Journalists killed in Gaza: the tragic toll of Israeli military operations since October 2023

17 december 2025 - 05:43:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Between October 2023 and mid-December 2025, 289 journalists lost their lives during Israeli military operations in [...] Full text...

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UN strongly condemns Israel's unauthorised entry of UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem

09 december 2025 - 07:35:22
New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Israeli police raided its compound [...] Full text...

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Crackdown on Palestinian civil society is reaching alarming levels, warns UN human rights office

08 december 2025 - 19:19:29
Ramallah, West   Bank (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has condemned an Israeli raid on the Union [...] Full text...

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Israeli police forcibly enter UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem

08 december 2025 - 17:10:44
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Israeli police raided its compound [...] Full text...

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‘Mobs’ target Palestinians in occupied West Bank, as floods roil Gaza

15 november 2025 - 05:11:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Images emerged this week of what appear to be mobs of masked Israeli settlers carrying out [...] Full text...

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Yemen: UN staff freed after Houthi raid, but dozens remain arbitrarily detained

20 october 2025 - 21:00:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Fifteen UN international staff are now free to move within the UN compound in the Yemeni [...] Full text...

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UN provides urgent support after ‘massive’ Russian attack across Ukraine

08 september 2025 - 18:29:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A baby was among those killed overnight into Sunday during what was reportedly Russia’s largest aerial [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International demands unconditional release of North Gaza hospital chief

31 july 2025 - 07:44:22
Dar es Salaam. Tanzania (PANA) - Amnesty International is urging human rights activists, campaigners and journalists worldwide to call on [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Surge in Darfur displacement pushes Tawila into full-scale crisis, cholera spreading

11 july 2025 - 15:19:25
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international charity organization has rung the alarm bell about an imminent catastrophe in a new Darfur [...] Full text...

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UN chief ‘gravely alarmed’ by US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites

22 june 2025 - 12:05:33
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the United States’ bombing of three nuclear sites in [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN denounces use of explosive weapons in densely populated areas

17 june 2025 - 19:30:25
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As fighting has intensified in recent weeks in parts of Darfur, Sudan, UN investigators have [...] Full text...

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Kenyan lawmaker shot dead, motorcyclist flees scene in dusk raid

01 may 2025 - 14:51:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan police has declared the shooting to death of Charles Ong'ondo Were, a three-term Member [...] Full text...

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Situation remains critical in Eastern DR Congo, say peacekeepers

06 april 2025 - 05:49:24
New York, US (PANA) - The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO, continues to implement [...] Full text...

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Global cholera cases surge worldwide

06 april 2025 - 05:18:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, [...] Full text...

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Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has sown ‘psychological terror’, warns top aid coordinator

22 february 2025 - 09:58:23
Kiev, Ukraine (PANA) - In the nearly three years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country’s people have [...] Full text...

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UN condemns raid on UNRWA schools

19 february 2025 - 07:58:42
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said [...] Full text...

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Ghana's Special Prosecutor declares former finance minister 'fugitive from justice'

12 february 2025 - 12:44:36
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) of Ghana has declared former Finance Minister, Mr. Ken [...] Full text...

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Two mass graves of migrants uncovered in Libya

10 february 2025 - 17:17:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two mass graves likely containing the bodies of migrants have been discovered in Libya, highlighting the [...] Full text...

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‘Robbed’ of their childhood: UNICEF warns of crisis facing Haiti’s youth

02 february 2025 - 17:50:33
Port au Prince, Haiti (PANA) - Violent clashes this week between security forces and armed groups on the outskirts of [...] Full text...

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UN expert expresses dismay at continued criminalization of human rights in Algeria

31 january 2025 - 12:28:33
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria continues to restrict and harass human rights defenders for their peaceful activities, the UN independent [...] Full text...

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More Palestinians displaced by home demolitions across the West Bank - OCHA

10 january 2025 - 08:57:48
Gaza, West Bank (PANA) - According to initial information, five Palestinians, including at least three children aged eight, 10 and [...] Full text...

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‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse

04 january 2025 - 08:06:14
New York, US (PANA) - With seven per cent of the population killed or injured since October 2023, the health [...] Full text...

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Head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA underlines need for ceasefire in Gaza

02 january 2025 - 19:55:07
New York, US (PANA) - The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA again underlined the need for a ceasefire [...] Full text...

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Israel attacks push Gaza healthcare ‘to brink of collapse’

01 january 2025 - 12:51:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Israel’s pattern of deadly attacks on and near hospitals in Gaza, and associated combat, have pushed [...] Full text...

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Kamal Adwan Hospital out of service following Friday's raid and repeated attacks since

28 december 2024 - 18:39:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO says it is appalled by Friday’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital, which put the last [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Parliament set to move impeachment motion against Deputy President

01 october 2024 - 13:26:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The short-lived political cohabitation between Kenya's deputy President Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua and the President William Ruto, [...] Full text...

