Medical charity MSF closes two offices in Cameroon's South-West Region

02 august 2022 - 09:23:54
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Medical charity, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), has closed its offices in two bases in Cameroon's South-West [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International condemns killing of schoolchildren in Cameroon

27 october 2020 - 06:46:17
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Amnesty International has condemned last Saturday's killing of eight schoolchildren inside their classroom in Cameroon saying it [...] Full text...

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UN shocked, outraged over horrific attack on Cameroon school

26 october 2020 - 16:59:21
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has strongly condemned Saturday’s attack on a school in southwestern Cameroon, which [...] Full text...

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Gambian MP calls for impeachment of President Barrow

09 july 2020 - 20:56:25
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian parliament  Thursday called for the impeachment of President Adama Barrow over his  declaration of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Gambian activist faults President Barrow’s emergency extension

12 june 2020 - 16:49:38
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Madi Jobarteh, one of Gambia’s leading Human Rights Activists, on Friday vehemently challenged President Adama Barrow’s [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: "We acted within the law in providing Food Support in Gambia – Minister of Finance

07 may 2020 - 17:56:08
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambian Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Mamburay Njie, has defended the decision of his [...] Full text...

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Gambian activist says “elites capture state power”

06 may 2020 - 17:22:19
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Madi Jobarteh, one of Gambia’s leading activists, on Wednesday expressed disquiet over the governance situation and [...] Full text...

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The Gambia’s gov’t endorses Supreme Court’s ruling on expelled MP

29 january 2020 - 23:29:21
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)   - The government of The Gambia, through the attorney general’s chambers and ministry of justice, said here [...] Full text...

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Gambian court overrules Barrows executive decision

28 january 2020 - 23:52:01
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)  - Gambia’s Supreme Court Tuesday overruled an executive decision by President Adama Barrow which led to the [...] Full text...

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EU lifts sanctions against two allies of former DRC president Kabila

10 december 2019 - 11:52:41
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is to lift restrictive measures against allies of former DR Congo president Joseph [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s Supreme Court dismisses case against MPs in removal of colleague by President Barrow

15 march 2019 - 09:41:01
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia’s Supreme Court has struck out a case against parliamentarians who petitioned against the sacking of [...] Full text...

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Gambian lawyers say President Barrow’s sacking of MP unconstitutional

27 february 2019 - 17:22:43
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambia Bar Association (GBA) Wednesday swiftly reacted to President Adama Barrow’s sacking of a nominated [...] Full text...

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Gambian lawmakers divided over member’s sacking

26 february 2019 - 20:20:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Lawmakers in The Gambia were Tuesday divided over the sacking by President Adama Barrow of nominated [...] Full text...

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Gambian MPs say President has no power to sack them

26 february 2019 - 11:27:40
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Scores of Gambian parliamentarians have argued that the president has no constitutional powers to dismiss a [...] Full text...

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Cameroon violence condemned by UN human rights office

21 november 2018 - 04:10:01
New York, US (PANA) - Continuing insecurity in Cameroon has been condemned by the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) [...] Full text...

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urges Cameroonians to stop acts of violence

20 november 2018 - 19:52:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday urged all opposing sides in the Southwest [...] Full text...

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Six new judges take oath of office in The Gambia

01 november 2017 - 15:23:43
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has sworn in six new Gambian judges, PANA confirmed on Wednesday. During the swearing-in [...] Full text...

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Integration will lift Africa from abject poverty - says Activist

31 october 2017 - 17:41:28
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Dr. Kumi Naidoo, founder and chair of Africans Rising, has said that integration is the only [...] Full text...

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US: US, EU sanction top DR Congo officials

02 june 2017 - 07:24:39
Washington, US (PANA) – The United States Thursday imposed targeted sanctions against the personal military chief of staff of [...] Full text...

