12 december 2025 - 15:49:42
Rome, Italy (PANA) - In Sudan, deep concerns persist for the many tens of thousands of people believed to be [...] Full text...
01 december 2025 - 17:39:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest [...] Full text...
20 november 2025 - 16:30:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Thursday expressed its deep concern over reports of the "alleged [...] Full text...
31 october 2025 - 10:56:28
El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Thursday it has arrested several of its [...] Full text...
30 october 2025 - 06:45:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, on Wednesday acknowledged [...] Full text...
24 october 2025 - 13:10:31
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government has approved for ratificationa a loan agreement with the West African Development [...] Full text...
22 october 2025 - 17:26:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UN satellite tracking has greatly improved detection of major methane leaks – a gas responsible for [...] Full text...
22 october 2025 - 07:57:27
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Less than two weeks after a fragile ceasefire took effect in Gaza, UN deminers are [...] Full text...
22 october 2025 - 07:57:05
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Less than two weeks after a fragile ceasefire took effect in Gaza, UN deminers are [...] Full text...
13 october 2025 - 11:10:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - About 1.5 tons of war waste and mines were destroyed in the Al-Hira region, southwest of [...] Full text...
04 october 2025 - 06:17:39
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN’s top humanitarian official in Sudan has warned of an impending catastrophe in Darfur, [...] Full text...
25 september 2025 - 19:36:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Thursday called on the transitional [...] Full text...
08 september 2025 - 13:15:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN rights chief Volker Türk on Monday condemned what he called a worldwide “glorification of violence” [...] Full text...
06 august 2025 - 10:46:10
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The history of migration is the story of humanity and its progress. It’s a story [...] Full text...
31 july 2025 - 18:35:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the Government of Italy on this week brought [...] Full text...
21 july 2025 - 12:37:22
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso and Chad at the weekend signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the [...] Full text...
12 july 2025 - 10:48:55
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Facing significant losses from illicit gold trade and seeking to formalize a vital, yet often [...] Full text...
03 july 2025 - 06:36:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official on Wednesday expressed grave alarm that six European countries are [...] Full text...
01 july 2025 - 07:54:28
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The 17th U.S.-Africa Business Summit which was held from 22-25 June yielded record $2.5 billion [...] Full text...
17 june 2025 - 10:34:15
Johannesburg, South Africa, (PANA) - A caged inspection drone offering enhanced inspection capabilities is said to reduce costs for power [...] Full text...
16 june 2025 - 23:42:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and [...] Full text...
06 june 2025 - 19:17:54
New York, US (PANA) - In Ukraine, overnight attacks continued into Thursday morning, resulting in 45 casualties and significant damage [...] Full text...
23 may 2025 - 11:56:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 5,162 beneficiaries have been reached by the unexploded ordnance awareness campaign in Tripoli, [...] Full text...
10 may 2025 - 08:05:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A looming global copper shortage could stall the world’s transition to clean energy and digital technologies [...] Full text...
10 may 2025 - 07:59:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A looming global copper shortage could stall the world’s transition to clean energy and digital technologies [...] Full text...
08 may 2025 - 12:17:11
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Volt Resources Limited on Thursday announced that following a review of the results of the previous [...] Full text...
19 april 2025 - 11:19:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 150 people gathered here Saturday to mark International Mine Awareness Day to discuss efforts to [...] Full text...
09 april 2025 - 15:54:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As the brutal war in Sudan nears the two-year mark, thousands of people continue to flee [...] Full text...
07 april 2025 - 18:52:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 100 million people in more than 60 countries and territories live under the threat [...] Full text...
04 april 2025 - 17:54:34
Kiev. Ukraine (PANA) - What happens to bombs after they land? Some explode. Some don’t, leaving behind a deadly legacy [...] Full text...
17 march 2025 - 12:17:26
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Ukraine will soon receive approximately €3.5 billion after the European Council approved a third payment of [...] Full text...
18 february 2025 - 10:54:33
Bangui, CAR (PANA) – In the ongoing efforts to eradicate polio, the Central African Republic (CAR) has placed a special [...] Full text...
15 february 2025 - 15:10:39
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union's newly-elected Chairman, Angola's President Joao Manuel Lourenco, has promised to leave a [...] Full text...
