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22 october 2024 - 04:57:41New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations and the United States have condemned the killing of two opposition figures [...] Full text...
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New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations and the United States have condemned the killing of two opposition figures [...] Full text...
Gambian President urged to drop defamation charges against journalists
21 october 2024 - 11:25:00Banjul, Gambia (PANA) — Veteran Gambian journalist Alagi Yorro Jallow has appealed to President Adama Barrow to drop charges of [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS court orders Ghana to release UN/ECOWAS investigation report in case of enforced disappearance in The Gambia
15 july 2024 - 18:36:18Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has issued a landmark decision [...] Full text...
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Libya ranks 143rd in world press freedom index
04 may 2024 - 16:08:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya is ranked 143rd out of 180 countries in the 2024 press freedom index, according to [...] Full text...
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30 years on, justice for genocide crimes in Rwanda more urgent than ever, says rights group
05 april 2024 - 13:12:18Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - As the 30th commemoration begins this Sunday, 7 April of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi [...] Full text...
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Libya condemns UN Security Council's failure to adopt Gaza ceasefire plan
25 march 2024 - 10:51:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Libyan House of Representatives has expressed its deep regrets at [...] Full text...
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Malian government dissolves governing body of students
15 march 2024 - 08:31:59Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has dissolved the Association des élèves et étudiants du Mali (AEEM -Association of [...] 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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Burundi's Vice-President to attend the Italy-Africa Summit in Rome
26 january 2024 - 16:30:26Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's Vice-President Prosper Bazombanza left Bujumbura on Thursday evening for Rome to take part in the [...] 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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Burkina Faso government calls on ECOWAS to respect choices of the people
02 january 2024 - 17:22:53Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The transitional government of Burkina Faso Tuesday called on the Economic Community of West African [...] 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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South Africa's opposition party to lay hate speech charges against firebrand Malema at the UN
01 august 2023 - 10:45:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official South African opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has confirmed that it will file [...] Full text...
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World Press Freedom Day: UNESCO chief urges renewed commitment to defend journalists
02 may 2023 - 12:43:54Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – This year’s commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day should be an opportunity to [...] Full text...
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UN rights expert urges Mali transitional authorities to protect civic space, respect freedoms
22 february 2023 - 10:46:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN expert has urged authorities in Mali to open up civic and democratic space and [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Rwandan-backed M23 rebels of perpetrating summary killings, rapes in DRC
17 february 2023 - 10:52:10Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Members of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped [...] Full text...
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Wave of arrests of opponents over "plot against state security" in Tunisia
14 february 2023 - 15:12:02Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian authorities are proceeding, for several days, with a series of arrests of political opposition [...] Full text...
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US calls on Sudan to rearrest killer of USAID staff
03 february 2023 - 08:12:35Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has asked Sudan to rearrest Abdel-Ra’uf Abuzaid, the Sudanese national convicted of the 2008 [...] Full text...
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US 'deeply concerned' over Sudan's release of convicted murderer of USAID workers
02 february 2023 - 06:30:34Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has expressed deep concern over Sudan's 30 January release of Abdel-Ra’uf Abuzaid, one [...] Full text...
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Killer of several people in Mali arrested in August 2021 confesses to his crimes
30 january 2023 - 16:24:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) -Aldjouma Touré, killer of eleven people, including one in Bamako and ten others in the town of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: UK, EU, Australia Issue security alert, warn citizens against travelling to Nigeria,
20 january 2023 - 19:55:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Kingdom and Australia have asked their citizens to avoid all travels to Nigeria. In their [...] Full text...
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Alleged Gambian “Death Squad” Driver’s Trial Progresses
19 january 2023 - 14:14:31Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A Ghanaian citizen who survived the massacre of approximately 59 West African migrants in July 2005 [...] Full text...
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Migrants in South Africa live ‘in constant fear’ after deadly attacks, says Amnesty International
14 april 2022 - 06:08:18Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Human Rights group, Amnesty International, has urged the South African authorities "to do more" to [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Outrage over murder of prominent doctor
28 march 2022 - 16:27:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s National Healthcare Professionals Association (NHCPA) on Monday condemned the murder of a [...] Full text...
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Nigeria to launch Sensitization Campaign Against Money Rituals
21 february 2022 - 20:14:25Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Government is to launch a Sensitization Campaign Against Money Rituals, according to a statement [...] Full text...
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Six dead in clash between police and religious group in Benin
31 january 2022 - 12:23:04Cotonou, Benin PANA) - Six people lost their lives on Saturday in a clash between the police and a religious [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Senate asks President Buhari to declare bandits in the north as 'terrorists'
29 september 2021 - 20:58:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to "formally and urgently" declare bandits operating [...] Full text...
