25 april 2021 - 09:35:36
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius government will implement a COVID-19 Artists Support Plan 2021 for the cultural and creative [...] Full text...
26 march 2021 - 16:02:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 4th edition of the Wassulu International Festival (FIWA) is scheduled for 8-10 April in Yanfolila, [...] Full text...
05 march 2021 - 18:42:39
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - While Senegal is rocked by clashes and protests following the arrest of the main opponent [...] Full text...
22 february 2021 - 11:33:57
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, has asked his lawyers to [...] Full text...
16 february 2021 - 15:48:12
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The Gambian National Human Rights Commission has noticed with deep concern and fear, the public’s total disregard [...] Full text...
09 february 2021 - 21:32:08
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ms. Sahlework Zewdie, arrived here early Tuesday [...] Full text...
05 february 2021 - 23:00:50
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian opposition leader and political change activist, Jawar Mohammed, and 22 others, held in pre-trial [...] Full text...
25 january 2021 - 10:39:00
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The High Court in Kampala on Monday ordered security operatives to "immediately vacate" the home of [...] Full text...
16 january 2021 - 09:54:02
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and South Africa will sign an Implementation Framework on cooperation in the fields of arts, [...] Full text...
04 january 2021 - 08:21:09
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is commemorating World Braille Day, on Monday, highlighting the importance of the [...] Full text...
03 january 2021 - 19:39:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan teachers and other school staff who are aged 58 years or above and those with [...] Full text...
30 december 2020 - 13:42:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Internationally renowned Malian artist Sidiki Diabaté was granted a provisional release on Tuesday after payment of [...] Full text...
24 december 2020 - 10:56:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US President Donald Trump has reaffirmed the commitment of the United States to support Libya's restoration [...] Full text...
16 december 2020 - 20:40:47
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Ten years on, Sidi Bouzid, a marginalized region in central Tunisia, is still expecting the gains [...] Full text...
14 december 2020 - 07:21:10
Kapala, Uganda (PANA) - Amnesty International on Monday asked the Ugandan authorities to take measures to immediately end the wave [...] Full text...
11 december 2020 - 19:41:21
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan authorities must take measures to immediately end the wave of human rights violations and abuses [...] Full text...
16 november 2020 - 19:28:11
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has slammed the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) after the former African player [...] Full text...
16 november 2020 - 12:10:41
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - Arsenal's Gabonese star, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, says he was held hostage at the Banjul International Airport in Gambia [...] Full text...
03 november 2020 - 21:51:14
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The Ugandan Opposition has faced harassment on the second and last day of the submission of [...] Full text...
03 november 2020 - 00:38:04
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, amid a heavy presidential convoy here, Monday presented his nomination papers to [...] Full text...
27 october 2020 - 23:23:38
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian authorities have banned a peaceful march against ethnically motivated killings scheduled for 28 October, [...] Full text...
16 october 2020 - 12:41:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - More than 400 young Africans were on Friday honoured for their leadership in addressing plastic pollution [...] Full text...
16 october 2020 - 11:49:51
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - All too soon, but as expected, World attention is shifting from Mali after a frenetic diplomatic [...] Full text...
13 october 2020 - 15:29:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International, claims the Nigeria Police killed “at least” 10 Nigerians since [...] Full text...
04 october 2020 - 20:04:31
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d'Ivoire on Saturday (3 October 2020) inaugurated its new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium, built with [...] Full text...
24 september 2020 - 23:08:29
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian international music artist Sidiki Diabaté was arrested Monday and taken into custody at the Judicial [...] Full text...
24 september 2020 - 19:50:17
New York (PANA) - Goodwill ambassadors of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said here Thursday the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic [...] Full text...
19 september 2020 - 19:13:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan newspapers highlighted the dilemma facing the ministry of education officials as they plot to reopen [...] Full text...
17 september 2020 - 19:11:51
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – At the expiration of the State of Public Emergency by midnight tonight (Thursday 17 Sept.), President [...] Full text...
07 september 2020 - 20:46:01
Paris, France (PANA) - Artists from six African countries have won this year’s edition of The Burden of Memory Project [...] Full text...
07 september 2020 - 19:01:53
Paris, France (PANA) – The Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF) has announced an initiative that aims to help musicians and [...] Full text...
06 september 2020 - 05:20:17
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan famous Veteran musician, Abdul Makanyaka, inspired by ongoing efforts to mobilize the public in fighting [...] Full text...
