ICC prosecute Ugandan rebel leader in absentia
29 october 2024 - 22:19:43The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony will face trial at the International Criminal Court in absentia, [...] Full text...
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The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony will face trial at the International Criminal Court in absentia, [...] Full text...
Sudanese Army Announces Surrender of Senior RSF commander
20 october 2024 - 14:42:18Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Army on Sunday announced the surrender of a senior commander from the paramilitary [...] Full text...
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UN Special Envoy flags ‘alarming’ situation in Great Lakes Region of DR Congo
09 october 2024 - 05:19:47New York, US (PANA) - The situation in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, in particular the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
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Sudan, UAE govts in diplomatic row over embassy bombing
02 october 2024 - 16:46:08Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese and the United Arab Emirates governments are presently engaged in hectic tit-for-tat accusations over [...] Full text...
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Medical charity MSF raises red flags about alarming trend in sexual violence in DRC
30 september 2024 - 10:18:09Amsterdam, Netherlands (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has in a disturbing report released on Monday [...] 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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US welcomes humanitarian truce extension in eastern DRC
18 july 2024 - 05:28:08Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the 15-day extension of the humanitarian truce committed to by [...] Full text...
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US condemns Rwanda, M23 rebels for bloody attack on IDP Camp in DRC
05 may 2024 - 05:53:55Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has strongly condemned the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) and rebel M23 for last [...] Full text...
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Former CAR president François Bozizé must face trial for crimes against humanity - Amnesty International
01 may 2024 - 07:08:04Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has called on Guinea Bissau to arrest former president of the [...] Full text...
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Several DR Congo army, police officers arrested for treason
16 april 2024 - 11:36:11Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Several army and police officers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) have been [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council condemns DR Congo attacks
06 april 2024 - 07:08:02New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the latest rise in attacks by the [...] Full text...
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Massive rise in displacement in DRC poses dire threat to children - UNICEF
23 march 2024 - 05:18:27Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A major upsurge in violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has displaced [...] Full text...
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Mali slaps financial sanctions against terrorists, rebel leaders
18 march 2024 - 15:31:48Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Ministry of Economy and Finance has imposed financial sanctions on six terrorist and rebel leaders [...] Full text...
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UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo
17 march 2024 - 16:32:11Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN chief has condemned an attack which saw eight peacekeepers from the UN Mission [...] 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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Fighting continues in DR Congo, says UN
27 february 2024 - 05:36:58New York, US (PANA) - Fighting between Government forces and the M23 rebel group has flared up again in eastern [...] Full text...
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UN peacekeepers provide new humanitarian corridor in DR Congo
02 february 2024 - 05:40:18New York, US (PANA) - Peacekeepers are “continuing to do their utmost to protect civilians” in the North Kivu region [...] Full text...
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World confronts an ‘ugly and inescapable truth’ in Darfur, says ICC Prosecutor
30 january 2024 - 06:23:48New York, US (PANA) - The international community’s failure to execute warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and [...] Full text...
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'Al-Shabaab launches attack on Somali army bases'
24 january 2024 - 18:01:09Mogadishu, Somalia(PANA) – Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab insurgents on Wednesday launched a dawn attack on several army bases in central Somalia, weeks [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Senior army officer slams UAE for assisting paramilitary RSF in bloody war
22 january 2024 - 12:34:02Omdurman, Sudan (PANA) - A senior Sudanese government official has slammed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for assisting the paramilitary [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: South Sudan President Kiir calls for 'immediate and unconditional' ceasefire
21 january 2024 - 15:46:44Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – President Salva Kiir of South Sudan on Saturday called for an "immediate and unconditional ceasefire" in the bloody war [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Govt calls on UN Security Council to take punitive action against RSF and supporters
21 january 2024 - 10:36:46Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has urged the UN Security Council to designate the paramilitary Rapid Support [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Sudan 'freezes' membership in IGAD
20 january 2024 - 13:46:38Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Saturday announced that it is "freezing" its membership with the East African regional bloc, [...] Full text...
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Peacekeepers deploy in DR Congo to protect civilians in Ituri
18 january 2024 - 06:55:51New York, US (PANA) - Peacekeepers have been responding to renewed violence against civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Government condemns RSF leader's 'propaganda' phone call with UN chief
14 january 2024 - 14:17:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Al-Sadiq has voiced his government’s disapproval of a recent phone call between [...] 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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Sudan conflict: Sudan recalls Ambassador to Kenya over reception for RSF leader
05 january 2024 - 07:53:45Port Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has recalled its ambassador to Kenya, Kamal Jubbara, in protest against the official reception given by [...] Full text...
