Mali: Professional press associations regret Tiégoum Maïga's indictment

12 january 2020 - 12:21:15 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Professional press associations in Mali say they learned with regret that their colleague, Tiégoum Boubèye Maïga, was charged by the Malian [...] Full text...

Mali: Teachers on five-day strike, demanding 20% salary increase

07 january 2020 - 16:27:48 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian teachers, heeding calls from their different unions, began a five-day strike on Monday, demanding a 20% increase in their salaries. They [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso truck drivers to observe 72-hour strike starting Wednesday

07 january 2020 - 13:41:29 MTA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Union of Truck Drivers of Burkina Faso (UCRB) announced Tuesday a 72-hour strike starting Wednesday throughout the country to [...] Full text...

Chadian, Malian Defence ministers celebrate New Year with Chadian troops in northern Mali

02 january 2020 - 20:51:22 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA)  - Chadian and Malian ministers of Defence, General Mahamat Abali Salah Alit and General Ibrahim Dahirou Dembélé celebrated the New Year together [...] Full text...

Tunisia: Hunger strikers transferred to hospital

31 december 2019 - 19:32:44 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several Tunisians who began a hunger strike on Saturday in the Tunisian southern region of Tataouine were transferred Monday night to [...] Full text...

Malian gov't initiates road project in Mopti and Sévaré

31 december 2019 - 11:25:08 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has initiated a road project of more than 34 billion CFA Francs (US$1=CFAF 600) to improve mobility in [...] Full text...

Czech company to take part in upgrading Bamako city

27 december 2019 - 17:33:19 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Czech company GET Ltd, specialised in extraction of construction materials, will soon begin operations in Mali by taking part in modernization [...] Full text...

President Keita offers 180 million FCFA to orphans of Mali's military casualties

27 december 2019 - 14:05:27 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Thursday handeda cheque for 180 million CFA francs and toys to officials of the National [...] Full text...

Malian teachers continue their 120 hour strike

19 december 2019 - 21:50:38 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian teachers from eight trade unions Thursday continue their 120 hour strike begun Monday with the retention of the first semester [...] Full text...

Benin's social security fund to build more than 3,000 economic housing units

19 december 2019 - 15:51:16 MTA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's National Social Security Fund (CNSS) plans to build 3,175 economic and social housing units for sale, official sources in Cotonou [...] Full text...

Benin government to clear CFAF 3 billion wage arrears

19 december 2019 - 15:29:44 MTA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The government of Benin will soon disburse three billion CFA francs to clear salary arrears for state employees, according to a [...] Full text...

More than 32,000 Malian migrants deported or repatriated since 2013 - Minister

19 december 2019 - 12:26:12 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Expulsions and emergency repatriation of Malians in distress since 2013 to have affected more than 32,000 people, Minister of Malians abroad [...] Full text...

France grants 2 bn CFAF to Mali for installation of digital terrestrial television

18 december 2019 - 18:42:29 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An agreement on  additional funding for assistance with project management relating to the deployment of digital terrestrial television (DTT) for two [...] Full text...

Orange, GIZ sign agreement for dev't of digital skills for 20,000 young people

18 december 2019 - 07:37:49 KND

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Telecommunications operator Orange and the German Development Agency, GIZ, have signed a partnership agreement to develop the digital skills of [...] Full text...

Zimbabwe's second lady, Marry Mubaiwa, remanded in custody

16 december 2019 - 19:41:57 T Z

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  The Harare magistrate's court Monday remanded Mary Mubaiwa, estranged wife of Zimbabwe’s Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, in custody until December 30, 2019. This [...] Full text...

Estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa charged with attempted murder of Zimbabwe VP Chiwenga

16 december 2019 - 15:21:50 T Z

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa (maiden name), has been charged with the former's attempted murder while he [...] Full text...

Mali: National inclusive dialogue opens in Bamako

15 december 2019 - 16:07:09 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali's national inclusive dialogue bringing together a thousand delegates from all groups of society to discuss socioeconomic development, peace and social [...] Full text...

Benin to compensate more than 200 victims of asphalting of two roads in south east

14 december 2019 - 15:41:20 KND

Cotonou, Benin (PANA)  -  The Beninese government will soon compensate persons affected by the construction of two major roads in the southeast of the country, [...] Full text...

Tunisia ranks 91st out of 189 countries on Human Development Index

11 december 2019 - 22:49:10 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - Tunisia ranks 91st out of 189 countries in terms of human development index (IDH) for 2019 or a stable level compared [...] Full text...

Cape Verde wins two positions in human development index

11 december 2019 - 17:18:33 KND

Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde has won two places in the Human Development Index (HDI) for 2018, from 128th to 126th out of [...] Full text...

HDI Report shows Togo has low human development index

11 december 2019 - 15:57:26 KND

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo is classified as a country with low human development index (HDI), according to the latest human development report published by [...] Full text...

Bamako marks national anti-corruption week

10 december 2019 - 16:06:19 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Minister of Justice, Malick Coulibaly, has announced that the country's achievements in combating corruption and illicit enrichment are not very [...] Full text...

Malian teachers' unions plan strike from 16-20 Dec. to demand pay rise

04 december 2019 - 12:47:51 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Several national education unions in Mali could observe a 120-hour renewable strike, with grades retention from 16-20 December, to demand a [...] Full text...

Bamako hosts 9th Mali-Burkina Faso-UNHCR meeting

27 november 2019 - 23:23:48 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA)  - The Secretary general of the Malian ministry of solidarity and fight against poverty, Salifou Maïga, examined the situation of Malian refugees [...] Full text...

Tunisian Labour Union, UGTT, elected permanent member of ITUC-Africa

23 november 2019 - 16:50:52 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) has been elected permanent member of the General Council of the African Regional Organization of [...] Full text...

