Two injured as a missile hits Tripoli Medical Center
KND Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two people were injured on Saturday when a missile hit the rear portal of the Tripoli Medical Center, medical and military [...] Full text...
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Three companions of Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cissé released
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Union for the Republic and Democracy (URD), Mali's main opposition party, announced on Saturday that the last three members of [...] Full text...
South Africa: Mandela's foundation salutes Apartheid-era general
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Nelson Mandela Foundation have paid tribute to an Apartheid-era General who played a key [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: UN chief urges unity in mobilising ‘every ounce of energy’ to defeat pandemic
MA New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonion Guterres on Friday stressed that there should be only one fight in our world today, as [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Restrictions hamper aid access for Sudanese in need
MA Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations and its partners are putting in place alternative plans to ensure the continuity of humanitarian assistance in Sudan, [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Ghana extends closure of borders by two weeks
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Akufo-Addo has extended the closure of the country's borders by two weeks as it continues to take measures to [...] Full text...
336 Tunisians stranded at Libyan borders evacuated
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Three hundred and thirty-six Tunisian nationals stranded for several days at the Libyan site of the Ras Jedir border were Friday [...] Full text...
Twitter restricts Zimbabwe's info Ministry from accounting over unusual activity
T Z Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Twitter has temporarily restricted Zimbabwe's Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services from accounting for the second time this year over [...] Full text...
President of Islamic Association of Niger dies
KND Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The president of the Islamic Association of Niger (AIN) and Imam of the Great Prayers Mosque of Niamey, Sheikh Diabiri Omar [...] Full text...
Four people killed in suspected terrorist attack in Burkina Faso
BBA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- Four people were killed on Thursday night in Nafo village of north-central Burkina Faso by an armed group, corroborative sources told [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso crisis, coronavirus concerns highlight pressure on Sahel food security
MA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Food insecurity levels in the Sahel region are “spiralling out of control”, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday, [...] Full text...
GNA forces destroy Haftar's ammunition convoy in southeast Libya
KND Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A convoy of three trucks ferrying ammunition of the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar was destroyed on [...] Full text...
More than 200 Tunisians stranded at border with Libya
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - More than 200 Tunisians are stranded at the two border crossings between Tunisia and Libya, the head of the Tunisian observatory [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Insecurity hangs big risk of COVID-19 spread in Libya, says OCHA
MSA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Wednesday warned that Libya was “facing a big danger about the [...] Full text...
Kenyatta interacts with coronavirus survivors
AO Nairobi, Kenya 2020, (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta invited coronavirus survivors for a face-to-face meeting on Wednesday after an interactive session via a videolink [...] Full text...
UN renews mandate of AU-UN peace keepers in Darfur
MO Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday renewed the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Peace Keeping Force in Darfur up to [...] Full text...
World Bank approves $500 million education loan to Tanzania
EBM Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The World Bank has ultimately endorsed the $500 million education loan to Tanzania, which was earlier deferred due to [...] Full text...
Congo: 20 people electrocuted as high voltage electric cables snapped
KND Brazzaville, Congo (PANA - Twenty people were electrocuted on Wednesday in Kintélé, a northern suburb of Brazzaville, when lightning snapped high voltage cables of E2C [...] Full text...
Ten suspected terrorists killed in northwestern Burkina Faso
KND Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least ten suspected terrorists were killed on Tuesday in Toéni locality of Boucle du Mouhoun, the northwestern region of [...] Full text...
Mali authorizes a special Air France flight to land in Bamako
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Despite the suspension of flights from coronavirus affected countries, the Malian government has authorized a special Air-France flight to land in [...] Full text...
Kenya's enforcement of social distance more lethal than coronavirus (News feature by Kennedy Abwao, PANA corespondent)
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The use of lethal force to enforce social distancing against coronavirus in Kenya has become deadlier than the virus itself.
Yassin Hussein [...] Full text...
One killed, 3 wounded in new bombardment of Tripoli residential districts
MSA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – At least one person was killed and three others wounded on Tuesday in a new bombardment of residential districts in Guarchesh [...] Full text...
Nigeria: Abuja, Lagos, Ogun States roads, streets deserted over COVID-19 movement restrictions
MON Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Roads and streets in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja, its commercial capital Lagos and neighbouring Ogun State are deserted as the Nigerian [...] Full text...
UN welcomes election of board of Libyan Bar Association
MSA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has warmly welcomed the election of the executive body of the Libyan Bar Association [...] Full text...
Libya: NOC welcomes release of two of its staff abducted for 19 months
MSA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Managing Committee of the Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) has welcomed the release of two of the company’s staff abducted [...] Full text...
