Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? The Libyan coast guards rescued 691 illegal migrants from drowning off the Libyan territorial waters over the past two days, Libyan media reported on Sunday, quoting an official...

The United Nations Security Council authorized naval inspections of ships off Somalia?s coast and beyond suspected of carrying illegal weapons and charcoal, a commodity that generates millions of dolla...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and Sweden on Thursday signed two financing agreements relating to the decentralized forest management programme (GADEFOR) and a project aimed at supporting the improvement o...

BENGHAZI, Libya ? As fighting raged Friday between Islamist militias and forces loyal to Libya's elected government, the mood was of resigned indifference in this embattled city that once took pride in...

[Egypt Online]Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said that the National Water Research Center (NWRC) is currently preparing a scientific study for reducing the evaporation rates in Lake Nasser after it...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The United States of America has donated two patrol boats to Tunisia to help it increase its marine operational capacity in terms of coastal surveillance and security of its ter...

A selection of photographs from around the African continent this week: A stall holder selling second-hand shoes looks on as a train moves through a slum area of Kenya#039;s capital, Nairobi, on Thursd...

A selection of photographs from around the African continent this week: A boy in Sao Tome, capital of the Atlantic Ocean archipelago nation of Sao Tome and Principe, sits on a coastal balustrade trying...

[IRIN]Tripoli -Things are bad in Libya right now. Black smoke from a massive fuel depot fire has been lingering over the heads of the residents of the capital Tripoli for more than four weeks. While th...

Niamey, Niger (PANA) ? The Nigerien Armed Forces on Tuesday received a donation of military equipment including trucks, generators, ambulances, radio transmitters, water and fuel tanks worth 4 billion ...