04 september 2020 - 12:51:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Global stars Janet Jackson and Cristiano Ronaldo this week threw their formidable weight behind [...] Full text...
01 september 2020 - 14:11:33
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – MultiChoice, Africa's leading entertainment company, has announced its intention to “significantly increase investment in Ethiopia [...] Full text...
25 august 2020 - 14:26:35
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A 34-year-old blind man, Walid Zidi, is one the ministers appointed on Monday by the Tunisian [...] Full text...
24 august 2020 - 13:08:15
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Exclusive online shop for Botswana’s creative industry entrepreneurs to sell their music, film, fashion, crafts and [...] Full text...
21 august 2020 - 17:10:15
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Kenyan journalist, Yassin Juma, also known as Collins Juma Osemo, held in a police detention [...] Full text...
20 august 2020 - 22:24:57
COMESA chief, Kenya sports minister named for Africa influential woman award
Nairoi, Kenya (PANA) - COMESA Secretary General Chileshe Kapwepwe has [...] Full text...
19 august 2020 - 00:03:07
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tuesday outlined key logistical hurdles in fight [...] Full text...
17 august 2020 - 15:54:52
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The song,Jerusalema, by South African record producer, Master KG, is taking the world by [...] Full text...
08 august 2020 - 17:50:58
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A series of public health responses to cope with the consequences of coronavirus (COVID-19) dominated the [...] Full text...
25 july 2020 - 16:44:45
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week gave wide coverage to the country's response to COVID-19 and the new [...] Full text...
23 july 2020 - 17:51:40
Paris, France (PANA) - In the face of growing inequality, racism, violence and intolerance at the heart of the COVID-19 [...] Full text...
12 july 2020 - 18:09:18
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Paris public prosecutor's office Wednesday requested a national arrest warrant against Malian musician Rokia Traoré [...] Full text...
04 july 2020 - 16:46:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Legendary South African actress Mary Twala died in Johannesburg Saturday after a lengthy illness [...] Full text...
02 july 2020 - 21:18:56
Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty international (AI) Thursday called on Ethiopian authorities to open immediate, impartial, and independent investigations into [...] Full text...
02 july 2020 - 14:31:50
Ambo, Ethiopia (PANA) - Hundreds of mourners gathered Thursday for the funeral of a popular Ethiopian singer whose assassination this [...] Full text...
02 july 2020 - 13:56:04
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, says he is monitoring [...] Full text...
30 june 2020 - 23:01:51
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Violence broke out in three major cities in Ethiopia - Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa and [...] Full text...
19 june 2020 - 19:13:53
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally and controversial businessman, John Bredenkamp, has died, aged 79, from kidney [...] Full text...
19 june 2020 - 11:40:08
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Senegalese musician Youssou N'Dour in a tweet on Thursday called for the release of Malian opposition [...] Full text...
16 june 2020 - 07:42:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday expressed disgust at the poor level of [...] Full text...
10 june 2020 - 23:47:57
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The chief executive officer (CEO) of Marck Foundation, Dr Rasha Kelej, Wednesday joined the battle against [...] Full text...
10 june 2020 - 14:23:37
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Members of the government, those of the diplomatic and consular corps accredited to Burundi, as well [...] Full text...
01 june 2020 - 16:46:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Humanitarian organizations, Red Cross, Red Crescent Movement and Facebook partnered Monday to launch a campaign to [...] Full text...
26 may 2020 - 11:36:36
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The "Make your Mask Challenge", a campaign to raise awareness among African communities of the importance [...] Full text...
23 may 2020 - 15:44:16
Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO joins the African Broadcasting Union and the organization Most Beautiful African Dream Academy for Youth [...] Full text...
22 may 2020 - 16:43:50
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Minister of Culture, Abdoul Karim Sango, said he is saddened by the death [...] Full text...
22 may 2020 - 13:42:49
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean music virtuoso Mory Kanté passed away on Friday at the Sino-Guinean hospital in Conakry where [...] Full text...
19 may 2020 - 15:06:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Tieblié Dramé on Monday met with Belgian Ambassador [...] Full text...
08 may 2020 - 21:51:03
Paris, France (PANA) - Ghanaian Akwasi Bediako Afrane, Kenyan Jackie Karuti, and South African Sabelo Mlangeni are the three artists [...] Full text...
08 may 2020 - 05:07:07
Paris, France (PANA) - Top artists from across Africa and throughout the African Diaspora have joined forces with the UN [...] Full text...
