US accuses Ethiopia of continuing atrocities and denial of humanitarian access in Tigray Region

15 may 2021 - 19:50:04 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States has issued the strongest critique yet against Addis Ababa, lamenting what it described as “continuing atrocities and denial [...] Full text...

President Kenyatta attends President Guelleh’s inauguration in Djibouti

15 may 2021 - 18:46:16 AO

Djibouti Ville, Djibouti (PANA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta was among several African leaders at the inauguration of Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh on Saturday in [...] Full text...

Germany initiates new conference on Libya in mid-June in Berlin

15 may 2021 - 15:56:58 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A foreign ministers' conference on Libya is scheduled to take place in Berlin, Germany, in the second half of June, under [...] Full text...

Guterres urges Libya embargo to be respected to ensure lasting peace

15 may 2021 - 12:11:50 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres, has called on Libyan parties and UN member states to respect the Security Council's arms embargo, stressing [...] Full text...

Morocco sends humanitarian aid to Palestinians

15 may 2021 - 12:06:59 BBA

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The King of Morocco has given instructions to send emergency humanitarian aid to the Palestinian population in the West Bank and [...] Full text...

South Africa condemns Israeli attack on civilians in Gaza

15 may 2021 - 12:00:29 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  The South African government on Saturday condemned Israel's "unjust attacks on civilians in Gaza and Jerusalem" and said the [...] Full text...

Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo to pay working visit to France, Belgium, S. Africa

14 may 2021 - 23:18:41 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Akufo-Addo will leave Sunday, 16 May, for a nine-day official working visit to France, Belgium, and South Africa, an [...] Full text...

Sudan participates in inauguration of president Guelleh of Djibouti

14 may 2021 - 16:51:51 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has dispatched a senior member of the collective presidency, Lt.-Gen. Yasser Alatta, to Djibouti to participate in the inauguration of [...] Full text...

U.S. committed to working with international partners to help Sudan overcome hurdles

14 may 2021 - 16:39:49 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The American Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, who has just completed his first visit to the region, [...] Full text...

Buhari pledges assistance to Chad to strengthen MNJTF, LCBC

14 may 2021 - 14:44:57 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged Nigeria’s assistance to Chad to stabilise and return to constitutional order. President Buhari spoke on Friday in [...] Full text...

Nigeria: Chad's Interim leader, Deby, in Nigeria meets with Buhari

14 may 2021 - 13:22:17 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President of Chad’s Transitional Military Council, General Mahamat Idriss Deby, on Friday made his second foreign trip to its neighbor, Nigeria, [...] Full text...

Suspended South Africa's ruling party official turns to the courts

14 may 2021 - 13:12:26 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ace Magashule, the suspended secretary-general of the ruling ANC, on Friday asked a court to reverse his own suspension [...] Full text...

UK imposes sanctions on Haftar-affiliated al-Kaniyat militia

14 may 2021 - 11:35:49 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on the al-Kaniyat militia and its leaders, Abderrahim  al-Kani and Mohamed al-Kani for their involvement [...] Full text...

Zambia Parliament to dissolve Friday ahead of polls

13 may 2021 - 15:04:34 MM

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Zambian parliament will dissolve on Thursday midnight, ahead of the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government elections, slated for 12 August. A [...] Full text...

Ethiopia-Sudan border tensions must be de-escalated

13 may 2021 - 13:17:13 AR

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A potential border war brewing between Sudan and Ethiopia threatens to destabilise the two nations and the entire Eastern Africa [...] Full text...

UN chief calls for de-escalation in Israel-Palestine conflict

13 may 2021 - 06:43:14 MA

New York, US (PANA) - De-escalation of the Palestine-Israel conflict is “an absolute must”, said the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Wednesday, declaring that the [...] Full text...

Sudan: Pressure mounts on army to hand over those involved in shooting civilians

12 may 2021 - 19:40:30 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Domestic and foreign pressure is now mounting against the Sudanese army to expediently hand over the soldiers who fired at peaceful [...] Full text...

Museveni takes Ugandan presidential oath for six term

12 may 2021 - 15:35:55 AR

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was on Wednesday sworn in for his sixth term, setting the record as the  longest-serving head [...] Full text...

Niger defence minister visits Sudan

12 may 2021 - 13:35:41 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Niger's defence minister Alkassoum Indatoun arrived in Khartoum on Wednesday and called on the First Vice President of Sudan's Sovereign Council, [...] Full text...

Libyan, Maltese officials discuss ways to curb illegal migration and strengthen border security

12 may 2021 - 13:06:35 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla al-Mangouch has met with Maltese Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance, Evarist [...] Full text...

Tensions could escalate to ‘full-scale war,’ UN Middle East envoy warns

12 may 2021 - 12:00:17 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process added his voice to calls for calm in the Occupied [...] Full text...

US condemns shooting of Sudanese protesters

12 may 2021 - 10:28:09 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The United States on Wednesday condemned the use of live ammunition against peaceful protesters in Khartoum and called for a probe [...] Full text...

AU Chairperson 'strongly condemns' bombardments in the Gaza Strip

12 may 2021 - 07:18:19 MA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has "strongly condemned" the bombardments in the Gaza Strip [...] Full text...

UN chief 'gravely concerned' as violence escalates in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

12 may 2021 - 04:59:32 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General said he was "gravely concerned" at escalating violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on Tuesday, while the UN [...] Full text...