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Rival demonstrations rock Tunis
26 september 2021 - 18:30:27Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several hundred demonstrators on Sunday held two rival rallies in Tunis as President Kaïs Saied's monopoly [...] Full text...
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Ten bodies exhumed from new mass grave in Libya
09 august 2021 - 05:28:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Ten bodies were exhumed on Sunday from a new mass grave discovered at "Agricultural Project Km [...] Full text...
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12 new bodies exhumed from two mass graves in Tarhouna, south of Tripoli
28 july 2021 - 19:17:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 12 bodies were exhumed on Wednesday from two mass graves discovered in Tarhouna [...] Full text...
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Hafter-allied militia leader killed in Benghazi, eastern Libya
27 july 2021 - 22:53:50Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mohamed Al-Kani, head of the Al-Kaniyat militia affiliated to the head of the Libyan National Army, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: UN chief, UN agencies heads condemn murder of 3 MSF humanitarian workers
27 june 2021 - 11:01:39New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and heads of several UN agencies have condemned the killing of three [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Truth commission uncovered ex-President’s alleged crimes
24 may 2021 - 18:21:22Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Testimony before the Gambian truth Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC), linking former President Yahya Jammeh to numerous grave [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari directs deployment of “fiercest show of legitimate force” on killers of 3 abducted students
24 april 2021 - 18:06:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday directed the deployment by the military and other security agencies of the “fiercest [...] Full text...
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120 prisoners of Haftar's forces detained in Zaouia set free
31 march 2021 - 16:20:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Signalling the start of national reconciliation, 120 members of the 107th Brigade of the Libyan National [...] Full text...
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Countries fail to prosecute killers of human rights defenders – UN expert
06 march 2021 - 05:27:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries must find the political will to prevent the killings of human rights defenders, hundreds of [...] Full text...
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UNHCR says surging violence in Nigeria drives displacement to Niger
02 march 2021 - 12:16:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is alarmed at surging violence in north-west Nigeria which [...] Full text...
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Violence in South Sudan engulfs country, 10 years after independence - UN
19 february 2021 - 15:47:10Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Extreme violence and attacks involving thousands of fighters at a time have engulfed more than [...] Full text...
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Amnesty raises red flags about safety of people with albinism in Malawi
05 february 2021 - 08:42:48Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Amnesty International has expressed concern for the safety of people with albinism in Malawi following the [...] 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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Namibian diplomat's wife allegedly murders two of their children, third nursing wounds
14 december 2020 - 15:39:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The wife of a Namibian diplomat at the Southern African country's embassy in Addis Ababa, [...] Full text...
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Kenya's former PM voices concern over Police brutality in Nigeria
22 october 2020 - 23:00:43Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Police brutality which has led to multiple deaths in Nigeria is a “dark mark” on [...] Full text...
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FIFA teams up with AU, WHO and CAF to promote campaign against domestic violence in Africa
18 august 2020 - 15:04:34Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - FIFA is joining forces with the African Union (AU), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the [...] Full text...
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South Africa's official murder rate increases
31 july 2020 - 13:20:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police Minister Bheki Cele on Friday revealed that South Africa’s murder rate is 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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South Africa commemorates historic Soweto riots
16 june 2020 - 10:34:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa on Tuesday commemorated the 44th anniversary of the Soweto Riots which sparked [...] Full text...
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Botswana gears up to increase inclusivity of persons with disabilities
13 june 2020 - 13:33:46Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has embarked on mainstreaming initiatives to ensure inclusivity of persons with disabilities, including those with [...] Full text...
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Tunisian Parliament rejects motion demanding apology from France on crimes during colonial era
10 june 2020 - 10:59:12Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Parliament rejected a motion on Tuesday evening by the Coalition Al Karama (Dignity), a [...] Full text...
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FIFA, WHO and European Commission launch #SafeHome campaign
26 may 2020 - 19:27:03Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Commission have joined forces to launch the [...] Full text...
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ICC rejects Jean-Pierre Bemba's claim for compensation
20 may 2020 - 15:03:07Paris, France (PANA) - Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday rejected the claim for compensation [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: Nigerian Presidency assures on nationwide security as banditry violence heightens food insecurity concerns
20 may 2020 - 12:47:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidency has assured that all 36 States of the federation and the Federal Capital [...] Full text...
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Wealthy Burundian businessman murdered in Bujumbura
14 may 2020 - 16:59:47Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The lifeless body of a wealthy Burundian businessman, Jackson Simbananiye Kirahwata, was discovered on Thursday morning [...] Full text...
