UN agencies mourn loss of nearly 50 migrants bound for Canary Islands
02 may 2024 - 05:49:48New York, US (PANA) - The UN migration agency (IOM) and refugee agency UNHCR on Wednesday mourned yet another major [...] Full text...
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Silence the guns, amplify women’s voices for peace to end rape in wartime
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New York, US (PANA) - The UN migration agency (IOM) and refugee agency UNHCR on Wednesday mourned yet another major [...] Full text...
Sudan: Civilians trapped in El Fasher as UN warns of imminent attack
27 april 2024 - 05:05:23New York, US (PANA) - Escalating violence in Sudan’s North Darfur state has left dozens dead and people trapped in [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war (Feature by UN News)
14 april 2024 - 07:07:30Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan was plunged into an ongoing, devastating war one year ago on 15 April 2023, [...] Full text...
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Hidden debt hurts economies. Better disclosure laws can help ease the pain: IMF Blog By Alissa Ashcroft, Karla Vasquez, Rhoda Weeks-Brown
02 april 2024 - 15:28:55Washington, United States (PANA) - If efforts to address record global public debt are to leave no stone unturned, then [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for greater attention to violence against women with disabilities, older women
27 march 2024 - 11:38:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely [...] Full text...
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IMF concludes 2024 discussions on common policies of WAEMU member countries
20 march 2024 - 11:09:46Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) has proved resilient amid significant adverse shocks, maintaining [...] Full text...
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WFP boosts aid in Chad amid Sudan crisis
13 march 2024 - 05:57:14N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - UN humanitarians are working around the clock to pre-position aid in Chad for Sudanese refugees fleeing [...] Full text...
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Why do so many Nigerian workers remain poor? Labour force surveys may have the answer: World Bank Blog By Jonathan Lain and Utz Pape
07 march 2024 - 08:14:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria faces a serious poverty-reduction challenge: Almost half of Nigerians are estimated to live below the [...] Full text...
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IOM: Last year was deadliest on record for migrants worldwide
06 march 2024 - 18:52:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN migration agency (IOM) announced on Wednesday that last year was the deadliest on record [...] Full text...
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Survivors of Sudan's brutal war neglected in Chad
15 february 2024 - 19:05:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nearly 700,000 people have now fled from extreme violence in Sudan to eastern Chad, the Norwegian [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Increased armed hostilities in Rafah pose 'disastrous risk' to civilian lives and infrastructure - ICRC
15 february 2024 - 07:21:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is cautioning the parties to the Israel-Palestine conflict, [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Survivors of brutal war have been forgotten - says humanitarian charity
14 february 2024 - 09:18:16N'djamena, Chad (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), says nearly 700,000 people have now fled from extreme violence [...] Full text...
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Silent debt crisis engulfing developing economies with weak credit ratings: World Bank Blog (By Philip Kenworthy, M. Ayhan Kose and Nikita Perevalov)
09 february 2024 - 17:27:54Washington, United States (PANA) - Some developing economies are finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Global inflation is [...] Full text...
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At Non-Aligned Movement summit, Guterres repeats call for Gaza ceasefire, release of hostages
20 january 2024 - 18:37:34Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: WFP forced to halt some food aid in Sudan
21 december 2023 - 06:51:51Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday that it has temporarily suspended assistance in some parts of Al [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Barely a drop of safe water to drink in Gaza, UN aid agency warns
20 december 2023 - 14:55:53New York, US (PANA) - As the UN Security Council was slated to meet for a third consecutive day on [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Ten weeks of hell’ for children in Gaza: UNICEF
19 december 2023 - 14:57:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is by far the most dangerous place in the world to be a child and [...] Full text...
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Tanzania needs urgent reforms to enable strong private sector-led inclusive growth: World Bank report
19 december 2023 - 14:44:54Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Over the past two decades, Tanzania has exhibited robust economic growth, surpassing many developing [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian troops on “highest state of alert” in Niger Delta as militants kill 4 soldiers, 2 drivers, kidnap 2 South Koreans
13 december 2023 - 15:44:15Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Militants in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region began a renewed offensive in Rivers State, ambushing and killing four [...] Full text...
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COP28: Applause at end of conference but not all are pleased
13 december 2023 - 13:36:03Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Despite multiple rounds of applause inside the plenary of the COP28 in Dubai on Wednesday, not [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS changes gear on military coup plotters (By Paul Ejime)
11 december 2023 - 17:48:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have resolved to set up a [...] Full text...
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Global cooperation critical to combat transnational organised crime
07 december 2023 - 19:24:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General called for stronger action to fight the growing challenge of transnational organized [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS solidarity mission visits Sierra Leone after 'unrest' in capital (By Paul Ejime)
28 november 2023 - 13:06:45Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - A solidarity and fact-finding Mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has [...] Full text...
