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Sudanese authorities form commission to probe recent retribution killings
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UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan concerned about retribution killings
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UN peacekeepers flag communal violence in South Sudan
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Sudan war: Human Rights Watch flags 'ethnic cleansing' in Sudan's West Darfur
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Sudan war: Paris conference on Sudan should jump-start new approach to humanitarian funding
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UN human rights experts urge Egypt to halt executions
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Gaza war: Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark
04 april 2024 - 05:30:57New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians in Gaza have suspended operations at night for at least 48 hours in response to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria' president condemns 'unprovoked' killing of soldiers by civilians in Delta State
18 march 2024 - 16:03:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday condemned the “unprovoked” killing of soldiers attached to 181 Amphibious [...] Full text...
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Nigerian soldiers raze community after youths abduct, behead their colleagues
18 march 2024 - 06:38:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Irate Nigerian soldiers have razed Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Niger [...] Full text...
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UN 'strongly' condemns Boko Haram’s abduction of over 200 IDPs In Nigeria's Borno State
07 march 2024 - 07:34:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations on Wednesday “strongly” condemned Boko Haram terrorists’ abduction of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza: Worst famine fears realised as 10th child reportedly ‘starves to death’
01 march 2024 - 17:55:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Repeated warnings from humanitarians over desperate food insecurity and imminent famine in Gaza came into focus [...] Full text...
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UN Commission warns South Sudan's repressive regime may fail to restore stability
01 march 2024 - 16:16:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unchecked mass violence and entrenched repression in South Sudan threaten the prospects of durable peace and [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: UN rights chief deplores ‘entrenched impunity’ by all parties in Israel, OPT
24 february 2024 - 10:27:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official on Friday made a strong call for accountability for serious [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Rights violations ripple across Sudan as 'senseless conflict' rages
24 february 2024 - 10:26:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The armed conflict in Sudan has resulted in thousands of civilians killed, millions displaced, property looted [...] Full text...
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UN agencies express concern for families caught in DR Congo violence as needs grow
24 february 2024 - 10:25:41Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - UN agencies continue to sound the alarm over the escalating violence and worsening humanitarian needs [...] Full text...
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'Governments target nationals living abroad': Human Rights Watch
22 february 2024 - 07:00:06New York, US (PANA) – Governments across the globe are reaching beyond their borders and committing human rights abuses against [...] Full text...
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Libyan Interior Minister vows to hold to account anyone involved in murder of ten people in Tripoli
21 february 2024 - 15:05:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The acting Libyan Minister of the Interior in the government of national unity, General Imad Trabelsi, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia's Tigray region lags behind in post-conflict recovery
20 february 2024 - 14:58:28Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray is lagging behind in its efforts to recover from conflict, [...] Full text...
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Israel must end occupation of Palestine: Amnesty International
19 february 2024 - 05:35:36The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Israel must end its brutal occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: War leaves 700,000 children facing life-threatening malnutrition
09 february 2024 - 17:02:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A staggering 700,000 children in Sudan face the worst and most life-threatening form of hunger after [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN rights experts condemn ‘killing and silencing’ of journalists
02 february 2024 - 06:13:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ongoing military operations by Israel in Gaza have made it the deadliest and most dangerous war [...] Full text...
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Dozens killed in Mali ‘summary executions’ - UN rights chief
02 february 2024 - 05:36:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk expressed his shock on Thursday at credible reports alleging that Malian [...] Full text...
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World confronts an ‘ugly and inescapable truth’ in Darfur, says ICC Prosecutor
30 january 2024 - 06:23:48New York, US (PANA) - The international community’s failure to execute warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and [...] Full text...
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Rights group says victims of 'reckless air strike' in Nigeria still awaiting justice after one year
24 january 2024 - 06:52:15Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, is demanding justice for 40 people who were killed in an [...] Full text...
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Palestine-Gaza crisis: UN chief reiterates Gaza ceasefire call, condemns ‘collective punishment’ of Palestinians
15 january 2024 - 19:50:11New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasised the imperative of establishing “basic conditions” to facilitate safe [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Ceasefire ‘more urgent than ever’ as conflict approaches 100-day mark
12 january 2024 - 20:26:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Gaza conflict approaches the 100-day mark, an immediate ceasefire is “more urgent than ever”, [...] 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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Gambian ex-minister Sonko faces crimes against humanity charges
05 january 2024 - 11:14:49Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The trial of former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko will open 8 January in Switzerland for [...] Full text...