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Nigeria violence sees 23,000 refugees flee into Niger in April alone: UNHCR
13 may 2020 - 07:06:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ongoing violence in parts of north-western Nigeria forced an estimated 23,000 people to seek safety and [...] Full text...
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Fatou Bensouda calls on international community to back ICC to end impunity in Libya
05 may 2020 - 22:54:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, Tuesday called on the international community [...] Full text...
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‘Say no to hate speech and xenophobia’, urges Guterres, as Rwanda marks 26 years since genocide
08 april 2020 - 06:20:37New York, US (PANA) - Remembering the more than one million people who over the course of just 100 days, [...] Full text...
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South African opposition leader accuses former president De Klerk of 1993 Eastern Cape murders
06 march 2020 - 09:36:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mzwanele Nyhontso, the leader of the opposition Pan African Congress, has accused former President [...] Full text...
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At least five people killed in central-north Burkina Faso
07 february 2020 - 05:20:02Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Five men have been killed by unknown people in the commune of Bourzanga, in central-north [...] Full text...
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11th Session of The Gambia truth commission for public hearings opened Monday
20 january 2020 - 19:31:41Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The 11th session of the public hearings of the Gambia Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, the [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Yahya Jammeh is not exempt from accountability – Victims
17 january 2020 - 19:42:13Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Victims of ex-Gambian President's draconian rule have said that the exiled former president of The Gambia, [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Yahya Jammeh should be held accountable for his "sins" – Victims
17 january 2020 - 19:22:28Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Victims of ex-Gambian President's draconian rule have said that the exiled former president of The Gambia, [...] Full text...
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Female police officers in Zimbabwe turn to prostitution due to meagre wages
13 january 2020 - 22:22:21Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean female police officers are allegedly engaging in prostitution to supplement their meagre incomes, according to [...] Full text...
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Mali: Security guard beheaded by unknown attackers in Fana town
10 january 2020 - 15:49:04Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A security guard Manafa Touré, who worked for Mali telecommunications company (SOTELMA), was beheaded in the [...] Full text...
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Botswana man murders two-year-old child
07 january 2020 - 15:27:55Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - A man has appeared before the Lobatse court for an unusual gender based violence (GBV) case, [...] Full text...
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CPJ says 25 journalists killed in 2019, Syria, Mexico deadliest countries
17 december 2019 - 19:49:14Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The global press freedom watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Tuesday in its latest report released [...] Full text...
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Some 284 civilians killed, 383 injured in violence in Libya in 2019: UN
11 december 2019 - 12:52:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 284 civilians have been killed and 363 injured in 2019 in the raging violence in [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Commission uncovers ex-dictator’s alleged crimes
04 december 2019 - 13:12:23Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The Gambia Truth Commission has heard testimony that former president Yahya Jammeh was responsible for numerous grave [...] Full text...
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Senegal to recruit 1,000 police officers, build about 50 police stations
02 december 2019 - 11:24:45Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese government is to recruit 1,000 police officers and build about 50 police stations across [...] Full text...
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CPJ decries global impunity in journalist murders
29 october 2019 - 13:40:59Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Impunity in the cases of murdered journalists remains firmly entrenched in over a dozen countries, including [...] Full text...
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Tunisian presidential candidates face-off in first televised debate
12 october 2019 - 14:48:32Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - For the first time in Tunisia and the Arab world, the two candidates in the second [...] Full text...
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OCHA says there is increased vulnerability of people in need of assistance in Niger in 2019
27 september 2019 - 17:15:16Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The emergence of new border movements and the persistence of unmet needs have led to a [...] Full text...
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Policing alone cannot solve South Africa's violence - ISS Study
12 september 2019 - 13:12:28Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Strengthening the rule of law in South Africa is crucial but not sufficient for improving public [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa responds to violent murders in South Africa
03 september 2019 - 16:29:09Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday broke his silence following the violent murders of [...] Full text...
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Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe leap to defence of detained Tourism minister Mupfumira
28 july 2019 - 13:33:10Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Opposition leaders have come to the defence of detained Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Minister Prisca Mupfumira, [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International says Sudan's agreement must be judged by actions of those in power
06 july 2019 - 07:13:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International says that Friday's agreement between the ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) [...] Full text...
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Two lawyers file complaint to ICC against EU for crimes against humanity committed in Libya
12 june 2019 - 18:05:42Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Two lawyers, Omar Shatz and Juan Branco of Global Legal Action Network, have filed a complaint [...] Full text...
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Senegalese president wants a legislation criminalising rape, pedophilia
03 june 2019 - 12:33:22Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese President Macky Sall announced in Dakar on Monday his decision to have ‘soon’ a bill [...] Full text...
