Nigerian schools defy Boko Haram with Islamic and Western mix

At least 18 people have been killed in fierce fighting between Islamists and a renegade general in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, medics say.

Nigerian police cite security reasons for banning protests in Abuja for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls seized by Islamist militants.

Au moins 18 personnes ont été tuées lundi à Benghazi dans de violents affrontements entre des groupes islamistes et les forces armées loyales à un général dissident.

Mohammed VI a exprimé la volonté de relancer l'Union du Maghreb arabe, dans les cartons depuis 1989 en raison du différend sur le Sahara occidental.

L'attentat n'a pas été revendiqué, mais le groupe islamiste Boko Haram est suspecté. Adamawa est un des trois Etats du Nord-Est où a été instauré l'état d'urgence en mai 2013.

Des Tunisiens, excédés par la saleté du pays, utilisent les réseaux sociaux pour alerter les autorités sur la situation d'insalubrité généralisée.

Benghazi - Fierce fighting between Islamists and a rogue Libyan general killed 16 people in Benghazi on Monday, triggering fears of an all-out war as hospitals urged citizens to donate blood. Officials at two hospitals in the eastern city, the birthplace of the NATO-backed uprising that toppled dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, said at least 11 soldiers and five civilians were killed, and 26 people wounded. An air force commander said the clashes erupted when three Islamist groups, including Ansar al-Sharia, attacked a base of elite forces who support the renegade general, Khalifa Haftar. Images posted on the Internet showed army...

Gunmen have opened fire on a church service in the northeast Nigerian village of Attangara, killing nine people....

[Ethiopia Government]The UNHCR says South Sudan refugees are continuing to cross the border to Ethiopia in large numbers. A UNHCR public information officer in Addis Ababa said on Friday (May 30) that South Sudan refugees continued to arrive in Ethiopia at a rate of 1,000 a day, and added that despite the truce there was no any sign of decline in the numbers. South Sudan President, Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar signed an agreement on May 9 committing themselves to an immediate cessation of hostilities cessation of ho...

[allAfrica]Maputo -Alongside its rise as a dynamic global economy, China has become a key partner to sub-Saharan Africa....

[Ethiopia Government]President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya said he was encouraged by the commitment of the South Sudanese armed opposition leader, Riek Machar, to achieve a better system of governance in the war torn South Sudan....

[Ethiopia Government]The Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) of Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Brigadier General Samuel Omar Williams arrived in Mogadishu for his first visit to Somalia on Saturday (May 31). He was received by the AMISOM Force Commander, Lieutenant General Silas Ntigurirwa, as well as other senior officials, and later met with Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission and General Ntigurirwa as well as AMISOM Deputy Force Commander in charge...

[UN News]The United Nations today voiced increasing concern over the food security situation in Somalia, as food stocks from the previous harvest become depleted and prices continue to rise sharply, and the country experiences late rains and erratic weather patterns....

[Ethiopia Government]The US-Africa Energy Ministerial Conference will open tomorrow (June 3) in Addis Ababa. The Conference, jointly hosted by the Ethiopian Government and the US Administration, is focusing on the theme of Catalyzing Sustainable Energy Growth in Africa and will provide a forum for commitment to support energy development throughout Africa. The meeting is bringing together ministers from sub-Sahara and North African countries, as well as senior U.S. government officials, multilateral development partners, reg...

At least 18 people have been killed in continuing violence around the eastern city of Benghazi. The fighting came during an offensive by General Khalifa Hifter against Islamist groups. The clashes near Benghazi University started late on Sunday and continued overnight,...

Nigerian police have banned public protests in the capital Abuja for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls seized by Islamist militants in April. Abuja police commissioner Joseph Mbu said the rallies were quot;now posing a serious security threatquot;. Nigeria has seen almost daily rallies calling for the government to take firmer action to rescue the girls. Boko Haram militants snatched the...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Regional and local tribunals should be created to try perpetrators of violence in the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Nigeria, the African Union?s Special Envoy for Women, Peace and Security Bineta Diop said Monday.
Politics

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nothing better illustrates the dangers of unwholesome sanitation and hygiene habit of a local community in Nigeria's northern Sokoto state than the melancholic story of 45-year-old Yussuf Magaji.
Health

Tunis, Tunisia ( PANA) - Tunisia and Morocco have signed an agreement aimed at strengthening banking cooperation between the two countries for a better partnership with African countries.
Economy

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Terrorists and Tunisian security forces have engaged in clashes since Sunday in the governorate of Jendouba, located in the northwest of the country, according to a security source.
Society

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Member States of the European Union (EU) are Algeria's main trading partners, according to a report by the Algerian Customs Statistical Office, obtained here by PANA.
Economy

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) ? The death toll from Monday's violent clashes between the Anshar Asharia armed group and a unit of the special armed forces, in the eastern city of Benghazi, has risen from 10 to 18 with 65 others now injured, local media reported.

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? The Malian minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Ousmane Koné, has agreed with officials of the World Fund for Malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS to commence the procedure for the release of US$80 million allocated to Mali in its fight against malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.
Health

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday met with a delegation from the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) with the group expressing outrage at the activities of Boko Haram terrorists.
Society

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Association of Deportees (AME) and the Association of Central African Refugees in Mali (ARACEM) on Sunday launched an advocacy campaign for the abolition of obstacles to the free movement within the West African sub-region, PANA reported from here.
Society

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? Six ministers in the Mauritanian government have gone on vacation to enable them join the campaign team of President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is running for another term on 21 June, 2014, official sources told PANA on Monday.
Politics

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? The Nigerian military on Monday confirmed that ?a key? suspect has been arrested in connection with Sunday's car bombing which occurred at a bar and football viewing centre in Mubi, north eastern Adamawa State.
Society

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) ? The opening of flights between Tunis and Libreville, the cancellation of entry visas for their citizens and the opening of embassies in the two capitals, were some of the issues discussed here Monday by the Tunisian and Gabonese ministers of foreign affairs, Mongi Hamdi and Emmanuel Ngondet, respectively.
Politics

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The police in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja have banned all protests over the abduction of more than 200 girls from their school in the northern town of Chibok some 49 days ago.
Society