US, Zambia sign partnership to prevent trafficking in persons

19 may 2024 - 05:20:10
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The US and Zambia have signed a new multi-year initiative to combat trafficking in persons in Zambia. The US–Zambia [...] Full text...

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More action needed to advance women’s role in global peace and security

25 october 2023 - 17:05:00
New York, US (PANA) - Twenty-three years after the adoption of a landmark UN Security Council resolution on women, peace [...] Full text...

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Tunisia must ‘change course’ amid media crackdown: UN rights chief

24 june 2023 - 06:32:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Tunisia, “vague” legislation is being used to criminalise independent journalism and suppress criticism of the [...] Full text...

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Libyan Justice Minister oversees release of 1,057 amnestied prisoners

21 april 2023 - 16:00:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Justice in the national unity government, Halima Abderrahman, supervised on Thursday evening the [...] Full text...

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US 'deeply concerned' over Sudan's release of convicted murderer of USAID workers

02 february 2023 - 06:30:34
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has expressed deep concern over Sudan's 30 January release of Abdel-Ra’uf Abuzaid, one [...] Full text...

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US, Cote d’Ivoire sign Child Protection Compact (CPC) partnership

08 december 2022 - 06:15:06
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The US and Cote d’Ivoire on Wednesdy signed a Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership, a non-binding multi-year [...] Full text...

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UN uncovers human trafficking at camp in Malawi

13 june 2022 - 05:16:43
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - The widespread exploitation of men, women and children at a refugee camp in Malawi has been [...] Full text...

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UN pays tribute to victims of 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

08 april 2022 - 05:53:51
New York, US (PANA) - The UN paid tribute on Thursday to the one million people who were murdered in [...] Full text...

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Kenyan prisons commander fired after terror convicts jail break

17 november 2021 - 17:36:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Prisons Commissioner-General, Wycliffe Ogalo, was fired on Wednesday and immediately arrested following the escape [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Police manhunt for missing terror operative

10 november 2021 - 08:22:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Anti-Terrorism Police Unit and the Directorate of Criminal Investigation have appealed for information leading [...] Full text...

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2021 trafficking in persons report, Gambia remains on Tier Two Watchlist

13 july 2021 - 22:45:55
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia remains on the Tier Two Watchlist – signifying that The Gambian government does not fully [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges Mali justice officials to respect due process in alleged coup plotters' case

15 march 2021 - 06:29:47
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali’s justice officials should scrupulously respect due process rights in the case of five men detained [...] Full text...

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Kenyan court jails Westgate terror attack accomplices

30 october 2020 - 22:12:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A Kenyan Court has sentenced two men, convicted of the Westgate terror attack of September 2013, [...] Full text...

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Positive death penalty decision in Africa undermined by continued executions, says rights group

10 october 2020 - 06:56:26
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In the year since the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights gave fresh impetus to [...] Full text...

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Rwanda key Genocide convict dies in Senegalese Prison

02 september 2020 - 20:47:24
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  - One of the top leaders of Rwanda’s former ruling party, MRND, during the 1994 genocide, Edouard [...] Full text...

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US Commends Gambia’s govt. for advancements made in TIP

25 june 2020 - 21:43:03
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The United States Thursday commended the Gambian government, relevant stakeholders and key partners in advancements made the [...] Full text...

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Gambian high court judge orders ex-junta member to open defence

10 june 2020 - 21:35:35
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A high court judge here Wednesday ordered former junta member and minister of Local Government and [...] Full text...

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Uganda court frees President Museveni critic over cyber-bullying charges

20 february 2020 - 16:32:03
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandan civil rights activist and university don, Dr Stella Nyanzi, has successfully defended herself to freedom, [...] Full text...

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Diamonds from Zimbabwe among five different products placed under withhold release order in United States

01 october 2019 - 23:25:34
Washington DC, USA (PANA)   -   The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) on [...] Full text...

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South Africa Police secure contract to supply rape kits

18 august 2019 - 17:03:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed that it has signed a procurement contract [...] Full text...

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Zambian Court jails 2 women to 18 years for inserting bottle in vagina of husband’s girlfriend

15 august 2019 - 17:47:57
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – A High Court in Ndola, Northern Copperbelt province of Zambia, on Thursday jailed two women to [...] Full text...

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US gov’t releases 2019 trafficking in persons report

20 june 2019 - 18:51:08
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United States Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo, has released the 2019 Trafficking in Persons [...] Full text...