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Burkina civil society demands investigation into assassination of two people
03 june 2019 - 11:54:03Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The coordination office of the National Coalition against Expensive Life, Corruption, Fraud and Impunity and [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: 2 young activists killed in the Sahel
01 june 2019 - 16:01:23Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two activists and executives of the Democratic Youth Organization of Burkina Faso (ODJ) were killed [...] Full text...
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Senegal president calls for tightening of security
23 may 2019 - 10:47:03Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Following a series of murders and rapes reported over the past few days in Senegal, president [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Malawian authorities to tackle impunity for attacks on people with albinism
15 may 2019 - 04:28:05Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - As Malawians go to the polls next week, human rights group Amnesty International is calling for [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria's unemployment rate to hit 33.5 per cent next year, says Minister
02 may 2019 - 19:26:21Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Thursday said that the country's official [...] Full text...
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Guterres calls for global effort to end xenophobia and ‘loathsome rhetoric’
30 april 2019 - 07:54:52New York, US (PAN) - A “disturbing groundswell” of hate-based violence and intolerance aimed at worshippers across all faiths, must be [...] Full text...
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European Parliament deplores human rights violations in Cameroon
23 april 2019 - 10:22:57Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - European Union (EU) High Representative Federica Mogherini has deplored "human rights abuses" in the management of [...] Full text...
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Mali: 92 cases, most of them criminal, will be tried by the Assize Court
15 april 2019 - 19:33:47Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A total of 92 cases, most of them crimes (murders, patricides, infanticides), will be tried during [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Islamists, security forces committed 'atrocities' in Burkina Faso
22 march 2019 - 11:18:53Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The atrocities committed by armed groups in the Sahel region of northern Burkina Faso and [...] Full text...
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ICRC opens office in northeast Mali region of Ménaka
08 march 2019 - 12:24:46Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has announced the opening of a new office [...] Full text...
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Libya's High Council of State ready to implement latest political agreement
02 march 2019 - 09:36:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's High Council of the State, the Consultative Assembly, says it is "eager" to end the [...] Full text...
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Ghassan Salame to brief UN Security Council on situation in Libya in March
01 march 2019 - 18:28:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Security Council announced here Friday its special envoy in Libya, Ghassan Salame, and the [...] Full text...
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Mali's Security minister denies threats of terrorist attacks against hotels in Bamako
01 february 2019 - 13:33:50Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Minister of Security and Civil Protection, General Salif Traoré, has regreted that in recent [...] Full text...
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Crime threat to SA farming community a grave concern, says Institute of Race Relations
30 january 2019 - 13:36:05Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - South Africa’s agricultural sector continues to be threatened by a volatile security situation, and it is [...] Full text...
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Amnesty int'l calls for firm action to deal with 'worrying trend' of killings in Ghana
18 january 2019 - 06:50:10Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, is asking the Ghanaian security agencies to take firm actions to [...] Full text...
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France calls for Malian govt response to violence in central Mopti region
02 january 2019 - 15:19:54Paris, France (PANA) – Expressing its concern, the French Government on Wednesday called on Malian authorities "to take a strong [...] Full text...
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South Africa probes Mozambique terror link
02 january 2019 - 06:44:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's International Relations and Cooperation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has asked local authorities to [...] Full text...
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Libyans worried about rising assassinations of leaders of armed groups, senior security officers
03 december 2018 - 13:16:05Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In the face of rising assassinations of leaders of armed groups and people in charge of [...] Full text...
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Daesh claims bloody attack on Tazerbou in southeast Libya
25 november 2018 - 19:57:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The terrorist organization Daesh has claimed Friday's armed attack on the Tazerbou Oasis police station in [...] Full text...
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Ending inequality means ending ‘global pandemic’ of violence against women – UN chief
20 november 2018 - 03:57:40New York, US (PANA) - Until women and girls can live free of fear, violence and insecurity, the world cannot [...] Full text...
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Two people killed in armed attack in southern Senegal
13 november 2018 - 11:02:01Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - A chief of village in the restive Casamance region of Senegal and his nephew were on [...] Full text...
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EU reaffirms support for rights of indigenous peoples
08 august 2018 - 16:24:56Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Respecting the customary land tenure and resource rights of indigenous peoples are essential for sustainable development [...] Full text...
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HRW criticises Congolese court for lenient sentences handed down to peacekeepers for murders
07 august 2018 - 11:43:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A human rights group has criticised the three-year prison sentences handed down to three Congolese peacekeepers [...] Full text...
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Rights group says impunity fuels killings of people with albinism in Malawi
28 june 2018 - 21:06:04Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - A human rights group on Thursday asked the Malawian authorities to urgently overhaul the criminal justice [...] Full text...
