CAF looking into airport incident involving Nigeria and Libya
18 october 2024 - 19:22:43Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has reportedly set up a panel to probe the [...] Full text...
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Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has reportedly set up a panel to probe the [...] Full text...
UN Rights Council shows 'strong support' for ongoing Sudan probe
14 october 2024 - 12:41:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) from all regions have overwhelmingly voted to [...] Full text...
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UN chief condemns death of 6 UNRWA staff, 12 others in Israeli strike, calls for independent probe
13 september 2024 - 05:34:11New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Thursday described the continued lack of effective protection for civilians in [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Rights probe demands wider arms embargo to end ‘rampant’ abuse
06 september 2024 - 12:56:39Geneva, Switerland (PANA) - Top human rights investigators into Sudan’s brutal war called on Friday for a country-wide arms embargo [...] 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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Gaza war: Independent rights probe highlights Israeli ‘destruction and dislocation’ tactics
20 june 2024 - 06:54:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - High-level independent human rights investigators reiterated serious concerns on Wednesday about the legality of the Israeli [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Laws of war likely 'consistently violated' in Israeli strikes on Gaza: UN rights office
19 june 2024 - 15:17:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN probe into the Israeli military’s bombing of Gaza has pointed to the laws of [...] Full text...
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Guterres highlights ‘unique level of destruction’ in Gaza ahead of G7 summit
13 june 2024 - 06:18:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his solidarity with the people of Gaza and the global body’s [...] 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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ICC Prosecutor outlines roadmap to complete Libya war crimes probe
15 may 2024 - 06:49:07New York, US (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced at the UN Security Council on [...] Full text...
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Fresh inquests to probe deaths of anti-apartheid activists
14 may 2024 - 09:00:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has announced that the inquest into the death of former [...] Full text...
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UN security staff killed in Gaza; Guterres calls for probe
13 may 2024 - 18:27:20New York, US (PANA) - A staff member of the UN Department of Safety and Security (DSS) died and another [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN issues updates on probe into allegations of staff collusion during 7 October attacks
27 april 2024 - 05:22:22New York, US (PANA) - A UN office investigating Israeli accusations that 12 staff members from UN Palestine relief agency [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UNRWA committed to implement independent review recommendations
24 april 2024 - 05:03:08New York, US (PANA) - The head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on Tuesday reiterated that [...] Full text...
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UNRWA report: UN chief stands with agency, backs findings of probe into 7 October attacks in Israel
22 april 2024 - 17:34:34New York, US (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres issued an appeal on Monday to “actively support” the UN agency [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering
16 april 2024 - 16:00:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since war erupted six months ago and one [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Increasing numbers of newborns on brink of death, agencies warn
19 march 2024 - 13:10:08New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians reiterated their resolve on Tuesday to help the people of Gaza where increasing [...] Full text...
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Nigerian soldiers raze community after youths abduct, behead their colleagues
18 march 2024 - 06:38:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Irate Nigerian soldiers have razed Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Niger [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Rights experts call for probe into alleged violations against Palestinian women and girls
20 february 2024 - 12:09:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alleged rights violations against Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid operations in peril amid funding crisis
02 february 2024 - 06:25:48Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Lifesaving aid operations in Gaza are “in peril” amid ongoing Israeli bombardment because of the funding [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, warn UN humanitarians
29 january 2024 - 14:51:44Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Ongoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip have been “particularly intense” in the southern city of Khan [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UN rights experts begin war crimes probe
19 january 2024 - 05:28:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have begun their work to investigate grave allegations of crimes [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs finally honours invitation to EFCC headquarters over N37.1bn alleged ‘fraud’
08 january 2024 - 15:05:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, has finally submitted herself [...] Full text...
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Southern African law group calls for African unity over Gaza
17 october 2023 - 09:58:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Johannesburg-based Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) says the 33 African states that are [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia crisis: Victims ‘left in limbo’ as Ethiopia rights probe mandate ends
14 october 2023 - 08:00:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN-mandated Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia on Friday released a harrowing report on [...] Full text...
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Massive protection crisis continues in Sudan, warns UNHCR
12 october 2023 - 07:22:23Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The displacement crisis prompted by the ongoing conflict in Sudan continues unabated with nearly six million [...] Full text...
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South Africa to probe submarine tragedy
02 october 2023 - 13:19:09Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An inquiry has been set up to investigate the circumstances around last month’s tragedy [...] Full text...
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Death toll from Johannesburg fire rises to 77
05 september 2023 - 11:27:51Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The death toll following last week’s deadly blaze in the Johannesburg city centre has increased [...] Full text...
