17 april 2024 - 13:45:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has kicked off a campaign to raise awareness on the need [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 10:23:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, on Tuesday announced his [...] Full text...
12 april 2024 - 11:08:26
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - One year since the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support [...] Full text...
03 april 2024 - 14:47:14
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Wednesday received a Moroccan delegation in Diamniadio, a new [...] Full text...
02 april 2024 - 15:19:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, on Tuesday pledged to make his West African country [...] Full text...
27 march 2024 - 16:38:18
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The head of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM), Malin Björk, has welcomed the [...] Full text...
27 march 2024 - 13:23:47
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese newspapers are highlighting the major issues that will confront the country's new administration to be [...] Full text...
26 march 2024 - 06:10:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal's president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has pledged to govern with humility, with his priorities being [...] Full text...
25 march 2024 - 18:59:34
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – President Macky Sall on Monday congratulated opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his victory in Sunday's [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 15:00:18
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Banjul-based African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHR) has passed a new resolution [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 12:54:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese president Macky Sall on Wednesday urged his compatriots to vote Sunday in peace, reports the [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 07:46:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa will address this year Human Rights commemoration which coincides with significant [...] Full text...
20 march 2024 - 05:59:56
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Governments of Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States have reaffirmed their call [...] Full text...
14 march 2024 - 05:20:46
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Wednesday announced the imposition of visa restrictions on multiple individuals in South [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 16:22:08
New York, US (PANA) - Despite record high global human development scores in 2023, disparities between the haves and the [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 18:11:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, has directed the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 06:02:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dozens of elections taking place this year around the world will likely be “free from hatred” [...] Full text...
02 march 2024 - 10:44:33
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The President of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed deep regrets [...] Full text...
02 march 2024 - 05:56:17
New York, US (PANA) - Progress on advancing equality and fairness for all, regardless of gender, sexuality or HIV status, [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 05:58:13
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Department of State sats it is taking steps to impose visa restrictions on [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 05:33:42
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has called on Mali’s transition government to honor its commitments to its citizens [...] Full text...
27 february 2024 - 08:37:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile on Tuesday launched guidelines for the use of [...] Full text...
24 february 2024 - 14:47:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu [...] Full text...
23 february 2024 - 17:01:27
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Today marks a tragic anniversary: that of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine in manifest [...] Full text...
22 february 2024 - 19:12:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, on Thursday warned those he described as “evil [...] Full text...
18 february 2024 - 05:59:48
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Sunday congratulated The Gambia on its 59th independence anniversary and reaffirmed its [...] Full text...
17 february 2024 - 19:44:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, has paid tribute to the [...] Full text...
15 february 2024 - 18:56:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Over the past few days, the city of Tripoli has been abuzz with excitement as it [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 16:50:45
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office said on Tuesday it was "deeply concerned" by the crisis [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 11:09:24
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's President Adama Barrow has called on political parties in the West African country to use [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 07:24:23
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday asked the Senegalese authorities to immediately open independent investigations into violence [...] Full text...
10 february 2024 - 08:16:43
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added his voice for peace and dialogue in Senegal following [...] Full text...
08 february 2024 - 11:34:19
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on President Adama Barrow to engage his Senegalese counterpart, [...] Full text...
05 february 2024 - 19:48:14
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia opposition party, United Democratic Party, has condemned Senegalese President Macky Sall’s announcement for postponement [...] Full text...
04 february 2024 - 18:30:46
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Bola Tinubu has extended the condolences of the Nigerian people and government to the people and [...] Full text...
31 january 2024 - 08:12:26
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed deep regret [...] Full text...
30 january 2024 - 09:38:27
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria, which holds the rotaing presidency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has [...] Full text...
29 january 2024 - 11:41:28
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday has adopted two regulations to phase down fluorinated gases (F-gases) and [...] Full text...
29 january 2024 - 11:35:26
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday approved conclusions on the 'EU Global Health Strategy: Better health for [...] Full text...
22 january 2024 - 16:55:38
Praia, Cabo Verde (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reiterated his country's commitment to deepening, strengthening, and [...] Full text...
22 january 2024 - 10:03:44
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the Economic Community of West [...] Full text...
22 january 2024 - 08:28:14
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The authorities in Senegal have cracked down on the opposition, media, and civil society, ahead of general [...] Full text...
19 january 2024 - 06:01:03
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary Antony Blinken is to undertake a six-day travel to four African countries from [...] Full text...
18 january 2024 - 07:07:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has appealed for restraint in the wake [...] Full text...
