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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday urged the regional body to re-examine its approach to ensuring constitutional order in Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Niger. Speaking while delivering his opening address at the extraordinary summit [...]
©- - 24 february 2024 - 14:47:06 - thread Politics (338 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 37th African Union (AU) Summit opened on Saturday with Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani as the new Chairperson. He assumed the rotating leadership from President Azali Assoumani of Comoros, who served for the past one year. The Summit opened with a minute's silence in honour of [...]
©- - 17 february 2024 - 21:17:57 - thread Politics (292 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected participate in several committee meetings at the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa this weekend. These include the Committee of African Heads of State and [...]
©- - 16 february 2024 - 11:44:43 - thread Politics (474 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Experts from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger met on Monday in Ouagadougou to prepare for a meeting of ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) to be held next Thursday in the capital of Burkina Faso, diplomatic sources said. This session, which is being held [...]
©- - 12 february 2024 - 18:22:03 - thread Politics (457 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, is taking part in the World Government Summit (WGS) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which opens this Monday and runs until 14 February. On Monday, Mr Al Dbaiba met Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Egyptian [...]
©- - 12 february 2024 - 11:27:52 - thread Politics (201 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, Monday ended his participation in the Italy-Africa Summit held in the Italian capital, Rome. The meeting, held on 28 - 29 January, discussed several issues of economic cooperation and infrastructure, in addition to food security, [...]
©- - 30 january 2024 - 18:16:44 - thread Politics (541 words)


Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Developing countries must lead efforts to reform outdated international institutions and frameworks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in remarks to the third summit of the Group of 77 (G-77) and China, which opened in Kampala, Uganda, on Sunday. More than 130 countries are members of the bloc [...]
©- - 21 january 2024 - 19:20:08 - thread Politics (715 words)


Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional release of all hostages, in an address to the latest summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which concluded in Kampala, Uganda, on Saturday. Leaders from the 120-member bloc met amid deep [...]
©- - 20 january 2024 - 18:37:34 - thread Politics (642 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, arrived in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on Thursday at an invitation from President Yoweri Museveni to attend the 19th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Third South Summit of [...]
©- - 19 january 2024 - 16:21:16 - thread Politics (197 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The 47th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) of the African Union has opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, amid calls to empower the African population through education. The Summit of the AU is holding under the theme: "Educate an African fit for the 21st [...]
©- - 15 january 2024 - 20:09:16 - thread Politics (401 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese presidency on Saturday said the government would not attend a summit convened by the East African Development Authority (IGAD) to end the Sudanese crisis and mend the fences between Somalia and Ethiopia. “The government of the Sudan is of the view that there is nothing [...]
©- - 13 january 2024 - 13:08:51 - thread Politics (359 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – ECOWAS leaders ended their 64th ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government on Sunday in Abuja, resolving to urgently review efforts to activate a standby force for counterterrorism operations in areas infested by terrorist groups. In a communiqué read by Dr. Omar Touray, [...]
©- - 10 december 2023 - 20:20:40 - thread Politics (1002 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) converge in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on Sunday for their end-of-year ordinary summit with a plethora of unresolved socio-economic, security and governance issues, especially perennial insecurity, and a resurgence of military coups with four members of [...]
©- - 10 december 2023 - 05:23:18 - thread Politics (1028 words)