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Ghana special prosecutor arrests former Sanitation and Water Resources minister over suspected corruption
24 july 2023 - 13:21:30Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Special Prosecutor has placed Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, under arrest for [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UN rights commission raises alarm on killings of people fleeing into Chad
24 june 2023 - 16:21:08Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Commission has said it is raising alarm on the killings of people [...] Full text...
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South Africa accused of suppling Russian with weapons
12 may 2023 - 08:51:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government on Thursday night said it will appoint an independent inquiry [...] Full text...
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Reflection by Sudanese journalists about ongoing fighting in the country (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
10 may 2023 - 20:38:45Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – In more than one interview with foreign news media outlets they persistently asked me, as an [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Police dig out mass graves in probe over endtimes preacher
22 april 2023 - 10:35:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A police probe into the activities of a religious cult in Kenya's coastal region of Kilifi [...] Full text...
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Kenyan anti-government protests continue
30 march 2023 - 17:34:02Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga called Thursday for constitutional reform and asked for an audit of [...] Full text...
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Libya: Crimes against humanity committed since 2016 – Rights probe
27 march 2023 - 17:13:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN-appointed independent human rights investigators on Monday said there were grounds to believe that Libyan authorities and [...] Full text...
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End political stalemate in Libya now, UN chief urges leaders
17 february 2023 - 19:02:03Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Overcoming the current political impasse in Libya can unleash much-needed progress in tackling the myriad [...] Full text...
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EU Parliament calls for Eswatini aid suspension
16 february 2023 - 22:22:28Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for the suspension of aid to Eswatini and [...] Full text...
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UN chief ‘deeply regrets’ Mali’s decision to expel senior rights official
08 february 2023 - 05:21:14New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has become the latest UN official to express regret at [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief condemns ‘cold-blooded killing’ of Eswatini human rights lawyer
24 january 2023 - 06:12:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Authorities in Eswatini must launch a probe into the killing of a prominent human rights lawyer [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia loses national treasures to Tigray war
20 january 2023 - 13:01:22Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Large-scale artefact looting took place in war-ravaged Tigray State of northern Ethiopia, according to findings [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Outrage over racial profiling at Cape Town bar
08 december 2022 - 18:04:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government has condemned an incident of racism at a Cape Town [...] Full text...
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UK court holds pre-trial conference over Nigerian gas project cancellation
02 december 2022 - 20:25:10London, UK (PANA) - A British Court has set the stage for the hearing of a case in which an [...] Full text...
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South Sudanese probe sought over persistent sexual violence
28 november 2022 - 19:41:18London, Britain (PANA) - The government of South Sudan should immediately remove from office and investigate Governors and County Commissioners [...] Full text...
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Ghana's Parliament sets up committee to probe censure motion against finance minister
10 november 2022 - 18:25:50Accra, Ghana (PAMA) - Ghana's Parliament on Thursday set up an eight-member ad-hoc committee to probe the Minority's motion of [...] Full text...
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UN-AU and IGAD Trilateral Mechanism regrets killing of protester on Sunday
24 october 2022 - 14:59:01Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations, African Union and IGAD on Monday denounced the recent shooting and killing of [...] Full text...
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UN rights office calls for probe into Burkina Faso coup-related deaths and injuries
07 october 2022 - 21:15:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has called for investigations into deaths and injuries resulting from [...] Full text...
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UN undertakes human rights fact-finding mission in Ethiopia
03 august 2022 - 05:20:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three UN-appointed independent human rights experts returned from Ethiopia on Tuesday after working to negotiate access to [...] Full text...
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Facebook failing to detect social media-peddled hate speech ahead of polls
30 july 2022 - 00:17:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A US firm, Global Witness, has carried out an investigation on hate speech peddled through the [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Police minister under fire over public outburst
07 july 2022 - 13:47:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Police Minister Bheki Cele is under fire following an altercation he had with a [...] Full text...
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UN human rights probe says new suspected mass graves found in Libyan town of Tarhuna
04 july 2022 - 15:09:04Geneva, Switzerand (PANA) - New suspected mass graves have been uncovered in Tarhuna, Libya, a Human Rights Council Probe reported on [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia still in grip of spreading violence, hate speech and aid - Rights experts
01 july 2022 - 05:23:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-appointed rights investigators announced on Thursday that they’ve launched a probe into an alleged massacre of [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Senate to probe Supreme Court Justices’ petition against former Chief Justice
29 june 2022 - 05:30:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, to go [...] Full text...