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UN rights office urges Ethiopia to prioritise victims amidst legacy of rights abuses
29 december 2023 - 05:38:06Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Thursday urged the Ethiopian Government to ensure that ongoing [...] Full text...
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Sharp increase in journalists killed in conflict zones: UNESCO
19 december 2023 - 18:52:54Paris, France (PANA) - 2023 has been a particularly deadly year for journalists who work in conflict zones, with killings [...] 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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Sudan conflict: Concrete measures needed to curb widespread abuses, protect civilians
12 december 2023 - 08:10:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The United States government’s announcement on 6 December that atrocity crimes have been committed by both warring [...] 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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Burkina Faso criticises UN rights officer for 'equating terrorists with subject of international law'
01 december 2023 - 13:15:45Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has protested against a statement issued by an official of the UN High [...] Full text...
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Gambian journalists welcome sentencing of Bai Lowe for murder of Deyda Hydara
30 november 2023 - 15:41:17Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has welcomed the verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death [...] Full text...
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Germany Court Verdict: Former Gambian leader death squad member sentenced to Life Imprisonment
30 november 2023 - 14:00:09Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A German Court in the city of Celle on Thursday found former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh [...] Full text...
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Germany: Verdict on extrajudicial killings in The Gambia
28 november 2023 - 19:03:05Berlin, Germany (PANA) - A German court in the city of Celle is expected to deliver a verdict on 30 [...] Full text...
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Clashes in eastern DR Congo displace 450,000 in six weeks
24 november 2023 - 17:29:22Kinshasa, Dr Congo (PANA) - Humanitarians are urgently scaling up aid in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...
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Funding shortfall puts WFP operations in Chad at risk
21 november 2023 - 19:41:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Funding constraints and rising humanitarian needs could force the World Food Programme (WFP) to halt assistance [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Troika condemns escalating violence, rights abuses in Darfur
18 november 2023 - 07:08:02Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Troika on Sudan -- Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States -- have [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: ‘Six days of terror’ in West Darfur: Ethnically-based attacks on the rise
17 november 2023 - 20:33:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has voiced alarm over reports of another ethnically motivated mass [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Darfur armed rebel movements end neutrality, declare war against RSF
17 november 2023 - 09:55:47Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Darfur former rebel movements have come out of hibernation and declared their “participation in the militant [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Lack of fuel threatening to shut down entire humanitarian operation
17 november 2023 - 06:24:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lack of fuel is jeopardising “the entire architecture of the humanitarian response” in Gaza, where raw [...] Full text...
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Humanitarians step up response to deadly cholera outbreak in Sudan
14 november 2023 - 17:42:14Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Cholera vaccines are expected to arrive in Sudan this month as the country continues to face [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Sudanese Army accuses rival paramilitary RSF of committing ethnic cleansing
11 november 2023 - 09:18:23Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Friday accused its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing war [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UNHCR warns Darfur atrocities of 20 years ago may reoccur
10 november 2023 - 17:18:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Escalating violence across the Darfur region in Sudan has sparked fears that atrocities committed two decades [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Enough is enough’, say UN humanitarians
06 november 2023 - 15:08:14Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With the deepening Israel-Palestine crisis about to enter its second month, a dozen UN agencies have [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses armed groups of war crimes in besieged localities in Burkina Faso
04 november 2023 - 06:13:10Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Ansaroul Islam and other armed groups are enforcing brutal sieges in localities across Burkina Faso [...] Full text...
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UNESCO flags 'worrying rise' in violence against journalists during election periods
02 november 2023 - 18:44:31Paris, France (PANA) - New data from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has revealed a worrying rise [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Malian armed forces, Islamist armed groups of killing, abusing civilians
02 november 2023 - 08:01:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Malian armed forces and Islamist armed groups have killed and otherwise abused numerous civilians in central [...] Full text...