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UN issues Public Health Situation Analysis (PHSA) on Hostilities in occupied Palestinian territory

28 september 2024 - 08:00:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although Gaza has suffered previous escalations, the current war stands out as unprecedented in the scale [...] Full text...

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Sanitary disaster in Gaza ‘worsening by the day’, warns UNRWA

16 september 2024 - 16:57:27
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Overcrowded shelters in Gaza, a lack of running water and the constant threat of disease are [...] Full text...

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Over 22,500 have suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ in Gaza: WHO

13 september 2024 - 05:59:28
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - More than 22,500 people – a quarter of those wounded in Gaza since Israel’s offensive began [...] Full text...

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UN envoy condemns deadly strike on camp in Gaza humanitarian zone

10 september 2024 - 18:15:05
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Middle East envoy has strongly condemned deadly airstrikes by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) [...] Full text...

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UN chief highlights ‘incalculable cost’ of conflict on the lives of children

10 september 2024 - 05:06:34
New York, US (PANA) - Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of attacks on students, teachers [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Little Justice for Goma Massacre Victims

31 august 2024 - 07:53:41
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) authorities to expand their [...] Full text...

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Gaza: ‘High time’ for ceasefire and hostage release, says Guterres

12 june 2024 - 06:28:51
New York, United States (PANA) - A comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza linked to the release of all remaining hostages cannot [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Justice minister attends high-level Gaza talks

11 june 2024 - 09:29:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has arrived in Jordan to represent South Africa at a [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight

26 march 2024 - 16:18:01
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a “double-digit number [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease, hunger

22 march 2024 - 13:54:10
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of ongoing bombardment across Gaza on Friday, UN humanitarians highlighted “shocking levels of disease [...] Full text...

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Amid ongoing strife in Gaza and Ukraine, UN chief reiterates peace call

21 march 2024 - 15:54:23
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres doubled down on his call for a ceasefire in Gaza and peace [...] Full text...

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UN 'strongly' condemns Boko Haram’s abduction of over 200 IDPs In Nigeria's Borno State

07 march 2024 - 07:34:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations on Wednesday “strongly” condemned Boko Haram terrorists’ abduction of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza

29 february 2024 - 05:51:16
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - No communications, no medicine and little hope. That’s what operating a hospital in a war zone [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Relief over rescued hostages as WHO chief warns of ‘ocean of need’

12 february 2024 - 13:11:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid reports on Monday that two hostages have been rescued during a raid by Israeli special [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Rafah a ‘pressure cooker of despair’ as exodus south continues

02 february 2024 - 12:19:18
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Thousands of Gazans have continued to flee intense hostilities in Khan Younis towards the massively overcrowded [...] Full text...

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A digital world needing more humanity (By Paul Ejime)

25 december 2023 - 07:10:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Our digital World with the accompanying advanced technology has unleashed innumerable benefits on humanity. Yet, our [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza flooding latest disaster to hit desperate Palestinians

14 december 2023 - 12:56:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Heavy rains created new misery in Gaza as UN humanitarians repeated deep concerns on Thursday over [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza ceasefire ‘in everybody’s interest’: UN humanitarian coordinator

13 december 2023 - 18:16:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A ceasefire in Gaza is “the only way forward” and “in the interest of everybody” as the [...] Full text...

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Gaza crisis: ‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warns

17 november 2023 - 16:38:32
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN health agency, WHO, on Friday issued a new warning about the desperate situation for [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN’s Türk calls for political path out of 'horror'

16 november 2023 - 17:28:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday welcomed the Security Council call for pauses in [...] Full text...

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Gaza: ‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’, children’s suffering must stop, UN humanitarians say

15 november 2023 - 12:10:23
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Children have been killed, maimed, abducted and denied assistance in Gaza, and the parties to the [...] Full text...

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Malian military leader says army has 'seized' Kidal

14 november 2023 - 15:40:49
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Malian Armed Forces seized the town of Kidal on Tuesday, after several days of [...] Full text...

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Rights group slams DRC militia for deadly raid on Ituri’s displaced camp

24 july 2023 - 06:46:18
Goma, DRC (PANA) – Militia fighters killed at least 46 civilians, half of them children, and pillaged and burned a [...] Full text...

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26 "terrorists" neutralised in three anti-terrorist operations in Burkina Faso

01 june 2023 - 13:49:37
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 26 "terrorists" were neutralized between 25 and 30 May in three operations carried [...] Full text...

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Leader of Tunisian Islamist movement, Ennahdha, arrested

18 april 2023 - 14:28:13
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The leader of the Tunisian Islamist movement Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi, was arrested on Monday evening, lawyer [...] Full text...

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Kenyan anti-government protests continue

30 march 2023 - 17:34:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called Thursday for constitutional reform and asked for an audit of [...] Full text...

