Prominent South African judge Willem Heath dies
11 october 2024 - 11:41:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African judge Willem Heath has died in Cape Town after a brief [...] Full text...
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‘Irrefutable’ need for global regulation of AI: UN experts
20 september 2024 - 06:26:31New York, US (PANA) - The imperative for global regulation of the booming artificial intelligence (AI) field is “irrefutable”, a [...] Full text...
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Amid reports of torture inside Isareli jails, rights experts call for end to impunity
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Senior UN officials welcome verdict in Guinea 2009 stadium massacre trial
01 august 2024 - 17:09:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fight against impunity must continue in Guinea, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said [...] Full text...
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UN Commission of Inquiry accepts ICJ opinion
23 july 2024 - 06:57:47New York, US (PANA) - The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory on Monday welcomed [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Independent rights probe highlights Israeli ‘destruction and dislocation’ tactics
20 june 2024 - 06:54:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - High-level independent human rights investigators reiterated serious concerns on Wednesday about the legality of the Israeli [...] Full text...
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South African province on high alert after Zuma's election success
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Update: Gaza war: ICC issues arrest warrants for Hamas leaders and Israel’s Netanyahu (Eds: Adds details by ICC Prosecutor)
20 may 2024 - 13:46:45The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Arrest warrants are being sought for the leaders of Hamas and Israel for alleged war [...] Full text...
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Rights expert condemns death of Palestinian doctor in Israeli custody, urges independent inquiry
17 may 2024 - 05:49:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A renowned Palestinian orthopaedic surgeon’s death in Israeli detention has been labelled "horrifying" by a UN [...] Full text...
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Israel is helped by ‘powerful States’ in violation of Palestinians’ rights (Feature by UN News
05 may 2024 - 05:54:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When tensions erupted in East Jerusalem in April 2021 at the beginning of the holy Muslim [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering
16 april 2024 - 16:00:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since war erupted six months ago and one [...] Full text...
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Mass grave found in Libya highlights migrant horrors - IOM
23 march 2024 - 05:29:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A mass grave has been found in southwest Libya containing at least 65 migrants who are believed [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: 23 million tonnes of debris ‘will take years to clear’
18 march 2024 - 07:07:42Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The war in Gaza has left a staggering almost 23 millions tonnes of rubble and unexploded [...] Full text...
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Gaza War: 23 million tonnes of debris ‘will take years to clear’; acute malnutrition doubles in a month
16 march 2024 - 08:39:20New York, US (PANA) - The war in Gaza has left a staggering almost 23 million tonnes of rubble and [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gazans ‘anxious and living in fear’ of Israeli assault on Rafah, warns top UN aid official
13 february 2024 - 18:37:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As international efforts continue to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, the head of UNRWA, the UN [...] Full text...
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Outrcy over South African cricketer's pro-Israel comments
15 january 2024 - 10:33:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The axing of David Teeger as captain of South Africa’s under 19 cricket team [...] Full text...
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Impunity fuelling abuses in Horn of Africa, says Human Rights Watch
11 january 2024 - 05:14:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Horn of Africa governments grappled with rampant wartime atrocities and humanitarian crises throughout 2023 with meager [...] Full text...
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Rights watchdog accuses Nigerian military of attempting to cover up mass civilian drone bomb killings
08 december 2023 - 11:33:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities must "promptly, thoroughly, independently, impartially, transparently and effectively" investigate the killing of more [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for independent investigations into catastrophic Derna floods
06 december 2023 - 09:00:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – An independent inquiry is needed to review failings in Libyan authorities’ management of catastrophic flooding in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's Army Chief visits scene of drone attack that killed dozens of civilians
05 december 2023 - 14:12:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday visited Tudun Biri community in [...] 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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UN Middle East envoy calls for inquiry into strike against Gaza hospital
18 october 2023 - 17:47:38New York, US (PANA) - UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland on Wednesday called for an inquiry into the strike [...] Full text...
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South Africa to probe submarine tragedy
02 october 2023 - 13:19:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An inquiry has been set up to investigate the circumstances around last month’s tragedy [...] Full text...
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South African union hails confirmation of US trade summit
22 september 2023 - 10:48:36Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on Friday welcomed the announcement that [...] Full text...
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Death toll from Johannesburg fire rises to 77
05 september 2023 - 11:27:51Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The death toll following last week’s deadly blaze in the Johannesburg city centre has increased [...] Full text...