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US, rights advocate renew calls for investigation of rights abuses in Chad in October last year
21 october 2023 - 06:45:05Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and Human Rights Watch (HRW) have renewed calls for full investigations of [...] Full text...
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UN chief 'horrified' by strike on Gaza hospital, as warring sides blame each other
18 october 2023 - 07:01:05Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General said he was horrified by the killing of hundreds of civilians following a [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia crisis: Victims ‘left in limbo’ as Ethiopia rights probe mandate ends
14 october 2023 - 08:00:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN-mandated Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia on Friday released a harrowing report on [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Rwandan authorities of using violence to silence criticism
10 october 2023 - 10:27:38New York, US (PANA) – Rwandan authorities and their proxies are using violence, judicial mechanisms, and intimidation to try to [...] Full text...
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Rights group says unlawful killings of two people by Cameroon separatists must not go unpunished
07 october 2023 - 06:47:31Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Amnesty international has condemned the unlawful killing of two people by armed separatists in the the [...] Full text...
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Atrocity crimes still being committed in Ethiopia, UN experts warn
04 october 2023 - 05:40:12Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Independent UN human rights experts are warning that there is “an overwhelming risk” atrocity crimes [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: Nearly one year after ceasefire, UN experts warn of ongoing atrocities
18 september 2023 - 15:04:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly one year since the signing of an agreement to cease hostilities in Ethiopia, atrocities, war crimes [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UN says Sudanese Army, paramilitary forces 'responsible for abhorrent rights violations'
14 september 2023 - 06:15:57New York, US (PANA) - Both Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are responsible [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: US sanctions two RSF commanders for atrocities, rights abuses
07 september 2023 - 07:48:37Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has imposed sanctions against two senior commanders of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support [...] Full text...
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Eritrea dismisses Amnesty's 'flawed' report on Eritrean Defence Forces' war crimes in Ethiopia
06 september 2023 - 11:02:37New York, US (PANA) - Eritrea has dismissed a report by Amnesty International that the Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) committed [...] 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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UN rights body flags deteriorating human rights situation in Ethiopia
29 august 2023 - 14:32:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday flagged the deteriorating human rights situation in [...] Full text...
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Amhara Conflict: Ethiopia shaken by a new, growing rebellion in Amhara (News feature)
18 august 2023 - 11:45:18Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Two weeks after irregular militia fighters called the Fano seized several towns and cities in [...] 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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Negotiated solution only way to end Sudan war: senior UN official
10 august 2023 - 06:41:57New York, US (PANA) - Ongoing mediation efforts aimed at resolving the conflict in Sudan are critical, a senior UN [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for impartial investigation, prosecution of grave police abuse against activists
07 august 2023 - 06:34:15Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday asked the government of Angola to ensure urgent, impartial, and [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Troika condemns atrocities in Darfur
05 august 2023 - 06:22:11Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Troika on Sudan, comprising Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States, have condemned [...] Full text...
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UNHCR urges solidarity with Burkina Faso’s victims of extremist violence
28 july 2023 - 17:14:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilians fleeing attacks by extremist groups in Burkina Faso must be allowed to shelter in neighbouring [...] 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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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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Kenyan anti-government protests continue, killings reported
19 july 2023 - 18:31:06Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police have shot dead one person and wounded scores during the first day of three days [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: ‘We cannot work under the barrel of a gun,’ UN relief chief says
15 july 2023 - 16:03:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Warring factions in Sudan must respect international law, protect civilians, and stop targeting relief and aid [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: US condemns continued atrocities by RSF in West Darfur
14 july 2023 - 06:01:49Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has condemned "in the strongest terms" the continued atrocities and ethnically targeted [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: ICC launches investigation into surging violence in Darfur
14 july 2023 - 05:12:05New York, US (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Thursday that he is investigating [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: At least 87 buried in mass grave in Darfur - UN rights office
13 july 2023 - 11:56:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The bodies of at least 87 ethnic Masalit and others allegedly killed last month by paramilitary [...] Full text...
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Rights group flags mounting Islamist armed group killings, rape in Mali
13 july 2023 - 06:09:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Islamist armed groups have carried out widespread killings, rapes, and lootings of villages in northeast Mali since [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Human Rights Watch accuses RSF of abuses in Darfur
11 july 2023 - 06:41:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militias summarily executed at least 28 ethnic [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UN chief condemns bloody air strike in Omdurman
09 july 2023 - 11:12:37New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned Saturday's air strike in Omdurman, Sudan, which reportedly killed [...] Full text...
