More than 1,000 people have protested in South Sudan's capital, Juba, accusing the UN of arming rebels - a charge it denies.

Depuis juillet 2013, des autonomistes bloquent des terminaux, suspendant les exportations de brut et privant ainsi le pays de sa principale source de revenus.

[Inquirer]The President amp; Chief Executive Officer of the National Oil Company of Liberia, Dr. Randolph McClain, has dismissed as malicious falsehood and bad journalism stories being run in some local newspapers of late, accusing him of undermining the ongoing oil sector reform process....

10 March 2014 Last updated at 17:08 GMT The image that always come from the Somalia's capital Mogadishu is more often than not of conflict, but there is always another side to the story. And that was what an exhibition in London is aiming to show. Mogadishu-Lost Moderns documents Somalia's transition from an Italian colony to an independent state...

More than 1,000 people have protested in South Sudan#039;s capital, Juba, accusing the UN of arming rebels. On Friday, the government said its troops had intercepted weapons in a UN convoy marked as carrying food. The UN denied the arms were destined for rebels, but acknowledged it made a mistake transporting them by road. The UN has about 8,000 peacekeepers in South Sudan, the world#039;s newest state where conflict broke out in December between government and rebel forces. In January, South Sudan#039;s President Salva Kiir accused the UN of running a quot;parallel governmentquot; in his country - a charge it denied. 'Arms for Ghanaian troops, Continue reading the main story...

Libya's parliament has ordered a special force be sent within one week to liberate all rebel-held ports in the volatile east, officials say....

[HRW]Nairobi -The Malian government should seek broad-based consultation to ensure a credible and independent truth commission to examine abuses since the country's independence in 1960, Human Rights Watch said. Two executive orders - one decree and one ordinance- establishing the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission will be debated this week in Mali's National Assembly.The decree and ordinanceplaces the proposed commission under the Ministry of National Reconciliation and Development of the North,which would se...

Libyan authorities said they had stopped a North Korean-flagged tanker as it tried to leave with an illegal shipment of crude oil from a rebel-held port....

Libyan officials say they have taken control of a North Korean-flagged tanker that loaded crude oil at a port occupied by rebel forces. It was stopped as it tried to leave Sidra port and is now being escorted to a government-controlled port, they add. But the rebels, who planned to sell the oil independently of the Libyan state, denied losing control of the tanker. Libya#039;s parliament earlier ordered a...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - French Minister of Labour, Vocational Training and Social Dialogue Michel Sapin has expressed his wish to see the Mauritanian government further decentralise local governments.
Politics

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) is to hold an Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D) Consultative Roundtable and a side event on the Science Agenda in Africa 17-18 March in Durban, South Africa.
Sciences

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Defending champion Al Ahly of Egypt, fellow Egyptian club Zamalek and Nkana FC of Zambia are among the teams that cruised into the round of 16, following return leg matches in the first round of the CAF Champions League over the weekend.
Sports

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Round of 16 qualifiers for the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup have emerged, following return leg matches in the Round of 32 played across Africa over the weekend.
Sports

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is due in Conakry Monday for a three-day working visit to Guinea, PANA learnt from official sources.
Politics

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan authorities have put in place a mechanism to prevent attempts by armed groups to illegally export the country's oil at the "al-Sidera" port in the eastern part of the country, PANA learnt from official sources.
Politics

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahima Boubacar Kéita arrived in Conakry Monday for a three-day working visit to Guinea.
Politics

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? Oil production resumed on Saturday in the oil field of al-Charara in the south after months of closure because of the protest movements held by local inhabitants, sources from the National oil company (NOC) said.

New York, US (PANA) - Mr. Tarek Mitri, the UN Secretary-General?s Special Representative and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), on Monday said international and well-coordinated support is vital to helping Libya through its democratic transition.
Politics

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya?s parliament has ordered military operations to liberate militia-held oil ports as insecurity continues to grow across the North African country.
Economy

Riyadh says accusations of Nouri al-Maliki that the kingdom finances Sunni fighters in Anbar are unfounded.

State oil firm says North Korean-flagged vessel that tried to ship oil from rebel-held port is under government control.

Des paysans des villages de la commune de Baya (cercle de Sélingué) vont se joindre cette semaine aux membres de lAssociation Appel du Mali (AP-MA) pour battre le pavé afin demander le départ du directeur de lOffice de développement rural de Sélingué (ODRS) pour mauvaise gestion. Linformation a été donnée le week-end dernier par le [&]

Les 13 et 26 Mars 2014, se tiendront respectivement, à la primature et à la présidence de la République, les sessions du comité exécutif national et du conseil supérieur de l?agriculture. Elles seront tenues sous les présidences du premier ministre, Oumar Tatam Ly et du président de la République, Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita En prélude à [&]

En milieu de semaine, les Espoirs du football malien ont investi la Fédération malienne de football où les sons de cloche étaient totalement contradictoires quant à leur pognon. Pris de court, les responsables avouent qu?ils ne sont pas en mesure de casquer le moindre sou. Motif : La personne habilitée à décaisser l?argent des Aigles [&]

La semaine dernière, l?animosité entre plusieurs rappeurs maliens, Gaspi, Iba one et Talbi, Oxbi, Moobjek, a viré à une confrontation physique dont le jeune rappeur Snipper (Saïbou Coulibaly) a fait les frais : agressé en pleine journée chez lui par des hommes armés. Un évènement navrant qui interroge ? Il y bientôt deux mois de cela, [&]

Le président malien Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta est arrivé lundi après-midi à Conakry pour une visite de trois jours en Guinée où il devrait signer plusieurs accords, a constaté un journaliste de lAFP. Le président Keïta a été accueilli à sa descente davion par son homologue guinéen Alpha Condé. « Je suis heureux dêtre ici, à Conakry, [&]

Le mandat du secrétaire général de l?Union nationale des travailleurs du Mali (UNTM), Siaka Diakité, est expiré depuis 3 ans. Malgré 4 reports, le bureau exécutif peine à organiser le 12e congrès pour le remplacer. La commission de suivi des recommandations du conseil central a, pour sa part, tranché : le 12e congrès se tiendra le [&]

SOUDAN (Alwihda Info) - Le Président tchadien Idriss Déby Itno, lors de sa visite le 8 mars 2014 au port de la mer rouge, au Soudan, a annoncé l?envoi d?une force militaire tchadienne pour sécuriser la frontière Soudan-Tchad.

La volonté manifestée par le Tchad de s?impose...

Pour le Ministre de l?Agriculture et l?Irrigation Moussa Mahamat Agrey, la présence du Tchad à ce grand Rendez-vous agricole et agro-alimentaire de Paris a effectivement constitué une grande opportunité qui lui a permis d?être encore plus visible auprès des investisseurs et des médias.

Des discussions dans ce sens seraient entreprises entre les autorités libyennes et tchadiennes à N?djamena selon nos sources à la présidence.



SOUDAN (Alwihda Info) - Le Président tchadien Idriss Déby Itno, lors de sa visite le 8 mars 2014 au port de la mer rouge, au Soudan, a annonc...