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Rubavu, Western Rwanda (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged the authorities in Rwanda to stop subjecting people to [...] Full text...
UNRWA chief calls for protection of civilians, civilian infrastructure
13 august 2024 - 05:57:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, upheld the need to protect civilians, civilian [...] Full text...
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Amid reports of torture inside Isareli jails, rights experts call for end to impunity
06 august 2024 - 06:09:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison represent “the tip of [...] Full text...
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Israeli military in spotlight over ‘incommunicado’ detention of Palestinians
31 july 2024 - 12:39:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN report published on Wednesday into alleged abuses carried out against thousands of Palestinians detained [...] Full text...
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Human rights abuses in CAR detention centres need urgent response: UN experts
18 july 2024 - 18:39:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Immediate action is needed to address human rights abuses in detention centres across the Central African [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for immediate release of 'arbitrarily detained' Zimbabwe opposition activists
20 june 2024 - 08:34:54Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has called on the Zimbabwe authorities to release more than 70 [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Egyptian authorities to end campaign of mass arrests and forced returns of Sudanese refugees
19 june 2024 - 07:10:44Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Egyptian authorities must immediately cease the mass arbitrary arrests and unlawful deportations of Sudanese refugees [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM and Tunisian President discuss opening of Ras Jedir border crossing
08 june 2024 - 14:49:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - During a telephone conversation with the Tunisian President, Kaïs Saïed, the Libyan Prime Minister of the [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Deep concerns over ‘inhuman’ detention of Gazans by Israeli authorities
28 may 2024 - 12:41:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid further reported bombardment of Gaza overnight into Tuesday, UN and partner organisations have expressed deep [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Human Rights Watch flags 'ethnic cleansing' in Sudan's West Darfur
09 may 2024 - 09:48:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Attacks by Sudan's paramilitary the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias in El Geneina, the [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: ‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Gaza over feared Rafah attack
01 may 2024 - 05:55:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ordinary Gazans remain in a “constant state of trauma” over an impending full-scale Israeli attack on [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office
23 april 2024 - 13:34:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly stripped [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel
05 april 2024 - 12:31:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights body adopted a resolution on Friday condemning the alleged “use of starvation [...] Full text...
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Senegal's Constitutional Council validates Faye's first round victory
30 march 2024 - 07:37:32Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's Constitutional Council on Friday published the final official results of the 24 March presidential election [...] Full text...
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Senegalese opposition leader Bassirou Faye confirmed winner of presidential election
27 march 2024 - 20:52:10Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye was on Wednesday declared winner of last Sunday's presidential [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Senegal's ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba concedes defeat
25 march 2024 - 15:46:44Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -The candidate of Senegal's ruling coalition, Benno Bokk Yaakaar, Amadou Ba, 62, on Monday conceded defeat to [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Senegal newspapers predict first round victory for opposition leader Faye
25 march 2024 - 10:31:27Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – As Senegalese await official results of Sunday's presidential election from the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA), the [...] Full text...
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Early provisional results in Senegal's presidential election put opposition leader Faye ahead
25 march 2024 - 05:17:02Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Early results from Sunday's presidential election in Senegal put opposition leader Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Faye in the [...] Full text...
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Voting progressing smoothly in Senegal's presidential election
24 march 2024 - 14:24:26Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Voting is progressing smoothly in Senegal's delayed presidential election on Sunday in which voters are choosing [...] Full text...
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Polls open in Senegal's presidential election
24 march 2024 - 08:23:53Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Polls have opened on Sunday in the West African State of Senegal for the delayed presidential [...] Full text...
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Senegal opposition leader Faye gets big boost from former ruling party
23 march 2024 - 10:15:30Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Former President Abdoulaye Wade’s Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) announced on Friday that it is joining the [...] Full text...
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Libya explores creation of training centres for prisoners
20 march 2024 - 16:00:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation and Acting Minister of the Civil Service, Ali al-Abed, on [...] Full text...
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Senegal gets ready for postponed presidential election on Sunday
20 march 2024 - 07:45:50Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - As voters in the West African state of Senegal prepare to go to the polls on [...] Full text...
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International Women’s Day: UN chief launches plan to tackle ‘baked-in bias’
09 march 2024 - 07:46:11New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Friday launched a plan to boost empowerment of women and girls around [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia's Tigray region lags behind in post-conflict recovery
20 february 2024 - 14:58:28Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray is lagging behind in its efforts to recover from conflict, [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Rights experts call for probe into alleged violations against Palestinian women and girls
20 february 2024 - 12:09:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alleged rights violations against Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank [...] Full text...
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Thousands march in Senegalese capital to demand compliance with electoral calendar
17 february 2024 - 18:09:12Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Thousands of people on Saturday marched in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to demand compliance with the electoral [...] Full text...