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Thousands trapped in northern Mali city and running out of food - Save the Children
28 november 2023 - 11:20:29Bamako, Mali (PANA) - More than 136,000 people, including nearly 74,000 children, are trapped in the city of Timbuktu in northern [...] Full text...
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Gaza: ‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’, children’s suffering must stop, UN humanitarians say
15 november 2023 - 12:10:23Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Children have been killed, maimed, abducted and denied assistance in Gaza, and the parties to the [...] Full text...
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What would it take for Chad to escape the low-income trap? World Bank Blog By Fulbert Tchana Tchana and Claudia Noumedem Temgoua
14 november 2023 - 09:43:54N'djamena, Chad (PANA) - Chad faces complex and often interlinked challenges that have contributed to its economic fragility while slowing [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Warring parties trade accusations for destruction of main bridge in Khartoum
11 november 2023 - 09:31:36Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's warring parties -- the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) -- [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: Warring parties commit to facilitate humanitarian assistance but fail to agree ceasefire
08 november 2023 - 05:41:28Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - Sudan's warring parties -- Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) -- have made commitments [...] Full text...
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Looming hunger emergency for South Sudanese families fleeing war
04 october 2023 - 05:34:26Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A hunger emergency is looming for scores of South Sudanese families fleeing the war in [...] Full text...
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Tragedy is unfolding in poorest countries: World Bank Blog
23 september 2023 - 10:03:24Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The world’s 28 poorest countries are facing growing social, economic, and political distress, owing [...] Full text...
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‘Radical reorientation’ needed as half of humanity lacks basic health coverage
19 september 2023 - 05:39:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 4.5 billion people worldwide lack coverage for essential health services the UN health agency said [...] Full text...
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Billions left behind on the path to Universal Health Coverage
18 september 2023 - 19:37:54New York, US(PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank have jointly published the 2023 Universal Health [...] Full text...
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Climate inaction puts lives on the line: WMO
14 september 2023 - 16:42:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Insufficient progress towards climate goals is slowing down the global fight against poverty, hunger and deadly [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: Urgent call for $1 billion to support millions fleeing Sudan conflict
04 september 2023 - 18:03:54Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and 64 humanitarian and national civil society organizations on Monday appealed [...] Full text...
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Niger coup: Using diplomacy and biting sanctions to beat Niger's coup leaders (Analysis by Paul Ejime)
17 august 2023 - 09:43:50Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - There is no doubt that the sanctions imposed on Niger by the Economic Community of West [...] Full text...
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Rights advocate: No one held responsible for massacre in Cairo for 10 years
14 august 2023 - 05:41:18Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday criticised the Egyptian authorities for failing for a decade to hold [...] Full text...
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'Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality law contradicts World Bank's values'
10 august 2023 - 06:55:59Washington, DC, US (PANA) - “Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act fundamentally contradicts the World Bank Group’s values,” the international financial institution has [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Health crisis reaches ‘gravely serious levels’: WHO
28 july 2023 - 06:03:22Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The conflict in Sudan has sparked a health crisis for the 3.4 million people forced to flee to [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams DRC militia for deadly raid on Ituri’s displaced camp
24 july 2023 - 06:46:18Goma, DRC (PANA) – Militia fighters killed at least 46 civilians, half of them children, and pillaged and burned a [...] Full text...
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‘Urgent action is needed’ to end growing humanitarian crisis in Sahel - WFP
22 july 2023 - 06:43:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing conflict in Sudan is impacting food security and migration across West and Central Africa, [...] Full text...
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World Bank announces new steps to add billions in financial capacity
20 july 2023 - 09:23:58Washington DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank is taking bold new steps to increase its lending capacity, a major [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: WFP scales up response on Chad-Sudan border to support surge of fleeing people
11 july 2023 - 12:33:40Adré, Chad (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly scaling up its response on the Chad-Sudan [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Rights group urges Sudan's neighbours to provide safe passage to those fleeing
06 july 2023 - 09:35:00Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Sudan’s neighbours must immediately lift entry restrictions for individuals fleeing the conflict in the country [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Displacement soars amid shrinking humanitarian access
28 june 2023 - 05:52:20Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Humanitarian needs have soared among people displaced by fighting in Sudan, with the number of those [...] Full text...
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Torture as a weapon of war must cease, rights experts demand
27 june 2023 - 07:30:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN rights experts marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on Monday, by reiterating [...] Full text...
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Eid Al-Adha sacrificial lamb more expensive this year in Libya
22 june 2023 - 18:33:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In the run-up to Eid Al-Adha, the feast of the sacrifice of the sheep, the first [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel: Smugglers ‘will take you anywhere’ (Feature by UN News)
18 june 2023 - 05:38:36Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Call a friend with a connection, get a passport in 24 hours, and hand over some [...] Full text...
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Delta Queens dethrone Bayelsa Queens to win sixth Nigerian women's league title
13 june 2023 - 06:18:25Asaba, Nigeria (PANA) - Delta Queens have won their sixth Nigerian Women's Football League Premiership title after beating holders, Bayelsa [...] Full text...