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Eritrean soldiers committed crimes against humanity in Ethiopia - Rights group
05 september 2023 - 10:18:33Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) committed war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity in the [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM suspends Foreign Minister over Israel 'meeting'
28 august 2023 - 11:43:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Aldabaiba, has temporarily suspended Foreign Minister Najla El-Mangoush whose "meeting" with the [...] Full text...
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Former President Zuma returns to prison, but is immediately released
11 august 2023 - 07:12:13Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma on Friday morning returned to prison to serve [...] Full text...
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Meeting of Eastern and Southern Africa Commission on Drugs opens in Mauritius
10 august 2023 - 13:08:54Pte-aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, on Thursday highlighted the importance of regional cooperation to the effective response [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Nigerian authorities to disclose identities of #EndSARS protesters due for mass burial
25 july 2023 - 07:38:01Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has asked the Nigerian authorities to urgently halt plans to carry [...] Full text...
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UN experts urge Ethiopia to halt mass deportation of Eritreans
13 july 2023 - 12:09:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN experts on Thursday condemned Ethiopia's summary expulsion of hundreds of Eritreans at the end of [...] Full text...
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Trucks torched on second anniversary of former South African Zuma's arrest
10 july 2023 - 10:07:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions are running high in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces after several trucks [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Paramilitary RSF denies involvement in murder of Governor in Darfur
16 june 2023 - 19:45:21Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has countered statement by the Sudanese army distancing itself from [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Commission clears South African soldiers in CAR bloodbath
12 june 2023 - 19:17:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A South African Commission of Inquiry on Monday found that no one could be [...] Full text...
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South Africa accused of suppling Russian with weapons
12 may 2023 - 08:51:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government on Thursday night said it will appoint an independent inquiry [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for independent, impartial inquiry into Burkina Faso massacre linked to the Army
05 may 2023 - 07:51:31Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso authorities should ensure an independent and impartial inquiry into the summary execution of [...] Full text...
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South Africa's Official opposition party demands answers over extradition debacle
18 april 2023 - 11:36:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), on Tuesday said it will be writing [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Pretoria outraged by UAE refusal to release prominent fugitives
08 april 2023 - 07:32:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government has reacted with outrage at the refusal by the UAE [...] Full text...
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Impunity driving violence in South Sudan, UN rights commission says
04 april 2023 - 12:13:24New York, US (PANA) - Tackling impunity will be critical to end pervasive violence and horrific human rights violations and [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Calls for Parliamentary Inquiry into Tottenham sponsorship deal
03 april 2023 - 12:49:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The chairperson of South African Tourism (SAT) Board, Dr Thozamile Botha, has written to [...] Full text...
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Mauritius PM to 'disable' drug trafficking network
29 march 2023 - 08:02:47Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday reiterated the Government’s commitment to "demolish and disable" the [...] Full text...
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South Africa faces stagnation amid its energy crisis
22 march 2023 - 14:43:28Washington, DC, US (PANA) - South Africa’s economic and social challenges are mounting, risking stagnation amid an unprecedented energy crisis, [...] Full text...
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EU reiterates its ambition to nurture constructive relationship with Zimbabwe
28 february 2023 - 14:20:21Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) welcomes the intention of Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend an invitation [...] Full text...
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ICC investigation sought over South Sudanese conflict
20 february 2023 - 14:34:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A global law firm has requested the International Criminal Court (ICC) to begin an immediate inquiry [...] Full text...
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Nigerian President condemns killing of scores of vigilantes by terrorists
05 february 2023 - 14:52:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday condemned the killing of at least 84 vigilantes at Yargoje forest [...] Full text...
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Gambia Parliament releases report on acute kidney injuries that killed 70 children
20 december 2022 - 17:56:57Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia National Assembly Select Committee on Health has released its forty-three (43) page report of an [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa to skip key US-Africa summit
12 december 2022 - 15:17:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African presidency has confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa will not be attending [...] Full text...
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Justice for protesters against Sudan coup, key to ending cycle of violence: Rights experts
26 october 2022 - 05:39:36Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - UN independent human rights experts on Tuesday demanded real accountability for the year-long brutal crackdown on [...] Full text...
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Guinea: UN pledges support for justice and accountability, as stadium massacre trial begins
29 september 2022 - 05:31:02New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Wednesday paid tribute to the hundreds of victims and their families, of [...] Full text...
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581 civilians killed between January 2020 and March 2022 in Libya - OMCT
28 september 2022 - 20:13:46Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 581 Libyan citizens and migrants were killed extrajudicially between January 2020 and March [...] Full text...
