Mandela’s funeral dome to serve as temporary Parliament
18 october 2024 - 07:44:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Plans are underway to use the dome structure that was constructed for Nelson Mandela’s [...] Full text...
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Plans are underway to use the dome structure that was constructed for Nelson Mandela’s [...] Full text...
UN rights chief calls for ‘fundamental freedoms’ to be upheld in Tunisia
16 october 2024 - 04:38:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief Volker Türk is calling on Tunisian authorities to protect the democratic process [...] Full text...
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‘Stop torture in Rwanda’: Human Rights Watch
15 october 2024 - 12:49:40Rubavu, Western Rwanda (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged the authorities in Rwanda to stop subjecting people to [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges 3 African countries to abolish death penalty 'once and for all'
10 october 2024 - 12:03:06Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Three sub-Saharan African countries on the cusp of abolition must act now and abolish the death [...] Full text...
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Algerian court urged to reverse ‘abusive sentence’ against poet
01 october 2024 - 05:47:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Algerian authorities were on Monday urged by top independent human rights experts to reverse a prison [...] Full text...
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Iran: Repression of women ‘intensifying’, two years on from mass protests
14 september 2024 - 14:30:30New York, US (PANA) - The Iranian Government has intensified its efforts to suppress the fundamental rights of women and [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Little Justice for Goma Massacre Victims
31 august 2024 - 07:53:41Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) authorities to expand their [...] Full text...
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Amid reports of torture inside Isareli jails, rights experts call for end to impunity
06 august 2024 - 06:09:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison represent “the tip of [...] Full text...
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Benin prisoners penned into overcrowded, dirty cells - Rights group
01 august 2024 - 08:29:15Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Prisoners in Benin were subjected to filthy, overcrowded cells and denied clean water and medical treatment [...] Full text...
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Guinean ex-president, ministers found guilty for stadium mass killings
01 august 2024 - 05:21:00Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – A court in Guinea on Wednesday, 31 July, convicted the country's former self-declared president Moussa Dadis [...] Full text...
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Israeli military in spotlight over ‘incommunicado’ detention of Palestinians
31 july 2024 - 12:39:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN report published on Wednesday into alleged abuses carried out against thousands of Palestinians detained [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for urgent action to curb alcohol consumption
26 july 2024 - 07:29:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - It seems that Europeans don’t want to give up booze. A UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Exodus from Khan Younis compounds pressure on meagre resources
24 july 2024 - 18:41:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - About 150,000 people fled Khan Younis in a single day on Monday following evacuation orders issued [...] Full text...
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Human rights abuses in CAR detention centres need urgent response: UN experts
18 july 2024 - 18:39:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Immediate action is needed to address human rights abuses in detention centres across the Central African [...] Full text...
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UN remembers Nelson Mandela’s commitment to fight poverty and inequity
15 july 2024 - 18:59:09New York, US (PANA) - The UN paid tribute on Monday to the life and legacy of the first democratically [...] Full text...
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Stop criminalising homelessness and poverty, say UN rights experts
26 june 2024 - 06:07:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Independent UN human rights experts on Tuesday called on governments to scrap “cruel and counterproductive” laws [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Deep concerns over ‘inhuman’ detention of Gazans by Israeli authorities
28 may 2024 - 12:41:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid further reported bombardment of Gaza overnight into Tuesday, UN and partner organisations have expressed deep [...] Full text...
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Rights watchdog flags deepening civil society crackdown in Tunisia
20 may 2024 - 07:19:56Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisian authorities have arrested at least nine people amid escalating government actions in recent weeks to [...] Full text...
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Crimes against nature: UN agency puts environmental legislation under scrutiny
18 may 2024 - 07:10:34Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Global efforts to prevent crimes against nature and bring offenders to justice are being hampered by [...] 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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UN rights chief welcomes jailing of Gambian ex-minister by Swiss court
16 may 2024 - 14:48:07Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has welcomed the conviction by a Swiss court of [...] Full text...
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African countries to collaborate in disease surveillance under new plan
15 may 2024 - 17:36:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African countries, including Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya and Sao Tome and Principe [...] Full text...
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Former Gambia’s Interior minister jailed 20 years by Swiss court for crimes against humanity
15 may 2024 - 13:07:05Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Ousman Sonko, former interior minister of Gambia, was convicted by Switzerland's top criminal court on Wednesday for crimes [...] Full text...
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EU adopts first-ever law combating violence against women
07 may 2024 - 10:36:19Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has adopted the first-ever law to combat violence against women, giving the green [...] Full text...
