Secretary general of former ruling party in Algeria arrested

20 september 2019 - 23:02:19 KND

Algiers, Algeria (PANA)   -   The investigating judge at Sidi M'hamed Court (Algiers) Friday ordered the arrest and detention of the secretary general of the National [...] Full text...

Will a ceasefire be imposed by the Security Council to ensure success of Libya’s political process? (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA Correspondent)

20 september 2019 - 15:43:48 MSA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Preparatory confabs  on Libya, held ahead of the international conference scheduled for autumn in Berlin, the German capital, mainly focused on [...] Full text...

Haftar and US Ambassador meet in Dubai to discuss the crisis in Libya

20 september 2019 - 12:22:54 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Marshal Khalifa Haftar on Thursday met in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with the U.S. Ambassador to [...] Full text...

DRC president Tshisekedi visits Antwerp port

20 september 2019 - 11:26:04 BBA

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi on Thursday visited the port of Antwerp during which a collaboration agreement was signed to strengthen [...] Full text...

Ben Ali may be buried in Tunisia if family so wishes - government

19 september 2019 - 21:07:42 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -   The Tunisian government says it will allow the burial of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia should his [...] Full text...

Niger "strongly condemns" attacks on Saudi oil sites

19 september 2019 - 19:49:23 KND

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger "strongly condemns" the "terrorist attacks" perpetrated on September 14 on Saudi Arabia's civilian infrastructure and oil sites.   In a message of [...] Full text...

Nigeria: Buhari departs Abuja Sunday for UN General Assembly in New York

19 september 2019 - 19:45:48 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, will on Sunday depart Abuja for New York, United States, to participate in the 74th Session of [...] Full text...

Tunisia: Ben Ali will be buried in Mecca - says his lawyer

19 september 2019 - 19:35:16 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - In a post he just published on his Facebook page, former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's lawyer announced that [...] Full text...

Germany gives Togo 5 billion CFAF for decentralization

19 september 2019 - 18:02:14 MSA

Lome, Togo (PANA) - Germany has given Togo 8 million Euros, or about 5 billion CFAF as financial support for decentralization, within the framework of [...] Full text...

Belgian foreign minister accused of involvement in loss of Libyan funds from Belgian banks

19 september 2019 - 15:40:36 MSA

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Didier Reynders is cited directly by ex-safety agent, Nicolas Ullens de Schooten, who accused him of [...] Full text...

Tunisian Judge rejects request for provisional release of detained presidential candidate

19 september 2019 - 13:53:48 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – A renewed request for provisional release Nabil Karoui, presidential candidate of 'Kalb Tounes' party who came second in Sunday’s early poll [...] Full text...

Barrow presides over Gambia’s new legislative year

19 september 2019 - 12:48:42 MLJ

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian President Adama Barrow on Thursday presided over the start of Gambia’s New Legislative Year  at the National Assembly complex in [...] Full text...

EU appoints new head of capacity building mission in Somalia

19 september 2019 - 12:24:29 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Council of the European Union (EU) on Thursday announced the appointment of Christopher Reynolds as Head of the EU capacity [...] Full text...

Libyan Gov't of National Accord appoints 11 ambassadors

19 september 2019 - 11:28:01 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Presidential Council of Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) has appointed 11 new ambassadors. A statement on Thursday said a decree [...] Full text...

Botswana foreign minister to attend 74th UN General Assembly

19 september 2019 - 10:20:15 M S

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Minister for International Affairs and Cooperation, Dr. Unity Dow, will attend the 74th Session of the United Nations General [...] Full text...

Rwanda welcomes death of rebel leader in eastern DR Congo

19 september 2019 - 09:46:22 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan minister of State in charge of the East African Community, Olivier Nduhungirehe, has stated that the death of a senior [...] Full text...

Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe died a “sad, sad man”: Patrick Zhuwao

18 september 2019 - 21:26:07 T Z

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Exiled former cabinet minister Patrick Zhuwao says his uncle, former Zimbabwe President Robert Mubage, died a sad and bitter man in [...] Full text...

