Kenya's Ruto names key ally to Interior Ministry post in mini-Cabinet reshuffle

19 december 2024 - 20:03:03 AO

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President William Ruto named his key ally, Kipchumba Murkomen, to the pivotal post of Interior Cabinet Secretary, and former Health [...] Full text...

Turkish President proposes to mediate between Sudan and UAE

19 december 2024 - 09:14:01 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has proposed to mediate beteeen Sudan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which the Sudanese [...] Full text...

South Africa's former finance minister to head G20 Africa Expert Panel

17 december 2024 - 06:24:34 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s former Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has been appointed to head the G20 Africa Expert Panel, which will [...] Full text...

UN announces plan to address political impasse, overdue elections in Libya

17 december 2024 - 04:47:07 MA

New York, US (PANA) - A new UN plan for Libya aims to overcome political deadlock, put the country back on the path to long-awaited [...] Full text...

Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger say ECOWAS citzens don't need visas

16 december 2024 - 19:37:23 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Alliance of Sahel States (AES) comprising Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger said on Sunday that it is “a visa-free zone” for [...] Full text...

South African President Ramaphosa hosts German President Steinmeier

16 december 2024 - 06:20:21 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa this weekend hosted German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Pretoria.The visit highlighted the 30th anniversary [...] Full text...

ECOWAS gives Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger 6 months window to reconsider withdrawal

16 december 2024 - 05:24:20 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has given Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger six months, from 29 [...] Full text...

Turkish President proposes to mend fences between Sudan and UAE

13 december 2024 - 14:29:42 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has proposed to mediate between the Sudan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which [...] Full text...

US welcomes agreement to end Ethiopia, Somalia dispute over Somaliland port deal

13 december 2024 - 10:45:23 MA

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States welcomes the 11 December Declaration between the Federal Republic of Somalia and the Federal Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

Guterres calls for justice for Africa

13 december 2024 - 06:00:41 MA

Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General called for Africa to have a stronger role in global affairs in an address on Thursday to the [...] Full text...

South African President Ramaphosa hosts Angola's Lourenço

12 december 2024 - 06:53:58 CU

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 [...] Full text...

Libyans discuss comprehensive draft law on transitional justice and reconciliation

11 december 2024 - 08:52:46 MA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Representatives of the Libyan Presidency Council (PC), House of Representatives (HoR), High Council of State (HCS), as well as legal experts [...] Full text...

South Sudan electoral body settles for Dec 2026 election date

10 december 2024 - 21:29:23 AO

Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The South Sudanese electoral body has set December 2026 as the date for holding the country's much delayed elections, a [...] Full text...

South Africa's Ambassador to Syria still in Damascus

10 december 2024 - 08:07:58 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ambassador to Syria will remain at his post despite the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad and his [...] Full text...

UPDATE: Former Ghana president Mahama declared winner of presidential election

09 december 2024 - 18:26:59 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's former President John Dramani Mahama was on Monday declared winner of last Saturday's presidential election.The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission [...] Full text...

BREAKING NEWS: Former President John Mahama wins Ghana presidential election

09 december 2024 - 18:11:59 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's former president John Dramani Mahama was on Monday declared winner of last Saturday's presidential election in the first round.-0- PANA [...] Full text...

EU urges Syrian nation to reject extremism after the Assad regime’s fall

09 december 2024 - 16:34:07 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime marks a historic moment for the Syrian people, who have endured immense suffering and demonstrated [...] Full text...

Ghana Polls: NDC supporters break into spontaneous celebration of electoral victory

08 december 2024 - 14:31:49 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Members and supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sunday broke into widespread spontaneous and joyous celebration following the decisive [...] Full text...

US opposes government in exile by Sudanese civilian opposition

08 december 2024 - 12:20:09 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -The US Special Envoy to the Sudan has reacted strongly to reports that the Sudanese political opposition led by former Prime [...] Full text...

UPDATE: Ghana's vice President Bawumia concedes defeat to former president Mahama

08 december 2024 - 10:35:10 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Vice-president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat to former President John Dramani Mahama in Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections.Speaking on Sunday [...] Full text...

BREAKING NEWS: Ghana's vice president Bawumia concedes defeat to former president Mahama

08 december 2024 - 10:23:26 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Vice-president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat to former President John Dramani Mahama in Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections.He said at [...] Full text...

Ghanaians await election results; fomer President Mahama favoured to win

08 december 2024 - 08:09:45 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaians are awaiting the official results of Saturday's presidential and parliamentary elections that were largely peaceful but saw two people being [...] Full text...

3rd Update: Voting ends in Ghana Presidential and parliamentary elections

07 december 2024 - 17:08:11 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Voting has officially ended in Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections held on Saturday.The Electoral Commission (EC) said those in the queue [...] Full text...

2nd update: One person shot dead, another injured in election violence in Northern Ghana

07 december 2024 - 15:30:49 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Police on Saturday said one person has been shot dead at a polling station in Northern Ghana during the presidential and [...] Full text...

Update: Voting progressing 'smoothly', say EC officials

07 december 2024 - 14:19:46 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Voting is progressing smoothly in Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, the Electoral Commission said.In a press briefing, top EC [...] Full text...

Polls open in Ghana's presidential, parliamentary elections

07 december 2024 - 07:03:18 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Voting started in Ghana on Saturday to elect a president and 276 parliamentarians as the West African country consolidates multiparty democracy [...] Full text...