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South Africa's President Ramaphosa hails historic all-race elections
27 april 2024 - 12:13:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday led the 2024 Freedom Day national celebrations [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazaouani to seek re-election
25 april 2024 - 16:19:34Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, has announced his candidacy in the presidential [...] Full text...
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South Africa's Constitutional Court to hear Zuma election case
12 april 2024 - 07:10:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Electoral Commission (IEC) on Thursday night approached the Constitutional Court on an [...] Full text...
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Senegal celebrates 64th anniversary of independence
04 april 2024 - 13:39:36Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, Thursday presided over the flag-raising ceremony to mark [...] Full text...
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Senegalese President Faye names Ousmane Sonko as Prime Minister
03 april 2024 - 05:56:55Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, on Tuesday appointed Ousmane Sonko, his colleague and leader [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: President Fall pledges to make Senegal country of hope, independent justice
02 april 2024 - 15:19:03Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, on Tuesday pledged to make his West African country [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: Bassirou Faye sworn in as Senegal's president
02 april 2024 - 12:25:13Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Bassirou Diomaye Faye was on Tuesday sworn in as the fifth president of Senegal and the [...] Full text...
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Senegal's presidential candidates given Thursday deadline to file appeals against results
28 march 2024 - 05:44:36Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's Constitutional Council on Wednesday asked candidates who contested last Sunday's presidential election wishing to contest [...] Full text...
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Senegalese opposition leader Bassirou Faye confirmed winner of presidential election
27 march 2024 - 20:52:10Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye was on Wednesday declared winner of last Sunday's presidential [...] Full text...
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Senegal's president-elect Faye pledges to govern with humility
26 march 2024 - 06:10:03Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal's president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has pledged to govern with humility, with his priorities being [...] Full text...
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3RD UPDATE: President Sall congratulates Faye on his victory
25 march 2024 - 18:59:34Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – President Macky Sall on Monday congratulated opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his victory in Sunday's [...] Full text...
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2ND UPDATE: Opposition leader Faye will be youngest president of Senegal
25 march 2024 - 16:57:54Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese opposition leader, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, 44, who has swept to victory over former Prime Minister and [...] Full text...
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Amadou Ba congratulates Bassirou Diomaye Faye on winning the Senegalese presidential election
25 march 2024 - 16:21:02Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The government candidate, Amadou Ba, has congratulated the opposition candidate, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was declared [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Senegal's ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba concedes defeat
25 march 2024 - 15:46:44Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -The candidate of Senegal's ruling coalition, Benno Bokk Yaakaar, Amadou Ba, 62, on Monday conceded defeat to [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Senegal newspapers predict first round victory for opposition leader Faye
25 march 2024 - 10:31:27Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – As Senegalese await official results of Sunday's presidential election from the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA), the [...] Full text...
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Early provisional results in Senegal's presidential election put opposition leader Faye ahead
25 march 2024 - 05:17:02Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Early results from Sunday's presidential election in Senegal put opposition leader Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Faye in the [...] Full text...
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Cancer screening for women in Benin's prisons
20 march 2024 - 15:54:32Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The second cancer screening campaign for women in Benin's prisons was launched on Tuesday at the [...] Full text...
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South African child repatriated from Senegal
13 march 2024 - 09:13:11Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African authorities have repatriated a two-year-old baby from a prison in Dakar, Senegal. The [...] Full text...
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UN torture expert issues calls for pandemic-proof prisons
10 march 2024 - 07:08:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN independent expert on Friday called on States to review prison management practices and policies to [...] Full text...
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US arrests over illegal arms smuggling to South Sudan
06 march 2024 - 11:34:36New York, US (PANA) - Two people have been arrested for attempting to purchase and export arms to South Sudan, [...] Full text...
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‘Widespread’ sexual abuse of children in entertainment business revealed
05 march 2024 - 20:35:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Widespread sexual abuse of children in the entertainment industry must be urgently stamped out, an independent [...] Full text...
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UN crime prevention chief pledges enhanced cooperation in Somalia
05 march 2024 - 06:28:44Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Waly has highlighted [...] Full text...
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Ghana's president will take decision on LGBTQ+ bill after top court ruling
05 march 2024 - 05:52:58Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Monday that he would await the Supreme Court’s [...] Full text...
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Ghana's Finance ministry urges President to pause assent to anti-LGBTQ bill
04 march 2024 - 14:29:54Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As the controversial the controversial anti-LGBTQI+ bill passed by Ghana's Parliament, which criminalises the promotion, advocacy, and funding [...] Full text...
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ICC Trial Chamber orders reparations for victims of Uganda warlord Ongwen
29 february 2024 - 07:59:18The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday set the financial liability of Ugandan warlord, Dominic Ongwen [...] Full text...