UN summits urge ‘ambition and action’ on climate change, sustainable dev't : Guterres

18 september 2019 - 20:08:05 MA

New York, US (PANA) - There are five key United Nations summits taking place next week to spur action on the climate crisis and other global [...] Full text...

UN Chief, Antonio Guterres, calls on Zim govt to respect human rights amid worsening situation

18 september 2019 - 19:40:56 T Z

New York, USA (PANA) - United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, says “true political and economic reform” in Zimbabwe must include a human rights dimension, [...] Full text...

Mauritanian opposition leaders call for dialogue after meeting with president

18 september 2019 - 19:26:10 MSA

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mohamed Ould Maouloud, leader of the opposition Union of progressive forces (UFP) and candidate of the coalition of forces for democratic [...] Full text...

Tunisia sets Sept 19 as deadline for filing objections to results of the presidential elections

18 september 2019 - 19:17:23 KND

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The last date for the filing of appeals against the provisional results of the presidential election of September 15 in Tunisia [...] Full text...

France condemns clashes in CAR locality of Birao

18 september 2019 - 19:10:28 MSA

Paris, France (PANA) – France on Wednesday ‘’strongly’’ condemned the clashes that broke out on Saturday in Birao, northern region of Central African Republic (CAR) [...] Full text...

Congo: Minister for the Promotion and Integration of Women in Development sacked

18 september 2019 - 18:09:13 KND

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Minister for the Promotion and the Integration of Women in Development, Ines Nefer Bertille Ingani, was fired Tuesday in Brazzaville, [...] Full text...

President Felix Tshisekedi visits Anvers Port

18 september 2019 - 16:40:34 MSA

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Continuing his trip to Belgium, DR Congo's leader, Felix Tshisekedi, on Wednesday visited the Anvers Port where authorities showed him [...] Full text...

"No military solution in Libya" - Italian PM

18 september 2019 - 15:36:40 MSA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has reaffirmed that "there is no military solution to the Libyan crisis", expressing "Italy’s concern to [...] Full text...

Key Rwandan rebel leader killed in fighting in eastern DR Congo

18 september 2019 - 14:49:22 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A senior commander of the Hutu rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), an armed rebel group active in [...] Full text...

Botswana President reiterates commitment to create jobs

18 september 2019 - 12:26:51 M S

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The President of Botswana and leader of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi, has reiterated the commitment of [...] Full text...

Sudanese Prime Minister visits Cairo to meet President Sisi

18 september 2019 - 11:12:51 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese Prime Minister, Dr Abdullah Hamdouk, is in Cairo where he has conferred with Egyptian President Abdul Fatah Sisi on bilateral [...] Full text...

New General Assembly President brings ‘valuable insights’ into key UN challenges - Guterres

18 september 2019 - 05:17:31 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The new President of the 74th session of the General Assembly brings to his role “years of United Nations experience”, [...] Full text...

Delegation from association of Libyan municipalities visits Morocco

17 september 2019 - 22:43:37 KND

Rabat, Morocco (PANA)   -   A delegation of the National Association of Libyan Municipalities Tuesday arrived here on a visit to learn about the various cooperation [...] Full text...

Efforts intensify to hold international conference on Libya

17 september 2019 - 22:21:08 KND

Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   Stakeholders have lately intensified diplomatic efforts at engaging the various partners to end the Libyan crisis.   This followed the unveiling of the [...] Full text...

DRC, Belgium sign MoU on diplomacy, defence, cooperation

17 september 2019 - 19:13:25 MSA

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – DR Congolese president, Felix Tshisekedi, who arrived on Monday in Brussels for a four-day official visit to Belgium, was received on [...] Full text...

Guinean Opposition parties set conditions before legislative elections can take place

17 september 2019 - 18:19:16 KND

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Party Convergence for Rupture (CPR) in Guinea, a group of opposition political parties, on Tuesday slammed the date (December 28), [...] Full text...

