Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Five Sudanese soldiers were killed on Thursday night in a shootout between two army units in South Kordofan, the official Sudanese news agency, SUNA, reported Friday, quoting Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) spokesman Sawarme Khalid Saad.
Politics

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A senior UN human rights expert has said peace and development cannot be achieved in South Sudan while thousands of southerners are uprooted.
Society

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Three projects, one each from Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire and Tunisia, have emerged winners of the Orange African Social Venture Prizes, according to a statement from the panel of judges, consisting of Orange Specialists, the media and other institutions promoting development.
Economy

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Riders from Cote d' Ivoire, Ghana and Mali finished in the top six positions on Thursday at the end of the first stage of the ongoing third ECOWAS Cycling Tour, thereby challenging the dominance of Burkina Faso?s cyclists in the regional competition.
Sports

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Friday said that it is continuing to support efforts by the Libyan authorities to achieve agreed political solutions to the challenges of the transitional period.
Politics

Calabar, Nigeria (PANA) - The Ethiopian national team, which arrived in Nigeria Thursday night for its return leg, playoff match against Nigeria in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, trained Friday afternoon at the UJ Esuene Stadium in the southern city of Calabar, venue of the match on Saturday.
Sports

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian court on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment Mustapher Umar after he was found guilty of bombing the offices of Thisday and two other newspapers in northern Kaduna state in 2012, killing three persons.
Society

D'après une source au sein du groupe islamiste, citée vendredi par l'AFP, Boko Haram détient Georges Vandenbeusch, le prêtre français enlevé au Cameroun jeudi. François Hollande a déclaré qu?il avait sûrement été emmené au Nigeria.

At least 27 people are killed and 235 wounded as protesters demand rebels who overthrew Gaddafi get out of the capital.

Accusati di aver partecipato a 'violente azioni di protesta'

'Neutralizzati' terroristi e sequestrato materiale

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Following the scourge of piracy, oil theft and shut-ins by crude oil producers that has negatively affected government income, the Nigerian government withdrew a total of US$1 billion from the nation?s Excess Crude Account (ECA) to buoy its dwindling revenue.
Economy

New York, US (PANA) ? The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, on Thursday in New York stressed the need for Libya to devise a comprehensive strategy to address serious crimes committed in the country and for the international community to help close the impunity gap there.
Society

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Officials of Nigeria and United States met on Thursday in Abuja to work out modalities for enhancing disaster preparedness and strengthening Nigeria?s response to outbreak of pandemic.
Health

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama says Egypt and world football governing body, FIFA, will be held responsible for any harm to the country's senior national football team, the Black Stars, handlers and supporters during next Tuesday's final qualifying match for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Sports

Washington a classé mercredi les groupes islamistes armés nigérians Boko Haram et Ansaru comme organisations terroristes. Objectif : soutenir le Nigeria dans sa lutte contre ces formations accusées d'être liées à Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique.

À Kidal, l'armée française continue de traquer des djihadistes, en tuant trois d'entre eux. De leur côté, des partisans des rebelles touareg ont manifesté, et saccagé des bâtiments officiels, occupés auparavant par le MNLA.

Murder of a Nigerian in Goa turns spotlight on African community, many of whom say they face unfair treatment.

Opposition politique, attaques, vols... Nombreux sont les problèmes qui empêchent les Américains de développer une coopération militaire avec les autorités libyennes.

Tenue en échec par le Cameroun à Rades (0-0, le 13 octobre), la Tunisie n’est évidemment pas en ballotage favorable au moment d’affronter les Lions indomptables chez eux, dimanche à Yaoundé, lors du barrage retour qualificatif pour la Coupe du monde 2014.

Réunis jeudi à Rabat, au Maroc, les gouvernements d'une vingtaine de pays ont exprimé leurvolonté de renforcer la coopération transfrontalière face aux menaces sécuritaires en Afrique du nord et au Sahel. La Libye et le Mali, pays où gravitent des groupes jihadistes, ont été au centre des débats.

Cyclone in Somalia's Puntland region causes extensive flooding

How Sudan's fuel protests have singed the ruling elite

Both sides hail talks between a high-level Russian delegation and Egyptian ministers in Cairo as "historic," amid reports of a possible arms deal.

A French priest is kidnapped in northern Cameroon close to the border with Nigeria, the French foreign ministry says.

[SPS]Algiers -The 38th European Conference of Coordination and Support to the Saharawi People (EUCOCO), planned from 15 to 16 November in Rome, constitutes an occasion to show the extend of the international support to the Sahrawi cause, declared Wednesday Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to Algeria, Brahim Ghali.

[SPS]Algiers -A delegation representing the Algerian civil society, including the Algerian National Committee of Solidarity with the Saharawi People (CNASPS), will participate Friday and Saturday in Rome at European Conference of Coordination and Support to the Saharawi people (EUCOCO).

[SPS]Rome -The 38th edition of the European Conference of Coordination and Support to the Saharawi people (EUCOCO) will be held Friday and Saturday in Rome attended by hundreds of participants from Europe, Latin America, United States, Africa, Asia and the Arab world, organizers said Wednesday.

[SPS]Chahid Al Hafed -The living conditions in the Saharawi refugee camps, the outcome of Moroccan colonization and the cut in human relief due to the global economic crisis, are the root causes of the prevalence of pathologies in refugee camps as malnutrition and gastritis, life conditions in the refugee camps, a member of a voluntary association for the Saharawi cause.

UN says as many as 30,000 people may need aid after floods triggered by cyclone wash away roads and kill at least 300.