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Senegal govt cracks down on opposition, media, civil society ahead February polls: HRW
22 january 2024 - 08:28:14Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The authorities in Senegal have cracked down on the opposition, media, and civil society, ahead of general [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls for calm in Comoros
18 january 2024 - 07:07:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has appealed for restraint in the wake [...] Full text...
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HRW denounces persistence of impunity in Libya for perpetrators of human rights violations
13 january 2024 - 14:12:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Armed groups and militias in Libya continue to commit violations against Libyans and illegal migrants in [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Senior Sudan official dismisses agreement between RSF, Coordination of Civilian Democratic Forces
04 january 2024 - 06:42:24Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Deputy Chairman of the Sovereign Council, Malik Agar, has dismissed the Addis Ababa Declaration signed [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: RSF signs agreement to end bloody war
03 january 2024 - 07:35:16Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Coordination of [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN rights chief warns of ‘dehumanization’ of Palestinians amid West Bank violence
29 december 2023 - 05:50:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Bulldozers in refugee camps, detainees stripped naked and spat at, farmers robbed of their harvest: against [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens as fighting rages on across the Strip
11 december 2023 - 14:14:47Doha, Qatar (PANA) - UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths reiterated deep concerns for the people of Gaza on Monday. This is [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: IGAD urges leaders to help end the war, suffering of the people
09 december 2023 - 13:26:05Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The East African regional bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has appealed to its leaders [...] Full text...
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Conflicts in Sudan, Ethiopia high on agenda of Senior US diplomat's visits to Horn of Africa
08 december 2023 - 08:05:11Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Regional conflicts are high on the agenda of the U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: US says both sides to conflict committed war crimes
06 december 2023 - 20:08:52Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US administration says the two parties to the conflict in Sudan have committed war crimes. It [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: ICRC reunites dozens of children with families
02 december 2023 - 17:24:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Dozens of children, who were separated from their families and tribes during an attack by the [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM calls for end to all cases of enforced disappearance in Libyan prisons
29 november 2023 - 17:31:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, stressed the need [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN confirms more aid entering Gaza as humanitarian pause holds for second day
26 november 2023 - 05:49:13Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Sixty-one trucks hauled aid to northern Gaza on Saturday – the largest number since 7 October, [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need: UN humanitarians
24 november 2023 - 15:26:36Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Trucks with relief supplies continued to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing from Egypt on Friday [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM welcomes Gaza truce agreement, Egyptian and Qatari efforts to achieve it
22 november 2023 - 14:58:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, has welcomed the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: 70 UN Ambassadors in Geneva call for international action on Gaza
11 november 2023 - 07:58:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The international community must act now to end the bloodshed and suffering in Gaza, scores of [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: ICRC facilitates release of dozens of POWs in central Sudan
31 october 2023 - 13:41:43Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Dozens of Sudanese soldiers held prisoner by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been released, [...] Full text...
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US, rights advocate renew calls for investigation of rights abuses in Chad in October last year
21 october 2023 - 06:45:05Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have renewed calls for full investigations of [...] Full text...
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UN rights body flags deteriorating human rights situation in Ethiopia
29 august 2023 - 14:32:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday flagged the deteriorating human rights situation in [...] Full text...
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Libya: Fierce clashes in Tripoli highlight ‘precarious’ situation
22 august 2023 - 19:03:41New York, US (PANA) - Recent deadly clashes between two largest armed groups in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, underscore the [...] Full text...
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Niger coup: AU suspends Niger; AUC to assess implications of military action
22 august 2023 - 13:46:59Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has decided to immediately suspend Niger from all activities of the [...] Full text...
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Mali junta denies right group's report on summary execution, forcible disappearance of civilians
25 july 2023 - 16:52:37Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's military junta has rejected a report by human rights advocate, Human Rights Watch (HRW), which found [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch flags new atrocities by Malian Army, foreign fighters
25 july 2023 - 10:10:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Malian Armed Forces and foreign fighters, apparently from the Russia-linked Wagner Group, have summarily executed and [...] Full text...
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HRW calls for release of Ethiopia's Oromo opposition figures held despite court orders
24 july 2023 - 06:31:32Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) is asking the Ethiopian authorities to immediately release seven Oromo opposition figures arbitrarily [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: ICRC facilitates release of 125 soldiers
29 june 2023 - 12:30:15Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday facilitated the release of 125 soldiers [...] Full text...
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Libyan authorities urged by UNSMIL to end mass arbitrary detention of migrants
12 june 2023 - 15:23:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Mission of Support in Libya (UNSMIL) has called on the Libyan authorities to [...] Full text...
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Abdoulaye Bathily enquires about reconciliation process and situation of detainees in Libya
05 june 2023 - 15:44:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, Sundays listened to the [...] Full text...
