ECOWAS election observers in Benin assured of integrity of voters' register

09 april 2026 - 08:53:30
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Benin National Agency for the Identification of Persons, or l’Agence Nationale d’Identification des Personnes (ANIP), [...] Full text...

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Benin CSOs call for political dialogue, inclusiveness

05 april 2026 - 16:31:12
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), which focuses on fostering a culture of electoral accountability in Benin, [...] Full text...

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Marshal Haftar calls for preservation of security and stability of Libya

24 march 2026 - 12:18:33
Benghazi , Libya (PANA) - The Commander-in-Chief of the eastern-based Libyan National Army, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, stressed the importance of [...] Full text...

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Women’s representation in parliament sees sluggish gains

07 march 2026 - 05:37:20
New York, US (PANA) - Women held 27.5 per cent of parliamentary seats worldwide as the year began –a 0.3 [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso adopts new urban planning, construction code

04 march 2026 - 11:48:15
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - MPs of Burkina Faso's Transitional Legislative Assembly on Tuesday unanimously adopted the draft law establishing [...] Full text...

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Libyan Speaker convenes Parliament for Monday

22 january 2026 - 10:38:55
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) -  The Speaker of Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, has convened Parliament for Monday in [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPS convened for plenary session next Monday and Tuesday in Benghazi

26 december 2025 - 11:53:12
Benghazi , Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, has called the MPs to [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs debate several bills

23 december 2025 - 12:06:30
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) -  Several bills have been submitted by the Legislative and Constitutional Commission to the eastern-based Libyan Parliament [...] Full text...

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Speaker of Libyan Parliament discusses with French counterpart solution to the Libyan crisis

17 december 2025 - 14:08:43
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) -The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, told the Speaker of the French National [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs attend 16th session of UNCTAD

24 october 2025 - 13:15:21
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Members of the Libyan Parliamentary Division of the Mediterranean Parliament have participated in the 16th session [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs attend General Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union

22 october 2025 - 12:56:51
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Members of Parliament are attending the 151st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) General Assembly and the 216th [...] Full text...

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Rights group warns change of constitution in Chad threatens rule of law, democracy

17 october 2025 - 11:03:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Chad's new constitutional amendment abolishing presidential term limits is a serious setback for the rule of law [...] Full text...

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AU’s Vision 2025 discussed at Pan-African Parliament

03 october 2025 - 11:16:54
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libyan MPs Saleh Guelma and Salem Guanan participated in a joint meeting between the Panafrican Parliament [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges South Sudan authorities to ensure due process, fair trials of opposition leaders

16 september 2025 - 13:13:39
Juba, South Sudan (PANA)) – South Sudanese authorities should uphold due process for the opposition leader and First Vice President [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs discuss national reconciliation with German, Swiss officials

19 august 2025 - 11:59:16
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Libyan House of Representatives have discussed [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament holds plenary session on 2025 draft budget

18 august 2025 - 12:06:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's House of Representatives on Monday began a plenary session at its headquarters in the eastern [...] Full text...

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State funeral held for Ghana helicopter crash victims; last six buried

15 august 2025 - 15:07:24
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Friday led a State funeral for eight people, including two [...] Full text...

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Ghana President leads Evening of Reflections and Memorial for helicopter crash victims

09 august 2025 - 20:15:52
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday led his countrymen in an “Evening of Reflections and [...] Full text...

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UN urges MPs to deliver on development promises for 600 million in landlocked nations

04 august 2025 - 21:27:23
Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) - At a major UN forum opening in Awaza, Turkmenistan, this week, parliamentarians from around the world [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament's Second Deputy Speaker condemns ban on MPs flying from Tripoli to Benghazi for plenary session

04 august 2025 - 10:55:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Second deputy speaker of the Libyan  Parliament, Misbah Douma, has strongly condemned the ban imposed [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament convened on Monday to discuss budget

02 august 2025 - 10:24:42
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan Parliament, Aguila Saleh, has invited MPs to an official plenary session [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International designates arbitrarily detained Eswatini MPs as prisoners of conscience

28 july 2025 - 07:35:18
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Four years since they were imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of [...] Full text...

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Details of budget for Libyan Development and Reconstruction Fund presented to the Speaker

18 june 2025 - 12:09:22
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) -The Director-General of the Libyan Development and Reconstruction Fund, Belgacem Haftar, gave the Speaker of Parliament, Aguila [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament approves draft budget of Development and Reconstruction Fund

03 june 2025 - 10:46:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament on Monday approved the draft budget of the Fund for the Development and [...] Full text...