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Gambia suspends mining following killing of two men in sand winning dispute
19 june 2018 - 10:31:38Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has announced the suspension of mining activities in the country following clashes [...] Full text...
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South Africa's 'axe killer' gets three life sentences
07 june 2018 - 11:07:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – 'Axe killer' Henri van Breda on Thursday received three life sentences for the murder [...] Full text...
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Rights groups say ex-Gambian president tied to 2005 murders of Ghanaian, Nigerian migrants
16 may 2018 - 06:42:42Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A paramilitary unit controlled by then-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh summarily executed more than 50 Ghanaian, Nigerian, [...] Full text...
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Calls for fresh probes into apartheid-era atrocities
14 may 2018 - 09:20:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former investigators from the International Criminal Court (ICC) are demanding the reopening of inquests [...] Full text...
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Libyans deserve justice, as war crime suspects remain at large: Prosecutor
09 may 2018 - 19:38:47New York, US (PANA) - Despite an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant, a Libyan war crimes suspect remains at [...] Full text...
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UN envoy praises courage, dedication of Somali journalists on World Press Freedom Day
03 may 2018 - 18:58:32Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Marking World Press Freedom Day, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, on Thursday [...] Full text...
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Nelson Mandela Foundation targets apartheid-era flag
01 march 2018 - 11:50:31Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nelson Mandela Foundation is targeting the old apartheid-era South African flag, saying it [...] Full text...
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UNHCR 'alarmed' at reported atrocities in DR Congo’s Tanganyika province
20 february 2018 - 10:31:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned on Tuesday that a humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions is [...] Full text...
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CPJ releases Global Impunity Index on journalists’ killing; Somalia tops
01 november 2017 - 11:41:49Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A lack of justice in the murders of journalists can perpetuate a cycle of violence and [...] Full text...
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CAR: Children increasingly targeted for murder, rape in CAR – UNICEF
18 july 2017 - 19:56:33Bangui, CAR (PANA) – Renewed fighting in Central African Republic (CAR) is increasingly targeting children, while there are concerns that [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: Gender-based killings, domestic violence forms of 'arbitrary execution' – UN rights expert
07 june 2017 - 19:47:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – A United Nations-appointed human rights expert on Wednesday said that gender-related killings and domestic murders or [...] Full text...
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France: AI welcomes Toumba Diakité's extradition from Senegal to Guinea
15 march 2017 - 19:24:46Paris, France (PANA) – Amnesty International (AI) has welcomed the extradition of Toumba Diakité from Senegal to Guinea, describing it [...] Full text...
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Malawi: Rights group urges Malawi to end ritual murders of people with albinism
12 march 2017 - 05:04:39Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International has asked the Malawian authorities to step up action to protect [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Police reveal alarming murder, rape statistics
03 march 2017 - 12:51:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African police on Friday revealed that there has been a slight decrease [...] Full text...
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UN: One journalist killed every four days in 2016, UNESCO says
17 january 2017 - 17:38:56New York, US (PANA) - More than 100 journalists were killed in 2016 while doing their jobs, according to the [...] Full text...
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UN: UN calls for end of impunity for crimes against journalists
02 november 2016 - 19:01:07New York, US (PANA) - Warning that impunity for crimes against journalists is rampant, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Kenya: UNESCO, African rights court fight crimes against journalists
06 september 2016 - 13:37:51Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The rate of impunity for crimes against journalists remains extremely high worldwide, according to UNESCO figures, [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: Rights group says South Sudan govt forces committing war crimes
28 july 2016 - 06:36:03Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International on Thursday released a report which, it says, reveals the [...] Full text...
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UN: UNHCR says 4,000 South Sudanese fleeing into Uganda daily
26 july 2016 - 17:35:55New York, US (PANA) - Recent fighting in South Sudan has forced 37,491 people to flee to Uganda in the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: IJM launches petition, demanding justice in Kenya lawyer's murder
06 july 2016 - 13:35:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International Justice Mission (IJM) has launched a petition on www.justiceinkenya.org, demanding justice in the murders [...] Full text...