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UN rights office calls for probe into Morocco-Spain migrant deaths, Texas tragedy
28 june 2022 - 19:36:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The deaths of at least 23 migrants seeking to reach Spanish territory from Morocco should be [...] 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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Liberian opposition leader fights forgery lawsuit
26 may 2022 - 13:40:36Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia's most formidable opposition political coalition, dogged by a row over the purported forgery of documents, [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for probe into deadly armed attacks on DRC mining site
10 may 2022 - 04:58:11New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to [...] Full text...
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UN expert calls for independent probe into massacre in Mali's Mopti region
07 april 2022 - 05:23:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN human rights expert on Wednesday called for a full and independent investigation into alleged [...] Full text...
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UN mission calls for probe into deadly attack in South Sudan
26 january 2022 - 05:35:23Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Authorities in South Sudan must investigate a report of deadly intercommunal violence in Jonglei State [...] Full text...
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UN human rights commission: Human rights situation in Sudan of “serious concern”
18 january 2022 - 16:51:33Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commission said here Tuesday the human rights situation in Sudan “continues to be [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US 'gravely concerned' by new alleged rights abuses against Tigrayans
18 december 2021 - 12:55:34Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it is "gravely concerned" by unconfirmed new reports alleging mass detentions, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Gov't slams 'politically motivated' agenda of UN Human Rights Council
18 december 2021 - 07:50:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government says it is "extremely disappointed" at the use of the United Nations [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Human Rights Council sets up international rights probe
17 december 2021 - 17:05:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Serious concerns over alleged severe human rights violations and abuses in Ethiopia should be investigated by [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso commemorates 23rd anniversary of assassination of journalist Norbert Zongo
13 december 2021 - 20:37:38Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso on Monday commemorated the 23rd anniversary of the assassination of Norbert Zongo, an [...] Full text...
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Some 35.8 million face lean season food crisis in West Africa and Sahel
07 december 2021 - 17:41:35Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Growing food insecurity that is already affecting tens of millions of people across West Africa and [...] Full text...
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Maritime Crimes on the rise in Indian Ocean, says DPP
03 december 2021 - 08:01:14Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Satyajit Boolell, says maritime crimes in the region are [...] Full text...
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U.S. Secretary of State, Blinken, arrives in Nigeria, meets with Buhari
18 november 2021 - 18:18:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has arrived in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, for a two-day visit. Already, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian rights body documents 184 civilian killings in Amhara region
13 november 2021 - 11:58:10Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – At least 184 civilians had been killed and many suffered physical and psychological injuries as [...] Full text...
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Spare no effort in probe attack against blue helmets in CAR: Guterres
05 november 2021 - 15:51:44New York, (US) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) to spare no [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's Police Chief receives panel report on Abba Kyari, Police detective indicted in U.S. court by FBI for fraud
26 august 2021 - 18:32:40Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, on Thursday received the report of the Nigeria [...] Full text...
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Six police officers fired after mystery custody murder in Eastern Kenya
16 august 2021 - 20:51:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Six Police officers who arrested and later dumped bodies of two brothers in Embu, Eastern Kenya, [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges new ICC prosecutor to strengthen its delivery of justice for victims
16 june 2021 - 06:37:57The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – As the new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) takes office on Wednesday, a human [...] Full text...
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US backs calls to bring to justice those responsible for massacre of protestors against ousted president Bashir
03 june 2021 - 10:00:18Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States Embassy in Sudan has said it backs calls by Sudanese civil society organizations [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Top COVID probe urges bold overhaul of pandemic prevention measures
12 may 2021 - 15:52:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A prestigious World Health Organization (WHO) appointed panel on Wednesday urged bold action to end the COVID-19 [...] Full text...
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US condemns shooting of Sudanese protesters
12 may 2021 - 10:28:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The United States on Wednesday condemned the use of live ammunition against peaceful protesters in Khartoum [...] Full text...
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Roundup: Sudanese Army sets up committee to investigate shooting of protesters (Adds comment of PM Hamdok para 5-9)
12 may 2021 - 09:40:21Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Army has set up a Committee to investigate Tuesday's shooting by soldiers of demonstrators [...] Full text...
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Two killed, dozens injured as soldiers disperse protesters in Khartoum
12 may 2021 - 07:07:05Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – At least two civilian protesters were shot dead and dozens others injured when soldiers fired on [...] Full text...
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Global law body condemns South Africa's ex-president Zuma
10 april 2021 - 13:22:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has condemned former South African president [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: UN announces probe into alleged Tigray rights violations
25 march 2021 - 16:06:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alleged serious abuses and rights violations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are to be investigated by the [...] Full text...
