Secondo esercito di Khartoum, erano diretti in Libia

Cette visite a permis au représentant spécial adjoint des Nations-Unies au Mali de tâter le pouls d’une région qui a beaucoup souffert pendant l‘occupation.

Hundreds of Nigerians have taken to the streets to press the government to do more to secure the release of 200 schoolgirls abducted by suspected Islamist militants.

Le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies a adopté mardi une résolution qui appelle à améliorer les droits de l'homme au Sahara occidental, sans pour autant instaurer de mécanisme de contrôle.

Pour sortir la Libye du chaos, certains prônent la restauration de la monarchie constitutionnelle des Senoussi. Fervent partisan de cette solution, le chef de la diplomatie, Mohamed Abdelaziz, ne ménage pas ses efforts pour convaincre ses compatriotes.

Depuis la mort de son leader, l'association Al Adl Wal Ihsane se fait beaucoup plus discrète. Mais elle n'en fourbit pas moins ses armes pour revenir sur le devant de la scène marocaine.

More than 9,000 child soldiers are fighting in South Sudan's brutal civil war as the country faces the threat of famine, the UN human rights chief says.

Women in Nigeria march to demand that more be done to secure the release of 230 schoolgirls abducted by militants two weeks ago.

Une grande manifestation de femmes est organisée mercredi dans la capitale nigériane pour dénoncer l'enlèvement par les islamistes de Boko Haram de 100 à 200 jeunes filles à la mi-avril.

Plus de 300 migrants clandestins ont été abandonnés par leurs passeurs en plein désert entre le Soudan et la Libye, où neuf d'entre eux ont trouvé la mort, a annoncé mercredi l'armée soudanaise.

[SPS]Recalling and reaffirming all its previous resolutions on Western Sahara,...

[UN News]Warning that the world's youngest nation is on the verge of catastrophe, the United Nations human rights chief today called on South Sudan's leaders to relinquish their personal power struggle and steer their impoverished, war-battered country towards stability....

[Tunis Afrique Presse]Tunis -Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Faycal Gouia conferred, on Tuesday in Tunis, with Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Deputy Secretary-General of the Council of Europe who is paying a working visit to Tunisia....

[Tunis Afrique Presse]Tunis -Tunisia is seeking to energise economic cooperation with France, on the basis of complementarity, interim Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa said on Wednesday, at a news conference held in the VIP lounge of the Tunis Carthage airport....

[Tunis Afrique Presse]Tunis -Caretaker President Moncef Marzouki met, on Wednesday at Carthage Palace, with a delegation of the Tunisian Union of Media Directors (STDM), headed by Amel Mzabi....

Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa#8212; Famine looms in South Sudan. The planting season is already half over, with terrified farmers scattered far from home because of fighting. But the country's leaders seem unconcerned about the impending catastrophe, the United Nations' top human rights official said Wednesday. In meetings this week with the leaders of feuding political camps, rights chief Navi Pillay called for a 30-day truce to allow people to return and plant crops. Both men, she said, offered the same lukewarm response and the same excuse: They don't trust each other. I was appalled by the apparent lack of concern about the risk of famine displayed by both leaders when I...

(Source: African Development Bank Group) The Board of Directors of the African Development Group approved on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 an African Development Fund (ADF) loan of US $23.0 million, a loan of US $7.7 million from the Nigerian Trust Fund (NTF), and a grant of US $4.8 million from the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Facility to support Malawi's implement the Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Infrastructure for Improved Health and Livelihoods Project. The project is aligned with the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy, the...

Hundreds of Nigerians yesterday braved heavy rain to march on parliament to demand intensified efforts by the government to rescue more than 200 missing schoolgirls abducted by Islamist insurgents over a fortnight ago. Activists had called for a ?million-woman? march in the capital Abuja but turnout fell far short of that, despite massive support on social-networking sites and in the Nigerian media. The mass kidnappings, carried out by fighters from the al-Qa?eda-inspired Boko Haram group, have stunned Nigerians largely blunted to the violence that has wracked the northeastern part of the country in the past five...

[Deutsche Welle]The United Nations human rights chief has issued a strong warning that South Sudan is on the road to a catastrophe. Months of armed conflict are threatening to send the country into a tailspin, the UN said....

30 April 2014 Last updated at 20:54 BST Hundreds of mainly women protesters have marched through the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to press for the release of 230 schoolgirls abducted by militants two weeks ago. The Islamist group Boko Haram has been blamed for taking the girls from their school in Chibok, Borno state. Will Ross reports from the protest and...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Britain is ready to support Libya in the reform of its military and the training of its soldiers and police officers, according to British special envoy Jonathan Powell, who was received on Tuesday by Libyan Prime Minister Abdallah al-Theni.
Politics

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Army (SAF) says it has retaken a stronghold town of the rebel Sudan People?s Liberation Movement- North (SPLM-N) in the centre of the Nuba Mountains in the contested South Kordufan region, the official Omdurman Radio announced Wednesday morning.
Society

New York, US (PANA) - Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and a host of others, who were last week named to the Time Magazine annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, have been honoured at a gala in New York
Economy

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Arab Baath party said security officials have arrested 15 members of the party who were staging a peaceful demonstration in Khartoum, contravening a presidential order permitting such activities.
Politics

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, painted a bleak picture of human rights abuse in South Sudan where, he said, both local leaders and international community have failed to live up to the challenges, including a looming famine.
Society

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) ? Africa has the potential to increase the value of its annual agricultural output from US$280 billion in 2010 to about US$500 billion by 2020, according to an African Development Bank (AfDB) report, obtained by PANA here.
Agriculture

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The World Bank has granted US$250 million to Tunisia as loan to support its programme on economic and social reforms, boost the investments in private sector and improve structure in the financial sector and social services, Aline Morey, a representative of the international financial institute, said Wednesday.
Economy

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Hundreds of women defied the heavy rainfall in Nigeria?s capital, Abuja, to protest against the abduction of 234 school girls in Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State in North Eastern Nigeria.
Society

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigeria and United Kingdom Wednesday met in Abuja to review its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on immigration.

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Nine Sudanese have been found dead in the desert area near Sudan and Libya while 319 others have been rescued and are being transported to a health facility, the Sudanese Army said on Wednesday.
Society