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Madagascar receives $100 million WBG assistance for reforms, resilient growth
10 june 2023 - 11:00:38Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) Board of Directors has approved a $100 million credit for a [...] Full text...
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2022/23 CAF Confed. Cup: Benchikha ready to make history with USM Alger on home soil
03 june 2023 - 07:16:00Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Abdelhak Benchikha knocks on the door of history, and hopes that fate can answer when he [...] Full text...
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Malian customs seize 5.2 kg of cocaine
29 may 2023 - 13:06:45Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali Customs Mobile Intervention Brigade (BMI) last week seized packets of cocaine weighing a total [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Fighting escalates in West Darfur’s Geneina - Humanitarian charity
16 may 2023 - 13:02:14Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For the second time in three weeks, West Darfur’s Geneina was at the centre of senseless [...] Full text...
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US slams Mali Armed Forces, Wagner mercenaries on killings in Mali town
16 may 2023 - 06:19:48Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it is appalled by the disregard for human life exhibited by [...] Full text...
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Kenya marks World Migratory birds Day
12 may 2023 - 22:19:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya joins the rest of the world on Saturday in celebrating World Migratory Bird Day, the [...] Full text...
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Malian troops, foreign military personnel killed more than 500 people in March 2022 in Moura, - UN report
12 may 2023 - 14:58:39Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- A report by a fact-finding mission of the UN Human Rights Office has concluded that there [...] Full text...
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WFP calls for emergency food assistance to over two million people in Chad
12 may 2023 - 12:07:18N’Djamena, Chad (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says it urgently requires US$162.4 million to support the [...] Full text...
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Marshal Haftar in Italy to discuss migration
04 may 2023 - 18:39:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chief of General Staff of the Libyan Army in eastern Libya, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, should [...] Full text...
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On second thought: What is really going on here? A reflection by Sudanese journalists about ongoing fighting in the country (A Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA, correspondent)
30 april 2023 - 16:35:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - It all started with a comment from a South African radio station presenter: “How come you [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Ceasefire held 'in some parts' but 'in some cases, intensified' - UN official
26 april 2023 - 06:23:42New York, US (PANA) - The 72 hour ceasefire in Sudan's fighting brokered by the US that began on Monday [...] Full text...
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Narrow escape of civilian from death in Khartoum exemplifies ordeal of Sudanese in ongoing fight (A feature story by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent in Sudan)
24 april 2023 - 12:33:39Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For three long days, Salih Idris Ali (not his real name), 32, was trapped behind the [...] Full text...
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Libya again accused of violations against migrants, despite heavy toll as transit country
06 april 2023 - 20:16:09Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The latest report of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya to the Human Rights Council on [...] Full text...
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‘Green industrial age’ can be sustainable development breakthrough: UN report
06 april 2023 - 07:18:53New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Wednesday called for a “sustainable industrial transformation” to close the widening development [...] Full text...
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Mauritius opens 1000-people Climate Change Refuge Centre
15 march 2023 - 08:54:24Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius on Tuesday opened a 1,000-people Climate Refuge Centre at Quatre Soeurs, in the southern part [...] Full text...
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Sudanese Army pledges to honour stipulations of transitional period
11 march 2023 - 16:18:43Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Army General Command has reaffirmed that it fully backs the ongoing political process in [...] Full text...
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Some 300,000 flee ongoing violence in DR Congo in February alone: UNHCR
11 march 2023 - 05:25:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Humanitarians issued an alert on Friday for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where heavy [...] Full text...
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'Half of women in Gambia are unemployed'
09 march 2023 - 11:35:00Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Ousainu Darboe, leader of Gambia's opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), has said that about half of [...] Full text...
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Assistance rushed to 100,000 newly arrived Somali refugees in hard-to-reach area of Ethiopia
08 march 2023 - 06:25:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are scaling up in Ethiopia’s Somali region to support [...] Full text...
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Eritrea: human rights situation remains dire amid complete impunity
07 march 2023 - 05:44:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The human rights situation in Eritrea remains dire against of backdrop of “complete” impunity for State [...] Full text...
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Tunis announces measures to appease sub-Saharan migrants
06 march 2023 - 17:12:00Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)- The Tunisian authorities have announced a series of measures in favour of migrants residing in Tunisia as [...] Full text...
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Renewal of state of emergency a precautionary measure to avert a falling back into manslaughter (By Mohamed Osman Adam)
24 february 2023 - 18:23:46Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Blue Nile State, near the borders with Ethiopia, on Friday renewed a state of emergency [...] Full text...
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Eight Burkinabe soldiers, some 60 terrorists killed in ambush in the Sahel
20 february 2023 - 14:32:31Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Eight Burkinabe soldiers were killed on Friday in an ambush by unidentified gunmen between the [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspaper slams misinformation war against migrants
27 january 2023 - 18:55:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A natural and complex phenomenon that affects all human populations, migration, is intimately linked to the [...] Full text...