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Suspension of the plenary session of the Libyan Parliament after monitoring the performances of the candidates for the Prime Minister position in the new government

28 may 2025 - 15:58:03
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) suspended its plenary session on Wednesday in Benghazi (east), after [...] Full text...

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National Political Dialogue opens in Senegal

28 may 2025 - 13:10:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The official opening ceremony of the national dialogue got underway at the Abdou Diouf International Conference [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament to appoint new Prime Minister to form government to organise elections

20 may 2025 - 10:44:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Following an official plenary session, the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) decided to appoint a new [...] Full text...

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Police officer killed. three others injured in new night-time demonstrations in Tripoli

17 may 2025 - 14:52:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A police officer was killed and three demonstrators were injured during incidents that took place on [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso adopts new Customs Code

25 march 2025 - 15:44:57
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso adopted a new Customs Code on Monday, introducing a number of innovations including [...] Full text...

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Ghana's new parliament inaugurated

07 january 2025 - 06:15:49
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's new parliament, following general elections on 7 December 2024, was officially inaugurated for a four-year [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian political parties to sign peace pact to ensure peaceful election

28 november 2024 - 19:21:34
Accra, Ghana (PANA) -  The National Peace Council (NPC), in collaboration with the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), has scheduled [...] Full text...

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Kenya Parliament approves impeachment motion against Deputy President

09 october 2024 - 08:39:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -  Kenya's Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been impeached after a daylong session in Parliament which ended [...] Full text...

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Kenya Parliament debates motion to impeach Deputy President

08 october 2024 - 14:51:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Members of Parliament began debating the special motion to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Parliament set to move impeachment motion against Deputy President

01 october 2024 - 13:26:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The short-lived political cohabitation between Kenya's deputy President Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua and the President William Ruto, [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Boost for UNRWA as UK decides to restore funding

20 july 2024 - 07:27:19
London, UK (PANA) - The head of the UN agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) welcomed the decision by the United [...] Full text...

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The Tunisian Parliament adopts two organic laws on the Africa50 Fund

17 july 2024 - 15:35:07
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) -  The Tunisian parliament Tuesday adopted two organic laws approving the statutes of the "Africa50" fund for [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs attend 2nd Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Forum

13 july 2024 - 19:21:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the Libyan House of Representatives and members of the Mediterranean Parliament, Belkheir al-Chaab Belkheir [...] Full text...

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Kenyan President vows 'full, expeditious' response to protests that claim at least five lives

25 june 2024 - 19:36:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President William Ruto on Tuesday vowed a “full, expeditious response” to Tuesday's protests in the [...] Full text...

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Togolese vote to elect MPs and regional councillors

29 april 2024 - 11:54:35
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - More than four million Togolese are voting on Monday to elect 113 MPs to the National [...] Full text...

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Togo again postpones legislative and regional elections

04 april 2024 - 14:04:06
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's parliamentary and regional elections have been postponed once again to allow the National Assembly to [...] Full text...

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Opposition up in arms against constitutional change in Togo

28 march 2024 - 17:35:45
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese opposition is united in its opposition to the constitutional change that took place on [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs attend 6th session of Pan-African Parliament in Midrand, South Africa

27 march 2024 - 16:51:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A select members of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) and the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) took [...] Full text...

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Togo moves from presidential to parliamentary system

26 march 2024 - 13:45:10
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - With three weeks to go before legislative elections in Togo, members of parliament (MPs) voted on [...] Full text...

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2,348 candidates to contest Togo's legislative elections

25 march 2024 - 12:46:10
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's Constitutional Court has published a list of 2,348 candidates for the legislative elections on 20 [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs form technical committee to monitor impact of exchange rate fluntuations on citizens

19 march 2024 - 13:59:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the Libyan House of Representatives have formed a technical committee chaired by the Second [...] Full text...

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Decision by Libyan Speaker to tax forex transactions stirs outcry in Parliament

15 march 2024 - 12:42:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, has announced  a 27% tax [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs call on Abdoulaye Bathily to revise electoral laws

15 march 2024 - 12:06:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group of members of the High Council of State, Libya's consultative body, have called on [...] Full text...

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Senegal's main opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, his right-hand man freed

15 march 2024 - 11:01:29
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's main opposition figure, Ousmane Sonko, and Bassirou Diomaye Faye, his right-hand man and PASTEF party [...] Full text...

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Women in parliament: Slow progress towards equal representation

05 march 2024 - 19:01:12
Paris, France (PANA) - Progress on women’s representation in national legislatures was “slow and mixed” in 2023, registering a growth [...] Full text...