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Burundian President again accuses Rwanda of supporting rebel group
01 january 2024 - 13:39:01Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's Head of State, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has repeated his accusations of Rwandan military support for the [...] Full text...
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Rwanda accused of colluding with Burundian rebel movement
29 december 2023 - 16:49:34Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - On Friday, President Evariste Ndayishimye Friday accused Rwanda of providing multifaceted support to the Resistance for [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council extends DR Congo mission for another year
19 december 2023 - 18:46:20New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to renew the mandate of the UN [...] Full text...
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Sudan Conflict: Sudan Rejects US Accusations Against National Army
07 december 2023 - 19:46:59Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Thursday was critical of the US administration which accused both Sudanese national army and [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Another major bridge destroyed in Khartoum
18 november 2023 - 10:53:30Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A second major bridge linking Khartoum with western Sudan was on Saturdy morning levelled to the [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: ‘Six days of terror’ in West Darfur: Ethnically-based attacks on the rise
17 november 2023 - 20:33:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has voiced alarm over reports of another ethnically motivated mass [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Darfur armed rebel movements end neutrality, declare war against RSF
17 november 2023 - 09:55:47Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Darfur former rebel movements have come out of hibernation and declared their “participation in the militant [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Sudanese Army accuses rival paramilitary RSF of committing ethnic cleansing
11 november 2023 - 09:18:23Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Friday accused its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing war [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UNHCR warns Darfur atrocities of 20 years ago may reoccur
10 november 2023 - 17:18:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Escalating violence across the Darfur region in Sudan has sparked fears that atrocities committed two decades [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: US concerned about reports of planned attack by RSF
02 november 2023 - 17:48:00Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States on Thursday called for an immediate cessation of attacks planned by the paramilitary [...] Full text...
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DR Congo displacement nears 7 million, warns UN migration agency
31 october 2023 - 05:42:49Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN International Organisation for Migration (IOM) warned on Monday that the number of internally displaced [...] Full text...
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Sudan-conflict: Peace negotiations kick off amid opposed positions and vicious fighting (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
26 october 2023 - 15:19:36Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Saudi Arabia on Thursday announced the launch of peace talks between belligerent Sudanese parties, the Sudanese [...] Full text...
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Sudan's warring factions agree to resume peace talks in Saudi Arabia
25 october 2023 - 14:03:34Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's warring factions -- the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) -- [...] Full text...
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Burundi's Head of State receives special envoy from Ugandan counterpart
24 october 2023 - 16:00:28Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's Head of State Evariste Ndayishimiye Tuesday received the Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs [...] Full text...
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Ugandan newspaper criticises ICC bid to revive Joseph Kony war crimes trial
30 september 2023 - 19:05:55Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Efforts to revive the trial of Joseph Kony, leader of the northern Uganda rebel group, the [...] Full text...
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A Libyan newspaper wonders whether the changes in French-speaking Africa augur a new Françafrique
08 september 2023 - 16:40:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- The changes we are witnessing in the Sahel region, in Central Africa and in what is generally [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: 'Sudan has not approved Kenya chairing IGAD committee to resolve crisis'
08 september 2023 - 09:30:42Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs says it has not reversed its position rejecting Kenya's President William Ruto [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Military leader Gen. Al Burhan arrives in Qatar
07 september 2023 - 11:01:02Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Military leader, General Abdul Fatah Al Burhan, has arrived in Qatar in what appears to [...] Full text...
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East African leaders extend mandate of regional force in eastern DRC
06 september 2023 - 09:02:47Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Heads of State of the East African Community (EAC) on Tuesday agreed to extend the duration [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: Govt revokes diplomatic passports held by militia leaders, allies
27 august 2023 - 18:36:06Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has taken its fight with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to the [...] Full text...
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‘Tensions and divisions’ eroding human rights in CAR, says rights expert
25 august 2023 - 05:52:17Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - An independent UN expert expressed grave concern on Thursday over the human rights situation in [...] Full text...
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Niger coup: ECOWAS defence chiefs asked to restore constitutional order in Niger
17 august 2023 - 12:46:33Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) kicked off [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for impartial investigation, prosecution of grave police abuse against activists
07 august 2023 - 06:34:15Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday asked the government of Angola to ensure urgent, impartial, and [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Neighbouring countries urge warring sides to end war
13 july 2023 - 21:27:16Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's neighbours, who met in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Thursday to deliberate on how to [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: IGAD quartet: A walk into Sudan's landmine field (News analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
11 july 2023 - 13:32:58Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Cracks are showing not only within the Sudanese political façade at home towards the two belligerents, [...] Full text...