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Five Malian soldiers charged with murder escape from gendarmerie camp in Bamako
23 january 2023 - 17:59:13Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Five high-ranking Malian soldiers charged and then imprisoned in Camp 1 at the Gendarmerie in Bamako, [...] Full text...
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Presidential party to hold 'ordinary' congress in Burundi
20 january 2023 - 19:26:07Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The National Council for the Defence of Democracy/Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD, party-state) has [...] Full text...
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Three people incarcerated following escape of prisoner admitted to CNHU of Cotonou
20 january 2023 - 18:13:43Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Three people have just been imprisoned following the escape of a detainee admitted for treatment at [...] 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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Amnesty demands accountability for killing of dozens of people in Burkina Faso town
11 january 2023 - 09:56:54Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Amnesty International has asked the authoities investigate and hold accountable those suspected of responsibility for [...] Full text...
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2022 Year in Review: Amid global turmoil, UN doggedly pursues international climate agreements
28 december 2022 - 05:47:18New York, US (PANA) - Despite strong evidence that human activity played a role in catastrophic weather events, and the [...] Full text...
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17 human rights organizations call for release of two civil society leaders in Benghazi
27 december 2022 - 16:24:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Seventeen Libyan human rights organizations Tuesday called for the "immediate" release of the executive director of [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe journalists reiterate demand for extradition of François Compaoré over Norbert Zongo murder case
13 december 2022 - 14:08:16Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Media professional organisations on Tuesday reiterated their request for the extradition of François Compaoré over [...] Full text...
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Rights advocate says domestic violence law not protecting women in Tunisia
08 december 2022 - 12:37:07Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian authorities are failing to protect women from domestic violence despite enacting a strong law in [...] Full text...
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'Raw violence’ displaces thousands during ‘ruthless conflict’ in South Sudan, UNHCR says
08 december 2022 - 05:23:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Throughout South Sudan’s Greater Upper Nile Region “desperation is rising” as escalating armed conflict, which has [...] Full text...
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Benin experiences variation in agricultural commodity prices in early October
17 october 2022 - 19:12:08Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The prices of a kilogram of maize and yam fell in the first week of October [...] Full text...
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UN rights report details ‘unconscionable’ violations of migrants returning from Libya
11 october 2022 - 14:54:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Migrants in Libya who are compelled to accept so-called ‘assisted returns’ to their countries of origin [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for psychological support for conflict survivors
10 october 2022 - 05:45:33Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Governments, UN agencies, and humanitarian organisations should take concrete steps to develop and invest in psychosocial [...] Full text...
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More than 63,000 false registration numbers found in Libya, says Prosecutor General
17 august 2022 - 19:56:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 63,986 fake national registration numbers were discovered in Libya by commissions of the [...] Full text...
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Children affected by conflict cannot wait for their education
11 august 2022 - 06:55:39New York, US (PANA) - From Ethiopia to Chad and Palestine, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN’s fund for education [...] Full text...
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'Insecurity grips Nigeria's capital, as attacks, threats by multiple groups raise serious concerns'
09 august 2022 - 10:55:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A series of attacks and threats within close proximity of Nigeris's seat of government in Abuja by [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso says 15 suspected terrorists 'neutralised'
26 july 2022 - 05:44:18Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 15 suspected terrorists were on Monday neutralised in response to an attack on [...] Full text...
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UN publishes new guidance on curbing child abduction and other ‘grave violations' in war
19 july 2022 - 05:31:31New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top official advocating for children caught up in armed conflict issued new guidance on [...] Full text...
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Guinean government calls for dialogue with social and political actors
21 june 2022 - 13:07:22Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean Prime Minister, Mohamed Béavogui, on Monday called for dialogue with civil society and pressure [...] Full text...
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World has ‘gambled on fossil fuels and lost’, warns Guterres
19 june 2022 - 05:24:58Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The current global economic paradigm of infinite growth based on using up a finite amount [...] Full text...
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Terrorists kill five Burkina Faso soldiers
10 june 2022 - 05:36:43Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Five Burkinabe soldiers were killed and 44 suspected terrorists neutralised on Thursday morning in an [...] Full text...
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Act now to end food, energy, finance crisis, Guterres urges world leaders
09 june 2022 - 05:06:31New York, US (PANA) - Ripple effects from the war in Ukraine have generated a severe cost of living crisis [...] 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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EU funding helps provide sustained, life-saving food assistance in Burkina Faso - WFP
31 may 2022 - 05:49:36Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received an additional EUR 5 million in [...] Full text...
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Libya News Agency takes issue with accusations by some African leaders that Libya is fuelling terrorism in region
30 may 2022 - 19:10:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan News Agency (LANA) has strongly reacted to some African leaders who, at the African [...] Full text...
