Over 30,000 people who were forced to flee to the town of Monguno following renewed clashes that erupted in Nigeria?s Borno state in late December are in acute need of shelter, water, s...

Two people have died due to adverse weather that has hit Tunisia in the last 24 hours, the interior ministry said, as several regions contend with snow. Efforts are underway to recover the body of a wo...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The rise in water level at the source of the River Niger has led to flooding of homes of local people living along the river bank in recent weeks, the government daily Le Sahel r...

Officials in South Sudan's Yei River State say thousands of people who fled their homes during fighting over the past two weeks are without food or clean water. The Relief and Rehabilitation Commission...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 132 migrants of different African nationalities were rescued on Tuesday near the Libyan coast, as the phenomenon of illegal immigration from Libyan territorial waters...

The European Union parliament has voted to adopt the EU-Moroccan fisheries deal, enabling EU fishing vessels to operate in the waters off the coast of the disputed territory of Western Sahara. The agre...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Despite years of promises to address the ?vulnerable heart? of Libya ? the country?s south ? conditions around its water and oil resource wealth have continued to deteriorate at...

Production has started from the deepwater Egina field, 150 km (93 mi) offshore Nigeria. ......

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received visiting Chairman of the African Union Commission, Mr Moussa Faki Mahamat, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, saying that the greate...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pacific Drilling S.A. (OTC: PACDQ) ('Pacific Drilling' or the 'Company') announced today that its deepwater drillship the Pacific Bora has been awarded a contract by Nigerian...