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Cyber crimes reduced by 33.44% in the first four months of 2019 in Zimbabwe

23 may 2019 - 19:01:51
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Cyber crimes in Zimbabwe dropped 33.44 percent to US$42 412 853 in the first four months of [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges Algerian authorities to stop prosecuting peaceful protesters

29 march 2019 - 10:45:49
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algerian authorities must stop prosecuting peaceful protesters and allow the judiciary to function independently, Amnesty International [...] Full text...

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Pro-Apartheid terrorist seeks prison love child

28 february 2019 - 13:07:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African woman, married to a man who is serving a lengthy jail [...] Full text...

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Nine convicted murderers of former Egyptian prosecutor executed

20 february 2019 - 21:47:58
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian authorities on Wednesday executed nine convicted murderers of former Egyptian prosecutor, Hicham Barakat, according to [...] Full text...

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Killer of Nigerian diplomat jailed five years, payment of 'blood money'

16 november 2018 - 11:33:54
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's Khartoum-east court has sentenced a Nigerian female student to five years in jail and [...] Full text...

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Rwandan opposition leader among 2,140 convicts pardoned

15 september 2018 - 11:52:23
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Justice Ministry has announced the release of 2,140 prisoners, including one-time Presidential election aspirant Victoire [...] Full text...

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FIFA to recover all financial losses from corrupt officials following New York trial

25 december 2017 - 14:57:25
New York, US (PANA) - FIFA has vowed to "seek restitution and recover all losses" resulting from the conduct of [...] Full text...

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Hunter gets 1-year for killing endangered leatherback turtle

23 november 2017 - 13:13:09
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – A court in Liberia’s second port city, Buchanan, in Grand Bassa County, has handed down a [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Rights groups say torture claims cast shadow over trial of Sahrawis

17 july 2017 - 06:29:07
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Two human rights groups on Monday urged Morocco’s judicial authorities to ensure that upcoming verdicts in [...] Full text...

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Gambia: US hails Gambia for improved fight against human trafficking

11 july 2017 - 13:58:54
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The US State Department has seen a major improvement in the fight against human trafficking in [...] Full text...

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Malawi: AI raises red flag on new wave of attacks on people with albinism in Malawi

13 june 2017 - 08:16:00
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - A new wave of killings and attacks targeting people with albinism over the past six months [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Child rapist sentenced to death in Sudan

30 may 2017 - 14:13:51
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese Court in Nyala, South Darfur State, has sentenced a man to death by hanging [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Ethiopian journalist guilty verdict an affront to justice - Amnesty International

24 may 2017 - 18:06:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International Regional Director for East Africa Muthoni Wanyeki on Wednesday dismissed as groundless reports that [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria partners with EU, UN, others in fighting Boko Haram

13 december 2016 - 15:52:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Government on Tuesday vowed that all Boko Haram terrorists under its custody and anybody [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Assault convict stabs Kenyan magistrate in court

22 november 2016 - 19:21:51
Nakuru, Kenya (PANA) - A man convicted of an assault charge on Tuesday used a hidden screw driver to stab [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda welcomes conviction of two former Rwandan mayors by French court

07 july 2016 - 16:47:51
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Commission against Genocide on Thursday welcomed the conviction of two former Rwandan mayors by the [...] Full text...

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Gambia: US says Gambia base of child sex tourism

07 july 2016 - 10:37:43
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - United States State Department says women, girls and boys are being recruited from several West African [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Ex-Minister Karim Wade released from jail

24 june 2016 - 13:55:15
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Karim Wade, a former Senegalese Minister of Infrastructures, Air and Land Transport, was released from [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Sierra Leone war crimes convict dies in Rwandan jail

10 june 2016 - 21:41:13
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of the eight persons convicted of war crimes by the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra [...] Full text...

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Angola: Amnesty International hails release of Angolan rights activist

21 may 2016 - 05:23:03
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has hailed the Friday's release of human rights defender, José Marcos [...] Full text...

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The Netherlands: ICC discharges Kenyan vice president Ruto and journalist Sang

05 april 2016 - 16:14:50
The Hague, The Netherlands (PANA) - Trial Chamber V(A) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday decided, by 2-1 [...] Full text...