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South Sudan violence proliferating, warn independent rights experts
27 september 2022 - 05:26:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deeply disturbing violence is escalating “all over” South Sudan, top independent UN human rights experts have [...] Full text...
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Burundi must engage in ‘credible and inclusive’ move towards democratic rule - Rights expert
17 september 2022 - 05:20:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Burundi must engage more effectively in the rule of law and fight against impunity for violations [...] Full text...
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Kenyan Supreme Court retreats to deliver judgement on presidential election
03 september 2022 - 08:27:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's top court on Friday finalised hearing a case challenging the election of Deputy President William [...] Full text...
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South Africa: South Africa commemorates annivesary of bloody riots
10 july 2022 - 07:58:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa this weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the arrest of former President [...] Full text...
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South Africa's prosecuting body addresses Gupta extradition concerns
23 june 2022 - 10:24:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says claims that it is mishandling the extradition [...] Full text...
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Togolese phosphate a nuisance in southwest Benin
20 june 2022 - 16:45:46Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Togolese phosphate effluents are damaging biological resources and the ecosystem in Benin, according to a communication [...] Full text...
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South Africa's most wanted fugitives arrested in Dubai
07 june 2022 - 07:49:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s most wanted fugitives are behind bars in Dubai following a global manhunt. Alleged [...] Full text...
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Russia’s Wagner group set landmines near Libyan capital - Human Rights Watch
31 may 2022 - 07:01:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – New information from Libyan agencies and demining groups links the Wagner Group to the use of banned landmines [...] Full text...
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Cameroonian arrested at Mauritius airport with materials to print fake currency
10 may 2022 - 07:17:24Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) -The Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) has intercepted a Cameroonian passenger at the SSR International airport with materials [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls on Nigerian authorities to prioritise justice for abuses against protesters
09 may 2022 - 06:09:35Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A human rights advocate, Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Monday asked the Nigerian authorities to act on [...] Full text...
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Libyan militia group threatens to sue Amnesty International for defamatory report
05 may 2022 - 12:51:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Stability Support Authority (SSA), a Libyan state-funded security body, is threatening to sue human rights [...] Full text...
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South Africa's former president Zuma implicated in damning graft report
29 april 2022 - 11:45:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a further damning indictment on former President Jacob Zuma, the latest report by [...] Full text...
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UN Mission in Mali announces investigation into alleged killings in central Mali
08 april 2022 - 14:31:40Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has opened an investigation into allegations [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Top court clears way for Zuma’s trial
31 march 2022 - 13:58:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Thursday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma's attempts [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Council President appoints Fatou Bensouda, others as members of investigative body in Ethiopia
02 march 2022 - 23:57:41Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Federico Villegas of Argentina, on Wednesday announced the [...] Full text...
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Rights group criticises DR Congo for failure to 'fully investigate' killing of 66 Iyeke people
09 february 2022 - 12:44:07Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A human rights advocate has accused the DR Congo authorities of failing to fully investigate the killing [...] Full text...
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Human rights NGOs in Guinea target Moussa Dadis Camara
23 december 2021 - 16:21:20Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Less than 24 hours after his return from exile on Wednesday, Guinea's former junta leader, Moussa [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US 'gravely concerned' by new alleged rights abuses against Tigrayans
18 december 2021 - 12:55:34Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it is "gravely concerned" by unconfirmed new reports alleging mass detentions, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Gov't slams 'politically motivated' agenda of UN Human Rights Council
18 december 2021 - 07:50:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government says it is "extremely disappointed" at the use of the United Nations [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Human Rights Council sets up international rights probe
17 december 2021 - 17:05:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Serious concerns over alleged severe human rights violations and abuses in Ethiopia should be investigated by [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US expresses 'grave concern' over 'egregious' rights abuses by rebels in the north
13 december 2021 - 08:39:01Washington, DC , US (PANA) - The United States has expressed grave concern about reports of alleged "egregious human rights [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group accuses rebel Tigray forces of summarily executing civilians
10 december 2021 - 07:38:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Tigrayan forces summarily executed dozens of civilians in two towns they controlled in Ethiopia's northern Amhara [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, rubbishes Lagos EndSARS panel report, says its ‘triumph of fake news’
23 november 2021 - 16:30:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday said the report of the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: New book reveals how Zuma's arrest plunged SA into chaos
01 november 2021 - 19:46:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A new book has outlined the July riots that caused chaos in South Africa’s [...] Full text...
