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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday received a briefing from Russian President Vladimir Putin on the outcome of the meeting with President Donald Trump, that was recently held in Anchorage, Alaska.Ramaphosa said Putin expressed satisfaction with the manner in which his talks proceeded and the [...]
©- - 19 august 2025 - 09:31:56 - thread Politics (237 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday confirmed that he has been briefed by Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the peace process with Russia.Zelensky expressed his appreciation for South Africa's continued support in finding a peaceful resolution to the conflict and affirmed Ukraine's commitment [...]
©- - 12 august 2025 - 07:06:15 - thread Politics (170 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has registered its strong objection and concern regarding circumstances around the recent visit of former South African President Jacob Zuma to Morocco where he held a meeting with Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs and [...]
©- - 08 august 2025 - 08:13:17 - thread Politics (207 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdoulaye Diop, has been in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, since Saturday for a visit as part of the political consultation the two countries.A diplomatic source said Mr. Diop, whose visit continues untl 7 August, was welcomed [...]
©- - 04 august 2025 - 11:02:48 - thread Politics (135 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The President of the Council of Ministers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, made a working visit to Tunisia on Thursday, the presidency of the Tunisian Republic announced on its official page.Ms. Meloni’s first visit dates back to 2023, followed by three other visits in 2024. All these [...]
©- - 31 july 2025 - 12:18:11 - thread Politics (81 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The acting Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Tripoli-based National Government of Unity (GNU), al-Taher al-Baour, has discussed with a delegation from the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the prospects for joint cooperation in various fields.They stressed the importance of reviving diplomacy [...]
©- - 31 july 2025 - 12:16:07 - thread Politics (193 words)


Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - A high-level Libyan-American meeting has examined prospects for cooperation between Libya the two countries and ways to strengthen cooperation, giving top priority to stability in all its forms, including security, political, economic and institutional stability.The meeting, held on Thursday at the headquarters of the Libyan Development [...]
©- - 25 july 2025 - 11:02:33 - thread Politics (470 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African trade union, Solidarity, on Thursday called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently save the relationship between South Africa and the USA after the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bill by Congressman Ronny Jackson which moves to [...]
©- - 24 july 2025 - 10:16:17 - thread Politics (359 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A high-level delegation from Egypt, led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdellaty, paid an official visit to Burkina Faso on Tuesday, marked by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen relations between the two countries.This mission, which is part of [...]
©- - 23 july 2025 - 12:21:41 - thread Politics (265 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has briefed the Permanent Representative of Uganda to the African Union (AU), Ambassador Rebecca Otinga, on the political and security situation in Libya ahead of the upcoming summit of the African Union Peace and [...]
©- - 23 july 2025 - 11:56:26 - thread Politics (519 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has strongly condemned the “brutal attacks” carried out by Israeli forces on Syrian territory, particularly those targeting the provinces of Suwaida and Damascus.In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Libyan Foreign Ministry said that these “criminal” attacks [...]
©- - 17 july 2025 - 12:20:58 - thread Politics (280 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al-Dbaiba, and the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Giorgos Gerapetrissis, Tuesday stressed the importance of continuing direct dialogue to guarantee respect for national sovereignty, maintain good neighbourly relations and serve the common interests of the [...]
©- - 15 july 2025 - 15:45:02 - thread Politics (266 words)


Cotonou, Benin (PANA) -Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is expected in Cotonou on Tuesday for a two-day official visit to Benin, according to sources close to the Beninese presidency.The visit, which is part of a drive to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries, comes after a tour by the [...]
©- - 15 july 2025 - 11:06:19 - thread Politics (116 words)


Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libyan and Arab League officials have discussed the latest developments in the North African country and exchanged views on regional and international efforts to advance the political process to meet the aspirations of the people for a comprehensive national solution. Libya's interim Minister of Foreign Affairs and [...]
©- - 10 july 2025 - 13:08:36 - thread Politics (242 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed, on Monday met President Adama Barrow at State House in Banjul as part of her working visit to Gambia. A statement made available to PANA on Tuesday, said that Mrs. Mohammed discussed economic development and how the UN [...]
©- - 08 july 2025 - 11:18:16 - thread Politics (544 words)


Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Prime Minister of the Libyan government appointed by the eastern-based Parliament, Osama Hamad, has arrived at Benina international airport in Benghazi from Belarus, after a four-day official visit during which he held a series of meetings leading to the signing of several agreements and memorandums [...]
©- - 05 july 2025 - 16:54:38 - thread Politics (242 words)


Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Libya's eastern based government appointed by Parliament, Osama Hamad, has inaugurated a consulate in Minsk, the Belarusian capital, as part of that government's strategy to strengthen international relations.The inauguration ceremony took place on Thursday attended the Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister, Viktor Karankevich, [...]
©- - 04 july 2025 - 14:10:28 - thread Politics (285 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has said his country is seeking to deepen its partnership with India in key areas including trade, agriculture, renewable energy, digital innovation, and youth empowerment.Speaking at a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who began a two-day State [...]
©- - 03 july 2025 - 06:28:08 - thread Politics (389 words)


Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, appointed by Parliament in the east of the country, has expressed its deep surprise and concern at the Greek government's launch of an international call for tenders for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation licences in the offshore areas [...]
©- - 21 june 2025 - 13:46:24 - thread Politics (420 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Libya, Hanna Tetteh, on Wednnesday held two separate meetings in Ankara with the Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister, Burhaneddin Duran, and Ambassador Ali Onaner, Director of the North and East Africa Department at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.According to a [...]
©- - 19 june 2025 - 12:42:33 - thread Politics (462 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The members of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa al-Koni and Abdallah al-Lafi, expressed the Presidential Council's aspiration for a greater and more effective European role.This should focus on supporting reconciliation efforts, restoring confidence between the political parties and supporting the Presidential Council as a federating body [...]
©- - 18 june 2025 - 12:02:28 - thread Politics (432 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile on Tuesday embarked on a four-day official visit to Russia aimed at strengthening bilateral economic and trade ties.The visit will focus on enhancing economic cooperation in sectors such as agriculture, automotive, energy and mining industries as well as [...]
©- - 17 june 2025 - 11:48:37 - thread Politics (183 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity Friday strongly condemned Israeli air strikes that targeted Iran, a member of the United Nations.In a statement issued on Friday, the Libyan Foreign Ministry said that the Israeli strikes were ‘a [...]
©- - 14 june 2025 - 12:06:57 - thread Politics (251 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government appointed by Parliament in the east of the country has denied any involvement in the ongoing conflict between Sudanese Army Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF).In a statement issued on Wednesday it reaffirmed its commitment to respecting the sovereignty of states, preserving [...]
©- - 12 june 2025 - 11:16:22 - thread Politics (652 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday expressed his sadness at the passing of former Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu.Aged 68, Lungu died at a Pretoria hospital on Thursday. He had been receiving treatment for oeophagus complications for several weeks.“As regional compatriots, South Africans are standing [...]
©- - 08 june 2025 - 09:04:01 - thread Politics (176 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - On Tuesday, the Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Nafti, presented the President of the Republic of Finland, Alexander Stubb, with an invitation from President Kaïs Saïed to pay an official visit to Tunisia later this year.According to a press release from the Tunisian Ministry [...]
©- - 04 june 2025 - 15:52:11 - thread Politics (309 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy President Paul Mashatile has concluded a successful working visit to France . The trip was aimed at reinforcing South Africa’s bilateral relations by expanding on existing cooperation projects through mobilising investments, as well as identifying new areas of cooperation with specific focus on trade [...]
©- - 27 may 2025 - 07:20:04 - thread Politics (353 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and a senior government delegation is preparing for a high-level meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday.The purpose of the visit is to reset and revitalise bilateral relations between South Africa and the United [...]
©- - 21 may 2025 - 08:50:20 - thread Politics (372 words)


Doha, Qatar (PANA) - Representatives of six countries met on Wednesday in Doha, Qatar, in continuing efforts to end the fighting in eastern DR Congo where the humanitarian crisis in several areas continues to worsen. A statement by the US State Department said the meeting attended by representatives of the Governments [...]
©- - 01 may 2025 - 06:19:27 - thread Politics (521 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government on Tuesday sent its condolences to the Islamic Republic of Iran following the devastating explosion that occurred at Shahid Rajaee Port in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran.The explosion resulted in 70 deaths and serious injuries to over 1 000 others.Iran's Interior [...]
©- - 30 april 2025 - 08:29:27 - thread Politics (179 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday cut short his South African visit after Russia's overnight attack on his country's capital. Kyiv.He arrived at the Waterkloof Air Force Base in Pretoria in the early hours of Thursday morning and was due to hold high-level talks [...]
©- - 24 april 2025 - 10:55:42 - thread Politics (350 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Thursday morning landed at the Waterkloof Airforce Base in Pretoria at the start of a brief Official Visit to South Africa.It marks the first by a Head of State from Ukraine, and follows on the visit to Ukraine by [...]
©- - 24 april 2025 - 07:52:35 - thread Politics (202 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa believes the People's Republic of China has full sovereignty over Taiwan and, as a result, has requested the Taiwan Liaison Office (TLO) be moved out of Pretoria, the nation's administrative capital.Taiwan has so far refused the move, but Pretoria maintains it can [...]
©- - 17 april 2025 - 15:44:13 - thread Politics (220 words)


Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced the appointment of a special envoy to the United States of America in a bid to improve relations between the two countries.A statement by Mr Ramaphosa posted on the website of the South African Presidency said: “I [...]
©- - 14 april 2025 - 14:03:40 - thread Politics (543 words)


Antalya, Turkey (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, on Sunday held a series of high-level bilateral meetings with key partners and regional stakeholders committed to supporting the Libyan-led political process.The meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia on the sidelines of [...]
©- - 14 april 2025 - 07:12:01 - thread Politics (369 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Foreign Ministers of the Confederation of Sahel States (ESA) will pay a two-day visit to Russia from Thursday to take part in the first session of the ESA-Russia consultations.The visit by the foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to Moscow on 3-4 [...]
©- - 02 april 2025 - 11:29:14 - thread Politics (364 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, discussed bilateral cooperation in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, particularly in the fields of the economy, energy and investment.Mr. Al Dbaiba is in Abu Dhabi in [...]
©- - 28 march 2025 - 11:40:39 - thread Politics (314 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's State visit to South Africa has been postponed from 10 April to 24 April due to his busy schedule.“President Zelensky is still confirmed to visit South Africa. However, the visit has now been moved to the 24th of April at [...]
©- - 25 march 2025 - 08:52:28 - thread Politics (368 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday called on South Africans to "reject the politics of divisiveness" that are emerging globally. Reflecting on Human Rights Day, which honours the 69 unarmed protesters who were killed by the apartheid-era police in Sharpeville on 21 March 1960, Ramaphosa said: [...]
©- - 24 march 2025 - 10:08:17 - thread Politics (246 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Hanna Tetteh, on Wednesday met a Group of African Ambassadors in Tripoli. Their discussions focused on improving coordination between the UN and the African Union (AU) to strengthen cooperation [...]
©- - 20 march 2025 - 15:25:00 - thread Politics (389 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy President of South Africa, Paul Mashatile, is on an official visit to Japan to strengthen ties between the  two countries.The two nations enjoy well established diplomatic relations which are particularly strong in the fields of trade and investment, education, science and technology.Japan is [...]
©- - 18 march 2025 - 08:08:57 - thread Politics (264 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said he is not deterred or discouraged by the escalating tensions between South Africa and the United States.This is after Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool was given 72 hours to leave the US after he accused President Donald Trump's administration of supremacism. [...]
©- - 17 march 2025 - 07:46:21 - thread Politics (307 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al- Dbaiba, has agreed with the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to resume direct flights between Libya and Qatar from next October.This is in tandem with the strengthening of [...]
©- - 26 february 2025 - 14:38:41 - thread Politics (605 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama is spearheading diplomatic efforts to reintegrate Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso into the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Foreign Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has said.He said in an interview on Ghana's TV3 network on Saturday that President Mahama has [...]
©- - 09 february 2025 - 13:57:36 - thread Politics (365 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has expressed its “absolute rejection” of any practice aimed at the forced displacement or arbitrary expulsion of Palestinians, or at altering the demographic composition of the territories occupied by the Israeli entity.This is in response to US [...]
©- - 07 february 2025 - 12:54:59 - thread Politics (635 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and Tunisia have discussed how to strengthen the strategic partnership between them with a focus on the activation of previously signed agreements.This was at a meeting on Monday in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, attended by a Libyan government delegation led by the Minister of Foreign [...]
©- - 04 february 2025 - 12:26:44 - thread Politics (268 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday night hit back at US President Donald Trump who has taken aim at Pretoria over its land policies.The controversy started when Trump, on his social media platform Truth Social, said "certain classes" of South Africans are being [...]
©- - 04 february 2025 - 06:58:50 - thread Politics (432 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The acting Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, al-Taher al-Baour, on Sunday met the Ambassadors of Burundi and Sierra Leone to Libya during which they discussed bilateral relations.A press release issued by the Libyan Foreign Ministry said he discussed with the Ambassador of Burundi, [...]
©- - 03 february 2025 - 11:58:42 - thread Politics (243 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan embassy in Kinshasa has been looted in protest against the ongoing civil disturbance in Goma, the regional capital of the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.The attack on the Kenyan embassy looting led to fury over the Congolese security force failure to respond. “Kenya is deeply [...]
©- - 28 january 2025 - 19:14:02 - thread Politics (524 words)

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