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...
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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...
Former Benin president Boni Yayi denies leaving debts to workers
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Some 250 Tunisians were repatriated from Libya Monday through the border post of Ras Jedir, diplomatic sources said here.
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Tunisia: Tataouine oil field workers embark on indefinite strike
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...