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Libya,-UN committed to organise credible elections in Libya
02 june 2023 - 14:46:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, and the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for [...] Full text...
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AU Chairman calls on Kenyans to dialogue for peace
01 june 2023 - 18:14:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyans should dialogue for the sake of national and continental peace, the President of Comoros, Azali [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Hundreds missing in Sudan fighting (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
17 may 2023 - 12:15:41Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A knock at the door and men dressed in plain clothes, with weapons quite visible in [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Tunisian gov't of moving to dismantle largest opposition party
11 may 2023 - 07:54:09Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian authorities have intensified their attack on opponents of President Kais Saied’s 2021 power grab, moving [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian conflict: Peace talks with rebel Oromo Liberation Army ends without agreement - Government
03 may 2023 - 12:59:23Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The first round of peace talks in Tanzania between the Ethiopian government and the rebel [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US hails 'significant progress' on implementation of peace agreement
02 may 2023 - 19:32:57Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Tuesday commended the Ethiopian government and Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) for the [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Humanitarian aid from Red Cross arrives in Port Sudan
30 april 2023 - 20:27:19Port Sudan (PANA) - Humanitarian aid from the International Committee of the Red Cross arrived in Part Sudan on Sunday. ICRC [...] Full text...
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Libyan Interior Ministry, diretors review Tripoli security plan
30 april 2023 - 18:19:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's acting Interior Minister Imad Trabelsi on Saturday chaired a meeting devoted to the follow-up of [...] Full text...
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Libya’s ‘new dynamic’: Bathily calls on partners to support momentum
19 april 2023 - 09:01:11New York, US (PANA) - Against the backdrop of a fragile human rights landscape, a “new dynamic” of cooperation among [...] Full text...
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Libyan Justice Minister calls for compliance with human rights standards in Libyan prisons
15 april 2023 - 14:43:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Justice in the Government of National Unity, Halima Ibrahim Abderrahman, has urged [...] Full text...
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US envoy welcomes outcome of Libyan military and security officials' meetings in Benghazi
09 april 2023 - 15:50:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The U.S. special envoy to Libya, Ambassador Richard Norland, has paid tribute to Libyan military and [...] Full text...
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Abdoulaye Bathily hails Benghazi meeting between Libyan military leaders as pillar of reconciliation in Libya
08 april 2023 - 18:47:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Abdoulaye Bathily, said here Saturday the meeting between members [...] Full text...
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Commanders of military, ecurity units committed to securing upcoming elections in Libya
08 april 2023 - 18:10:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The meeting of the 5+5 Joint Military Committee in Benghazi, Libya's second largest city, Saturday expressed [...] Full text...
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Standing ommittee meets on the transfer of Libyan prisoners abroad to serve rest of sentences in Libya
05 april 2023 - 17:37:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Standing Committee for the Follow-up of the Conditions of Libyan Prisoners Abroad Tuesday discussed the [...] Full text...
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UN experts call on South Africa to create torture prevention body
14 march 2023 - 05:59:07Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa must swiftly set up a watchdog mechanism to examine prisons, detention centres, and [...] Full text...
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Wave of arrests of opponents over "plot against state security" in Tunisia
14 february 2023 - 15:12:02Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian authorities are proceeding, for several days, with a series of arrests of political opposition [...] Full text...
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Dozens of organisations demand international controls to combat trade in tools of torture
22 january 2023 - 05:20:16London, UK, (PANA) - More than 30 international organisations have joined forces to call for an international treaty to control [...] Full text...
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Alleged Gambian “Death Squad” Driver’s Trial Progresses
19 january 2023 - 14:14:31Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A Ghanaian citizen who survived the massacre of approximately 59 West African migrants in July 2005 [...] Full text...
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Abdoulaye Bathily announces important decisions of Libyan Military Commission on departure of mercenaries
16 january 2023 - 16:16:09Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, Abdoulaye Bathily, announced Monday important decisions taken during [...] Full text...
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Work of 5+5 Military Commission begins in Sirte in central Libya
15 january 2023 - 14:16:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A meeting of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission began on Sunday in the city of Sirte [...] Full text...
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Senior Burkinabe army officer arrested in foiled coup plot
29 december 2022 - 11:58:24Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A senior officer in the Burkina Faso armyhas been arrested for attempting to destabilise state [...] Full text...
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Rights advocate accuses armed group of Haftar's sin of war crimes
19 december 2022 - 13:31:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, says "an unrelenting crisis of impunity in Libya" has enabled fighters [...] Full text...