10 february 2025 - 07:16:44
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Children in Mali are experiencing high levels of violence and serious violations by all parties involved [...] Full text...
31 january 2025 - 08:28:24
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi’s economic recovery remains fragile due to lagging implementation of macroeconomic reforms and a series of [...] Full text...
23 january 2025 - 16:05:41
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Thursday accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of blowing up [...] Full text...
23 january 2025 - 14:25:45
Gaza, Palestine (PANA) - A surge of supplies has entered Gaza since the beginning of the ceasefire, enabling an increase [...] Full text...
20 january 2025 - 17:28:42
New York, US (PANA) - The Middle East is in a period of profound transformation – rife with uncertainty, but [...] Full text...
14 january 2025 - 21:37:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Syria’s lethal legacy of landmines and other explosives left over from years of conflict has led [...] Full text...
10 december 2024 - 05:50:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk delivered his annual statement on Monday, urging global [...] Full text...
23 november 2024 - 13:33:35
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The governments of the United States of America and Mauritania last Thursday held their second [...] Full text...
05 november 2024 - 08:01:21
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Lead is in materials all around us, often unseen. From factories, mines and spices to being [...] Full text...
09 september 2024 - 20:05:54
New York, US (PANA) - As conflicts grow more complex and armed groups increasingly weaponize low-cost technologies like improvised explosive [...] Full text...
02 july 2024 - 17:04:48
Lindi, Southern Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s first-ever shipment of graphite concentrate from the Lindi Jumbo graphite mine, in the southeast [...] Full text...
20 june 2024 - 17:48:29
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - In 2023, the amount of gas flared worldwide rose by nine billion cubic metres [...] Full text...
09 june 2024 - 13:19:17
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Arab Strategy for Standardisation and Quality (2024-2028) has been launched in Rabat, Morocco, to adopt [...] Full text...
21 may 2024 - 17:18:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Industry and Mines, Ahmed Abu Hissa, on Monday held talks with the [...] Full text...
20 may 2024 - 19:14:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbaiba, has stressed the need [...] Full text...
18 may 2024 - 16:33:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Industry and Mines in the government of national unity, Ahmed Abu Heissa, [...] Full text...
14 may 2024 - 16:57:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Mine Action Centre (LibMAC) Thursday announced its intention to develop a national mine action [...] Full text...
08 may 2024 - 17:57:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Mine Action Centre (LibMAC) chaired the Arab Discussion Group of the "National Directors' Day" [...] Full text...
29 april 2024 - 10:45:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) says 17 people, including 14 children, died in incidents [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 17:30:20
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Niger's Minister of Petroleum, Mines and Energy Mahaman Moustapha Barke Tuesday finalized an agreement with Energie [...] Full text...
15 april 2024 - 11:09:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nine Libyan children lost their lives to mines and explosive devices during 2023, the United Nations [...] Full text...
05 april 2024 - 05:18:10
New York, US (PANA) - Landmines and other explosive ordnance directly threaten millions of people caught up in armed conflict [...] Full text...
27 march 2024 - 16:26:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The roadmap setting out the various stages in the process of building a nuclear power [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 19:57:42
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Côte d'Ivoire's Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Energy has announced a major new hydrocarbon discovery [...] Full text...
21 february 2024 - 14:21:20
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso authorities Wednesday announced the suspension of exports of gold produced on artisanal [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 18:44:39
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The national electricity companies of countries of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) began a [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 17:44:45
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - More than 2,000 participants are expected to attend the 4th Mining and oil Forum of the [...] Full text...
12 february 2024 - 11:37:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and the Arab Industrial Development, Standards and Mining Organisation have signed a memorandum of understanding for [...] Full text...
06 february 2024 - 11:37:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Delegates at the 30th African Mining Indaba, which is underway in Cape Town, are [...] Full text...
01 february 2024 - 15:54:37
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The National Assembly Thursday adopted a bill ratifying a cooperation agreement between Burundi and Russia on [...] Full text...
24 january 2024 - 17:35:59
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Several people were killed last Friday when a gallery in a small-scale mine collapsed in [...] Full text...
23 january 2024 - 16:26:44
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Tuesday inaugurated a mine [...] Full text...