04 may 2020 - 21:47:48
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The Gambian artists and cultural troupes will join other counterparts to participate in the UNESCO Resiliart Teleconference [...] Full text...
21 april 2020 - 05:24:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has reiterated its stance on the lifting of lockdown measures aimed [...] Full text...
13 april 2020 - 17:28:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The family of South African music legend, Johnny Clegg, has prevented a shark cage-diving [...] Full text...
06 april 2020 - 18:40:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International advocacy organization, Global Citizen, and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced the "One [...] Full text...
05 april 2020 - 12:55:02
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Christians in Ghana are on Sunday marking Palm Sunday but without the normal joyful processions with [...] Full text...
28 march 2020 - 08:44:29
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - UN Peacekeeping radio stations are playing a vital role – getting information to vulnerable communities [...] Full text...
26 march 2020 - 14:36:42
Paris, France (PANA) - French President Emmanuel Macron praised the memory of famous Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dibango on Wednesday as [...] Full text...
25 march 2020 - 19:36:45
Paris, France (PANA) - Several radio stations broadcasting in France, including RFI, FIP and France Musique, as well as the [...] Full text...
17 march 2020 - 20:37:11
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Writers’ Association of The Gambia (WAG), in collaboration with the National Centre for Arts and [...] Full text...
16 march 2020 - 10:59:31
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has suspended all local football activities, as fears of COVID-19 or [...] Full text...
15 march 2020 - 13:08:09
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government says it is closely following the case of renowned musician Rokia Traore, who [...] Full text...
13 march 2020 - 20:25:24
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The launch of the 13th edition of the Anoumabo Urban Music Festival (FEMUA) took place [...] Full text...
07 march 2020 - 18:53:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 9th edition of the International Festival of Sélingué, dedicated to urban music and fashion, will [...] Full text...
04 march 2020 - 19:13:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Friends of La Francophonie in the Tunisian city of Sousse (140 km south of Tunis) are [...] Full text...
04 march 2020 - 13:36:55
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The third edition of the International Festival of Wassulou (FIWA) opens in Yanfolila, Sikasso region of [...] Full text...
26 february 2020 - 19:58:04
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's General Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday released the report on the death of popular Rwandan gospel [...] Full text...
24 february 2020 - 23:20:28
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The High Court here Monday granted bail to eight members of the troubled local pressure group- [...] Full text...
22 february 2020 - 21:21:06
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The famous Rwandan gospel musician, Kizito Mihigo, who police said committed suicide while in their custody, [...] Full text...
19 february 2020 - 18:59:07
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of Rwanda's popular gospel musicians, Kizito Mihigo, who allegedly committed suicide this week while in [...] Full text...
17 february 2020 - 21:27:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan presidential council of the government of national accord (GNA), Fayez al-Sarraj, [...] Full text...
17 february 2020 - 19:52:01
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of the famous Rwandan gospel musicians, Kizito Mihigo, who was found dead in his jail [...] Full text...
17 february 2020 - 12:31:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyans are commemorating on Monday the ninth anniversary of the February 17, 2011 Revolution, after festivities [...] Full text...
17 february 2020 - 10:58:22
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Three days after he was arrested while attempting to cross the border to allegedly join rebel [...] Full text...
17 february 2020 - 09:56:46
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian city of Sousse is hosting the international music festival, "Women's Voices", from 11 to [...] Full text...
16 february 2020 - 11:52:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The streets of Tripoli and several other Libyan cities have taken on new looks in readiness [...] Full text...
14 february 2020 - 15:57:14
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Almost two years after he was released from jail under a presidential pardon in September 2018, [...] Full text...
13 february 2020 - 17:14:29
Paris, France (PANA) - The Intergovernmental Committee on the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity [...] Full text...
13 february 2020 - 10:11:57
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian Television Broadcasting (RTI) on Wednesday inaugurated a third television channel, the "3", in Abidjan, the economic [...] Full text...
12 february 2020 - 17:05:37
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Youthful legislator, Thapelo Letsholo, has challenged the Botswana government to reconsider its air assets budget for [...] Full text...
10 february 2020 - 15:21:44
Bamako, Mali, (PANA) - The 15th edition of the international festival, 'Mali Festi Reggae', opens on February 29 at the [...] Full text...
08 february 2020 - 17:02:40
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The first edition of the international conference - Chocri Belaid des arts - started this Saturday [...] Full text...
31 january 2020 - 19:44:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Media rights group, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged the Gambian authorities to immediately [...] Full text...
