Sudan war keeps reaching across borders, Security Council hears
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...
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AfDB approves $54 million loan for Mozambique’s first wind energy project
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Is failure to resolve the Libyan crisis due to incompetence of UN envoys or selfishness of Libyan leaders?
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The resignation of the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya [...] Full text...
South Africa calls for Middle East restraint
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has joined other African countries in expressing concern at developments in the Middle East following the retaliatory [...] Full text...