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Former death row inmates benefit from presidential pardon in Benin
18 february 2024 - 15:54:35Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Eleven former death row inmates are among 345 prisoners pardoned last December by the President of [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS MPs begin meetings in Senegal in efforts to end political crisis
12 february 2024 - 17:19:10Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A team from the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Monday [...] Full text...
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UN chief adds voice for dialogue, peace in Senegal as violence spreads; first death reported
10 february 2024 - 08:16:43New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added his voice for peace and dialogue in Senegal following [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS, US ask Senegal to restore electoral calendar
07 february 2024 - 07:41:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the United States have [...] Full text...
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Senegalese Parliament postpones presidential poll to 15 December in controversial vote
06 february 2024 - 07:48:02Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Parliament on Tuesday passed a controversial bill to postpone the West African country's presidential [...] Full text...
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Human rights advocate urges DR Congo authorities to free journalist
02 february 2024 - 07:01:43Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged the authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...
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Senegal govt cracks down on opposition, media, civil society ahead February polls: HRW
22 january 2024 - 08:28:14Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The authorities in Senegal have cracked down on the opposition, media, and civil society, ahead of general [...] Full text...
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HRW: Gaddafi son 'wrongfully' held for 8 years in Lebanon should be released
16 january 2024 - 09:03:44Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Lebanese authorities should immediately release Hannibal Gaddafi, a son of Libya's former leader, who has been held in [...] Full text...
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South African artist injured in flying incident
11 january 2024 - 06:04:11Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Grammy award-winning DJ Nkosinathi “Black Coffee” Maphumulo is recovering in an Argentina [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS and Sierra Leone's dangerous identity politics (By Paul Ejime)
10 january 2024 - 10:25:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - If any country should be grateful to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for [...] 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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Former South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius released from prison
05 january 2024 - 07:44:03Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Paralympian hero Oscar Pistorius was released on parole from Pretoria's Atteridgeville Correctional Centre [...] Full text...
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Oscar Pistorius to be released from prison on Friday
04 january 2024 - 09:38:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius will be released from an Eastern Cape prison on [...] Full text...
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'Mali's return to constitutional order should be different from the others' Junta leader
01 january 2024 - 13:22:56Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita is still yet to announce new dates for presidential elections [...] Full text...
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Libya to create specialized institute for judicial police and development of prison infrastructures
22 december 2023 - 17:37:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Participants at a symposium on the theme "Towards safer and more humane prisons", organized by the [...] Full text...
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Four French nationals arrested in Ouagadougou
20 december 2023 - 13:51:07Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Four French officials suspected of espionage have been arrested by the police here, the capital [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Tunisian authorities to quash 'outrageous' conviction against activist Chaima Issa
14 december 2023 - 08:30:00Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Amnesty International is asking Tunisia’s authorities to immediately quash the "outrageous conviction" by a military court [...] Full text...
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Thomas Sankara file: An international network asks France to declassify secret defence documents
12 december 2023 - 18:00:00Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - On Tuesday, the international network Justice for Thomas Sankara Justice for Africa called on France [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS changes gear on military coup plotters (By Paul Ejime)
11 december 2023 - 17:48:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have resolved to set up a [...] Full text...
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African women on the frontline of peacekeeping (A UN feature)
06 december 2023 - 07:11:34Accra, Ghana (PANA) - For over a year, a group of United Nations peacekeepers from Ghana led by Captain Esinam [...] 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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ECOWAS solidarity mission visits Sierra Leone after 'unrest' in capital (By Paul Ejime)
28 november 2023 - 13:06:45Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - A solidarity and fact-finding Mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Oscar Pistorius granted parole
24 november 2023 - 16:36:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Convicted killer Oscar Pistorius was granted parole on Friday but he will be released [...] Full text...
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Children’s rights in jeopardy 34 years after landmark UN treaty
21 november 2023 - 08:01:08New York, US (PANA) - Stronger action is needed to uphold children’s rights in a world where they are increasingly [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: Warring parties commit to facilitate humanitarian assistance but fail to agree ceasefire
08 november 2023 - 05:41:28Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - Sudan's warring parties -- Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) -- have made commitments [...] Full text...
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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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Lessons of Hamas operation against Israel, - Libyan newspaper,
13 october 2023 - 19:19:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The "Flood of Al-Aqsa", the military operation led by Hamas against the Israeli entity destroyed the [...] Full text...
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180 civil society organizations urge Gambia to protect women and girls
13 october 2023 - 18:31:14Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Some 180 civil society organizations from across Africa and around the world co-signed an open letter urging the [...] Full text...
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World Bank chief explains global fight against poverty
13 october 2023 - 10:57:19Marrakech, Morocco (PANA - The world is fraught with profound forces and rapid changes as nations face declining progress in [...] Full text...