Doha, Qatar (PANA) - The summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), held in Doha on Tuesday welcomed the compromise reached at the June meetings in Morocco of the "6+6" Joint Commission. The Commission is tasked by the Libyan House of Representatives and Council of State with preparing the electoral laws. The [...]
©- - 06 december 2023 - 14:38:22 - thread Politics (246 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa al-Kouni, has discussed with the Congolese President, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Chairman of the African Union High-Level Committee on Libya, the latest developments in the political situation in the country and ways of supporting the efforts of the [...]
©- - 25 november 2023 - 20:11:59 - thread Politics (287 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday left Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference on 20 November, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Nigeria’s Presidency said in a statement that during the conference, President Tinubu will join other Heads of State [...]
©- - 18 november 2023 - 10:23:22 - thread Politics (352 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso's Transitional Legislative Assembly, Ousman Bougouma, arrived in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Thursday to represent the Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, at the Saudi-African summit. He was welcomed by Olivia Rouamba, Burkina Faso's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and [...]
©- - 10 november 2023 - 13:05:53 - thread Politics (157 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived om Thursday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the Saudi-Africa Summit scheduled for Friday. The Nigerian leader was received by ministers, members of the National Assembly as well as other government functionaries at the airport. Tinubu will use the opportunity of the summit [...]
©- - 09 november 2023 - 16:50:17 - thread Politics (180 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The First deputy speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) and Head of the Parliamentary Division of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Fawzi al-Nouwairi, Friday took part in the Second Parliamentary Summit on Counter-Terrorism and Violent Extremism held in Luanda, the Angolan capital. The summit, on the theme [...]
©- - 27 october 2023 - 17:49:12 - thread Politics (371 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will attend the Cairo Summit for Peace on Saturday, his office has confirmed. "President Ramaphosa has been deeply concerned by attacks on civilians, the resulting enormous loss of life, displacement of people and the humanitarian crisis that has engulfed the [...]
©- - 20 october 2023 - 09:55:06 - thread Politics (196 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Vice President, Muhammed B.S. Jallow, says the world is facing numerous crises and a multiplicity of daunting challenges that raise serious questions about the readiness and viability of multilateral institutions and arrangements, in the event of another crisis or pandemic. He made the statement on Thursday [...]
©- - 22 september 2023 - 12:43:44 - thread Politics (294 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Minister of International Relations and Cooperation is leading South Africa’s delegation to the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Group of 77 and China. The Summit is being hosted in Cuba this weekend under the theme “Current development challenges: The role of [...]
©- - 15 september 2023 - 07:01:35 - thread Politics (172 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday departed for India to attend the G20 summit, where he hopes South Africa will be able to strengthen its relations with the global community. The two-day summit, hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, begins on Saturday. Although Chinese President Xi [...]
©- - 08 september 2023 - 17:53:25 - thread Politics (190 words)


London, UK (PANA) - World leaders attending the G20 summit in New Delhi which starts on Saturday must substantially increase international assistance and provide debt relief to vulnerable states to help deliver urgently needed climate justice and avoid a potentially catastrophic failure to safeguard human rights, Amnesty International said on [...]
©- - 08 september 2023 - 06:39:17 - thread Politics (810 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, has stressed the importance of mobilizing efforts to tackle climate risks and transform the challenges facing the world into opportunities that transcend the dividing lines between Africa and the major industrialized countries, to chart a new phase [...]
©- - 05 september 2023 - 20:17:21 - thread Politics (417 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, has stressed the importance of mobilizing efforts to tackle climate risks and transform the challenges facing the world into opportunities that transcend the dividing lines between Africa and the major industrialized countries to chart a new phase [...]
©- - 05 september 2023 - 20:07:08 - thread Politics (427 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday announced that the BRICS bloc had reached a consensus on its expansion process. “We have decided to invite the Argentine Republic, The Arab Republic of Egypt, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the [...]
©- - 24 august 2023 - 15:13:42 - thread Politics (287 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leaders of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) have reaffirmed their commitment to boosting the bloc to ensure they exert a combined influence on international affairs. The BRICS Summit which is underway in Sandton, is being held under the theme “BRICS in Africa: [...]
©- - 23 august 2023 - 08:18:04 - thread Politics (351 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – World leaders have begun arriving in South Africa ahead of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Summit which kicks off in Sandton on Tuesday. One notable absentee is Russian President Vlamidir Putin who last month confirmed that he will not attend. The International Criminal [...]
©- - 21 august 2023 - 11:45:53 - thread Politics (367 words)


Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria will on Sunday host a special meeting of ECOWAS leaders following the coup d’etat in Niger Republic. Presidential Spokesperson Dele Alake said in a statement: “Following the coup in Republic of Niger that has upended the constitutional political leadership in the West Africa country, the Chairman [...]
©- - 28 july 2023 - 17:17:48 - thread Politics (198 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa will participate in the Russia-Africa Summit which takes place in St. Petersburg in the  Russian Federation on Thursday and Friday. The summit, which aims to foster mutually beneficial cooperation and partnerships between Russia and the African continent, first convened in October 2019 [...]
©- - 24 july 2023 - 12:48:19 - thread Politics (294 words)


Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, will not attend the forthcoming 15th Summit of BRICS nations to be hosted by South Africa next month, the South African presidency announced on Wednesday. "By mutual agreement, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation will not attend the Summit [...]
©- - 19 july 2023 - 12:04:36 - thread Politics (537 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African leaders rose from a  one-day mid-year Summit in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, which was ,dedicated to the search for solutions to urgent crises facing Africa, but with a lukewarm response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which was a top Summit agenda. The Summit was due to receive [...]
©- - 16 july 2023 - 20:13:52 - thread Politics (460 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African leaders gathered on Sunday in Nairobi for the opening of their fifth mid-year Summit, with key global issues top on the agenda. The leaders drawn from the African Union's executive organs, the coordinating organs of the Union and regional economic communities, are meeting to review and [...]
©- - 16 july 2023 - 12:41:38 - thread Politics (443 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa will host the 2023 BRICS Political Party Plus Dialogue under the theme, “BRICS and Africa: Partnership for mutually accelerated growth, sustainable development and inclusive growth.” The event in Johannesburg will see hundreds of delegates and more than 54 political parties from around the [...]
©- - 12 july 2023 - 09:15:30 - thread Politics (241 words)


Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Summit meeting of the East African Development Block (IGAD) has expressed regret that the government of the Sudan declined to take part in Monday's meeting by not sending a delegation to the summit. However, the leaders still issued a final communique calling for ending the war [...]
©- - 10 july 2023 - 16:31:17 - thread Politics (1070 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, has received an invitation from the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi, to attend the Summit of Sudan's Neighbouring Countries to be held in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, in mid-July. The invitation was extended to Mr. Al-Manfi in Tripoli [...]
©- - 05 july 2023 - 18:50:46 - thread Politics (185 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – At the invitation of President Félix Tshisekedi, President Cyril Ramaphosa will travel to Kinshasa to co-chair the 12th session of the DRC-South Africa Bi-National Commission scheduled to take place on Thursday. President Ramaphosa’s office said the Commission provided an opportunity to further strengthen the solid [...]
©- - 05 july 2023 - 07:56:49 - thread Politics (144 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday travelled to eSwatini (Swaziland) to attend the 8th Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) Heads of State and Government Summit in Mbabane. The summit, which coincides with the Council of Ministers meeting, will reflect and update on the status of the [...]
©- - 29 june 2023 - 11:03:42 - thread Politics (227 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa will be in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday to attend and address the World of Work Summit. The event is hosted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), on the margins of the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC). Under the theme ‘Social [...]
©- - 15 june 2023 - 07:54:33 - thread Politics (197 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has filed an application with the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to compel the government to arrest Russia’s President Vladimir Putin should he attend the BRICS summit in Durban in August. DA leader John Steenhuisen said he was [...]
©- - 31 may 2023 - 12:50:29 - thread Politics (346 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has declared diplomatic immunity for delegates attending the BRICS foreign Ministers meeting starting in Johannesburg on Thursday and the annual summit to be held in Durban in August. The move appears to clear the way for Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit South [...]
©- - 30 may 2023 - 08:44:12 - thread Politics (276 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, has been invited by the President of the Republic of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, to attend the 13th session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Sahel-Saharan Community (CEN-SAD), scheduled to take place in [...]
©- - 29 may 2023 - 17:50:12 - thread Politics (181 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, arrived on Thursday in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to participate in the 32nd session of the Arab Summit. Mr. al-Manfi and his delegation were met on arrival at the King Abdulaziz International Airport by the Deputy Governor of the [...]
©- - 19 may 2023 - 12:19:14 - thread Politics (167 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla al-Mangouch and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the fraternal relations between the two countries. Prior to the preparatory meeting of the foreign ministers [...]
©- - 17 may 2023 - 18:23:16 - thread Politics (268 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity, Najla al-Mangouch, arrived Tuesday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for the 32nd Arab Summit, which begins on Wednesday. Al-Mangouch, who is on a two-day visit, was accompanied by Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh [...]
©- - 17 may 2023 - 14:02:54 - thread Politics (88 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - At a time when more than 100 armed groups are plaguing communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with grave human rights violations and sexual violence, the UN chief said on Saturday that swift, bolstered efforts must end the chronic cycle of conflict in the [...]
©- - 07 may 2023 - 07:01:31 - thread Politics (426 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A summit of the follow-up mechanism of the framework agreement on peace, security and cooperation for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) opened here Saturday, 10 years after it was signed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A dozen countries of the African Great Lakes sub-region signed the agreement [...]
©- - 06 may 2023 - 15:47:05 - thread Politics (391 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – While the South African Government is scrambling to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Durban to attend a BRICS Summit in August, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde on Thursday warned that the International Criminal Court (ICC) fugitive will be arrested if he visits [...]
©- - 28 april 2023 - 08:19:10 - thread Politics (263 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has reaffirmed The Gambia's commitment to upholding a stable world order based on democratic principles, shared obligations and global cooperation. "Although the world has witnessed recent democratic transitions with accompanying development gains, more effort is required to improve the governance trajectory for the much-needed [...]
©- - 29 march 2023 - 16:14:11 - thread Politics (292 words)

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