Tension rises between Sudan and South Sudan over retribution killings
17 january 2025 - 09:15:28Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The governments of Sudan and South Sudan are taking steps to defuse rising tension between [...] Full text...
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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The governments of Sudan and South Sudan are taking steps to defuse rising tension between [...] Full text...
Mahama begins second term with assurance of a better future
07 january 2025 - 13:46:49Accra, Ghana (PANA) - President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday began his second term with an address calling on his [...] Full text...
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Sierra Leone authorities must repeal colonial vagrancy laws - Rights group
14 november 2024 - 06:57:45Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The Sierra Leonean authorities must repeal vagrancy laws without delay, following a landmark ruling by [...] Full text...
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Regaining modern values can reverse the slowdown in innovation and its rewards: IMF Blog By Edmund Phelps
16 october 2024 - 07:32:49Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Why do some nations experience mass economic flourishing while others do not? Why did [...] Full text...
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On African Women's Day, a reflection on women empowerment and remaining challenges in Angola: World Bank Blog By Natália Timóteo Yange
31 july 2024 - 08:18:59Luanda, Angola (PANA) - On the day we celebrate African Women, Natália Yange guides us in an in-depth reflection on [...] Full text...
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IMF Deputy Managing Director Antoinette Sayeh to retire from the Fund
17 july 2024 - 19:16:07Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva announced on Wednesday that Deputy Managing [...] Full text...
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ICC convicts key member of al-Qaida group in Mali of war crimes
26 june 2024 - 17:59:52The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday convicted a leader of Ansar Dine and Al-Qaida [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court dismisses claims of Right Violation against Liberia
07 june 2024 - 07:36:18Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court, sitting in Abuja on Thursday, dismissed all claims brought by a Liberian citizen [...] Full text...
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Türkiye seeks to join South Africa's Gaza case at The Hague
02 may 2024 - 11:41:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Türkiye is seeking to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International [...] Full text...
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Botswana makes strides to nip excessive gambling plague
30 april 2024 - 16:38:52Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Gambling Authority on Tuesday launched a self-help portal and a toll-free line to curb excessive [...] Full text...
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Global commodity prices level off, hurting prospects for lower inflation
25 april 2024 - 09:03:19EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2024, AT 11:00 AM UTC. Washington, United States (PANA) - Global commodity prices [...] Full text...
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South African judge hits a nerve with race ruling
23 april 2024 - 08:34:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Pretoria judge has come under fire for highlighting the deep-seated racial divisions still [...] Full text...
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South Africa's Constitutional Court to hear Zuma election case
12 april 2024 - 07:10:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Electoral Commission (IEC) on Thursday night approached the Constitutional Court on an [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: South Africa hails UN resolution on Gaza
26 march 2024 - 08:51:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has hailed Monday’s UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in [...] Full text...
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EU passes law protecting journalists, human rights defenders against abusive lawsuits
19 march 2024 - 12:37:23Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Tuesday adopted a law to protect persons who speak out on matters [...] Full text...
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Price-tag policymaking doesn’t measure things that matter to people: IMF Blog By Katharina Pistor
05 march 2024 - 11:24:49Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Rule by price has become not only in economics but in public policy too. [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Tinubu urges ECOWAS to re-examine position on Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger
24 february 2024 - 14:47:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu [...] Full text...
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South African Minister flags threats over Palestinian support
09 february 2024 - 09:40:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor’s security detail has been beefed up following [...] Full text...
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Human rights advocate urges DR Congo authorities to free journalist
02 february 2024 - 07:01:43Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged the authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa hails South Africa's genocide victory at The Hague
26 january 2024 - 16:18:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed South Africa’s extraordinary victory at the International Court of [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Judgment in South Africa's ICJ genocide case expected on Friday
24 january 2024 - 10:31:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government has said it expects the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [...] Full text...
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European Council rejects judgment of EU Court of First Instance annulling agricultural agreements between Morocco and the EU
25 october 2023 - 18:09:32Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Court of Justice of the European Union recently examined appeals lodged by the European Union [...] Full text...
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180 civil society organizations urge Gambia to protect women and girls
13 october 2023 - 18:31:14Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Some 180 civil society organizations from across Africa and around the world co-signed an open letter urging the [...] Full text...
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Former President Zuma returns to prison, but is immediately released
11 august 2023 - 07:12:13Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma on Friday morning returned to prison to serve [...] Full text...
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Zuma's foundation rubbishes reports that he will return to jail
14 july 2023 - 07:37:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Jacob Zuma Foundation on Friday rejected speculation that the former President will return [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court of Justice rules in favor of victim of enforced disappearance against Gambian Government
06 july 2023 - 14:56:14Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice Wednesday issued a landmark decision in [...] Full text...