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Libyan, Turkish officials discuss issues of two Libyan detainees, problems of Libyan community in Turkey
08 december 2022 - 15:24:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Interior Minister for General Affairs of the National Unity Government, Major General Mahmoud Saied, [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s military release two detainees just before signing of political agreement
05 december 2022 - 08:58:02Khartoum, Sudsan (PANA) - The Sudanese authorities on Sunday released a prominent member of the suspended Empowerment Removal Committee (ERC), [...] Full text...
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Libyan Ministry of Health pledges to improve health services for prisoners
23 november 2022 - 13:26:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Health, Ramadan Abu Janah, has affirmed that the [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL expresses concern about 70 detainees on hunger strike at Maitigua prison
17 november 2022 - 12:48:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed deep concern at "alarming" reports that [...] Full text...
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Top UN official in Libya reaffirms importance of the south for stability
15 november 2022 - 18:32:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, has said that the stability and security [...] Full text...
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Arab leaders reaffirm support for Libya to hold elections
03 november 2022 - 05:33:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The League of Arab States has expressed solidarity with the Libyan people and their efforts to [...] Full text...
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Witness in murder of Gambian journalist Hydara to testify in trial in Germany
06 october 2022 - 10:03:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A woman who survived the murder of a renowned Gambian journalist, Deyda Hydara, will testify on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Central African Republic: Said trial opens at International Criminal Court
26 september 2022 - 16:41:27The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The trial of a paramilitary commander accused of carrying out or ordering crimes against humanity [...] Full text...
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Rights watchdog says reforms crucial for civilian rule in Mali
09 august 2022 - 10:13:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A human rghts advocate on Tuesday urged Mali's authorities to act to uphold fundamental freedoms and the [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International, denounces arbitrary arrests, detentions after Guinea demonstrations
03 august 2022 - 05:39:23Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has denounced the arbitrary arrests and detentions of members of pressure [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS 'deeply concerned' about increasing socio-economic tension in Guinea
02 august 2022 - 11:16:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has expressed "deep concern" about the increasing socio-political [...] Full text...
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Concerned by wave of arrests in Libya, UNSMIL calls for immediate release of detainees involved in protests
22 july 2022 - 16:04:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed concern about the "wave of arbitrary [...] Full text...
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Libyan military leaders from the East and West pledge to renounce the resumption of the war in Libya
19 july 2022 - 18:49:19Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Leaders of the Libyan military institution from the East and West Tuesday affirmed the "complete and [...] Full text...
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Half of prisoners in Mauritius linked to drugs
05 july 2022 - 08:07:49Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Annually, some 3,400 out of 7,000 prisoners, are linked to drugs due to a rise in [...] Full text...
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Libyan tribal leaders reaffirm 'strong support' for elections
20 june 2022 - 12:17:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation of tribal leaders from across Libya has expressed strong support for elections as the [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe top woman prison officer with UN Mission in CAR wins first ever Trailblazer Award
08 june 2022 - 05:29:27New York, US (PANA) - The creator of a women-only rapid intervention team who leads riot control activities inside the [...] Full text...
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Junta maintains ban on demonstrations in Guinea until end of transition
01 june 2022 - 17:01:45Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's ruling junta has decided to maintain the ban on rallies in the country until the [...] Full text...
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Sudan anti-coup coalition calls for 'end to repression' after junta lifts state of emergency
31 may 2022 - 09:21:27Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan's Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), a coalition against last October's military coup, has called [...] Full text...
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Sudan military rulers lift state of emergency
30 may 2022 - 06:18:11Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese military rulers have lifted the state of emergency imposed throughout the country on 25 [...] Full text...
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Victims of late Chadian dictator Habre yet to receive reparations
27 may 2022 - 12:10:23Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Victims of the late Chadian dictator Hissène Habré have yet to receive any reparations, six years after his [...] Full text...
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Time is short for Sudan to resolve political crisis, UN Mission chief warns
25 may 2022 - 05:19:07New York, US (PANA) - Time is short for Sudan to reach a solution to its protracted political crisis, the [...] Full text...
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Armed Islamists, security forces in Burkina Faso committing abuses against civilians - Human Rights Watch
18 may 2022 - 05:22:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Armed Islamist groups and government security forces and militia in Burkina Faso are committing increased abuses against [...] Full text...
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Tripartite process kicks off to end Sudanese political impasse
12 may 2022 - 21:03:24Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A much awaited process to end the Sudanese political stalemate finally kicked off in Khartoum on [...] Full text...
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Stephanie Williams reaffirms UN's support for victims of Tarhouna massacres in western Libya in quest for justice
11 may 2022 - 16:04:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, has assured the families of victims of [...] Full text...
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Morocco hosts ministerial meeting of Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS
11 may 2022 - 05:22:27Marrakesh, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and the US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland are on [...] Full text...