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Security in eastern DR Congo continues to worsen, Security Council hears
27 june 2023 - 06:16:10New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN official warned the Security Council on Monday that the security situation in [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Fighting in northeastern Sudan sends hundreds of families into Ethiopia - UN
26 june 2023 - 19:20:17Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has expressed grave concern over the recent fighting that erupted in the Blue [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: FM welcomes human rights reports, calls for wider condemnation
25 june 2023 - 15:51:41Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan on Sunday welcomed the statement issued by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemning [...] Full text...
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Famous Tunisian journalist Zied El Heni arrested
21 june 2023 - 19:22:38Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A leading figure on the Tunisian media scene, Zied El Heni, was kept in detention on [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: ICRC says violations of ceasefire hinder transfer of wounded soldiers for treatment
19 june 2023 - 20:03:55artoum, Sudan (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Sudan Armed Forces have entered into [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Guterres urges donors to boost aid response to halt death, destruction
19 june 2023 - 19:37:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN-led appeal for funding to help the people of Sudan raised $1.5 billion on Monday [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Paramilitary RSF denies involvement in murder of Governor in Darfur
16 june 2023 - 19:45:21Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has countered statement by the Sudanese army distancing itself from [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Governor of West Darfur State assassinated
15 june 2023 - 06:52:40Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Sovereign Council has condemned the brutal murder on Wednesday of Khamis Abakar, the Governor of West [...] Full text...
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DR Congo mass graves tied to Rwanda-backed M23 rebels
14 june 2023 - 07:37:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group appears responsible for mass graves containing scores of bodies found in [...] Full text...
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Sudan Fighting: Army explains Sunday's massive operations; concedes sustainingg losses
12 june 2023 - 15:49:06Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Monday accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of resorting [...] Full text...
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Sudan Conflict: Khartoum engulfed in most intensive fighting since the outbreak of war
11 june 2023 - 15:54:00Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Intensive and ceaseless shelling and bombardment that continued for almost six hours, midday, Khartoum local time, [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: So far, so good: 24-hour truce holding (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam PANA Correspondent)
10 june 2023 - 20:47:47Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Is this a good omen or just coincidence that the 24-hour ceasefire in Khartoum has been [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Sudan encourages African solution for current fighting
10 june 2023 - 18:58:33Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The current chairman of the African Union, Comorian President Azali Assoumani, has underlined the need for [...] Full text...
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Burundi makes further diplomatic gains on the regional stage
10 june 2023 - 18:51:24Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The diplomatic highlight of the week was Burundi's appointment as vice-president of the Common Market for [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia conflict killed over 100,000: Norwegian think-tank
08 june 2023 - 08:38:35Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region caused over 100,000 battle-related deaths in 2022, above the [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Paramilitary group committed to Jeddah talks - Leader
05 june 2023 - 08:56:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has expressed "unwavering support [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Mediators call on warring parties to resume ceasefire talks
04 june 2023 - 14:20:48Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America, mediators for the Sudan ceasefire [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Army urges mediators of Jeddah peace agreement to persuade RSF to implement prerequisites of truce
02 june 2023 - 12:58:44Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Friday called on the US-Saudi mediators of the Jeddah peace [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: US announces sanctions against warring parties
01 june 2023 - 19:23:50Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Thursday announced that it is holding accountable the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: General Command of Armed Forces suspends talks with RSF
31 may 2023 - 19:55:08Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese Armed Forces on Wednesday suspended talks on extension of truce, saying the paramilitary Rapid Support [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Army commander makes surprise visit to troops
30 may 2023 - 17:22:46Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Commander of Sudan's Armed Forces on Tuesday paid a surprise visit to troops on the [...] Full text...