27 january 2020 - 16:55:34
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) says the past 24 hours witnessed the most aggressive attack on [...] Full text...
22 january 2020 - 00:25:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian unsighted musician couple, Amadou and Mariam, on 18 January began in Benin a tour [...] Full text...
20 january 2020 - 14:36:41
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Allah Thérèse, an emblematic figure of traditional Baoule music, an ethnic group from central Côte [...] Full text...
09 january 2020 - 17:47:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian federal government has ordered its National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to regulate the web and [...] Full text...
01 january 2020 - 08:21:02
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The last Belgian woman to operate a shop in the gallery of Ixelles, in Matonge, the [...] Full text...
01 january 2020 - 00:36:46
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Ministry Tuesday cancelled a press conference after being accused of [...] Full text...
24 december 2019 - 19:57:49
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Minister of Defense Lt Gen. Awad Bin Aouf on 11 April 2019 announced the ouster [...] Full text...
15 december 2019 - 13:39:07
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Several commercial, cultural, artistic and musical activities are scheduled for the Moroccan week in Nouakchott, which [...] Full text...
14 december 2019 - 19:21:33
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Used to wrestling in all its forms, the Senegalese public will Saturday witness their first mixed [...] Full text...
12 december 2019 - 17:41:02
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Morna, a truly Cape Verdean musical genre, was on Wednesday officially included on the [...] Full text...
11 december 2019 - 13:32:16
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA ) - The Sega tambour, a Mauritian type of music that originated from the Chagos archipelago, [...] Full text...
08 december 2019 - 14:25:31
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Nouakchott Olympic Complex Office (OCON) hosted Saturday evening a giant national concert as part of [...] Full text...
25 november 2019 - 21:59:34
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The international day for gender-based violence on the theme: ‘’All united, organise the world to say [...] Full text...
14 november 2019 - 12:40:37
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Qatar airways will start a direct service into Botswana that will boost the country’s tourism sector.
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12 november 2019 - 13:35:14
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has lauded the ‘Peace Project’ initiative by a group of Gambian musicians, [...] Full text...
10 november 2019 - 13:36:35
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Sunday celebrated its National Tree Day, providing free of charge 20 forest plants free of [...] Full text...
03 november 2019 - 12:45:32
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - This is the full list of winners of the Carthage Film Days (CFD) that took place [...] Full text...
02 november 2019 - 15:03:13
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The eighth edition of the national Beninese music and the diaspora starts on Monday across the [...] Full text...
27 october 2019 - 19:26:15
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A Belgian Navy Ship docked at Banjul port on Sunday loaded with medical items, musical instruments, [...] Full text...
27 october 2019 - 14:35:34
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 37th edition of Carthage Film Days (CFD 2019) began on Saturday with the launch ceremony [...] Full text...
26 october 2019 - 18:47:38
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 37th edition of the International Festival of Poetry in Tunisia started on Friday night in [...] Full text...
25 october 2019 - 14:18:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African actor Andile Gumbi died in a hospital in Israel on Friday. He [...] Full text...
19 october 2019 - 14:46:29
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Carthage Film Festival's highest award, the Golden Tanit, has been won by a Cameroon's "100% [...] Full text...
13 october 2019 - 19:15:01
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The 13th edition of the world music festival (Mûsîqât) will be held this year from 21-26 [...] Full text...
11 october 2019 - 14:59:02
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The sixth edition of Carthage Music Days (JMC), starts Friday night in Tunis and will continue [...] Full text...
08 october 2019 - 06:52:44
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Sharing of Information to further strengthen [...] Full text...
23 september 2019 - 08:18:06
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – As the UN Climate Action Summit starts in New York on Monday, global leaders from government, [...] Full text...
13 september 2019 - 15:23:58
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi is due in Brussels on Monday for a two-day official visit, [...] Full text...
09 september 2019 - 18:00:25
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Zambian national Chisenga Katongo emerged the winner of the top prize of the public outreach song [...] Full text...
04 september 2019 - 19:09:42
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 11th edition of the Abidjan Performing Arts Market (MASA) will take place from March [...] Full text...
04 september 2019 - 11:33:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerians across the country have ignored appeals by the federal government against retaliatory attacks on South [...] Full text...
02 september 2019 - 17:48:59
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Twelve people have been detained following the desecration of the grave of the artist, Houon [...] Full text...
22 july 2019 - 16:13:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Stellenbosch Magistrate's Court on Monday ruled against controversial South African musician, Steve Hofmeyr, after [...] Full text...