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Ghana's president will take decision on LGBTQ+ bill after top court ruling

05 march 2024 - 05:52:58
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Monday that he would await the Supreme Court’s [...] Full text...

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Ghana's Finance ministry urges President to pause assent to anti-LGBTQ bill

04 march 2024 - 14:29:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As the controversial the controversial anti-LGBTQI+ bill passed by Ghana's Parliament, which criminalises the promotion, advocacy, and funding [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief, US slam passage of Ghana's LGBTQ bill

29 february 2024 - 06:29:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The UN human rights chief and the US Department of State have slammed the passage by [...] Full text...

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Ghana's Parliament passes controversial LGBTQ bill

28 february 2024 - 18:21:46
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Parliament, after nearly three years, on Wednesday passed the controversial anti-LGBTQI+ bill which criminalizes the promotion, [...] Full text...

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Backlash over impeachment of prominent judges in South Africa

23 february 2024 - 12:05:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has slammed the impeachment of two prominent senior [...] Full text...

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Benin's Constitution likely to be amended by Parliament on Wednesday

20 february 2024 - 12:52:25
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's MPs will be convened for a session on Wednesday, during which they could amend the [...] Full text...

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2ND UPDATE: Senegalese President Sall pledges to respect constitutional Council's verdict on election

16 february 2024 - 18:51:21
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall on Friday pledged “to fully implement” the verdict of the Constitutional Council [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: Respect decision of Constitutional court annulling delay in presidential election: ECOWAS tells Senegal stakeholders

16 february 2024 - 13:07:58
Dakar, Snegal (PANA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday urged stakeholders in the political crisis [...] Full text...

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Senegal's Constitutional Council strikes down 'unconstitutional' law delaying presidential election

16 february 2024 - 06:06:21
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal's Constitutional Council on Thursday struck down a controversial law that postponed the West African country's [...] Full text...

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Ghana's President drops finance minister, many senior ministers in major reshuffle

14 february 2024 - 11:32:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday announced a major cabinet reshuffle in which he [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS MPs begin meetings in Senegal in efforts to end political crisis

12 february 2024 - 17:19:10
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A team from the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday [...] Full text...

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UN chief adds voice for dialogue, peace in Senegal as violence spreads; first death reported

10 february 2024 - 08:16:43
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added his voice for peace and dialogue in Senegal following [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS, US ask Senegal to restore electoral calendar

07 february 2024 - 07:41:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United States have [...] Full text...

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Senegalese Parliament postpones presidential poll to 15 December in controversial vote

06 february 2024 - 07:48:02
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Parliament on Tuesday passed a controversial bill to postpone the West African country's presidential [...] Full text...

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Togo adopts bill to increase number of MPs from 91 to 113

24 january 2024 - 17:25:14
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's National Assembly on Tuesday adopted a bill to increase the number of MPs from 91 [...] Full text...

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Inheriting the stalemate: 2024 keeps alive hopes of way out of crisis in Libya

04 january 2024 - 18:00:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The year 2023 would, with a few exceptions, have been like the previous years of the [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament holds plenary session devoted to the presentation by the government based in the east on actions in the disaster areas

28 november 2023 - 18:53:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) held its official session on Monday at its headquarters in [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa appoints new public protector

01 november 2023 - 08:38:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday appointed advocate Kholeka Gcaleka as South Africa's new public [...] Full text...

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Security Council to hold another session on Libya

16 october 2023 - 11:55:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Security Council will hold another session on Libya on Monday, during which the Special [...] Full text...

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Libyan Electoral Commission ready to implement electoral laws in line with international standards

09 october 2023 - 18:13:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan High National Electoral Commission affirmed on Monday that it was ready to implement the [...] Full text...

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UNSMIL receives copy of electoral laws promulgated by Parliament

07 october 2023 - 12:15:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has announced that on Thursday it received an official [...] Full text...

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Will new UN-facilitated consultations between Libyan parties lead to elections in Libya?

13 july 2023 - 19:19:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - On Tuesday, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Abdoulaye Bathily, began consultations [...] Full text...

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Plenary session of Libyan Parliament discusses draft laws of 6+6 Commission elections

10 july 2023 - 14:54:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The work of a plenary session of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) began on Monday [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament chooses President and members of new Constitutional Court

27 june 2023 - 13:37:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) has voted unanimously to choose the president and members of [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso passes new law on property development

20 june 2023 - 19:59:21
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At a plenary session broadcast live on state television (RTB) on Tuesday, the Burkina Faso [...] Full text...

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Electoral laws adopted by 6+6 Commission continues to cause controversy in Libya

15 june 2023 - 18:38:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Controversy continues to rage in Libya since the announcement in Bouznika, Morocco, of a consensus between [...] Full text...