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Kenyan protesters raid property of former president Kenyatta, opposition leader Odinga

27 march 2023 - 15:52:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Unidentified attackers marched on the property of retired President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga [...] Full text...

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Wave of arrests of opponents over "plot against state security" in Tunisia

14 february 2023 - 15:12:02
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian authorities are proceeding, for several days, with a series of arrests of political opposition [...] Full text...

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Four Kenyan policemen killed in gun raid near South Sudan border region

11 february 2023 - 22:16:15
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four Kenyan policemen were killed and seven others seriously wounded after an army of cattle raiders [...] Full text...

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Kenyan opposition leaders rattled after night raid on former Interior Secretary

09 february 2023 - 13:19:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's opposition leaders stayed at the home of former Interior Cabinet Secretary, Fred Matiang'i, after a [...] Full text...

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Leading Israeli fugitive arrested in South Africa

18 november 2022 - 07:46:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A team of elite South African policemen has caught a leading global fugitive with [...] Full text...

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Forces loyal to Haftar's LNA e;iminate 7 members of Daesh

16 november 2022 - 18:08:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Seven members of the Islamic State Organisation (Daesh) were killed and two others taken prisoner during [...] Full text...

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Malian army claims to have neutralised several terrorists in various parts of the country

10 october 2022 - 16:37:46
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian army says it has arrested five terrorist suspects, including Alhadji Diakité, known as Abou Anass, at [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Tigray authorities deny fuel raid as hostilities resume amid humanitarian crisis

25 august 2022 - 22:04:46
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Tigray authorities on Thursday denied raiding 12 fuel tankers from a World Food Program [...] Full text...

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South Sudan violence claims more lives in Unity State

27 july 2022 - 22:51:56
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Wednesday called on rebel groups in the Southern [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Tutu's trust slams Israeli police brutality

15 may 2022 - 10:11:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Archbishop Desmond Intellectual Property (IP) Trust has spoken out against members of the Israeli [...] Full text...

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More than 100 terrorists neutralized in one month in Burkina Faso - Army

18 april 2022 - 17:49:18
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than 100 terrorists were neutralized in anti-terrorist operations that took place from 15 March [...] Full text...

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Prosecutor announces discovery of weapons of war at Guillaume Soro's home in Côte d'Ivoire

28 february 2022 - 15:20:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Bouaké prosecutor, Braman Koné, announced in a statement Monday that a large quantity of [...] Full text...

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South Africa expresses concern about situation in Ukraine

24 february 2022 - 10:40:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government says it is “concerned about the ongoing tensions on the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius releases 10 Echo Parakeets in the wild

11 february 2022 - 08:03:34
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) - The National Parks and Conservation Service (NPCS) in Mauritius on Thursday released 10 Echo parakeets at [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses Cameroonian soldiers of killing eight people, burning dozens of homes in North-West Region

03 february 2022 - 06:34:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A human rights advoate has accused Cameroon soldiers of killing at least eight people and burning down [...] Full text...

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UN human rights commission: Human rights situation in Sudan of “serious concern”

18 january 2022 - 16:51:33
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commission said here Tuesday the human rights situation in Sudan “continues to be [...] Full text...

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About 60 people killed as terrorists raid towns in northwest Nigeria

07 january 2022 - 12:14:14
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Besieged by ongoing military onslaught against them, migrating terrorists have killed over 60 people in many [...] Full text...

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Sudan coup: Army urged to end arbitrary detentions

09 november 2021 - 12:40:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudanese security authorities should immediately release people arbitrarily detained since the 25 October military takeover, Human [...] Full text...

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Sudan coup: Human Rights Council hears calls for return to democratic rule

05 november 2021 - 18:33:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International calls for the restoration of  democratic government in Sudan continued on Friday, as the UN Human Rights Council met in special session in Geneva to discuss the recent [...] Full text...

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450 riders from 25 countries expected at the "Tunisia Desert Challenge" rally-raid

30 october 2021 - 19:30:03
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 450 riders from 25 countries will participate in the "Tunisia Desert Challenge" rally-raid [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspapers highlight continued wrangling in govt and parliament, plan for departure of mercenaries

17 october 2021 - 13:26:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Newspapers last week focused on cracks within the Government of National Unity (GNU) following a [...] Full text...

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UN rights office raises alert over spike in security operations against Libya migrants

12 october 2021 - 16:48:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Migrants and asylum seekers in Libya have been facing increasingly heavy-handed treatment from targeted security operations [...] Full text...

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Guinean Press Union warns military junta against violation of press freedom

11 october 2021 - 18:42:44
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean Press Professionals Union (SPPG) Monday condemned with "the utmost energy" the violation Saturday night [...] Full text...