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EU agrees on stronger press freedom, free speech protection
09 june 2023 - 10:22:44Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – European Union (EU) member states have reached a common position on a draft law which will [...] Full text...
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Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko given six months suspended jail sentence for defamation
09 may 2023 - 06:18:05Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Dakar Court of Appeal on Monday handed Senegalese opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, a six-month suspended jail [...] Full text...
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WHO scientist slams ‘big formula milk companies’
09 february 2023 - 06:04:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Calling for a swift crackdown on infant formula corporations’ exploitative marketing tactics, a leading World Health [...] Full text...
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Tunisian opposition figure arrested at his home
21 january 2023 - 18:31:00Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian police broke into the home of lawyer Seif Eddine Makhlouf, a fierce opponent of Tunisian [...] Full text...
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US welcomes ICC judgement affirming conviction of Ugandan warlord Dominic Ongwen
16 december 2022 - 04:56:50Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the International Criminal Court (ICC) judgment on Thursday affirming the [...] Full text...
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French court jails former Liberian warlord for life
03 november 2022 - 06:05:44Paris, France (PANA) - Human rights organisations have welcomed Wednesday's life sentence a court in Paris handed a former Liberian rebel [...] Full text...
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UN chief welcomes completion of first trial of Special Criminal Court in CAR
02 november 2022 - 05:25:34New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has welcomed the completion of the first trial of the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to review Fisheries and Marine Resources (Licence and Fees) Regulations
10 september 2022 - 09:47:06Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will promulgate the Fisheries and Marine Resources (Licence and Fees) Regulations in a bid to [...] Full text...
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Paris court Invalidates seizures of Libyan Investment Authority fund by Kuwaiti company
07 september 2022 - 18:42:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Paris Court of Cassation on Wednesday ruled as invalid the executive seizures made by the [...] Full text...
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Court bars oil giant from surveying South African waters
02 september 2022 - 12:27:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Eastern Cape High Court on Thursday ruled that the exploration rights granted by [...] Full text...
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ICJ rejects Myanmar's objections to Gambia's genocide case
23 july 2022 - 16:05:30Banjul, Gambia (PANA) -The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday rejected Myanmar's preliminary objections to the case brought by Gambia under [...] Full text...
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UN expert hails historic reparations ruling in favour of indigenous peoples in Kenya
18 july 2022 - 19:22:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An independent UN human rights expert on Monday hailed a decision by the African Court on Human [...] Full text...
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Former Benin President Yayi Boni withdraws human rights violations suit against government
15 july 2022 - 12:13:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court has struck out a suit filed by [...] Full text...
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EU reconfirms its commitment to the Rome Statute
30 june 2022 - 16:32:44Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The adoption of the Rome Statute has been a major step forward in the evolution of [...] Full text...
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US Justice Department confiscates Jammeh's $3.5 million mansion
27 may 2022 - 07:26:38Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Department of Justice has confiscated a $3.5-million mansion acquired from alleged corruption proceeds by [...] Full text...
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Libya's US$16 million frozen funds recovered from Germany
25 may 2022 - 10:03:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some US$16 million of the Libya-Africa Investment Portfolio illegally invested with the Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, in [...] Full text...
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Civil interests judgment in Thomas Sankara trial postponed to 25 April
13 april 2022 - 16:22:02Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The civil interests judgment of the trial of the assassination of Captain Thomas Sankara and [...] Full text...
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Libyan Justice Ministry's contributions to national reconciliation praised by Mohamed Al-Manfi
24 march 2022 - 19:50:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, on Thursday hailed the contributions of the [...] Full text...
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Hearings end on Myanmar’s preliminary objections to genocide case brought by Gambia
01 march 2022 - 11:40:30Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A week of legal proceedings at the International Court of Justice in the Hague have ended [...] Full text...
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South African court rules former president Zuma's graft trial must go ahead
16 february 2022 - 11:55:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The KwaZulu-Natal High Court on Wednesday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma’s application to appeal [...] Full text...
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South African academic embroiled in sex scandal
15 february 2022 - 12:05:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A prominent South African academic has been forced to take unpaid leave from Harvard [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International asks Algeria to end 'unrelenting crackdown' on dissent
10 february 2022 - 08:17:53Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has asked Algeria to end its unrelenting crackdown on all forms [...] Full text...
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ICC orders Uganda to pay $325 million reparation to DR Congo
09 february 2022 - 17:35:48The Hague, The Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday ruled that Uganda should pay a [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to undertake first scientific survey in Chagos Archipelago
08 february 2022 - 05:47:56Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced on Monday that a group of local and foreign [...] Full text...