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Five Western countries urge Libyan stakeholders to create favourable conditions for elections

09 june 2023 - 13:30:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The embassies of five Western countries in Libya -- France, Germany, Italy, UK and the United [...] Full text...

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Doubts about organiZation of elections persist despite announcement of compromise on the electoral laws

08 june 2023 - 18:53:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -Despite the announcement in the Moroccan town of Bouznika that a compromise had been reached on the [...] Full text...

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Libya's 6+6 Commission responsible for drafting electoral laws to sign draft agreement against backdrop of controversy

06 june 2023 - 10:49:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's 6+6 joint Commission responsible for drafting electoral laws is preparing to sign the draft consensus [...] Full text...

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26 "terrorists" neutralised in three anti-terrorist operations in Burkina Faso

01 june 2023 - 13:49:37
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 26 "terrorists" were neutralized between 25 and 30 May in three operations carried [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs at Third Pan-African Parliamentarians' Summit on Climate Policy and Justice

17 may 2023 - 14:54:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan members of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), Youssef al-Fakhri, Salem Kenan and Saleh Guelma, participated in [...] Full text...

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Fathi Bachagha suspended by Libyan Parliament, sent back to investigate his management

16 may 2023 - 19:46:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives voted by a majority of MPs during the plenary session held [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso's parliament gives government go-ahead for acquisition of military drones

14 april 2023 - 17:21:30
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA - The Burkinabe government on Friday gave its approval for the acquisition of military drones from [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Concern over Iranian warships docked in Cape Town

04 april 2023 - 12:06:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Just weeks after hosting a joint naval military exercise with Russia and China in [...] Full text...

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Libyan parliamentary delegation agrees with Russian counterparts to exchange visits

30 march 2023 - 14:54:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The second deputy speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Abdelhadi al-Saghir, Thursday agreed with [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Parliament unanimously votes for law on meritocracy in public administration

16 march 2023 - 17:06:58
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The MPs of the Transitional Legislative Assembly of Burkina Faso voted unanimously on Thursday for [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament to convene in Benghazi on Monday

16 march 2023 - 13:25:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, has summoned MPs to attend an [...] Full text...

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Journalists dismissed from Tunisian parliament

13 march 2023 - 16:12:08
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Local journalists and foreign press correspondents were barred from entering parliament to cover the inaugural session [...] Full text...

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For first time, women represented in all parliaments of the world

06 march 2023 - 14:04:01
New York, US (PANA) - For the first time ever, there are women MPs in every single country on Earth, the [...] Full text...

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US calls for channeling UN-facilitated consensus to achieve elections in Libya

28 february 2023 - 12:53:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The only sustainable way forward for Libya is for its people to choose their own leaders [...] Full text...

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Nigeria goes to polls to elect president, MPs

25 february 2023 - 06:00:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s 87.2 million registered voters armed with their permanent voter cards (PVCs) throng to the 176,846 polling [...] Full text...

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EU Parliament calls for Eswatini aid suspension

16 february 2023 - 22:22:28
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for the suspension of aid to Eswatini and [...] Full text...

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Democrats call for more women in Benin's parliament

16 february 2023 - 19:02:10
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The elected members of the Beninese opposition party, "Les Démocrates", Thursday pleaded for a greater representation [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament resumes plenary session

07 february 2023 - 13:44:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives resumed sitting on Tuesday in the eastern city of Benghazi to [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament begins plenary session

06 february 2023 - 13:42:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The plenary of the Libyan House of Representatives started on Monday in Benghazi, devoted to the [...] Full text...

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Tunisian opposition figure arrested at his home

21 january 2023 - 18:31:00
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian police broke into the home of lawyer Seif Eddine Makhlouf, a fierce opponent of Tunisian [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament votes on formation of parliamentary committees for different tracks of the political crisis

17 january 2023 - 18:56:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -The Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) decided during its session on Monday in Benghazi (East) to form [...] Full text...

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Plenary session of Libyan Parliament begins in Benghazi in eastern Libya

17 january 2023 - 15:20:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The work of a plenary session of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), started on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Three political parties win seats in Sunday's legislative elections in Benin

13 january 2023 - 19:48:17
Cotonou Benin (PANA) - The Constitutional Court on Thursday evening declared that three political parties won seats out of the [...] Full text...

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Three political parties provisionally win Sunday's legislative elections in Benin

11 january 2023 - 16:04:21
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Three political parties won last Sunday's legislative elections in Benin, according to the provisional results proclaimed [...] Full text...