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Teenage African World Cup workers still trapped in Qatar
13 october 2023 - 07:38:49Doha, Qatar (PANA) - Two Gambian teenagers who worked as security guards during the 2022 World Cup are still held [...] Full text...
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South African gets 20 years for importing drug to Mauritius
11 october 2023 - 07:40:12Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A South African national, Gareth Gruen, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for importing [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ramaphosa hails SA musician after New York concerts
10 october 2023 - 14:41:52Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa and Culture Minister Zizi Kodwa on Tuesday saluted South African musician [...] Full text...
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South African artist gears for Madison Square Garden gig
03 october 2023 - 11:29:13Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African musician, Black Coffee, is preparing for the gig of his life – [...] Full text...
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FIFA under pressure to remove Samuel Eto'o as Cameroon FA president
28 september 2023 - 12:01:36Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - FIFA has been urged to intervene and remove Samuel Eto'o from his role as president of [...] Full text...
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Mandela’s granddaughter dead at 43
26 september 2023 - 08:08:01Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zoleka Mandela, the granddaughter of liberation heroes Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela Mandela, died [...] Full text...
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Mandela’s childhood farmhouse stripped by vandals
14 september 2023 - 10:40:02Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela’s childhood farmhouse in the Eastern Cape has been striped by vandals who [...] Full text...
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FIFA keeps close watch on developments in Mali
07 september 2023 - 16:02:43Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA says it is “closely monitoring” events in Mali after Mamoutou Touré, a FIFA Council member, [...] Full text...
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Rights groups call for release of jailed Burundian journalist
30 august 2023 - 06:15:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights organisations are calling on the Burundian authorities to "immediately and unconditionally" release and quash 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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South African man accused of torching Parliament 'unfit to stand trial'
10 august 2023 - 12:40:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Western Cape High Court on Thursday heard that alleged arsonist Zandile Mafe is [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International urges Ghana's president to sign repeal of death sentence into law
26 july 2023 - 07:54:32Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A senior official of Human rights group, Amnesty International, has urged Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo [...] Full text...
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Human rights at risk in Tunisia two years after President Saied’s power grab: Rights group
24 july 2023 - 10:45:45Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - In the second year since Tunisian President Kais Saied’s power grab, Tunisian authorities have taken further [...] Full text...
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Zuma's foundation rubbishes reports that he will return to jail
14 july 2023 - 07:37:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Jacob Zuma Foundation on Friday rejected speculation that the former President will return [...] Full text...
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Relief in Senegal after President Sall rules out third term bid
04 july 2023 - 12:23:37Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Relief was the most widespread feeling in Senegal on Tuesday, following the announcement by President Macky [...] Full text...
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Senegalese President promises to 'shed full light' on last month's violent demonstrations
04 july 2023 - 11:52:54Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The President of Senegal, Macky Sall, has promised that investigations will continue to shed "all possible [...] Full text...
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Rwandan genocide fugitive faces more charges in South Africa
09 june 2023 - 10:48:36Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Fulgence Kayishema, the Rwandan national accused of genocide on Friday appeared before the Cape Town [...] Full text...
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US 'troubled', 'saddened' by Senegal violence after sentencing of opposition leader Sonko
04 june 2023 - 05:41:14Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US says it is "troubled and saddened by the violence and damage" in Senegal where [...] Full text...
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Libyan media organisations support parliament's ban on trial of civilians by military courts
03 june 2023 - 18:40:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan media organizations on Friday welcomed the Libyan parliament's decision to ban the trial of civilians [...] Full text...
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Fifteen dead in demonstrations since Thursday in Senegal
03 june 2023 - 16:21:56Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The demonstrations that followed last Thursday's sentencing of Senegalese opposition figure Ousmane Sonko to two years [...] Full text...
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Nine dead in demonstrations after Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko's conviction
02 june 2023 - 11:50:32Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Nine people were killed in the demonstrations that followed the sentencing on Thursday by the criminal [...] Full text...
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Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko jailed two years for 'corrupting the youth'
01 june 2023 - 12:57:13Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was sentenced on Thursday to two years' imprisonment and a fine [...] Full text...
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Racism which scars societies, must be stamped out, forum for people of African descent hears
31 may 2023 - 05:48:23New York, US (PANA) - Racism is a global problem, and every country must take a stance against it, General [...] Full text...
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UN expert calls for national reconciliation in Burundi and revival of Arusha agreement
24 may 2023 - 13:02:16Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - A UN expert on Wednesday called on Burundi to overcome divisions and restore the Arusha Agreement. The [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas and gold
21 may 2023 - 05:48:49Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Chili peppers, fake medicine, fuel, gold, guns, humans, and more are being trafficked via millennia-old trade [...] Full text...