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Facilitators urge warring parties to renew fragile ceasefire
28 may 2023 - 18:35:50Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US and Saudi Arabia have urged the two warring parties in Sudan to renew a [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Army recalls retired soldiers to take up arms
26 may 2023 - 15:49:14Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Friday recalled its retired soldiers, following what it described as the rebels' trespassing limits [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Sudan's political scene will not be the same when the war of the generals ends (Analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
23 may 2023 - 10:23:53Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s political scene will not be the same following the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Govt commits to 'fully implement' Jeddah truce agreement - says foreign ministry
21 may 2023 - 17:11:14Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government says it will "fully implement" the Short-term Ceasefire and Humanitarian Agreements signed by [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Paramilitary RSF 'break into Qatar embassy', says Sudan Foreign Ministry
21 may 2023 - 07:04:11Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Embassy of Qatar in Sudan on Saturday became the latest diplomatic mission to be broken [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: New vice president says he is not for any side in the fighting
20 may 2023 - 16:11:30Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan’s new civilian Vice President, Malik Aggar, on Saturday stressed he accepted the job only to [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Sudan's President fires rival general from ruling Sovereign Council
19 may 2023 - 10:56:16Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The president of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Lieutenant General Abdul Fatah Al Burhan, has fired General [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Armed Forces accuses paramilitary group of attacking worshippers in Khartoum church
15 may 2023 - 06:31:39Khartoum, Sudan (PANA ) - The Sudanese government on Sunday accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of attacking a [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Foreign ministry calls on UN to condemn attacks by paramilitary forces against hospitals
14 may 2023 - 11:06:34Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese ministry for Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned "repeated violations of humanitarian and human rights [...] 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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Regional Summit on DR Congo opens in Bujumbura
06 may 2023 - 15:47:05Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A summit of the follow-up mechanism of the framework agreement on peace, security and cooperation for [...] Full text...
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WFP pauses food distribution in Ethiopia following ‘significant diversion’ of aid
05 may 2023 - 05:23:53Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Ethiopia has said it is “deeply concerned” over reports [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian conflict: Peace talks with rebel Oromo Liberation Army ends without agreement - Government
03 may 2023 - 12:59:23Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The first round of peace talks in Tanzania between the Ethiopian government and the rebel [...] Full text...
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Khartoum State declares extension of leave amid security, health concerns
30 april 2023 - 08:39:02Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Khartoum State government has declared an open ended stay at home until further notice for [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Govt protests to WHO over occupation of health facilities by RSF in Khartoum
28 april 2023 - 06:29:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese government has officially protested to the United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) against the [...] Full text...
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3RD LEAD: Sudan Conflict: UN chief, US Secretary of State hold high level talks on enduring ceasefire
27 april 2023 - 17:29:48Washington, DC, US (PANA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken are holding high [...] Full text...
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2ND LEAD: Sudan conflict: Warring parties accuse each other of violating ceasefire; Army gives initial consent to peace initiative
27 april 2023 - 10:57:20Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The warring parties in Sudan on Thursday accused each other of violating the fragile ceasefire in [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian gov't to open peace talks with rebel Oromo Liberation Army in Tanzania on Tuesday
24 april 2023 - 11:32:17Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has said it will begin peace talks with Shene (Oromo [...] Full text...
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‘Fragile ceasefire’ holds in eastern DR Congo, Security Council hears
20 april 2023 - 05:49:16New York, US (PANA) - After months of fighting and rising tensions across the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
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Sudan says current conflict an internal question requiring no foreign mediatory intervention
17 april 2023 - 21:55:58Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan on Monday described the ongoing fighting between the Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces as [...] Full text...
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Military planes used in fighting in Khartoum, US appeals for calm
15 april 2023 - 14:00:21Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Fighting continued Saturday in Khartoum as military planes hovered over residential areas, reportedly bombarding Rapid Support [...] Full text...
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former rebel leaders appeal to army and RSF to listen to voice of wisdom
13 april 2023 - 15:10:06Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Commanders of the three major former rebel movements in the Sudan have joined hands and [...] Full text...
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US intervenes to provide impetus for Sudanese-Sudanese political talks (News Analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
07 april 2023 - 07:37:28Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese military and civilians, currently engaged in hammering out a final political agreement, have failed to [...] Full text...
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The Trilateral Mechanism in Sudan describes a meeting with non-signatories of agreement as fruitful, for a reason (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
30 march 2023 - 05:49:16Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Trilateral Mechanism in Sudan on Wednesday said they held a constructive meeting with the Sudanese entities [...] Full text...
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Leaders of varied Sudanese armies meet to work out merger plan
26 march 2023 - 18:39:17Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A much awaited process to merge dozens of forces and former rebel movements' troops into one [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Parliament removes rebel TPLF from terrorist list
22 march 2023 - 18:26:18Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian House of People's Representatives on Wednesday removed the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front [...] Full text...
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Sudan: rebel movements agree on inclusivity, critique UN attitude (news analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
22 march 2023 - 14:35:01Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary General representative to the Sudan, Volker Parthes, has come under heavy attack [...] Full text...
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UN: Sudanese heading for solution but challenges remain huge
21 march 2023 - 12:29:11Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has warned that although Sudanese are now close to reaching a political solution [...] Full text...