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Chairman of Libyan High Electoral Commission estimates holding of elections in 6 and 8 months
17 january 2022 - 19:19:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the governing board of the National High Electoral Commission (NHEC), Imad al-Sayeh, said [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso, Morocco discuss bilateral cooperation
07 january 2022 - 11:58:19Ouagadougou Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso and Morocco have hailed "the exemplary level of cooperation" in many fields which [...] Full text...
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Tunisian president and head of Italian diplomacy meet on migration problem
29 december 2021 - 14:00:49Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saied pleaded on Tuesday with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma granted leave to appeal damning judgement
21 december 2021 - 18:43:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday granted former President Jacob Zuma the right [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma's lawyers to argue return to jail ruling
20 december 2021 - 12:55:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma's lawyers will Tuesday argue his appeal against a court ruling [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Court rules that Zuma's release from prison was illegal
15 december 2021 - 12:27:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Pretoria High Court on Wednesday said former President Jacob Zuma was not eligible [...] Full text...
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Murderer of South African Chris Hani secures Constitutional Court hearing
07 december 2021 - 12:58:47Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Polish immigrant who nearly caused a full blown race war in South Africa [...] Full text...
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Court dismisses former South African President Zuma's appeal, sets trial date
26 october 2021 - 12:40:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In further setback for former South African President Jacob Zuma, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court [...] Full text...
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International Court of Justice rules in favour of Somalia in maritime dispute with Kenya
12 october 2021 - 17:19:57The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, on [...] Full text...
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Botswana challenges decriminalisation of same sex
24 september 2021 - 09:11:33Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s attorney general has announced its intention to appeal a High Court judgment that decriminalises same [...] Full text...
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Rights group says oppressive laws remain in Gambia despite President’s promises
23 september 2021 - 05:35:13Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Despite Gambian President Adama Barrow’s pledge to reform the country nearly five years ago, oppressive laws [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Federal Court sentences 10 pirates to 12 years' imprisonment each
23 july 2021 - 19:55:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In a major victory for Nigeria’s new anti-piracy law, a Nigerian Federal High Court Friday sentenced [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Ex-Junta member sentenced to death by hanging
14 july 2021 - 21:08:36Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A High Court presided over by Justice Ebrima Jaiteh Wednesday sentenced Yankuba Touray, former member of [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court orders Togo gov't to pay 40 million CFA to ex-soldier for rights violation
12 july 2021 - 05:35:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Togolese government to pay compensation totalling 40 million [...] Full text...
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South Africa's former President Zuma in jail after dramatic stand-off
08 july 2021 - 07:44:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following a night of high drama, former President Jacob Zuma is back behind bars. Nearly [...] Full text...
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Tension in South Africa as police prepare to arrest Zuma
07 july 2021 - 17:38:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tension is running high in KwaZulu-Natal as a large contingent of policemen prepare to [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma in last-ditch attempt to stay out of jail
02 july 2021 - 11:03:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Friday indicated that he will file an urgent application [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Widespread reaction to Zuma's conviction
30 june 2021 - 12:48:47Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been widespread reaction to the Constitutional Court decision to sentence former President [...] Full text...
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South Africa's top court to rule on Zuma on Tuesday
28 june 2021 - 10:34:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Monday announced that it will deliver its long-awaited judgment on [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court dismisses application for removal of parliamentary immunity on MP
25 june 2021 - 17:06:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS Court has dismissed all reliefs sought by a Malian, Kandioura Gakou, alleging the violation of [...] Full text...
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Cape Verde: ECOWAS Court rejects application for sanctions for non-enforcement of judgement
25 june 2021 - 17:03:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A panel of three judges of the ECOWAS Court of Justice has rejected an application filed [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court orders Nigerian govt. to pay US$80,000 compensation to retired police officer
07 june 2021 - 19:18:05Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has ordered Nigeria to pay US$ 80,000 to a former police officer, Evaristus [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court dismisses suit Filed by former staff of the West African Power Pool (WAPP)
04 june 2021 - 21:14:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has dismissed a suit brought by a former staff of the West African [...] Full text...
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Ghana: President Akufo-Addo says critiques by citizens, officialdom not attack on media freedom
01 june 2021 - 23:37:53Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday asserted here that subjecting the work of the media [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court rules on June 24 on request to overturn ruling on detained Venezuelan in Cape Verde
01 june 2021 - 17:33:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) The ECOWAS Court has scheduled June 24, 2021, to deliver its decision on an application filed by [...] Full text...