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Malian ministerial delegation ends visit to Russia
23 may 2022 - 20:37:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Thank you for taking the time to listen to us," Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and [...] Full text...
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Five Burkinabe soldiers die in terrorist attack
21 may 2022 - 14:26:23Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Five Burkinabe soldiers were killed and at least 30 suspected terrorists neutralised on Saturday in [...] Full text...
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Oshoala, Plumptre named in Nigeria's provisional WAFCON squad
19 may 2022 - 23:13:44Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's head coach, Randy Waldrum, has named Asisat Oshoala and Ashleigh Plumptre in his provisional squad [...] Full text...
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Some 15 inmates of Burkina Faso prison who escaped after terrorist attack surrender
12 may 2022 - 07:38:48Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Some fifteen prisoners who escaped following an attack on Saturday night on the Nouna civil prison in [...] Full text...
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Niger faces refugee influx as violence increases in neighbouring states: UNHCR
05 may 2022 - 11:06:23Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Tens of thousands of new refugees have arrived in Niger in the last four months to [...] Full text...
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35 asylum seekers released by UNHCR from a detention centre south of Tripoli
27 april 2022 - 16:35:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 35 asylum-seekers, including eight women and 20 children, were released on Monday from [...] Full text...
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Bodies of 13 sub-Saharan migrants recovered off the Tunisian coast
10 april 2022 - 14:15:07Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The bodies of 13 illegal sub-Saharan migrants were recovered on Saturday off the Tunisian coast after [...] Full text...
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Rights groups decry rising violence against women in Africa
16 march 2022 - 17:00:51Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Groups under the banner of Ghana-based ProHumane Afrique International Wednesday expressed "concern and dismay over the [...] 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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India 2022 Africa qualifier: Ghana boost progression with away win
06 march 2022 - 07:19:53Thies, Senegal (PANA) - Ghana Under-17 national Wome's team Saturday boosted their chances of progressing to the next round with [...] Full text...
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UN food agency condemns attempted ambush on food convoy in South Sudan
02 march 2022 - 05:46:06Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A peacekeeper is in stable condition a day after being shot during an attempted ambush [...] Full text...
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Buoyed by Libyans' aspirations for elections PM al-Dbaiba determined to go all the way
20 february 2022 - 18:24:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, has shown an unwavering [...] Full text...
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Libyan: GNU Prime Minister calls for early elections
19 february 2022 - 18:26:02Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has made a [...] Full text...
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Libyan Interior ministry investigates attempted assassination of Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba
10 february 2022 - 20:26:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Interior Ministry of the National Unity Government has condemned the assassination attempt on its [...] Full text...
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Baratelli: Accusations against Morocco in Pegasus case are false and unfounded
27 january 2022 - 19:33:04Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - French lawyer Olivier Baratelli said here Thursday an investigation conducted in France has shown that the [...] Full text...
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UN relief chief pledges support for Nigeria
22 january 2022 - 09:05:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has ended a four-day visit to Nigeria, pledging support and [...] Full text...
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Several suspected terrorists neutralized by Burkinabe army
18 january 2022 - 13:48:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe army announced here Tuesday it neutralized several suspected terrorists in security operations carried [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso commemorates 23rd anniversary of assassination of journalist Norbert Zongo
13 december 2021 - 20:37:38Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso on Monday commemorated the 23rd anniversary of the assassination of Norbert Zongo, an [...] Full text...
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Alarming food crisis in Mali leaves 1.2 million hungry: NGOs
09 december 2021 - 13:58:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The number of Malians facing hunger has increased nearly threefold in one year, warns a coalition [...] Full text...
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Kenyan rescue workers pull out three trapped mine workers after six days
08 december 2021 - 11:33:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Rescue workers have successfully pulled out three mine workers trapped inside a collapsed gold mine in [...] Full text...
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Landmark decision to negotiate new accord on pandemics ‘cause for hope’
02 december 2021 - 05:50:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Agreement by countries to launch a process to develop a new global accord on pandemic prevention and response is cause for hope, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief 'deeply concerned' about isolation of southern Africa after detection of Omicron variant
30 november 2021 - 11:20:38New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is deeply concerned about the isolation of southern African [...] Full text...
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WHO warns Omicron variant poses ‘very high’ global risk
29 november 2021 - 23:22:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization warned here Monday the heavily-mutated Omicron coronavirus variant was likely to spread [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenya urges vigilance after new variant detected in South Africa
26 november 2021 - 21:56:32Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's ministry of health has called for increased vigilance at all airports and increased screening following [...] Full text...
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The Gambia: Truth Commission calls for prosecution of ex-officials
25 november 2021 - 15:59:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Truth Commission’s call for the prosecution of former officials who committed the worst human rights abuses during the 1994-2017 rule of [...] Full text...