Tunisia refuses opening of migrants’ reception centre

11 may 2021 - 22:16:27 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi Tuesday reaffirmed the refusal of his country to host a centre for migrants for Europe. During his [...] Full text...

Tunisian, Turkish foreign ministers discuss situation in Palestine

11 may 2021 - 21:33:37 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian minister of foreign affairs, Migration and Tunisians living abroad, Othman Jerandi, held talks with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, [...] Full text...

Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council member to attend Museveni's presidential inauguration in Uganda

11 may 2021 - 15:22:08 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan has sent a member of its collective presidency, Malik Agar Eyre, to attend the inauguration of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for [...] Full text...

Libya reaffirms support for the Palestinian cause

11 may 2021 - 11:36:19 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, has reaffirmed Libya's unwavering position and unlimited support for the Palestinian cause [...] Full text...

German Chancellor encourages Libyan PM to prepare for December elections

11 may 2021 - 10:49:59 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has  encouraged Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba to prepare for national elections scheduled for December 2021. During the [...] Full text...

US ambassador designated as Special Envoy in Libya

11 may 2021 - 06:07:40 MSA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The US State Department on Monday announced that the Ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, will now also serve in the capacity of US Special Envoy for [...] Full text...

ECOWAS envoy to Mali, Goodluck Jonathan, arrives in Bamako to assess the situation in the country

10 may 2021 - 17:07:44 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, arrived in Bamako on Sunday [...] Full text...

South African President Ramaphosa rebukes senior ruling party official

10 may 2021 - 15:59:07 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Ace Magashule, the suspended Secretary-General of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC), has been ordered to apologise for [...] Full text...

EU to deepen strategic relationship with the Horn of Africa region

10 may 2021 - 12:25:15 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Council of the European Union (EU) on Monday approved conclusions affirming the EU's commitment to give new impetus to its [...] Full text...

Ethiopian peacekeepers in Sudan ask for political asylum

10 may 2021 - 10:09:16 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Hundreds of Ethiopian peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur state have refused to go back home at the end of the peacekeeping mission [...] Full text...

UN chief, senior officials express deep concern over East Jerusalem violence

10 may 2021 - 04:58:26 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and senior UN officials have expressed their deep concern over confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli [...] Full text...

US Special Envoy begins South Sudan visit

09 may 2021 - 05:02:42 MA

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Donald Booth, begins a visit to South Sudan from 9 May to [...] Full text...

UN chief Guterres seeks second term

09 may 2021 - 04:44:17 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The current UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has laid out his case for a second five year term to Member States, saying [...] Full text...

AU appoints John Mahama as High Representative for Somalia

08 may 2021 - 19:50:58 AR

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat on Saturday announced the appointment of former Ghanaian President  John Dramani Mahama [...] Full text...

Libyan Presidential Council spokesperson rejects attack reports

08 may 2021 - 14:15:20 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- There was no attack on the Libyan Presidential Council's headquarters in Tripoli on Friday night, the Counci's spokesperson, Najwa Wahiba, said on [...] Full text...

AU Chair visits Sudan for new mediation effort on Ethiopia's disputed dam

08 may 2021 - 13:58:51 MO

  Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi of DR Congo arrived in Khartoum on Saturday for a one-day visit to hold discussions on African issues [...] Full text...

Vice President of Libyan Presidential Council Moussa al-Kouni meets army leaders in the south

08 may 2021 - 13:24:45 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Presidential Council Vice President Moussa al-Kouni on Friday met with Libyan Army leaders and military officers in the south of [...] Full text...

Libyan Prime Minister condemns Israeli forces attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

08 may 2021 - 11:39:45 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba has condemned the attack by Israeli forces on  Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the forced expulsion [...] Full text...

Libya rejects Chadian defence minister's statement

08 may 2021 - 11:10:38 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has rejected  pronouncement by Chadian Defence minister, Gen. Daouda Ibrahim, who described the country as a "refuge for terrorism", considering [...] Full text...

Moussa al-Kouni discusses with leaders of Libyan southern region means to improve security situation

07 may 2021 - 23:15:51 MSA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The vice-chairman of the Libyan presidential council, Moussa al-Kouni, Friday held talks with mayors of the municipalities of Oubari, al-Ghouraifa and [...] Full text...

Libyan Parliament strongly rejects communiqué issued by five western countries on elections

07 may 2021 - 22:42:08 MSA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chamber of Representatives (Parliament) Friday announced it ’strongly rejected’ the content of a joint communiqué issued by the US, German, [...] Full text...

Int'l community assures DRC President of support during his term as AU President

07 may 2021 - 19:28:19 KND

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The ambassadors of the United States to the African Union (AU), Ms. Jessye Lapenn, the DR Congo, Mike Hammer, and [...] Full text...

Libyan authorities accuse 5 Western countries of interference

07 may 2021 - 16:57:46 KND

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan High Council of State has accused five Western countries of "interfering in the internal affairs of Libya and violating [...] Full text...

UNSMIL welcomes release of detainees by Libyan National Army

07 may 2021 - 15:32:37 KND

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the recent release of dozens of detainees by the command of [...] Full text...

G7 pledges support for Libya ceasefire monitoring mechanism

07 may 2021 - 13:05:47 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Group of Seven  industrialised countries has called on the Libyan Government of National Accord to take all necessary measures to [...] Full text...

Senior US envoy visits Sudan to discuss de-escalating tension between Khartoum and Addis Ababa

07 may 2021 - 12:45:58 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, arrived in Khartoum on Friday and  he held talks with [...] Full text...