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UN: ICC Trial Chamber to deliver judgment on CAR rebel leader on 21 March

02 february 2016 - 14:03:05
New York, US (PANA) - Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday said it will deliver [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Jailing of gunman who confessed he wanted to kill President Mahama reported in Ghana

01 august 2015 - 07:54:16
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The jailing of a gunman who confessed he wanted to kill President John Dramani Mahama and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian military rejects Amnesty International's war crimes allegation

03 june 2015 - 17:58:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military on Wednesday rejected the Amnesty International report that it (military) has committed horrific [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Organisation calls for impeachment of judge in British honeymoon murder case

06 january 2015 - 16:47:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A formal complaint will be laid against Western Cape High Court Deputy Judge President [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South Africa's judicial system in international spotlight (Feature by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent, Johannesburg)

27 december 2014 - 09:45:36
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A number of high-profile court cases in 2014 have put South Africa’s judicial system in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: British honeymoon murder accused acquitted

08 december 2014 - 11:53:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - British businessman Shrien Dewani was on Monday acquitted of murdering his wife Anni while [...] Full text...

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2015 U-17: Ghana says will not appeal disqualification

27 november 2014 - 22:56:02
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) says it will not appeal the decision of the Confederation of [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Junior civil servant who nicked US$70m in 'cashgate' gets 9 years

04 november 2014 - 12:13:28
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Victor Sithole, the Malawi Government Accounts Assistant, who became the second convict in 'cashgate - the [...] Full text...

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Malawi: First 'cashgate' convict gets 3-year jail term

07 october 2014 - 15:44:02
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The High Court in the Malawi capital, Lilongwe, Tuesday sentenced former Tourism Principal Secretary Treza Senzani, [...] Full text...

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Malawi: First 'cashgate' sentencing shifted again to Tuesday

06 october 2014 - 19:16:29
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - High Court Judge Ivy Kamanga on Monday shifted the much-awaited sentencing of Malawi's 'cashgate' first convict [...] Full text...

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Malawi: First 'cashgate' case sentencing shifted to Monday

01 october 2014 - 14:25:33
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Sentencing in the first cashgate case has been shifted to Monday, 6 October. High Court judge Justice [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Bloggers, journalists challenge Anti-Terrorism law

18 july 2014 - 12:33:39
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Nine Ethiopian journalists and bloggers, detained for 84 days and formally charged Friday with having [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Ruling party slams Cameron's demand for release of apostasy convict

03 june 2014 - 11:13:16
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has strongly condemned what it termed the intervention by British [...] Full text...

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Sudan: EU dismayed at apostasy ruling against woman

18 may 2014 - 15:59:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The European Union has expressed dismay at the sentence to flogging and death against a young [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Apostasy convict to appeal court verdict

16 may 2014 - 19:01:29
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's parliamentary speaker has said the lady tried and found guilty of apostasy could appeal the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Newspapers hit common ground on Kerry, graft trial, Dangote cement

10 may 2014 - 15:39:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The coverage of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Ethiopia, the acquittal of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Man, 63, sentenced to death by stoning for rape

24 april 2014 - 09:54:24
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Sharia court in Nigeria has sentenced a 63-year-old man to death by stoning for raping [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Wrestling promoter jailed five years for cocaine trafficking

21 january 2014 - 22:16:18
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The criminal court of Dakar on Tuesday sentenced a Senegalese wrestling promoter, Luc Nicolaï, to five [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Court starts hearing landmark homosexual case

20 january 2014 - 14:29:56
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The High Court in Blantyre Monday started hearing a case whose outcome may determine the future [...] Full text...

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Budget, life jail for Boko Haram chieftain, poor WAEC results highlighted in Nigeria

21 december 2013 - 07:57:37
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The national budget, presented Thursday by the Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, life jail term for [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram member jailed for bombing newspaper offices

15 november 2013 - 17:49:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian court on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment Mustapher Umar after he was found guilty [...] Full text...

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US agency identifies Egypt, Nigeria, Sudan, others as religious freedom violators

30 april 2013 - 16:43:09
New York, US (PANA) - A new report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), released Tuesday in [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Judge suspended for one year over controversial ruling

26 april 2013 - 22:38:27
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A High Court Judge in Nigeria has been suspended for one year by the judicial authorities [...] Full text...

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Henry Okah's jail term, oil theft, subsidy highlighted in Nigeria

30 march 2013 - 15:37:28
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The sentencing of Henry Okah to 24 years in jail, oil theft, government's latest stand on [...] Full text...

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US expresses concern over Somalia rape case verdict

06 february 2013 - 09:40:30
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has expressed deep concern over a Mogadishu court’s decision to convict and sentence [...] Full text...

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SERAP wants plea-bargaining procedure regulated in Nigeria

03 february 2013 - 11:53:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian non-governmental organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has said that plea the [...] Full text...

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Justice for terrorist, Super Eagles' shoddy performance at AFCON reported in Nigeria

26 january 2013 - 09:45:59
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The life jail slammed on Edmund Ebiware, found guilty of complicity in the 1 Oct., 2010 [...] Full text...