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Former South African President Zuma lays charges against his prosecutor
21 october 2021 - 12:48:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Thursday laid criminal charges against State advocate Billy Downer, [...] Full text...
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Former South African President Zuma's supporters celebrate his release from prison
14 october 2021 - 13:04:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A large crowd of people loyal to former President Jacob Zuma on Thursday gathered [...] Full text...
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UN says perpetrators of ex-Gambian president Jammeh-era crimes 'must be brought to justice'
08 october 2021 - 11:50:20Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) supports the prosecution of crimes committed in [...] Full text...
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WHO: Abuse allegations amid DR Congo Ebola outbreak ‘a sickening betrayal of the people we serve’
29 september 2021 - 05:50:08Gene,a Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual abuse and exploitation allegedly carried out by World Health Organization (WHO) staff during the UN [...] Full text...
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South Africa's major graft trial resumes without former president Zuma
21 september 2021 - 11:56:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Tuesday failed to force former President Jacob [...] Full text...
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Torture, killings, lawlessness, still blight Burundi’s rights record: UN
17 september 2021 - 06:53:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The people of Burundi continue to endure serious human rights violations including possible crimes against humanity, [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Air Force sets up board of inquiry on aircraft bombing of civilians
16 september 2021 - 18:13:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian Air Force (NAF) headquarters has set up a board of inquiry to investigate the circumstances [...] Full text...
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South African Foundation moves to block Zuma's release
15 september 2021 - 18:14:47Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) on Wednesday launched an application to declare that the [...] Full text...
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US expresses concern over ongoing conflict and human rights abuses in northern Ethiopia
10 september 2021 - 20:09:06Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United states Friday issued a statement expressing deep concern over the ongoing conflicts in Ethiopia [...] Full text...
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Backlash in South Africa after decision to release Zuma
07 september 2021 - 17:08:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There are growing calls for legal action to be taken against South Africa’s Department [...] Full text...
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South African jailed ex-president Zuma begs for donations
24 august 2021 - 15:53:25Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma is urging ordinary compatriots to dig into their [...] Full text...
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Six police officers fired after mystery custody murder in Eastern Kenya
16 august 2021 - 20:51:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Six Police officers who arrested and later dumped bodies of two brothers in Embu, Eastern Kenya, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: Troops and militia rape, abduct women and girls in Tigray – new report
11 august 2021 - 12:53:27Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Women and girls in Tigray region were targeted for rape and other sexual violence by [...] Full text...
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Rights groups urge AU to deliver on commitments for accountability in South Sudan
05 august 2021 - 06:24:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The African Union Commission’s failure to advance justice for the countless victims of atrocities in South [...] Full text...
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UN report calls for urgent end to mounting human rights violations in CAR
04 august 2021 - 13:27:41Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA)– A UN report published Wednesday details the dire and worsening human rights situation over the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigerian Air Force set to receive six A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets from U.S.
15 july 2021 - 23:08:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopia slams AU's 'unilateral' Tigray inquiry; calls for joint investigation
17 june 2021 - 15:07:53Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has rejected the "unilateral" establishment of a commission of inquiry into the Tigray crisis [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: AU inquiry on Tigray crisis begins work
17 june 2021 - 07:24:24Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is on Thursday commencing an inquiry into the crisis in Ethiopia's [...] Full text...
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Tunisia welcomes creation of commission of inquiry into human rights violations in Palestine
29 may 2021 - 15:11:59Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has welcomed the resolution of the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish an independent [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma loses another court battle
27 may 2021 - 16:50:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Constitutional Court on Thursday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma's attempt to appeal [...] Full text...
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South Africa has ‘obligation’ to better address domestic violence: UN women’s rights experts
18 may 2021 - 06:44:50Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Failure to address domestic violence in South Africa is a violation of women’s rights, independent [...] Full text...
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President Ramaphosa salutes South African media industry
03 may 2021 - 11:26:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday saluted South Africa’s media industry, saying it had played [...] Full text...
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UK slaps sanctions on fugitives who fled South Africa
27 april 2021 - 16:00:24Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions against members of the Indian Gupta family who [...] Full text...
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France honours leading South African advocate
20 april 2021 - 18:45:31Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has been awarded the Chevalier de la [...] Full text...
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South African president Ramaphosa urged to sanction former leader Zuma
15 april 2021 - 11:53:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: Rights group accuses Eritrean soldiers of killing three Ethiopians in 'unprovoked attack'
15 april 2021 - 06:12:24Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, says Eritrean troops killed three people and injured at least [...] Full text...
