Sudan: Allies of warring generals ‘enabling the slaughter,’ Security Council hears

12 november 2024 - 18:29:44

New York, US (PANA) - The people of Sudan face an ever-deepening crisis as the relentless war between rival militaries pushes the country further into [...] Full text...

AfDB approves €24 million loan to Côte d'Ivoire to improve fisheries and aquaculture sectors

10 november 2024 - 13:14:34

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a loan of €24.63 million to Côte [...] Full text...

Sudan war keeps reaching across borders, Security Council hears

06 november 2024 - 05:14:23

New York, US (PANA) - In addition to driving a regional refugee crisis, the brutal war in Sudan is exacerbating instability in the contested region [...] Full text...

AfDB approves $54 million loan for Mozambique’s first wind energy project

03 november 2024 - 05:38:10

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of $54 million for a 120 [...] Full text...

War reflects negatively on child vaccination in Sudan, UNICEF

25 october 2024 - 18:26:22

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that war in Sudan has hit the children section hard, plummeting child vaccination national [...] Full text...

AfDB approves $100 million to support youth and women-led MSMEs in Nigeria

20 october 2024 - 06:27:25

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $100 million loan to increase access to finance for youth and women-led [...] Full text...

AfDB, AFD cement partnership to support youth entrepreneurship in Africa

13 october 2024 - 05:11:55

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have announced they would renew their joint efforts to [...] Full text...

IMF expects Côte d’Ivoire to boost recovery of regional official reserves

11 october 2024 - 11:38:27

Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Cote d’Ivoire authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on both the third review [...] Full text...

RSF leader accuses Egypt of attacking his troops

10 october 2024 - 08:16:09

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been at war with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since April last [...] Full text...

South Africa calls for restraint in the Middle East

04 october 2024 - 07:15:22

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government on Friday said it is gravely concerned about the continuing escalation of military action by [...] Full text...

AU PSC delegation arrives in Port Sudan, US envoy tours the region

03 october 2024 - 17:37:11

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A large delegation of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council  (PSC) arrived in Sudan on Thursday as diplomatic [...] Full text...

Lebanon crisis: Guterres urges parties to ‘step back from the brink’

29 september 2024 - 04:55:19

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed grave concern on Saturday over the dramatic escalation of events in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, in [...] Full text...

Sudan crisis: Top ministers meet in New York in call for concerted action

26 september 2024 - 05:46:56

New York, US (PANA) - With war raging in Sudan and no end in sight to the catastrophic hunger crisis it has created, UN agencies [...] Full text...

AfDB launches 60th birthday festivities

10 september 2024 - 11:38:27

Abidjan, Cote, d'Ivoire (PANA) - The President and Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has [...] Full text...

Top African football coaches to attend symposium next week

06 september 2024 - 11:19:05

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Top African coaches and tacticians will attend the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023 Coaches Symposium in [...] Full text...

South Africa attends African Ministerial Conference on Environment

05 september 2024 - 11:27:34

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, is participating in the 10th Special Session [...] Full text...

Edo Queens clinch WAFU B title, secure CAF Women’s Champions League spot

24 august 2024 - 04:28:35

Bouaké, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Edo Queens of Nigeria have been crowned champions of the WAFU B CAF Women’s Champions League qualifiers after a commanding [...] Full text...

Edo Queens and Ainonvi FC reach final of WAFU B Women's Champions League qualifiers

21 august 2024 - 05:57:53

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Benin's Ainonvi FC and Nigeria's Edo Queens have booked their spots in the final of the 2024 WAFU B CAF [...] Full text...

US Assistant Secretary Noyes visits Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal

20 august 2024 - 05:32:23

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Julieta Valls Noyes is travelling to Côte [...] Full text...

CAF Women’s Champions League: Edo Queens, A.O. Etincelle secure WAFU B semi-final spots

19 august 2024 - 06:06:50

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Edo Queens have advanced to the semi-finals of the WAFU B CAF Women’s Champions League qualification tournament after a narrow [...] Full text...

Ivorian team reach semi final of WAFU B WCL qualifiers

17 august 2024 - 06:36:14

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Inter d’Abidjan booked their place in the semi-finals of the WAFU Zone B CAF Women’s Champions League qualifiers after a [...] Full text...

Etincelle dazzle in six-goal thriller; Edo Queens dominate Hasaacas Ladies

15 august 2024 - 06:19:36

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The WAFU Zone B Women's Champions League (WCL) qualifiers witnessed a goal-fest on Wednesday as A.O. Etincelle of Burkina Faso [...] Full text...

AfDB mobilises over 92m euros to support entrepreneurship, job creation in Tunisia

13 august 2024 - 06:03:16

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a financing package of 92.3 million euro for [...] Full text...

Results from CAF WAFU B Qualifiers

13 august 2024 - 06:01:10

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Nigerian champions, Edo Queens, delivered a dominant 5-0 victory over AS GNN in their Group B opener of the CAF [...] Full text...

AfDB approves $40m Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility to Ethiopia’s Dashen Bank

10 august 2024 - 05:47:28

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a $40 million transaction guarantee facility to [...] Full text...

