MSS Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Minister of Tourism and Culture Hamat N.K. Bah has described tourism as one of the eight strategic pillars of the [...] Full text...
Unesco finances cultural and creative industries in three African countries
KND Paris, France (PANA) - The Intergovernmental Committee on the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, currently meeting [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso has 157 radio stations - Minister
BBA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso currently has 157 radio stations, Communication Minister Rémis Dandjinou said on the occasion of the 9th World Radio [...] Full text...
UN highlights diversity of radio, 'the medium people use the most'
MA New York, US (PANA) - In an era of rapid media evolution, radio still has the power to bring people together and provide communities with [...] Full text...
Tunisian date palm officially registered by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has officially received the certificate of inscription by UNESCO of "knowledge, know-how, traditions and practices associated with the date palm" [...] Full text...
Bamako hosts 15th edition of 'Mali Fest Reggae' festival
KND Bamako, Mali, (PANA) - The 15th edition of the international festival, 'Mali Festi Reggae', opens on February 29 at the National Museum of Bamako, PANA [...] Full text...
Cotonou to host third Pan-African Laughter Festival
MTA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The third Pan-African Comedy Festival will be held in Cotonou next Saturday, according to sources close to the organizers.
Known as "Africa [...] Full text...
First edition of international conference "Chocri Belaid des arts" opens in Tunis
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The first edition of the international conference - Chocri Belaid des arts - started this Saturday at the cultural city of [...] Full text...
Togo locates new tourist sites for its national heritage
MTA Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese Minister of Culture, Kossivi Egbetonyo, began since the end of January a nationwide tour looking for potential tourist sites to [...] Full text...
Cotonou hosts symposium on transcultural relations
MTA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working for humanism and peace in Africa and Europe will on Tuesday meet in Cotonou for a symposium [...] Full text...
France confirms support for 9th edition of Francophonie Games in DR Congo
MSA Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - France Friday confirmed its support for the organisation of the 9th edition of the Francophonie Games scheduled for 23 July [...] Full text...
US awards grant of US$.4 million for cultural conservations project in Nigeria
MON Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States (US) Mission has announced the award of a grant of US$400,000 for the conservation of the late 14th [...] Full text...
Nomad festival held in Nouakchott
MTA Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian Minister of Culture and Handicrafts, Dr Sidi Mohamed ould Ghaber, kicked off an annual nomad festival on Saturday at [...] Full text...
Chadian journalist publishes plea for freedom of expression
KND Paris, France (PANA) - Chadian journalist for Africa's Deutsche Welle, Eric Topona Mocnga, officially launched here Friday the publication of his book entitled "Misery and [...] Full text...
Tunis residential cinema festival pays tribute to Algerian Djamila Bouhired
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Algerian fighter, Djamila Bouhired, human rights defenders, lawyers, politicians, trade unionists and artists are expected to attend the first edition [...] Full text...
International Soninké Festival set for 20-24 February in Banjul
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The International Soninké Festival (FISO) will be held this year in Banjul, capital of The Gambia, PANA learned on Wednesday from [...] Full text...
Malian unsighted musician couple, Amadou and Mariam, to perform in eleven African countries
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian unsighted musician couple, Amadou and Mariam, on 18 January began in Benin a tour of eleven African countries organised [...] Full text...
Symbols of the Danxomè kingdom received at Lobozounkpa in Benin
MTA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Twenty-eight pieces from the ancient kingdom of Danxomè have been repatriated and received by the cultural space "Le Centre", located in [...] Full text...
Ivorian traditional music singer Baoule Allah Thérèse passes on
MTA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Allah Thérèse, an emblematic figure of traditional Baoule music, an ethnic group from central Côte d'Ivoire, passed away on Sunday [...] Full text...
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...
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...