UNESCO opens office in Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A new Office for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was inaugurated on Thursday in Libya.The opening ceremony [...] Full text...
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UNESCO grants ‘enhanced protection’ to cultural heritage sites in the Middle East
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since the Middle East war started on 28 February, several sites of major cultural significance have come under attack in Israel, [...] Full text...
Rights group slams proposed media regulations in The Gambia
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian rights group, Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice (EFSCRJ), has strongly opposed proposed media regulatory instruments issued by [...] Full text...
Benin's media regulatory body calls for ECOWAS support
Cotonou, Benin (Benin) - The Benin media regulatory body, La Haute Autorité de l’Audiovisuel et de la Communication (HAAC), has called for financial and technical [...] Full text...
Gambia Press Union condemns arrest of Jollof news editor
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has expressed concern over the arrest of Momodou Justice Darboe, Editor of Jollof News Online, on [...] Full text...
Gabon suspends social media for spreading 'inappropriate, defamatory, hateful' content
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Gabon's High Authority for Communication (HAC) on Tuesday announced the immediate suspension of social media throughout the country for diseminating [...] Full text...
CPJ calls for release of Senegalese commentator Modou Fall
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Senegalese authorities to release Modou Fall, a news commentator with the [...] Full text...
UNESCO urges a modern rethink of the right to learn
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite major gains in access to schooling since 1960, widening inequalities driven by the climate crisis, conflicts and rapid technological change [...] Full text...
In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, journalism is ‘both a battleground and a lifeline’
New York, US (PANA) - More than 260 media professionals were killed in the recent hostilities in Gaza – the deadliest conflict for journalists in [...] Full text...
Sudan's paramilitary RSF kills state-owned news agency bureau chief
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The state-owned Sudan News Agency (SUNA) said on Friday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed its bureau chief in [...] Full text...
UN mission in Libya to hold workshop targeting women journalists
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has announced the opening of registration for a workshop for Libyan journalists specialising [...] Full text...
Impunity for attacks on journalists has a chilling effect on society
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Latin America and the Caribbean continues to be the region with the highest number of murders of journalists, according to the [...] Full text...
Union of Journalists of the Maghreb, Libyan Parliament sign agreement to site headquarters in Benghazi
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the media committee of the Libyan House of Representatives, Jalal al-Chouwaihdi, and the secretary general of the Union [...] Full text...
AUC Chairperson congratulates Egyptian El-Enany on election as DG of UNESCO
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has extended his sincere congratulations to Khaled El-Enany, former [...] Full text...
Sudan suspends Al Arabiya bureau chief over ‘professional transgressions'
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Friday suspended the bureau chief for Al Arabiya and Al Hadath television, Lina Yagoub, and revoked her credentials, accusing [...] Full text...
PANA Board chairman to participate in UNSMIL roundtable on the role of journalism in Libya's political process
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is organising a panel discussion on "The role of journalism in the political process", [...] Full text...
Veteran Ghanaian journalist Ben Asante passes on
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Veteran Ghanaian journalist, Ben Asante, has died, according to media reports on Monday. Asante, died on 12 August in Accra after a [...] Full text...
Gaza: UNESCO condemns ‘unacceptable’ killing of journalists
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN organization which champions culture and education, UNESCO, has strongly condemned the targeted killing of six journalists in Palestine by [...] Full text...
Libyan journalists discuss propaganda, bias, misinformation during conflicts
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - During times of conflict or instability, the media can deepen divides and incite violence by spreading propaganda and false information, framing [...] Full text...
UN laments US withdrawal from educational and cultural agency
Paris, France (PANA) - The United States announced on Tuesday that it will leave the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), which will take [...] Full text...
UN mission to hold conference on the media's role in Libya's conflict
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is holding a webinar for Libyan media professionals on the role of the [...] Full text...
A different type of mistreatment of a journalist held by militias in Sudan’s war By Mohamed Osman Adam
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For almost eleven months, I fought to restore self-esteem so that I could resume writing and filing feature stories. It was [...] Full text...
UNESCO World Heritage Centre inscribes Historic Georgetown on Janjanbureh Island into its Network
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre has officially inscribed Historic Georgetown on Janjanbureh Island in the Gambia into its Network of Places of [...] Full text...
Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the [...] Full text...