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AFP's treatment of political situation in Morocco and Algeria as seen by a Moroccan newspaper
16 may 2023 - 19:23:22Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The difference in the treatment of the political situation in Morocco and Algeria by the Agence [...] Full text...
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European Parliament condemns violation of human rights in Algeria
12 may 2023 - 13:58:21Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The European Parliament voted on Thursday in Strasbourg by 536 votes for, four against with 18 [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Tunisian gov't of moving to dismantle largest opposition party
11 may 2023 - 07:54:09Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian authorities have intensified their attack on opponents of President Kais Saied’s 2021 power grab, moving [...] Full text...
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Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko given six months suspended jail sentence for defamation
09 may 2023 - 06:18:05Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Dakar Court of Appeal on Monday handed Senegalese opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, a six-month suspended jail [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspaper questions whether it is appropriate for Libyans to commemorate May Day, Labour Day
05 may 2023 - 17:30:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Since the discovery of oil in the country in 1958 and the export of the first [...] Full text...
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Kenyan woman arrested for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth US$300,000
18 april 2023 - 13:06:00Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) annouced here Monday the arrest of a 35-year-old Kenyan woman who [...] Full text...
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Libyan Justice Minister calls for compliance with human rights standards in Libyan prisons
15 april 2023 - 14:43:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Justice in the Government of National Unity, Halima Ibrahim Abderrahman, has urged [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Egypt to end stranglehold on NGOs
16 march 2023 - 11:51:42Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A human rights advocate has asked the Egyptian government to abolish the 11 April, 2023 registration deadline [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM calls for strong judiciary
21 february 2023 - 15:06:52dTripoli, Libya (PANA) - The consolidation and development of Libya's judicial institutions confirm the restoration of the state's authority and [...] Full text...
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Former official of Gaddafi regime released
20 february 2023 - 13:51:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The security authorities in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, have released Abdallah Mansour, a security and media [...] Full text...
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South African liberation hero Steve Biko's former cellmate dead at 72
16 february 2023 - 11:06:25Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Prominent South African activist Peter Cyril Jones, who was with liberation hero Steve Biko, [...] 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's 2023 elections: Concerns and expectations (By Paul Ejime)
30 january 2023 - 12:27:40Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As Nigeria braces for another critical general election this year, it is pertinent to recall the [...] Full text...
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Tunisian opposition figure arrested at his home
21 january 2023 - 18:31:00Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian police broke into the home of lawyer Seif Eddine Makhlouf, a fierce opponent of Tunisian [...] Full text...
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Presidential party to hold 'ordinary' congress in Burundi
20 january 2023 - 19:26:07Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The National Council for the Defence of Democracy/Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD, party-state) has [...] Full text...
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Former presidential chief of staff in Tunisia sentenced to 14 months in prison
18 january 2023 - 15:55:29Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The former presidential chief of staff in Tunisia, Nadia Akacha, was sentenced on Tuesday in absentia [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch slams conviction of politician for 'harming Rwanda’s image'
18 january 2023 - 11:50:46Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The conviction of a Rwandan opposition politician for allegedly tarnishing the country’s image is an example [...] Full text...
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Heavy security presence as anti-Saied demonstration rocks Tunis
14 january 2023 - 17:55:23Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several thousand protesters from opposition parties gathered in Tunis on Saturday to mark the 12th anniversary [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International calls out Algeria for mass death sentences
10 january 2023 - 11:22:49Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The trials of 54 individuals who were sentenced to death over the events that happened in [...] Full text...
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Reporters Without Borders calls for charges to be dropped against Cameroonian journalist
23 december 2022 - 16:10:42Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the charges against Amadou Vamoulké, a journalist and [...] Full text...
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Report/ Bashir Trial: the thin line between political and legal trial in display
22 december 2022 - 15:35:24Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Most Sudanese in their thirties and forties have known no other president but Omar Bashir who [...] Full text...
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Tripoli court sentences 17 Daesh elements to death for violence
20 december 2022 - 12:51:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Tripoli criminal court has sentenced to death 17 of the 41 members of the Islamic [...] Full text...
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US welcomes ICC judgement affirming conviction of Ugandan warlord Dominic Ongwen
16 december 2022 - 04:56:50Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the International Criminal Court (ICC) judgment on Thursday affirming the [...] Full text...
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DRC warlord sent to Belgium prison facility
15 december 2022 - 13:08:05The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Bosco Ntaganda, a DR Congo warlord convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity in [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian terrorist charged with death of American, providing material support to Al-Qaeda
11 december 2022 - 13:32:55Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Fawaz Ould Ahmed Ould Ahemeid, aka Ibrahim Idress, aka Ibrahim Dix, 44, of Mauritania, was [...] Full text...
