New York, US (PANA) - As fighting continues in Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that he was “heartbroken” by images of people killed and injured in airstrikes on Sunday that hit tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Senior UN officials have condemned Israeli air strikes on Sunday that hit a camp for displaced people in Rafah, southern Gaza, reportedly claiming over 35 Palestinian lives, including women and children Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen in Israeli military airstrikes in central Gaza has been strongly condemned by senior UN humanitarian officials who on Tuesday reiterated repeated concerns that "there is no safe space left in Gaza" Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Three Burkina Faso military drone strikes that the government claimed targeted Islamist fighters killed at least 60 civilians and injured scores more at two crowded markets and a packed funeral in Burkina Faso and Mali between August and November 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Thursday Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, is  demanding justice for 40 people who were killed in an air strike in Rukubi, in Doma area of Nigeria's Nasarawa State one year ago Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Authorities in Nigeria must investigate a string of deadly airstrikes over the past six years and hold those responsible to account, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday Full text...

Wellington, New Zealand (PANA) - Star South Africa striker, Thembi Kgatlana, says the team must remain mentally focused for entire games after twice surrendering winning positions at the Women's World Cup Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The national union of interurban and international road transporters of Mali (Syntrui-Mali) suspended on Monday a strike that began on 20 December and which had disrupted several road networks in the country, a union source told PANA Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Organised labour in Ghana on Monday warned of an indefinite strike from 27 December over the government's decision to  include their pension funds in its debt exchange programme to tackle the economic problems facing the country Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Thousands of Gambian commuters, students, and workers were stranded at bus stations across the country on Monday after commercial transport drivers went on strike over high fuel costs, PANA report here Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Four Ghanaian teacher unions on Monday began an indefinite nationwide strike over demands for the payment of the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA), as living conditions deteriorate and the government seeks a programme from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Public sector workers on Thursday embarked on a general strike which paralyzed vital activities of the country's economy, already in difficulty for several years Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Pump attendants of Total Energies, Shell Energie and Oryx Energie, the three biggest petrol stations in Mali, have been on a 72-hour strike since Wednesday for an improvement in their living and working conditions, PANA reported Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Five kingpins of terrorists and bandits’ groups in Zamfara State were Tuesday killed by Nigeria Air Force (NAF) bombardments around Baranda Forest, Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Union of Higher Education and Scientific Research (SNESUP) of Mali on Friday suspended its 72-hour strike, scheduled for Tuesday 31 August to Thursday 2 September 2021 and five days from 6 to 10 September 2021, PANA learned on Monday from a union source Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Public school teachers in Bamako district have gone on strike effective Monday to press for payment of salaries to their colleagues in Commune V of the same district, according to a member of one of the many teachers' unions Full text...

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it is "gravely concerned" by reports that dozens of civilians were killed or injured during a bombing of a village market in northern Tigray on last Tuesday Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has concluded that a 3 January French military airstrike on the central Malian village of Bounty, hit a group largely made up of civilians, killing several of them Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Some bakeries and pastry shops in Bamako, the Malian capital, on Monday began unilaterally a 48-hour strike to denounce the rise in the price of flour since last week, from 17,000 to 20,000 CFAF per 50kg bag, PANA reports Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The General Union of Tunisian Students (UGET) Monday announced it was boycotting the start of the university academic year due the same day to demand the release of students arrested recently during protest movements Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - At the call of their union, workers of Gabriel Toure Hospital, one of the largest medical centres in Mali, have been on strike since Tuesday for 72 hours to press their demand for, among other things, improved living and working conditions for staff, hygiene, reception and care within the institution, PANA learned from a union source Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan dentist succumbed to the coronavirus disease on Friday, a day after a union of doctors in Kenya signed an agreement with the government to end a strike launched on 21 December to demand better protection of frontline medical personnel Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Doctors, pharmacists and dentists in the Tunisian public health sector began a face-to-face strike on Friday at the call of their union affiliated to the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government and the National Union of Malian workers (UNTM), the largest trade-union in Mali, Monday resumed negotiations that were suspended Friday to allow the authorities to respond to the demands, union sources told PANA Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Union of Workers of Mali (UNTM), the main trade union in the country, has opted to break off all negotiations with the government until further notice, the central executive office of UNTM said Wednesday in a statement Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The five-day strike called on Monday by Mali's National Union of Workers (UNTM), the largest trade union in the country, has completely paralysed activities in the Malian capital, Bamako, where almost all public services, banks, customs and tax offices are virtually empty Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian national workers’ union (UNTM), the country’s largest trade-union, Friday confirmed it would go ahead with its five-day strike to be observed from 14-18 December after failed negotiations between it and the government Thursday afternoon Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Bureau of the Tunisian Magistrates Association (AMT) announced Thursday in a statement that it would extend its strike indefinitely until the signing with the government of a final agreement determining the solution to all their demands Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Trade unions of public health professionals in Tunisia observed here Tuesday "a Day of National Anger" and sit-ins in all hospitals in the country on the theme "Save your hospital, Save your life" Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Association of Tunisian Magistrates (AMT) has called for their strike to be extended by an additional five days until an agreement that defines final solutions to claims pending negotiation is found Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's largest trade union, Union Nationale des travailleurs du Mali (UNTM), intends to call a 120-hour strike from December 14 to 18 if its demands are not met, PANA learned from a union source Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers Sunday gave the government a 14-day strike notice to meet their demands for better working conditions Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Union of Workers of Mali (UNTM), the largest trade union in the country, is observing a 72-hour strike starting Wednesday, after the failure of negotiations with the government, the general-secretary, Yacouba Katilé, has announced Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian trade unions have suspended the nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Monday to protest electricity and fuel price hikes Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Hospitals in Ghana virtually ground to a halt following an industrial action by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) on Tuesday Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nurses, midwives, physician assistants and anaesthetists in public health facilities in Ghana on Monday began a strike to press demands for better working conditions Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s health sector faces imminent collapse as other health workers threaten to join medical doctors, who are on a nationwide strike, from 13 September if the Federal Government fails to address their grievances Full text...