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ICC jails Ugandan child soldier turned rebel commander Dominic Ongwen for 25 years
06 may 2021 - 13:11:32The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a former child soldier turned Ugandan [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court orders valuation expert to cost losses suffered by 103 claimants against Mali
02 may 2021 - 17:25:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court wants an independent expert to determine the value of properties and individual losses [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court orders Senegal to remove obstacles to elections
29 april 2021 - 20:35:02Dakar, Senegal PANA) - The ECOWAS Court Thursday ordered Senegal to remove all obstacles to free participation in the country’s [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court fixes judgement for June 29 on alleged unlawful detention of Nigerian journalist
28 april 2021 - 18:52:57Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has scheduled 29th of June, 2021, for judgement in a suit [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court dismisses suit against Nigeria over killings since 2001
27 april 2021 - 15:08:13Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Monday dismissed a suit filed by a Nigerian non-governmental organisation [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court orders Ivorian government to release citizen in pre-trial detention since 2018
27 april 2021 - 14:32:02Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has ordered immediate release by the Cote d’Ivoire government of an Ivorian citizen, [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo, Blé Goudé, walk to freedom after ICC trial
31 march 2021 - 20:38:51The Hague, Nertherlands (PANA) - Former President of Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo and an ally, Blé Goudé, have finally walked [...] Full text...
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ICC Appeals Chamber confirms conviction, sentencing of DR Congo warlord Ntaganda
30 march 2021 - 17:05:00The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court on Tuesday confirmed the 30 years jail [...] Full text...
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Tanzanians hope for new shift in democratic trends in post-Magufuli era
20 march 2021 - 19:01:43Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Tanzanian populace is hopeful the transition of political power from the late President [...] Full text...
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Ivorian seeks 1 billion CFA Francs compensation from govt. for alleged violation of his rights
18 march 2021 - 22:12:05Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has scheduled judgment for 23 April 2021 in a case brought by an [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court orders immediate release of Venezuelan detained by Cape Verde
15 march 2021 - 20:15:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the immediate release of a Venezuelan, Mr Alex Nain [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court declares its judgment ;not prejudicial' to a third party application filed
26 february 2021 - 15:32:12Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has dismissed the application of a third-party applicant, representing 6,500 parties, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Oscar Pistorius eligible for parole in 2023
06 february 2021 - 15:28:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has announced that it will reduce convicted killer [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court orders Nigerian State govt. to repay US$6.4m to ECOWAS Bank
05 february 2021 - 17:23:48Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the government of Cross River State to repay the [...] Full text...
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Breaking News: ICC finds Uganda rebel leader guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity
04 february 2021 - 16:29:51The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Dominic Ongwen, deputy leader of the Ugandan rebel group Lords Resistance Army (LRA) has been [...] Full text...
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ICC convicts former Uganda LRA leader Ongwen
04 february 2021 - 13:26:42The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday found a former Uganda rebel Lord's Resistance Army [...] Full text...
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Former FIFA President Blatter spent period in induced coma after heart operation
22 january 2021 - 17:27:50Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Former FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, spent a week in an induced coma after having heart surgery [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court resumes virtual Court Sessions with Cases Involving Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cabo Verde, Mali and Others
18 january 2021 - 17:19:40ABuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has resumed virtual court sessions with cases Involving Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cabo Verde, [...] Full text...
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End of Year: Zambia’s treasury to be refunded about K4 million from ex-ministers
31 december 2020 - 18:46:19Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The judgment by Zambia’s Constitutional Court ordering former cabinet ministers and their deputies in President Edgar [...] Full text...
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Veteran South African journalist dies at 68
24 december 2020 - 13:23:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Veteran South African journalist and diplomat Jon Qwelane died in the early hours of [...] Full text...
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Zambian court orders former ministers to refund K60 000 each for overstaying in office
08 december 2020 - 14:19:00Lusaka, Zambia (PANA ) – Zambia's Constitutional Court has given former Cabinet ministers, their deputies and provincial ministers 30 days [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court orders Nigeria to pay 20 million Naira to former death row convicts
19 november 2020 - 14:12:44Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A panel of three judges of the ECOWAS Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered the Federal [...] Full text...
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Guinea to compensate victims of Human Rights Violations
11 november 2020 - 19:19:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Republic of Guinea to pay 160 million Guinean [...] Full text...
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Former members of Mali’s Military Committee regain freedom
11 november 2020 - 19:12:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has ordered the immediate release of 12 former members of the National Committee [...] Full text...
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Liberia to pay impeached Supreme Court Judge $200,000 for rights violation
10 november 2020 - 17:02:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered Liberia to pay Counsellor Kabineh Muhammad Jan’neh, an impeached [...] Full text...
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Morocco: Rights bodies hail top court’s review of key Western Sahara case
08 november 2020 - 16:32:55Tunis,Tunisia (PANA) - Human rights groups have hailed Morocco's highest court for examining the case of 19 Sahrawi men imprisoned [...] Full text...