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African Union moves to probe Tigray massacres
11 march 2021 - 17:43:39Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An African Union rights body will investigate the alleged war crimes and human rights abuses [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: UN rights chief calls for probe in Tigray rights abuses
05 march 2021 - 05:57:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Given the persistent reports of serious human rights violations and abuses in the Tigray region of [...] Full text...
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Traumatised, abducted Nigerian schoolchildren need rehabilitation – Rights experts
03 march 2021 - 16:27:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Nigeria, too little is being done to help teenagers left traumatised by the recent spate of attacks on schools [...] Full text...
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African Union calls for restraint over Kenya-Somalia border fighting
26 january 2021 - 14:19:47Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission has called for restraint following intense fighting along the Kenya-Somalia border [...] Full text...
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Ugandan soldier opens fire, killing four, just days before Presidential polls
11 january 2021 - 22:49:57Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A Ugandan soldier opened fire, killing two fellow soldiers, a Policeman and a civilian before he [...] Full text...
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Gambian youths urges gov't to expedite setting up an anti-corruption commission
09 december 2020 - 12:59:42Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - National Youth Parliament - The Gambia has calls on the government of President Adama Barrow to [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian rights body says nearly 600 killed in Tigray massacre
25 november 2020 - 02:33:59Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 600 people were killed in Maikadra in Southwestern Tigray state on the night [...] Full text...
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Former Mauritanian president's son summoned in anti-corruption probe
03 november 2020 - 13:22:36Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The son of former Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz has been is summoned by the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenyan Parliament wants thorough probe in missing Jack Ma donations
02 october 2020 - 14:06:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The National Assembly Committee on Health has recommended further probe of the missing Jack Ma coronavirus [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian investigators seize money ‘stashed away’ by ex-president Ould Abdel Aziz
15 september 2020 - 13:35:02Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The preliminary probe of more than 300 Mauritanian personalities, including former President Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: US multimillion reagents deal stalls robust coronavirus testing in Kenya
02 september 2020 - 22:45:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The testing for the coronavirus pandemic in Kenya has slowed substantially since the US ordered its [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenyan Health minister distances self from pandemic supplies rip off
31 august 2020 - 13:11:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, on Monday denied having a hand in a US$70,260 coronavirus medical [...] Full text...
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Corruption clampdown dominates newspaper headlines in Kenya
29 august 2020 - 09:00:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan media headlines have been dominated this week by an anti-corruption clampdown in the corridors of [...] Full text...
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Kenyan county governor, children arrested in graft probe
26 august 2020 - 21:46:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan county governor and his four children were arrested Wednesday over alleged embezzlement of $700,000 [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenyatta orders speedy probe of $2.5 million pandemic fund rip off
26 august 2020 - 21:20:26Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Uhuru Kenyatta Wednesday directed investigative agencies to conclude probing graft allegations at the government medical [...] Full text...
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Scientists continue plan to create test tube northern white rhino
20 august 2020 - 12:07:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The international team of scientists and conservationists working to conserve the northern white rhino has made [...] Full text...
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UN human rights chief appoints independent investigators to probe abuses in Libya
20 august 2020 - 04:03:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-led efforts to address serious rights violations in Libya, received a boost on Wednesday with the [...] Full text...
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FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, claims he has ‘nothing to hide’ from prosecutors
09 august 2020 - 08:08:13Lausanne, Switzerland (PANA) - Gianni Infantino insists he has “nothing to hide” in a letter to member federations of football’s [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Opposition welcomes probe of ex-president Aziz's administration
31 july 2020 - 17:36:15Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Rally for Reform and Development (RNRD/Tawassoul/Islamist Movement), the main opposition party in Mauritania, says [...] Full text...
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FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, pledges to cooperate with Investigative Committee
30 july 2020 - 17:54:50Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Reacting to the news that its President, Gianni Infantino, will be facing criminal proceedings in Switzerland, [...] Full text...
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Ghana's former President Rawlings, NGO call for probe into lynching of 90-year-old woman
27 july 2020 - 05:23:35Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The lynching of a 90-year-old woman accused of being a witch in Kafaba, near Salaga, in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: President Buhari suspends 12 top officials of Nigeria's anti-graft agency, EFCC
15 july 2020 - 13:59:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As proceedings by the Justice Ayo Salami probe panel on former Acting Chairman of the Economic [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's President suspends anti-graft head, Magu, over graft allegations
07 july 2020 - 16:32:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has suspended the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes [...] Full text...
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Kenyan parliament opens investigation into inaccurate laboratory results
01 july 2020 - 23:18:26Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan parliament Wednesday opened an investigation into the accuracy of coronavirus (COVID-19) tests conducted by [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Council wants top UN rights official to take action on racist violence
20 june 2020 - 07:53:52New York, US (PANA) - UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, is to spearhead efforts to address systemic racism against [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: South Africa's military addresses Covid-19 lockdown abuses
15 june 2020 - 16:59:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on Monday condemned acts of violence during [...] Full text...