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South Africa commemorates anniversary of stadium stampede
11 april 2021 - 11:34:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Sunday marked the 20th anniversary of a stampede at a football [...] Full text...
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Italy salutes South African lawmaker
15 march 2021 - 10:52:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Chief Whip of South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has been awarded [...] 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 calls for independent inquiry of Equatorial Guinea blast
10 march 2021 - 05:39:22Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Equatorial Guinean authorities should invite international experts to conduct an independent investigation into the explosion that [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Growing calls for Zuma to appear before anti-graft commission
03 march 2021 - 15:39:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The opposition Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP has urged former President Jacob Zuma to appear [...] Full text...
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Date set for former South African President Zuma's high-profile graft trial
23 february 2021 - 11:46:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following more than 10 years of delays, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg on [...] Full text...
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South Africa commission seeks two year jail term for Zuma
22 february 2021 - 15:13:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Monday asked the Constitutional Court to [...] Full text...
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EU presses Zimbabwe to end rights abuses
22 february 2021 - 07:01:48Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union is stepping up pressure on Zimbabwe over the lack of substantial reforms that has allowed [...] Full text...
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EU High Representative welcomes opportunity for engagement with Zimbabwe
19 february 2021 - 13:12:56Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union has welcomed further opportunities for continued dialogue and engagement with Zimbabwe and reiterated [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma faces arrest threat for defying top court
15 february 2021 - 13:56:42Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Monday said the State Capture Commission of Inquiry [...] Full text...
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South African advocate appointed to African Court Bench
11 february 2021 - 13:29:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African Advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza has been appointed as a judge of the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: Rights watchdog says govt' forces carried out unlawful shelling of Tigray urban areas
11 february 2021 - 07:00:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ethiopian federal forces carried out apparently indiscriminate shelling of urban areas in the Tigray region in [...] Full text...
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France to confer top award on South African advocate
05 february 2021 - 13:30:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African advocate Thuli Madonsela who helped draft the final Constitution, which was [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Nigerian authorities of 'covering up' Lekki toll gate violence
28 january 2021 - 12:10:12Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian authorities have failed to bring to justice those suspected to be responsible for the brutal [...] Full text...
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South African Constitutional Court orders former President Zuma to appear at Zondo Commission
28 january 2021 - 11:08:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma was dealt a bitter blow on Thursday when [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma's graft trial inches closer after court bid rejected
22 january 2021 - 14:42:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Friday dismissed French arms company Thales' bid [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma gets 'Idiot of the Year' award
30 december 2020 - 11:32:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Sunday Times – South Africa’s biggest selling weekend newspaper – reserves a section [...] Full text...
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Change of Police command means nothing if killers are not arrested, says opposition
30 december 2020 - 09:47:49Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s main opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) says the changes made by President Edgar [...] Full text...
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Former South Africa president Zuma defies anti-graft commission
14 december 2020 - 17:01:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma of South Africa on Monday said he would not be [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma walks out of inquiry without testifying
19 november 2020 - 13:27:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday walked out of the commission of [...] Full text...
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Reported Ethiopia massacre: UN rights chief warns of spiralling situation, war crimes
13 november 2020 - 21:47:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Disturbing reports of an alleged massacre have surfaced in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, amid fighting between national [...] Full text...
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Nigerians need justice, UN rights experts say
03 november 2020 - 18:33:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Government must establish a credible, independent inquiry into the recent killing of at least [...] Full text...
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Former Mauritanian president's son summoned in anti-corruption probe
03 november 2020 - 13:22:36Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The son of former Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz has been is summoned by the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma ordered to pay massive legal fees
30 october 2020 - 17:06:05Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma’s legal woes continue to mount. The Supreme Court of [...] Full text...
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Tunis strongly condemns Nice attack by Tunisian, opens judicial investigation
29 october 2020 - 22:39:14Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Thursday strongly condemned the knife attack which claimed the lives of three in Nice, southeast [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Commission responds to Zuma's threats
29 october 2020 - 14:57:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Thursday addressed former President Jacob Zuma's [...] Full text...
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Will the permanent ceasefire agreement in Libya overshadow the position of critics? (Analysis)
26 october 2020 - 16:44:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The signing on Friday in Geneva of the permanent ceasefire agreement in Libya has accelerated the [...] Full text...
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Nigerian military says trending videos of soldiers opening fire on EndSARS protesters are photoshop
22 october 2020 - 17:52:11Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Thursday said viral video of soldiers opening fire and killing EndSARS [...] Full text...