03 december 2023 - 17:51:57
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Several African countries have formally expressed interest to join the ground-breaking Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) [...] Full text...
23 november 2023 - 17:36:58
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's transitional President Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Thursday laid the foundation stone for the construction [...] Full text...
28 october 2023 - 15:06:59
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians are experiening intermittent power cuts reminiscent of serious load shedding days from 2014-2016, known in [...] Full text...
28 october 2023 - 12:28:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians are experiening intrmittent power cuts reminiscent of the 'dumsor' era when the entire country went [...] Full text...
05 october 2023 - 07:41:16
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Africa is utilising less than 1% of its wind power potential, which is “very, [...] Full text...
12 september 2023 - 07:40:28
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The expansion of industrial-scale cobalt and copper mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...
05 september 2023 - 12:26:49
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The 5th West African Mining Week will be held from 28 to 30 September 2023 [...] Full text...
29 august 2023 - 08:00:33
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The diamond industry has faced multiple challenges leading to a notable shifting of the industry [...] Full text...
10 august 2023 - 10:55:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The following is the list of cabinet minsters announced on Thursday by the head of [...] Full text...
01 august 2023 - 12:38:34
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty International on Tuesday asked the Niger military junta to urgently protect and respect human rights [...] Full text...
01 august 2023 - 10:19:48
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - France is to start evacuating its nationals from the West African state of Niger, where it [...] Full text...
01 august 2023 - 06:25:43
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United Nations says it will continue consultations with its partners to restore constitutional order in [...] Full text...
31 july 2023 - 16:52:56
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The political party of ousted Niger president Mohamed Bazoum has flagged the detention of several of [...] Full text...
24 july 2023 - 06:46:18
Goma, DRC (PANA) – Militia fighters killed at least 46 civilians, half of them children, and pillaged and burned a [...] Full text...
13 july 2023 - 16:03:42
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than a million people make their living directly from artisanal gold mining in Burkina [...] Full text...
22 june 2023 - 18:57:09
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's ambition is to achieve an electrification rate of 68% by 2023, compared with 57.4% in [...] Full text...
20 june 2023 - 13:46:28
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has decided to drill boreholes to supply water to localities in the communes [...] Full text...
16 june 2023 - 06:16:50
New York, US (PANA) - Countries must phase out coal and other fossil fuels to avert climate “catastrophe”, UN Secretary-General [...] Full text...
15 june 2023 - 15:47:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The sixth meeting of the scientific committee of the 5+5 Training Centre for Humanitarian Demining of [...] Full text...
05 june 2023 - 08:56:32
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has expressed "unwavering support [...] Full text...
04 june 2023 - 14:20:48
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America, mediators for the Sudan ceasefire [...] Full text...
04 june 2023 - 06:38:17
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Kourou/Koualou, a tiny village in a neutral zone straddling Benin and Burkina Faso, was the [...] Full text...
02 june 2023 - 16:38:44
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Army on Friday appeared to be avoiding further escalation in its relations with the [...] Full text...
02 june 2023 - 05:57:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - The world must combat the “toxic tidal wave” of plastic pollution that threatens human rights, two [...] Full text...
01 june 2023 - 19:23:50
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Thursday announced that it is holding accountable the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), [...] Full text...
10 may 2023 - 20:38:45
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – In more than one interview with foreign news media outlets they persistently asked me, as an [...] Full text...
10 may 2023 - 14:09:15
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco and Guinea agreed on Tuesday in Rabat to further enhance their partnership under South-South cooperation, [...] Full text...
03 may 2023 - 20:11:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In recognition of the important work done by Libyan partners to clear mines and explosive remnants [...] Full text...
25 april 2023 - 18:48:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government signed on Tuesday a contract worth 30 billion CFA francs (50 million [...] Full text...
19 april 2023 - 16:39:14
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has launched a crusade against the economic exploitation of children, through the campaign "Zero tolerance [...] Full text...
18 april 2023 - 14:42:24
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Beninese President Patrice Talon on Monday reshuffled his cabinet, according to a decree published in the [...] Full text...
13 april 2023 - 14:58:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Transition Council (CNT), which acts as the national assembly in Mali, approved on Wednesday [...] Full text...
