Togo: More than 3 million workers in informal sector to benefit from social security

02 march 2021 - 17:46:57 KND

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - About 3.5 million workers belonging to the informal economy will benefit from the extension of social security to their sector, learned [...] Full text...

Illegal migrants from Tunisia to Italy increase

25 february 2021 - 13:06:56 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Since the beginning of the year, the number of illegal migrants arriving on Italian shores from Tunisia has increased remarkably, reaching [...] Full text...

Bakeries and pastry shops in Bamako go on strike over hiked flour price

02 february 2021 - 12:26:24 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Some bakeries and pastry shops in Bamako, the Malian capital, on Monday began unilaterally a 48-hour strike to denounce the rise [...] Full text...

Tunisian students boycott class resumption to demand release of arrested schoolmates

25 january 2021 - 22:21:30 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The General Union of Tunisian Students (UGET) Monday announced it was boycotting the start of the university academic year due the [...] Full text...

Tunisia: Youths, security forces clash in Sbeitla after death of girl

25 january 2021 - 21:49:18 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Clashes occurred Monday between groups of youths and security forces in Sbeitla, a locality of the region of Kasserine, following the [...] Full text...

50 African illegal migrants rescued by Tunisian navy

11 january 2021 - 23:46:08 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A unit of the Tunisian navy Monday rescued 50 illegal migrants of different African nationalities, including four Tunisians, a statement issued [...] Full text...

Workers at Gabriel Touré Hospital in Bamako on strike for 72 hours

30 december 2020 - 15:10:02 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - At the call of their union, workers of Gabriel Toure Hospital, one of the largest medical centres in Mali, have been [...] Full text...

Doctors, pharmacists and dentists in Tunisian public service go on strike

25 december 2020 - 16:07:11 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Doctors, pharmacists and dentists in the Tunisian public health sector began a face-to-face strike on Friday at the call of their [...] Full text...

Negotiations resume between government and Malian national workers’ union

21 december 2020 - 22:19:16 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government and the National Union of Malian workers (UNTM), the largest trade-union in Mali, Monday resumed negotiations that were [...] Full text...

Mali's National Union of Workers suspends all negotiations with government

16 december 2020 - 17:00:58 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Union of Workers of Mali (UNTM), the main trade union in the country, has opted to break off all [...] Full text...

Mali national workers union begins five-day strike

11 december 2020 - 21:43:09 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian national workers’ union (UNTM), the country’s largest trade-union, Friday confirmed it would go ahead with its five-day strike to [...] Full text...

Tunisian magistrates extend their strike

10 december 2020 - 12:25:37 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Bureau of the Tunisian Magistrates Association (AMT) announced Thursday in a statement that it would extend its strike indefinitely until [...] Full text...

Aaaaaa Day of anger of the Health sector in Tunisia

08 december 2020 - 21:41:18 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Trade unions of public health professionals in Tunisia observed here Tuesday "a Day of National Anger" and sit-ins in all hospitals [...] Full text...

Tunisian magistrates extend their strike by additional 5 days

05 december 2020 - 16:07:28 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Association of Tunisian Magistrates (AMT) has called for their strike to be extended by an additional five days until an [...] Full text...

Mali's national trade union plans five-day strike next month

24 november 2020 - 14:14:51 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's largest trade union, Union Nationale des travailleurs du Mali (UNTM), intends to call a 120-hour strike from December 14 to [...] Full text...

Unemployment rate in Tunisia drops by 2% in third quarter 2020

17 november 2020 - 19:23:27 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The rate of unemployment in Tunisia dropped during the third quarter this year, reaching 16.2% as against the 18% recorded during [...] Full text...

More than 300 billion FCFA of financial irregularities detected in Auditor General's 2019 report

06 november 2020 - 21:09:30 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - More than CFAF 300 billion in financial irregularities, including CFAF 287 billion in mining companies, have been detected in Mali, an [...] Full text...

Former Benin president Boni Yayi denies leaving debts to workers

18 october 2020 - 12:50:36 MTA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's former president Boni Yayi (2006-2016) has said  he left no debts to workers, contradicting his successor over a CFAF 173 billion [...] Full text...

Three young Malians at the "Hub Africa 2020" in October in Casablanca, Morocco

24 september 2020 - 22:58:39 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three young Malians will represent their country at the "Hub Africa 2020" competition to be held 7-8 October in Casablanca, Morocco, [...] Full text...

Celebrities call for green, gender-equal coronavirus recovery

24 september 2020 - 19:50:17 DJ

New York (PANA) - Goodwill ambassadors of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said here Thursday the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had exposed the vulnerabilities of [...] Full text...

Workshop on Misahel project launched in Bamako

23 september 2020 - 16:00:50 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the High Authority for Communication (HAC), Fodié Touré, Wednesday opened a workshop on the "Misahel" project to promote [...] Full text...

Tunisian unemployed embark on sit-in at seat of government for 10th consecutive day

19 september 2020 - 00:06:52 MSA

Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Several unemployed Tunisians, particularly graduates from higher institutions, Friday continued their sit-in at the seat of government here for the tenth [...] Full text...

Japan donates airport equipment, rolling stock to Mali

18 september 2020 - 17:04:54 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japan has offered Mali ultra-modern airport security equipment, worth nearly 1.9 billion CFA francs, PANA learned on Friday from the Malian [...] Full text...

An illegal migrant drowns, two missing, 13 rescued after boat sinks off Tunisian coast

26 july 2020 - 19:49:59 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian coastal guards on Sunday recovered the body of an illegal migrant and rescued 13 others after their boat sank off [...] Full text...