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US reiterates support for Sudanese tripartite political process
10 may 2022 - 05:23:50Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has reiterated its "strong support" for the combined efforts of various bodies to [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International calls out leaders of Libyan state-funded militia for rights abuses
05 may 2022 - 10:38:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Amnesty International is calling out the state-funded Stability Support Authority (SSA) militia for a series of [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International calls for release of illegally detained migrants in Equatorial Guinea
30 april 2022 - 10:03:11Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of four West African men who have been illegally detained [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US calls for unimpeded humanitarian access to Ethiopians
30 april 2022 - 05:44:26Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US says it is encouraged that the government of Ethiopia and regional authorities in [...] Full text...
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EU, US delegation expresses support for restoration of civilian-led gov't in Sudan
30 april 2022 - 04:49:01Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Senior officials from France, Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the [...] Full text...
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Hundreds of protesters detained, mistreated in Sudan, says Human Rights Watch
28 april 2022 - 05:46:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudan's security forces have unlawfully detained hundreds of protesters since December 2021 and forcibly disappeared scores as [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses armed groups affiliated to Libya's military leader Haftar of ‘brutally crushing’ freedom of expression
19 april 2022 - 11:26:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Internal Security Agency (ISA), a collection of powerful armed groups operating in areas under the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US concerned over reports of mass atrocities in Western Tigray
09 april 2022 - 07:52:45Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has reiterated its grave concern over continuing reports of ethnically-motivated atrocities committed [...] Full text...
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Libyan council vice president hails ICRC's efforts in humanitarian issues in Libya
04 april 2022 - 18:24:01Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Vice President of Libya's Presidential Council, Abdallah Al-Lafi, has hailed efforts of the International Committee [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch says hundreds ‘disappeared,’ tortured in Uganda
22 march 2022 - 09:03:27Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The Ugandan government has failed to hold to account security officials, who have unlawfully detained and tortured [...] Full text...
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Rights advocate calls on Malian Army and armed Islamists to end atrocities
15 march 2022 - 10:47:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)) – A human rights advocate, Human Rights Watch (HRE), has said that the Malian army and armed Islamist [...] Full text...
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HRW demands release of 50 people arrested in Derna by Libyan militia leader Haftar's men
09 march 2022 - 10:56:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An armed group associated with the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), led by Khalifa Haftar, arbitrarily arrested [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Algerian authorities for tightening repression on protest
21 february 2022 - 05:35:13Algiers, Ageria (PANA) – A human rights watchdog has slammed the Algerian authorities for continuing to repress protests and called [...] Full text...
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Arrangements to release or return Libyan prisoners abroad on the agenda of a meeting in Tripoli
09 february 2022 - 20:57:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Standing Committee to follow up Libyan Prisoners and Conditions Abroad discussed "measures that can be [...] Full text...
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Libyan Presidential Council discusses legal framework for national reconciliation law
09 february 2022 - 20:43:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A meeting, chaired by the Vice President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah Al-Lafi, with the [...] Full text...
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Military Commission starts meeting in central Sirte, Libya
09 february 2022 - 18:21:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The ninth meeting of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission started on Wednesday at its permanent headquarters [...] Full text...
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Top Libyan officials discuss prison conditions and prisoners' rights
09 february 2022 - 13:12:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, on Tuesday met with the First Deputy [...] Full text...
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Members of the Libyan Joint Military Commission arrive in Sirte for their ninth meeting
08 february 2022 - 20:02:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission arrived on Tuesday evening in Sirte (Centre) for the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: UN chief lauds release of detainees
08 january 2022 - 05:16:29Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Government on Friday freed several high-profile political detainees, a move UN Secretary-General António [...] Full text...
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USA, allies support return of Hamdouk to head executive in Sudan
17 december 2021 - 16:45:25Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The United States and three of its Middle Eastern and western allies issued a joint statement, saying [...] Full text...
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East African block says quiet diplomacy has paid off in mitigating conflicts in the region
17 december 2021 - 16:19:34Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The East African Inter-government Authority for Development (IGAD), has revealed that what it termed “quiet diplomacy” [...] Full text...
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Stephanie Williams in Sirte to attend Libyan Military Commission meeting
16 december 2021 - 11:37:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, arrived Thursday in Sirte, 450 km east [...] Full text...
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Sudan coup: Mistrust deepens in Sudan following military takeover
11 december 2021 - 07:38:22New York, US (PANA) - In the wake of the 25 October military takeover in Sudan, discussions on the way [...] Full text...
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Rise of organized crime in southern Libya blamed on absence of state authority
06 december 2021 - 11:54:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prosecutor General Seddik al-Sour said here Monday that investigations conducted by the prosecution revealed a [...] Full text...
