Tunisia consulting on possible Libya meeting in Tunis
MTA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is currently holding consultations for a meeting of foreign ministers of Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt in Tunis on the situation [...] Full text...
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Haftar's FM's press conference: Tunisia says not aware of the conference
MTA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that it never coordinated with the Libyan interim government to organize a press [...] Full text...
Sudanese military council discusses political development with AUC Chief
MO Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairman, Musa Faki, on Saturday conferred with the head of the political committee of the Transitional Military [...] Full text...
Tunisian president Essebsi receives US Congress delegation
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian president, Beji Caïd Essebsi, on Saturday received in audience a US Congress delegation, led by the judicial commission chairman, [...] Full text...
Haftar's FM's press conference postponed in Tunis
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A press conference, scheduled for Saturday in Tunis by Abdelhadi Lahouij, the foreign affairs and international cooperation minister of Marshal Khalifa [...] Full text...
Burkinabe ruling party calls on supporters to mobilise for 2020 presidential election
MSA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso’s ruling popular Movement for progress (MPP) on Saturday urged its supporters to mobilize adequately for the presidential election [...] Full text...
US, Britain committed to work for the return of political process in Libya
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and his British counterpart, Jeremy Hunt, have stressed "their commitment to continue diplomatic efforts to [...] Full text...
Arab League monitors Egyptian referendum on constitutional amendments
BBA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The League of Arab States on Friday deployed a mission, from 13 Arab countries, to all regions of Egypt to supervise [...] Full text...
Foreign ministers of Libya’s neighbourings countries to meet over crisis
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is currently working to hold a meeting of heads of diplomacy of three north African countries to seek an end [...] Full text...
DRC electoral commission calls on US to lift sanctions
MTA Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Friday called on the United States of [...] Full text...
France supports government of PM Fayez al-Sarral ‘without ambiguity’
MSA Paris, France (PANA) - The French foreign affairs ministry said here Friday that France supported the government of national accord led by Prime Minister Fayez [...] Full text...
Ethiopia gets new foreign, defence ministers as PM consolidates power
OR Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's parliament on Thursday approved the appointments of Gedu Andargachew and Lemma Megerssa as foreign and defence ministers respectively as [...] Full text...
Heads of French, US diplomacies want immediate ceasefire in Libya
MSA Paris, France (PANA) – The French foreign affairs minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, held talks on the phone with the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, [...] Full text...
Tunisian FM reiterates call for cessation of fighting in Libya
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian foreign affairs minister, Khemaies Jhinaoui, on Thursday reiterated, in a telephone contact with the commander of the Libyan national army, [...] Full text...
Zimbabweans still fighting for Independence, 39 years on: MDC Alliance
T Z Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the MDC Alliance, says Zimbabweans are still fighting for social, economic and political freedoms 39 years after [...] Full text...
US supports transition to civil rule in Sudan
MO Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States says it supports demands by Sudanese protesters for a quick return to civilian government that observes human rights [...] Full text...
Security Council once again fails to adopt resolution on Libya
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Thursday failed to harmonise the positions of its members on a draft resolution submitted by Germany, [...] Full text...
Malian Prime Minister Maiga resigns
MSA Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga on Thursday presented his resignation together with the government to President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, the [...] Full text...
MEPs reject proposal to finance migrant control centres at European ports
BBA Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Members of European Parliament (MEPs) on Thursday adopted a resolution rejecting the European Commission's proposal to finance, through funds dedicated to [...] Full text...
Top court allows Uganda's long-serving leader to run for office beyond 2021
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Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda’s apex court, by a verdict of 4-3, Thursday ruled that the country’s parliament had legally amended the country’s constitution to [...] Full text...
Tunisia's Labour Party denounces government's repressive measures
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The opposition Tunisian workers party (PT) has called the Tunisian people to rise up against what it describes as ‘’repressive tendency [...] Full text...
Tunisian President sues for political solution in Libya
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Béji caïd Essebsi, has emphasized the need "for Libyans to find themselves a political solution to the crisis in [...] Full text...
Skhirat agreement remains framework for any political solution in Libya, says Libyan envoy in Morocco
BBA Rabat, Marocco (PANA) - The Skhirat agreement remains the framework and basis for any political solution in Libya, Jumaa Al-Qamati, personal envoy of the head [...] Full text...
Diplomatic process for Libya ceasefire still in the works, says Italian FM
KND Rome, Italy (PANA) - Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Milanesi, said "the diplomatic process - not just Italy's - is still under control" with regards to [...] Full text...
Sudan says it has not turned away a visiting high-level Qatari delegation
MO Khartoum, Sudan (PANA )- Sudan has denied turning away a Qatari delegation that came seeking a meeting with the Transitional Military Council in Khartoum.
Sudan’s ministry [...] Full text...
