ILO, Togo sign deal for decent jobs
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...
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Twenty finalists of Anzisha Award 2019 released
KND Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Anzisha Prize Selection Committee released Monday the list of the top 20 candidates. The winner of the 2019 edition [...] Full text...
Mali: Two hospitals on strike to demand allowance arrears
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Hospital ‘part-time workers’ in Mali have been on an indefinite strike since Wednesday in two university hospital centers, Mali Hospital and [...] Full text...
Cote d'Ivoire to host 14th eLearning Africa Conference
KND Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 14th Pan-African Conference on Technologies Applied to Learning, Training and Skills Development, eLearning Africa, will be held here from [...] Full text...
120 Malians repatriated from Libya
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 120 Malian migrants, including 19 women, repatriated from Libya have arrived home.
The Minister of Malians Abroad, Amadou Koita [...] Full text...
Malian Prime Minister announces rehabilitation of Kati-Djidiéni road
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé on Thursday announced commencement of work on the 160 km Kati-Djidieni road in Diéma, while on [...] Full text...
Residents of Bamako-Kayes end road blockade
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Residents of the Bamako-Kayes-Diboli road (RN3), on the Senegalese border, where hundreds of trucks and buses transporting people and goods between [...] Full text...
Postal sector in Tunisia hit by strike
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Postal workers in Tunisia continued their strike on Monday, which began on August 21 in all regions of the country for [...] Full text...
'I was made to drink sewer water,' says Zimbabwean comedian Kureya
T Z Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Popular Zimbabwean comedian, Samantha Kureya, known as ‘Gonyeti’, says she was made to drink sewage water in her abduction ordeal as [...] Full text...
Mali's works to ratify Agency for Trade Insurance in Africa
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government on Wednesday adopted draft texts in the Council of Ministers meeting on its accession to the Agreement to [...] Full text...
Bamako hosts 5th African Scout Integration Camp
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - About 500 young Africans, including 300 Malians, will participate from 21 to 30 August in Bamako in the 5th African Scouts [...] Full text...
Strike warning on gold site in Mauritania
KND Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The staff delegates of Tasiast Mauritania Limited (SA), a subsidiary of the Canadian company, Kinross, which operates a gold-mining site in [...] Full text...
Japan offers Mali more than 6,000 tonnes of rice to strengthen Mali's food security programme
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japan has donated 6,428 tonnes of rice to Mali as food assistance for the 2017 fiscal year.
The donation ceremony took place [...] Full text...
Death toll from tanker explosion in Tanzania rises to 97
EBM Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – More victims of 10 August fuel tanker tragedy at Morogoro in Tanzania died over the weekend from injuries they [...] Full text...
ICRC hails vital contribution of humanitarian workers
BBA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Marking World Humanitarian Day, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday praised the vital contribution of humanitarian [...] Full text...
Workers in health centres of Bamako go on strike
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Workers of referral health centres of the six communes of the Malian capital, Bamako, are on strike since Wednesday following a [...] Full text...
Ghanaian Christian pilgrims undertake pilgrimage to Israel
WA Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Thirty Christians of different denominations left here Monday for Israel on a seven-day visit to historical and religious sites, local media [...] Full text...
Spain donates market gardening production material for women associations in Malian region
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Spanish Cooperation (AECID) and the council for development association (ACOD) Friday donated a batch of market gardening production equipment worth [...] Full text...
Workers of Malian hospital launch 72-hour strike
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The staff of the Gabriel Touré hospital-university center (CHU), one of Mali’s biggest hospitals, has since Wednesday embarked on a 72-hour [...] Full text...
Bamako to host 2nd African Civil Status Day
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 2nd African Civil Status Day opens on Saturday in Bamako on the theme: "Birth certificates for all, a need for [...] Full text...
African Ombudsman and Mediator Association bemoans threatening working conditions
M S Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Regional leaders of the African Ombudsman and Mediator Association (AOMA) have expressed concern about difficult working conditions experienced in recent times [...] Full text...
Angola, DRC set up university cooperation project
KND Dundo, Angola (PANA) - The provinces of Lunda-Norte in Angola and Kasaï Central in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday proposed a university cooperation [...] Full text...
Malian prime minister launches social drinking water connection operation in Bamako
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé last Sunday launched ‘Operation 100,000 social connections’ for drinking water for the poorest, an official source [...] Full text...
Côte d'Ivoire establishes two social security schemes for self-employed workers
MTA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Self-employed workers in Côte d'Ivoire will benefit from two social security schemes, following the adoption and ratification of a bill [...] Full text...
Public media journalists in Burkina Faso to go on general strike if .....
KND Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe journalists have announced a 24-hour general strike, effective on Wednesday, to demand the transfer of Sidwaya and Radio and Television [...] Full text...