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US: US slaps sanctions on two senior DR Congo officials

13 december 2016 - 05:39:29
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed targeted sanctions on two senior government officials in the [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: Charles Taylor's son arrested in Cameroon over fake travel papers

08 august 2014 - 14:30:00
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – Cornelius Taylor, son of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, was arrested on Thursday in Kumba, about [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: Five million children to be vaccinated against polio

02 august 2014 - 10:44:41
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon's Secretary for Health, Alim Hayatou, on Friday launched the 7th phase of free vaccination of [...] Full text...

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Cameroon:National polio vaccination campaign holds 1-3 Aug.

30 july 2014 - 11:39:55
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - A nation-wide polio vaccination campaign is to be held in Cameroon 1-3 Aug., PANA reported from [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: Cameroon to celebrate 42nd anniversary of national unity

16 may 2014 - 23:09:44
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon will on 20 May celebrate, the 42nd anniversary of national unity under the theme, "The [...] Full text...

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Brussels: EU calls for peaceful, political transition in Guinea-Bissau

10 april 2014 - 13:53:56
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has called for a peaceful, free and fair democratic polls in Guinea [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: ANC deputy leader, Ethiopia's ruling party launch talks to heal South Sudan rift

05 april 2014 - 20:59:35
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Fresh talks have been launched to help rival South Sudanese leaders to end the deep [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council extends UN political mission in Guinea-Bissau

22 may 2013 - 21:35:25
New York, US (PANA) – The UN Security Council on Wednesday extended the mandate of the UN political mission in [...] Full text...

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Ban recommends adjustment in UN mission in Guinea-Bissau

10 may 2013 - 11:45:24
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended that the mandate of the UN political mission in [...] Full text...

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Prices go up in Gambia ahead of Eid-el-Fitr

17 august 2012 - 13:45:47
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The prices of food and non-food items have gone up in The Gambia, less than 48 [...] Full text...

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Instability in Guinea-Bissau worries UN human rights chief

26 may 2012 - 14:10:13
New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navi Pillay, has expressed concern over continuing [...] Full text...

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UN chief expresses 'deep concern' over situation in Guinea-Bissau

04 may 2012 - 10:23:11
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep concern that despite the international community’s calls for [...] Full text...

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Constitutional order key to peace in Guinea-Bissau - UN envoy

20 april 2012 - 08:53:48
New York, US (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea Bissau, Mr. Joseph Mutaboba, has urged [...] Full text...

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'ECOWAS delegation visits Guinea Bissau despite border closure'

17 april 2012 - 11:41:53
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The high-level delegation dispatched by the ECOWAS Chairman, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, to meet with the [...] Full text...

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Crisis in Guinea Bissau worries Ban

17 april 2012 - 08:46:55
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed grave concern over the ''deepening political crisis in Guinea [...] Full text...

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EU condemns Guinea Bissau coup

16 april 2012 - 20:23:02
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has "strongly" condemned last Thursday's military coup in Guinea Bissau. The President of [...] Full text...

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Gambia calls for release of detained Guinea Bissau PM

16 april 2012 - 19:33:04
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Gambian government has condemned “the brutal and forceful seizure of power” by Guinea Bissau’s military [...] Full text...

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High-level ECOWAS delegation visits Bissau Monday

15 april 2012 - 15:27:20
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A high-level ECOWAS delegation, to be led by Commission President Desire Kadre Ouedraogo, is due in [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council condemns Guinea-Bissau coup

14 april 2012 - 07:26:58
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the military coup that took place in the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria 'condemns, rejects' coup attempt in Guinea Bissau

13 april 2012 - 16:18:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has ''totally condemned and rejected'' the ongoing attempt by a segment of the military in [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS condemns 'coup attempt' in Guinea Bissau

13 april 2012 - 08:44:59
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the ongoing attempt by the military [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Mediation, Security Council meets on Mali, Guinea Bissau

11 april 2012 - 15:16:04
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council will meet at the ministerial level Thursday in Abidjan, [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS warns Guinea Bissau armed forces: Don't obstruct electoral process

06 april 2012 - 23:14:50
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Friday warned Guinea Bissau's Armed Forces not [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council tasks political parties in Guinea Bissau on dialogue

01 april 2012 - 07:28:39
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Saturday urged political parties in Guinea Bissau to engage in [...] Full text...

