CFAF 15 billion already invested in Benin's special employment integration programme

20 february 2025 - 13:34:57 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - From July 2020 to December last year, Benin invested some CFAF 15 billion in the Special Employment Integration Programme (PSIE), according [...] Full text...

DR Congo: Rights chief warns crisis could worsen, without international action

07 february 2025 - 15:32:29 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

Libya chairs Arab discussion group at mine action session

08 may 2024 - 17:57:04 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Mine Action Centre (LibMAC) chaired the Arab Discussion Group of the "National Directors' Day" session organized by the United [...] Full text...

Libya, EUBAM agree to cooperate on border security

01 may 2024 - 12:40:15 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The first meeting of the Joint Committee between Libya and the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) has agreed that cooperation [...] Full text...

More than 6,000 Sudanese arrive in Libya fleeing conflict in country - IOM

14 april 2024 - 14:33:12 BBA

bTripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than 6,000 Sudanese have arrived in Libya since the outbreak of civil war in Sudan last April, according to a [...] Full text...

Benin makes slight increase in budget for employment and SMEs for 2024

19 december 2023 - 15:07:41 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The budget for 2024 for the Ministry of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Employment Promotion has increased slightly, sources close to [...] Full text...

National Reconciliation Week launched in Bamako on Friday

18 september 2023 - 13:52:01 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 2nd National Reconciliation Week (SENARE) was launched in Bamako on Friday by the Malian Minister for Reconciliation, Peace and National [...] Full text...

Famous Tunisian journalist Zied El Heni arrested

21 june 2023 - 19:22:38 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A leading figure on the Tunisian media scene, Zied El Heni, was kept in detention on Wednesday, a day after he [...] Full text...

Botswana partners with SA pay TV to prop up creative industry

28 may 2023 - 18:28:11 DRW

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - South Africa’s pay television MultiChoice has launched Channel O’s newest music video countdown show - Bots Top 5 in Botswana, to [...] Full text...

Sudan: UN evacuates hundreds of staff but pledges to stay

24 april 2023 - 17:25:07 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As fighting between the regular army and paramilitaries continued in Khartoum, hundreds of UN staff were evacuated on Monday, said [...] Full text...

Gov’t of Ghana moves to evacuate stranded nationals In Sudan

23 april 2023 - 19:19:45 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Sunday announced plans to evacuate Ghanaians caught up in Sudan’s disturbance, an official [...] Full text...

Government to compensate those affected by the sustainable and secure electricity access project

20 april 2023 - 16:37:57 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government will compensate persons affected by the implementation of the Benin Sustainable and Secure Access to Electricity Project, the [...] Full text...

Kenyan woman arrested for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth US$300,000

18 april 2023 - 13:06:00 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) annouced here Monday the arrest of a 35-year-old Kenyan woman who tried to smuggle cocaine through [...] Full text...

World Bank, Benin conclude deal on CFAF 60 billion for Benin's social programme

15 april 2023 - 16:39:27 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin and the World Bank have just concluded an agreement of 60 billion CFA francs to intensify the social programme in [...] Full text...

New study finds that 43 000 “excess deaths” may have occurred in 2022 from the drought in Somalia

20 march 2023 - 16:29:49 WA

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A new report released Monday by the Federal Ministry of Health & Human Services, WHO and UNICEF suggests that an estimated [...] Full text...

Motor accident in Ghana claims 22 lives

06 march 2023 - 19:58:42 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A fatal motor acciddent Sunday claimed 22 lives in Ghana on the Kintampo-Yendi Highway between Babatokuma and Kintampo when a Yendi-Kumasi [...] Full text...

Four African children, woman migrants die in boat accident

06 february 2023 - 14:59:07 BBA

Athens, Greece (PANA) - Four children and a woman died on Sunday when a dinghy carrying African migrants from the neighbouring Turkish coast sank off [...] Full text...

Three agencies unite to ensure every child receives a healthy meal in school, every day

16 december 2022 - 06:42:50 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three agencies have joined forces to help parliamentarians act on child hunger by working with governments to scale up and improve [...] Full text...

Ivorian president says case of 46 Ivorian soldiers held in Mali progressing well

07 october 2022 - 20:12:27 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara said Friday in Abidjan that the case of the detention of 46 Ivorian soldiers in [...] Full text...

US to provide Mali with 20.5 billion CFA francs for food security

04 august 2022 - 18:43:54 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide Mali with US$32 million or 20.5 billion CFA francs to alleviate [...] Full text...

Malian justice launches international arrest warrant against former ministers of Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita's regime

27 july 2022 - 20:06:02 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Justice has issued international arrest warrants against three former Malian ministers under the regime of former president, Ibrahim Boubacar [...] Full text...

Benin disburses over 80 billion CFA francs to clear salary arrears

20 july 2022 - 16:53:55 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has already disbursed more than 80 billion CFA francs to clear the salary debts of workers, sources close [...] Full text...

UN expert hails historic reparations ruling in favour of indigenous peoples in Kenya

18 july 2022 - 19:22:34 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An independent UN human rights expert on Monday hailed a decision by the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, to award [...] Full text...

Public sector workers embark on strike in Tunisia

16 june 2022 - 14:35:05 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Public sector workers on Thursday embarked on a general strike which paralyzed vital activities of the country's economy, already in difficulty [...] Full text...

Zimbabwean peacekeeper wins UN gender advocate award

25 may 2022 - 05:30:13 MA

New York, US (PANA) - For the first time, a Zimbabwean peacekeeper has been chosen to receive the prestigious 2021 Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, [...] Full text...