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Unidentified gunmen wreak havoc in central Mali
23 november 2021 - 12:48:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Unidentified gunmen have wreaked havoc on citizens in central Mali killing some peple. Sources said on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Kenyan prisons commander fired after terror convicts jail break
17 november 2021 - 17:36:02Nairobi, 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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Ghana: 23 persons die in two road crashes in two days
05 november 2021 - 22:01:38Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A total of 23 persons were killed within two days this week along the Kumasi-Techiman Highway [...] Full text...
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Act now to stamp out child labour by 2025: FAO chief
03 november 2021 - 06:30:07Rome, Italy (PANA) - Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the head of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nine killed, houses burnt in reprisal attacks on Fulani settlements in Niger State, Northcentral Nigeria
02 november 2021 - 18:34:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nine persons have been killed and houses burnt in reprisal attacks on Fulani settlements in Mashegu Local [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspapers highlight Conference on Stability
24 october 2021 - 13:31:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The ministerial conference on stability in Libya dominated newspapers in the North African country last week, [...] Full text...
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UNHCR calls on Libya to urgently develop plan for asylum seekers, refugees
22 october 2021 - 11:36:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),on Friday urged the Libyan government to immediately address the dire situation [...] Full text...
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2nd Lead: Libyan FM underlines symbolism of Conference in support of Libya's stability
21 october 2021 - 13:17:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangouch has emphasised the deep symbolism of the international Ministerial Conference on [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspapers highlight continued wrangling in govt and parliament, plan for departure of mercenaries
17 october 2021 - 13:26:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Newspapers last week focused on cracks within the Government of National Unity (GNU) following a [...] Full text...
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Libyan Prosecutor denies IOM report of death of six migrants in mass escape from Tripoli centre
15 october 2021 - 20:23:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Attorney General's Office has denied statistics announced by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on [...] Full text...
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UN rights office raises alert over spike in security operations against Libya migrants
12 october 2021 - 16:48:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Migrants and asylum seekers in Libya have been facing increasingly heavy-handed treatment from targeted security operations [...] Full text...
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Libyan officials meet international organisations on difficulties in repatriating migrants
12 october 2021 - 12:33:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Cooperation and International Organisations, Omar Keti, has chaired [...] Full text...
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Thousands demonstrate against Saied in Tunis
10 october 2021 - 19:53:06Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several thousand demonstrators took part Sunday here in a demonstration against the exceptional measures taken by [...] Full text...
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IOM condemns killing of six migrants at detention centre in Tripoli
10 october 2021 - 11:03:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Six migrants were killed and at least 24 others injured at the Mabani detention centre in [...] Full text...
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Top Libyan govt officials meet on conditions of migrants after mass escape from reception centre
09 october 2021 - 19:31:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba and Presidential Council member Moussa al-Kouni on Saturday discussed the conditions of detained [...] 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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Rights group accuses Al-Shabab of kidnapping boys for Mozambique conflict
29 september 2021 - 12:56:44Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – An Islamic State (ISIS) linked armed group in northern Mozambique is kidnapping boys and using them [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Desmond Tutru mural defaced
28 september 2021 - 17:18:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Desmond Tutu Trust has condemned the “loathsome” desecration of a popular Tutu mural [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rights group criticises Kenya's response to gender-based violence during pandemic
22 september 2021 - 06:49:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA ) – The Kenyan government’s response to gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic has been too little, too [...] Full text...
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Nigerian soldier dies as troops eliminate 42 fleeing terrorists, bandits in Niger State
20 september 2021 - 21:52:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian troops, comprising the Armed Forces of Nigeria and Nigeria Police Mobile unit forces, have eliminated [...] 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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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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Coronavirus: Delta variant still ‘most concerning’, say WHO experts
08 september 2021 - 06:09:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Even with the emergence of the new Mu COVID-19 variant, the Delta strain remains the top [...] 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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Nigeria: Terrorists abduct 73 students in Governor Matawalle’s hometown
01 september 2021 - 21:44:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Insecurity gripped the North West State of Zamfara when terrorists Wednesday abducted students of Government Day [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Wildlife officials hunt for strayed elephant in North East Region
26 august 2021 - 23:33:24Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission Thursday began a hunt for one of three rampaging [...] Full text...
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Mozambican govt asked to immediately assist civilians trapped by fighting in Cabo Delgado
07 august 2021 - 10:39:12Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The Mozambique government should immediately assist civilians trapped by fighting in Cabo Delgado province to move to [...] Full text...
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DRC govt. calls for calm following murder of Congolese student in India
05 august 2021 - 18:25:59Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Foreign Affairs, Christophe Lutundula Apala Pen'Apala, has [...] Full text...
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Sudan taking step to join International Criminal Court
04 august 2021 - 16:01:18Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan’s cabinet has voted to ratify the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a [...] Full text...