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UN: UN rights office condemns killing of Kenyan human rights lawyer
05 july 2016 - 19:04:25New York, US (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Tuesday condemned the killing of Kenyan human rights lawyer [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan judges adjourn cases to back lawyers protesting police killings
04 july 2016 - 16:53:01Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan judges adjourned cases on Monday to support the start of a week-long protest by lawyers [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Man in court for gruesome family murder
14 june 2016 - 15:44:25Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A 21-year-old man on Tuesday appeared in the Stellenbosch Magistrate's Court in South Africa [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Zambian President assures nation, warns law breakers of stern action
22 april 2016 - 18:24:09Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – President Edgar Lungu has assured all foreigners in Zambia of full protection of their lives and [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Xenophobic violence in Lusaka highlights challenging economic situation – EIU
21 april 2016 - 13:12:45Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) has charged that this week’s Xenophobic attacks in Lusaka, Zambia, have [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Attacks on foreign-owned businesses 'unacceptable' - Peace Foundation
21 april 2016 - 10:13:03Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia's Stand for Peace Foundation has described the attacks on shops owned by Rwandan nationals in [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Wave of xenophobic attacks spreads in Lusaka
19 april 2016 - 16:16:11Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Violent attacks targeted at foreign owned shops which broke out Monday in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Man killed during machete attack on former senior local govt. administrator
08 april 2016 - 15:28:00Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan security agents have shot and killed a man who was part of a group [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ says six men sentenced for killing journalist in Somalia
24 march 2016 - 15:03:51Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A military court in Mogadishu, Somalia, has upheld sentences imposed on six people convicted in connection [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Rights groups hail ICC verdict against DRC rebel leader
22 march 2016 - 16:55:05Dakar, Senegal (PANA) –Rights groups under the banner of Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) have hailed the [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Former president Rawlings calls for capital punishment for murder
17 march 2016 - 06:51:43Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings is calling for "the strict application" of the capital punishment [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ says Somali court sentences man to death for murdering 5 journalists
07 march 2016 - 14:57:49Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said that a military court in Mogadishu, Somalia, has [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ says court convicts suspect for murdering journalist in DR Congo
24 february 2016 - 13:25:50Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said that a court in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Rights body calls for end to ritual killings of Albinos in Malawi
04 february 2016 - 10:02:50Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The killing of a woman with albinism in Malawi highlights the government’s shocking failure to protect [...] Full text...
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Ghana: British murder suspect remanded in custody
12 january 2016 - 15:24:07Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A Magistrate's court in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, on Tuesday remanded in the custody a British [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ reports 71 journalists killed, 199 others imprisoned in 2015
07 january 2016 - 17:37:39Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Some 71 journalists were killed worldwide in direct relation to their work in 2015, the [...] Full text...
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US: 2015, fourth most deadly year on record for journos
06 january 2016 - 21:59:45New York, US (PANA) - Some 71 journalists were killed in direct relation to their work in 2015, making it [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ says 69 journalists killed in 2015
29 december 2015 - 11:20:16Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Media watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), on Tuesday said 69 journalists were killed in relation [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ says Somalia tops countries where journalists are murdered, killers go free
02 november 2015 - 13:42:00Dakar, Senegal (PANA - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Monday said Somalia topped the list of countries where journalists [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: No amnesty for soldiers who killed unarmed civilians, says AI
14 october 2015 - 12:25:36Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso’s former presidential guard displayed a cold-blooded disregard for human life, killing 14 unarmed [...] Full text...
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UN: UN envoy hails ICC on Ntaganda's trial, says it is victory for survivors
03 september 2015 - 13:36:51New York, US (PANA) - As the International Criminal Court (ICC) trial of Congolese rebel leader Mr. Bosco Ntaganda opened on [...] Full text...
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Burundi: Nkurunziza sworn in for third term as Burundi president
20 august 2015 - 16:24:25Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Thursday took oath of office before Parliament and judges of the [...] Full text...
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UN: UN human rights office alarmed by ISIL's recurring violence in Libya
18 august 2015 - 15:43:50New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), on Tuesday expressed concern [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Burkina rights NGO condemns Burundi violence
11 august 2015 - 22:41:22Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - MBDHP, a Burkina Faso human rights organisation, on Tuesday condemned "murders and physical violence" in [...] Full text...
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UN: UN experts urge measures against racially motivated crimes in US
19 june 2015 - 21:22:21New York, US (PANA) - In the wake of the attack that left nine African-Americans dead at church in Charleston [...] Full text...
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UN: UN chief condemns racially motivated killings in US State of South Carolina
18 june 2015 - 22:00:41New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday strongly condemned the racially motivated killings at an historic [...] Full text...
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Senegal: MFWA says African Court orders Burkina Faso to implement remedies in Zongo's case
12 june 2015 - 15:56:15Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has disclosed that the African Court for Human and [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ urges Buhari to prioritize press freedom in Nigeria
03 june 2015 - 18:33:15Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Wednesday called on Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to prioritise press [...] Full text...