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Jonathan's media chat, EFCC's frustration, nation's low rating highlighted in Nigeria

24 november 2012 - 08:47:36
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's media chat comments and the attendant criticisms, his 2015 political ambition, inability of [...] Full text...

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Malagasy sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for drug trafficking in Mauritius

24 september 2012 - 19:49:05
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A young Malagasy woman aged 22, Marie Rachelle Josetta, was on Monday sentenced to 20 years' [...] Full text...

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Gambia government confirms execution of nine people

27 august 2012 - 22:18:06
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian government on Monday confirmed the execution by firing squad of nine people on death [...] Full text...

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IOM helps teenage Kenyan trafficked victims return home

14 august 2012 - 22:02:49
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) working with UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has helped two teenage [...] Full text...

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Jailbreak in Malawi as prisoners continue protest

09 july 2012 - 13:45:32
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - At least five inmates of the Zomba Central Prison in Malawi's eastern city of Zomba escaped [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International condemns conviction of government critics in Ethiopia

27 june 2012 - 15:09:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - More Ethiopian government opponents have been convicted on trumped-up terrorism and treason charges in what Amnesty [...] Full text...

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French drug trafficker jailed 20 years in Mauritius

22 may 2012 - 11:49:49
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 28-year-old French national, Yoan Pierre Vicent Plaçais, was sentenced to 20 years in jail [...] Full text...

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UN tribunal for Rwandan genocide commutes convict's life sentence

08 may 2012 - 18:33:44
New York, US (PANA) - The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has commuted a convict’s [...] Full text...

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Jailed ex-Nigerian state governor to face another trial after term

18 april 2012 - 13:50:20
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ex-Nigerian state Governor James Ibori, who was jailed 13 years in London on Tuesday after pleading [...] Full text...

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Man to sweep court for 5 days for stealing phone in Nigeria

19 march 2012 - 09:42:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In an unusual penalty for a non-Sharia court, a Magistrate Court in Nigeria has ordered a [...] Full text...

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ICC prosecutor seeks 30 years sentence for Lubanga

16 march 2012 - 11:03:47
New York, US (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, has described the conviction [...] Full text...

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ICC to deliver decision on DRC warlord 14 March

08 march 2012 - 14:19:57
New York, US (PANA) - The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) will on Wednesday, 14 March, 2012, deliver its decision [...] Full text...

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ICC to deliver its first judgement next month

29 february 2012 - 19:37:18
New York, US (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday announced that it would deliver its first-ever verdict [...] Full text...

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Leaving the foot-step of 2011 in the Gambia

31 december 2011 - 19:02:08
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)-The Gambia is a democratic Republic situated at the farthest point of the coast of West Africa. The smallest [...] Full text...

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UN tribunal slams life jail on 2 key Rwandan genocide organizers

22 december 2011 - 18:55:04
New York, US (PANA) - The International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda (ICTR) has sentenced two key organizers of the 1994 [...] Full text...

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Gambian Court condemns man to death for treason

29 july 2011 - 12:22:32
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Gambian High Court in Banjul has passed a death sentence on one Abdoulie Sonko over [...] Full text...

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Nigeria court orders convicted thief to be caned for five years

14 june 2011 - 07:55:55
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Magistrate Court in Nigeria's South-west town of Osogbo has ordered a convicted thief to be [...] Full text...

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Indian sentenced for insulting Gambian President, citizens

01 june 2011 - 16:09:02
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's lower court, the Kanifing Magistrate’s court, has sentenced an Indian national, Maliesh D. Bhojwani, to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's apex bank in fresh moves to check money laundering, terrorism financing

11 may 2011 - 08:53:51
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The new policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which seeks to limit the daily [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military opens first DNA bank

22 march 2011 - 19:55:17
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military Tuesday scored another first, launching the first Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) banking and analysis [...] Full text...

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Civil society group deplores conviction of Indian rights activist

14 january 2011 - 16:56:48
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Johannesburg-based World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS) is appalled at the life sentence imposed on [...] Full text...

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Malawi atheist group wants Mutharika to intercede for jailed 'witches'

11 october 2010 - 18:39:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- A Malawian atheist group, called the Association of Se cular Humanism (ASH), has said it wants [...] Full text...

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'Jail awaits more ex-bank chiefs in Nigeria'

11 october 2010 - 09:40:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- More former bank chiefs in Nigeria, who are facing crimi nal trials, will go to jail, [...] Full text...