EU hails Sudanese people’s courage in quest for peaceful change
AR Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Praising the “extraordinary courage and determination” shown by the Sudanese people in their quest for peaceful change, the High Representative of [...] Full text...
Fayez al-Sarraj invites ICC to investigate war crimes committed by Khalifa Haftar
MTA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Unity, Fayez al-Sarraj, Wednesday called on the International Criminal Court [...] Full text...
Fayez Al-Sarraj chairs meeting to find quick response to Libyan crisis
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the presidential council of the government of national accord, Fayez Al-Sarraj, on Wednesday chaired a meeting of an [...] Full text...
Human Rights Watch calls on Guinean government to halt rising violence
MSA Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW), a non-governmental organization (NGO) Wednesday called on the Guinean government to take measures to prevent a repeat [...] Full text...
ICC Prosecutor urges conflicting parties in Libya to respect int'l humanitarian law
KND Abidjan, Côte d 'Ivoire (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, on Tuesday urged "all parties and armed groups taking [...] Full text...
'We have made progress at all levels, in all sectors' -Nigerien PM
MSA Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Niger’s Prime Minister, Brigi Rafini, on Tuesday said he is pleased about the progress made by his government since the advent [...] Full text...
First round of Mauritania presidential elections scheduled for June 22
KND Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The first round of the presidential elections in Mauritania has been scheduled for Saturday, June 22, 2019, and in case of [...] Full text...
Mauritius amends immigration laws to regulate entry and stay of non-citizens
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Parliament voted on Wednesday to amend the country's Immigration Act following the increase in the number of non-citizens marrying [...] Full text...
Sudan's military council receives vital external support
MO Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan’s Transitional Military Council, still struggling to put up with the pressure from the youth who are camping around the army general [...] Full text...
Al-Sarraj denounces power seekers for ongoing violence in Libya
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The ongoing fighting in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, is not between the people of the east and those of the west, [...] Full text...
'Renaissance Programme drives Niger's progress in all sectors' - PM Rafini
MSA Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Niger’s Prime Minister Brigi Rafini has expressed his pleasure about the progress made the government in the past eight years of [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso: President Kaboré takes note of former President Blaise Compaoré's commitment to work for national cohesion
MTA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has taken note of a letter from former President Blaise Compaoré reaffirming his [...] Full text...
Military escalation in Libya, what if the keys for solutions were abroad? (Asks Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
MSA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The armed clashes in Libya continued on Tuesday, the tenth day of the offensive launched by the forces of the Libyan [...] Full text...
Algerian Constitutional Council president resigns
BBA Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The president of the Algerian Constitutional Council, Tayeb Belaiz, resigned on Tuesday, tendering his letter to the acting head of State, [...] Full text...
EU to assist Mali unearth perpetrators of recent massacre
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The European Union (EU) Special Representative for the Sahel, Angel Losada of Spain, who was received on Monday in Bamako by [...] Full text...
The fifth session of the Arab-Russian Forum opens in Moscow
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - has been attending since Monday in Moscow
The fifth session of the Arab-Russian Forum which opened in Moscow on Monday is featuring [...] Full text...
Merkel and Al-Sissi confer on Libyan situation
BBA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi on Monday received a telephone call from German Chancellor Angela Merkel during which they exchanged views [...] Full text...
Libya calls on UN Security Council to protect civilians in Tripoli
MTA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord Mohamed Siala has said that Tripoli's aggressors and the defenders [...] Full text...
AU issues two-week deadline for Sudanese military junta to quit
AO Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council met on the situation in Sudan on Monday following the ouster of [...] Full text...
OIF headquarters to be cited in Tunisia
MSA Tunis Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisia and the International francophonie organisation (OIF) on Monday signed an agreement to cite the OIF headquarters in the north African [...] Full text...
Only withdrawal of Haftar's troops, ceasefire will usher peace in Libya - says Ghassan Salamé
MSA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Only the withdrawal of the Libyan national army, led by led by Marshall Khalifa Haftar, from the onslaught on Tripoli, a ceasefire [...] Full text...
Sudan military council sends delegation to Ethiopia for support
MO Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Facing a 15-day ultimatum from the African Union (AU) to quit, the Sudanese Transitional Military Council on Monday sent one of [...] Full text...
Italian Defence minister pleads for dialogue between Libyan actors
MSA Rome, Italy (PANA) – Italy has offered to be involved in a dialogue with all Libyan actors involved in the raging conflict until they reach [...] Full text...
Four EU countries to host 62 African migrants rescued off Libyan coast
MSA Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - France, Germany, Portugal and Luxembourg have accepted to host 62 African migrants rescued 10 days ago from the Mediterranean Sea, off [...] Full text...
Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa acknowledges corruption now
T Z Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he only now realises that there is corruption in the southern African nation, despite years [...] Full text...