South African opposition party condemns 'anti-immigrant' protests in UK

06 august 2024 - 13:12:40

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) opposition party has condemned “anti-immigrant” protests that have spread in different parts of Britain.The [...] Full text...

ADF grants Comoros $135 million to develop ports, facilitate regional trade

06 august 2024 - 07:10:40

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) Group supports the Union of the Comoros in extending and modernizing Moroni and Boingoma ports to [...] Full text...

AfDB grants DRC $260 million loan to strengthen agricultural sector

19 july 2024 - 05:47:57

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of $260.4 million to the DR [...] Full text...

South African Minister calls for restraint following Trump shooting

17 july 2024 - 08:21:51

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s International Relations and Co-operation Minister Ronald Lamola has condemned the assassination attempt on former US President Donald [...] Full text...

AfDB's sovereign portfolio retains top spot in 2024 Aid Transparency Index

17 july 2024 - 06:32:34

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The global campaign for aid and development transparency has again named the African Development Bank’s sovereign portfolio as the most [...] Full text...

Stakeholders conclude key AfDB workshop on Connectivity Portal

16 july 2024 - 06:40:08

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has concluded a two-day preparatory workshop on implementing the African Ports Connectivity Portal Project (APC-PP) [...] Full text...

President of Burkina Faso accuses Côte d'Ivoire and Benin of seeking to destabilize his country

11 july 2024 - 16:55:15

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, on Thursday accused his neighbours Côte d'Ivoire and Benin [...] Full text...

Sudan war: Medical charity suspends delivery of care in Khartoum’s Turkish hospital

11 july 2024 - 09:06:18

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - After over a year of violent incidents both inside and outside the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Turkish Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, [...] Full text...

Nigerian Economist named AfDB's Director of Statistics Department

05 july 2024 - 16:22:41

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Dr. Babatunde Samson Omotosho, an economist and statistician, as Director of the Statistics [...] Full text...

AfDB, Korea sign deal on Trade Facilitation in Africa

04 july 2024 - 12:56:12

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Africa is set to benefit from improved customs technologies to boost intra-African trade.This follows an agreement signed virtually on Thursday [...] Full text...

Strong consumption, investment demand among factors boosting Côte d’Ivoire’s outlook

26 june 2024 - 08:40:56

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d’Ivoire’s economy remains resilient against a still difficult global backdrop. Despite lower than expected cocoa production, the country’s medium-term [...] Full text...

AfDB appoints Nigerian as Director of Board Affairs and Proceedings

13 june 2024 - 10:45:04

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Chioma Angela Onukogu as the Director of Board Affairs and Proceedings in the [...] Full text...

South Africa's Justice minister attends high-level Gaza talks

11 june 2024 - 09:29:59

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has arrived in Jordan to represent South Africa at a high-level conference on the crisis [...] Full text...

AfDB releases highlights of its PPP report

11 june 2024 - 06:52:53

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has published highlights of its purchasing power parities (PPP) findings for Africa, following the [...] Full text...

AfDB and Intel to train millions in AI

08 june 2024 - 06:05:03

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and technology giant, Intel, have formalised their cooperation to transform the African digital ecosystem. The partnership [...] Full text...

African champions seeking to replicate form and return to FIFA World Cup

06 june 2024 - 18:09:26

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - It’s been exactly 10 years since recently crowned African champions, Cote d’Ivoire, competed in the FIFA World Cup. The Elephants, as [...] Full text...

Once again, Burkina Faso is world’s most neglected crisis

03 june 2024 - 07:47:54

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - For the second year in a row Burkina Faso is the world’s most neglected displacement crisis, according to a new [...] Full text...

South Africa flags concerns over Sudanese turmoil

30 may 2024 - 10:38:04

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has again expressed its serious concern at the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan which has resulted in [...] Full text...

South Africa welcomes International Criminal Court arrest warrants

21 may 2024 - 10:29:25

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Office of the South African Presidency has welcomed Monday’s International Criminal Court (ICC) announcement that it has applied [...] Full text...

Attempted putsch in DR Congo: leader of assailants killed

20 may 2024 - 19:07:49

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The leader of the assailants who attempted a coup in Kinshasa on Sunday has been killed by the DR Congo [...] Full text...

Pro-Palestine camp set up at Cape Town campus

17 may 2024 - 08:11:03

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Staff and students at the University of Cape Town have erected a pro-Palestinian camp on the campus, following a [...] Full text...

ICJ to hear South Africa's demand for further order to curb Israel

16 may 2024 - 07:54:51

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa will on Thursday afternoon ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to “immediately withdraw [...] Full text...

Türkiye seeks to join South Africa's Gaza case at The Hague

02 may 2024 - 11:41:39

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Türkiye is seeking to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at [...] Full text...

AfDB, partners move to boost food, nutritional security in the Sahel

30 april 2024 - 09:00:38

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) have launched the [...] Full text...

AfDB appoints Ambassador Jalel Trabelsi as Special Envoy for MENA and Gulf Region

27 april 2024 - 09:55:41

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has appointed career diplomat Jalel Trabelsi, as his [...] Full text...