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Western govts, organizations call for justice for prosters killed in Sudan
03 june 2020 - 19:30:04Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN) and the United States of America (USA) have each [...] Full text...
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AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina, maintains innocence, claims there are attempts to tarnish his reputation
27 may 2020 - 18:25:37Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, on Wednesday claimed that in [...] Full text...
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President Barrow appoints Noah Gambia’s new Secretary General
26 may 2020 - 19:53:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow Tuesday appointed Noah Touray as the country’s new Secretary-general and head of Civil [...] Full text...
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Rights group demands independent probe of 'execution' of 12 men in State custody
21 may 2020 - 11:23:51Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Burkina Faso authorities should credibly investigate alleged extrajudicial executions of 12 men detained by gendarmes on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Tanzania’s central bank announces measures to offset impact on economy
13 may 2020 - 12:55:38Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has announced several monetary policy measures to offset the [...] Full text...
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UN calls for probe into assassination attempt on Sudan’s PM
09 march 2020 - 19:58:01Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The United Nations on Monday called for prompt and transparent investigation over the attempt on the [...] Full text...
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US condemns attack on Abyei area
25 january 2020 - 15:25:08Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States has condemned the attack that took place in the oil-rich area of Abyei, [...] Full text...
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Juba, Khartoum say they will not allow Abyei attack to undermine relations
24 january 2020 - 00:30:13Khartoum, Sudan(PANA) - Khartoum and Juba Thursday hinted that the recent Abyei attacks were aimed to undermine relations between the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Scientists fertilise another embryo from northern white rhino
16 january 2020 - 22:12:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Scientists have created a new embryo out of an artificial fertilisation of eggs taken from one [...] Full text...
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Gambian Ministry of Justice says ICJ verdict on Rohingya will take place Jan. 23
15 january 2020 - 17:22:19Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Ministry of Justice announced on Twitter on Wednesday that the International Court of Justice [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian and UN organizations say tens of thousands displaced because of communal clashes in West Darfur state
05 january 2020 - 19:58:48Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) in Sudan and partners estimate that some 40,000 people [...] Full text...
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Sudan military plane crashes in West Darfur killing all 18 on board
03 january 2020 - 13:09:07Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese military Antonov An-12 plane has crashed in Western Sudan killing all 18 people on [...] Full text...
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Dozens killed, calm restored as probe is launched into Darfur community clashes
02 january 2020 - 20:29:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Red Crescent said here Thursday that at least 48 persons were killed in Genaina, [...] Full text...
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High level delegation in Darfur to help put down the unrest there
01 january 2020 - 19:45:47Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A High level delegation from the central government arrived in Genaina, near the borders with Chad, [...] Full text...
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Curfew imposed on Sudanese border town after community clashes left at least eight dead
31 december 2019 - 17:57:58Khartoum, Sudan(PANA) - The Governor of West Darfur State, Maj. Gen. Abdul-Khaliq Mahmoud has formed a committee to probe community [...] Full text...
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Year-end Analysis: From Dusit attack to Mandera bus killings, terrorism remained top threat in 2019 (Analysis by Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
31 december 2019 - 15:40:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The 15 January 2019, would have passed off easily in the Kenyan calendar of events as [...] Full text...
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Liberia: US props central bank to improve functioning
27 december 2019 - 23:19:09Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The government of the United States of America, in coordination with the government of Liberia and [...] Full text...
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December 2019, acrimonious anniversary for Sudanese revolutionaries
24 december 2019 - 19:57:49Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Minister of Defense Lt Gen. Awad Bin Aouf on 11 April 2019 announced the ouster [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s committee probing June 3 events on protesters against Bashir starts work
21 december 2019 - 18:17:06Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's independent Legal Probe Committee into the brutal dispersal of anti-Bashir revolutionary sit in on 3 [...] Full text...
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Dozens killed, over hundred injured in ceramic factory fire in Khartoum
03 december 2019 - 20:29:16Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least 23 people were killed and over 130 sustained injuries, some of them seriously, when [...] Full text...
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Court orders further detention of policewoman in scribe's death probe
02 december 2019 - 18:42:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan court has ordered the father detention of a senior police officer in whose house [...] Full text...
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Youth protest call for trial of authors of sit in massacre
30 november 2019 - 20:20:45Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Hundreds of Sudanese youth Saturday staged a protest march to demand a speedy government probe into [...] Full text...