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Mauritania explains Spain's delivery of reconnaissance plane

09 september 2010 - 10:47:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Spain's delivery of a reconnaissance aircraft to Mauritania has nothing to do with extradition of terror [...] Full text...

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Malawi court convicts gay couple

18 may 2010 - 13:48:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- The Blantyre Chief Resident Magistrates Court took two -and-a-half hours to convict Malawi's first openly-gay couple [...] Full text...

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Malawi police hunt for gay rights activists, one arrested

02 february 2010 - 18:44:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Police in Malawi are hunting for a group of gay rights activists who are secretly mobilizing [...] Full text...

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Gambian newspaper Editor jailed

13 january 2010 - 21:49:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The Managing Editor of the Daily Express newspaper in Ba njul, Chibuzo Oguike, was on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Arrest of Malawi's first gay couple ignites public debate

29 december 2009 - 18:49:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- A gay couple in Malawi on Tuesday spent the second nig ht in jail following their [...] Full text...

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Arrested Mutharika critic freed on bail, accuses President of intolerance

01 december 2009 - 17:56:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Harry Mkandawire, Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika most senior northern region political ally-turned-bitter critic, has accused [...] Full text...

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Abacha loot, MPs rivalry, soccer mixed grill dominate Nigerian papers

21 november 2009 - 10:09:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The seizure of the stolen money and assets belonging to the family of the former Nigerian [...] Full text...

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Malawi court jails 2 opposition leaders over sedition

10 november 2009 - 14:41:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Two Malawi opposition leaders have been sentenced to 2 0 months imprisonment with hard labour over [...] Full text...

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Nigerian lady convicted for killing British husband in Gambia

03 november 2009 - 19:25:00
Banjul - Gambia (PANA) -- Kate Atori West, 29, a Nigerian married to a British na tional, has been convicted [...] Full text...

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Top Al Qaeda operative 'killed' in Somali raid

15 september 2009 - 11:08:00
Mombasa- Kenya (PANA) -- A top Al Qaeda operative, wanted for years over the 1998 US embassy bombings in Nairobi [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper announces imminent release of alleged Lockerbie bomber

06 august 2009 - 22:05:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- A Libyan newspaper on Thursday reported the imminent rel ease of the Libyan citizen, Abdelbaset Al-Maghrehi, [...] Full text...

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Gambia High court to deliver judgement in journalists' case

04 august 2009 - 07:56:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- The High Court in Banjul will on Wednesday deliver judge ment in the case in which [...] Full text...

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Malawi NGOs suspect prostitution will thrive at South Africa 2010

29 july 2009 - 17:02:00
Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- As the countdown to the 2010 FIFA world cup finals, ho lding in South Africa, begins, [...] Full text...

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Libya seeks extradition of convict Al-Megrahi from Scotland

08 may 2009 - 08:54:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libya has officially sent a request to the Scottish auth orities for the extradition of a [...] Full text...

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UN agency launches manual to combat human trafficking

08 april 2009 - 19:37:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The UN agency in charge of drugs and crime, has launched a manual for parliamentarians [...] Full text...

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Brikama Court convicts Norwegian

24 march 2009 - 22:39:00
Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Brikama Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday jailed a Norwegian national for one year for taking pictures of [...] Full text...

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Gambian convicted over anti-America protest in Banjul

11 march 2009 - 22:59:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – Magistrate Abdoulie Mbake -sitting at Kanifing Magistrate ’s Court has convicted Momodou Bojang, a Gambian citizen, [...] Full text...

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Gambian convicted over anti-America protest in Banjul

11 march 2009 - 20:57:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – Magistrate Abdoulie Mbake -sitting at Kanifing Magistrate’s Court has convicted Momodou Bojang, a Gambian citizen, and [...] Full text...

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British aristocrat awaits final verdict in Kenyan murder trial

06 march 2009 - 08:06:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A Kenyan jury has returned a no-guilty verdict in a murd er case against Tom Cholmondeley, [...] Full text...

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Zambian drug commission arrests Briton for trafficking

26 february 2009 - 14:27:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) – A British woman has been a-rrested in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, by the country's Drug Enforcement [...] Full text...

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Zambia's ex-minister bags 4-year jail sentence

14 february 2009 - 10:02:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia’s former lands minister Gladys Nyirongo has been jailed for four years after she was found [...] Full text...

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Gambian court sentences 79-old-Dutch for indecency

05 january 2009 - 20:08:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A magistrate court in Banjul has ordered 79-year-old Dut ch, Frank Boers to pay a fine [...] Full text...

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