Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya, which reached the final of the last CECAFA Senior Challenge staged in Uganda, has been pooled in Group A alongside Ethiopia, Zanzibar and South Sudan in the forthcoming tournament.
Sports

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved US$ 68 million to finance the multinational Inga Site Development and Electricity Access Support Project (PASEL), the bank said in a press statement, received by PANA Wednesday.
Economy

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The South Sudanese parliament Wednesday approved a bill to ratify the UN convention on the rights of the child, making the country the latest State to do so.
Society

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's football coach Kwesi Appiah says his team achieved its target in Tuesday's second leg 2014 World Cup playoff match against Egypt in Cairo that saw the Ghanaians book their place in the Brazil finals.
Sports

New York, US (PANA) ? UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the deadly attacks on Tuesday against a police station in Beledweyne, Somalia, which followed a number of similar attacks on the Somali people in recent weeks.
Society

First talks on Ethiopia's plan to dam the Nile since Egypt's Mansour took power end without agreement in Kuwait.

Troops belonging to army unit involved in counterinsurgency operations targeted in bus en route to Cairo.

Portavoce gruppo, "uccisi molti poliziotti somali e del Gibuti"

Nel cuore del Cairo,in piazza scontri fra pro-Morsi e anti-Morsi

La conférence sur la sécurité des frontières dans la zone sahélo-saharienne qui s'est tenue à Rabat, le 14 novembre, a été l'occasion de prendre la température de la relation entre le Maroc et l'Algérie.

Mis en cause après une série de décisions judiciaires qui ont défrayé la chronique, les juges marocains n'ont fait pourtant qu'appliquer la loi. Laquelle est souvent... obsolète.

En Mauritanie, la campagne pour les élections législatives et municipales, qui auront lieu samedi, a viré au duel entre le pouvoir et les islamistes modérés de Tewassoul. Les deux camps s'accusent mutuellement d'utilisation de moyens "illégaux"

Somalis in world's largest refugee camp in Kenya fear repatriation

Opponents and supporters of Egypt's military-backed administration clash on the second anniversary of bloody anti-government protests.

[SPS]Chahid Al Hafed -Participants at the seventh forum on Saharawi cultural heritage, organized Sunday by the Ministry of Culture, have urged the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to safeguard the human cultural heritage in Western Sahara.

[SPS]Chahid Al Hafed (refugee Camps) -A delegation of the United Nation Association of Germany, in a visit to the Saharaw refugee camps, has held a working meetings with Polisario Front's leadership and members of the Saharawi government, a source close to the delegation told SPS.

[SPS]Oslo -The Norwegian Union of Social Educators and Social Workers (FO) urged its country to move towards its allies in Europe in order to prevent the European Parliament (EP) from ratifying the fisheries pact with Morocco, because it includes the territorial waters of Western Sahara.

[SPS]Oslo -Secretary General of the Norwegian Labour Party, Mr. Raymond Johansen, has reiterated his party's commitment to support the legitimate right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, in a meeting held at the Party's headquarters with Polisario Front's Representative to Norway Dr. Limam Khalil.

[SPS]Washington -"Morocco is using the diplomatic agitation against Algeria as a pretext aiming at drawing attention of the international community from its practices against Western Sahara people and the its human rights abuses in the occupied territories," MINURO's Former Deputy-Chairman, Frank Ruddy, said Monday.

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Central Darfur government has ordered the dispersal of all tribal gathering in Abu Dukhin area, where clashes between Arab herdsmen from the Salamat and Missairiya tribes left at least 30 dead from both sides last week, the local media reported Tuesday.
Society

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Assessing their new warehousing project, which enables Nigerian farmers, cooperatives and traders to safely store their produce at accredited warehouses and access financing, the Africa Exchange Holdings (AFEX) said the two months of operation of the project was a record speed in public private partnerships.
Economy

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has announced it will give Mali about US$500,000 in food aid within the next few weeks to support populations adversely affected by that country?s political and security crises.
Politics

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - It's Egypt 1, Ghana 0 in Cairo at half time in their second-leg, final qualifying match for the 2014 FIFA World Cup match, to be hosted by Brazil.
Sports

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, leaves Abuja Wednesday for London where he is scheduled to preside over a three-day meeting of the nation's Honourary International Investors? Council.
Economy

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Ghana on Tuesday booked its place in the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals, to be hosted by Brazil, despite losing the second leg, playoff match 2-1 to Egypt in Cairo.
Sports

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? About 400 personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, made up three contingents of the Formed Police Unit (FPU), have been deployed to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in Sudan.
Politics

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The US government has said it is working closely with its European allies, the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) to restore for stability, respect for human rights and the restoration of democratic governance in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Politics

Blida, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria on Tuesday qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil on the away goals rule when it beat Burkina Faso 1-0 in their second leg playoff match in Blida.
Sports

New York, US (PANA) ? The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed deep concern about violent incidents in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, which have left more than 40 people dead and hundreds injured, and urged the authorities to bring those responsible to justice.
Society

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The AU- UN Joint Special Representative (JSR) for Darfur, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has urged tribal leaders in South Darfur to embrace the principle of resolving conflicts through dialogue, negotiations and other peaceful means.
Society