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UN Mission, community leaders, condemn South Sudan violence which left two dead at camp
25 november 2019 - 17:52:45Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Community leaders issued an apology on Monday after rioting on 21 November by “drunken youth” within [...] Full text...
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South Africa's top prosecutor to probe football star's murder
05 november 2019 - 13:40:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African lobby group AfriForum on Tuesday announced that it has appointed Advocate Gerrie [...] Full text...
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Tanzania police probe mysterious disappearance of computers from state prosecutor's office
19 october 2019 - 09:28:28Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Police in Tanzania are investigating the puzzling theft of computers from the office of [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Malema in hot water for racist tweet
24 september 2019 - 18:30:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Tuesday ruled that recent comments attributed to [...] Full text...
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Dutch electronics entrepreneur Tob Cohen murder probe unearths missing body
13 september 2019 - 20:22:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Tob Cohen, a wealthy Dutch electronics and golfing entrepreneur who was missing for 40 days, was [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Opposition Party calls for probe of President Abdel Aziz's government
21 august 2019 - 18:54:20Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Union of Progressive Forces (UFP), an opposition party in Mauritania, has called for "a serious [...] Full text...
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Death toll from tanker explosion in Tanzania rises to 97
19 august 2019 - 15:30:54Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – More victims of 10 August fuel tanker tragedy at Morogoro in Tanzania died over [...] Full text...
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Abuja demands probe of death of Nigerian pastor killed in pursuit by Chinese security operatives
15 august 2019 - 15:09:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's federal government on Thursday demanded an immediate probe by the government of China regrading the [...] Full text...
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Death toll from tanker explosion tragedy in Tanzania goes up to 85
15 august 2019 - 10:49:47Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Nine more victims of last Saturday’s fuel tanker tragedy at Morogoro in Tanzania died [...] Full text...
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Somalia names stadium after slain Mogadishu mayor
10 august 2019 - 08:07:07Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia has named a stadium in the capital, Mogadishu, after its immediate past mayor, Abdirahman Omar [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari orders probe into killing of 3 Policemen, one civilian by soldiers
08 august 2019 - 17:47:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday directed the country’s Defence Headquarters to commence immediate investigation of [...] Full text...
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Prominent human rights lawyer urges ICC to open investigation into ex-president Jammeh's gov't
01 august 2019 - 16:56:00Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Prominent human rights lawyer, Femi Falana of Nigeria, has called on the Chief Prosecutor of the [...] Full text...
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Gov't set to probe committee after anonymous shooting of at least five protesters
30 july 2019 - 17:31:48Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Western Sudan State Governor has set up an investigation committee to probe the death on [...] Full text...
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Government set to probe committee after anonymous shooting of at least five protesters
30 july 2019 - 17:27:20Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Western Sudan State Governor has set up an investigation committee to probe the death on [...] Full text...
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South African Gov't slammed for failing to address stadium tragedy
30 july 2019 - 12:42:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday slammed government’s failure to properly investigate [...] Full text...
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Two Gambian cities hit by strikes
24 july 2019 - 15:34:59Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian commercial city of Serrekunda and the regional city of Brikama have been hit by [...] Full text...
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'How a South African product played a role in the moon landing'
21 july 2019 - 07:38:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – As the world commemorates the 50th anniversary of the landing in moon by American [...] Full text...
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Sudan's military and revolutionary rivals strike deal (correction) -Note to subscribers: Plse change interim period of the agreement to three years, three months and NOT four years, four months.
05 july 2019 - 09:31:25Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Hundreds of youth poured onto the streets of some Khartoum quarters Friday as the official media [...] Full text...
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Sudan's military and revolutionary rivals strike deal
05 july 2019 - 09:19:53Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Hundreds of youth poured onto the streets of some Khartoum quarters Friday as the official media [...] Full text...
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UN chief 'outraged' at Tripoli refugee detention centre attack, calls for independent investigation
03 july 2019 - 17:49:13New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expresses outrage at Tuesday's missile attack at a detention centre in [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Deputy President digital chief arrested in death plot probe
03 july 2019 - 13:28:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police have arrested a digital strategist based at Deputy President William Ruto's Office over an alleged [...] Full text...
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AU-Ethiopia mediation invites Sudanese military and opposition to resolve presidency issue
02 july 2019 - 20:56:24Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The African mediation on Tuesday said the only hurdle separating the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and [...] Full text...
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Civil society organization demands probe into killing of 2 members in northern Burkina Faso
02 july 2019 - 13:23:14Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso Democratic Youth Organization (ODJ) on Tuesday demanded an investigation into the killing [...] Full text...