16 january 2024 - 05:34:53
New York, US (PANA) - Globally in 2024, children are likely to see increased exposure to violence and war, and [...] Full text...
12 january 2024 - 07:46:31
New York, US (PANA) – Global leaders have failed to take strong stands to protect human rights during 2023, a [...] Full text...
12 january 2024 - 05:28:12
New York, US (PANA) - West Africa has seen shifting political sands throw up contrasting challenges over the past six [...] Full text...
10 january 2024 - 06:04:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Democracy is in the spotlight this year with more than 60 countries due to hold elections [...] Full text...
07 january 2024 - 07:44:21
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...
06 january 2024 - 10:26:14
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With the beginning of a new calendar year, it’s all too familiar for people [...] Full text...
03 january 2024 - 07:35:16
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Coordination of [...] Full text...
24 december 2023 - 14:27:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As Libya celebrates its 72nd independence anniversary on Sunday, the UN mission in the North African [...] Full text...
20 december 2023 - 16:34:30
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In less than two years, (2025), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will mark [...] Full text...
13 december 2023 - 18:53:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Local Government, Badreddine al-Toumi, and the Regional Director of the National Democratic Institute [...] Full text...
12 december 2023 - 08:10:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The United States government’s announcement on 6 December that atrocity crimes have been committed by both warring [...] Full text...
11 december 2023 - 17:48:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have resolved to set up a [...] Full text...
10 december 2023 - 20:20:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – ECOWAS leaders ended their 64th ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government [...] Full text...
10 december 2023 - 05:23:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) converge in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, [...] Full text...
09 december 2023 - 16:16:07
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Respecting, protecting and fulfilling human rights is essential for fostering justice and accountability, and to end [...] Full text...
07 december 2023 - 08:10:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The failure of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to follow through with its [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 07:22:13
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Monday announced the expansion of its visa restriction policy on some categories [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 07:09:59
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Monday announced a new visa restriction policy against individuals believed to be responsible [...] Full text...
01 december 2023 - 16:20:43
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Apollinaire Joachimson Kyélem de Tambèla, prime minister of Burkina Faso's transitional government, told Parliament on [...] Full text...
01 december 2023 - 07:00:09
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Full disclosure: This issue of Finance & Development was produced entirely with human intelligence. [...] Full text...
28 november 2023 - 13:06:45
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - A solidarity and fact-finding Mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has [...] Full text...
27 november 2023 - 10:51:36
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio has lifted the indefinite nationwide curfew imposed on the country following [...] Full text...
26 november 2023 - 17:40:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the ongoing unrest in Sierra Leone [...] Full text...
20 november 2023 - 05:42:06
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has commended the Government and people of Liberia for the [...] Full text...
18 november 2023 - 10:08:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday commended Liberia's President George Weah for demonstrating "uncommon leadership" by [...] Full text...
15 november 2023 - 10:13:57
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) and its member states signed on Wednesday a new Partnership Agreement with [...] Full text...
10 november 2023 - 08:17:59
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission is urging Liberians to ensure a successful presidential run-off as the [...] Full text...
09 november 2023 - 08:10:47
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Wednesday announced that it is advancing its new policy on African Democratic [...] Full text...
02 november 2023 - 18:44:31
Paris, France (PANA) - New data from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has revealed a worrying rise [...] Full text...
02 november 2023 - 06:32:17
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and the African Union Commission on (AUC) on Wednesday reaffirmed their "strong [...] Full text...
31 october 2023 - 17:27:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Libyan High Electoral Commission, Imad al-Sayeh, said [...] Full text...
31 october 2023 - 16:51:26
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The Government of The Gambia, in partnership with the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development [...] Full text...
24 october 2023 - 07:18:25
Washington, DC US (PANA) - The United States has concluded that a military coup d’état has taken place in Gabon [...] Full text...
23 october 2023 - 11:24:39
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday renewed its restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi [...] Full text...
23 october 2023 - 11:10:51
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council (EC) on Monday adopted a framework for restrictive measures in view of the [...] Full text...
19 october 2023 - 07:33:35
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Governments of Spain and the United States have said they are united in their [...] Full text...
17 october 2023 - 15:07:27
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright will visit The Gambia this week to advance the development [...] Full text...
17 october 2023 - 08:17:20
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - With 92.82% of the votes processed from the hard-fought 10 October presidential election, opposition leader and [...] Full text...
10 october 2023 - 18:16:45
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - More than two months after soldiers in Niger overthrew the democratically-elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, the [...] Full text...
04 october 2023 - 16:55:44
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As Liberia makes final preparations to hold its General Elections on 10 October, the Chairperson [...] Full text...