Cape Verde's prison guards on strike for a pay increase

21 november 2019 - 12:43:46 MTA

Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde's prison guards began a 72-hour strike on Tuesday demanding, among other things, a salary increase from 45,000 escudos, [...] Full text...

Six Tanzanians shot dead near Mozambique border

14 november 2019 - 13:06:33 EBM

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Six Tanzanians have reportedly been shot dead and several others injured in an attack carried out by unknown assailants [...] Full text...

Japan gives Mali more than 3 billion CFAF

13 november 2019 - 23:49:07 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -  Japan Wednesday granted Mali more than three billion CFAF to fund “Economic and social development” and “Food assistance” programmes in Mali, [...] Full text...

Malian President IBK to participate in Paris Peace Forum

10 november 2019 - 12:26:21 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA)  -  Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita will participate in the Paris Peace Forum and the 40th UNESCO General Conference from 11-13 November [...] Full text...

Bamako municipalities go on weeklong strike

07 november 2019 - 13:59:22 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Councils of the six municipalities of Bamako district and its surroundings started a weeklong strike on Monday to denounce the arrest [...] Full text...

Mali's National Union of Banks and Financial Institutions staff go on strike

25 october 2019 - 13:17:17 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Workers under Mali's National Union of Banks and Financial Institutions on Thursday (SYNABEF) began a 48-hour strike to press their demand [...] Full text...

Malitel donates food, materials to host centers and orphanages in Bamako

22 october 2019 - 22:38:16 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  Malitel, first mobile phone operator in Mali, Tuesday donated food and materials worth 105 million CFAF or USD 175,000 to host [...] Full text...

Tanzania police probe mysterious disappearance of computers from state prosecutor's office

19 october 2019 - 09:28:28 EBM

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Police in Tanzania are investigating the puzzling theft of computers from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions [...] Full text...

Malian Customs Union to go on strike from October 30

18 october 2019 - 14:41:17 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Members of the powerful Customs Union in Mali plan to begin a 72-hour strike from October 30, PANA learned from the [...] Full text...

Obesity rates soar due to dramatic global diet shift, says UN food agency

17 october 2019 - 13:26:24 VAO

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Eating food high in starch, sugar, fats and salt; combined with a sedentary lifestyle, is a recipe for soaring global obesity [...] Full text...

Mali: Stakeholders extend 25th edition of the month of Solidarity and the fight against exclusion to Nov. 15

16 october 2019 - 14:33:17 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 25th edition of the month of solidarity and the fight against exclusion, whose launch was initially scheduled for October 1, [...] Full text...

Mali launches integration, reintegration projects for returning migrants

15 october 2019 - 15:44:11 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Minister for Malians Living Abroad, Amadou Koita, on Monday launched in Bamako the integration and reintegration projects for returning migrants [...] Full text...

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita to take part in international conference on population in Nairobi

11 october 2019 - 23:06:58 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita will take part in the international conference on population and development (CIPD+25) scheduled from 12-14 November [...] Full text...

Mali to distribute 1,200 tonnes of Japanese rice to vulnerable populations

11 october 2019 - 12:04:04 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japan has authorised the Malian government, through the Office of the Food Security Commissioner, to distribute 1,200 tonnes of rice free [...] Full text...

Botswana dedicated to resolve human wildlife conflict - President Masisi

05 october 2019 - 11:58:17 M S

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana President, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, has asserted government’s determination to resolve human wildlife conflict in favor of protecting Batswana (citizens of [...] Full text...

Botswana minister applauds Germany for assistance

04 october 2019 - 18:13:25 M S

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Gaborone's acting Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation, Shaw Kgathi, has commended Germany for the continued assistance it rendered to Botswana [...] Full text...

Malian govt develops plan to boost Bamako-Diboli railway traffic

04 october 2019 - 11:29:16 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Passenger and goods traffic between Bamako-Diboli, on the Senegalese border, will be revived in the coming months, after nearly two years [...] Full text...

Botswana President holds nationwide consultative meetings

03 october 2019 - 17:45:33 M S

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana is holding nationwide meetings as part of his consultation with the nation. The meetings which started mid-September [...] Full text...

About 1,000 tonnes of food to be distributed to people in Bamako district

30 september 2019 - 11:11:59 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian food security commission, a state agency responsible for assessing Mali's food and nutrition situation, will distribute from this week [...] Full text...

Malian PM receives delegation of international investigation commission for Mali

28 september 2019 - 16:21:06 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé on Friday received in Bamako a delegation of the International Investigation Commission for Mali led by [...] Full text...

Malian PM receives delegation of Saudi Fund for Development

26 september 2019 - 14:25:53 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A delegation from the regional management, Africa zone of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), led by Alzahrani Saeed, was received [...] Full text...

Togo: 500 new national volunteers engage with local communities

25 september 2019 - 17:25:07 MSA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Five hundreds new Togolese national volunteers last week engaged with the local communities to strengthen their resilience, official sources told PANA [...] Full text...

Côte d'Ivoire becomes first African member-country of WB programme on capacity strengthening for executives

23 september 2019 - 21:15:43 MSA

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)   -   Côte d’Ivoire has become the first African member-country of the World Bank programme for capacity strengthening of public sector executives [...] Full text...

Two killed as plane crashes in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park

23 september 2019 - 11:21:09 EBM

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – (PANA) – A plane belonging to Auric Air crashed on Monday morning at Seronera airstrip in the famous Serengeti National [...] Full text...

ILO, Togo sign deal for decent jobs

20 september 2019 - 05:55:44 MSA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo and the UN International Labour Organisation (ILO) have signed an agreement for decent jobs that paves the way for the implementation [...] Full text...