. Malian armed forces kill 5 terrorists in Mopti region
KND Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian armed forces neutralized five terrorists on Sunday in Tiguila town of Mondoro in the Mopti region of central Mali, PANA [...] Full text...
Interruption in power supply disrupts water availability in Tripoli and surroundings
KND Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Artificial River Project Implementation and Management Authority announced on Monday the interruption of drinking water supply in Tripoli and [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: UNESCO rallies support to ensure that learning never stops
MA Paris, France (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) says it is launching a global education coalition to support countries in scaling up [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritanian gov't closes businesses, shuts down Kaedi
MSA Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian government has closed all businesses in the country from Sunday until further notice as it rolled out more measures [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Judicial activities suspended in Libya
MSA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Supreme Council of Magistrates in Libya has announced the suspension of work in the courts, prosecutions and other judicial bodies [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Authorities in Libyan city of Misrata decree one week of confinement
MSA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A total confinement, with a 24-hour curfew, was decreed on Sunday by the Municipal Council of Misrata, 220 km east of [...] Full text...
Police enforce coronavirus induced curfew in Kenya, seven new cases confirmed
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police fired teargas canisters and beat scores of people rushing home on the second day of a nationwide curfew meant to [...] Full text...
Tunisia arrests two suspected terrorists planning attacks
KND Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Two suspected terrorists who were planning attacks in Tunisia have been arrested, the spokesman for the anti-terrorist unit in Tunisia, Sofiène [...] Full text...
Former Congolese minister dies in Brazzaville
KND Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's former sports minister and ambassador to China, Jean-Claude Ganga, died at his home on Saturday in Brazzaville, aged 86, PANA [...] Full text...
At least 8 people killed in north-central Burkina Faso
KND Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 8 people were killed and cattle stolen on Saturday from Moméné village, in the commune of Zimtanga in [...] Full text...
Chadian opponent released in France
KND Paris, France (PANA) - Mahamat Nouri, president of the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD), a Chadian politico-military movement opposed to President Deby [...] Full text...
Two rescue workers injured, ambulance destroyed in shelling in eastern Libya
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two paramedics were injured and an ambulance was destroyed in the Abu Grein area, east of Misrata, in a shelling that [...] Full text...
Peacekeeping radio station provides COVID-19 information to vulnerable communities in South Sudan
AR Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - UN Peacekeeping radio stations are playing a vital role – getting information to vulnerable communities in conflict-affected states about the [...] Full text...
UN human rights office concerned by information shutdown in Ethiopia
AR Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Friday it is very concerned by the continued communications [...] Full text...
Guinean police seize large quantity of arms bound for Mali
MSA Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Seven people, including three Guinean soldiers and a Malian national, were arrested and detained for trafficking in arms they stole from [...] Full text...
Malian singer Rokia Traoré put under judicial control in France
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A French court on Wednesday ordered the release of Malian singer Rokia Traoré, who will remain under judicial supervision before her [...] Full text...
Congo sets aside CFAF 35.6 million for burial of bodies abandoned in Brazzaville morgues
MTA Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government has released FCFA 35,675,000 for the burial of 570 bodies abandoned in three morgues of the Congolese capital, [...] Full text...
Judicial police free 82 detainees from Tripoli prison to prevent spread of coronavirus
KND Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 82 detainees in the new penitentiary and rehabilitation centre at Tripoli central prison have been released, the city's [...] Full text...
Four wounded as attacks on Tripoli continue
MSA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Four people, including two Tunisian nationals, were wounded after the bombing on the zone of al-Sbia, in eastern Tripoli, as shell [...] Full text...
Burkinabe President saddened by death of 92 Chadian soldiers in Boko Haram attack
KND Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Wednesday demonstrated his solidarity with the Chadian people, who on Tuesday lost [...] Full text...
Libya: GNA forces announce capture of airbase from LNA
KND Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan forces allied to the Government of National Accord (GNA) on Wednesday announced the takeover of al-Wattia Airbase which was under [...] Full text...
Two Malian soldiers killed in explosive device attack
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two Malian soldiers were killed, three others injured and their vehicle damaged in an improvised explosive device explosion on Tuesday in [...] Full text...
Three people including village chief killed in eastern Burkina Faso
BBA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The head of the village of Tankoualou, as well and two others, were killed by unidentified gunmen in the town [...] Full text...
Nigerian military confirms killing of troops in northeast region, but disputes figures
MON Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military has confirmed the killing of dozens its troops by Boko Haram terrorists in the Alargano axis of Borno [...] Full text...
Nigeria: Boko Haram kills over 70 soldiers during ambush in Alargano, Northeast Nigeria
MON Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – In a devastating and unprecedented blow in Nigeria’s recent war against terrorists in Northeast region, over 70 Nigerian soldiers were wiped [...] Full text...