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NAF, Army bombard Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists’ hideouts in Northeast Nigeria, killing scores
03 august 2021 - 19:09:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria, under the aegis of Operation Hadin Kai, has successfully carried out [...] Full text...
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'Phone numbers of Ramaphosa, Macron, Mohammed VI targeted by spyware company'
21 july 2021 - 11:20:27London, UK (PANA) - South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, French president Emmanuel Macron are among 14 heads of state whose [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 7 women trampled to death as Red Cross shares food vouchers in Monguno, Borno State,
15 july 2021 - 22:42:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Seven women were trampled to death in northeast Nigeria on Thursday during food distribution by the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Governor of Kano State, Northwest Nigeria, escapes death as terrorists attack convoy
30 june 2021 - 22:25:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Terrorists on Wednesday unleashed an attack on the convoy of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Governor of Kano State, [...] Full text...
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Fifteen bandits, one soldier killed in gunfight in northwest Nigeria
21 june 2021 - 06:08:46Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Fifteen bandits were killed in a gun battle with Nigerian Army troops on Saturday in Anguwan [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International slams Nigerian govt for increasing insecurity
28 may 2021 - 06:58:47Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International has slammed the Nigerian authorities for not doing enough to protect lives in the [...] Full text...
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Up to 400,000 could be displaced by new volcano eruption in DR Congo, warns UNICEF
28 may 2021 - 06:30:40Goma, DRC (PANA) - With fears that one of the world’s most active volcanoes could erupt again in the Democratic [...] Full text...
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UN condemns killing of aid worker, attack against humanitarian convoy in South Sudan
24 may 2021 - 10:45:55Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Alain Noudéhou, has strongly condemned the brutal killing of an [...] Full text...
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Esperance bags 31st Tunisian league title, fifth in a row
20 may 2021 - 16:09:28Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The curtain officially fell on the 2020-21 Tunisian League season on Wednesday, with Esperance de Tunis [...] Full text...
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Two killed, dozens injured as soldiers disperse protesters in Khartoum
12 may 2021 - 07:07:05Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – At least two civilian protesters were shot dead and dozens others injured when soldiers fired on [...] Full text...
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Five injured in attempted escape in Ouagadougou prison
05 may 2021 - 10:01:17Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Five people were injured on Tuesday during an attempted escape in a prison in Ouagadougou, [...] Full text...
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30 bandits, 10 residents killed as Police repel attacks on 5 villages in northwest Nigeria
20 april 2021 - 19:02:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Zamfara State Police Command in northwest Nigeria on Tuesday said it repelled attacks by bandits on [...] Full text...
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Nigerian troops repel Boko Haram/ISWAP attacks on Muslims breaking Ramadan fasting
14 april 2021 - 19:49:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian Troops on Tuesday foiled multiple Boko Haram/Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists-attacks targeted [...] Full text...
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Nigerian gov't slammed for failure to protect children as Chibok schoolgirls' abduction clocks seven years
14 april 2021 - 10:10:12Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As Nigeria marks seven years since 279 schoolgirls were abducted by the armed group, Boko Haram, [...] Full text...
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Hundreds of millions of women living lives ‘governed by others’, UN report shows
14 april 2021 - 06:31:24New York, US (PAA) - Almost half of women in some 57 countries do not have the power to make [...] Full text...
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Burundi refugees in Tanzania living in fear: UN rights experts
13 april 2021 - 18:02:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The rights of refugees and asylum seekers who have fled Burundi for Tanzania must be respected, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Migrants left stranded, without assistance by lockdowns - IOM
09 april 2021 - 05:54:56New York, US (PANA) - Travel restrictions during the COVID pandemic have been particularly hard on refugees and migrants who move out of [...] Full text...
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UNHCR calls for support for refugee athletes’ Tokyo Olympic medal hopes
07 april 2021 - 10:45:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of Tokyo 2021, it’s never been more important to support the refugee athletes who have [...] Full text...
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Unidentified gunmen kill two people in central Mali
30 march 2021 - 16:06:37Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two civilians were killed by unidentified gunmen on Monday in the hamlet of Orontouno, Mopti region, [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Army 'kills' 48 Boko Haram terrorists, rescues 11 kidnap victims
27 march 2021 - 18:55:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Saturday said that its troops killed 48 Boko Haram terrorists and rescued [...] Full text...
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Three Nigerian soldiers killed in bandit attack in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria
17 march 2021 - 21:18:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Three soldiers were killed in a shootout with bandits in Kabasa village of Magami District in [...] Full text...
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Child rights agency says children 'brutally murdered' in Mozambique
16 march 2021 - 07:44:55Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Children as young as 11 are being beheaded in the Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado, [...] Full text...
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Tunisian President visits scene of Gabes factory explosion
15 march 2021 - 09:20:36Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian president, Kais Saeid, paid an unannounced visit on Sunday to the southern governorate of [...] Full text...