Mali launches project to support livestock development
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Minister of Livestock and Fisheries Maguiraga Rokia Kane Thursday launched a Livestock Development Support Project (PADEL-Mali) in Kayes in Western [...] Full text...
SAP, German government to help create 450 jobs in Africa in digital sector
MSA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The German computer company, SAP, and the German ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) have established a joint three-year [...] Full text...
After surviving prosecution, Kenya's Deputy Chief Justice on the ropes again
DJ Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two months after she survived prosecution over allegations that she was involved in irregular sale and acquisition of property, Kenyan Deputy [...] Full text...
Botswana's education system 'coming of age' (Feature by Meekaeel Siphambili, PANA Correspondent)
M S Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s education system is undergoing a tremendous transformation with the introduction of the "Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)" which has descended upon the [...] Full text...
Congolese government to help boat disaster victims
MTA Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Felix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, has instructed the government to take necessary [...] Full text...
5th general population, housing census begins in Mali
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Land Use Planning and Population, Adama Tièmoko Diarra, on Wednesday in Commune IV of the Bamako district, [...] Full text...
Malian teachers’ trade unions end strike
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) – After five days of negotiations, the Malian government and teachers' trade unions have come to an agreement, ending repeated strikes that [...] Full text...
Zimbabwe Vice-President Kembo Mohadi calls for improved destination image for country
T Z Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s Vice-President Kembo Mohadi Friday called for a robust image for destination Zimbabwe to attract increased international tourists, exports and foreign [...] Full text...
Two Tanzanians netted in fake gold scam in Kenya
EBM Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Two Tanzanian nationals are among several suspects arrested in neighbouring Kenya in a crackdown on a syndicate of fake [...] Full text...
Higher education graduates demonstrate to denounce unemployment
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Unemployed graduates Wednesday blocked the main streets of the Tunisian central city of Kairouan here leading to the offices of government [...] Full text...
Cape Verde allocates pension to victims of mistreatment under unique party regime
MSA Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verdean government has submitted to parliament a draft bill that grants pension of 75,000 Cape Verdean Escudos (678 [...] Full text...
Cote d'Ivoire Education Minister meets unions on strike
KND Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian Minister of National Education, Technical and Vocational Training, Kandia Camara, has summoned union leaders in the education-training sector [...] Full text...
Mauritanian victims of violence in 1989 hold sit-in to demand compensation
MSA Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Dozens of people who were affected by deadly violence in 1989 that claimed hundreds of lives in Mauritania and Senegal held [...] Full text...
More than 2000 Malian refugees return home voluntarily, say MINUSMA, HCR
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - More than 2,000 Malian refugees have voluntarily returned home, a joint communiqué issued by the UN multidimensional integrated mission for Mali [...] Full text...
Greeks more empathetic toward refugees than other Europeans - Survey
TA Athens-Greece (PANA) - Greek people are more empathetic toward refugees, compared with other Europeans, a survey titled ”Attitudes Towards National Identity, Immigration and Refugees in [...] Full text...
TNF Bill presented before Zimbabwe parliament for second reading
T Z Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Sekai Nzenza Tuesday presented before parliament for second reading the Tripartite Negotiating [...] Full text...
Kenya: Top Nigerian singer, UMG, seals recording deal
DJ Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, Friday announced an exclusive global recording agreement with acclaimed Nigerian singer [...] Full text...
Leader of main Tunisian trade-union criticizes failure of government policies
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), Noureddine Teboubi, Wednesday said that the protest demonstrations in the Tunisian inside [...] Full text...
President Faure Gnassingbe launches cash transfers to 61,000 households to fight poverty in Togo
MTA Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Tuesday launched a project to extend cash transfer to 61,000 households throughout the country to fight [...] Full text...
Secondary school teachers in Mauritania declare strike action
MTA Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Independent Secondary Education Union (SIPES) in Mauritania Monday declared a three-day national strike, demanding improved conditions of service, local media [...] Full text...
Health sector in Burkina Faso paralyzed by 48-hour strike
MTA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Most health centres in Burkina Faso operated at a slow pace Wednesday following a strike action by the Union of [...] Full text...
EU gives Mali more than 900 million CFAF for good governance
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The European Union, Association of Malian Municipalities (AMM) and the Association of regions and municipalities (ARM) have signed two financing conventions [...] Full text...
Tunisian unemployed graduates threathen to commit suicide
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several higher education graduates in Mahdia province in southern Tunisia threaten to commit suicide if their job applications continue to be [...] Full text...
Japan gives 2.5 million dollars to support Burundian, CAR refugees, displaced persons in DRC
MSA Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Japan Thursday granted 2.5 million US dollars to the UN High Commission for Refugees (HCR) to cater for Burundian and [...] Full text...
Cyclone Idai: NGO calls for investigations into allegations of looting of relief aid in Zimbabwe
T Z Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Non-governmental organisation, Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA), has called for government to urgently investigate allegations of looting of Cyclone Idai [...] Full text...