19 july 2019 - 09:31:37
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean musician Kerfala Kanté passed away on Friday at a clinic in the Guinean capital, Conakry, [...] Full text...
17 july 2019 - 13:12:39
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Hospitality and Tourism Association of Botswana (HATAB) is working on a three-year blueprint expected to position [...] Full text...
16 july 2019 - 18:47:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Legendary South African singer, Johnny Clegg (OBE), died on Tuesday at the age of [...] Full text...
09 july 2019 - 14:15:46
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The day after the qualification of the Ivorian national football team for the quarter-finals of [...] Full text...
05 july 2019 - 03:53:52
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 34th edition of the International Festival of Symphonic Music in El Jem, Tunisia, will take [...] Full text...
03 july 2019 - 11:00:41
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - An-African music library estimated at 55 million euros, will be set up in Brazzaville to serve [...] Full text...
02 july 2019 - 23:19:19
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Malian association, the Voice and Music Association for Cultural Integration (AVMIC), has launched a project [...] Full text...
01 july 2019 - 16:34:39
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Reacting to Guinea's last-minute qualification for the knockout stage of the ongoing 2019 African Nations Cup [...] Full text...
26 june 2019 - 15:45:32
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's prosecutor on Wednesday charged slam poet and artist musician Diallo Rasmata, aka Rama, [...] Full text...
18 june 2019 - 23:09:06
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo’s First Lady Antoinette Sassou Nguesso Tuesday presided over the opening of the first edition of [...] Full text...
18 june 2019 - 13:02:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An upmarket Cape Town club on Tuesday announced that it has cancelled the upcoming performance [...] Full text...
14 june 2019 - 15:33:29
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Bread shortages may loom in Zimbabwe after scarcity of the basic commodity started to emerge last [...] Full text...
08 june 2019 - 18:31:37
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame has granted amnesty to 788 prisoners jailed for various crimes, according to [...] Full text...
01 june 2019 - 10:44:04
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso Copyright Office (BBDA) will share, as of June 3, more than CFAF [...] Full text...
12 may 2019 - 13:14:44
Paris, France (PANA) - Several African countries, including Ghana and Madagascar, for the first time participated in this year’s edition [...] Full text...
11 may 2019 - 13:57:22
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Uganda’s president for 33 years, Yoweri Museveni, has spent the past week traversing the country in [...] Full text...
03 may 2019 - 13:23:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, Friday announced an exclusive global recording [...] Full text...
01 may 2019 - 17:39:47
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Congolese artist-musician Koffi Olomidé now walks freely in Paris with his wife and three of his [...] Full text...
27 april 2019 - 13:16:29
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkinabe artist-musician Florent Belemgnegre, allias Floby, won the Kunde d'or for the second time on [...] Full text...
24 april 2019 - 19:34:55
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A Ugandan popstar-politician who has been under house arrest, has used his time at home to [...] Full text...
23 april 2019 - 16:50:53
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A Ugandan popstar who is eyeing the presidency is under house arrest for the second consecutive [...] Full text...
11 april 2019 - 09:12:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan's capital Khartoum woke up Thursday to the tunes of the famous military music, played when the [...] Full text...
01 april 2019 - 17:18:35
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian rapper Natacha Flora Sonloué, better known as Nash, has been appointed national ambassador for [...] Full text...
22 march 2019 - 15:01:04
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The mythical amphitheater of the city of El Jem in Tunisia will during the weekend host [...] Full text...
19 march 2019 - 12:12:51
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The two-year suspended sentence handed down Congolese artist-musician Koffi Olomide on Monday by the criminal court [...] Full text...
17 march 2019 - 09:43:44
Dakar, Senegal (Pana) – The five African representatives in the men's basketball World Cup, scheduled for 31 August-15 September, 2019, [...] Full text...
11 march 2019 - 16:52:26
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The 12th edition of the International Festival of Blue Fireflies (Filbleu), which is an annual gathering [...] Full text...
07 march 2019 - 18:54:34
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Congolese star Mbilia Bel (51), arrived in Bujumbura on Thursday to perform in a concert to [...] Full text...
04 march 2019 - 17:35:10
Lusaka, Zimbabwe (PANA) The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) of Zambia has suspended independent television station - Prime TV - for [...] Full text...
03 march 2019 - 19:22:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Many people live with unidentified hearing loss, often failing to realise that they are missing out [...] Full text...