07 april 2023 - 05:19:06
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), through the African Development Fund (ADF), will finance the construction [...] Full text...
06 april 2023 - 08:15:22
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – Côte d’Ivoire and an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission have reached a staff-level agreement, including [...] Full text...
04 april 2023 - 15:20:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Tuesday called, on the occasion of the International [...] Full text...
30 march 2023 - 05:04:25
New York, US (PANA) - The UN envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) warned the Security Council on Wednesday [...] Full text...
22 march 2023 - 12:28:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some Five tons of war debris collected from several locations in the area of Bani Walid, [...] Full text...
16 march 2023 - 13:32:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The National Security Authority announced here Thursday it had destroyed three tons of war remnants of [...] Full text...
12 march 2023 - 16:26:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has stressed the need to [...] Full text...
23 february 2023 - 16:10:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The first edition of the Mali Energy Investors Fair (Salon des investisseurs pour l'énergie au Mali [...] Full text...
10 february 2023 - 13:16:26
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - StarGems Group has established operations in Botswana, attracted by the country’s rough diamonds production capacity.
The Dubai-based [...] Full text...
10 february 2023 - 08:20:08
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – In response to Burkina Faso’s request for emergency support, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff [...] Full text...
31 january 2023 - 19:46:38
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Pope Francis on Tuesday decried conflicts that continue to ravage the DR Congo, and the [...] Full text...
27 december 2022 - 06:03:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In 2022 the UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, [...] Full text...
20 december 2022 - 19:51:12
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe minister in charge of mines and quarries, Simon Pierre Boussim, denied on Tuesday [...] Full text...
20 december 2022 - 19:41:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Four tons of war remnants collected in the military area of Libya's West Coast have been [...] Full text...
05 december 2022 - 12:36:01
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's interim Prime Minister, Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga, on Saturday inaugurated the Gouina hydroelectric dam, 70 km [...] Full text...
29 november 2022 - 13:41:06
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – For countries to achieve an equitable energy transition, responsible management of the extractive and [...] Full text...
24 november 2022 - 11:50:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) have expressed [...] Full text...
16 november 2022 - 16:56:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and Tunisia on Wednesday signed a number of agreements in Tripoli to facilitate trade between [...] Full text...
11 november 2022 - 13:58:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has urged all Libyan parties to step up efforts to [...] Full text...
27 october 2022 - 19:52:59
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - The Namibian government has called on African countries to be bold in finding appropriate solutions to [...] Full text...
27 october 2022 - 15:57:12
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Africa must focus on the implementation of the Paris Agreement, recommends Tom Oweendo, Namibia's Minister of [...] Full text...
26 october 2022 - 11:27:21
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's transitional Prime Minister, Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela, on Tuesday named a 23-member [...] Full text...
20 october 2022 - 05:15:25
New York, US (PANA) - Support from UN peacekeepers serving with the mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, has [...] Full text...
16 october 2022 - 12:37:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two children were injured on Saturday by a mine explosion in the Ain Zara neighbourhood, south [...] Full text...
05 october 2022 - 13:48:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ten tonnes of war remnants stored at the 307th Artillery Battalion in the city of Misrata, [...] Full text...
24 september 2022 - 10:40:25
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Ugandan health ministry said here Saturday three more patients had died from the Ebola Virus [...] Full text...
22 september 2022 - 12:03:29
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - In an accelerated effort to scale up response to the Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda, World [...] Full text...
16 september 2022 - 19:23:41
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - A memorandum of understanding (MoU) relating to the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline was signed on Thursday in [...] Full text...
26 august 2022 - 15:58:36
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least seven people were killed on Friday in an attack on a mining convoy [...] Full text...
28 july 2022 - 19:14:57
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe Minister of Mines and Quarries, Jean Alphonse Somé, on Thursday announced the closure [...] Full text...
28 july 2022 - 13:01:42
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ivorian Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Energy on Thursday announced a second major discovery [...] Full text...
21 july 2022 - 20:36:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 34 landmines, including Russian-origin POM-2 and MON-50 anti-personnel landmines, were deactivated between May and [...] Full text...
21 july 2022 - 12:46:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 5,000 tons of war remnants were recovered and transported on Wednesday to Tripoli [...] Full text...
