Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The West African regional bloc ECOWAS is to give US$108 million in grants to three of its member states to boost their power generation capacity, under the region?s emergency power supply programme designed to provide sustainable solution to the energy crisis in the affected countries.

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigerian doctors, under the aegis of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), on Sunday announced that they will begin a five-day warning strike in all public health institutions from Wednesday, 18 December.
Society

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - One of the two African representatives at this year's FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco has been eliminated.
Sports

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian presidency and the opposition on Sunday engaged in a war of words over the latter's call for the removal of President Goodluck Jonathan for "gross misconduct", PANA reported.
Politics

Le second tour des législatives, censé parachever le retour à l'ordre constitutionnel au Mali, s'est tenu dimanche dans un climat tendu, au lendemain d'un attentat qui a coûté la vie à deux soldats sénégalais de l'ONU.

Autobomba davanti a una banca, feriti diversi caschi blu

Avvio campagna a sostegno Carta approvata sotto Morsi

Battaglia con islamici causò 7 morti, ergastolo a un cristiano

Ex ministro industria guiderà governo fino a elezioni

Karbal Dandouni a été condamné vendredi soir par la cour d'assises de la Charente à 25 ans de réclusion pour l'assassinat en 2005 de son épouse Karima Benhellal, disparue au Maroc, une affaire sans corps ni preuve matérielle.

Two UN peacekeepers are killed and others are injured in a car bomb blast in the north-east Malian town of Kidal.

Tunisia's governing Islamist Ennahda party and the opposition agree that Industry Minister Mehdi Jomaa will be the new caretaker prime minister.

[Egypt Online]The Interior Ministry said that one conscript was killed and 18 others, including six civilians, injured in the explosion that targeted a central security forces camp in Egypt's Suez Canal city of Ismailia.

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former President Olusegun Obasanjo's letter to incumbent leader, President Goodluck Jonathan, dominated newspaper headlines in Nigeria this week.
Press Review

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The media in Mauritania this week focused attention on the death of former South African president Nelson Mandela whose government led the transition that brought national reconciliation in his country.
Society

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Nine persons have been killed and four others injured in an attack by unknown armed men in Central Darfur State, according to Saturday's edition of the Al Rai Al Aam (public opinion) daily newspaper.
Society

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan told the press Friday night that the fuel shortage affecting Tripoli, the Libyan capital, for several days now was created by ?outlaws who have attacked filling stations and destroyed equipment.
Economy

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Regional experts have called on ECOWAS to lead in the implementation of the Social protection plan for workers in the informal economy and those in the rural areas (SPIREWORK) by formalizing existing institutional frameworks and establishing a legislative or regulatory, structure-based social protection for various sectors such as Agriculture, Trade and Gender.
Economy

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) ? The chairman of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, has described Nelson Mandela as a gift for humanity, a dominating personality for Africa and the whole world, who will remain one of the greatest figures of humanity.
Politics

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Head of ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Sunday's second-round of Parliamentary polls in Mali, Prof. Amos Sawyer, has urged the 50 regional observers ?to bring their experience, integrity, commitment and dedication to bear? on their conduct as the region accompanies the West African country to exit its political and security crises.
Politics

Un djihadiste malien revendique l?attentat qui a tué deux soldats sénégalais de l'ONU à Kidal. Une attaque en "réponse aux pays africains" qui ont soutenu la France, a-t-il déclaré. Hollande assure que cet "acte ne peut rester sans suite".

The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali has confirmed the deaths of its soldiers, who were killed while guarding a bank.

Vote on draft constitution to be held on January 14-15, says interim President Adly Mansour

At least four people dead after an explosion on a minibus in Nairobi's Somali-dominated Eastleigh neighbourhood.

Ruling Ennahdha party and opposition say Industry Minister Mehdi Jomaa will lead a caretaker cabinet into 2014 election.

'Omosessualità è anomalia psichica, niente diritto voto ai gay'

Plusieurs dizaines de citoyens israéliens en délicatesse avec la justice de leur pays ont élu domicile au Maroc, au grand dam de la communauté juive du pays. Mais la situation pourrait vite évoluer.

Hakim Ben Hammouda, tunisien, est économiste et conseiller spécial du président de la Banque africaine de développement.

Samedi 14 à midi, l’ultimatum donné aux partis politiques par le quartet conduisant le dialogue national (UGTT, Utica, LTDH et Ordre des avocats) arrive à échéance. Soit la Tunisie a un nouveau chef de gouvernement, soit elle demeure dans l'impasse.

[Egypt Online]The State Information Service (SIS) hosted on Wednesday 11/12/2013 at its headquarters in Nasr City a delegation of African journalists English and French speaking, who are attending a training course organized by the Union of African Journalists, which representing more than 25 countries of the African continent (South Sudan - Morocco - Angola - Ethiopia - Kenya - Tanzania - Sudan - Democratic Republic of Congo - Eritrea - Ghana - Uganda - Rwanda - Mauritania - Algeria - Mali - Central Africa - Senegal -