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Civil society deplores low voter turnout in Benin Legislative election

08 january 2023 - 16:48:30
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The electoral platform of civil society organisations in Benin late this morning deplored the low turnout [...] Full text...

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What are the alternatives for a solution to the crisis in Libya in the face of persistent deadlock between Parliament and Council of State?

22 december 2022 - 19:50:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The search for an alternative to overcome the impasse in the political process due to the [...] Full text...

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Tunisians go to the polls to elect new parliament

17 december 2022 - 14:34:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisians are voting on Saturday in legislative elections boycotted by most political parties in protest against [...] Full text...

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

16 december 2022 - 06:42:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three agencies have joined forces to help parliamentarians act on child hunger by working with governments [...] Full text...

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Tuniaians hold legislative elections on 17 December in climate of uncertainty

13 december 2022 - 14:23:47
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is preparing to elect a new parliament on Saturday to replace the one dissolved about [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa to skip key US-Africa summit

12 december 2022 - 15:17:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African presidency has confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa will not be attending [...] Full text...

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Ghana's finance minister survives motion to remove him from office

08 december 2022 - 19:35:16
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's beleaguered Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, on Thursday survived a censure motion by opposition [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament approves law establishing Constitutional Court

06 december 2022 - 16:37:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament) adopted on Tuesday by a majority vote, the draft [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament Speaker says optimistic about agreement with High State Council on regal positions and constitutional basis

28 november 2022 - 19:32:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, said Monday he was confident [...] Full text...

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Ghana's finance minister announces raft of measures to resuscitate economy

24 november 2022 - 15:24:06
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, on Thursday presented the 2023 budget to Parliament which is seen [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament sits in Benghazi

21 november 2022 - 14:10:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament began a session on Monday in Benghazi, devoted to the law on the [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs, German development agency discuss decentralisation and support for municipalities

17 november 2022 - 12:55:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the Libyan Parliament on Wednesday discussed cooperation in the field of local governance, support [...] Full text...

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Ghana President fires Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance

14 november 2022 - 11:10:41
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday terminated the appointment of the Minister of State [...] Full text...

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Mandate of transitional MPs validated in Burkina Faso

11 november 2022 - 14:58:14
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The mandate of the MPs of the 3rd transitional legislature of Burkina Faso was validated [...] Full text...

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Ghana's ruling party MPs soften position on demands for immediate removal of finance minister

27 october 2022 - 08:34:40
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Members of Parliament of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have agreed to an appeal by [...] Full text...

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UPDATE 1: Ghana opposition MPs file motion of censure to remove finance minister

25 october 2022 - 17:27:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Minority in Ghana's Parliament has filed a motion of censure against Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, [...] Full text...

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Ghana's ruling party MPs demand dismissal of finance minister as economic hardships bite

25 october 2022 - 12:46:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The majority of Members of Parliament of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's party on Tuesday asked [...] Full text...

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Libyan Speaker refers unification of salaries to parliamentary committees

18 october 2022 - 17:42:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The observations of Libyan MPs on the draft unification of the salary scale of state insititutions [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament meets in Benghazi

18 october 2022 - 12:13:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament began a meeting on Tuesday in the eastern city of Benghazi to complete [...] Full text...

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Abdelmadjid Dbaiba explains basis of MOU signed with Turkey

06 october 2022 - 20:15:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The prime inister of the Libyan Provisional National Unity Government Abdelmadjid al-Dbaiba explained on Wednesday the [...] Full text...

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MPs from Libya's eastern region call for debate on the 1951 Constitution establishing a federal system

01 october 2022 - 19:52:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirty-two Libyan MPs from the eastern region have called on the Speaker of Parliament, Aguila Saleh, [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament meets in Benghazi

27 september 2022 - 12:51:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan parliament is meeting on Tuesday in plenary session at its headquarters in the eastern [...] Full text...

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Rights group demands release of Zimbabwean opposition MPs unjustly held for 100 days

21 september 2022 - 06:36:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The continued arbitrary detention of opposition leader and Member of Parliament Job Sikhala and MP Godfrey [...] Full text...

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Tunisian President Kaïs Saied promulgates new electoral law

16 september 2022 - 18:35:56
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - With three months to go before early parliamentary elections, Tunisian President Kaïs Saied has made fundamental [...] Full text...

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Plenary of Libyan Parliament begins in Benghazi (East)

15 september 2022 - 15:44:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The plenary session of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) started on Thursday in the eastern [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament to sit next Thursday in Benghazi

13 september 2022 - 14:00:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, has called on MPs to [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament Speaker unhappy about inability of Tripoli MPs to travel to Benghazi for plenary

06 september 2022 - 11:49:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan Parliament, Aguila Saleh, has denounced the fact that parliamentarians from Tripoli [...] Full text...