03 october 2023 - 20:16:53
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An African Union-convened talks on the meaningful engagement of the youth to advance democracy, human [...] Full text...
30 september 2023 - 06:34:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudanese islamists have played down US sanctions imposed on one of its leaders, former Minister for [...] Full text...
29 september 2023 - 08:06:05
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States is taking action against two entities and one individual for their roles [...] Full text...
29 september 2023 - 07:11:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN-appointed expert on freedom of opinion and expression has called for governments to strengthen efforts [...] Full text...
28 september 2023 - 05:29:19
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, on Wednesday announced a visa restriction on those [...] Full text...
23 september 2023 - 06:42:52
New York, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday met with representatives from the Economic Community [...] Full text...
11 september 2023 - 12:08:16
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, has approved the deployment of 15 [...] Full text...
05 september 2023 - 09:59:26
Bagatelle, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Monday launched the Orientation and Dialogue with the new Leadership of the 4th Economic, [...] Full text...
01 september 2023 - 09:44:35
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A human rights group has said DR Congo security forces shot and killed dozens of [...] Full text...
01 september 2023 - 08:51:48
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has suspended Gabon from all its activities with immediate effect following [...] Full text...
01 september 2023 - 06:38:33
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday announced a new visa restriction policy for [...] Full text...
01 september 2023 - 05:21:45
New York, US (PANA) - Highlighting the “succession of military coups” unfolding across Africa, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday [...] Full text...
31 august 2023 - 06:23:11
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Senior military officers who ousted Gabonese President Ali Bongo from power on Wednesday have named General Brice [...] Full text...
30 august 2023 - 19:55:35
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday "firmly condemned" the coup in Gabon, while acknowledging that “serious infringements of [...] Full text...
30 august 2023 - 15:36:53
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who senior military officers said they ousted from power on Wednesdsay, [...] Full text...
26 august 2023 - 17:04:05
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will continue to pursue diplomatic initiatives towards the [...] Full text...
26 august 2023 - 08:07:59
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee has begun a visit to [...] Full text...
26 august 2023 - 07:39:46
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - As Gabonese prepare to head to the polls on Saturday, the United States is encouraging [...] Full text...
23 august 2023 - 06:00:20
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Tuesday called on the Central African Republic (CAR) government to announce a [...] Full text...
21 august 2023 - 19:00:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As expected, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected the "unreasonable" three-year political [...] Full text...
20 august 2023 - 12:33:55
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's military junta is digging in even after meeting a delegation of the Economic Community of [...] Full text...
20 august 2023 - 07:45:45
Washington, US (PANA) - The new US ambassador to Niger, Kathleen FitzGibbon, has arrived in Niger amidst uncertainty following a [...] Full text...
18 august 2023 - 11:45:18
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Two weeks after irregular militia fighters called the Fano seized several towns and cities in [...] Full text...
17 august 2023 - 09:43:50
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - There is no doubt that the sanctions imposed on Niger by the Economic Community of West [...] Full text...
16 august 2023 - 07:15:21
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US again stressed on Tuesday that it wants to see a diplomatic resolution to [...] Full text...
14 august 2023 - 05:41:18
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday criticised the Egyptian authorities for failing for a decade to hold [...] Full text...
11 august 2023 - 05:58:56
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States said on Thursday that it appreciated the determination of the Economic Community [...] Full text...
08 august 2023 - 07:00:40
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A senior US diplomat on Monday met Niger's military junta who have continued to strengthen their [...] Full text...
07 august 2023 - 15:05:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - West African leaders are to meet in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on Thursday as the Niger [...] Full text...
07 august 2023 - 06:14:17
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The deadline set by the Economic Community of West AFrican States (ECOWAS) for the military junta [...] Full text...
05 august 2023 - 06:13:39
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The U.S. government announced on Friday that it is pausing certain foreign assistance programmes benefiting [...] Full text...
04 august 2023 - 21:17:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CDS) of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...] Full text...
03 august 2023 - 19:29:24
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, [...] Full text...
03 august 2023 - 15:02:49
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Thousands of people have marched in the Niger capital, Niamey, in support of the military who [...] Full text...
03 august 2023 - 11:37:11
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - US President Joe Biden on Thursday joined in calls for the release of Niger President Mohamed Bazoum, [...] Full text...
03 august 2023 - 06:22:11
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has joined Western countries as they ramp up evacuation of their nationals from [...] Full text...
02 august 2023 - 06:56:50
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday spoke with ousted Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum [...] Full text...
01 august 2023 - 12:38:34
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty International on Tuesday asked the Niger military junta to urgently protect and respect human rights [...] Full text...