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Sudan to enjoy civilian executive by next month
20 march 2023 - 08:30:58Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A much awaited Final Political Agreement will be signed in Khartoum on 1 April and a [...] Full text...
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Attacks by armed groups displace more than 100,000 in DR Congo
16 march 2023 - 05:28:46New York, US (PANA) - More than 100,000 people have been displaced, and dozens killed, following a string of armed [...] Full text...
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Sudanese breathe sigh of relief, as military harsh statements subdue (News analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
08 march 2023 - 16:37:54Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese breathed a sigh of relief, even if temporarily, as the head of the Rapid Support [...] Full text...
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Justice and transitional justice in Sudan to be discussed within political framework agreement, UN says
07 march 2023 - 11:24:42Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In a step seen as further march in the implementation of the political agreement signed between [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Guterres urges M23 rebels to respect Tuesday ceasefire agreement
07 march 2023 - 05:36:29New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has urged leaders of the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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Sudan: New effort needed to restore civilian rule, transition to democracy
06 march 2023 - 13:54:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed his support on Friday for the “restoration [...] Full text...
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Sudanese army says no militias or former rebel forces will be tolerate
26 february 2023 - 12:43:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese army leaders on Saturday uttered the harshest ever utterances against the existence of more than [...] Full text...
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Local elections chance to advance peace in Central African Republic: UN envoy
22 february 2023 - 06:09:47New York, US (PANA) - Upcoming local elections represent a “significant opportunity” to advance the peace and political process in [...] Full text...
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Sudan's Rapid Support Force to be integrated into the Army, Commander says
19 february 2023 - 16:58:58Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Rapid Support Force (RSF) in Sudan is to be integrated into the regular armed forces, its [...] Full text...
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Sudan peace deal revisited to avoid spillover in the region (News analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
19 february 2023 - 13:31:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese military leader, Lieutenant-General Abdul Fatah Al Burhan, has gone to Juba, the capital of South [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Military: political forces should accept each other to lead country forward
17 february 2023 - 18:02:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s military leader Lieutenant General Abdul Fatah Al-Burhan has reiterated that the Sudanese army is not [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Rwandan-backed M23 rebels of perpetrating summary killings, rapes in DRC
17 february 2023 - 10:52:10Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Members of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped [...] Full text...
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Tripartite mechanism commends evaluation meetings on Peace Agreement
16 february 2023 - 15:26:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The tripartite mechanism, comprising the African Union, United Nations and the IGAD, have commended the on-going [...] Full text...
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Sudan honours WFP chief
14 february 2023 - 11:10:53Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Monday bestowed one of its highest presidential honours on David Beasley, the Executive Director [...] Full text...
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South African peacekeeper killed after helicopter comes under fire mid-flight in DR Congo
06 february 2023 - 05:19:57Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A UN peacekeeper was killed on Sunday in the restive eastern region of the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Conference calls for stronger political will to implement Sudan peace agreement
04 february 2023 - 15:36:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A weeklong conference seeking to act as impetus for the implementation of the Juba Peace Agreement [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US commends commiment of government, TPLF to peace agreement
03 february 2023 - 06:22:16Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has commended the Ethiopian government and rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) for [...] Full text...
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Key Sudanese players fail to attend conference on implementation of Juba Peace Agreement
01 february 2023 - 16:49:39Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A conference on why the Juba Peace agreement signed between Sudanese has failed to find solutions [...] Full text...
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Sudanese, Chadian officials discuss security questions and cooperation
30 january 2023 - 19:03:49Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has recently been sending reassuring messages to its western neighbor, Chad, with the President of [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Progress in Darfur militia leader trial, but Government cooperation wanes
26 january 2023 - 05:15:19New York, US (PANA) - “Swift progress” has been made at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the trial against [...] Full text...
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Rights group says conflicts, violence threaten rights in Africa
13 january 2023 - 10:13:48Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African leaders failed to tackle widespread abuses against civilians by state security forces and non-state armed [...] Full text...
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Signatories of political agreement launch final phase
08 january 2023 - 12:17:00Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese political forces, including the military, are meeting once again in Khartoum to finalise an initial [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s independence and the curse of duality (News analysis by Mohamed Osman, PANA correspondent )
01 january 2023 - 13:52:04Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sixty-seven years have now elapsed since Sudan gained its independence from the condominium colonization on 1 [...] Full text...
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Sudan's Trilateral Mechanism meets signatories to Political Framework Agreement
21 december 2022 - 12:32:52Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's Trilateral Mechanism, comprising the United Nations, African Union (AU) and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has [...] Full text...