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Senegal ordered to pay 50 Million CFA Francs to Belgian for Rights Violations
27 october 2020 - 19:26:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has ordered Senegal to pay 50 million CFA francs as compensation to a [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court orders Senegal to file report on how it implemented court judgement
27 october 2020 - 16:53:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has ordered Senegal to submit to the Court, within six months, a report [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court dismisses suit filed by former Acting Director, Regional centre for surveillance and disease control
26 october 2020 - 19:56:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has dismissed an application by a physician and former ECOWAS staff, Prof. Abdulsalami [...] Full text...
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Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya denounces political trial and sentence to life in peison
24 october 2020 - 12:33:20Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya, current High Representative of the African Union Mission for Mali and [...] Full text...
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Nigerian President Buhari orders #EndSARS protesters to stop demonstrating
23 october 2020 - 06:57:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night told the #EndSARS protesters to stop demonstrating and condemned [...] Full text...
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Positive death penalty decision in Africa undermined by continued executions, says rights group
10 october 2020 - 06:56:26Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In the year since the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights gave fresh impetus to [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS to rule on Nov. 18 in case brought by two Nigerians on death row
05 october 2020 - 17:32:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Judgment has been scheduled for 18 November, 2020, by the ECOWAS Court of Justice in a [...] Full text...
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Tunisia sets free 22 migrants forcibly detained in Tunis
25 september 2020 - 05:44:22Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's Interior ministry has released 22 sub-Saharan migrants who were forcibly held in El Ouardia centre [...] Full text...
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Nigerians angered by approval for $1.96 billion rail link from Kano to Maradi in Niger
24 september 2020 - 11:07:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Approval of the $1.96 billion contract for the construction of a railway linking Kano to Maradi [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court set to resume after annual vacation
21 september 2020 - 17:26:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nine cases have been listed for judgment by the ECOWAS Court between the 7 and 28 [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court Judge proposes new approaches to improve enforcement of court decisions
14 september 2020 - 17:21:57Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A judge of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Dupe Atoki, has expressed concern at the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Magistrate court removes incarcerated journalist's renowned human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa
18 august 2020 - 14:07:38Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Harare's Magistrate Court on Tuesday removed and banned respected human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, from representing [...] Full text...
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Tunisian journalists association denounces colleague Ben Brik's one-year prison sentence
25 july 2020 - 13:47:10Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) strongly condemned, in a statement issued on Friday, the [...] Full text...
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Côte d'Ivoire: Opposition wants the independent electoral commission reconstituted
24 july 2020 - 17:09:00Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian opposition coalition, composed of political groups and parties, including Henri Konan Bédié's PDCI, [...] Full text...
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Pressure mounts on Ghana minister to resign for firing a gun at voters' registration centre
22 july 2020 - 11:22:16Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Pressure is growing on Ghana's Minister for Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson, to resign from [...] Full text...
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US govt. seeks recovery of US$3.5 million in corruption proceeds linked to ex-President Jammeh
16 july 2020 - 16:46:25Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The US Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint, seeking the forfeiture of a [...] Full text...
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Former Nigerian high court Judge awarded $0.16 damage by ECOWAS Court for violation of his right to fair hearing
15 july 2020 - 13:13:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has awarded 50 Naira (US$ 0.16) as nominal damage to a former judge [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court to deliver ruling Tuesday in case brought by Nigerian high court judge
13 july 2020 - 14:53:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice will Tuesday, 14 July, 2020, deliver judgment in a case brought [...] Full text...
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Guinea to pay US$ 47m compensation for denying company the use of its assets
10 july 2020 - 16:41:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Guinean government to pay US$ 47,500,000 as compensation [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt. ordered to repeal or amend its law on cybercrime
10 july 2020 - 16:32:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Republic of Nigeria to repeal or amend [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court says Ivorian govt. violated Rights of a Child
09 july 2020 - 16:55:29Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice says the government of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire is liable [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Nigerian group sues Chinese govt, 7 other institutions, claiming US$200 billion damages for hardships, deaths and disruption of life
06 july 2020 - 15:13:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Twenty-five top Nigerian citizens, including a traditional/royal father, on Monday, July 6, 2020, instituted a court [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court orders Niger to compensate Nigerien firm for violating its Rights to property
02 july 2020 - 13:31:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Republic of Niger to pay 5,787,456,482 CFA in [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court dismisses case alleging violation of Nigeria's int'l obligation on polls
02 july 2020 - 11:40:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Wednesday dismissed a suit filed by seven Nigerians alleging that [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court to rule on 26 Oct., 2020, in case against Senegal over woman's extradition
29 june 2020 - 17:46:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice will on 26 October 2020 deliver judgment in an alleged human [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, calls on citizens to protest peacefully
26 june 2020 - 16:54:20Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Nelson Chamisa, Zimbabwe's Alliance leader of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has called [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court orders Nigeria to pay arrears of salaries, other entitlements of 244 dismissed soldiers
26 june 2020 - 16:47:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court Justice on Thursday ordered the Nigerian government to pay the arrears of the [...] Full text...
