What is South-South cooperation, and can it be the gateway to a fairer world? (By UN News)

12 september 2025 - 07:23:35 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Although developing countries often look to do deals with wealthy nations in order to help boost their economies, working closely [...] Full text...

Israeli strike in Doha marks ‘alarming escalation’, warns top UN official

12 september 2025 - 07:11:14 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council on Thursday heard from the UN’s top political affairs official on Israel’s deadly airstrike in Doha – [...] Full text...

UN envoy for Sudan heads to region in call for dialogue towards peace

12 september 2025 - 06:50:08 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, has travelled to East Africa to address the ongoing civil conflict [...] Full text...

Army General Command annoiunces recapture of strategic town

11 september 2025 - 17:38:31 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -The Sudanese Armed Forces on Thursday said it had retaken a strategic town, Bara, an area in the vicinity of the [...] Full text...

UN mission in Libya welcomes Municipal Council election results

11 september 2025 - 15:27:26 MA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the announcement by the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) of the [...] Full text...

Ghana has received 14 deported West Africans from US: President Mahama

11 september 2025 - 06:25:46 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana received 14 West African nationals deported from the US after it was approached to accept third-party nationals being removed from [...] Full text...

Libya and Malta discuss ways to promote bilateral relations

10 september 2025 - 14:27:25 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan interim Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity, Al-Taher Al-Baour, and the Maltese [...] Full text...

Libya's political establishments condemn Israeli attack of Hamas leaders in Qatar

10 september 2025 - 12:37:10 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The main official political institutions in Libya have expressed widespread condemnation of the targeting, during an Israeli attack, of leaders of [...] Full text...

US reaffirms commitment to support Libya's stability

10 september 2025 - 12:10:33 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US Embassy in Libya has welcomed its meetings last week with several Libyan leaders from different regions in Rome, the [...] Full text...

AUC chairperson expresses 'deep concern' over Israel's attack on Qatar

10 september 2025 - 11:16:19 MA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), has expressed deep concern over Israel's strike in Doha, Qatar, [...] Full text...

Guterres condemns Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar as ‘flagrant violation’

10 september 2025 - 08:10:05 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has condemned an Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Tuesday, while [...] Full text...

‘No ordinary session’: Baerbock opens UN General Assembly with call for courage and reform

10 september 2025 - 08:01:15 MA

New York, US (PANA) - As the UN General Assembly opened its 80th session on Tuesday, new President Annalena Baerbock called on Member States to [...] Full text...

Sudan condemns Israeli attack on Qatari residential area

09 september 2025 - 17:01:57 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Tuesday condemned the Israeli attacks against a residential area in Qatar, reportedly aimed at taking the lives of [...] Full text...

Tunisia denies drone attack on Soumoud flotilla

09 september 2025 - 14:30:44 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Interior Ministry denied, in a statement early Tuesday reports that one of the boats in the ‘’Semmoud'' flotilla bound [...] Full text...

The 9/9/99 Sirte Declaration on creation of AU hailed in Libya as major step towards African unification

09 september 2025 - 14:22:39 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - On its 26th anniversary, the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Unity said here Tuesday that the [...] Full text...

AUC chief rallies Africans to work together to build continent

09 september 2025 - 11:33:21 MA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), has rallied Africans to work together to build the [...] Full text...

South Africa postpones naval exercises with Russia and China

09 september 2025 - 07:27:24 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Department of Defence has requested a postponement of joint exercises with the Russian and Chinese navies scheduled [...] Full text...

Top UN official in Libya, eastern-based army chief discuss 'practical measures' to implement political roadmap

08 september 2025 - 12:57:21 BBA

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, and the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the eastern-based [...] Full text...

Top UN official in Libya, eastern-based army chief discuss political roadmap

07 september 2025 - 19:01:22 MA

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan National Army based in the east, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, and the Special Representative of the [...] Full text...

UN rights chief denounces Mali's authoritarian drift, growing repression

07 september 2025 - 05:38:25 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief sounded the alarm on Thursday over the deteriorating political situation in Mali, where the democratic process [...] Full text...

Sudan files complaint at UN against UAE for alleged involvement in war

06 september 2025 - 14:04:17 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Friday submitted a formal complaint to the United Nations Security Council, accusing the United Arab Emirates [...] Full text...

Co-chairs of Libya's Berlin process commend efforts to de-escalate tension in Tripoli

05 september 2025 - 10:15:18 MA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The co-chairs of the Berlin Process Security Working Group (SWG) on Libya have commended efforts to secure an agreement between the [...] Full text...

Rights group says Malawi elections should end human rights violations

05 september 2025 - 09:45:49 MA

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi’s 16 September presidential and parliamentary candidates must ensure the promotion and protection of human rights before, during and after elections, [...] Full text...

Libyan-Italian discussions held to strengthen military and security cooperation

04 september 2025 - 14:24:13 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An Italian-Libyan meeting was held in Rome, Italy, to discuss bilateral relations and ways to strengthen military and security cooperation between [...] Full text...

UN Security Council welcomes Libya's new political roadmap outlined by Special Representative

04 september 2025 - 11:54:47 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Members of the UN Security Council have welcomed the roadmap to advance a Libyan-led and Libyan-owned political process as outlined [...] Full text...

