Three young Malians at the "Hub Africa 2020" in October in Casablanca, Morocco

24 september 2020 - 22:58:39 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

24 september 2020 - 19:50:17 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

23 september 2020 - 16:00:50 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

19 september 2020 - 00:06:52 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

18 september 2020 - 17:04:54 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

26 july 2020 - 19:49:59 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

24 july 2020 - 00:02:57 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

23 july 2020 - 15:26:04 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

17 july 2020 - 10:57:33 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

17 july 2020 - 00:17:53 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

16 july 2020 - 18:44:39 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

06 july 2020 - 23:57:42 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Some 250 Tunisians were repatriated from Libya Monday through the border post of Ras Jedir, diplomatic sources said here. According to the [...] Full text...

Tunisia: Tataouine oil field workers embark on indefinite strike

04 july 2020 - 18:11:41 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

02 july 2020 - 15:58:05 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

30 june 2020 - 17:42:06 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

27 june 2020 - 11:24:07 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

22 june 2020 - 17:44:47 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

22 june 2020 - 09:18:45 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

19 june 2020 - 21:00:22 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

12 june 2020 - 23:28:39 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

02 june 2020 - 17:22:02 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

28 may 2020 - 22:43:33 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

19 may 2020 - 14:31:43 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

17 may 2020 - 17:39:33 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

08 may 2020 - 10:58:42 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...

Media workers face difficult time in Tunisia

03 may 2020 - 14:04:51 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Press workers in Tunisia currently face huge difficulties due to the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19), including late payment of [...] Full text...

Mauritania making progress to improved labour environment

01 may 2020 - 15:16:13 MTA

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania  celebrated International Labour Day on Friday without any demonstration on the ground. Civil Service, Labour and Administration minister Camara Saloum Mohamed, [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Classes to resume on 11 May in Burkina Faso

27 april 2020 - 22:46:56 MSA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso government Monday announced that classes suspended because of the COVID-19 disease would resume from 11 May. "On the [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: The retired in Mauritania:deplore exclusion from management of Covid-19 efforts

16 april 2020 - 22:42:12 MSA

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  Retired Mauritanians Thursday deplored being excluded from health, economic and social packages set aside for the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...

Mauritania in process to provide health coverage for 2,000 disabled persons

16 april 2020 - 13:37:51 KND

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's Ministry of Social Affairs, Family and Children, and the Ministry of Health have signed an agreement under which 2,000 people [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Wave of support and solidarity with Sub-Saharan students and migrants in Tunisia

15 april 2020 - 21:31:19 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   - Tunisian authorities and civil society organisations Wednesday expressed their support and solidarity with Sub-Saharan migrants and students residing in Tunisia facing [...] Full text...

Brain drain from Tunisia continues

08 march 2020 - 11:34:34 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...

Kenya, Germany presidents launch Euro 39.4 million youth vocational training programme

25 february 2020 - 14:22:59 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

22 february 2020 - 10:21:27 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

21 february 2020 - 17:37:23 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

21 february 2020 - 15:35:16 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

10 february 2020 - 17:04:10 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

09 february 2020 - 12:00:23 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

03 february 2020 - 09:57:48 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

02 february 2020 - 14:23:02 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

02 february 2020 - 13:41:21 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

24 january 2020 - 22:30:25 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

24 january 2020 - 21:55:28 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

23 january 2020 - 12:45:33 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

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...