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Killer of South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Chris Hani released from prison
07 december 2022 - 12:43:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Polish immigrant Janusz Walus, who nearly sparked a full-blown race war in South Africa [...] Full text...
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Two Mauritians jailed for drug trafficking
07 december 2022 - 08:05:06Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Mauritius has jaild two Mauritians after finding them guilty of drug trafficking [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s military release two detainees just before signing of political agreement
05 december 2022 - 08:58:02Khartoum, Sudsan (PANA) - The Sudanese authorities on Sunday released a prominent member of the suspended Empowerment Removal Committee (ERC), [...] Full text...
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Terrorist' attack targets security infrastructure in northwest Burkina Faso
01 december 2022 - 13:34:15Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Unidentified armed individuals have attacked the gendarmerie and police stations in the town of Tougan, [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Apartheid-era killer stabbed in prison
29 november 2022 - 18:48:54Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) = Polish immigrant Janusz Walus who nearly sparked a full-blown race war in South Africa [...] Full text...
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Libyan Ministry of Health pledges to improve health services for prisoners
23 november 2022 - 13:26:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Health, Ramadan Abu Janah, has affirmed that the [...] Full text...
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Court orders former South African President Zuma to return to jail
21 november 2022 - 12:46:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Monday ordered former President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL expresses concern about 70 detainees on hunger strike at Maitigua prison
17 november 2022 - 12:48:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed deep concern at "alarming" reports that [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls for immediate release of jailed blogger and activist
08 november 2022 - 16:52:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk on Tuesday appealed to Egypt to free a prominent [...] Full text...
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ICC Prosecutor to brief UN Security Council on Libyan situation
08 november 2022 - 12:30:28Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, will brief the UN Security Council [...] Full text...
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Rights groups say 19 Sahrawi activists continue t languish in Moroccan jail
08 november 2022 - 08:39:32RightsTunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Nineteen Sahrawi activists languish in prison years after Moroccan courts convicted them in unfair proceedings, Human Rights [...] Full text...
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Large mobilisation of Muslims in Mali to denounce the offence against Islam on social networks
05 november 2022 - 19:03:15Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Several thousands of Muslim faithful came out on Friday afternoon on the Boulevard de l'Independence, in [...] Full text...
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UN chief welcomes completion of first trial of Special Criminal Court in CAR
02 november 2022 - 05:25:34New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has welcomed the completion of the first trial of the [...] Full text...
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Two Libyan police officers injured during prisoner transfer
21 october 2022 - 14:24:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two police officers from the Mizdah Security Directorate, about 150 km south of Tripoli, were injured [...] Full text...
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UN rights report details ‘unconscionable’ violations of migrants returning from Libya
11 october 2022 - 14:54:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Migrants in Libya who are compelled to accept so-called ‘assisted returns’ to their countries of origin [...] Full text...
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Mauritian police to be trained in human rights issues
08 october 2022 - 08:17:41Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The government of Mauritius announced on Friday that a delegation from the Commonwealth Secretariat would arrive [...] Full text...
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UN flags continuing ‘disturbing trends’ in reprisals against those cooperating with it
30 september 2022 - 06:07:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - People in 42 different countries across the world faced reprisals and intimidation on the basis of [...] Full text...
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Former Guinean Transitional President Dadis Camara arrested
27 september 2022 - 17:55:55Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean president of the 2009 transition, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, was arrested on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Guinea gov't plans to implement new anti-corruption strategies
16 september 2022 - 19:46:53Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government plans to put in place new strategies to fight against people who have [...] Full text...
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Ten security agents injured in Guinea demonstration
06 september 2022 - 12:33:41Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Ten law enforcement officers, including seven gendarmes and three police officers, were injured on Monday during [...] Full text...
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Convicted South African former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius demands parole hearing
01 september 2022 - 12:25:13Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Convicted killer Oscar Pistorius has approached the courts in an attempt to force prison [...] Full text...
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Nigeria, Cameroon launch fresh partnership to repatriate refugees to Nigerian State
24 august 2022 - 16:31:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria and Cameroon have launched a fresh partnership for the repatriation of thousands of Internally Displaced Persons [...] Full text...
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Former Guinean minister dies in custody
21 august 2022 - 15:56:20Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Loucény Camara, former Guinean minister of Urbanism, Housing and Tourism, died on Saturday evening, according to [...] Full text...
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British national gets 24 years in prison for drug trafficking in Mauritius
19 august 2022 - 07:39:16Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A British national, Neil Hilton, has been sentenced by a Port-Louis court to 24 years in [...] Full text...