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Zuma slams South Africa's corruption commission
18 october 2020 - 07:28:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma this weekend slammed the Zondo Commission of Inquiry [...] Full text...
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Former South African president Zuma ordered to appear before anti-graft commission
09 october 2020 - 11:21:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Friday issued a summons ordering former President Jacob [...] Full text...
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Nigerian gov't slammed for 'impunity' enjoyed by 'notorious' police unit
07 october 2020 - 07:22:29Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities have failed to tackle the impunity enjoyed by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), [...] Full text...
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Civil society, students petition Zambian President to set up commission of inquiry
01 october 2020 - 15:44:10Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A consortium of 10 civil society organisations and students’ unions presented a petition to Zambian President [...] Full text...
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Rights group says 'at least 50 killed' in Guinea protests this year
01 october 2020 - 06:06:39Conakry, Guine (PANA) - The crackdown on protests in Guinea, including those against a change in the constitution allowing President [...] Full text...
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Former Mauritanian President Abdel Aziz refuses to collaborate with justice system
28 september 2020 - 15:53:56Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's former president (2008-2019), Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz, continues to refuse to cooperate with his country's [...] Full text...
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Mauritania authorities step up investigations into former president Abdel Azizi's tenure
26 september 2020 - 08:09:42Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian anti-corruption police are continuing their investigations into governance during the decade of the rule of [...] Full text...
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No human rights progress despite new presidency in Burundi - UN iiInquiry finds
24 september 2020 - 12:48:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has urged the international community to remain concerned about the [...] Full text...
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Former president Zuma ordered to appear before South Africa's anti-graft commission
21 september 2020 - 13:05:21Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo on Monday ordered former President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...
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UN report says human rights violations continue in Burundi under new Govt
18 september 2020 - 05:07:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-appointed investigators have issued fresh warnings about ongoing rights violations and impunity in Burundi, since the death [...] Full text...
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Fayez al-Sarraj says he intends to resign in October
17 september 2020 - 14:07:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- Fayez al-Sarraj, Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) announced [...] Full text...
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Water cut highlighted in Mauritanian news
12 september 2020 - 20:22:29Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The press in Mauritania this week extensively commented on the total cut-off of drinking water noted [...] Full text...
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Former Mauritanian leader Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz claims "psychological torture"
11 september 2020 - 15:40:16Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Former president Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritanian (2008-2019) has denounced the harassment he is allegedly [...] Full text...
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Sudanese peace agreement should deliver lasting peace, urges Amnesty Intl
31 august 2020 - 23:12:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The signing of the peace agreement between the Sudanese government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front should [...] Full text...
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US Embassy in Libya welcomes partnership with PM al-Sarraj and Interior minister Bachagha
29 august 2020 - 16:45:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US Embassy in Libya has announced support for the rule of law in Libya, giving [...] Full text...
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UN Mission in Libya calls for calm, preservation of citizens' rights
29 august 2020 - 16:04:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has called for calm, the application of the [...] Full text...
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Former Mauritanian President, Abdel Aziz, appears before investigators
26 august 2020 - 15:04:06Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The former Mauritanian president (2008-2019), Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz, again appeared on Tuesday before police investigating [...] Full text...
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Rights expert denounces lack of investigation into 2017 killing of journalist in South Sudan
26 august 2020 - 05:50:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lack of investigation into the killing of a journalist three years ago in South Sudan is [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: 60 lawyers to represent govt. in case against former President Aziz
25 august 2020 - 18:49:50Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A team of 60 lawyers is to defend the interest of the Mauritanian state in the [...] Full text...
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IMF reacts on dismissal of Zambia Central Bank Governor
25 august 2020 - 06:29:16Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The macroeconomic stability that most developing countries have enjoyed in recent years has greatly relied on [...] Full text...
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Former Mauritanian President Ould Abdel Aziz released after one week in police custody
24 august 2020 - 14:14:34Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's former president (2008-2019), Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz, was released on Sunday night after one week [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian political stakeholders deny harassing former president
19 august 2020 - 15:56:07Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Committee of Parties Represented in the Mauritanian Parliament (CPPP), made up of both the ruling [...] Full text...
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Detained Mauritanian ex-president refuses to answer questions from investigators
18 august 2020 - 15:22:55Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Detained Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, a former Mauritanian president (2008-2019), has refused to answer questions from [...] Full text...
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DR Congo initiates inquiry into deadly plane crash in South Kivu
17 august 2020 - 14:23:21Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - An inquiry has been launched into last week's plane crash that left four people dead in [...] Full text...