01 august 2023 - 10:19:48
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - France is to start evacuating its nationals from the West African state of Niger, where it [...] Full text...
01 august 2023 - 06:25:43
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United Nations says it will continue consultations with its partners to restore constitutional order in [...] Full text...
31 july 2023 - 16:52:56
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The political party of ousted Niger president Mohamed Bazoum has flagged the detention of several of [...] Full text...
31 july 2023 - 06:25:00
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed and commended the "strong leadership" of the Economic Community of [...] Full text...
29 july 2023 - 08:27:30
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The international community has continued to pledge support for ousted Niger President Mohamed Bazoum as the [...] Full text...
28 july 2023 - 17:17:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria will on Sunday host a special meeting of ECOWAS leaders following the coup d’etat in [...] Full text...
28 july 2023 - 16:06:55
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - General Abdourahmane Tchiani, head of Niger’s presidential guard, who has been named head of a transitional [...] Full text...
28 july 2023 - 12:09:03
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - General Abdourahmane Tchiani, head of Niger’s presidential guard, has been named head of a transitional government [...] Full text...
28 july 2023 - 11:11:59
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union and the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) have signed [...] Full text...
28 july 2023 - 09:42:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday asked military forces responsible for the coup in Niger to [...] Full text...
28 july 2023 - 06:29:38
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Thursday demanded the release of Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum “immediately and unconditionally”, [...] Full text...
27 july 2023 - 15:01:21
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The political situation in the West African country of Niger remains unclear after a group of [...] Full text...
27 july 2023 - 06:23:54
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The military in Niger on Wednesday night announced the overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum and his government [...] Full text...
25 july 2023 - 06:15:44
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Monday imposeed sanctions on three top Malian military officers who , [...] Full text...
23 july 2023 - 11:48:57
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Ahead of Liberia's presidential and legislative elections scheduled for 10 October 2023, the Economic Community of [...] Full text...
20 july 2023 - 12:30:45
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council adopted on Thursday a decision on the signature and provisional application of the [...] Full text...
18 july 2023 - 08:16:32
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday marked International Mandela Day with President Cyril Ramaphosa saying his [...] Full text...
15 july 2023 - 08:23:25
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it continues to be concerned about irregularities in the election results [...] Full text...
13 july 2023 - 14:37:42
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Egypt on Thursday hosted a one-day summit meeting that brought together several leaders aimed at ending [...] Full text...
07 july 2023 - 23:01:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan opposition coalition kicked off its series of protests against high state taxes on Friday, [...] Full text...
07 july 2023 - 18:26:37
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The European Union and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), officially launched a new [...] Full text...
07 july 2023 - 15:53:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall honoured his country, the young Senegalese democracy, the dome of the Senegalese [...] Full text...
05 july 2023 - 11:48:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to promot peace, stability and prosperity in Libya, stressing [...] Full text...
04 july 2023 - 08:00:12
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Zulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini has denied that he was poisoned stating that he is in [...] Full text...
04 july 2023 - 06:57:02
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal's President Macky Sall on Monday announced that he would not run a third term in [...] Full text...
02 july 2023 - 12:19:19
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Zulu King MisuZulu KaZwelithini has been hospitalised following an illness, and suspicions of poisoning, South [...] Full text...
28 june 2023 - 06:18:20
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Four human rights organisations have urged the UN Human Rights Council to urgently address the deterioration [...] Full text...
27 june 2023 - 08:11:51
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Sierra Leone’s 24th June 2023 General Elections said the polls [...] Full text...
22 june 2023 - 06:03:46
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Head of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Sierra Leone, on [...] Full text...
21 june 2023 - 19:22:38
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A leading figure on the Tunisian media scene, Zied El Heni, was kept in detention on [...] Full text...
18 june 2023 - 10:43:21
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Ahead of Sierra Leone’s presidential and parliamentary elections on 24 June, the Economic Community of [...] Full text...
14 june 2023 - 10:27:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will send an election observation team to Sierra [...] Full text...
12 june 2023 - 16:51:44
New York, US (PANA) - Countries must address the “grave global harm” caused by the proliferation of hate and lies [...] Full text...
09 june 2023 - 14:29:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Some 40 Malian journalists Wednesday began a training workshop on election coverage and strategies for preventing [...] Full text...
08 june 2023 - 15:47:52
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian leader Adama Barrow has stated that the Gambia has transitioned through a national socio-political crisis [...] Full text...
06 june 2023 - 15:16:42
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of Mali's Transition, Colonel Assimi Goïta received here Monday the former Prime Minister of [...] Full text...