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Four terrorists killed in Khartoum, security forces hunt for others

05 october 2021 - 10:34:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Four terrorists affiliated to Islamic State (ISIS) were killed when a joint force of Sudanese General [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses Al-Shabab of kidnapping boys for Mozambique conflict

29 september 2021 - 12:56:44
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – An Islamic State (ISIS) linked armed group in northern Mozambique is kidnapping boys and using them [...] Full text...

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Sudanese security knocks down terrorist cell in Khartoum

29 september 2021 - 09:49:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese authorities say security units apprehended 11 terrorists related to Islamic State (ISIS) in a [...] Full text...

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American, Ugandan arrested for drug trafficking in Mauritius

02 september 2021 - 08:50:41
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - An American and Ugandan have been arrested in Mauritius by police for possessing drugs. Lucius Davenport [...] Full text...

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Five persons killed, 5 injured in fresh bandits attack in Southern Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria

16 august 2021 - 17:34:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Five persons were killed while five others sustained various levels of injury when bandits invaded Madamai [...] Full text...

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Greece arrests dangerous suspected terrorist through collaboration with Morocco

29 july 2021 - 11:32:33
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Greek security services  on Tuesday arrested a 28-year-old Moroccan man who was one of the leaders [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International urges Tunisian president Saied to respect human rights amidst unfolding crisis

27 july 2021 - 10:35:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has asked Tunisian President Kais Saied to publicly commit to respecting [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Army raids Boko Haram logistics stockpile in Yobe State

26 may 2021 - 15:35:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said its troops under Operation Hadi Kai bust a Boko Haram [...] Full text...

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Pakistani businessmen to visit Libya

14 may 2021 - 10:49:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the General Union of Chambers of Commerce, Agriculture and Industry of Libya, Mohamed [...] Full text...

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Kenya detains marathoner for falsifying athletics doping scandal

26 april 2021 - 21:31:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan marathoner, Elias Kiptum, has been arrested and charged to court with forgery and conspiracy [...] Full text...

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Malian police arrest members of counterfeiting network in Bamako

03 march 2021 - 12:32:04
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian police have arrested three individuals accused of setting up a personal business specialising in the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Declare state of emergency on insecurity, Senate tells FG as Buhari orders immediate rescue of abducted schoolboys

17 february 2021 - 21:32:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday ordered a military operation to rescue hundreds of students and teachers of Government [...] Full text...

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Bandits, kidnappers in Nigeria kill 19, abduct 75 persons

29 january 2021 - 09:52:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Bandits and kidnappers launched multiple attacks in Katsina, Niger and Taraba States between Wednesday night and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: To end the pandemic, WHO says $28 billion ACT project is ‘the best deal in town’

16 december 2020 - 05:24:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An international coalition aiming to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic needs $28 billion, a bargain price for [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Military says airstrikes kills "several" Boko Haram terrorists in Northeast region, 3 bandits dead in Northcentral Nigeria

13 december 2020 - 16:43:17
Nigeria: Military says airstrikes kill "several" Boko Haram terrorists in North-east region   Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Armed Forces of Nigeria [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Terrorist group in Sahel appoints new leader for AQIM

23 november 2020 - 14:07:29
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a terrorist link in the Sahel, has appointed Mibrak [...] Full text...

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ACHPR raises alarm over deteriorating human rights abuses in Zimbabwe

08 october 2020 - 17:32:46
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has raised alarm over the increase in [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military kills 869 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, bandits in Nigeria, rescues 321 kidnap victims

02 october 2020 - 18:31:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Friday reviewed its activities for the third quarter (1 July to [...] Full text...

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Kenyan newspapers highlight return to school dilemma for students

19 september 2020 - 19:13:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan newspapers highlighted the dilemma facing the ministry of education officials as they plot to reopen [...] Full text...

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Covid-19: 66 Asian illegal migrants found at Libyan citizen’s suspected of human trafficking

15 august 2020 - 00:07:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Altogether, 66 immigrants of Asian origin were found on Friday gathered in a flat during a [...] Full text...

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UN Representative in Guinea Bissau urges political leaders to enact reforms

11 august 2020 - 06:10:34
New York, US (PANA) - Entrenched political divisions in Guinea-Bissau pose a serious threat to stability in the West African country, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian soldiers kill six alleged pirates but local communities question motive

06 august 2020 - 08:02:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian military has said solders have killed six pirates during a raid on their camp [...] Full text...

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Rights experts call on Tanzania to end ‘crackdown’ on civic space

23 july 2020 - 05:42:16
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Wednesday that Tanzania should allow peaceful gatherings to [...] Full text...

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Raid against al-Wattia air base in western Libya revives military escalation

07 july 2020 - 22:09:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The military escalation in Libya resumed with the air strike Sunday on the air base of [...] Full text...

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Libya: The issues of oil wealth, electricity and illegal migrants highlighted in the news

04 july 2020 - 19:55:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya newspapers this week focused on the exploitation of oil wealth in Libya as a stake [...] Full text...