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Sudan coup: US Secretary of State tells Sudanese leaders to put democratic transition back on track
23 november 2021 - 05:54:33Washington, DC US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blonken has urged reinstated Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and [...] Full text...
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Sudan coup: US Secretary of State 'encouraged' by reinstatement of ousted Prime Minister Hamdok
22 november 2021 - 06:07:17Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he is ecouraged by the reinstatement of ousted [...] Full text...
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Sudan coup: Sudan's coup leaders reinstate ousted PM Hamdok
21 november 2021 - 16:58:27Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's military leaders have reinstated ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok following intense international and local pressure on [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State reiterates need for immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia
18 november 2021 - 05:21:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Wednesday underscored the need for immediate cessation of [...] Full text...
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ICC Advisor: “Impunity is not an Option” in The Gambia
17 november 2021 - 22:41:09Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Lawyers and activists from Gambia and around the world Wednesday insisted that any recommendations by the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Mass arbitrary arrests target Tigrayans, says UN rights office
16 november 2021 - 17:23:27Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Over the past week, mass arrests of people reportedly of Tigrayan origin have continued in the Ethiopian [...] Full text...
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Sudan coup: Army urged to end arbitrary detentions
09 november 2021 - 12:40:48Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudanese security authorities should immediately release people arbitrarily detained since the 25 October military takeover, Human [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group 'deeply concerned' about 'ethnicity' arrests under state of emergency
08 november 2021 - 10:59:43Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has expressed concern over people being arrested and detained [...] Full text...
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UN denounces detention of activists, normalcy returns gradually in Khartoum
06 november 2021 - 11:57:53Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) has denounced detention of three political [...] Full text...
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Junta warns political actors and activists in Guinea
05 november 2021 - 20:03:42Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Minister-Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic of Guinea, Colonel Amara Camara, on Thursday [...] Full text...
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UN envoy welcomes cooperation from Chad, Niger and Sudan for safe withdrawal of mercenaries from Libya
30 october 2021 - 19:21:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Mission in Libya [...] Full text...
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Sudan coup: Ahead of Saturday's protests, UN chief asks military to ‘show restraint’
30 october 2021 - 09:32:31Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - With mass civil protests against last Monday's military coup planned for Saturday in Sudan, the UN Secretary-General has a simple message: “I urge the military [...] Full text...
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Sudan coup: AU suspends Sudan, World Bank suspends aid
27 october 2021 - 13:37:41Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Wednesday suspended Sudan from the continental body following last Monday's military [...] Full text...
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UN Special Envoy in Libya lauds Joint Military Commission on first anniversary of ceasefire agreement
24 october 2021 - 18:42:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in [...] Full text...
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Conference in support of Libya's stability stresses need to hold elections in December
21 october 2021 - 18:59:30Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The international ministerial conference on the "Initiative for the Stability of Libya" held here r Thursday [...] Full text...
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Deputy chairman of Libyan Presidential Council discusses general elections with UNSMIL
16 october 2021 - 19:40:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah al-Lafi, discussed on Saturday with the Assistant [...] Full text...
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UNICEF concerned about safety of 1,000 women, children in Libyan detention centres
13 october 2021 - 11:51:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 1,000 women and children, five of them unaccompanied, and at least 30 infants held in [...] Full text...
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Thousands of illegal migrants escape from detention centre in Tripoli
09 october 2021 - 11:22:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 2,000 illegal migrants on Friday escaped from the Ghot Chaal detention centre, in the western [...] Full text...
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UN fact-finding mission finds evidence of war crimes committed in Libya
04 october 2021 - 14:50:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – There are reasonable grounds to believe that war crimes have been committed in Libya, while violence [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM calls for better conditions for migrants in detention centres
03 october 2021 - 17:58:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba on Sunday ordered the immigration management to pay more attention to [...] Full text...
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Rwanda arbitrarily rounded up people before the postponed Commonwealth leaders' meeting: HRW
27 september 2021 - 06:15:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) is accusing the Rwandan authorities of rounding up and arbitrarily detaining gay and transgender [...] Full text...
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Libyan Presidential Council Chairman praises UN support for dialogue in Libya
25 september 2021 - 11:43:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed El-Manfi, has commended UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for [...] Full text...
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Head of Libyan Presidency Council announces plan to hold international conference
24 september 2021 - 10:31:51New York, US (PANA) - The head of Libya's Presidency Council said on Thursday that he will hold an international [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch calls for Investigation into rape of female inmates in prison riots
20 september 2021 - 05:34:25Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A human rights advocate says the authorities in DR Congo have made no apparent progress investigating [...] Full text...
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Eritrea pressed to free journalists, politicians held over two decades in jail
17 september 2021 - 17:31:14Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) - Eritrean authorities must immediately and unconditionally release 21 journalists and politicians arrested in a sweeping crackdown [...] Full text...