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Armed clashes in Tripoli leave Libya's political crisis unresolved

02 september 2022 - 07:48:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Last weekend's clashes in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, had a familiar ending: they proved that clashes [...] Full text...

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New Councillors to Supreme Court in Libya sworn in before Parliament

22 august 2022 - 18:26:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 36 of the 45 Supreme Court Advisors recently appointed by Libya's House of [...] Full text...

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Parliament plenary resumes work on political process in Libya

16 august 2022 - 17:24:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) resumed on Tuesday in Tobruk (East) the work of the [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament declares Bint Baya commune in southern Libya a disaster area

15 august 2022 - 21:28:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament), during discussions at its official plenary session on Monday [...] Full text...

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Kenya Deputy President Ruto takes slight lead over opposition leader Odinga in tight presidential vote

14 august 2022 - 11:34:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto has taken a slight lead over former Prime Minister and opposition [...] Full text...

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Three Beninese political parties receive public subsidy

13 august 2022 - 13:31:56
Cotonou Benin (PANA) - The Beninese state has disbursed 1.5 billion CFA francs as subsidy to the three most representative [...] Full text...

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Constitutional Council confirms victory of ruling coalition in Senegalese legislative elections

12 august 2022 - 16:03:51
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Constitutional Council published on Thursday evening the official and final results of the legislative elections [...] Full text...

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MPs, activists from southern Libya request UNSMIL's support for region's involvement in decision-making

04 august 2022 - 11:17:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation of members of Parliament and civil society representatives from southern Libya has requested the [...] Full text...

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US Secretary of State Blinken calls for free and fair elections in Kenya

04 august 2022 - 07:34:19
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - As Kenyans vote in general elections on 9 August, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken [...] Full text...

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Libyan MP elected as Vice-Chair of PAP's North African Group

02 july 2022 - 14:05:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan MP Youssef al-Fakhri was elected to the post of deputy chairman of the North African [...] Full text...

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Libyan parliament suspends plenary for Wednesday ahead of budget vote

14 june 2022 - 17:51:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament) Tuesday suspended a plenary session held behind closed doors [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs, High Council of State begin third round of consultations on constitutional basis for elections

12 june 2022 - 14:06:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The third round of consultations of the joint committee of the Libyan Parliament and the High [...] Full text...

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International community urged to support new administration in Somalia

24 may 2022 - 04:04:00
New York, US (PANA) - The recent conclusion of the electoral process in Somalia offers a long-awaited opportunity to make [...] Full text...

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Mixed reception on Libyan parliamentary consultations in Cairo for organization of elections

22 may 2022 - 19:47:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Seen as a crucial and last opportunity for Libyans to agree on a political solution leading [...] Full text...

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Former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud wins Somalia's presidential election

16 may 2022 - 05:55:16
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somali parliamentarians on Sunday elected former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the next president. He polled 214 [...] Full text...

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Somalia MPs vote in presidential election

15 may 2022 - 10:16:36
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somali parliamentarians are on Sunday voting to elect a president as the country continues to experience [...] Full text...

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Somalia's international partners appeal to MPs to 'vote their conscience' in Sunday's presidential election

14 may 2022 - 19:56:41
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – As Somalia's parliamentarians vote on Sunday to elect a president, the international partners are calling on them [...] Full text...

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Libyan parliament votes to hold next plenary in Sirte, central Libya

10 may 2022 - 20:21:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament), decided, at the end of its official session on [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to develop sustainable system for plant propagation at Prison Service

05 may 2022 - 07:48:33
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security and the Mauritius Prisons Service (MPS) have agreed [...] Full text...

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Executive issue in Libya threatens outcome of parliamentary consultations in Cairo

14 april 2022 - 18:11:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The launch of talks between Libya's House of Representatives (Parliament) and the High State Council on [...] Full text...

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Gambian President Barrow's party wins parliamentary election but falls short of absolute majority

11 april 2022 - 10:42:52
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow's National People’s Party (NPP) won Saturday's legislative election but fell short of [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs form 12-member committee to review draft Constitution

08 april 2022 - 21:57:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament) has formed a 12-member committee to review the points [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso's Transitional Prime Minister presents roadmap to MPs

04 april 2022 - 18:39:38
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Prime Minister of the Transition in Burkina Faso, Albert Ouédraogo, on Monday presented to [...] Full text...

