[Tunis Afrique Presse]Carthage -The National Security Council (CNS) convening, Friday in the Carthage palace, under the chairmanship of Supreme Chief of the Armed Forces Moncef Marzouki and Interim Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa, examined the security situation in Libya and its possible impact on Tunisia....

[IRIN]Mogadishu -A major military offensive by Somali and African Union (AU) forces against insurgents may well contribute to Somalia's long-term stability, but in the short-term the military action has led to the displacement of around 40,000 civilians, price hikes and the destruction of some basic infrastructure....

[UN News]Amid tit-for-tat attacks between locals and refugees sparked by food shortages in an area of South Sudan's volatile Upper Nile state, the United Nations refugee agency said today that it is gravely concerned about new tensions rising in the region....

[Ethiopia Government]President Omer Al-Bashir met and held talks on Wednesday (March 19) with South Sudan's Defense Minister, Kuol Manyang Juuk who was on a visit to Khartoum. Discussions covered bilateral relations including joint partnership in security understandings as well as ways to improve them. The Defense Minister delivered a letter to President al-Bashir from South Sudan's President Salva Kiir on the subject of security. Following Juuk's meeting with the President, Sudan's Defense Minister, Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussei...

[CAF]Holders Al-Ahly's poor away record continued, losing 0-1 to Ahli Benghazi of Libya on Friday in the 1/8th round first leg clash in Tunis....

[Magharebia]Shahat and Asma Elourfi in Benghazi -Libya just acknowledged for the first time that terrorist groups were behind dozens of attacks against security services....

[Magharebia]Algiers -Algeria's presidential campaigns begin on Sunday (March 23rd). Twelve politicians applied to run but only six made the cut....

(Source: Confédération Africaine de Football) Angola's petroleum company club Petro Atletico of Luanda landed in Cairo as they prepare to face Egypt's Ismaily this Sunday at the 2014 Orange CAF Confederation Cup second round first leg. It was a very special moment for two of Petro Atletico players when their team arrived in the Egyptian capital. Duo of Felisberto Sebastiao Gilberto and Flavio Amado found a handful of supporters waiting for them at the Cairo International Airport with some gifts and a lot of chants. Gilberto spent over eight (8) years with...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - All flights to and from the Tripoli International Airport were suspended early Friday after the tarmac was hit by two rockets, official sources told PANA here.
Economy

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Belgian government has decided to extend by one year the tenure of the Belgian contingent in the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM-Mali), Belgian Defence Minister Pieter De Crem said here.
Politics

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights to and from Libya's Tripoli International Airport, which were suspended earlier Friday after two rockets hit and damaged a runway, have resumed, the Libyan news agency reported.
Economy

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A staffer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was killed in Darfur, Sudan's western region, Thursday, bringing to two the number of ICRC members killed in Sudan this year.
Society

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Three policemen were killed and a number of others injured when their car somersaulted while chasing a group of smugglers in the harsh rocky areas of eastern Sudan, the Sudan media centre (SMC) reported Friday.
Society

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are the second-round, first-leg fixtures as action resumes this weekend in the 2014 CAF Champions league across Africa.
Sports

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As action resumes this weekend across Africa in the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup, here are the second-round, first-leg fixtures.

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The international humanitarian organziation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has complained that the first rains in South Sudan have complicated an already fragile situation among internally-displaced persons following the three months of fighting between government and opposition forces.
Society

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Turkish government has chartered a plane to airlift the five people wounded in an attack against a military barracks in Benghazi for medical treatment in Turkey, the state-run Libyan news agency LANA reported Friday, quoting a Turkish diplomatic source in Tripoli.
Society

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - African ministers will gather in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, from 28-30 March, to discuss the creation of a continental pharmaceutical factory, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, revealed Friday in Nouakchott.
Health

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Judicial Council, comprising the Chief Justices of Member States, has approved the recommendations of its ad-hoc committee on the recruitment of seven new judges to replace those whose terms have expired at the Community Court of Justice.
Society

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan teams posted mixed results as the 2014 edition of the Africa Volleyball Club championships got underway in Sousse, Tunisia, Thursday.
Sports

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? With 99 parliamentarians voting in favour, none against and 18 abstentions, the Malian Parliament on Friday amended the bill ratifying the establishment of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission, parliamentary sources told PANA.

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? China on Friday donated computers and office equipment to Mali to rebuild its ICT park that was damaged during the March 2012 military coup in the West African state.
Social

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, the Naira:
Economy

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? The chairman of a Tunisian political party, Ennahdha, Mr. Rached Ghannouchi, has urged Libya?s political partners to work for consensus and reconciliation in the interest of the nation and success of the transition process.
Politics

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) ? Al-Ahly Benghazi of Libya on Friday beat Al-Ahly of Egypt 1-0 in the first leg of the second round of the CAF Champions League competition match played in Tunis.
Sports

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? Senegal on Friday beat Tunisia 1-0 in North Africa U-20 championship match played in Misrata.
Sports

Flights suspended after two rockets hit a runway at the international airport in capital Tripoli.

Around 50 trucks carrying thousands of tonnes of urgent aid are being held up across the war ravaged country, UN says.

Thousands of protesters stage fresh rallies in Cairo for a third straight day as part of an 11-day anti-coup campaign.

La Belgique prolongera dun an, jusquen mai 2015, sa participation à lopération de lUnion européenne (UE) pour la formation de larmée malienne (EUTM Mali), a annoncé vendredi la Défense du royaume dans un communiqué. La mission européenne commandée par le général français Bruno Guibert, compte quelque 560 personnes provenant de 23 pays et déployées à [&]