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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability Mallory Stewart is travelling to Morocco from Monday where his engagements will include engagements with Moroccan officials on security issues

©- - 21 october 2024 - 06:10:37 - thread (281 words)


Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The UN political affairs chief concluded a two-day visit to Somalia on Friday where she reaffirmed the world body’s support for the country’s efforts towards peace- and state-building

©- - 19 october 2024 - 05:54:38 - thread (297 words)


Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union seems to be moving to assert its expected role in finding a settlement to the Sudanese crisis, coinciding with the government's moves to restore its position within the African institutions, though on its own terms

©- - 15 october 2024 - 13:05:08 - thread (842 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, on Monday discussed political, economic, and security issues with the British Permanent Under Secretary in the Foreign Office, Philip Barton, underlining their close and complementary relations

©- - 15 october 2024 - 11:11:23 - thread (275 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mohamed ould Cheikh Ghazouani, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, arrived in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Thursday for discssions with officials as part of the African continental organisation's efforts to contribute to the national reconciliation process in the North African country

©- - 11 october 2024 - 13:11:02 - thread (291 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa is attending the 79th Session of the United Nations General Debate and High-Level Week in New York

©- - 24 september 2024 - 16:43:33 - thread (242 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile has held talks with the AU Panel of the Wise on South Sudan in Cape Town

©- - 13 september 2024 - 09:45:31 - thread (183 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, ended her visit to Libya on Wednesday, underlining the world body's commitment to assisting the Libyan people in their efforts to achieve unity and durable peace, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) announced

©- - 12 september 2024 - 05:02:30 - thread (397 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in China on Monday with a high-level delegation for the Africa Cooperation Summit

©- - 02 september 2024 - 11:53:15 - thread (332 words)


Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes is travelling to Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal from 19-27 August where she will meet senior officials of the two government and international organisations

©- - 20 august 2024 - 05:32:23 - thread (255 words)


Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability (ADS) Mallory Stewart is travelling to Nigeria from 19-21 August, 2024 in a continuation and expansion of the Bureau’s previous diplomatic outreach efforts in Nigeria from December 2023

©- - 19 august 2024 - 05:57:51 - thread (225 words)


Washington, DC, (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has continued with his diplomatic push to reduce tension in the Middle East with telephone calls on Monday to Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani

©- - 06 august 2024 - 10:08:48 - thread (351 words)


Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Uzra Zeya, is travelling to Kenya and Ethiopia from 4-8 August to engage on human rights, democratic governance, and humanitarian cooperation, the US State Department has announced in a media note

©- - 05 august 2024 - 06:53:05 - thread (261 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed deep sorrow and condolences following the recent landslides in South Western Ethiopia, which took the lives of at least 257 people

©- - 28 july 2024 - 07:14:31 - thread (143 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Monday announced the resumption of the activities of the Indian Embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli

©- - 23 july 2024 - 11:00:13 - thread (209 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Executive Director of the African Union (AU) Steering Agency for the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), Nardos Bekele-Thomas, on Saturday presented a proposal for a strategic partnership project between Libya and NEPAD

©- - 21 july 2024 - 14:19:57 - thread (513 words)


Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs John Bass will travel to Chad and Tanzania from 20 July to 25 July, a media note by the US State Department said on Friday

©- - 20 july 2024 - 07:30:16 - thread (145 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said the attempted assassination of former United States President Donald Trump was a reminder of the dangers of political extremism and intolerance

©- - 14 july 2024 - 12:27:52 - thread (141 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, and the European Union (EU) ambassadors accredited to Libya on Wednesday dicussed the coordination of efforts to organise a Trans-Mediterranean Forum on Migration in Tripoli in mid-July, with the participation of the African and European countries concerned

©- - 27 june 2024 - 12:39:24 - thread (326 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman  of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, and the European Union (EU) ambassadors accredited in Libya, Wednesday stressed their support for the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to facilitate a political process under Libyan leadership and ownership

©- - 26 june 2024 - 17:24:36 - thread (333 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The families of two South African engineers who have been detained in Equatorial Guinea since 9 February 2023 have handed over a formal request to the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) asking it to intervene to secure their immediate release

©- - 25 june 2024 - 09:12:05 - thread (186 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Azerbaijan, the host nation for the next round of the UN global climate change talks, has called for an end to colonisation of New Caledonia, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean

©- - 14 june 2024 - 18:49:06 - thread (456 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At the end of a working visit to Ouagadougou, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, said on Wednesday that his country would continue to deliver arms to Burkina Faso as part of the fight against terrorism

©- - 05 june 2024 - 16:02:24 - thread (284 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity has announced that the necessary steps will be taken to reopen the Polish Embassy and resume its activities from the capital, Tripoli

©- - 04 june 2024 - 18:04:10 - thread (262 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbaiba, has discussed a number of political and economic issues with the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs and member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, Wang Li, during an extended bilateral meeting

©- - 29 may 2024 - 17:49:23 - thread (401 words)


Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo has opened an embassy in Doha, Qatar, PANA learned from official sources this Tuesday in Lomé

©- - 28 may 2024 - 17:33:33 - thread (106 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation led by the Deputy Minister for Political Affairs, Mohamed Khalil Issa, is in the Indian capital, New Delhi, on an official working visit to discuss activating agreements and cooperation frameworks signed between the two countries

©- - 28 may 2024 - 16:58:50 - thread (332 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Russian embassy in Libya has announced that the consular section will resume its work in Libya on 1 June from the embassy's temporary headquarters in the Tajoura Room of the Radisson Blu Al Mahari hotel in Tripoli

©- - 25 may 2024 - 12:37:51 - thread (213 words)


Washington, DC, US (PANA) - As the bloody war in Sudan rages on, the Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello has left Washington for Uganda, Kenya, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia to meet with key regional partners to advance efforts to end the conflict and avert further mass atrocities

©- - 14 may 2024 - 06:43:36 - thread (198 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Iranian ambassador to Libya, Ain Allah Suri, has expressed his country's desire to hold the 13th session of the Iranian-Libyan Supreme Commission in the capital, Tehran, and organize an exhibition and economic forum for Iranian industries in Libya

©- - 10 may 2024 - 15:14:39 - thread (158 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of State for Communications and Political Affairs in the government of national unity, Walid Ellafi, has discussed with the head of North Africa US State Department, Tom Kelsey, ways of strengthening cooperation between the two countries

©- - 08 may 2024 - 18:17:44 - thread (352 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, has received an official invitation from the President of the Swiss Confederation, Viola Amherd, to attend the "Peace on Ukraine" summit scheduled to take place in Geneva in mid-June

©- - 06 may 2024 - 18:36:27 - thread (245 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in the Government of National Unity, al-Taher al-Baour, Friday exchanged views with his South African counterpart, Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, on various regional and international issues, particularly ways of supporting the cause of the Palestinian people in international forums

©- - 03 may 2024 - 15:59:23 - thread (303 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Deputy Foreign Minister in charge of Political Affairs, Mohamed Issa, has agreed with the Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia accredited to Libya, Didi Ahmad Rifai, on the need to work to strengthen and develop relations in all areas

©- - 01 may 2024 - 12:57:00 - thread (260 words)