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UN: UN Security Council condemns violence against journalists, urges end to impunity
27 may 2015 - 20:20:26New York, US (PANA) - Deeply concerned by the frequency of acts of violence in many parts of the world [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: ''White-collar criminals should be prosecuted'
14 may 2015 - 11:13:30Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Amid growing cases of white-collar crimes in the world, there is the need to prosecute those [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ says gunmen kill radio journalist in Somalia
04 may 2015 - 15:55:50Dakar, Senegal (PANA ) - The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has disclosed that unidentified armed men killed [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Ghanaian killed in South Africa xenophobic attacks
18 april 2015 - 09:39:55Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A Ghanaian has been killed in the raging xenophobic attacks in South Africa, Ghana's Minister of [...] Full text...
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Ghana: ECOWAS condemns xenophobic attacks in South Africa
17 april 2015 - 08:35:37Accra, Ghana (PANA) - West African leaders on Friday condemned the xenophobic murders of Africans in South Africa and urged [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ calls on Angola to drop all charges against journalist
26 march 2015 - 15:37:33Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Angolan authorities to drop [...] Full text...
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UN: New UN report documents targeting of human rights defenders in Libya
25 march 2015 - 15:36:13New York, US (PANA) - A new UN report on Wednesday said armed groups across Libya have targeted human rights [...] Full text...
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Malawi: Albino 'hunter' jumps to death to escape trial
11 march 2015 - 15:34:30Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - A 19-year-old man in the Malawi eastern district of Machinga, suspected to have abducted a two-year-old [...] Full text...
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UN: UN rights chief expresses concern over attack on albino children in East Africa
10 march 2015 - 15:34:21New York, US (PANA) - The UN human rights chief, Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, has expressed concern at a [...] Full text...
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Libya: Khalifa Haftar appointed C-in-C of Libyan Army
03 march 2015 - 08:14:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament has appointed retired Libyan General Khalifa Haftar to the post of Commander-in-Chief of [...] Full text...
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UN: UN Security Council to discuss Egypt's intervention in Libya
18 february 2015 - 19:21:45New York, US (PANA) - The growing influence of and possible intervention against the ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and [...] Full text...
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UN: UN calls for tolerance, acceptance after 3 Muslim Americans killed
14 february 2015 - 19:16:17New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his deepest condolences to the families of three Muslim [...] Full text...
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Libya: One soldier killed, 26 injured in the latest clashes in Benghazi
09 february 2015 - 21:21:24Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - At least one Libyan soldier was killed and 26 others wounded in clashes during an offensive [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Notorious Apartheid-era killer granted parole
30 january 2015 - 10:10:13Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Notorious Apartheid-era killer Eugene de Kock will be released on parole, Justice Minister Michael [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ says Burundian journalist arrested, charged for not revealing source
22 january 2015 - 14:56:56Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said that authorities in Burundi have imprisoned the director [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Mahama seeks international help to arm multi-national force to fight Boko Haram
19 january 2015 - 20:01:56Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama on Monday took his campaign for a multinational force to fight the [...] Full text...
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UN: UN Assembly President stresses need to improve people's lives
15 january 2015 - 07:35:46New York, US (PANA) - UN General Assembly President Sam Kutesa has said the next several months will present a [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: Rights network protests against killing of DRC journalists
14 january 2015 - 20:59:22Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) – The Central African Human Rights Network (REDHAC) has denounced the killing of journalists in North Kivu, [...] Full text...
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UN: UN Mission in Libya condemns sectarian murder
25 december 2014 - 07:58:49New York, US (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has strongly condemned the murder of an Egyptian [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Jihadists claim 2013 murders of Tunisia secular politicians
18 december 2014 - 22:13:39Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Jihadists, who have joined the Islamic State, have claimed in a video released on Thursday the [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ says two Somali journalists killed, three injured in bombings
09 december 2014 - 17:07:54Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Two Somali journalists have been killed and three wounded in a twin bombing that targeted a [...] Full text...
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Libya: NGO demands sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against Libyan journalists
03 november 2014 - 19:00:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Centre for Freedom of the Press has demanded punishment for perpetrators of all crimes [...] Full text...
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UN: UN agency accelerates efforts on Nigerian refugee transfer
31 october 2014 - 21:44:11New York, US (PANA) - Despite mounting insecurity in border areas between Cameroon and Nigeria, where thousands of Nigerian refugees [...] Full text...
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Malawi: Running battles in Lilongwe as Burundi refugee murders Malawian
27 october 2014 - 15:49:06Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Tension is rising in the Malawi capital following the murder of a Malawian national by a [...] Full text...