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2017 internet shutdown: ECOWAS Court holds Togo govt. liable for violation of Citizens’ Freedom of Expression
26 june 2020 - 16:44:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ordered the Togolese government to pay 16 million CFA [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court dismisses case brought by 4 Burkinabes on rights violations, rejects claim of arbitrary detention by Liberian
25 june 2020 - 17:25:45Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In the first of two landmark judgements delivered on Wednesday, in Abuja, Nigeria, the ECOWAS Community [...] Full text...
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Niger Constitutional Court rules that Nigeriens in Diaspora will not participate in next polls
23 june 2020 - 18:03:44Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigeriens in the Diaspora will not take part in the next general election in Niger, following [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court to rule in case by 7 Nigerians seeking independent candidatures in elections in Nigeria
22 june 2020 - 19:07:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court on Monday, 22 June, 2020, reserved judgement for 1 July, 2020, in a [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court dismisses case brought by former community staff in maiden virtual session
22 june 2020 - 17:13:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice on Monday, 22nd June, 2020, dismissed a case brought by [...] Full text...
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UN chief appeals for restraint following protests in Mali
21 june 2020 - 05:34:28New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has appealed for calm in Mali, following protests in the capital, Bamako, [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS envoys urge Malian govt. to organize new elections in constituencies whose legislative election results were disputed
20 june 2020 - 18:01:28Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Emissaries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), at the end of their mission [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Military Court Martial demotes, dismisses serving Army General found guilty of corruption, other offences
16 june 2020 - 17:05:47Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The world of Maj.-Gen. Hakeem Oladapo Otiki, who is due for retirement on account of years [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: FIFA President Gianni Infantino to 211 Member Associations: 'Health comes first'
07 june 2020 - 07:53:21Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - In a very strong message to all the 211 Member Associations across the world, the President [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: South African lobby group flags police brutality in containing pandemic
04 june 2020 - 13:45:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African lobby group AfriForum has laid charges against Pretoria at the United Nations [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari gets seven-day ultimatum to give details of all foreign loans obtained and locations of projects executed
31 may 2020 - 17:21:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A major anti-corruption group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has handed President Muhammadu Buhari [...] Full text...
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ICC eases the conditions for the release of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé
29 may 2020 - 18:00:24Paris, France (PANA) - The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday announced that it has reviewed [...] Full text...
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Former South African President Zuma loses another court battle
21 may 2020 - 14:07:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma has lost his appeal against a High Court ruling that [...] Full text...
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CFI denounces maintaining Beninese journalist Ignace Sossou in prison
19 may 2020 - 22:19:08Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The CFi Development Medias agency Tuesday condemned the continued imprisonment of Beninese journalist Ignace Sossou whose [...] Full text...
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Malian singer Rokia Traoré put under judicial control in France
26 march 2020 - 14:58:56Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A French court on Wednesday ordered the release of Malian singer Rokia Traoré, who will remain [...] Full text...
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ICC rejects Seif al-Isam Gaddafi's appeal challenging the Court's admissibility of his case
10 march 2020 - 16:20:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday unanimously confirmed the admissibility of [...] Full text...
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US to return $308 million Abacha loot to Nigeria
04 february 2020 - 12:36:58Washington, DC, (PANA) - The US government is to repatriate to Nigeria about $308 million traceable to the kleptocracy of [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe VP Constantino Chiwenga cries foul over court defeat
29 january 2020 - 16:59:06Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has cried foul over his recent court defeat to his estranged [...] Full text...
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The Gambia Supreme Court declares revocation of expelled MP nomination null and void
28 january 2020 - 22:25:58Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Supreme Court of The Gambia comprising three judges led by the Chief Justice Hassan Bubacar [...] Full text...
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'Settling US debt in Zimbabwe dollars is theft' - SADC Tribunal Rights Watch
28 january 2020 - 15:58:34Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Advocacy rights group, the SADC Tribunal Rights Watch (STRW), has called the recent Supreme Court ruling in [...] Full text...
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Gambia welcomes ICJ order against Myanmar to stop Rohinga genocide
23 january 2020 - 16:53:28Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian government has welcomed Thursday's unanimous decision by the International Court of Justice in The [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Inquest into death of anti-Apartheid activist re-opened
14 january 2020 - 14:26:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The inquest into the 1982 death of anti-Apartheid activist Dr Neil Aggett will re-convene [...] Full text...