03 june 2023 - 07:47:57
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Friday extended the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Transition [...] Full text...
29 may 2023 - 15:00:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), one of Africa’s foremost Regional Economic Communities (RECs), [...] Full text...
29 may 2023 - 12:41:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Justice Mahube Molemela as President of the [...] Full text...
27 may 2023 - 06:06:00
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - A senior US diplomat will visit Mauritius, Comoros and Seychelles from 29 May to 1 [...] Full text...
26 may 2023 - 06:40:13
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The ECOWAS Community Court’s 2023 International Conference on “Zero Tolerance for Unconstitutional Change of Government” (UCG) [...] Full text...
23 may 2023 - 10:56:41
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The 2023 International Conference of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice on [...] Full text...
16 may 2023 - 06:38:16
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States is imposing visa restrictions on a number of Nigerians for undermining the [...] Full text...
07 may 2023 - 12:25:36
Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, is closely following the Saudi [...] Full text...
05 may 2023 - 20:03:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United States said Friday it was committed to helping Libyans in their ongoing struggle for [...] Full text...
04 may 2023 - 19:38:46
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - U. S President Joe Biden has signed an executive order imposing sanctions on certain persons destabilizing [...] Full text...
04 may 2023 - 17:01:55
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Prevailing intense political situation in the run-up to local government, mayoral and chairpersonship elections marked the [...] Full text...
03 may 2023 - 06:23:28
New York, US (PANA) - Disinformation, hate speech and deadly attacks against journalists are threatening freedom of the press worldwide, [...] Full text...
02 may 2023 - 20:18:19
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Former Sudanese Prime Minister, Dr Abdalla Hamdouk, who is still enjoying wide popularity among youth in [...] Full text...
02 may 2023 - 12:43:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – This year’s commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day should be an opportunity to [...] Full text...
01 may 2023 - 09:40:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Loud sounds of gunfire continue to sound in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, with plumes of smoke [...] Full text...
30 april 2023 - 17:51:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, Saturday underlined the role of dignitaries [...] Full text...
29 april 2023 - 08:09:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday bestowed national orders on 32 South African nationals as [...] Full text...
26 april 2023 - 06:25:33
New York, US (PANA) - The on-going power struggle between Sudan’s top generals not only puts the future of the [...] Full text...
17 april 2023 - 18:56:48
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Top American and UK diplomats on Sunday said they wanted to see the restoration of negotiations [...] Full text...
14 april 2023 - 16:09:30
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) –The African Union and the East African Development Authority have condemned a recent request for Fatwa by [...] Full text...
06 april 2023 - 15:06:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, affirmed here Thursday that his [...] Full text...
29 march 2023 - 16:14:11
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has reaffirmed The Gambia's commitment to upholding a stable world order based on [...] Full text...
29 march 2023 - 13:13:05
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The US on Wednesday launched a $1 billion Global Initiatives on the Economic Empowerment of Women.
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29 march 2023 - 09:53:58
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow says his country has seen the dividends of democracy in building institutions [...] Full text...
26 march 2023 - 13:36:27
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - US Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off her first visit to Africa on Sunday when she arrived [...] Full text...
19 march 2023 - 19:44:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - No country can undertake effective and efficient security sector reform alone, as there are civil society [...] Full text...
16 march 2023 - 14:40:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government on Thursday welcomed visiting Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and [...] Full text...
15 march 2023 - 11:08:20
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Ms Uzra Zeya, U.S. Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights, has said that [...] Full text...
13 march 2023 - 17:36:50
Washington, DC, US (PAMA) - US Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia from 25 March to [...] Full text...
12 march 2023 - 16:56:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UK Ambassador to Libya, Caroline Hurndall, Sunday renewed her country's commitment to support the efforts [...] Full text...
11 march 2023 - 06:49:08
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya will [...] Full text...
11 march 2023 - 06:38:36
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ethiopia and Niger March 14-17, March [...] Full text...
11 march 2023 - 06:16:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - From all indications, the Supreme Court will likely decide the outcome of Nigeria's tightly contested 25th February [...] Full text...
07 march 2023 - 18:36:17
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As he prepares to leave office upon the conclusion of his two-term tenure, the Economic Community [...] Full text...
07 march 2023 - 05:28:15
New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan sits at a critical crossroad, with swift action needed to quell chronic intercommunal [...] Full text...
06 march 2023 - 13:54:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed his support on Friday for the “restoration [...] Full text...
02 march 2023 - 06:17:04
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has congratulated the people of Nigeria, President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu following last [...] Full text...