Malian president IBK receives US Africom commander, Townsend

17 september 2019 - 18:06:57 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, on Monday received in audience in Bamako the US General Stephen J. Townsend, the 5th commander [...] Full text...

Tunisian presidential election: Kais Saied, Nabil Karoui officially qualify for second round of polls

17 september 2019 - 17:20:43 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian national independent electoral commission (ISIE) on Tuesday proclaimed the preliminary official results of the first round of Sunday’s presidential [...] Full text...

Morocco, Ecuador set to strengthen trade, political relations

17 september 2019 - 15:00:02 MSA

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Moroccan Secretary of State for foreign trade, Rkiya Eddarhem, and the Ecuadorian vice minister of foreign relations, regional integration and international [...] Full text...

Morocco elected vice president for 63rd IAEA general assembly

17 september 2019 - 14:48:43 MSA

Vienna, Austria (PANA) – Morocco was on Monday elected vice president of the 63rd general assembly of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) holding in [...] Full text...

Kais Saied leading Tunisian presidential poll with 19% of counted votes

17 september 2019 - 14:03:03 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Independent candidate Kais Saied remains on top of the first round of Sunday’s early presidential election in Tunisia with 18.8% of [...] Full text...

Sudan, Eritrea to cooperate in economic, military domains

17 september 2019 - 11:29:59 MO

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan and Eritrea have agreed to resume close cooperation in the defence and economic domains and to respect the national sovereignty [...] Full text...

Forum recommends developing strategic roadmap to support decentralization in Libya

17 september 2019 - 11:05:24 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Participants at the first Forum on Local Governance on Monday called for the development of a strategic roadmap to support decentralization [...] Full text...

Tunisian foreign minister receives document of Francophonie summit

16 september 2019 - 23:34:49 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -   Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs Khemaies Jhinaoui Monday received the document titled "Prerequisites" of the Francophonie Summit to be held in [...] Full text...

Tunisia presidential election: Independent candidate, media magnate claim 1st, 2nd in first-round of polls

16 september 2019 - 19:41:13 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The partial results released on Monday afternoon by the Tunisian national independent electoral commission (ISIE) following Sunday’s early presidential election say [...] Full text...

ICC prosecutor to appeal acquittal of Gbagbo, Blé Goudé

16 september 2019 - 19:18:29 KND

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ms. Fatou Bensouda, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, says she will apply to the Appeals [...] Full text...

Nigerian president Buhari meets South African envoy over xenophobic attacks

16 september 2019 - 19:07:10 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received Mr Jeff Radebe, Special Envoy of President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, at the [...] Full text...

Guinean parliamentary elections scheduled for late this year

16 september 2019 - 19:03:16 MSA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guinea's parliamentary elections will be held on 28 December, Mr Salifou Kébé, chairman of the national independent electoral commission (CENI), said [...] Full text...

Libyan presidential council denounces liquidation of dozens of people near Tripoli

16 september 2019 - 15:46:36 KND

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has disclosed "the killing and liquidation of dozens of people in [...] Full text...

Tunisia: Early results show Kais Saied, Nabil Karoui leading Sunday’s presidential vote

16 september 2019 - 14:27:43 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Two unexpected candidates were likely to win Sunday’s presidential election in Tunisia, according to unconfirmed early results which indicate candidates who [...] Full text...

Rwanda, Uganda ad-hoc Commission meets in Kigali to end hostilities

16 september 2019 - 13:36:38 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Senior Government officials and top diplomats from Rwanda and Uganda are meeting in Kigali on Monday to discuss the implementation of [...] Full text...

Voting ends in Rwanda's senatorial election

16 september 2019 - 13:23:37 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Senatorial polls closed at 12:00 a.m. local time (10:00 GMT) on Monday in major polling stations across all 30 districts on [...] Full text...

Botswana President Masisi welcomes back presidential opponent

16 september 2019 - 12:37:23 M S

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi has welcomed back to the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Dr. Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, who left her minister’s [...] Full text...