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Marry Mubaiwa, estranged wife of Zimbabwe VP, granted bail
06 january 2020 - 19:42:29Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - High Court of Zimbabwe Judge, Justice Pisirai Kwenda, has released Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s wife, Mary [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe's 'second lady', Marry Chiwenga, to spend more time in remand
31 december 2019 - 16:30:20Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Marry Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Zimbabwe's Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, will spend more time in remand [...] Full text...
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How a Finance Bill could allow employers to retrench workers in Zimbabwe (A PANA news analysis)
14 december 2019 - 14:21:25Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Back in July 2015, a Supreme Court ruling involving a local fuel station called Zuva Petroleum, [...] Full text...
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Rights group hails ECOWAS court ruling rejecting Sierra Leone ban of pregnant girls from school
13 december 2019 - 09:01:54Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Amnesty International has hailed the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) Court of Justice's [...] Full text...
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ICC jails Bosco Ntaganda 30 years for war crimes, crimes against humanity
07 november 2019 - 11:49:52The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday, unanimously, sentenced Bosco Ntaganda to a total of [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: OHCHR encourages legislation against sexual crime
06 november 2019 - 15:53:55Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Mauritania has welcomed [...] Full text...
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Final results of Tunisian legislative elections to be released Thursday
06 november 2019 - 14:34:20Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The final results of the 6 October legislative elections in Tunisia will be made public on [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Mixed reactions trail Supreme Court judgment upholding re-election of President Buhari
30 october 2019 - 19:35:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Mixed reactions trailed Wednesday’s Supreme Court judgment upholding the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari for a [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's Supreme Court dismisses appeal by opposition presidential candidate against re-election of Buhari
30 october 2019 - 15:13:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Hours after commencement of sitting, Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed in respect [...] Full text...
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African Court’s contribution to realization, objectives of AU still misconstrued, underutilized
21 october 2019 - 20:34:20Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Justice Sylvain Ore, president of the African court on human and people’s rights(ACHPR), said here Monday [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Marriages with low civil registration in Africa
18 october 2019 - 17:55:30Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Marriages and divorces are the poor "cousins" of civil registration in Africa, according to a report [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court orders Nigerian govt to pay compensation to Army private dismissed for loss of rifle
14 october 2019 - 15:44:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Republic [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian opposition coalition denounces arbitrary detention of militants
09 october 2019 - 22:33:48Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The opposition ’Coalition Vivre Ensemble’(CVE) which backed the candidature of Kane Hamidou Baba in the Mauritanian [...] Full text...
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Cote d'Ivoire: New members of the Independent Electoral Commission sworn in
27 september 2019 - 14:41:20Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Fourteen of the 15 newly-appointed members of the Ivorian Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) were sworn [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe govt could be liable for US$313 million lawsuit on nullification of 2% transfer tax
20 september 2019 - 06:23:25Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government could be liable for a US$313 million lawsuit following the nullification of the [...] Full text...
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Mauritian media highlight visit of Pope Francis
14 september 2019 - 17:19:39Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian media this week highlighted the 8-hour visit to the country last Monday, particularly [...] Full text...
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Botswana refutes allegation of forcible deportation of former Namibian refugees
12 september 2019 - 13:49:21Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Ministry of Defence, Justice and Security has refuted claims of forcible deportation of children [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's main opposition party heads to Supreme Court over affirmation of President Buhari's victory
12 september 2019 - 07:52:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday rejected the judgment of the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Presidential tribunal upholds election of Buhari as President
11 september 2019 - 17:42:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday upheld the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner [...] Full text...
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Request for release of Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui rejected
03 september 2019 - 22:38:01Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunis Court of Appeal Tuesday rejected a request by lawyers of Nabil Karoui, media owner [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe Military Court passes judgment on leaders of the 2015 failed coup
02 september 2019 - 16:01:41Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso military court on Monday sentenced General Djibrill Bassoléthe to 10 years in [...] Full text...
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South African fined for racial abuse video
29 august 2019 - 10:25:13Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Adam Catzavelos, who sparked a national outcry when he filmed himself making racial comments [...] Full text...
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Congo: 4 alleged wildlife offenders brought before prosecutor's office for poaching
27 august 2019 - 18:54:20Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The National Liaison Office Afripol, a criminal police agency, in collaboration with the World Fund for [...] Full text...
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Mali: About 30 former slaves receive birth, supplementary judgment certificates
20 august 2019 - 22:31:29Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Association of Malian Lawyers (AJM), in collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), an [...] Full text...
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AU pleased with new electoral commission in Côte d’Ivoire
20 august 2019 - 13:11:09Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Union has hailed the consensus that led to the development of an improved electoral [...] Full text...
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Bashir trial: Defense says no one above the law
19 august 2019 - 23:24:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The special tribunal trying former Sudanese president Monday postponed hearing for Saturday, 24 August, state media [...] Full text...
