Public sector workers embark on strike in Tunisia
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Public sector workers on Thursday embarked on a general strike which paralyzed vital activities of the country's economy, already in difficulty [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwean peacekeeper wins UN gender advocate award
MA New York, US (PANA) - For the first time, a Zimbabwean peacekeeper has been chosen to receive the prestigious 2021 Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, [...] Full text...
UN condemns car bomb attack on Haftar's army camp in southern Libya
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned Monday night's reported car bombing of a military facility belonging to [...] Full text...
UN releases $100 million to fight hunger in 6 African countries and Yemen
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN has allocated $100 million to fight hunger in Africa and the Middle East as the spillover effects of the [...] Full text...
Mali receives more than 327 million CFA francs from Spain for 2022 National Food Response Plan
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Spanish government has offered Mali, through the World Food Programme (WFP), more than 327 million CFA francs to support the [...] Full text...
Pump attendants at three major petrol stations in Mali observe 72-hour strike
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Pump attendants of Total Energies, Shell Energie and Oryx Energie, the three biggest petrol stations in Mali, have been on a [...] Full text...
Egyptian organization donates food stuff to Gambians
MLJ Banjul, Gambia (PANA)-An Egyptian charitable organisation, Misr El Kheir, has donated food stuff to Gambians through the first lady and her philanthropic group, sources revealed [...] Full text...
UN independent expert on official visit to Mali
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United Nations independent expert on human rights in Mali, Alioune Tine, has been in Bamako since Tuesday for an official [...] Full text...
41 child care and protection centres authorised in Benin
BBA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has granted approval to 41 reception and child protection centres throughout the country, sources close to the Ministry [...] Full text...
Malian government to subsidize some basic necessities to ease price hike
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has decided to subsidize certain consumer products, notably rice, sugar and cooking oil, to mitigate the effects of [...] Full text...
127 Gambian migrants repatriated from Libya
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 127 Gambian migrants were voluntarily repatriated to their country on Thursday from Libya, the International Organization for Migration [...] Full text...
Government to compensate persons affected by project to develop largest market in Porto-Novo
BBA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The government will compensate persons affected by projects on islands on south-eastern side of the Ouando market under construction in Porto-Novo, [...] Full text...
Senegalese army inspector general visits country's contingent based in Gao, northern Mali
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The head of the regional office of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Gao (North Mali), [...] Full text...
More than 3bln CFAF to rehouse people evicted from two fishing sites in Cotonou
BBA Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government is to release 3,461,803,000 CFA francs to rehouse and support the families of fishermen relocated from two sites [...] Full text...
Malian pharmacists suspend compulsory health insurance service
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Pharmacists in charge of private health structures in Mali will suspend, from 13 September until further notice, the compulsory health insurance [...] Full text...
Malian, Ivorian experts express support for delimitation of common border
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian and Ivorian experts have expressed their desire to support the delimitation of their common border, official sources said here Monday.
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Mali's National Union of Higher Education suspends strike order
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Union of Higher Education and Scientific Research (SNESUP) of Mali on Friday suspended its 72-hour strike, scheduled for Tuesday [...] Full text...
Armed robbers kill international journalist working on documentary in Ghana
WA Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A journalist from the London-based television channel, MTA International, Taalay Ahmed, was Monday killed by armed robbers while working in Ghana, [...] Full text...
Tunisian navy rescues 31 illegal migrants
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units rescued 31 foreign illegal migrants, threatened with drowning, after their damaged boat was taking in water.
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Japan donates more than 4,300 tons of milled rice to Mali
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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japan has donated 4,310 tons of milled rice worth 300 million Japanese Yen or about 1.5 billion CFA francs to Mali [...] Full text...
Bamako public school teachers on strike for non-payment of salaries
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Public school teachers in Bamako district have gone on strike effective Monday to press for payment of salaries to their colleagues [...] Full text...
Court restrains Nigeria from arresting, prosecuting NGO over Twitter case
WA Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice Tuesday ordered the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and its agents to refrain from [...] Full text...
UN, WHO call for renewal of humanitarian assistance to millions in north-west Syria
WA Geneva-Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of people caught up in an active war zone in north-west Syria remain in need of humanitarian aid to survive, the United [...] Full text...
ECOWAS Court dismisses suit Filed by former staff of the West African Power Pool (WAPP)
WA Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has dismissed a suit brought by a former staff of the West African Power Pool (WAPP), Mr. Ignace [...] Full text...
Libya gives foreign workers one month to regularise their situation
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation has asked all employers, whether public or private, as well as foreign workers to [...] Full text...
Ghana: Three dead, 15 others trapped in mining pit
WA Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Three persons died while more than 15 others were still believed trapped following the collapse of an illegal mining (galamsey) pit [...] Full text...
Mali celebrates Labor Day with sobriety
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the Transition in Mali, Bah N'Daw, in his message to Malian workers on Labor Day, expressed his respect [...] Full text...
Ghanaian actress jailed over nude photo granted bail
WA Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The High Court in Accra on Thursday granted jailed Ghanaian actress, Rosemond Brown, popularly called Akuapem Poloo, bail in the sum [...] Full text...
Ghanaian actress jailed 90 days for indecent exposure
WA Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An Accra circuit court Friday sentenced a popular Ghanaian actress, Rosemond Brown, to 90 days in prison for indecent exposure of [...] Full text...
Ghana targets 7.5m properties for unique digital addresses
WA Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Vice-President Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia said here Monday local authorities had identified some 7.5 million properties to be given unique [...] Full text...
Malian soldier killed in terrorist attack
BBA Bamako, Mali ( PANA) - A Malian soldier was killed and four others were slightly wounded in a terrorist attack repelled "vigorously" by the Malian [...] Full text...
Eleven teenagers who drowned in Ghana laid to rest
WA Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Eleven teenagers who drowned at the Ghanaian coastal town of Apam, 58 km east of the capital, Accra, on 7 March, [...] Full text...
Malian city to host 49th anniversary of Organisation to Develop Senegal River
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (ODSR) will celebrate its 49th anniversary from 10-12 March, in western Malian [...] Full text...
Togo: More than 3 million workers in informal sector to benefit from social security
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...