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Presidential press welcomes dismissal of 40 magistrates in Burundi
12 august 2022 - 17:46:56Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The presidential press praised Friday the Burundian head of state, Evariste Ndayishimiye, for dismissing by decree [...] Full text...
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Former Guinean Prime Minister Ibrahim Kassory Fofana in new legal trouble
12 august 2022 - 15:57:56Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean prime minister of the government overthrown by the junta on September 5, Ibrahima [...] Full text...
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Suspected instigators of South Africa riots appear in court
12 august 2022 - 12:26:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Twenty-two people alleged to have instigated the violent rioting in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal and [...] Full text...
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Former Guinean minister granted conditional release
11 august 2022 - 13:59:22Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean minister of Security and Civil Protection, Albert Damatang Camara, who has been in [...] Full text...
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National Front for the Defence of the Constitution in Guinea dissolved
09 august 2022 - 15:31:54Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government announced on Monday the dissolution of the National Front for the Defence of [...] Full text...
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'Insecurity grips Nigeria's capital, as attacks, threats by multiple groups raise serious concerns'
09 august 2022 - 10:55:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A series of attacks and threats within close proximity of Nigeris's seat of government in Abuja by [...] Full text...
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Kazakh national gets 32 years in prison in Mauritius for drug trafficking
03 august 2022 - 08:09:55Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Ravil Khakimov, a 39-year-old Kazakh, has been sentenced to 32 years in prison, and fined 800,000 [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International, denounces arbitrary arrests, detentions after Guinea demonstrations
03 august 2022 - 05:39:23Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has denounced the arbitrary arrests and detentions of members of pressure [...] Full text...
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Medical charity MSF closes two offices in Cameroon's South-West Region
02 august 2022 - 09:23:54Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Medical charity, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), has closed its offices in two bases in Cameroon's South-West [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Morocco for 'silencing' critical activists, journalists
28 july 2022 - 08:56:15New York, US (PANA) – The Moroccan authorities are using indirect and underhanded tactics to silence critical activists and journalists, Human [...] Full text...
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FNDC announces series of demonstrations in Guinea
22 july 2022 - 17:38:41Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC) Friday announced "peaceful citizens' demonstrations" on [...] Full text...
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Ten dead and 27 injured in Tripoli armed clashes, new report
22 july 2022 - 16:24:04Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Renewed armed clashes in Tripoli between rival groups have left a total of 10 people dead [...] Full text...
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4 dead, several injured in clashes between armed groups in southern Tripoli
22 july 2022 - 15:40:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Four people, including a 12-year-old child, were killed and several others wounded in clashes between rival [...] Full text...
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Ivorian president expected in South Africa on Wednesday for State visit
20 july 2022 - 12:10:48Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Ivorian President, Alassane Ouattara, is expected on Wednesday in South Africa for a four-day [...] Full text...
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Benin police officer jailed seven years for theft
19 july 2022 - 13:23:48Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A Benin police officer has been sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 50 million [...] Full text...
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UN commemorates Nelson Mandela’s ‘fight for a better world’
18 july 2022 - 19:14:26New York, US (PANA) - UN Member States gathered in the General Assembly Hall on Monday to observe Nelson Mandela [...] Full text...
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Nelson Mandela Day commemorated around the world
18 july 2022 - 12:52:25Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Millions of South Africans on Monday marked the former world statesman Nelson Mandela’s birthday, [...] Full text...
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UN chief hails healer and ‘mentor to generations’, Nelson Mandela
18 july 2022 - 05:17:13New York, US (PANA) - The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres has hailed the first Black President of post-Apartheid South [...] Full text...
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Guinea pressure group files complaint against police for violence against its members
14 july 2022 - 12:53:25Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC), a leading Guinean pressure group in [...] Full text...
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Initial consultations for collective reparations launched in Mali
13 july 2022 - 13:23:10Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Trust Fund for Victims ordered by the International Criminal Court (ICC) following the conviction of Malian [...] Full text...
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Guinean courts toughen up on three arrested FNDC members
07 july 2022 - 14:32:04Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Three influential members of the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC) in Guinea [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso junta leader invites former presidents. including convicted Compaoré, to 'high-level meeting
07 july 2022 - 06:02:55Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's junta leader, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has invited the country's former presidents to [...] Full text...
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Half of prisoners in Mauritius linked to drugs
05 july 2022 - 08:07:49Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Annually, some 3,400 out of 7,000 prisoners, are linked to drugs due to a rise in [...] Full text...
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Guinea's former ruling party sets out preconditions for participation in dialogue
25 june 2022 - 14:26:21Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The relaunch of the political dialogue in Guinea initiated by the government to start next Monday [...] Full text...