President of Libyan Presidential Council arrives in Algiers

04 september 2025 - 10:46:39 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, on Wednesday arrived in the Algerian capital, Algiers, for a visit to [...] Full text...

Oversight c'ttee on Rwanda, DRC peace deal resolve to timely implementation

04 september 2025 - 08:39:12 MA

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Members of the Joint Oversight Committee (JOC) for the Peace Agreement signed by Rwanda and DR Congo on 27 June, [...] Full text...

‘Reparatory justice’ key to ending racism against Africans and their descendants

04 september 2025 - 07:23:05 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments, academia and other stakeholders must “double down on delivering reparatory justice” for people from the African diaspora, the UN human [...] Full text...

Cameroon: UN denounces restrictions on civic space ahead of presidential election

03 september 2025 - 08:50:43 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief on Tuesday denounced restrictions on civic and democratic space in Cameroon ahead of the 12 October [...] Full text...

Libya's eastern-based government discusses support for displaced persons

02 september 2025 - 12:32:17 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Libyan government installed in the east, Abdulhadi al-Huwaij, has discussed support [...] Full text...

UN mission in Libya urges all parties in Tripoli to de-escalate military escalation

02 september 2025 - 11:50:19 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has urged all parties in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, to de-escalate any form of [...] Full text...

Libyan Communications Authority attends ITU Conference

01 september 2025 - 16:42:03 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan General Authority for Communications and Information Technology has participated in the second meeting of the Arab Preparatory Group for [...] Full text...

Ghana's chief justice sacked for 'misbehaviour'

01 september 2025 - 16:35:14 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama on Monday removed Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo from office with immediate effect on “grounds [...] Full text...

Libya, Uganda discuss strengthening diplomatic cooperation

01 september 2025 - 14:35:03 BBA

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libya's eastern-based government and Uganda have discussed strengthening diplomatic cooperation, including Uganda opening a consulate in Benghazi in the east. The director [...] Full text...

Libya attends session of UN Convention against Corruption

01 september 2025 - 13:11:54 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya is attending the sixteenth session of the Implementation Review Group of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), as well [...] Full text...

IOM: More than 1,000 families flee Sudan's besieged El Fasher city

01 september 2025 - 07:49:52 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced on Sunday that more than a thousand families have fled Sudan's besieged El [...] Full text...

Sudan's parallel government names Prime Minister

01 september 2025 - 07:27:35 MA

Nyala, Sudan (PANA) - The Presidential Council of Sudan's parallel government declared by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in areas it controls on Sunday [...] Full text...

AUC Chairperson welcomes new UN Roadmap for Libya

31 august 2025 - 16:07:21 MA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the United Nations’ new Roadmap for Libya, [...] Full text...

Sudan's paramilitary RSF installs parallel government despite international rejection

31 august 2025 - 13:58:48 MA

Nyala, Sudan (PANA) – Despite the rejection and condemnation by the international community of the declaration by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of a [...] Full text...

UN chief 'regrets' Burkina Faso's declaration of UN Coordinator persona non grata

30 august 2025 - 07:44:04 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief has expressed regret of the decision by authorities in Burkina Faso to declare the UN’s Resident and [...] Full text...

Seven deportees from US arrive in Rwanda

29 august 2025 - 08:46:15 MA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan government has confirmed the arrival of seven migrants from the United States, as part of a resettlement agreement signed [...] Full text...

Diplomatic storm over Taiwan's Pretoria office

29 august 2025 - 07:10:10 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Taiwanese government has slammed South Africa’s International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola for claiming that Taiwan has no representative [...] Full text...

AU chief 'strongly condemns' terrorist attacks in Mali

28 august 2025 - 16:14:58 MA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Mali.A press release [...] Full text...

Israel’s plan to take over Gaza City marks ‘new and dangerous phase’: Guterres

28 august 2025 - 14:20:30 MA

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza, greater humanitarian access and the release [...] Full text...

UN acknowleges apartheid-era in South Africa

28 august 2025 - 08:12:13 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Eastern Cape Provincial Government, led by Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane, on Wednesday hosted the United Nations Resident Coordinator [...] Full text...

UN calls for decisive steps to end conflict as Gaza and West Bank crises deepen

28 august 2025 - 06:27:23 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Nearly two years of war in Gaza along with continued violence and settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank - [...] Full text...

Sudan and eastern-based Libyan govt discuss voluntary return programme for Sudanese refugees

27 august 2025 - 16:07:35 BBA

Benghazi, Libya  (PANA)  - Officials of Libya's eastern-based government and Sudan have met to discuss modalities of the voluntary return programme for Sudanese expatriates residing [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso, UN seek to play down diplomatic row after expulsion of UN Resident Coordinator

27 august 2025 - 13:51:36 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A United Nations delegation led by Mr. Yacoub Ali El-Hillo has met with Burkinabe authorities as the two sides seek [...] Full text...

Libya announces initiative for joint African intelligence cooperation

27 august 2025 - 12:17:24 BBA

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libya on Tuesday announced the launch of an initiative for joint African intelligence cooperation.The head of Libyan General Intelligence Services, Lieutenant [...] Full text...

UN chief discusses situation in besieged Sudan city with PM

27 august 2025 - 09:32:27 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The UN Secretary General Antony Guterres has had a telephone conversation with Sudanese Prime Minister Dr Kamil Idris to discuss [...] Full text...