Brain drain from Tunisia continues
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...
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Kenya, Germany presidents launch Euro 39.4 million youth vocational training programme
DJ Kiambu, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday launched a Euro 39.4 million youth empowerment vocational training [...] Full text...
Number of unemployed people in Tunisia increased by 45% between 2007 and 2019
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The number of unemployed people in Tunisia increased by 45 per cent between 2007 and 2019, experts said at a think-tank [...] Full text...
Magistrates' strike stalls public hearing in Burkinabe
MTA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - All public hearings are postoned from 21 February in Burkina Faso, following a strike by members of the Autonomous Union [...] Full text...
Malian PM launches 6th edition of Bamako Housing Fair
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) -Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé on Thursday launched the 6th edition of the Bamako Housing Fair (Sahaba 2020).
The ceremony took place in [...] Full text...
Mauritanian collective for redistribution of agricultural land
MTA Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Manifesto for the Political, Economic and Social Rights of the Haratines (MDPESH - components of former slaves), in a just [...] Full text...
Malian pilgrims to pay more for this year's hajj
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian pilgrims undertaking this year's hajj on the government list will pay more compared with last year.
For this year, the cost [...] Full text...
Gabonese govt, social partners meet on draft Labour Code
BBA Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Gabonese government, employers and trade union organisations are meeting in Libreville on Monday to try to reconcile their concerns on [...] Full text...
MINUSMA registers 13 billion F CFA in peace dividends in Gao, northern Mali
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has registered achievements from 2013 to 2019 in Gao, northern Mali, in [...] Full text...
Mali releases over 4.1 bn CFA francs to buy engines for Dakar Bamako Railway
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has released 4.1 billion CFA francs for the purchase of four engines from the United States for the [...] Full text...
Gabon: Launching of a general strike at the SEEG
MTA Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Officials of the Gabonese Energy and Water Company (SEEG) launched a five-day strike here Friday following a notice filed on 17 [...] Full text...
Malian teachers march to demand 20 pct increase in salaries
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Hundreds of teachers, dressed in red and yellow, accompanied by students and parents organized a peaceful march on Thursday to demand [...] Full text...
Malian teachers on two-week strike to press their 20pc pay rise demand
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) -Responding to the call of their unions, Malian teachers have been observing a two-week strike since last Tuesday to demand a 20 [...] Full text...
Mali: Professional press associations regret Tiégoum Maïga's indictment
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
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.
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Burkina Faso truck drivers to observe 72-hour strike starting Wednesday
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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Estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa charged with attempted murder of Zimbabwe VP Chiwenga
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...