Peter Clottey South Sudanrsquo;s foreign minister says President Salva Kiir is committed to a peaceful political settlement to the ongoing civil conflict as the warring factions begin peace negoti...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) ? Two warring factions from South Sudan held direct peace talks on Sunday for the first time since conflict began roiling the country last month, sending hundreds of tho...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan and the man widely regarded as his political father, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, have clashed publicly as their long-simmering frac...

New York, US (PANA) ? The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Somalia, Mr. Nicholas Kay, said that a comprehensive political, military and development approach is needed to tackle te...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has announced it will give Mali about US$500,000 in food aid within the next few weeks to support populations adversely affected by that country?s politica...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS is to deploy 20 members of its Emergency Response Team (EERT) to Mali within the framework of a regional Humanitarian Assistance for the country which is exiting politica...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated his compatriots on the 100th anniversary of the unification of the country's Southern and Northern Protectorates to a sin...

Bassem Youssef's show returns to the screen and pokes fun at pro-military sentiment in the country.

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese opposition has described the recent major cabinet reshuffle in the country as a mere face lift that has failed to address Sudan's economic, political and security ...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Friday said that it is continuing to support efforts by the Libyan authorities to achieve agreed political solutions to the challenges ...