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Is the Sudanese army playing politics with civilian political parties? (News analysis by Mohamed Osman, PANA correspondent)
15 december 2022 - 12:32:04Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Lt-Gen. Abdul-Fattah Burhan, Sudan’s top military leader, who, on behalf of the army, last week signed [...] Full text...
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Security ‘one of the most significant challenges’ in DR Congo, Security Council hears
10 december 2022 - 08:04:25New York, US (PANA) - Despite the resilience of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), security is “one of [...] Full text...
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The Pros and cons of Sudan’s new Political Framework Agreement (News analysis by Mohamed Osman, PANA correspondent)
08 december 2022 - 13:33:17Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - While regional and international support and encouragement are being heaped on the most recent agreement signed [...] Full text...
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UN, AU and IGAD welcome Sudanese political framework agreement
05 december 2022 - 14:46:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations, African Union and IGAD, known as the trilateral mechanism operating to end the [...] Full text...
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Sudanese sign framework agreement as first steps for national reconciliation
05 december 2022 - 14:29:02Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A group of Sudanese political parties, civil society organizations and former rebel movements on Monday signed [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges governments to support justice
05 december 2022 - 07:02:09The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should make a commitment at their annual meeting [...] Full text...
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UN facilitators make breakthrough in Sudan’s acrimonious political standouts
02 december 2022 - 12:44:11Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations, African Union (AU) and the regional grouping, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), say [...] Full text...
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Congolese rebel Commanders meet in Nairobi
28 november 2022 - 22:15:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Warring factions in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo kicked off the third session of their [...] Full text...
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Congolese rebel factions meet for Nairobi peace talks
28 november 2022 - 21:50:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Warring factions in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo kicked off the third session of their [...] Full text...
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UN chief strongly condemns airfield attack in CAR which left one peacekeeper dead
27 november 2022 - 05:26:20New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Saturday strongly condemned an attack on an airfield in southeastern Central [...] Full text...
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ICC prosecutor seeks authorisation on charges against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony
25 november 2022 - 06:20:33The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan says he filed a request on [...] Full text...
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Burundi to host regional summit on DR Congo crisis
24 november 2022 - 12:09:22Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The leaders of Angola, DR Congo and Burundi are to meet "soon" in Bujumbura to assess the implementation [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US Secretary of State, Ethiopian PM discuss peace efforts in the north
23 november 2022 - 05:50:01Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, on [...] Full text...
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Sudan, Ethiopia hold high levels security talks in Khartoum
21 november 2022 - 10:03:41Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan and Ethiopia have ended security talks held at the highest level in Khartoum when the [...] Full text...
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UNHCR calls for ban on forced returns of asylum seekers to eastern DR Congo
19 november 2022 - 05:16:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has reiterated its call for a ban on forced returns to [...] Full text...
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Four Western countries condemn continuing advance of rebel M23 forces in DRC
19 november 2022 - 04:57:43Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and the Great Lakes Special Envoys of Belgium, France and the UK [...] Full text...
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Former Kenyan President Kenyatta appalled by misery of DRC IDPs
16 november 2022 - 20:08:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta, who arrived Tuesday in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: PM Abiy underscores need to support peace agreement
15 november 2022 - 16:43:05Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday underscored the need to support the 2 November [...] Full text...
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UPDATE1: Ethiopian crisis: 'Govt working to ensure peace agreement is implemented on agreed terms'
13 november 2022 - 13:07:33Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Government of Ethiopia says it is working to ensure that the peace agreement signed [...] Full text...
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DRC fighter jet 'lands briefly' in Rwanda
07 november 2022 - 15:54:37Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan government has protested the landing of a fighter jet from the neighbouring Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for action to address 'accountability deficit' after peace deal
04 november 2022 - 05:51:53Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has described Wednesday's peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and [...] Full text...
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French court jails former Liberian warlord for life
03 november 2022 - 06:05:44Paris, France (PANA) - Human rights organisations have welcomed Wednesday's life sentence a court in Paris handed a former Liberian rebel [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: UN, US, AU hail peace agreement to end the bloody conflict
03 november 2022 - 05:05:49Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The United Nations, the United States and African Union (AU) have welcomed Wednesday's cessation of [...] Full text...
