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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Friday outlined specific demands that his country believes must form the core of any meaningful reparations programme for Africa, as Ghana intensifies efforts to secure global recognition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and colonial exploitation as crimes against humanity.He said [...]
©- - 19 december 2025 - 15:45:31 - thread Politics (519 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy Justice Minister Andries Nel, is representing South Africa at the 2025 African Union Specialised Technical Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs (STC-JLA) in Nairobi, Kenya.The African Union STC-JLA convened its 11th Session to advance the harmonisation and development of legal and normative frameworks [...]
©- - 18 december 2025 - 07:52:15 - thread Politics (278 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Authority of Heads of State of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday unanimously endorsed Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama as the sole candidate of the African Union (AU) Chair when the rotating chairmanship reaches West Africa in 2027.The decision follows the [...]
©- - 14 december 2025 - 19:51:55 - thread Politics (227 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There is growing outrage after US President Donald Trump announced that South Africa would be barred from the 2026 G20 Summit and face the immediate suspension of all US financial support. Trump on Wednesday took to his Truth Social, falsely claiming the US did not [...]
©- - 28 november 2025 - 07:52:16 - thread Politics (331 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed grave concern over US President Donald Trump announcement that South Africa will not be invited to the next G20 Leaders’ Summit in Miami.Trump’s Wednesday night announcement came just days after South Africa hosted a successful G20 event [...]
©- - 27 november 2025 - 07:46:25 - thread Politics (357 words)


Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General says the world is shifting fast towards a multipolar system – where power is spread across several regions instead of concentrated in one or two. But Antonio Guterres warns this shift will not guarantee stability. “Multipolarity alone is no guarantee of peace,” he said. Without strong cooperation, [...]
©- - 25 november 2025 - 05:30:53 - thread Politics (460 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has been saluted for his successful hosting the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg this weekend.Ramaphosa on Sunday brought South Africa’s G20 presidency to a close amid widespread acclaim for his handling of the major summit – the first on African soil [...]
©- - 24 november 2025 - 08:22:32 - thread Politics (418 words)


Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday brought the curtain down on the first-ever G20 Summit hosted on African soil, delivering a powerful, unifying message before striking the gavel that symbolically closed one of the most significant moments in South Africa’s democratic history.The closing session [...]
©- - 23 november 2025 - 16:21:41 - thread Politics (964 words)


Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - “The world is here, the African continent is here, (global) institutions are here. Multilateralism has been affirmed. The multi-polar world is in real action."These were the words of South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, following the announcement that the G20 Leaders’ [...]
©- - 23 november 2025 - 10:16:21 - thread Politics (447 words)


Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the first-ever G20 Leaders’ Summit on African soil must reflect the aspirations of both the continent and the wider global community.Opening the two-day gathering at Johannesburg’s Nasrec Expo Centre on Saturday, the President noted that while the G20 once [...]
©- - 23 november 2025 - 07:03:06 - thread Politics (625 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that the United States will participate in the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg this weekend. President Donald Trump has slammed South Africa in recent weeks over the government’s policies and he refused to attend. “We have received notice [...]
©- - 21 november 2025 - 07:55:33 - thread Politics (291 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government says it is ready to welcome world leaders from 42 countries and organisations for this weekend’s historic G20 Summit – the first-ever hosted in Africa. The two-day mega summit will be hosted at Nasrec, outside Johannesburg, and only four countries will [...]
©- - 18 november 2025 - 07:23:03 - thread Politics (270 words)


Addis Abba, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 7th AU–EU Summit will be held on 24–25 November 2025 in Luanda, Angola, bringing together Heads of State and Government from the African Union (AU) and European Union (EU) to reaffirm their long-standing partnership and chart a renewed path of cooperation.A press release by the AU on Friday said the Summit would be co-chaired [...]
©- - 07 november 2025 - 12:52:55 - thread Politics (461 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Planning Minister Maropene Ramokgopa, is leading a South African delegation at the Second World Summit for Social Development, which takes place in Doha, Qatar, from Tuesday to Thursday.Building on the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action, the Summit brings together [...]
©- - 04 november 2025 - 07:17:21 - thread Politics (189 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi, will represent the country at the signing ceremony and high-level conference of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, scheduled to take place this weekend in Hanoi, Vietnam.The Minister is also expected to join the delegation accompanying President Cyril [...]
©- - 24 october 2025 - 06:35:41 - thread Politics (273 words)


Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the Libyan House of Representatives is participating in the 28th Arab-African Summit on Investment and International Cooperation being held in the Egypt.The delegation of the House of Representatives, participating in the four-day Summit organised by the Union of Women Arab Investors and sponsored [...]
©- - 20 october 2025 - 12:46:12 - thread Politics (126 words)


Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The president of the Sudanese Sovereign Council and Commander in Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), Gen Abdul Fatah El Al-Burhan, has made a surprise visit to Egypt, where he met with President Abdul Fatah el-Sisi of Egypt.The Sudanese chair of the collective Presidency, [...]
©- - 15 october 2025 - 12:25:24 - thread Politics (346 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, arrived in Doha,, Qatar,  to participate in the emergency Arab-Islamic summit convened to discuss the Israeli aggression that targeted Doha last Tuesday..On his arrival at Hamad International Airport on Sunday, Mr. al-Manfi and the Libyan delegation were [...]
©- - 15 september 2025 - 11:20:37 - thread Politics (391 words)


Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The head of the Sudanese collective Presidency, Lt-Gen. Abdel Fatah Al-Burhan, arrived in Doha, Qatar, on Monday to take part in the emergency Islamic- Arab summit called by the  Qatari government to look for the way forward after the Israeli air attack on the Gulf country.The summit [...]
©- - 15 september 2025 - 10:37:25 - thread Politics (150 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The President of the European Council, António Costa, together with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will represent the EU at the first EU-Egypt summit taking place in Brussels on 22 October 2025. President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi will represent Egypt. According to a [...]
©- - 12 september 2025 - 10:17:05 - thread Politics (398 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Department of Defence has requested a postponement of joint exercises with the Russian and Chinese navies scheduled for November.The planned initiative would have coincided with South Africa’s hosting of the G20 summit in Johannesburg, and the military wants to ensure that they [...]
©- - 09 september 2025 - 07:27:24 - thread Politics (206 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, will participate on Friday in a tripartite summit in Istanbul, Turkey, with the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni.The summit will address strategic issues of common interest, including economic cooperation and development in [...]
©- - 01 august 2025 - 10:34:52 - thread Politics (148 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Leaders of the 27 European Union (EU) member states and the 55 countries of the African Union (AU) will meet in Luanda, Angola, for the seventh EU-African Union summit. According to the announcement by the EU on Tuesday, this multilateral summit set for 24-25 November [...]
©- - 08 july 2025 - 14:59:01 - thread Politics (489 words)


Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday called for respect for international law and for a modernization of multilateralism. "At a time when multilateralism is under attack, let us remind the world that cooperation is humanity's greatest innovation. It begins with trust, and trust begins with [...]
©- - 07 july 2025 - 15:04:27 - thread Politics (547 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The 67th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government opened in the capital Nigeria, Abuja, on Monday with the State of the Community, economic cooperation, security, and broader sub-regional developments on the agenda.In his opening remarks, Nigeria's [...]
©- - 23 june 2025 - 11:43:35 - thread Politics (295 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday returned home following his working visit to Canada where he participated in the G7 Summit Outreach Session, on the margins of the G7 leaders summit in Kananaskis.The Group of Seven consists of the largest advanced economies namely: [...]
©- - 19 june 2025 - 13:10:59 - thread Politics (292 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa is attending the annual leader’s summit of the G7 group of rich countries in Kananaskis, Canada, where he is expected to meet with US President Donald Trump. President Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, said he would participate in the discussion on [...]
©- - 16 june 2025 - 08:25:04 - thread Politics (139 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney ahead of this weekend’s G7 Summit in the Candadian city of Kananaskis. President Ramaphosa and a South African delegation will attend the high-level talks.The leaders discussed the alignment of G20 and [...]
©- - 12 june 2025 - 09:47:08 - thread Politics (207 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday departed  to Maseru to co-chair the second session of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) between the South Africa and Lesotho with Prime Minister Samuel Matekane.The inaugural session which was held in September 2023 in Pretoria.Ramaphosa’s office says the [...]
©- - 23 april 2025 - 07:25:19 - thread Politics (158 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, al-Taher al-Baour and the Turkish Ambassador to Libya, Güven Begiç, on Wednesday discussed preparations for the upcoming Africa-Turkey Summit scheduled to be hosted by Libya in early 2026.The meeting highlighted the importance of the summit in strengthening [...]
©- - 27 march 2025 - 14:56:15 - thread Politics (161 words)


Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Southern African leaders have decided to end their participation of their peacekeeping forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the Rwandan-backed M23 forces continue to capture more territory. A communique issued after their virtual extraordinary summit on Thursday said the leaders “terminated” the Mandate of [...]
©- - 14 march 2025 - 10:41:46 - thread Politics (458 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The eighth summit between the leaders of the EU and South Africa will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, on 13 March.According to an EU announcement on Wednesday, the President of the European Council, António Costa, together with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, [...]
©- - 12 march 2025 - 11:05:27 - thread Politics (501 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting began in Johannesburg on Thursday.It is part of a series of ministerial gatherings leading up to the G20 leaders mega summit in November which will also be held in Johannesburg.President Cyril Ramaphosa is hosting the event which is being [...]
©- - 20 february 2025 - 08:00:06 - thread Politics (340 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya will host the 2026 Africa-Turkey Summit, the Libyan News Agency (LANA) reported on Monday.It quoted a press office from the Presidential Council as saying the decision was taken at the 38th Summit of the African Union (AU), held on 15th and 16th February in Addis [...]
©- - 18 february 2025 - 15:49:46 - thread Politics (149 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa is leading a South African delegation at the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of African Heads of State and Government in Addis AbabaThe assembly is taking place under the  AU theme for 2025, “Justice for African and People of African [...]
©- - 16 february 2025 - 08:04:26 - thread Politics (218 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At the start of the 38th annual summit of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, the UN chief on Saturday called for an end to the outbreak of fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Sudan, two conflicts which he said pose [...]
©- - 15 february 2025 - 19:16:44 - thread Politics (765 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, emphasised the potential of Africa and its young population and called for global reforms to right the injustices of the past, in remarks delivered to the high-level African Union (AU) summit on Saturday.“The partnership between the United Nations and the [...]
©- - 15 february 2025 - 18:58:58 - thread Politics (816 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Angola's Joao Manuel Lourenco assumed the rotating Chair of the African Union (AU) on Saturday, at the start of the 38th ordinary session of the Summit, scheduled to elect the next leader of the Commission.The Angolan leader took the baton from President Mohamad Ould Cheikh [...]
©- - 15 february 2025 - 13:14:47 - thread Politics (473 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As African heads of state and government prepare to elect and appoint the new leadership team of the African Union (AU), including a new chairperson, during the 38th African Union Summit on 15 and 16 February, Amnesty International is calling on the incoming chairperson and [...]
©- - 14 february 2025 - 05:44:13 - thread Politics (440 words)


Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - European Council President António Costa, together with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, will represent the EU in the 8th EU-South Africa summit, which will take place on 13 March 2025 in South Africa. According to the official announcement released on Wednesday, the  main goal [...]
©- - 13 february 2025 - 05:07:59 - thread Politics (401 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan's Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. al-Taher al-Baour and Senegal's Minister of African Integration and Foreign Affairs, Yassine Fall on Tuesday discussed ways of enhancing cooperation between their countries in various areas of common interest.A press release issued by the Libyan Foreign [...]
©- - 12 february 2025 - 12:13:07 - thread Politics (244 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Eastern and Southern Africa leaders rose from a crisis Summit on the troubled Democratic Republic of Congo, on Saturday, calling for an end to hostilities and a new roadmap to peace in the region.The leaders called for an immediate ceasefire and the opening of [...]
©- - 08 february 2025 - 21:11:48 - thread Politics (977 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger six months, from 29 January to 29 July, 2025, to reconsider their decision to exit the regional bloc.President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, announced the six-month grace [...]
©- - 16 december 2024 - 05:24:20 - thread Politics (566 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Minister of Higher Education and Training, Nobuhle Nkabane, is leading a South African delegation on a working visit to the People's Republic of China. She said the visit underscores South Africa's commitment to strengthening international cooperation in Higher Education, particularly in Technical Vocational [...]
©- - 26 november 2024 - 07:34:19 - thread Politics (201 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Communist Party (SACP) has denounced the hosting of the Global Assembly for the World Movement for Democracy which is underway in Johannesburg. The event is organised under to commemorate 30 years of South Africa’s democracy and celebrate democratic resilience and innovation.More than 500 [...]
©- - 21 november 2024 - 07:41:42 - thread Politics (328 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa'a Deputy President Paul Mashatile will participate in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Meeting in Harare on Wednesday.SADC earlier this month called for the summit to address the deepening post-election crisis in Mozambique  where at least 21 peopkle people have been [...]
©- - 20 november 2024 - 09:32:43 - thread Politics (224 words)


Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) – South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Sunday night arrived in Brazil where he will lead his country's participation at the Group of Twenty (G20) Leaders’ Summit taking place in Rio de Janeiro.The Rio G20 Leaders’ Summit will be held under the theme “Building a [...]
©- - 18 november 2024 - 08:42:37 - thread Politics (401 words)


Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - The G20 group of developed economies must be at the forefront of global efforts to bring about peace, climate action, fairer international financial institutions and equitable access to emerging technologies, the UN Secretary-General said on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro.António Guterres was speaking to reporters [...]
©- - 18 november 2024 - 05:33:12 - thread Politics (825 words)


Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) - The Head of Management of the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Al-Taher al-Baour, says his country is ready to host the fourth Türkiye-African Summit scheduled for 2026.In a speech at the third Türkiye-African ministerial conference in Djibouti, Mr. Al-Baour stressed the importance [...]
©- - 03 november 2024 - 13:39:51 - thread Politics (170 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa’s bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday has sparked tensions in his own Cabinet after he labelled Russia “a valuable ally and friend” that had supported South Africa since apartheid. Ramaphosa held talks with Putin on the sidelines of the BRICS [...]
©- - 23 october 2024 - 16:20:09 - thread Politics (377 words)

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