Tunisia: Dozens of dogs savagely killed in their refuge

24 july 2020 - 00:02:57 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A horrible video showing dozens of dogs being savagely massacred in the Tunisian southern city of Djerba has been trending on [...] Full text...

Unemployed Tunisian journalists stage protest at government seat

23 july 2020 - 15:26:04 KND

Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The coordination of unemployed Tunisian journalists organized a sit-in protest on Thursday in front of the seat of the government presidency, [...] Full text...

Protesters storm oil site in southern Tunisia

17 july 2020 - 10:57:33 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Dozens of protesters stormed the entrance of the El Kamour oil site in southern Tunisia on Thursday evening in an effort [...] Full text...

Mauritania to review retirement age

17 july 2020 - 00:17:53 MSA

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has examined and adopted a draft bill amending and replacing several portions of the 93/009 Act of 18 [...] Full text...

Tunisian Navy intercepts 128 illegal migrants, including 94 Sub-Saharan Africans

16 july 2020 - 18:44:39 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian Navy on Thursday arrested 34 Tunisians and 94 nationals of sub-Saharan Africa who were preparing to illegally [...] Full text...

250 Tunisians repatriated from Libya

06 july 2020 - 23:57:42 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Some 250 Tunisians were repatriated from Libya Monday through the border post of Ras Jedir, diplomatic sources said here. According to the [...] Full text...

Tunisia: Tataouine oil field workers embark on indefinite strike

04 july 2020 - 18:11:41 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Workers in the various oil fields in the Tataouine region, southern Tunisia, began an an indefinite strike Saturday, completely blocking oil [...] Full text...

Denmark to host round table on humanitarian situation in the Sahel

02 july 2020 - 15:58:05 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A ministerial round table on the humanitarian situation in the Sahel, particularly in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, is scheduled for [...] Full text...

120 Tunisians stranded at the Libyan border repatriated

30 june 2020 - 17:42:06 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Following the reopening of borders closed for several months due to the coronavirus pandemic, 120 Tunisians were repatriated overnight from Monday [...] Full text...

Two unions urge Malian state officials to retreat to safe areas in the face of abductions

27 june 2020 - 11:24:07 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  Mali's Autonomous Union of Civil Administrators (SYNAC) and the Workers' Union of the Ministry of Territorial Administration (SYLTMAT) have  asked their [...] Full text...

Police, demonstrators resume clashes in Tataouine, Tunisia

22 june 2020 - 17:44:47 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Clashes between police and demonstrators resumed on Monday in the southern Tunisian city of Tataouine after only a few hours of [...] Full text...

Union leaders in southern Tunisian town declare general strike after 'heavy-handed dispersal' of sit-in

22 june 2020 - 09:18:45 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Regional Labour Union of Tataouine in southern Tunisia, a union affiliated with the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), on Sunday [...] Full text...

Waves of protests reach several Tunisian regions

19 june 2020 - 21:00:22 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several Tunisian regions were Friday hit by waves of protests and strikes, leading to the deterioration of the economic situation and [...] Full text...

Security, economic challenges in Sahel threatening development in ECOWAS Region – FM

12 june 2020 - 23:28:39 WA

Accra, June 12 (PANA) - Ghana’s minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey said here Friday security and economic challenges in the [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Catholic Church reopens masses in Mali

02 june 2020 - 17:22:02 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Masses in the Mali's catholic church were relaunched on Sunday following a declaration by the President of the Episcopal Conference of [...] Full text...

Tunisian health workers hold day of anger

28 may 2020 - 22:43:33 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Medical doctors and executives of the health sector in Tunisia Thursday held a sit-in protest in all the country’s health centers [...] Full text...

Malian civil administrators' unions plan 72-hour strike

19 may 2020 - 14:31:43 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Unions of civilian administrators in Mali have threatened to go on a 72-hour strike from May 26 to press their demand [...] Full text...

Coronavirus:266 Malians stranded in France return home

17 may 2020 - 17:39:33 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Altogether, 266 Malians who were stranded in France for two months in the wake of measures against the coronavirus (COVID-19) returned [...] Full text...

Tunisia's information sector to stage protests

08 may 2020 - 10:58:42 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The General Information Union, affiliated with the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), called on all its members and information workers, journalists [...] Full text...

Media workers face difficult time in Tunisia

03 may 2020 - 14:04:51 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Press workers in Tunisia currently face huge difficulties due to the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19), including late payment of [...] Full text...

Mauritania making progress to improved labour environment

01 may 2020 - 15:16:13 MTA

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania  celebrated International Labour Day on Friday without any demonstration on the ground. Civil Service, Labour and Administration minister Camara Saloum Mohamed, [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Classes to resume on 11 May in Burkina Faso

27 april 2020 - 22:46:56 MSA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso government Monday announced that classes suspended because of the COVID-19 disease would resume from 11 May. "On the [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: The retired in Mauritania:deplore exclusion from management of Covid-19 efforts

16 april 2020 - 22:42:12 MSA

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  Retired Mauritanians Thursday deplored being excluded from health, economic and social packages set aside for the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...

Mauritania in process to provide health coverage for 2,000 disabled persons

16 april 2020 - 13:37:51 KND

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's Ministry of Social Affairs, Family and Children, and the Ministry of Health have signed an agreement under which 2,000 people [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Wave of support and solidarity with Sub-Saharan students and migrants in Tunisia

15 april 2020 - 21:31:19 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   - Tunisian authorities and civil society organisations Wednesday expressed their support and solidarity with Sub-Saharan migrants and students residing in Tunisia facing [...] Full text...

Brain drain from Tunisia continues

08 march 2020 - 11:34:34 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Out of 7,000 engineers trained each year in Tunisia, around 2,500 leave the country, the majority for France, regretted Mohamed Amine [...] Full text...