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Burundi working to defuse looming security crisis in African Great Lakes sub-region
02 november 2022 - 12:32:29Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian Head of State and current chairman of the East African Community (EAC), Evariste Ndayishimiye, on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for solidarity with victims, survivors of atrocity
02 november 2022 - 11:04:13Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As the bloody Ethiopian conflict enters its third year on Thursday, Human rights advocate, Amnesty [...] 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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Rights group says rebel M23 group capture new territory in DRC
01 november 2022 - 07:37:46Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A human rights advocate has stated that M23 rebels last week captured new territory in the Democratic [...] Full text...
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US calls for immediate cessation of fighting by M23 rebels in eastern DRC
01 november 2022 - 05:44:41Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has joined calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities by the M23 rebel group [...] Full text...
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Special Criminal Court in CAR to issue first verdict on Monday
28 october 2022 - 06:36:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic (CAR) will issue its first verdict on Monday, [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State meets AUC Chairman
28 october 2022 - 06:17:33Ottawa, Canada (PANA) - US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, on Thursday met with African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Moussa [...] Full text...
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Rights group flags coordinated massacres by Islamist armed groups
27 october 2022 - 12:17:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Islamist armed groups in Mali have killed hundreds of people and forced tens of thousands to flee [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Peace talks enter the second day
26 october 2022 - 05:07:52Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The African Union (AU)-led peace talks in South Africa to end the conflict in the Tigray [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for protection of civilians
25 october 2022 - 06:27:26Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Parties to the ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopia must protect civilians amid intensifying hostilities in [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Government forces 'continue to take control of urban centres' in Tigray region
24 october 2022 - 10:32:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) says it has continued to "take control of major [...] Full text...
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Sudan movves towards interim period
19 october 2022 - 16:24:59Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Conflicting political utterances that go against the events on the ground have become the norm in [...] Full text...
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'DR Congo army units aided abusive armed groups,' says Human Rights Watch
19 october 2022 - 05:34:00Goma, DR Congo (PANA) – DR Congo army units backed armed groups implicated in serious abuses in the recent conflict [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US reiterates calls for 'immediate' ceasefire in fighting
15 october 2022 - 05:14:54Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Friday reiterated calls for a ceasefire in northern Ethiopia where government forces [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Six Western countries call on Ethiopia, Tigray rebels to cease hostilities
12 october 2022 - 16:51:28Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Six Western countries on Wednesday called on the government of Ethiopia and the rebel Tigray [...] Full text...
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Libya condemns 'terrorist' attack on Djibouti army and expresses solidarity
10 october 2022 - 15:45:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity has [...] Full text...
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Restoring stability in West Darfur is prelude for full implementation of Juba Peace Agreement (A PANA News Analysis by Mohamed Osman)
09 october 2022 - 14:57:26Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The situation in Sudan's Darfur states -- West Darfur in particular -- was heading towards total [...] Full text...
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US welcomes renewal of mandate for International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia
09 october 2022 - 05:31:06Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the renewal of the mandate of the International Commission of [...] Full text...
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UN urges Sudanese to fully implement peace deal agreed two years ago
05 october 2022 - 09:29:53Khartoum Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has urged the government of Sudan and former rebel groups to speed up [...] Full text...
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DR Congo's humanitarian situation worsens: UN envoy
01 october 2022 - 14:06:12New York, US (PANA) - The UN envoy for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday denounced the recent [...] Full text...
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US welcomes opening of trial of CAR commander Abdel Kani by ICC
28 september 2022 - 06:31:24Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the opening of trial proceedings at the International Criminal Court [...] Full text...
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French President Macron meets DCR, Rwanda leaders in effort to end tension between them
22 september 2022 - 07:39:01New York, US (PANA) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday began efforts to resolve the tension between the Democratic [...] Full text...
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Libyan Parliament to sit next Thursday in Benghazi
13 september 2022 - 14:00:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, has called on MPs to [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: IGAD welcomes Ethiopia parties' commitment to ceasefire and mediation
13 september 2022 - 09:33:42Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the East African development grouping, has welcomed recent Ethiopian steps to return [...] Full text...
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UPDATE 1: Ethiopian crisis: Guterres 'shocked, saddened' by resuption of hostilities in Ethiopia
24 august 2022 - 17:25:04New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is "saddened and shocked" at the resumption of hostilities [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopian Defence Ministry claims plane delivering arms to rebel TPLF shot down
24 august 2022 - 15:51:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia announced on Wednesday that its Air Force has shot down a plane that was [...] Full text...
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Darfur: Trial of Janjaweed leader must not be ‘a false dawn’ for justice, Security Council hears
24 august 2022 - 05:16:59Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The trial of senior Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb – the first prosecution to get underway at [...] Full text...