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Libyans start Ramadan with wishes for peace, reconciliation

03 april 2022 - 06:27:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan officials, international organisations, and foreign diplomats expressed their wishes at the beginning of Ramadan, the [...] Full text...

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DRC military court sends 13 activists to prison : Amnesty International

01 april 2022 - 22:36:38
Beni, DRC (PANA) - A military Court has sentenced 13 activists arrested during a peaceful protest in Beni, in the [...] Full text...

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9th World Water Forum launches Guide to Right to Water and Sanitation for Parliamentarians

24 march 2022 - 19:23:21
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A guide on the right to water and sanitation for parliamentarians was launched on Thursday by [...] Full text...

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Parliament urged to join process of drafting constitutional basis for elections in Libya

24 march 2022 - 18:16:05
ripoli, Libya (PANA) - The meetings on the consultation process on the elaboration of a constitutional basis to hold elections [...] Full text...

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UN SG adviser reiterates importance of Libya's two parliamentary chambers for holding elections

22 march 2022 - 16:45:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has reaffirmed that her mission is to [...] Full text...

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Meeting on organization of elections between Libyan Parliament and State Council expected this week

21 march 2022 - 16:56:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Talks are expected to take place this week between the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) and [...] Full text...

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Presidential Council or other alternative to get Libya out of impasse and reach elections

17 march 2022 - 19:56:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The first signs of blockages in the initiative of the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Libya urges Parliament to give positive response to her mediation initiative

17 march 2022 - 15:09:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has called on Parliament to expedite a [...] Full text...

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Libyan Presidential Council meets with foreign diplomats in Tripoli to support UN initiative

16 march 2022 - 21:04:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Presidential Council discussed here Wednesday with a number of ambassadors from countries accredited to [...] Full text...

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Deep divisions over Pretoria's Russia stance

16 march 2022 - 09:11:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has slammed opposition parties who criticised the [...] Full text...

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Deputy Speaker of Libyan Parliament discusses political situation in Libya with British ambassador

15 march 2022 - 20:07:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The first deputy speaker of the House of Representatives (Parliament), Fawzi Al-Nouwairi, Tuesday met with the [...] Full text...

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What are the alternatives for top UN official in Libya to her initiative for elections?

10 march 2022 - 18:13:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament and the High State Council have given a lukewarm reception to the mediation [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament rejects Stephanie Williams' proposal

07 march 2022 - 14:55:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 93 members of the Libyan House of Representatives have declined the proposal of [...] Full text...

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Stephanie Williams' mediation initiative to rescue Libya's political process (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

06 march 2022 - 19:43:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly four months after resuming her duties in Libya following her appointment last December as Special [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper looks for options in power struggle between rival governments

05 march 2022 - 17:57:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The existence of two rival governments in Libya, after the adoption by Parliament of a new [...] Full text...

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UN to ask both Libyan Assemblies to adopt constitutional basis for elections

03 march 2022 - 18:48:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, announced on Thursday a letter addressed to [...] Full text...

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Guterres reaffirms need to meet Libyans' aspirations to choose leaders

03 march 2022 - 16:16:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he is closely following developments in Libya, where a March [...] Full text...

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Members of Fathi Bachagha's government sworn in before Libyan Parliament in Tobruk

03 march 2022 - 15:59:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Prime minister-designate Fathi Bachagha and some ministers in his government took the constitutional oath of office [...] Full text...

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UN chief Guterres urges all actors in Libya against actions that undermine stability

03 march 2022 - 10:27:51
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on all actors in Libya to refrain from taking [...] Full text...

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Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba discusses with Khaled al-Mechri elections as soon as possible in Libya

02 march 2022 - 19:46:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the National Unity Government Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba discussed on Wednesday with the Chairman [...] Full text...

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Libya's newly appointed PM denounces Russia's attack on Ukraine

02 march 2022 - 18:42:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The new Libyan prime minister confirmed by the Libyan Parliament, Fathi Bachagha, has denounced Russia's attack [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament to swearing in new government on Thursday

02 march 2022 - 11:38:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Parliament will swear in the new Libyan government headed by Prime Minister Fathi Bachagha Tobruk on [...] Full text...

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Libya's new PM confident of a peaceful handover of power

01 march 2022 - 20:26:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fathi Bachagha, the new Libyan Prime Minister, confirmed by the Libyan Parliament, says his government will [...] Full text...

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Libya: GNU rejects parliamentary votes of confidence for alternate govt

01 march 2022 - 20:05:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The national unity government announced on Tuesday evening its rejection of the vote of confidence granted [...] Full text...