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Oil Spill: Mauritius Govt. says the worst is behind; NGO expects a 2nd spill
17 august 2020 - 12:52:50Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Steven Obeegadoo, has said that with more than 3,300 of [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian media highlight preliminary investigation into former president's rule
15 august 2020 - 17:47:03Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritania media this week highlighted the latest developments on the decade of governance of former [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian justice freezes accounts of allies of former President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz
14 august 2020 - 16:05:20Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian justice has ordered the seizure of several bank accounts belonging to persons and private [...] Full text...
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South Africa's top court rules against former President Zuma
07 august 2020 - 12:54:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed former President Jacob Zuma's appeal against a High [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian justice to delve into 11 years of former President ould Abdel Aziz's rule
06 august 2020 - 11:06:54Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian General Prosecutor's Office under the Supreme Court, on Wednesday announced the opening of a [...] Full text...
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US slaps Zimbabwe President's ally, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, and business, with sanctions
05 august 2020 - 17:40:50Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has slapped sanctions [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Opposition welcomes probe of ex-president Aziz's administration
31 july 2020 - 17:36:15Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Rally for Reform and Development (RNRD/Tawassoul/Islamist Movement), the main opposition party in Mauritania, says [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Stock Exchange to reopen on August 3
29 july 2020 - 14:59:44Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government will lift the suspension of trading on the main bourse on August 3, [...] Full text...
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Malian PM urges opposition to participate in national unity government
29 july 2020 - 11:13:27Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has called on the opposition, which is demanding the resignation of [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Parliamentary Investigative Commission blames ex-president Aziz for bad governance
28 july 2020 - 17:40:56Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The report of a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CEP), formed last January to investigate "decades of [...] Full text...
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MPs approve draft law on High Court of Justice in Mauritania
28 july 2020 - 14:28:14Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Assembly of Mauritania has approved a draft organic law establishing the High Court of [...] Full text...
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Mali: ECOWAS summit recommends resignation of 31 deputies
27 july 2020 - 16:44:34Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The virtual extraordinary summit of heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States [...] Full text...
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Presidential Council orders investigation into Bernard Henri Levy's visit to Libya
26 july 2020 - 14:29:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has affirmed that it has no [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian media highlight misfortunes of former president Abdel Aziz
25 july 2020 - 12:55:06Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The media in Mauritania this week devoted most of their comments to the difficulties of the [...] Full text...
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Families of 50 Ghanaian, West African migrants killed in Gambia and Senegal in 2005 demand justice
21 july 2020 - 08:53:29Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The families of more than 50 Ghanaian and other West African migrants killed in Gambia and Senegal 15 [...] Full text...
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EU, HRW say disappearance of Libyan MP Siham Sergewa not investigated one year after
17 july 2020 - 18:34:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union Mission to Libya and Human Right Watch (HRW) deplored that one year after [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian MPs to review decade of governance of former President Aziz
15 july 2020 - 17:48:39Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A report prepared by a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CEP) on the decade of governance of [...] Full text...
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M5-RFP calls for independent international commission of inquiry in Mali
15 july 2020 - 15:37:56Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mouvement du 5 juin-Rassemblement des forces patriotiques (M5-RFP), organizers of the demonstrations against the Malian [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Former President Aziz accused of trying to hand over an island to a Qatari prince
13 july 2020 - 15:02:50Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CEP), charged with carrying out investigations into his governance for 11 [...] Full text...
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Mauritania suspends voting procedure for creation of High Court of Justice
12 july 2020 - 15:16:11Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania’s justice, interior, and defense committee Saturday suspended a voting procedure on a law setting up [...] Full text...
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Inquiry into former president's governance resonates in Mauritanian press
11 july 2020 - 14:21:51Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - As the week comes to a close, the story that resonated most in the Mauritanian press [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari suspends acting chair of anti-graft agency, appoints new head
10 july 2020 - 12:44:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved the immediate suspension of Ibrahim Magu as Acting Chairman of [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Opposition party wants Central Bank of Mauritania audited
09 july 2020 - 16:01:51Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian Opposition Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) has called for an audit of the Central Bank [...] Full text...
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Burglary hits Mauritania's Budget Directorate-General in Nouakchott
06 july 2020 - 11:42:44Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Budget Directorate-General, located in downtown Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, was burgled on Sunday g and [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s Justice Minister resigns
26 june 2020 - 09:03:44Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Abubacarr Marie Tambadou, Gambia’s Justice Minister, on Thursday tendered his resignation to take up a new [...] Full text...
