Serious human rights violations in Libya, UN report

07 october 2021 - 20:25:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The chairman of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya, Mohamed Aujjar, presented on Thursday the first [...] Full text...

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650 new migrants arrested at sea sent back to Libya by coastal guards

17 may 2021 - 20:49:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than 650 illegal migrants were rescued Sunday at sea and brought back to the Libyan [...] Full text...

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UNHCR, WFP and EU in joint campaign to distribute food aid to refugees in Libya

05 may 2021 - 15:46:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than 9,000 vulnerable refugees, including 1,500 families in Libya, have been targeted by a food [...] Full text...

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32 Libyan rights organisations criticize HCR over death of young Somali refugee

11 january 2021 - 23:26:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirty-two human rights organisations Monday expressed dismay over the poor handling of affairs of refugees and [...] Full text...

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HCR gives financial aid to follow-up, orientation centres for refugees in Tunisia

03 december 2020 - 23:55:19
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The UN High-Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Thursday agreed to give a 100,000 USD financing to support [...] Full text...

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141 refugees liberated by HCR from detention camp in eastern Tripoli

27 october 2020 - 21:03:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Altogether, 141 men, women and children refugees in a detention camp for illegal migrants in Khomes, [...] Full text...

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HCR evacuates 153 refugees from Libya to transit center in Niger

16 october 2020 - 22:59:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group of 153 refugees and asylum seekers were evacuated Thursday from Libya by the UN [...] Full text...

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Some 13 pct of 9,500 illegal migrants leaving Libyan coasts in five months are children, says UN

21 september 2020 - 23:53:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 13 per cent of 9,500 illegal migrants who left the Libyan coasts between 1 March [...] Full text...

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45 illegal migrants die off Libyan southwestern coasts, say UN organisations

19 august 2020 - 21:54:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Organisation for International Migration (OIM) and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said here [...] Full text...

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Burundi government set to receive ‘’warmly and with dignity’’ all refugees at home

10 august 2020 - 22:49:14
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi government said here Monday it was “naturally set to receive warmly and with dignity [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Disappointment for OIM and HCR after sinking of 27 migrants

07 august 2020 - 19:35:34
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Organisation for International Migration (OIM) and the UN Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) Friday expressed great [...] Full text...

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Sudanese refugee gets membership card of social security fund for refugees in Tunisia

17 june 2020 - 21:12:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Sudanese here Wednesday received the first membership card of the Tunisian social security fund granted [...] Full text...

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HCR expresses fear for situation of refugees, internally displaced in DRC

10 june 2020 - 22:23:36
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN High Commission for Refugees (HCR) Wednesday expressed fears for refugees and internally displaced [...] Full text...

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Ramadan without respite for Libyans, victims of military escalation (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)

17 may 2020 - 20:48:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyans will have lived in 2020 the Ramadan, month of fasting for Muslims, the most difficult [...] Full text...

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HCR takes assistance to flood victims in eastern DRC

21 april 2020 - 22:14:32
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) -  The UN Hight Commission for Refugees (HCR) Tuesday presented assorted emergency items to flood victims [...] Full text...

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AU Summit: African leaders meet against background of huge challenges

09 february 2020 - 18:05:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – African leaders on Sunday began their 33rd Summit in Addis Ababa under the theme: “Silencing the [...] Full text...

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HCR calls the international community to support Burkina Faso

04 february 2020 - 23:12:23
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   -  The president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, Tuesday held discussions with the UN [...] Full text...

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Libyan security services arrest 386 illegal migrants in Benghazi

14 november 2019 - 21:11:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -  Some 386 illegal African migrants of different nationalities were Thursday arrested in the eastern city of [...] Full text...

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HCR has only 57 pct of 150 million USD needed for this year

14 november 2019 - 00:03:49
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)  - The High commission for Refugees (HCR) has for now only 57 percent of the 150 [...] Full text...

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The year 2019 marked by violence, increasing movements of refugees in Niger

23 october 2019 - 22:51:08
Niamey, Niger (PANA)  -  The Year 2019 was marked in Niger by an increase in violence at border zones resulting [...] Full text...

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Seventy-one illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coasts

29 september 2019 - 17:21:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  Seventy-one illegal migrants on board a rubber dinghy were Sunday rescued here,  45 miles Northwest of [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire receives 1,200 civil status registers from HCR

25 september 2019 - 20:26:33
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  The UN high commission for refugees (HCR) Wednesday handed over 1,200 civil status registers worth [...] Full text...

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HCR evacuates 98 refugees from Libya to Italy

13 september 2019 - 19:00:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A group of 98 vulnerable refugees was evacuated from Libya to Italy on Thursday, the UN [...] Full text...

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Libyan anti-illegal immigration services explain departure of 300 migrants from central Tajoura

10 july 2019 - 22:19:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  The Libyan anti-illegal immigration office, the Tajoura branch (eastern suburb of Tripoli), said here Wednesday that [...] Full text...

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NGO calls for resolution of fate of Mauritanian deportees in Senegal, Mali

21 june 2019 - 05:46:40
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The National Forum of Human Rights Organisations (FONADH), an umbrella of 20 associations, on Thursday urged [...] Full text...

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Niger hosts more than 400,000 internal, external displaced: HCR

20 june 2019 - 22:09:40
Niamey, Niger (PANA)    -    Niger has recorded some 400,000 refugees and internal displaced linked to the ongoing conflict of Boko [...] Full text...

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DR Congolese refugees in Congo, Angola and Rwanda voluntarily repatriated

12 june 2019 - 21:59:28
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -   DR Congolese refugees living in Congo, Angola and Rwanda have expressed the wish to freely [...] Full text...

