Canada provides US$26.9 million support for victims of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorism in Nigeria

24 june 2021 - 19:54:45 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Canadian government has announced that it is “providing US$26.95 million in new humanitarian assistance funding” to help meet the basic [...] Full text...

Burkinabe authorities extend State of emergency in 14 provinces by 18 months

24 june 2021 - 19:26:11 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's parliamentarians voted on Thursday to extend the state of emergency, by 18 months, in 14 of the country's [...] Full text...

U.S. Government boosts Malawi and WFP’s efforts to achieve zero hunger

24 june 2021 - 15:34:51 AR

Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA)  – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$ 9.5 million contribution from the United States Government, through the [...] Full text...

WFP welcomes US$5.3 million from United States for refugee food assistance in Rwanda

24 june 2021 - 15:30:00 AR

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received on Thursday US$5.3 million from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) to provide [...] Full text...

Goodwill Ambassador Hend Sabry receives WFP Nobel pin and certificate

24 june 2021 - 15:27:18 AR

Cairo, Egypt(PANA) - United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador and film star Hend Sabry received on Thursday her WFP Nobel commemorative pin and [...] Full text...

South Africans barred from attending Hajj pilgrimage

24 june 2021 - 12:59:59 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Muslims will be barred from attending Hajj in Saudi Arabia this year. For the second consecutive year, the [...] Full text...

Tunisian navy rescues 267 illegal migrants

24 june 2021 - 12:02:41 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Navy on Thursday rescued a boat of illegal migrants off the town of Bengardane, near the Libyan border, with [...] Full text...

Libyan coast guards rescue 19 illegal migrants

24 june 2021 - 10:40:30 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan coast guard patrol boat on Wednesday rescued 19 illegal migrants of various African nationalities off the Libyan coast after [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US 'gravely concerned' about Tigray village market air strike

24 june 2021 - 07:39:41 MA

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it is "gravely concerned" by reports that dozens of civilians were killed or injured during a [...] Full text...

More than 50 cases of rape of minors recorded in Guinean capital in 6 months

23 june 2021 - 21:20:39 MTA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - About 53 cases of rape of under-age girls were recorded between January and June 2021 in the special zone of the [...] Full text...

Mine explosion kills 2 soldiers in north-central Burkina Faso

23 june 2021 - 18:14:13 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two Burkinabe soldiers were killed on Wednesday when an improvised explosive device blew up as their vehicle passed by while [...] Full text...

WFP appeals to the world to save starving population in Madagascar

23 june 2021 - 14:05:12 AR

Ambovombe, Madagascar (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking US$78.6 million  to provide lifesaving food in the next lean season in order to [...] Full text...

Ambush on police patrol in north-central Burkina Faso leaves 15 dead

23 june 2021 - 13:42:50 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The latest death toll from Monday night's ambush by unidentified gunmen on the Barsalogho-Foubé road in north-central Burkina Faso is [...] Full text...

Priest and four companions kidnapped in central Mali

23 june 2021 - 13:30:28 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Ségué parish priest, Abbé Léon Douyon, and four of his companions were abducted on Tuesday by unknown persons between Ouo and [...] Full text...

Nigeria: 18 days after ban, Nigeria raises Ministerial team to meet with Twitter

22 june 2021 - 18:41:52 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Eighteen days after banning Twitter operations in Nigeria, the federal government on Tuesday raised a Ministerial panel to negotiate with the [...] Full text...

Germany supports WFP's life-saving food assistance to vulnerable families in South Sudan

22 june 2021 - 15:52:23 AR

Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of €5.7 million (US$6.68 million) for 2021 from Germany [...] Full text...

WFP says 41 million at imminent risk of famine without urgent funding and humanitarian access

22 june 2021 - 15:50:51 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday warned that famine – already present in four countries – could become [...] Full text...

Road crashes claim 622 lives in Mali in 2020

22 june 2021 - 13:22:51 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 622 people were killed in traffic accidents in Mali in 2020 compared to 663 in 2019, a reduction [...] Full text...

17 missing police officers in Burkina Faso found safe

22 june 2021 - 12:56:36 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's 17  police officers who went missing on Monday after an ambush by unidentified armed men on a patrol [...] Full text...

Several police officers go missing after terrorist attack in north-central Burkina Faso

22 june 2021 - 12:25:39 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Several police officers were still missing on Tuesday, after an ambush by unidentified armed men at a police patrol in Bilbalogo [...] Full text...

Some 90 Egyptians held at Libyan migrant centre released

22 june 2021 - 12:00:13 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 90 Egyptian citizens who were detained in a migrant detention centre at the headquarters of the Anti-Illegal Immigration Body in [...] Full text...

Three soldiers of French Barkane force injured in car bomb attack in Mali

22 june 2021 - 11:54:01 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three soldiers of the French Barkhane force were wounded on Monday in an attack by terrorists in Gossi, 160 km from [...] Full text...

Mines kill 99 people in Libya between April 2020 and May 2021, says EU

22 june 2021 - 10:21:11 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 99 people died in mine explosions in Libya and 147 others were injured from April 2020 to May [...] Full text...

EU set to increase its role as global maritime security provider

22 june 2021 - 10:06:09 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union will increase its role as a global maritime security provider since it depends on safe, clean and secure [...] Full text...

South African court orders Apartheid-era trial to proceed

22 june 2021 - 09:50:45 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Apartheid-era policeman Joao Rodrigues arguing that criminal proceedings [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso army 'neutralised' 11 suspected terrorists last week

22 june 2021 - 09:16:40 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe armed forces say they neutralised 11 suspected terrorists and destroyed three of their bases in the week of [...] Full text...