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Libyan Council’s vice-presidents express to US delegation aspiration to strategic partnership
16 september 2021 - 00:17:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The vice-presidents of the Libyan presidential council, Moussa Al-Kouni and Abdallah Al-Lafi, said here Wednesday the [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Guinea junta to release all arbitrarily detained people
15 september 2021 - 10:31:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Military forces responsible for a coup d’état in Guinea should immediately restore fundamental human rights, Human Rights [...] Full text...
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Vice-president of Libyan Council, Italian FM meet on political situation in Libya
14 september 2021 - 22:23:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The vice-president of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah Al-Lafi, on Tuesday held talks in Rome with [...] Full text...
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Terror bandits free 240 inmates from Kabba jail in north-central Nigeria
13 september 2021 - 17:33:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Correctional Centre on Monday confirmed that 240 inmates escaped from the Medium Security Custodial [...] Full text...
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LAS reiterates support for the Libyan roadmap adopted by the LPDF
10 september 2021 - 16:47:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Council of Ministers of the League of Arab States (LAS) has reaffirmed its support for [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS suspends Guinea over 'regrettable' coup
09 september 2021 - 05:54:31Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have suspended Guinea from all decision-making [...] Full text...
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Guinea military junta releases dozens of political prisoners
08 september 2021 - 11:41:44Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Seventy-nine people, considered as political detainees of ousted Guinean President Alpha Conde, were on Tuesday released [...] Full text...
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Former senior Gaddafi army officer released
07 september 2021 - 17:25:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - General Naji Harir, the commander of the Mohammad Al-Megaryef battalion, a dignitary of the former regime, [...] Full text...
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Release of political prisoners in Libya, a boost for national reconciliation (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
06 september 2021 - 18:43:50Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Still unimaginable a few months ago, the release of dignitaries of the former regime in Libya, [...] Full text...
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Libyan authorities release former associate of Muammar Gaddafi
06 september 2021 - 13:30:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ahmed Ramadan, a close associate of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was released from detention on [...] Full text...
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More prisoners released from detention centre in eastern Libya
06 september 2021 - 13:19:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eight prisoners held in the eastern region of Libya by the Libyan National Army were released [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL, top Libyan official discuss latest political developments in Libya
24 august 2021 - 17:27:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A member of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah Al-Lafi, and the head of the United Nations [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL welcomes the release of more detainees in Libya
22 august 2021 - 14:52:30Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the recent release of detainees as [...] Full text...
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17 new prisoners released in Libya
21 august 2021 - 19:39:30Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 17 new prisoners from the western region of Libya, who were detained in [...] Full text...
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Libyan army staff denounce "deviation" of Military Commission, encroachment on powers of executive
18 august 2021 - 18:29:50Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The General Staff of the Libyan National Army of the Government of National Unity Wednesday rejected [...] Full text...
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Libya's Joint Military Commission agrees foreign forces, mercenaries departure without exception
15 august 2021 - 12:09:02Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) have announced their agreement to put in place [...] Full text...
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5+5 Military Commission meets in Sirte on prisoner exchange, mercenary departures
14 august 2021 - 17:30:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The seventh meeting of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission started on Saturday in Sirte to discuss [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International urges Libyan govt not to 'reward' abusive militias with legitimacy, salaries
07 august 2021 - 14:56:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, is calling on the Government of National Unity (GNU) not to [...] Full text...
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Mercenaries ‘impede’ peace, must leave Libya to allow elections: UN rights experts
31 july 2021 - 07:01:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The continued recruitment and presence of mercenaries in Libya is impeding “progress in the peace process” [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL welcomes opening of coastal road, hails efforts of 5+5 JMC
30 july 2021 - 14:20:25Sirte, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Friday welcomed the official opening of the [...] Full text...
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Prison population surge triggers overcrowding, COVID casualties - UN study
17 july 2021 - 07:07:38New York, US (PANA) - One in three prisoners around the world is being held without having stood trial or been found guilty by any court, according to a [...] Full text...
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Rights group lashes out at Europe's ongoing cooperation with Libya on migration, border control
15 july 2021 - 07:46:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Amnesty International, in a report published on Thursday, has criticised Europe's ongoing cooperation with Libya on [...] Full text...
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EU set to ease Burundi's economic pain
23 june 2021 - 21:50:43Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is set to lift the first economic embargo against Burundi in 43 [...] Full text...
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Libyan FM unveils plans to make the country stable
15 june 2021 - 17:51:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla al-Mangouch, says Libya's stability will depend [...] Full text...
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Mali military must ‘scrupulously’ respect human rights, free civilian leaders: UN rights expert
03 june 2021 - 06:15:36Geneva, UN (PANA) - A UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday that Mali’s new military authorities should “scrupulously [...] Full text...
