Ivorian president says case of 46 Ivorian soldiers held in Mali progressing well

07 october 2022 - 20:12:27 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara said Friday in Abidjan that the case of the detention of 46 Ivorian soldiers in [...] Full text...

US to provide Mali with 20.5 billion CFA francs for food security

04 august 2022 - 18:43:54 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide Mali with US$32 million or 20.5 billion CFA francs to alleviate [...] Full text...

Malian justice launches international arrest warrant against former ministers of Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita's regime

27 july 2022 - 20:06:02 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Justice has issued international arrest warrants against three former Malian ministers under the regime of former president, Ibrahim Boubacar [...] Full text...

Benin disburses over 80 billion CFA francs to clear salary arrears

20 july 2022 - 16:53:55 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has already disbursed more than 80 billion CFA francs to clear the salary debts of workers, sources close [...] Full text...

UN expert hails historic reparations ruling in favour of indigenous peoples in Kenya

18 july 2022 - 19:22:34 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An independent UN human rights expert on Monday hailed a decision by the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, to award [...] Full text...

Public sector workers embark on strike in Tunisia

16 june 2022 - 14:35:05 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...

Zimbabwean peacekeeper wins UN gender advocate award

25 may 2022 - 05:30:13 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

20 april 2022 - 13:03:55 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

15 april 2022 - 06:37:47 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

08 april 2022 - 16:43:31 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

07 april 2022 - 16:16:11 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

05 april 2022 - 19:54:41 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

09 february 2022 - 20:33:41 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

09 january 2022 - 18:43:06 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

12 november 2021 - 20:13:25 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

22 october 2021 - 20:25:00 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

18 october 2021 - 19:54:03 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

11 october 2021 - 19:25:06 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

18 september 2021 - 16:29:03 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

04 september 2021 - 11:54:06 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

31 august 2021 - 00:01:13 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. This [...] Full text...

Mali's National Union of Higher Education suspends strike order

30 august 2021 - 11:19:03 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

27 august 2021 - 23:27:47 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

11 july 2021 - 05:52:49 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units rescued 31 foreign illegal migrants, threatened with drowning, after their damaged boat was taking in water. The Tunisian Health [...] Full text...

Japan donates more than 4,300 tons of milled rice to Mali

01 july 2021 - 21:28:37 MTA

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

28 june 2021 - 14:39:49 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

22 june 2021 - 23:06:37 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

18 june 2021 - 22:25:05 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)

04 june 2021 - 21:14:21 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

02 june 2021 - 11:34:45 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

26 may 2021 - 23:56:25 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

01 may 2021 - 17:28:53 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

22 april 2021 - 05:56:44 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

16 april 2021 - 23:24:56 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

12 april 2021 - 22:53:16 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

06 april 2021 - 12:14:59 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

16 march 2021 - 21:01:28 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

08 march 2021 - 17:04:03 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

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...