Angelina Jolie calls for solidarity with refugees around the world

21 june 2021 - 18:00:47 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN refugee agency's special envoy, Angelina Jolie, has called for solidarity with refugees around the world. "We are not doing [...] Full text...

Makeshift boat capsizes killing 20 Malians on way to Spain

21 june 2021 - 16:06:00 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Twenty young Malians who were trying to reach Spain via the Mauritanian coast perished when their makeshift boat capsized, Mali's bi-weekly, [...] Full text...

Twenty African staff officers graduate from Koulikoro staff college in Mali

21 june 2021 - 14:41:20 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Twenty trainee officers, including four women, from Mali (14), Burkina Faso (1), Côte d'Ivoire (1), Guinea (1), Niger (1), Senegal (1) [...] Full text...

Late Zambia’s first President Kaunda to be put to rest on 7 July

21 june 2021 - 13:19:40 MM

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s first President Kenneth Kaunda will be buried on 7 July, 2021 in the capital Lusaka at the Presidential Burial Site, [...] Full text...

Libyan cost guard rescues 14 migrants

21 june 2021 - 11:07:29 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fourteen illegal migrants of various African nationalities, who were heading for the European coast in a rubber dinghy, were rescued on [...] Full text...

Libya recovers Gaddafi's presidential plane stranded abroad

21 june 2021 - 09:46:17 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya on Sunday recovered the presidential plane used by the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, which had been stranded in France for [...] Full text...

Fifteen bandits, one soldier killed in gunfight in northwest Nigeria

21 june 2021 - 06:08:46 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Fifteen bandits were killed in a gun battle with Nigerian Army troops on Saturday in Anguwan Mallam in Kontagora, Niger State, [...] Full text...

Nigeria: Military rescues 3 additional students, one teacher of FGC Yauri, kills one bandit

20 june 2021 - 20:04:14 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Army on Sunday said its troops rescued additional three students and one teacher of the Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin-Yauri, [...] Full text...

ECOWAS to reduce 15-Member Commission to seven

20 june 2021 - 18:26:24 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will from March 2022 reduce its current 15-member Commission to seven, local media reports [...] Full text...

Mauritius : Government announces 15 public holidays for 2022

20 june 2021 - 11:25:58 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The government of Mauritius Sunday published the list of 15 public holidays to be observed in 2022.  They are New Year, Saturday, [...] Full text...

Mauritius: Horses from South Africa to be quarantined

20 june 2021 - 11:10:14 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The government of Mauritius has announced several measures to prevent the entry of the African Horse Sickness following its outbreak in [...] Full text...

Protesters block Abuja-Kaduna highway over unending killings, kidnapping by bandits

19 june 2021 - 15:22:10 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Travellers are trapped on the Abuja-Kaduna highway in northwest Nigeria as angry residents refused the plea of Police and other security [...] Full text...

General Laurent Michon to head French Barkane force in Sahel in July

19 june 2021 - 14:34:38 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - General Laurent Michon will replace General Marc Conruyt as head of the French Barkhane force engaged in the fight against terrorism [...] Full text...

Equatorial Guinea's VP loses South African court case

19 june 2021 - 13:37:23 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Western Cape High Court has ordered Equatorial Guinea’s Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue to pay a South [...] Full text...

Humanitarians report thousands facing most severe food insecurity in northern Mozambique

19 june 2021 - 08:45:19 AR

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Although the ongoing harvest is expected to improve food security in parts of Mozambique, the conflict in the northern Cabo Delgado [...] Full text...

Libya sets up Press Reform Committee

18 june 2021 - 17:21:29 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, has announced the setting up of a Press Reform Committee, following the recent dissolution of [...] Full text...

Islamic State element for Greater Sahara arrested in joint Barkane-Nigerien army operation

18 june 2021 - 15:21:01 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A senior member of the Islamic State in the Great Sahara (EIGS), Dadi ould Chouaib, known as Abou Dardar, was arrested [...] Full text...

Famine risk spikes amid conflict, COVID-19 and funding gaps - WFP

18 june 2021 - 15:11:18 AR

Rome, Italy (PANA) - The impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19, in addition to a lack of funding, have left millions [...] Full text...

Messages pour in as world mourns Zambian first President KK

18 june 2021 - 14:46:48 MM

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Messages of tribute are been sent in as world leaders mourn Zambia’s founding President Kenneth Kaunda, also popularly known as KK, [...] Full text...

Bring crimes of sexual violence in conflict out of ‘the shadows’: UN chief

18 june 2021 - 06:24:18 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, the UN chief said on Thursday [...] Full text...

UNHCR urges world leaders to act to reverse trend of soaring displacement

18 june 2021 - 06:05:07 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday urged world leaders to step up their efforts to foster peace, stability [...] Full text...

Bandits kidnap 30 college students, 3 teachers in Northwest Nigeria

17 june 2021 - 18:35:31 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Bandits continued their rampage against schools in Northern Nigeria with the invasion of the Federal Government Girls College, Birnin Yauri, Kebbi [...] Full text...

"I’ll fight terrorism to the end, return IDPs back to normal lives", says Buhari

17 june 2021 - 18:30:49 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, assured citizens of the Federal Government's presence in fighting terrorism to [...] Full text...

Zambia declares 21 days of national mourning for late former President Kaunda

17 june 2021 - 18:10:05 MM

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu, has declared 21 days of national mourning in honour of the country’s first President Kenneth Kaunda, who [...] Full text...