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5,000 Nigerian refugees return from Cameroon
10 march 2021 - 16:05:05Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – There was joy on Wednesday as 5,000 Nigerians who fled to Cameroon due to the Boko [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: Addis Ababa slams 'politically motivated misinformation' about Tigray
25 february 2021 - 06:00:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Government of Ethiopia has slammed "unsubstantiated and politically motivated misinformation" about the situation in [...] Full text...
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Gambia truth commission commences hearings on 2005 migrant massacre
24 february 2021 - 11:34:04Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC) is on Wednesday holding hearings at its current session, which [...] Full text...
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Libyan Interior minister escapes assassination attempt
21 february 2021 - 18:28:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Interior minister of the Government of National Accord, Fathi Bachagha, has escaped an assassination [...] Full text...
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What lessons have the Libyans learned 10 years after the revolution? (Analysis)
19 february 2021 - 16:53:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As echoes of the jubilee festivities of the 10th anniversary of the February 17 revolution are [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Declare state of emergency on insecurity, Senate tells FG as Buhari orders immediate rescue of abducted schoolboys
17 february 2021 - 21:32:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday ordered a military operation to rescue hundreds of students and teachers of Government [...] Full text...
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Libyan coastguards rescue 209 illegal migrants
11 february 2021 - 09:52:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 209 illegal migrants, who were on board a boat north of the city [...] Full text...
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Widespread attacks in DR Congo may amount to crimes against humanity: UN rights office
03 february 2021 - 05:44:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has warned against potential crimes against humanity in the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams DR Congo gov't for repression, crack down on media, dissent
28 january 2021 - 07:08:52Kinshasa. DR Congo (PANA) – A human rights watchdog has accused the government of DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi’s of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambia warns runaway patients to report to treatment centres
27 january 2021 - 14:58:40Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Ministry of Health has asked 40 confirmed positive coronavirus patients who refused isolation or escaped [...] Full text...
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Gambia's largest ever cocaine shipment seized by drug officials
10 january 2021 - 19:57:32Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Drug Law Enforcement Agency of The Gambia (DLEAG) Thursday seized cocaine worth GMD 4.5 billion [...] Full text...
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Suspected terrorists set village ablaze in central Mali
07 january 2021 - 15:14:43Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Heavily armed suspected terrorists on Tuesday attacked and burned Dom village of Dom, in the commune [...] Full text...
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. Hundreds missing as bandits abduct students in Katsina state, northwest Nigeria
12 december 2020 - 15:46:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Hours after President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in his home State of Katsina for a weeklong “private” [...] Full text...
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UN refugee agency appeals for $147 million to support thousands of Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan
30 november 2020 - 19:13:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has launched an appeal for US$147 million to [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Military says its troops killed 5 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Northeast region
29 november 2020 - 19:51:45Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Sunday said troops of Operation FIRE BALL, a subsidiary operation [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian rights body says nearly 600 killed in Tigray massacre
25 november 2020 - 02:33:59Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 600 people were killed in Maikadra in Southwestern Tigray state on the night [...] Full text...
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Benin: Two prison officials arrested after escape from Akpro-Missérété prison
22 november 2020 - 11:13:26Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Governors of the civil prisons of Akpro-Missérété, about 40 km from the capital, have been arrested [...] Full text...
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9,000 Tunisian soldiers banned for professional and behavioural misconduct
20 november 2020 - 17:27:51Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - About 9,000 soldiers have been banned from the Tunisian National Army since the revolution of 2011. [...] Full text...
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Malawi fugitive pastor detained
18 november 2020 - 10:52:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Self-proclaimed Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary on Wednesday handed themselves over [...] Full text...
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The many sides of J.J. Rawlings: A tribute (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
16 november 2020 - 08:46:39Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Not even his harshest critics would begrudge Flt. Lt. John Jerry Rawlings, the late Ghanaian President, [...] Full text...
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Tribal killings claim 54 lives in Ethiopian village attack
02 november 2020 - 22:14:17Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 54 people have been killed in attacks in a village in Ethiopia's Western [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves $440,000 relief package for flood-hit Sudan, South Sudan
01 november 2020 - 12:44:59Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved an emergency assistance relief package of $440,000 [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Army 'kills' 16 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists
25 october 2020 - 12:53:05Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Sunday said that their troops have "inflicted heavy casualties" on [...] Full text...
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12 African migrants dead, others missing off Horn of Africa
17 october 2020 - 14:55:30Obock, Djibouti (PANA) - Twelve migrants have died and others are missing after being thrown off a boat by smugglers [...] Full text...
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Two Mali police officers killed in terrorist ambush in Timbuktu
05 october 2020 - 13:18:55Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two police officers of the Mobile Security Group (GMS) were killed and two others as well [...] Full text...
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Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, bandits kill 12 policemen, 5 soldiers in Nigeria
26 september 2020 - 12:37:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Boko Haram/Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Nigeria’s northeast region and bandits in [...] Full text...
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