Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday approved funding for the Emergency Power Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project Phase II (EPIRP II) in Zimbabwe.
Economy

New York, US (PANA) ? The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), on Friday called on Egyptian authorities to immediately release all individuals detained in relation to their work as human rights defenders.
Society

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Friday confirmed that the bodies of two of its soldiers killed in action have been transported to the capital of Juba, while a third soldier is receiving medical aid in the mission?s facility in Malakal in South Sudan.
Society

New York, US (PANA) ? The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the assault on a UN compound in Akobo, South Sudan, which left some 20 civilians and two peacekeepers dead.
Society

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Burkina Faso, benefitting from the close support of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, has successfully become a member of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).
Environment

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? Economic activity within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) this year is expected to grow at 6.5% as against 5.8% last year, the Malian minister of Economy and Finance, Mrs Bouaré Fily Sissoko, has said.
Economy

Colonel Fethallah al-Gaziri, newly appointed head of military intelligence in Benghazi, shot dead during a family visit.

Salva Kiir sounds caution as UN says 20 were killed when one of its compounds was stormed by thousands of armed youths.

Annuncio del Pentagono, "garantito rispetto dei diritti umani"

Lo annuncia esercito, perso controllo città

Il gruppo fu protagonista cacciata Hosni Mubarak

Disponibile solo a discutere condizioni suo addio potere

Jugé en appel pour outrage à la police, le rappeur tunisien Weld El 15 a été relaxé. Selon son avocat Me Ghazi Mrabet il devrait être libéré jeudi.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Fears of civil war in South Sudan grew Thursday, after South Sudan's military admitted losing control of a key town in the country's east to army mutineers

Egyptians fear return of authoritarian old order

The United Nations says it fears there have been deaths after attackers force their way into a UN peacekeeping base in South Sudan's Jonglei state.

[Egypt Online]In a phone call, Interim President Adli Mansour discussed with South Sudan's President Salva Kiir the situation in the African country, presidential spokesman Ihab Badawi said.

[State Department]Excerpt from the U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing

[SPS]Maputo -The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique Mr. Oldemiro Balói has reiterated his country's support to the struggle of the Saharawi people for freedom and independence, during a meeting with the Saharawi Ambassador Mr. Wadadi Chej Ahmed, informed SADR embassy in Maputo.

Drammatica escalation di violenza. Il vicesegretario Onu, Eliasson: «La sede ad Akobo è stata attaccata, ci sono morti»

Il Paese nordafricano sta vivendo una situazione di povertà estrema aggravata dalla crisi economica e dall?instabilità politica. A risentirne non sono soltanto gli uomini 

Lo ha detto il vice-segretario generale Jan Eliasson. L'assalto nello stato del Jonglei, nel Sud del Paese. Un gruppo armato si sarebbe introdotto con la forza nella base dei peacekeeper delle Nazioni Unite inseguendo dei civili. Uccisi tre caschi blu indiani

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? Two Senegalese peacekeepers, Ousmane Fall and Cheikh Tidiane Sarr, killed on Saturday in a car-bomb attack in the Malian town of Kidal, were decorated on Wednesday by the Malian Defence Minister, Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga.
Society

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? The Board of Directors of the West African Development Bank (BOAD) on Wednesday approved the proposal to finance 15 projects in the eight member states of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), official sources told PANA Thursday.
Economy

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Tarek Mitri, has dismissed fears that the proposed deployment of some 235 guards by the mission is prelude to international intervention.
Society

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) ? In view of the escalating violence in South Sudan, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn, acting in his capacity as Chair of the Inter?Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Chair of the African Union (AU), Thursday dispatched a ministerial delegation to Juba to help diffuse tension in the world's newest nation.
Politics

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Local favourites Raja Casablanca Wednesday stopped the "Brazilian dream", hitting Clube Atletico Mineiro 3-1 at the Marrakech Stadium to book a seat in the finals of this year's FIFA Club World Cup, tagged Morocco 2013.
Sports

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) ? Cowardly acts of ambushing humanitarian workers will not discourage them to carry on with their mission, according to the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamet Saleh Annadif.
Society

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has settled its debt with Qatar and Turkey, according to Misbah al-Akari, the Libyan Central Bank marketing manager, announced here Wednesday in a press interview.
Economy

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The Mauritanian independent electoral commission (CENI) has denied claims that it will postpone the run-off vote for the legislative and municipal polls, slated for 21 December.
Politics