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Drug Enforcement Commission confirms raid on Football Association of Zambia

12 june 2020 - 18:22:27
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) on Friday confirmed raiding the offices of the Football Association of [...] Full text...

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Haftar's offensive against Tripoli: a chronicle of a stinging defeat (Feature by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

08 june 2020 - 12:22:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - It took a total of 15 months for the offensive against Tripoli launched on 4 April [...] Full text...

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Niger: Maradi region registers some 36,000 new refugees from Nigeria

04 june 2020 - 18:05:39
Maradi, Niger (PANA) - More than 36,000 new refugees from Nigeria have converged on the Maradi region of Niger, fleeing [...] Full text...

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Former Rwandan Information minister Laurent Nkusi laid to rest

21 may 2020 - 15:41:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) --  Former Rwandan Information minister,  Professor Laurent Nkusi, who also served different positions in the government before [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 274 arrested following demonstrations against curfew in Niamey

22 april 2020 - 18:19:23
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - During the night of 20-21 April, 166 people were arrested by police in Niamey on charges [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Rights group warms millions face hunger in Southern Africa under lockdown

17 april 2020 - 11:15:02
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Friday that millions of people across Southern Africa [...] Full text...

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Chadian opponent released in France

28 march 2020 - 18:01:12
Paris, France (PANA) - Mahamat Nouri, president of the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD), a Chadian politico-military [...] Full text...

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Former South African president De Klerk accused of 'hate speech' comments

17 march 2020 - 12:56:57
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has accused former President FW de Klerk for [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International calls for investigation into enforced disappearance of 130 people in Cameroon in 2014

10 march 2020 - 17:42:56
Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) on Monday launched a new campaign to break the silence surrounding the enforced [...] Full text...

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South African opposition leader accuses former president De Klerk of 1993 Eastern Cape murders

06 march 2020 - 09:36:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mzwanele Nyhontso, the leader of the opposition Pan African Congress, has accused former President [...] Full text...

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US places $7m bounty on Boko Haram leader Shekau

05 march 2020 - 07:43:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United States Department of State has taken a bold step towards the apprehension of the [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force jets destroy Boko Haram structures, logistics facilities in Northeast region

25 february 2020 - 17:57:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday said that its aircraft, under the Air Task Force [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram terrorists kill 30, abduct women and children in Auno, northeast Nigeria

10 february 2020 - 16:18:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Boko Haram terrorists on Sunday killed “at least” 30 people and abducted many women and children [...] Full text...

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CPJ calls on Gambian authorities to immediately drop charges against two journalists

31 january 2020 - 19:44:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Media rights group, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged the Gambian authorities to immediately [...] Full text...

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Saint-Louis of Senegal hosts 12th edition of Africa Eco Race

17 january 2020 - 23:34:24
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  - The 12th edition of the rally - Africa Eco Race - which left Monaco on 5 [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's president reiterates need for unity to fight terrorism

08 january 2020 - 08:01:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday reiterated his appeal to his compatriots to be united in [...] Full text...

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Four pupils gunned down in Kenya terror attack

07 january 2020 - 17:30:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four primary school pupils were killed Tuesday morning when suspected members of the Al Shabaab militant [...] Full text...

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12th Africa Eco Race Rally arrives Tuesday in Africa via Morocco

07 january 2020 - 00:26:07
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  -  The caravan of the Africa Eco Race rally-raid will arrive on the African continent Tuesday, 7 [...] Full text...

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Six suspects arrested for security breaches on military camps in Kenya

06 january 2020 - 20:29:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Somali man with Canadian nationality has been arrested on suspicion of conducting a reconnaissance surveillance [...] Full text...

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Three Americans killed in Kenya naval base attack

06 january 2020 - 19:54:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Three Americans lost their lives in the terror attack on a Kenyan military camp on Sunday [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Ennahdha reaffirms support for “legitimate” Libyan Government of Fayez El Sarraj

06 january 2020 - 13:56:41
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The ruling Tunisian Islamist movement Ennahdha has described the air raid on Tripoli Military Academy by [...] Full text...

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Three Americans killed in terror attack on joint Kenya, US military airbase

06 january 2020 - 09:29:51
Lamu, Kenya (PANA) - Three American citizens - one military service member and two military contractors - were killed in [...] Full text...

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Four soldiers killed in ambush by armed bandits in north-central Nigeria

06 january 2020 - 07:39:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s security situation continues to face challenges as armed bandits on Sunday morning killed four soldiers, [...] Full text...

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Kenyan court orders repatriation of Indian, Nepalese victims of human trafficking

18 december 2019 - 11:54:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Five victims of an international human trafficking cartel operating in Kenya should be repatriated to India [...] Full text...

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IOM slams airstrike on Tripoli factory

19 november 2019 - 17:09:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday deplored an airstrike on a factory in the [...] Full text...