UN mission in Libya intensifies efforts to revitalise political process

05 december 2024 - 05:16:16 MA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A top UN official in Libya has intesified consultations with political actors to put the holding of elections back to the [...] Full text...

Force will not secure Middle East peace: UN General Assembly President

04 december 2024 - 06:05:28 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday emphasised that peace and security in Middle East cannot be achieved [...] Full text...

Ghana votes in 9th elections as it consolidates multi-party democracy

03 december 2024 - 13:39:05 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian voters go to the polls on Saturday, 7 December to elect a president and 276 parliamentarians as the West African [...] Full text...

South Africa and Nigeria strengthen ties

03 december 2024 - 07:21:05 CU

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 [...] Full text...

Security, essential service workers vote ahead of Ghana's 2024 presidential, parliamentary elections

02 december 2024 - 07:02:26 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Members of the security services, health personnel, journalists, elections officials and workers of essential services who will be on duty when [...] Full text...

Senegal President Faye tells Frane to close military bases

30 november 2024 - 10:41:15 WA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said here Thursday France should close its military bases in the West African state as it [...] Full text...

Sudanese Foreign Minister: AU office to reopen in Port Sudan shortly

29 november 2024 - 20:25:44 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Friday said the African Union Representative will shortly reopen his office in Port Sudan; the administrative capital war [...] Full text...

US congratulates Mauritania on 64th independence anniversary

29 november 2024 - 04:46:24 MA

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has congratulated the government and people of Mauritania on the 64th anniversary of Mauritania’s [...] Full text...

Ghana's presidential candidates sign peace pact

28 november 2024 - 19:27:14 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Candidates contesting Ghana's 7 December presidential election signed a peace pact on Thursday pledging to ensure a peaceful electoral process.The 12 [...] Full text...

Ghanaian political parties to sign peace pact to ensure peaceful election

28 november 2024 - 19:21:34 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) -  The National Peace Council (NPC), in collaboration with the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), has scheduled to meet here Thursday all [...] Full text...

European Council appoints European Commission

28 november 2024 - 13:41:01 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Thursday appointed by written procedure the European Commission for the period from 1 December 2024 to 31 [...] Full text...

UN Mission urges electoral preparations in South Sudan

28 november 2024 - 05:06:44 MA

Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Nicholas Haysom, has called on provincial governors to take decisive [...] Full text...

UN delegation visits Sebha to strengthen dialogue

28 november 2024 - 05:02:43 MA

Sebha, Libya (PANA) - A United Nations inter-agency delegation visited Sebha on Wednesday to engage with key stakeholders and partners on a range of issues, [...] Full text...

General Assembly President urges collective action on Sudan as crisis deepens

27 november 2024 - 06:25:25 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The President Philémon Yang  on Tuesday called for urgent collective action to address the humanitarian crisis in Sudan and stressed [...] Full text...

G7 'deeply concerned' by crisis in Great Lakes region

26 november 2024 - 21:15:58 MA

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The G7 is deeply concerned by the ongoing crisis in the Great Lakes region, marked by armed violence, widespread human [...] Full text...

G7 FMs, EU reiterate commitment to support peace in Africa

26 november 2024 - 21:04:54 MA

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and [...] Full text...

G7 FMs, EU reaffirm commitment to preserving Libya’s sovereignty, stability

26 november 2024 - 20:50:11 MA

Washingtin, DC, US (PANA) - The G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and [...] Full text...

Trump ups the ante on tariffs, vowing massive taxes on goods from Mexico, Canada and China David Goldman, CNN

26 november 2024 - 14:34:35 WA

Washington DC, US (PANA) - President-elect Donald Trump on Monday promised massive hikes in tariffs on goods coming from Mexico, Canada and China starting on [...] Full text...

Sudanese military leader travels to Eritrea for talks with President Afwerki

26 november 2024 - 09:27:18 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The President of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, left Port Sudan on Tuesday for Asmara, Eritrea, for [...] Full text...

South Africa's Education Minister attends Tianjin conference

26 november 2024 - 07:34:19 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Minister of Higher Education and Training, Nobuhle Nkabane, is leading a South African delegation on a working [...] Full text...

UN support mission in Libya lauds 'peaceful, transparent' municipal elections

25 november 2024 - 07:33:49 MA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has lauded Libyans for the peaceful 16 November municipal elections.UNSMIL, in a press release [...] Full text...

Putin ramps up production of Russia's 8,370mph hypersonic missiles Story by Abul Taher

24 november 2024 - 07:41:31 WA

Moscow, Russia (PANA) - Vladimir Putin has ramped up production of a new hypersonic missile he fired against Ukraine last week, boasting 'no one in [...] Full text...

Ugandan Military Court to try opposition leader Besigye

22 november 2024 - 08:30:08 MA

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A Ugandan military court in Kampala has ordered former opposition presidential candidate, Kizza Besigye, and his travel companion, Obeid Lutale, to [...] Full text...

Chairperson of UN Peacebuilding Commission visits Liberia

22 november 2024 - 07:17:09 MA

Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the UN Peacebuilding Commission’s (PBC) Configuration on Liberia, Ms. Nicola Clase, is in Liberia for discussions focusing on [...] Full text...