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Nigerian public universities closed as non-academic staff embark on 5-day strike
19 august 2019 - 09:52:48Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Activities in all Nigerian government-owned universities have been grounded as non-academic staff embarked on a five-day [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe police ban opposition planned protests in Bulawayo
18 august 2019 - 15:31:52Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Sunday issued another prohibition ban against the main opposition Movement [...] Full text...
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'Former Zimbabwe President Mugabe is better than the incumbent, Emmerson Mnangagwa'
03 august 2019 - 16:15:44Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, Jim Risch, says the current political and economic situation in [...] Full text...
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Ugandan academic cuts defiant posture as she is convicted for cyber harassment against Museveni
01 august 2019 - 21:26:30Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – A lower court in Uganda on Thursday convicted an academic and critic of President Yoweri Museveni [...] Full text...
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Son of Equatorial Guinea’s leader fights to retain luxury Cape Town properties
01 august 2019 - 19:41:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Teodorin Nguema Obiang, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang a Mbasogo, is [...] Full text...
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Judgment of auditors of court of accounts of Sao Tome and Principe postponed
26 july 2019 - 21:49:08Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) - The trial of four auditors of the Court of Auditors and a [...] Full text...
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Côte d’Ivoire adopts new public procurement code
24 july 2019 - 22:32:32Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian government Wednesday adopted a new public procurement code, an official statement reaching PANA [...] Full text...
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Libyan navy boards Italian fishing boat that illegally entered territorial waters
24 july 2019 - 10:03:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An Italian fishing boat that entered Libyan territorial waters illegally was boarded on Tuesday by the [...] Full text...
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Sao Tome and Principe: The Court of Auditors to resume its role
23 july 2019 - 15:47:15Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) - The Court of Auditors will soon resume the trial of economic crimes, [...] Full text...
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Nine members of Senegalese MFDC separatist movement released
23 july 2019 - 12:22:48Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Nine of the 12 members of the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari meets with security chiefs over violent Police-Shiites Islamic group clash
22 july 2019 - 21:51:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday summoned a meeting with the country’s security chiefs at the [...] Full text...
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MDC National Vice-Chairperson Job Sikhala granted bail in subversion charge
15 july 2019 - 15:43:45Masvingo, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Masvingo High Court Judge, Justice Neville Wamambo, on Monday granted MDC National Vice-Chairperson, Job Sikhala, ZWL(Zimbabwe [...] Full text...
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Botswana appeals decriminalization of homosexuality
05 july 2019 - 21:07:01Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana wants to appeal last month’s high court decriminalized homosexuality in the country, after three high [...] Full text...
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Harare High Court dismisses application by suspended directors of Zimbabwe Cricket Board
05 july 2019 - 20:59:44Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The High Court of Zimbabwe has dismissed with costs the application brought by the suspended directors [...] Full text...
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Detained former Rwandan presidential guard commander asks for provisional release
28 june 2019 - 17:39:31Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan former commander of the elite Presidential Guard, Col. Tom Byabagamba on Friday asked the Appeals [...] Full text...
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Greece investigates South African racist
13 june 2019 - 11:40:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The lawyer representing disgraced South African racist Adam Catzavelos on Thursday confirmed that Greek [...] Full text...
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Gambian journalists welcome payment of compensation to four journalists by gov’t
29 may 2019 - 18:05:56Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Press Union has welcomed the payment of compensation to four journalists, said to have [...] Full text...
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Disgraced South African racist appears in court
28 may 2019 - 09:46:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Adam Catzavelos who caused an uproar in 2018 after a video emerged of him [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe MDC splinter leader Khupe declares herself overall party chief
11 may 2019 - 18:22:04Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – President of Zimbabwe's main opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) splinter faction Thokozani Khupe has [...] Full text...
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AMT president deplores government’s lack of will to strenthen justicial system
09 may 2019 - 13:41:57Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The president of the Association of Tunisian Magistrates (AMT), Mrs Raoudha Karafi, has deplored the lack [...] Full text...
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South Africa Olympic champion Semenya loses IAAF legal battle
01 may 2019 - 11:29:31Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Wednesday lost her appeal against rules designed [...] Full text...
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Embattled former Nigerian Chief Justice appeals conviction
19 april 2019 - 16:35:01Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Embattled former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has rejected the judgement of the [...] Full text...
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Former DR Congo soldier found guilty of rape, use of child soldiers
19 april 2019 - 09:36:32Goma, DR Congo (PANA) – A Congolese military court’s conviction of a warlord for the war crimes of rape and [...] Full text...
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Top court allows Uganda's long-serving leader to run for office beyond 2021
18 april 2019 - 23:54:00Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda’s apex court, by a verdict of 4-3, Thursday ruled that the country’s parliament had legally [...] Full text...
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