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British Police probe stowaway death from KQ flight
02 july 2019 - 00:06:46Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The British Metropolitan Police have initiated an investigation into the death of a stowaway on a [...] Full text...
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Military Council says it can form Sudan's government without revolutionary consent
24 june 2019 - 13:12:39Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Transitional Military Council and the opposition Forces for Freedom and Change appear to be heading [...] Full text...
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Sports Commission suspends Zimbabwe Cricket Board
22 june 2019 - 12:36:09Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has suspended the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) board for defying its order [...] Full text...
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Sudan Military Council sacks Attorney General
20 june 2019 - 17:49:34Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) on Thursday relieved Waleed Sidahmed, the powerful caretaker attorney general, [...] Full text...
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Sudanese military leader says his country accepts no meddling into its domestic affairs
19 june 2019 - 19:14:58Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese military leader, Lieutenant General Abdul Fatah Al Burhan on Wednesday said his government would not [...] Full text...
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Sudanese Military Council rejects pressure on how to handle aftermath of attack on pro-democracy youth
14 june 2019 - 17:09:46Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Lt.-Gen. Abdul Fatah Al Buran, President of the Sudanese Transitional Military Council, left Khartoum on Friday [...] Full text...
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Civil disobedience in Sudan ends to pave way for possible resumption of talks
11 june 2019 - 21:15:21Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese opposition Tuesday called off its civil disobedience protest, saying the exercise had delivered its [...] Full text...
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Sudanese rivals nod to Ethiopian mediation initiative
08 june 2019 - 17:31:53Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Both the Sudanese Transitional Military Council and the Sudanese Forces for Freedom and Change have agreed [...] Full text...
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Sudan's health ministry says 46 persons killed in Khartoum clashes
06 june 2019 - 14:13:20Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan's Ministry for Health on Thursday put the death toll during recent clashes in Khartoum to 46 [...] Full text...
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IMF director commends Gambian President Barrow on transparency
17 may 2019 - 02:59:13Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mr. Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has commended Gambia President [...] Full text...
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TRRC to probe Jammeh’s AIDS treatment program
30 april 2019 - 22:01:55Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s Truth Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC) will start probing into Gambia’s former dictator’s HIV/AIDS presidential [...] Full text...
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Economic, political policies in Zimbabwe; keeping US investors away - US Envoy
12 april 2019 - 21:59:00Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The American ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols, says the Zimbabwean government's economic and political policies are [...] Full text...
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Pretoria addresses claims over Gaddafi's funds
09 april 2019 - 07:23:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government has said it will only investigate claims that former Libyan dictator Muammar [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia releases preliminary findings of deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash
04 april 2019 - 17:48:43Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The pilot flying the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-Max 8 aircraft, which crashed last month killing [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian govt probe team to release preliminary air crash report
01 april 2019 - 09:43:05Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The preliminary report into the cause of the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302 crash on [...] Full text...
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UN supports SA Olympic champion in gender probe
22 march 2019 - 10:46:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted a resolution tabled by South [...] Full text...
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French investigators help probe Ethiopian Airlines plane crash
14 march 2019 - 12:34:28Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - French investigators have been selected to assist the investigation over the crash of Boeing 737 Max [...] Full text...
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UN warns that 'new waves of violence’ likely in DR Congo
12 march 2019 - 17:32:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - "New waves of violence” could erupt "at any time" in western Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
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South Africa to assist Ethiopia with air crash probe
12 march 2019 - 12:06:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Transport Minister Blade Nzimande on Tuesday confirmed that his department will assist [...] Full text...
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Zambia’s anti-corruption body probes ex-FAZ official after FIFA’s bribe allegation
06 march 2019 - 14:40:38Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia's Anti-Corruption Commission has instituted investigations into corruption allegations against former Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) [...] Full text...
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Nairobi airport takeover deal probe hits snag
26 february 2019 - 11:20:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan Parliamentary committee probing the circumstances under which national airline, Kenya Airways, plans to take [...] Full text...
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President Bashir declares a state of emergency
22 february 2019 - 20:54:16Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Omar Bashir of Sudan, on Friday declared a state of emergency in the country, dissolving [...] Full text...
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President Bashir says confident committee set up to probe demonstration will deliver
21 february 2019 - 21:57:07Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Omar Bashir on Thursday expressed optimism that a committee he set up last year to [...] Full text...
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Sudan Gov't says police, security men involved in killing rioter to be prosecuted
08 february 2019 - 17:16:03Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – A Sudanese government committee probing circumstances of the death of a teacher involved in the recent [...] Full text...