15 july 2022 - 13:12:47
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The government of Mali will no longer accept a concession contract, but rather a production sharing [...] Full text...
05 july 2022 - 12:03:11
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government’s failure to ensure that abandoned coal mines are rehabilitated puts communities at [...] Full text...
30 june 2022 - 12:54:26
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is currently resorting to its strategic security stock of petroleum products to meet demand and [...] Full text...
27 june 2022 - 12:35:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy, Neila Gonji Nouira, on Saturday inaugurated the first [...] Full text...
22 june 2022 - 10:18:08
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Angola has joined the Extractive Industries Transparency International (EITI), becoming its 57th member country and the 28th in [...] Full text...
16 june 2022 - 12:29:50
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Russia’s war against Ukraine is intensifying and, as a result, African countries are increasingly being [...] Full text...
15 june 2022 - 17:12:31
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The international civil society organisation, "Solidaridad West Africa" (SWA), organised on Tuesday a workshop on the [...] Full text...
11 june 2022 - 19:24:28
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The "Samadou Minning" company has discovered diamond in Bongo Tiemala, nearly 200 km south of Bamako, [...] Full text...
08 june 2022 - 21:01:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and the Russian Federation on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between [...] Full text...
06 june 2022 - 13:00:27
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Construction work of the very first lithium mine in West Africa officially began last Friday on [...] Full text...
31 may 2022 - 07:01:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – New information from Libyan agencies and demining groups links the Wagner Group to the use of banned landmines [...] Full text...
21 may 2022 - 11:35:14
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdoulaye Diop, on Friday lauded Russia's military [...] Full text...
13 may 2022 - 08:56:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The 2022 Mining Indaba summit wrapped up in Cape Town on Friday with delegates [...] Full text...
10 may 2022 - 14:31:51
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government said here Monday evening that rescuers engaged in retrieving eight mine workers [...] Full text...
08 may 2022 - 13:23:12
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The European Union and Morocco have offered to assist Burkina Faso in efforts to rescue [...] Full text...
06 may 2022 - 14:53:37
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Eight mine workers, comprising six Burkinabe, one Tanzanian and one Zambian, are still stuck in [...] Full text...
27 april 2022 - 09:26:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – At least 130 people, mostly civilians, have been killed by landmines and abandoned or unexploded ordnance [...] Full text...
20 april 2022 - 05:13:15
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso Ministry of Mines said on Tuesday that eight people are still missing [...] Full text...
12 april 2022 - 17:36:08
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than a hundred public and ministerial structures in Burkina Faso will be audited in [...] Full text...
07 april 2022 - 12:38:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 162 incidents related to mines or explosive remnants of war (ERW) were reported [...] Full text...
05 april 2022 - 07:31:05
New York, US (PANA) - Although more than 160 States have signed a landmark convention on banning landmines, more action [...] Full text...
28 march 2022 - 17:32:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity and Minister of Defence, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, [...] Full text...
28 march 2022 - 11:35:33
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea has signed a framework agreement with mining companies Rio Timto and Wining Consortium Simandou for [...] Full text...
18 march 2022 - 04:52:10
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on gold refiner Alain Goetz and his network [...] Full text...
06 march 2022 - 18:17:49
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Prime Minister of the transition of Burkina Faso, Albert Ouédraogo, on Saturday unveiled a [...] Full text...
04 march 2022 - 16:03:31
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Armed Forces (FAMAS) said here Friday it killed eight suspected terrorists, arrested 16 suspects [...] Full text...
01 march 2022 - 14:01:09
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Ministries of Industry, Mines and Energy, and of Trade and Export Development, announced here [...] Full text...
24 february 2022 - 21:24:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Prime Minister, Choguel Kokalla Maiga, who has been in Dubai since Monday to take [...] Full text...
23 february 2022 - 13:46:00
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of Burkina Faso, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henry Sandaogo Damiba, Wednesday called for sanity in the [...] Full text...
23 february 2022 - 13:09:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two children from the same family were killed on Tuesday when a landmine exploded near their [...] Full text...
13 february 2022 - 15:49:29
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has reassured the population of adequate security and announced new security measures following [...] Full text...