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Floods displace 2,500 in southwest Libyan city of Ghat

08 june 2019 - 14:01:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Relief loaded trucks arrived in the flood devastated southwestern Libyan city of Ghat on Friday, almost [...] Full text...

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Libya - 149 refugees, asylum seekers evacuated from Tripoli to Rome, says HCR

30 may 2019 - 22:34:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   The UN High Commission for Refugees (HCR) said here in a communiqué Thursday it had evacuated [...] Full text...

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Libyan NGO denounces random bombardment of residential districts near Tripoli

15 may 2019 - 18:40:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan NGO, the National human rights commission (CNDH), has condemned the random bombardment carried out [...] Full text...

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More than 2000 Malian refugees return home voluntarily, say MINUSMA, HCR

12 may 2019 - 15:27:17
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -   More than 2,000 Malian refugees have voluntarily returned home, a joint communiqué issued by the UN [...] Full text...

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UNHCR moves 325 refugees from Tripoli to safety in Zaouia

25 april 2019 - 11:31:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday evacuated 325 refugees from Gaser Ben [...] Full text...

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France: AI calls for release of 700 refugees detained in centers near fighting zones in Tripoli

16 april 2019 - 23:27:30
Paris, France (PANA)  -  Amnesty international (AI) has called on the Libyan government to release 700 refugees stranded in a [...] Full text...

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Libya clashes: New death toll reaches 174, 758 injured – WHO

16 april 2019 - 17:20:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – At least 174 have been killed and 758 others injured, including civilians, since the beginning of [...] Full text...

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Japan gives 2.5 million dollars to support Burundian, CAR refugees, displaced persons in DRC

04 april 2019 - 20:49:03
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Japan Thursday granted 2.5 million US dollars to the UN High Commission for Refugees (HCR) [...] Full text...

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More South Sudanese refugees fleeing violence arrive in DRC

14 february 2019 - 16:51:16
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Thousands of people fleeing violence in South Sudan have arrived in the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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Libya: Italy gives Libya 1.4 million Euros in emergency humanitarian aid

14 january 2016 - 13:32:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Italy has granted Libya emergency humanitarian aid worth 1.4 million Euros, according to the Italian ministry [...] Full text...

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Libya: UNHCR integrates Libya into international contact group on migration

21 august 2015 - 11:20:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The UN High Commission for Refugees (HCR) says it has negotiated with Libya to improve its [...] Full text...

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Libya: 2,700 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

16 july 2015 - 11:26:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Italian navy on Wednesday rescued about 2,700 migrants on board of 13 boats near the [...] Full text...

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Libya: 4 killed and 36 injured in fresh armed clashes in Benghazi

25 november 2014 - 19:56:30
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – Four soldiers have been killed and 38 injured in clashes during the past 24 hours between [...] Full text...

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Libya: Human rights commission wants ICC to try perpetrators of war crimes in Libya

23 november 2014 - 12:10:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan national human rights commission has appealed to Parliament and the interim government to cooperate [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: 'Large influx of Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram into Cameroon'

01 september 2014 - 22:26:48
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - The Cameroonian authorities are worried about the arrival of about 40,000 Nigerians who have fled their [...] Full text...

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Libya: Scores feared drowned as boat carrying illegal migrants capsizes

22 august 2014 - 22:43:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A boat carrying hundreds of illegal migrants, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa bound for Europe, sank on [...] Full text...

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Congo: WFP, HCR warn CAR refugees in Congo in alarming situation

13 june 2014 - 15:54:05
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Food Programme (WFP) representative in Congo and the UN High Commission for Refugees (HCR) [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: HCR needs US$25m in 2014 to assist 93,770 refugees

23 january 2014 - 15:03:14
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR) needs at least US$ 25 million this year to [...] Full text...

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OXFAM calls for humanitarian corridor between Niger and Mali

22 january 2013 - 20:57:40
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – An official of the international charity, OXFAM, on Tuesday called for the opening of a [...] Full text...

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UNHCR launches appeal for US$40m for displaced persons in DRC

19 september 2012 - 22:16:08
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched an appeal for US$40 million additional [...] Full text...

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Voluntary repatriation of Angolan refugees in Congo begins next week

24 october 2011 - 18:34:41
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The voluntary repatriation of Angolan refugees in Congo would begin on 3 November, according to a [...] Full text...

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Some 162,620 African refugees live in DRC

15 april 2011 - 22:00:50
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – About 162,520 refugees from various African countries are residing in DR Congo, the UN High [...] Full text...

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More than 38,000 IPDs listed in western Cote d'Ivoire

10 february 2011 - 22:39:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – More than 38,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been listed in six comunities in western Cote [...] Full text...

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France backs UN efforts to solve Western Sahara conflict

20 december 2010 - 22:16:56
Paris, France (PANA) – France backs efforts of the United Nations special envoy in Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, to reach [...] Full text...

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244 Burundian refugees repatriated from RD Congo

05 october 2010 - 19:54:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Some 244 Burundian refugees were repatriated Tuesday from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where [...] Full text...

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Burundi to close chapter on refugees

30 december 2009 - 22:27:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Some 36,000 Burundi's refugees who are still in exile abroad would be waiting to be repatriated [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian president Abdoul Aziz appeals for national reconciliation

28 october 2009 - 20:34:00
Paris- France (PANA) -- Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdoul Aziz on Wednesd ay appealed for national reconciliation saying the time [...] Full text...

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Census for Angolan refugees in Kinshasa kicks off next week

22 may 2009 - 22:29:00
Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The National Commission for Refugees (CNR) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Angola [...] Full text...

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UNHCR helps repatriate thousands of Rwandan refugees

10 march 2009 - 21:49:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Thousands of Rwandan refugees like widow Marie have been registering for repatriation since the launch of [...] Full text...

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