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UN peacekeepers 'temporarily suspend' operations in DR Congo city
19 august 2022 - 10:02:24Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN peacekeeping force has temporarily suspended its operations in the eastern city of Butembo, where [...] Full text...
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Blinken raises human rights, jailing of Hotel Rwanda hero Rusesabagina with Rwandan president Kagame
11 august 2022 - 13:35:00Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is in Rwanda on the final leg of his [...] Full text...
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Libyan State Council reaffirms right of the people to unified army
10 august 2022 - 12:05:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan High State Council has reaffirmed the right of the people to demand a unified [...] Full text...
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ICC issues warrant for CAR rebel leader Noureddine Adam
09 august 2022 - 10:38:05The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) last week made public an arrest warrant for a rebel leader [...] Full text...
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AU condemns bloody protests against UN peacekeepers in DR Congo
29 july 2022 - 12:44:32Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has added his voice [...] Full text...
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US calls on DRC authorities to protect UN peacekeepers
29 july 2022 - 07:26:56Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has called on the national and local authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...
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South Sudan violence claims more lives in Unity State
27 july 2022 - 22:51:56Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Wednesday called on rebel groups in the Southern [...] Full text...
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UN chief condemns fatal attack on peacekeepers
27 july 2022 - 05:17:35New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has strongly condemned Tuesday's fatal attack on peacekeepers serving [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses DRC's M23 rebels of targeting civilians
25 july 2022 - 05:45:47Goma, DRC (PANA) – The M23 armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have summarily killed at least 29 [...] Full text...
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UNHCR alarmed by growing death toll among displaced in eastern DR Congo
22 july 2022 - 16:13:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As conflict grows in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the rising death toll [...] Full text...
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Senior US official in Uganda for talks on refugees
11 july 2022 - 05:59:23Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) Julieta Valls Noyes, is [...] Full text...
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Algeria pledges support to Mali in restoration of constitutional order
08 july 2022 - 10:32:33Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Algeria's ambassador to Mali, El-Haouès Riache, has given the assurance that his country will continue to [...] Full text...
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UN requests $68.4 million to help CAR where 2.2 million are acutely food insecure
05 july 2022 - 18:45:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that the already dire humanitarian situation in [...] Full text...
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DRC leader opens pandora box in Eastern Africa - ISS report
23 june 2022 - 14:09:27Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Tensions are spiking once again in the chronically turbulent eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...
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‘De facto lethargy’ in Central African Republic, despite escalating attacks, says UN offficial
23 june 2022 - 05:17:43New York, US (PANA) - Efforts are underway to reinvigorate the Central African Republic’s political process, which has lapsed into [...] Full text...
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US, UN strongly condemn civilian massacres in Mali
23 june 2022 - 05:06:20New York, US (PANA) - The United States and the United Nations have expressed shock and sadness at the massacre [...] Full text...
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Burundian president 'satisfied' with outcome of Nairobi summit on DR Congo security
21 june 2022 - 12:20:53Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - All armed groups in DR Congo have agreed to cease hostilities and come to the negotiating [...] Full text...
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Kenya hosts regional summit on renewed insecurity in DR Congo
20 june 2022 - 13:05:41Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Kenya is on Monday hosting a summit of East African heads of state on renewed insecurity in [...] Full text...
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Hate speech ‘dehumanizes individuals and communities’: Guterres
18 june 2022 - 07:08:29New York, US (PANA) - Hate speech incites violence, undermines diversity and social cohesion and “threatens the common values and [...] Full text...
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UN calls on militants in eastern DR Congo to ‘immediately cease’ civilian attacks
12 june 2022 - 05:20:14New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Saturday calling for attacks on civilians by multiple armed groups in eastern Democratic [...] Full text...
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Great Lakes Region Secretariat expresses 'grave concern' about situation in eastern DRC
01 june 2022 - 05:47:45Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) on Tuesday expressed grave concern at the [...] Full text...
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'Several dozens' killed in attack by armed men in DRC's Ituri Province
09 may 2022 - 07:03:56Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Several dozens of people have been massacred by armed men in DRC who attacked a gold [...] Full text...
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Darfur war crimes suspect appears before International Criminal Court
06 april 2022 - 06:01:48The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The first trial of a person accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in [...] Full text...
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First aid convoy in three months to enter Ethiopia's Tigray soon - UN
04 april 2022 - 11:39:43Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The first international aid convoy in three months is on its way to Ethiopia's war-stricken [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: UN envoy calls for strategy to address root causes of conflict
30 march 2022 - 05:11:25New York, US (PANA) - Amid deteriorating security in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...
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