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South Africa reacts to foreign corruption warning
03 february 2019 - 16:10:02Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco ) on Sunday said it will [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian military to probe civilian killings near border with Sudan
12 january 2019 - 19:52:06Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Ethiopian Defence Forces have pledged a probe the killing of at least seven people [...] Full text...
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Deadly Mali attack to be investigated by UN rights experts
03 january 2019 - 20:15:12Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An attack on a village in central Mali earlier this week in which at least 37 [...] 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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Rights commission to probe televised racial spat in South Africa
12 december 2018 - 11:41:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) confirmed on Wednesday that it will hold [...] Full text...
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AU probe team singles out "king-makers" for sexual harassment of interns
22 november 2018 - 19:52:09Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A high-level probe panel formed by the African Union Commission Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has [...] Full text...
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South African Police probe apartheid-era paedophile ring
31 october 2018 - 14:33:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A notorious paedophile ring, dating back more than 30 years and allegedly involving senior [...] Full text...
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Police watchdog probes killing of 18 suspects in Kenya
30 october 2018 - 18:43:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan Police human rights watchdog has launched investigations into the weekend killing of at least [...] Full text...
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Kenya's former sports minister, Olympic officials charged over Rio Olympic sleaze
13 october 2018 - 14:13:18Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's former Sports minister Hassan Wario, senior ministry officials and then President of National Olympic Committee, [...] Full text...
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TV news anchor, friend held in woman's murder probe
01 october 2018 - 15:36:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan court has ordered the police to further detain TV news anchor, Jacque Maribe, as [...] Full text...
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Kenyan TV personality arrested in connection with murder mystery
30 september 2018 - 07:01:43Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan television journalist, who broadcast the news of the mysterious murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani, [...] Full text...
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Individual athletes, not institutions to blame for doping in Kenya - WADA
28 september 2018 - 16:55:30Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said individual athletes and not institutions are to blame for sports [...] Full text...
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Report calls for UN probe into apartheid atrocities
21 september 2018 - 07:48:26Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A damning new report has called for apartheid-era crimes to be investigated by the [...] Full text...
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President Lungu fires Community Development minister over donor funds scandal
19 september 2018 - 18:32:18Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has fired Community Development minister Emerine Kabanshi following the revelation of the [...] Full text...
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President Lungu orders probe into misappropriation of donor aid funds
18 september 2018 - 17:49:24Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has given Secretary to the Cabinet Roland Msiska one week to take [...] Full text...
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Two Rwanda Football officials arrested in bribery probe
14 september 2018 - 16:33:57Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Two members of Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) have been arrested following allegations of an attempted bribery [...] Full text...
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Scourge of genocide remains a ‘threat and a reality’ today: UN human rights chief
14 september 2018 - 06:46:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Genocide remains a “threat and a reality” in the 21st century, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet [...] Full text...
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South African opposition party calls for probe into new 24-hour television channel
29 august 2018 - 11:46:40Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Wednesday raised concerns over the selection of [...] Full text...
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South African ftootball administrator takes aim at FIFA
27 august 2018 - 09:23:14Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – In a world first, FIFA been stripped of all its South African trademarks and ordered [...] Full text...
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Kenyan govt invites expert probe after eight mysterious rhino deaths
13 july 2018 - 15:56:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities have invited international wildlife experts to initiate a probe following the surprise death of [...] Full text...
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Kenyatta promises probe after Nairobi market fire disaster leaves 15 dead
28 june 2018 - 15:30:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered an investigation into the cause of a fire disaster, which [...] Full text...
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South African TV company hit by fresh racism allegations
26 june 2018 - 11:42:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Four more presenters of SuperSport accused Africa’s biggest sports broadcasting channel of racism in [...] Full text...
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NYS scam: Kenyan court to rule on bail applications June 19
12 june 2018 - 13:22:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan High Court says it will rule on the bail applications by suspects in the [...] Full text...
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UNHCR suspends resettlement programme from Sudan as fraud probe gathers steam
17 may 2018 - 20:32:14Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is temporarily suspending its refugee resettlement programme from Sudan in connection [...] Full text...
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U.S. recognizes ‘significant positive changes’ in Gambia’s human rights climate
08 may 2018 - 13:02:55Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United States Department of State has released its 2017 Human Rights Report, recognizing that Gambia’s [...] Full text...
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Gambians demand probe into 'degrading' treatment of deportees from US
15 march 2018 - 11:38:20Gambia, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian lawmakers have asked the foreign affairs minister to investigate allegations of “degrading treatment” of 45 [...] Full text...
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Athletics Kenya cracksdown on sex pests
14 march 2018 - 12:44:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Athletics Kenya (AK) has mounted a crackdown on rogue coaches and officials who sexually abuse junior [...] Full text...
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