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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States welcomes the 11 December Declaration between the Federal Republic of Somalia and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to resolve a dispute between the two African nations over the decision of Ethiopia to build a port in Somaliland

©- - 13 december 2024 - 10:45:23 - thread (368 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  South Africa’s Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Marian Jurečka, are attending the South Africa-Czech Republic Business Forum in Pretoria

©- - 13 december 2024 - 08:39:36 - thread (247 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday host President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço of Angola at the Union Buildings in Pretoria

©- - 12 december 2024 - 06:53:58 - thread (182 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will co-chair the 11th Session of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) between South Africa and Nigeria with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Cape Town on Tuesday

©- - 03 december 2024 - 07:21:05 - thread (330 words)


Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R

©- - 03 november 2024 - 05:36:05 - thread (142 words)


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)