26 february 2019 - 19:27:50
Kampala, Uganda (PANA). The story of a top general in the Ugandan military and his bodyguards assaulting a female traffic [...] Full text...
18 february 2019 - 17:46:25
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Famous Rwandan musician Yvan Burabyo arrived in Bamako, Mali, in the wee hours of Monday where [...] Full text...
14 february 2019 - 22:36:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - With a few days left to commemorate the 8th anniversary of the Revolution of 17 February, [...] Full text...
13 february 2019 - 05:41:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than one billion 12 to 35-year-olds, risk irreversible hearing loss from exposure to loud sounds [...] Full text...
12 february 2019 - 15:38:51
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Over 5% of the world’s population – or 466 million people – has disabling hearing loss [...] Full text...
10 february 2019 - 08:55:47
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi emerged the new Chairman of the African Union (AU) on [...] Full text...
01 february 2019 - 21:26:13
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda on Friday paid tribute to deceased national heroes at the Heroes Cemetery located in [...] Full text...
31 january 2019 - 12:37:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading American singer Lauryn Hill has arrived in South Africa ahead of her once-off [...] Full text...
23 january 2019 - 17:32:37
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Retired French tennis star and musician, Yannick Noah, is expected to visit Rwanda in September this [...] Full text...
17 january 2019 - 19:45:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Bomb experts, combing through the site of the Riverside terror attack site, have uncovered four unexploded [...] Full text...
16 january 2019 - 14:45:51
Lamu, Kenya (PANA) – A traditional dhow sailing boat made entirely from plastic trash collected from Kenya’s beaches and towns [...] Full text...
04 january 2019 - 04:57:10
New York, US (PANA) - To raise awareness of the importance of Braille for approximately 1.3 billion people living with [...] Full text...
27 december 2018 - 16:35:46
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The second edition of the international cultural event, 'Carnival of Tunisia for Universal Music' for Peace [...] Full text...
10 december 2018 - 15:33:28
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Police in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, have cautioned Cynthia Bwalya, a musician popularly known as Kay [...] Full text...
30 november 2018 - 04:56:53
Port-Louis Mauritius (PANA) - From Jamaican reggae to Georgian wrestling and Japanese rituals, the UN cultural agency (UNESCO) added six [...] Full text...
28 november 2018 - 17:57:41
Paris, France (PANA) - The next edition of the 2020 International Jazz Day will be held in Cape Town, South [...] Full text...
27 november 2018 - 11:55:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Exactly one month after South African music legend Jabulani Hip Hop Pantsula took his [...] Full text...
25 november 2018 - 19:10:23
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Revellers on board a privately-owned cruise boat which capsized in Mukono, near Kampala on Saturday, may [...] Full text...
20 november 2018 - 14:10:13
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisians, like other Islamic faithfuls across the world, celebrated the anniversary of the birth of Prophet [...] Full text...
19 november 2018 - 12:07:02
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Moroccan Embassy on Sunday celebrated the country's Independence Day at the Moroccan Cultural Centre (MCC) [...] Full text...
16 november 2018 - 16:04:46
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The International Forum on the Adoption of an Action Plan for the Protection of Albinos in [...] Full text...
09 november 2018 - 15:09:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Friday marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Miriam Makeba, the first African [...] Full text...
05 november 2018 - 15:54:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Commuters in different parts of the Kenya started feeling the pinch on Monday when Public Service [...] Full text...
02 november 2018 - 11:06:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An ugly family feud has erupted ahead of the funeral of South African music [...] Full text...
25 october 2018 - 16:22:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The family of South African music legend, Jabulani Hip Hop Pantsula, who died on [...] Full text...
15 september 2018 - 11:52:23
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Justice Ministry has announced the release of 2,140 prisoners, including one-time Presidential election aspirant Victoire [...] Full text...
17 august 2018 - 07:32:15
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Two opposition MPs arrested and detained in Uganda must be promptly charged and tried in ordinary [...] Full text...
27 july 2018 - 06:16:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Galal El Behairy has been held in detention since February after penning a song critical of [...] Full text...
26 july 2018 - 12:51:17
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least six African countries have confirmed their participation to the week-long 2018 Edition of the [...] Full text...
09 july 2018 - 17:34:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – International advocacy organisation, Global Citizen, on Monday confirmed that musical giants Beyonce and Jay-Z [...] Full text...
13 june 2018 - 12:36:54
Moscow, Russia (PANA) - In just over 24 hours from now, the 2018 edition of football's biggest party, the FIFA [...] Full text...