Media watchdog refers case of Burundian journalist to Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression in Africa
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As the appeal hearing of Burundian journalist Sandra Muhoza has been postponed again, media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has [...] Full text...
Airing climate justice in Costa Rica on World Radio Day
Paris, France (PANA) - Quality radio remains ever universal, popular and more reliable in an era of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media, including in [...] Full text...
Gambian President urged to drop defamation charges against journalists
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) — Veteran Gambian journalist Alagi Yorro Jallow has appealed to President Adama Barrow to drop charges of defamation against two journalists of [...] Full text...
Gambia’s environment minister sues journalist
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia Environment Minister, Rohey John Manyang, has filed a D50M lawsuit against journalist Kebba Ansu Manneh of the Gambia-based US-based The [...] Full text...
Gambia President Barrow sues newspaper Editor
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has filed a suit against the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director of The Voice newspaper, Mr. Musa S. [...] Full text...
Gambian leader threatens to sue private newspaper
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has threatened to institute a legal action against a private newspaper, The Voice, if the paper fails to [...] Full text...
Tripoli hosts meeting on rules of procedure of Arab Institute for Peace and Peace Journalism
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At its 54th regular session held in the Bahraini capital, Manama, the Council of Arab Ministers of Information adopted the rules [...] Full text...
Libya, Saudi Arabia discuss cooperation in media, government communication
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and Saudi Arabia have discussed joint cooperation in the fields of the media, government communication, training and strengthening of national [...] Full text...
Libya's Ministry of Communication explains concept of government media in Libya based on link with the citizen
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs, Walid Ellafi, has said that the government media are focusing more on [...] Full text...
Human rights advocate urges DR Congo authorities to free journalist
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged the authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) to "immediately and unconditionally" [...] Full text...
Libyan media's financial problems on the agenda at a meeting
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Walid Ellafi, Wednesday discussed with media [...] Full text...
Traces of spyware identified on mobile phones of two journalists in Togo -RSF
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As the trial of two Togolese journalists prosecuted by a member of the government got under way at the beginning [...] Full text...
Benin NGO launches 'Red List' project to combat misinformation, fake news
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A Benin NGO, Benin Check, has launched a project called "Liste Rouge" (Red List) to combat misinformation and fake news, based [...] Full text...
Legendary South African photographer Peter Magubane dies
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Peter Magubane, the anti-apartheid activist and renowned photographer, died on Monday at the age of 91.
He was born in [...] Full text...
Libyan Media Forum closes with prize-giving ceremony
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Media Forum, which was held as part of the second edition of the "Tripoli Media Days", closed Thursday with [...] Full text...
Tripoli Media Days: Libya's Minister of State for Communication welcomes forum for media professionals
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Walid Ellafi, Wednesday welcomed efforts made [...] Full text...
Media watchdog raises concern on exposure of journalists' data
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has bemoaned the exposure of journalists’ personal data on social media [...] Full text...
Libya holds symposium on media education
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A symposium under the theme "Media Education Outcomes in Libya... Ways and Means" Monday began discussions on the reality of media [...] Full text...
2nd 'Tripoli Media Days' begin on Wednesday
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan capital, Tripoli, will host the second "Tripoli Media Days" from 20 to 24 December, with the participation of numerous [...] Full text...
Committee set up to identify Libya's intangible heritage to complete work soon
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mabrouka Toghi, Libya's Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, says the committee formed to compile an inventory of the country's intangible [...] Full text...
Amnesty condemns killing of Mozambican journalist Fernando Chamusse; demand investigation
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Amnesty International has condemned the deplorable killing of Mozambican journalist João Fernando Chamusse on 14 December at his house in [...] Full text...
President of Burkina Faso praises work of the public media
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of Burkina Faso's transitional government, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Friday praised the work of the country's public media.
He paid [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso suspends distribution of French newspaper Le Monde
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The transitional government of Burkina Faso on Saturday announced the suspension of the distribution of the French newspaper, Le Monde, [...] Full text...
RSF expresses concern about government control of media in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) voiced its concern on Tuesday about the adoption of a law that will increase government control [...] Full text...
Libya elected vice-president of 42nd session of General Conference of UNESCO
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya was elected vice-president of the 42nd session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [...] Full text...
Libya's Education Minister highlights efforts to build human resources through access to learning
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Education, Moussa al-Magaryef, has emphasised the relentless efforts to build human resources through compulsory and free education [...] Full text...