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Military in Mali releases former Transition leaders
27 may 2021 - 15:34:33Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former top leaders of the Transition Government of Mali who resigned on Wednesday have been released [...] Full text...
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LEAD: UN chief calls for 'unconditional' release of Malian interim president, PM
25 may 2021 - 10:52:57Bamako, Mali (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the "unconditional" release of Mali's interim president and prime [...] Full text...
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UN Mission in Mali calls for release of interim president and PM
25 may 2021 - 07:53:03Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is calling for the release of the Malian [...] Full text...
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Libyan Ambassador to the UN calls for respect for outcome of Berlin Conference and Security Council resolutions
22 may 2021 - 12:43:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Taher al-Sonni, has called on all countries to commit [...] Full text...
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Libya's ceasefire, planned elections, offer rare window of hope, Security Council hears
22 may 2021 - 06:08:46New York, US (PANA) - On the heels of recent positive developments, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Libya pointed to renewed [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL welcomes release of detainees by Libyan National Army
07 may 2021 - 15:32:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the recent release of dozens of [...] Full text...
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The 5 + 5 Military Commission provides solutions for the opening of the coastal road in Libya
29 april 2021 - 16:57:05Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The 5 + 5 Joint Military Commission announced on Thursday that it has proposed appropriate solutions [...] Full text...
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Libyan NGO calls for faster and immediate departure of mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya
10 april 2021 - 12:06:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The National Human Rights Commission in Libya has called on the 5+5 Joint Military Commission to [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL welcomes release of detainees in Zawiya
01 april 2021 - 10:00:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the release of more than 100 [...] Full text...
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"Release of prisoners in Zaouia, a positive step towards reconciliation", says Libyan PM
31 march 2021 - 23:51:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, says the release of pro-Marshall Khalifa Haftar detainees from the [...] Full text...
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120 prisoners of Haftar's forces detained in Zaouia set free
31 march 2021 - 16:20:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Signalling the start of national reconciliation, 120 members of the 107th Brigade of the Libyan National [...] Full text...
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ICRC head meets with Libyan Minister of Justice
30 march 2021 - 18:36:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As part of cooperation between the Ministry of Justice and the International Committee of the Red [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International says hundreds languishing in detention in Cote d'Ivoire following presidential election unrest
27 march 2021 - 07:41:17Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Hundreds of people in Côte d’Ivoire are languishing in dire conditions in prison after being arrested during [...] Full text...
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UN report says Libya arms embargo 'remains totally ineffective'
17 march 2021 - 07:46:41New York, US (PANA) - A report by a UN-appointed Panel of Experts on Libya has identified multiple acts that threatened [...] Full text...
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Libya: Joint 5+5 military commission wants UN Security Council to force foreign fighters out
16 march 2021 - 23:49:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Members of the joint 5+5 military commission in Libya has reaffirmed its request to the UN [...] Full text...
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UN member-states condemn Egypt’s human rights abuses
15 march 2021 - 07:20:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world have expressed their strong support for a joint declaration [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Mali justice officials to respect due process in alleged coup plotters' case
15 march 2021 - 06:29:47Bamako, 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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Rights group slams 'unlawful detentions' by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces
01 march 2021 - 08:15:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human Rights Watch said on Monday that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF), acting without lawful authority, arbitrarily [...] Full text...
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Libyan NGO calls for settlement of case of detainees and missing persons
13 february 2021 - 18:58:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The National Human Rights Committee in Libya Saturday called on the authorities "to work to settle [...] Full text...
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HRW urges Sahel leaders to end atrocities during counterterrorism operations
13 february 2021 - 12:06:20Bamako,Mali (PANA) - Heads of state gathering in Chad should commit to protecting the rights of civilians and detainees during [...] Full text...
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Gambia calls on Myanmar military to free civilian detainees
04 february 2021 - 19:42:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian government has called on Myanmar military to immediately release all detained civilian leaders, the [...] Full text...
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UN member countries criticise Rwanda’s rights record
02 february 2021 - 07:18:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – United Nations member countries offered strong criticism and scores of recommendations addressing Rwanda's human rights record during [...] Full text...
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African civil society offers solidarity to Guinean activists
26 january 2021 - 23:49:05Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Several African civil society organisations here Tuesday affirmed their support for "the fair and noble fight" [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian rights body seeks improved prison conditions, rights to opposition parties
26 january 2021 - 10:20:35Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has called for humane treatment of prisoners and guaranteed freedoms [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL announces progress in consultative committee talks in Geneva
15 january 2021 - 23:31:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Significant progress was made Friday in the ongoing talks in Geneva on the mechanisms for selecting [...] Full text...
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