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Gunmen raid southern Senegal villages before fleeing to Guinea-Bissau

19 november 2019 - 15:26:00
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Unidentified gunmen on Sunday raided Niagha and Sinthiang Tening villages in Casamance, southern Senegal, robbing people [...] Full text...

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Malian soldiers neutralise 10 terrorists, arrest 20 others in central region

18 november 2019 - 13:41:34
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Ten suspected terrorists were killed and 20 others arrested on Saturday by Malian soldiers during a [...] Full text...

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32 terrorists neutralized in the Centre-North and North regions of Burkina Faso

17 november 2019 - 15:07:04
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe army announced on Sunday that it neutralized at least 32 terrorists on Friday, [...] Full text...

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Libya's Government of National Accord raises red flags on Russia's role in Tripoli war

15 november 2019 - 06:52:52
Tripoli Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) is raising the red flags about the participation of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 16 Boko Haram, ISWAP terrorists, 8 spouses surrrender to Nigerian troops

08 november 2019 - 16:28:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Friday said that 16 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa [...] Full text...

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Libyans criticize int'l community for keeping quiet as Haftar continues to attack Tripoli

25 october 2019 - 17:26:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The military onslaught by the forces of the Libyan National Army, led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, [...] Full text...

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Buhari commends Police for discovery of child-theft racket, fake Quaranic correctional centres

19 october 2019 - 17:24:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday commended the Nigeria Police for the discovery of a child-theft [...] Full text...

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Tripoli asks Security Council to add Khalifa Haftar to list of UN sanctions committee

16 october 2019 - 12:11:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Presidential Council on Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to add the commander general of [...] Full text...

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UN mission in Libya condemns air strike against civilian zone in Tripoli

15 october 2019 - 21:43:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -  The UN Support mission in Libya Tuesday condemned the air strike carried out against the zone [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International launches report on attack on press freedom in Nigeria

14 october 2019 - 18:57:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights body, Amnesty International, on Monday launched a report chronicling attacks on the press [...] Full text...

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7 terrorists killed in new US air strikes in southern Libya

30 september 2019 - 19:54:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Seven terrorists were killed in an air strike carried out by the US army in southern [...] Full text...

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Guineans demonstrate in commemoration of 28 September 2009 massacre

28 september 2019 - 13:02:48
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Demonstrations are being held on Saturday in several Guinean cities to commemorate the 10th anniversary the [...] Full text...

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17 Daech fighters killed in new US air raid in southwest Libya

27 september 2019 - 19:50:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Some 17 members of the Islamic State (Daech) were killed in a new air strike, the [...] Full text...

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11 Daech fighters killed in new US air strike in southwest Libya

25 september 2019 - 13:20:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The US military Command in Africa (AFRICOM) on Wednesday announced that 11 Islamic State (Daech) fighters [...] Full text...

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Strike against Daesh part of Libyan-American strategic cooperation, says Presidential Council

20 september 2019 - 22:52:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)    -    The Presidential Council of the national unity government said here Friday the US-led African Air Command [...] Full text...

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8 Daech fighters killed in US strike in southwest Libya

20 september 2019 - 17:09:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – At least eight Islamist State (Daech) fighters were killed on Thursday in an air raid around [...] Full text...

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Military escalation resumes again in Libya

14 september 2019 - 15:06:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's warring parties, which have been fighting since 4 April on the outskirts of Tripoli, have [...] Full text...

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Botswana Financial Intelligence Agency condemns fake reporting

13 september 2019 - 17:41:44
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) has condemned the news article, entitled DIS raids another Khama [...] Full text...

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Air strikes spark renewed violence in Tripoli war

07 september 2019 - 11:39:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Fighter jets joined the fray in the past 24 hours in the battle for Tripoli with [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force says its aircraft kills scores of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in Northeast

01 september 2019 - 12:03:14
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)  -  The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Sunday said its attack aircraft under the Air Task Force (ATF), [...] Full text...

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Libya: UN concerned about continued violence in Morzouk, southern Libya

10 august 2019 - 13:47:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said it was deeply concerned by the ongoing [...] Full text...

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RWB deplores death of two journalists in Shebab attack in Kismayo, Somalia

16 july 2019 - 15:00:10
Paris, France (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has lamented the death of two journalists, Hodan Nalayeh and Mohamed Sahal [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Liberation hero gets honorary doctorate

12 july 2019 - 14:47:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Rivonia Treason Trialist, Denis Goldberg, was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of [...] Full text...

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Military leader interacts with tea sellers, laborers

09 july 2019 - 22:11:51
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -   The leader of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC), Lt. Gen. Abdul-Fatah Burhan, Tuesday paid an unannounced [...] Full text...

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Internet services restored in Sudan

09 july 2019 - 16:51:16
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese on Tuesday rejoined the world and can now gossip, #tag, twitter, whattsApp and be [...] Full text...