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UN rights' chief praises Senegal, urges Mali, Guinea Bissau to follow suit

29 march 2012 - 06:58:16
New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, Ms. Navi Pillay, has congratulated Senegal for conducting [...] Full text...

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UN envoy says Guinea Bissau moving towards political transition

28 march 2012 - 19:51:32
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Guinea Bissau, Joseph Mutaboba, on Wednesday stressed the need [...] Full text...

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UN chief hails Guinea Bissau for peaceful presidential election

21 march 2012 - 07:13:22
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the people of Guinea Bissau for taking part in [...] Full text...

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Guinea Bissau holds presidential election

18 march 2012 - 10:06:36
Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - The West African nation of Guinea Bissau is voting Sunday to elect a new President [...] Full text...

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Ban tasks Guinea-Bissauans on peaceful, transparent presidential polls

16 march 2012 - 14:11:22
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all actors in Guinea-Bissau to ensure a peaceful [...] Full text...

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Indian company to exploit phosphate, potassium in south-western DRC

27 may 2011 - 13:57:39
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - An Indian mining company, International Trasability System (ITS), based in the Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...

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Former Indomitable lions player, Ndip Akem, retires from active football

10 december 2009 - 19:50:00
Douala- Cameroon (PANA) -- Former Indomitable lions player, Victor Ndip Akem, wil l Saturday celebrate his retirement from active football [...] Full text...

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Former Indomitable lions player, Ndip Akem, retires from active football

10 december 2009 - 12:22:00
Douala- Cameroon (PANA) -- Former Indomitable lions player, Victor Ndip Akem, wil l Saturday celebrate his retirement from active football [...] Full text...

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UN salutes Guinea Bissau on peaceful polls

01 august 2009 - 17:00:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has congratulated Guinea Bissau for holding a peaceful elections. He [...] Full text...

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Chadian leader congratulates G/Bissau president-elect

31 july 2009 - 12:43:00
N'Djamena- Chad (PANA) -- Chadian President, Idriss Déby has congratulated Malam Bacai Sanha for his election as President of Guinea-Bissau. [...] Full text...

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UN chief tasks Guinea Bissau on presidential elections

23 july 2009 - 20:18:00
New York- US (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday called the upcom ing second round of presidential elections in [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe gets new airline

16 july 2009 - 09:17:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- As Zimbabwe's economy begins to recover after a decade of crisis, a group of local investors [...] Full text...

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Djalo joins Sanha for second round of Guinea-Bissau vote

14 july 2009 - 22:58:00
Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Iaia Djalo, who came fourth in the first round of Guinea-Bissau's presidential election, announced on Monday [...] Full text...

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Bacai Sanha, Kumba Yala to contest Guinea-Bissau’s presidential run-off

03 july 2009 - 21:19:00
Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Malam Bacai Sanha, candidate of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde [...] Full text...

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Another presidential candidate withdraws in Guinea Bissau

10 june 2009 - 17:55:00
Bissau- Guinea-Bissau (PANA) -- Another presidential candidate, lawyer Pedro Nfan da, has withdrawn from Guinea Bissau's forthcoming presidential elections, reduc [...] Full text...

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Guinea-Bissau PM to run for president

16 march 2009 - 18:31:00
Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- The Prime Minister of Guinea Bissau, Carlos Gomes Junior, is considering contesting as a candidate [...] Full text...

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PRS criticises 'quick' nomination of interim president in Bissau

14 march 2009 - 18:45:00
Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau's opposition Social Renovation Part y(PRS), Thursday reaffirmed its disagreement with what it considers [...] Full text...

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Dutch national sentenced for possessing firearm

27 february 2009 - 22:12:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) – The Bundung Magistrate’s C-ourt presided over by acting Principal Magistrate Kumba Sillah-Camara on Friday convicted and [...] Full text...

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