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Fears of Sudan slipping into civil war grow with new tribal killings (News analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent )
07 july 2023 - 06:34:11Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A bomb shell was thrown at the already boiling Sudanese war scene as a group of [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court of Justice rules in favor of victim of enforced disappearance against Gambian Government
06 july 2023 - 14:56:14Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice Wednesday issued a landmark decision in [...] Full text...
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Sudanese conflict: EU blasts parties refusing to seek peaceful solution
05 july 2023 - 18:51:21Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) Wednesday strongly condemned the ongoing fighting in Sudan, as well as the [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for end to rampant atrocities in Cameroon's Anglophone regions
04 july 2023 - 09:02:48Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, is asking the Cameroonian authorities to end the violence against the [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch accuses Burkina Faso Army of unlawful killings, ‘disappearances’
29 june 2023 - 08:17:14Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso armed forces summarily executed at least 9 men, and forcibly disappeared and apparently [...] 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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Sudan conflict: FM welcomes human rights reports, calls for wider condemnation
25 june 2023 - 15:51:41Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan on Sunday welcomed the statement issued by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemning [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UN rights commission raises alarm on killings of people fleeing into Chad
24 june 2023 - 16:21:08Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Commission has said it is raising alarm on the killings of people [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Crisis threatens to hobble South Sudan’s transition, UN mission chief says
21 june 2023 - 06:14:12New York, US (PANA) - The cross-border impact of the crisis in Sudan is unfurling along multiple fronts, and action [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UN Human Rights Commission condemns killing of West Darfur Governor
18 june 2023 - 05:31:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Human Rights High Commissioner says he was appalled by the killing of the Governor [...] 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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At least 405 civilians killed in communal violence in South Sudan
16 june 2023 - 18:16:15Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - At least 405 people have been killed in persistent violence against civilians across South Sudan, [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UN warns Darfur 'rapidly spiralling into humanitarian calamity'
16 june 2023 - 06:30:17Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has warned that situation in Darfur, where a senior official was assassinated this [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: US condemns atrocities in Darfur
16 june 2023 - 06:05:35Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has strongly condemned the ongoing human rights violations and abuses and horrific violence [...] Full text...
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Islamist armed groups wreak havoc in Burkina Faso; kill, loot, burn property - HRW
15 june 2023 - 05:28:14Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have killed scores of civilians, looted and burned property, and [...] Full text...
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DR Congo mass graves tied to Rwanda-backed M23 rebels
14 june 2023 - 07:37:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group appears responsible for mass graves containing scores of bodies found in [...] Full text...
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Burundi makes further diplomatic gains on the regional stage
10 june 2023 - 18:51:24Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The diplomatic highlight of the week was Burundi's appointment as vice-president of the Common Market for [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Raging war hits Sudan's health sector very hard
08 june 2023 - 13:19:40Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - To fall ill is a very serious matter in Sudan where health services run at a [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Human rights abuse cases pile up as war continues
06 june 2023 - 14:26:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan's war enters the 8th week without showing signs of abating, more and more horror [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch calls for end to abusive policing of protests in Kenya
31 may 2023 - 08:16:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nearly two months since a series of nationwide protests began, the Kenyan authorities have failed to take [...] Full text...
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Arrest of top Rwandan genocide fugitive shows ‘justice will be done’: Guterres
25 may 2023 - 17:54:30New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that the arrest of one of the world's [...] 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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Malian government slams 'inappropriate' comment by ECOWAS chairman
05 may 2023 - 15:45:10Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The transitional government of Mali, in a statement read on Thursday evening on national television, blasted [...] 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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Burkinabe government rejects ECOWAS' use of the term "genocide" for the Karma killings
03 may 2023 - 19:33:52Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The government of Burkina Faso has expressed surprise at a statement from the Economic Community [...] Full text...
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UN calls for independent investigation after civilian killings in northern Burkina Faso
25 april 2023 - 12:30:26Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, on Tuesday called [...] Full text...
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