09 february 2022 - 18:21:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The ninth meeting of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission started on Wednesday at its permanent headquarters [...] Full text...
08 february 2022 - 17:48:42
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Ministry of Lands and Natural resources has imposed a $6 million fine on the company [...] Full text...
25 january 2022 - 06:59:58
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and Tanzania on Monday an agreement aimed at enhancing collaboration between them in traditional [...] Full text...
22 january 2022 - 19:08:26
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Minister of Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Abu Jinapor has ordered the suspension of the [...] Full text...
20 january 2022 - 20:30:33
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as "sad and unfortunate", the explosion that occurred [...] Full text...
20 january 2022 - 18:35:33
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Many people are feared dead in an explosion that occurred at Apiate, a town between Bogoso [...] Full text...
19 january 2022 - 15:06:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Malian delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdoulaye Diop, arrived [...] Full text...
29 december 2021 - 14:17:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Interior Minister Khaled Mazen met on Tuesday in Tripoli with members of the 5+5 Joint [...] Full text...
29 december 2021 - 13:39:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The ambassador of the Russian Federation to Mali, Igor Gromyko, announced here Wednesday that the Russian [...] Full text...
18 december 2021 - 14:17:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eight children were killed and three others wounded by an explosion of landmines in the al-Tuwaybia [...] Full text...
08 december 2021 - 12:04:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Three tons of explosives and remnants of war were destroyed Tuesday in the area of al-Agrabiya, [...] Full text...
03 december 2021 - 16:02:29
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Transitional Council (CNT), a legislative body, on Thursday adopted several bills, including a text [...] Full text...
17 november 2021 - 20:41:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The first conference on demining and remnants of war started here Wednesday to take stock of [...] Full text...
05 november 2021 - 18:42:56
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government, led by Mohamed Béavogui, is finally fully formed.
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31 october 2021 - 10:42:19
Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) - As world leaders gather in Glasgow for the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) this week, the stakes [...] Full text...
27 october 2021 - 10:56:27
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's head of state, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, on Tuesday named four new ministers, including three women, [...] Full text...
07 october 2021 - 20:25:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The chairman of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya, Mohamed Aujjar, presented on Thursday the first [...] Full text...
04 october 2021 - 14:50:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – There are reasonable grounds to believe that war crimes have been committed in Libya, while violence [...] Full text...
28 september 2021 - 19:14:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US embassy in Libya has reiterated its military cooperation in helping Libya improve its capacity [...] Full text...
23 september 2021 - 13:55:25
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The mining industry has vaccinated, or partially vaccinated, 203 007 employees and contractors in South Africa [...] Full text...
14 august 2021 - 06:17:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rival armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are carrying out horrific sexual attacks [...] Full text...
12 august 2021 - 16:44:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Malian delegation, led by the Ministers of Mines, Energy and Water, Lamine Seydou Traoré and [...] Full text...
30 july 2021 - 13:10:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's 5+5 Joint Military Commission announced on Friday the start of preparatory measures for the departure [...] Full text...
28 july 2021 - 07:48:53
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – Sierra Leone has secured a US$44.2 million support from the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) of [...] Full text...
22 july 2021 - 12:08:40
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Human rights groups have tasked automobile companies to do more to address abuses in their [...] Full text...
29 june 2021 - 12:07:34
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohamed Mhamed Aoun, on Monday expressed his country's wish [...] Full text...
26 may 2021 - 06:58:02
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with global school closures and inadequate government [...] Full text...
20 may 2021 - 12:07:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba arrived on Thursday in the city of Bani Walid, about 180 [...] Full text...
17 may 2021 - 10:32:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The explosion of mines and explosive remnants of war killed 93 people and injured 143 others [...] Full text...
21 april 2021 - 15:42:04
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Indonesia on Wednesday held "West Java - Africa Investment Round Table" virtually, bringing together participants in [...] Full text...
09 april 2021 - 17:03:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than 100 countries are participating in the 8th edition of the International Date and Related [...] Full text...
09 april 2021 - 06:55:43
New York, US (PANA) - The “mere presence” of landmines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) can [...] Full text...
07 april 2021 - 22:26:21
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Nigerien president, Mohamed Bazoum, acting on the proposal of the prime minister and head [...] Full text...