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Senegal: CPJ to release new report on impunity, press freedom
15 october 2014 - 17:00:57Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The New York-based press freedom watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Wednesday it will release [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Dramatic increase in violent crimes reported
19 september 2014 - 11:05:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s image as one of the most violent countries in the world was [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: Tanzanian dailies focus on Constituent Assembly, dual citizenship, regional integration, superstition
06 september 2014 - 10:54:33Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Critical issues in the ongoing session of Tanzania's Constituent Assembly (CA), dual citizenship for [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Apartheid South Africa's sordid relationship with Israel back in the spotlight (News analysis by Craig Urquhart, PANA Correspondent)
26 july 2014 - 10:51:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s sordid and testy relationship with Israel is back in the spotlight as [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Anti-Israeli march draws thousands in Cape Town
16 july 2014 - 17:59:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An estimated 10,000 protestors on Wednesday brought the Cape Town city centre, in South [...] Full text...
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Libya: 5 dead, 9 wounded in fresh armed clashes in Benghazi
14 july 2014 - 18:46:44Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – At least five persons have died and nine others wounded in fresh armed clashes on Sunday [...] Full text...
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US: CPJ wants death of Somali Journo in car explosion probed
24 june 2014 - 12:06:16New York, US (PANA) - Authorities in Somalia must immediately investigate the murder of a Somali journalist in Mogadishu on [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Zuma addresses crime, economy and xenophobia in state-of-the-nation address
17 june 2014 - 19:25:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday night acknowledged that South Africa needs drastic intervention to [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Tunisia tells its citizens to leave Benghazi
02 june 2014 - 21:18:28Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has called on its citizens to leave the restive eastern Libyan city of Benghazi because [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: President Biya to attend security summit in Paris
16 may 2014 - 16:50:07Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – The Cameroonian President Paul Biya, and his wife, Chantal, left the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé, Friday for [...] Full text...
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US: Somalia, 3 others top list of countries where journos are murdered regularly
16 april 2014 - 14:18:32New York, US (PANA) - Somalia, Syria, Iraq, and the Philippines top the list of countries where journalists are murdered [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: NGO organizes free medical consultations for albinos
13 march 2014 - 18:07:20Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian Association for the Social Integration of Albinos (OMAIA), in partnership with the National Association [...] Full text...
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Libya: GNC Speaker reassures democratic process will continue despite......
03 march 2014 - 16:02:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan General National Congress (CNG), Abousahmein Nouri, late Sunday declared that [...] Full text...
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Libya: Insecurity aggravates in Libya, 10 dead
03 march 2014 - 15:16:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Violence reared its ugly head in Libya Sunday, accounting for the death of 10 people in [...] Full text...
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Libya: Sirte Military Council Leader murdered
02 march 2014 - 17:35:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the military council in the Libyan city of Sirte, Makhlouf Ben Nasser Al-Ferjani, [...] Full text...
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Libya: Another senior military officer gunned down in Benghazi
01 march 2014 - 14:06:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Gunmen on Friday evening shot dead a Libyan army colonel in the restive eastern city of [...] Full text...
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Libya: Bodies of seven murdered Egyptians found in Benghazi
24 february 2014 - 22:53:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan security services on Monday discovered in the west of Benghazi the bodies of seven [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Heavy security as underworld kingpin makes brief court appearance
18 february 2014 - 11:34:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - George Louca, who is accused of killing strip club owner Lolly Jackson in an [...] Full text...
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UN: 'Insecurity worsens in Bangui'
11 february 2014 - 17:22:38New York, S (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday said security situation in the [...] Full text...
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Mauritius: Mauritian newspapers focus on economy, social problems
10 february 2014 - 15:41:10Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Highlighting the economic and the societal problems plaguing the island nation, Mauritian newspapers suggested that Mauritius [...] Full text...
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Suspect in high-profile murder extradited to SA
09 february 2014 - 14:37:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - George Luca, who was accused of one of South Africa’s most high profile murders, [...] Full text...
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Special Security: Link between rebel groups, organised crime undermines anti-terror battle (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent, Nairobi)
22 january 2014 - 11:28:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - On the night of 26 Feb. 2011, the usual calm within the neighbourhood of Soledo Estate, [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Hand grenade explosion kills child
06 january 2014 - 22:33:48Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least one child was killed when a hand grenade exploded in the home of the [...] Full text...
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US 'appalled' at murders in CAR
05 december 2013 - 09:01:21Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has said it is appalled at the report of the murder of innocent [...] Full text...
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US, partners working to restore normalcy in CAR
19 november 2013 - 19:37:55Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The US government has said it is working closely with its European allies, the United Nations [...] Full text...
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Outrage over brutal murders in SA
16 october 2013 - 09:21:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - An uneasy calm has returned to Diepsloot, a sprawling settlement in South Africa's city [...] Full text...
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Amnesty hails upholding of Charles Taylor's conviction
26 september 2013 - 12:41:52Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Global rights group Amnesty International Thursday hailed the decision of the Special Court for Sierra [...] Full text...
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