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Libyan parliament to hold plenary session to deliberate on new government

01 march 2022 - 17:50:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives will start on Tuesday a plenary session in Tobruk (East) to [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament adjourns plenary on new government

01 march 2022 - 13:06:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament on Monday twice postponed its plenary session to discuss the composition of the [...] Full text...

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PM-designate submits list of 30 ministers, 8 secretaries to Libyan Parliament for confirmation

28 february 2022 - 19:29:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister-designate, Fathi Bachagha, on Monday submitted to the House of Representatives (Parliament) in [...] Full text...

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Libyan parliament's plenary on formation of new government shifted to Monday evening

28 february 2022 - 13:12:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Plenary of Parliament on a vote of confidence Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bachagha and his cabinet [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs in Addis Ababa for meeting on PAP presidential election

25 february 2022 - 16:13:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) arrived Friday at the African Union (AU) headquarters [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament convenes plenary session next Monday in Tobruk (East)

24 february 2022 - 14:23:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, Thursday called for a plenary [...] Full text...

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Libyan Council of State votes against change of government

24 february 2022 - 14:09:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan High Council of State on Thursday voted by a majority of the members present, [...] Full text...

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Buoyed by Libyans' aspirations for elections PM al-Dbaiba determined to go all the way

20 february 2022 - 18:24:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, has shown an unwavering [...] Full text...

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Ambiguity still prevails in long-distance duel between two Libyan Prime Ministers

17 february 2022 - 19:14:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The outcome of the indirect duel between the two rival prime ministers in Libya is still [...] Full text...

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Senior Libyan officials discuss efforts for stability, national reconciliation

16 february 2022 - 13:05:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, on Tuesday discussed with the Speaker [...] Full text...

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Libyans commemorate 11th anniversary of revolution on Thursday in anticipation of snap elections

15 february 2022 - 19:29:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The eleventh anniversary of the 17 February 2011 Revolution, which will be celebrated by Libyans on [...] Full text...

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Govt spokesperson says Parliament has no power to set term of PM

14 february 2022 - 11:44:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The spokesperson of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU), Mohamed Hamouda, affirmed on Sunday that [...] Full text...

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Chairman of Libya's High State Council says the 14-month deadline to organise elections is justifiable

13 february 2022 - 15:25:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan High State Council, Khaled Al-Mechri, said that the holding of the [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister appointed by Parliament promises 'government for everyone'

11 february 2022 - 11:34:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister appointed by the Libyan Parliament, Fathi Bachagha, has said that the government [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister reaffirms he will continue to perform his duties according to the roadmap

11 february 2022 - 11:23:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has saif that [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament elects Fathi Bachagha as Prime Minister of new government

10 february 2022 - 14:35:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's House of Representatives (parliament) Thursday voted unanimously to choose Fathi Bachagha as prime minister of [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament approves by an absolute majority amendment to Constitutional Declaration

10 february 2022 - 12:58:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament on Thursday approved by an absolute majority the inclusion of an amendment to [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament begins plenary to choose new Prime Minister

10 february 2022 - 11:58:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The plenary session of the Libyan Parliament started on Thursday in Tobruk to choose a new [...] Full text...

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Libyan parliament approves by acclamation roadmap for elections in 14 months

07 february 2022 - 16:38:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) at the start of its plenary session on Monday approved [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament begins plenary session to interview candidates for position of Prime Minister

07 february 2022 - 12:14:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament began a plenary session on Monday in Tobruk to interview candidates for the [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Libya concludes Benghazi visit

04 february 2022 - 11:43:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, on Thursday concluded a three-day visit to [...] Full text...

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Tug of war between parliament and government heralds an era of confrontation in Libya (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

03 february 2022 - 20:29:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The persistence of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) in wanting to change the Prime Minister [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament, State Council form joint committee to review draft Constitution

01 february 2022 - 20:26:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament) on Tuesday decided to form a joint committee with [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament resumes work on roadmap for elections

01 february 2022 - 12:47:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament on Tuesday resumed its deliberations on the draft roadmap, aiming to achieve general [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament meets 8 February to appoint new prime minister

31 january 2022 - 17:57:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) at the end of a session held on Monday in [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper slams parliament for consolidating the idea of two governments

29 january 2022 - 18:19:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The latest plenary sessions of the Libyan Parliament have confirmed the legislative body's intention to dismiss [...] Full text...

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By focusing on dismissal of the government, the Libyan parliament risks leading the country into a new impasse (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

27 january 2022 - 20:22:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The orientations of the House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament) have taken a turn away from [...] Full text...

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