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Libya: Air navigation suspended again at Maitigua airport in Tripoli

03 july 2019 - 21:59:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   Air traffic at the Libyan airport of Maitigua, 7 km east of Tripoli, was suspended on [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Alleged terrorist killed Tuesday was "the head" of the attacks perpetrated in Tunis

03 july 2019 - 17:58:19
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The alleged terrorist killed on Tuesday night by Tunisian security units in the Al Intilaka neighborhood, [...] Full text...

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Niger: 18 soldiers, several terrorists killed in attack on military camp

02 july 2019 - 17:04:10
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Eighteen Nigerien soldiers have died and four others are missing in a suicide bombing raid on [...] Full text...

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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe directive threatens foreign currency holders' monies

26 june 2019 - 14:26:28
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s (RBZ) latest monetary measures have introduced stringent conditions for foreign currency [...] Full text...

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Five employees of Libyan oil company fall victims of armed robbery

22 june 2019 - 12:52:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Five employees of oil company Akakus, owned by the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), were robbed [...] Full text...

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Libyan National Oil Corporation warehouse destroyed in air strike

19 june 2019 - 10:55:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A warehouse of the Mellita Oil and Gas Company, owned by the Libyan Oil Corporation (NOC), [...] Full text...

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Number of military personnel arrested for trial in connection with killing of civilians - Military Council

10 june 2019 - 20:53:40
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -   The Sudanese Transitional Military Council said here Monday a number of military personnel had been arrested [...] Full text...

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Sudanese rivals nod to Ethiopian mediation initiative

08 june 2019 - 17:31:53
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Both the Sudanese Transitional Military Council and the Sudanese Forces for Freedom and Change have agreed [...] Full text...

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Sudanese opposition condemns attack on protesters, military council apologises

04 june 2019 - 17:09:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Leading Sudanese opposition political party, the Umma National Party, has condemned the dawn raid on [...] Full text...

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Mulitnational Task Force kill 20 ISWAP terrorists in Lake Chad region

03 june 2019 - 15:57:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) on Monday said  its troops killed a total of 20 [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's Information minister's son caught trading on the parallel forex market

01 june 2019 - 18:48:43
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Neville Mutsvangwa, the son of Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, is running an illegal foreign currency trading business, [...] Full text...

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Kenyan police arrest main fugitive in fake gold scandal

16 may 2019 - 14:24:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday nabbed a main fugitive in a fake gold scandal, in [...] Full text...

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Pro-Government National Accord army denies loss of fighter jet

08 may 2019 - 08:59:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The army loyal to the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) has denied that one of [...] Full text...

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Residents kill seven armed bandits in local chief's palace in northwest Nigeria

02 may 2019 - 09:30:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The violence and kidnappings in Northwest Nigeria has drawn the ire of the people to self-help [...] Full text...

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Uproar in Abuja over raids on night clubs, arrests of women

01 may 2019 - 17:16:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – There was uproar in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja between Amnesty International, human rights activists, the [...] Full text...

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Top court allows Uganda's long-serving leader to run for office beyond 2021

18 april 2019 - 23:54:00
      Kampala, 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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Top court allows Uganda’s long-serving leader to run for office beyond 2021

18 april 2019 - 19:03:34
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda’s topmost court has, by a verdict of 4 to 3, ruled that the country’s parliament [...] Full text...

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GNA forces down fighter aircraft Haftar's army in southern Tripoli

14 april 2019 - 18:44:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Forces loyal to the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) announced they have shot down a [...] Full text...

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Uganda to polish up Amin torture cave for tourism

14 april 2019 - 16:51:01
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - One of the caves in which victims of the regime of Idi Amin were tortured will [...] Full text...

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Ghassan Salamé calls air raid on Maitigua airport, violation of humanitarian law

09 april 2019 - 14:02:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of UNSMIL, Ghassan Salamé, on Monday condemned [...] Full text...

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UN human rights office urges Mali to prevent human rights violations

26 march 2019 - 15:50:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Saturday’s horrific attacks in Mali, which left at least 153 people dead and 73 injured, marked [...] Full text...

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Cameroon opens e-waste collection centre

20 march 2019 - 07:52:45
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon's Minister of Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development, Pierre Hele, and France's Ambassador to Cameroon, [...] Full text...

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Thirty 30 killed by armed bandits northwest Nigeria

07 march 2019 - 08:37:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria police have confirmed that 30 people were on Tuesday killed by armed bandits who [...] Full text...

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Kenya's anti-counterfeit raid nets fake Samsung phones worth $60,000

27 february 2019 - 14:27:51
 Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA) on Wednesday raided shops selling electronics along a Nairobi street and netted [...] Full text...

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US jets strike terrorist positions in southern Libya

14 february 2019 - 10:49:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – US fighter jets have bombarded a position held by several Al-Qaida members on the outskirts of [...] Full text...