UN condemns car bomb attack on Haftar's army camp in southern Libya

20 april 2022 - 13:03:55 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned Monday night's reported car bombing of a military facility belonging to [...] Full text...

UN releases $100 million to fight hunger in 6 African countries and Yemen

15 april 2022 - 06:37:47 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN has allocated $100 million to fight hunger in Africa and the Middle East as the spillover effects of the [...] Full text...

Mali receives more than 327 million CFA francs from Spain for 2022 National Food Response Plan

08 april 2022 - 16:43:31 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Spanish government has offered Mali, through the World Food Programme (WFP), more than 327 million CFA francs to support the [...] Full text...

Pump attendants at three major petrol stations in Mali observe 72-hour strike

07 april 2022 - 16:16:11 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Pump attendants of Total Energies, Shell Energie and Oryx Energie, the three biggest petrol stations in Mali, have been on a [...] Full text...

Egyptian organization donates food stuff to Gambians

05 april 2022 - 19:54:41 MLJ

Banjul, Gambia (PANA)-An Egyptian charitable organisation, Misr El Kheir, has donated food stuff to Gambians through the first lady and her philanthropic group, sources revealed [...] Full text...

UN independent expert on official visit to Mali

09 february 2022 - 20:33:41 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United Nations independent expert on human rights in Mali, Alioune Tine, has been in Bamako since Tuesday for an official [...] Full text...

41 child care and protection centres authorised in Benin

09 january 2022 - 18:43:06 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government has granted approval to 41 reception and child protection centres throughout the country, sources close to the Ministry [...] Full text...

Malian government to subsidize some basic necessities to ease price hike

12 november 2021 - 20:13:25 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has decided to subsidize certain consumer products, notably rice, sugar and cooking oil, to mitigate the effects of [...] Full text...

127 Gambian migrants repatriated from Libya

22 october 2021 - 20:25:00 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 127 Gambian migrants were voluntarily repatriated to their country on Thursday from Libya, the International Organization for Migration [...] Full text...

Government to compensate persons affected by project to develop largest market in Porto-Novo

18 october 2021 - 19:54:03 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The government will compensate persons affected by projects on islands on south-eastern side of the Ouando market under construction in Porto-Novo, [...] Full text...

Senegalese army inspector general visits country's contingent based in Gao, northern Mali

11 october 2021 - 19:25:06 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The head of the regional office of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Gao (North Mali), [...] Full text...

More than 3bln CFAF to rehouse people evicted from two fishing sites in Cotonou

18 september 2021 - 16:29:03 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government is to release 3,461,803,000 CFA francs to rehouse and support the families of fishermen relocated from two sites [...] Full text...

Malian pharmacists suspend compulsory health insurance service

04 september 2021 - 11:54:06 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Pharmacists in charge of private health structures in Mali will suspend, from 13 September until further notice, the compulsory health insurance [...] Full text...

Malian, Ivorian experts express support for delimitation of common border

31 august 2021 - 00:01:13 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian and Ivorian experts have expressed  their desire to support the delimitation of their common border, official sources said here Monday. This [...] Full text...

Mali's National Union of Higher Education suspends strike order

30 august 2021 - 11:19:03 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Union of Higher Education and Scientific Research (SNESUP) of Mali on Friday suspended its 72-hour strike, scheduled for Tuesday [...] Full text...

Armed robbers kill international journalist working on documentary in Ghana

27 august 2021 - 23:27:47 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A journalist from the London-based television channel, MTA International, Taalay Ahmed, was Monday killed by armed robbers while working in Ghana, [...] Full text...

Tunisian navy rescues 31 illegal migrants

11 july 2021 - 05:52:49 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units rescued 31 foreign illegal migrants, threatened with drowning, after their damaged boat was taking in water. The Tunisian Health [...] Full text...

Japan donates more than 4,300 tons of milled rice to Mali

01 july 2021 - 21:28:37 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japan has donated 4,310 tons of milled rice worth 300 million Japanese Yen or about 1.5 billion CFA francs to Mali [...] Full text...

Bamako public school teachers on strike for non-payment of salaries

28 june 2021 - 14:39:49 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Public school teachers in Bamako district have gone on strike effective Monday to press for payment of salaries to their colleagues [...] Full text...

Court restrains Nigeria from arresting, prosecuting NGO over Twitter case

22 june 2021 - 23:06:37 WA

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice Tuesday ordered the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and its agents to refrain from [...] Full text...

UN, WHO call for renewal of humanitarian assistance to millions in north-west Syria

18 june 2021 - 22:25:05 WA

Geneva-Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of people caught up in an active war zone in north-west Syria remain in need of humanitarian aid to survive, the United [...] Full text...

ECOWAS Court dismisses suit Filed by former staff of the West African Power Pool (WAPP)

04 june 2021 - 21:14:21 WA

 Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has dismissed a suit brought by a former staff of the West African Power Pool (WAPP), Mr. Ignace [...] Full text...

Libya gives foreign workers one month to regularise their situation

02 june 2021 - 11:34:45 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation has asked all employers, whether public or private, as well as foreign workers to [...] Full text...

Ghana: Three dead, 15 others trapped in mining pit

26 may 2021 - 23:56:25 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Three persons died while more than 15 others were still believed trapped following the collapse of an illegal mining (galamsey) pit [...] Full text...

Mali celebrates Labor Day with sobriety

01 may 2021 - 17:28:53 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the Transition in Mali, Bah N'Daw, in his message to Malian workers on Labor Day, expressed his respect [...] Full text...