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190 bodies discovered in hospitals, mass graves after defeat of Hafar forces in western Libya
20 june 2020 - 13:31:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 190 bodies have been discovered in hospitals and mass graves in Tarhouna, 100 [...] Full text...
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Atrocity of war crimes, crimes against humanity in Libya call for an end to impunity
19 june 2020 - 14:47:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The last few weeks have been full of dramatic developments in Libya following the defeat of [...] Full text...
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Libyan citizen injured in mine explosion in Tripoli
17 june 2020 - 17:57:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan citizen was injured Wednesday by a mine explosion near his house in the Al-Kabaylia [...] Full text...
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AfDB debars Chinese firm, Sieyuan Electric and Subsidiaries, for fraud
16 june 2020 - 19:00:52Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, announced the conclusion of [...] Full text...
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Libyan government determined to shed light on mass graves discovered in Tarhouna, last pro-Haftar stronghold
13 june 2020 - 15:08:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The mass graves discovered in Tarhouna, 120 km south of Tripoli, the last stronghold of Marshal [...] Full text...
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Mauritius PM reiterates 'zero-tolerance' policy against fraud, corruption
12 june 2020 - 05:13:47Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr. Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday said that the government has adopted a zero-tolerance [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Three deaths reported in police custody since November 2019
09 june 2020 - 13:17:33Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday told Parliament that since November 2019 to date, [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: At least 296 people killed by armed attackers in 6 months in Ituri - UN
29 may 2020 - 19:19:31Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - At least 296 people were killed, 151 others injured and 38 people raped, including many [...] Full text...
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Inquiry launched into the deaths of 12 people in eastern Burkina Faso
20 may 2020 - 18:06:38Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The government of Burkina Faso on Wednesday announced that an investigation has been opened into [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief renews call for pandemic solidarity as WHO warns ‘majority’ of world still at risk
18 may 2020 - 16:34:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A “massive” and combined effort by all countries is needed to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, UN [...] Full text...
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Libya protests to UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Tripoli
18 may 2020 - 12:21:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has summoned the Humanitarian [...] Full text...
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AU, UN appeal for ‘stable and peaceful environment’ for Burundi elections
18 may 2020 - 04:59:20Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ahead of presidential and local elections in Burundi on Wednesday, the African Union (AU) Commission and the [...] Full text...
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UN commission alarmed at rights violations in run-up to 20 May elections
15 may 2020 - 05:17:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi, alarmed by violence and human rights violations in the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO seeks further details on staff expulsion from Burundi
15 may 2020 - 05:10:07Brazzaville, CONGO (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it is seeking to clarify why authorities [...] Full text...
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Zambian Police investigate death of woman who died at the house of a catholic Priest
04 may 2020 - 17:59:16Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian Police in the capital, Lusaka, have instituted an inquiry into the death of a 42-year-old [...] Full text...
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France welcomes legal proceedings on massacre of Cameroonian villagers
24 april 2020 - 15:01:08Paris, France (PANA) - France has welcomed the opening by Cameroonian authorities of legal proceedings against the alleged perpetrators of [...] Full text...
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Two Malian soldiers killed in plane crash
08 april 2020 - 11:29:33Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Malian Air Force plane crashed on Tuesday in Sévaré, in the central Mopti region, killing [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Five accused of March 6 terror attack taken to court
19 march 2020 - 18:39:13Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Five persons accused in connection with the March 6, 2020 suicide bombing at the Berges du [...] Full text...
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Kenyan banks agree financial incentives to lessen impact of coronavirus
18 march 2020 - 17:54:46Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has agreed to a set of new measures with the [...] Full text...
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Buhari orders new anti-smuggling operation across Nigeria's land borders
01 march 2020 - 03:53:27Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday ordered a new anti-smuggling border drill exercise, codenamed ‘OPERATION SWIFT [...] Full text...
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President Tshisekedi orders inquiry into the death of FARDC deputy chief of staff
29 february 2020 - 19:14:45Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - DR Congo President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo has demanded a prompt inquiry to determine the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Army investigates soldier's killing of himself, four others
27 february 2020 - 10:04:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army has instituted a Board of Inquiry into the circumstances in which an unnamed [...] Full text...
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Rights group says civilians massacred in Cameroon's separatist area
27 february 2020 - 07:56:45Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) – Cameroonian government forces and armed ethnic Fulani killed at least 21 civilians in Ngarbuh village, including 13 [...] Full text...
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