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Rwanda pays tribute to national heroes

01 february 2019 - 21:26:13
Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda on Friday paid tribute to deceased national heroes at the Heroes Cemetery located in [...] Full text...

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'Dangerous' Al-Qaida chief killed by Libyan army

28 january 2019 - 11:20:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Forces of the Libyan National Army, led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar, have killed "one of the [...] Full text...

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Gaddafi's family members given Libyan national identification numbers

24 january 2019 - 13:14:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of Muammar Gaddafi's family including his widow, Safia Farkech, and his children, have received national [...] Full text...

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Kenyan investigators close in on Riverside hotel attackers

18 january 2019 - 18:37:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Kenyan Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) has rapidly investigated suspects linked to Tuesday’s deadly terror attack [...] Full text...

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Suspects found with dog meat, ivory in Kenya arraigned in court

09 january 2019 - 12:58:30
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Nairobi court on Wednesday allowed the police to hold three Chinese nationals and one Kenyan [...] Full text...

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Nigerien daily 'Le Sahel' pays tribute to army for victory over Boko Haram

07 january 2019 - 19:32:17
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The last operation conducted last week by the Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) to neutralise the Boko [...] Full text...

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UK agency in Nigeria condemns raid and arrest of journalists

07 january 2019 - 18:10:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The UK Department for International Development on Monday said that it “wholly condemns” the Sunday raids [...] Full text...

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Sudan security forces raid 'rebel hideout' in Khartoum amid riots

29 december 2018 - 10:22:07
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Government security authorities on Friday raided a house in a Khartoum suburb and captured a cell [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army calls for closure of Amnesty International's offices in Nigeria

17 december 2018 - 12:14:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Three days after the Nigerian Army accused the UN Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) of aiding Boko [...] Full text...

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Amnesty says Nigerian gov't 'failures' fuel escalating farmers, herders conflict

17 december 2018 - 05:12:33
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, says the Nigerian authorities’ failure to investigate communal clashes and bring [...] Full text...

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Militants disrupt opposition party campaigns, candidates decry state repression

10 december 2018 - 13:41:09
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Presidential election candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been met with violence on the [...] Full text...

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Fayez al-Sarraj denounces foreign interference into Libyan affairs

05 december 2018 - 13:37:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The chairman of the presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord, Fayez al-Sarraj, on [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force strikes Boko Haram locations, vehicles

25 november 2018 - 19:39:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Following the killing of over 100 Nigerian Army soldiers by Boko Haram terrorists in the northeast, [...] Full text...

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Mali confirms death of Malian jihadist Amadou Kouffa

25 november 2018 - 15:57:59
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Ministry of Defence has confirmed the death of a radical preacher, Amadou Kouffa, during [...] Full text...

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South African football legend arrested over drugs

22 november 2018 - 15:47:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African football legend, Mike Mangena, is in police custody following a raid by [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force destroys Boko Haram bases, workshops

19 november 2018 - 13:48:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Monday said that its fighter jets destroyed Boko Haram Terrorist [...] Full text...

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Armed robbers raid vehicles on Ziguinchor-Dakar highway

04 november 2018 - 13:48:37
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) – Unidentified people, who were armed with army rifles, on Saturday night raided vehicles and motorcycle taxis [...] Full text...

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Libya's GNA accelerates compensation procedures for Sirte population

18 october 2018 - 16:39:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya's Government of National Accord is determined to accelerate the compensation to the residents of Sirte [...] Full text...

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Nigeria condemns killing of another aid worker by Boko Haram

16 october 2018 - 08:20:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government has said it is shocked and saddened at the killing of another aid [...] Full text...

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AI says herdsmen, banditry violence killed 371 in Northwest Nigeria since January

31 july 2018 - 19:22:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – International human rights group, Amnesty International (AI), on Tuesday said that 371 people were killed in [...] Full text...

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2 soldiers wounded, 6 Boko Haram terrorists killed in Northeast Nigeria

15 may 2018 - 15:52:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Tuesday said that two of its soldiers were wounded while its troops [...] Full text...

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UNICEF welcomes release of Dapchi schoolgirls

22 march 2018 - 06:14:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the release of more than 100 schoolgirls who were [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: Nigerian gov't says 76 Dapchi schoolgirls released so far

21 march 2018 - 10:20:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian federal government on Wednesday said that 76 of 110 students of Government Girls’ Technical [...] Full text...

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Rights group says Nigeria security forces warned about latest abduction of schoolgirls

20 march 2018 - 06:59:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian security forces failed to act on advance warnings that a convoy of Boko Haram fighters [...] Full text...

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UNSMIL documents 146 casualties from hostilities across Libya

01 march 2018 - 19:28:19
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) –The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 146 civilian casualties – 13 deaths and [...] Full text...

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