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Tunisian authorities say 'terrorist attack' near Tunis synagogue fails
24 june 2022 - 17:09:05Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A knife-wielding individual attacked a security unit posted near a "sensitive institution" near downtown Tunis on [...] Full text...
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South African opposition asks FBI to probe President Cyril Ramaphosa
21 june 2022 - 12:28:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday said it has requested that [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso party rejects former Niger president Issoufou as ECOWAS mediator
12 june 2022 - 19:33:40Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The party of former Burkina Faso president, Blaise Compaoré, on Sunday rejected the choice of the former [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe top woman prison officer with UN Mission in CAR wins first ever Trailblazer Award
08 june 2022 - 05:29:27New York, US (PANA) - The creator of a women-only rapid intervention team who leads riot control activities inside the [...] Full text...
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Uganda slammed for activists arrests
07 june 2022 - 00:17:25Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan authorities must release the six politicians and activists arrested solely for protesting the high cost [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa denies 'criminal conduct' allegations from former spy boss
02 june 2022 - 13:27:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African presidency on Thursday denied allegations of concealment of crime made against [...] Full text...
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Victims of late Chadian dictator Habre yet to receive reparations
27 may 2022 - 12:10:23Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Victims of the late Chadian dictator Hissène Habré have yet to receive any reparations, six years after his [...] Full text...
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Libya's US$16 million frozen funds recovered from Germany
25 may 2022 - 10:03:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some US$16 million of the Libya-Africa Investment Portfolio illegally invested with the Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, in [...] Full text...
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Lawyers protest in Benghazi against arrest of a colleague
16 may 2022 - 11:53:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Lawyers from Benghazi, eastern Libya, on Sunday organised a protest rally to denounce the arrest and [...] Full text...
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Some 15 inmates of Burkina Faso prison who escaped after terrorist attack surrender
12 may 2022 - 07:38:48Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Some fifteen prisoners who escaped following an attack on Saturday night on the Nouna civil prison in [...] Full text...
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Libyan govt, UN, EU launch programme to aid minors in breach of the law
10 may 2022 - 12:26:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU) and specialised UN agencies, in collaboration with the European [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso government confirms attack on prison in the northwest
09 may 2022 - 05:34:27Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government on Sunday confirmed that the civil prison in Nouna in the northwest [...] Full text...
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Reconciliation project in Libya concerns all regions, aims to establish coexistence - chairman of Council
07 may 2022 - 16:32:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, stressed here Saturday that all Libyan regions, [...] Full text...
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Former governor of Central Bank of Guinea released on bail
05 may 2022 - 13:46:56Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former governor of the Central Bank of Guinea (BCRG), Loucény Nabé, jailed for nearly one [...] Full text...
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Former Guinean President Alpha Condé to be tried for murder - Junta
05 may 2022 - 12:14:47Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean president, Alpha Condé, should answer for alleged blood crimes committed during his regime, [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to develop sustainable system for plant propagation at Prison Service
05 may 2022 - 07:48:33Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security and the Mauritius Prisons Service (MPS) have agreed [...] Full text...
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Former president of National Assembly in Guinea jailed for misappropriation of public funds
28 april 2022 - 18:23:51Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - After more than ten hours of hearing before the judges of the Court of Repression of [...] Full text...
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Hundreds of protesters detained, mistreated in Sudan, says Human Rights Watch
28 april 2022 - 05:46:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudan's security forces have unlawfully detained hundreds of protesters since December 2021 and forcibly disappeared scores as [...] Full text...
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'Thomas Sankara's family not claiming financial compensation'
26 april 2022 - 06:07:58Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The family of Captain Thomas Sankara, the former Burkinabe president assassinated in October 1987, said [...] Full text...
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Guinea's junta leader appoints former minister of deposed government
21 april 2022 - 15:15:47Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The head of the junta in Guinea, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, on Wednesday appointed a former minister [...] Full text...
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Germany tries crimes against humanity committed in Gambia
21 april 2022 - 10:35:13Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Germany's first trial for serious crimes committed in Gambia is a major step for justice, Human Rights [...] Full text...
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Burkinabe customs officers, gendarmes arrested for alleged fuel smuggling
20 april 2022 - 13:19:35Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A number of customs officers and a gendarme were arrested and placed in custody on [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch urges Morocco to drop charges against activist
19 april 2022 - 11:40:52Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Tuesday asked the Moroccan authorities to drop charges against a social media commentator [...] Full text...
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US stresses there should be no arbitrary arrests in Libya
15 april 2022 - 18:27:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United States Friday welcomed the release of many Libyans from prison, stressing that "no one [...] Full text...
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