Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS has urged political actors in Nigeria to respect the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the country's general elections by six w...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With party primaries over and candidates emerged for the February general elections, the media in Nigeria are awash with stories of fever-pitch political activities across the c...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? The heads of mission from member countries of the European Union (EU) accredited in Libya on Friday welcomed the new political talks in Geneva to end the fighting that is tearin...

A selection of photographs from around the African continent this week. A mascot entertains the crowd at a rally of South Africa#039;s governing African National Congress (ANC) in the coastal city of C...

National Electoral Commission meets with political parties to discuss six-week postponement of presidential election.

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) ? The European Union (EU) has called on the Sudanese government to release all political detainees and to ensure freedom of expression and gathering, ahead of national dialogue. ...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The perspective for a government-opposition political dialogue, which follows an appeal from President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on 4 January, continues to dominate the Ma...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? The new round of UN-led political talks aimed at easing the deepening political and security crisis afflicting Libya continued Thursday for the second day of dialogue as nation...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Friday urged Malian parties "to engage with sustained political will and a spirit of compromise", and make the necessary concessions to engage in talks ...

New York,US (PANA) - The Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Mr. Bernardino Leon, on Wednesday said that a new round of UN-led Libyan political talks in Geneva, Switzerland, represents th...