USAID trains Libyans to raise awareness on challenges of people with disabilities

03 december 2022 - 17:45:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A training session to raise awareness among Libyans of the challenges faced by people with special [...] Full text...

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Libya will not play 'Gendarme in the Mediterranean' role for Europe: Official

03 december 2022 - 12:59:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Organisational Affairs, Omar Ketti, has [...] Full text...

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Innovation key to a fairer world for persons with disabilities: UN Chief

03 december 2022 - 11:18:39
New York, US (PANA) - Marking this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls on Saturday, António Guterres, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: US says Pretoria agreement remains best chance for peace

03 december 2022 - 08:06:54
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - As the peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)  [...] Full text...

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Many persons with disabilities face premature death due to health inequities: WHO

03 december 2022 - 06:40:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Persons with disabilities face a risk of dying up to 20 years earlier than other sections [...] Full text...

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Mali's media governing council, journalists underline good coverage of elections

02 december 2022 - 13:40:39
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The High Authority for Communication (HAC), Mali's media regulatory body, has initiated action to ensure good [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso govt spokesperson denies media reports of coup attempt against interim president

02 december 2022 - 13:09:20
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The spokesperson of the Burkinabe government, Jean-Emmanuel Ouédraogo, on Friday denied reports in the local [...] Full text...

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UN facilitators make breakthrough in Sudan’s acrimonious political standouts

02 december 2022 - 12:44:11
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations, African Union (AU) and the regional grouping, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), say [...] Full text...

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Society: UN organizes meeting to let women's voice heard

01 december 2022 - 19:58:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A UN body responsible for working to bring Sudanese political and social rivals together to agree [...] Full text...

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Solution to Libyan crisis torn between priority for elections, executive and the constitutional track

01 december 2022 - 19:05:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The search for solution to the Libyan crisis is still at the crossroads even as the [...] Full text...

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European Peace Facility supports armed forces of Mozambique, Mauritania

01 december 2022 - 17:47:07
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Peace Facility Council on Thursday adopted five assistance measures under the European Peace Facility [...] Full text...

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Mali, urkina Faso sign cooperation, collaboration protocol to fight corruption

01 december 2022 - 15:32:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Central Office for the Fight against Illicit Enrichment (OCLEI) of Mali and the Superior Authority [...] Full text...

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Terrorist' attack targets security infrastructure in northwest Burkina Faso

01 december 2022 - 13:34:15
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Unidentified armed individuals have attacked the gendarmerie and police stations in the town of Tougan, [...] Full text...

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UNHCR evacuates 120 refugees from Libya to Italy

01 december 2022 - 13:11:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly 120 people were evacuated on Wednesday on a charter flight from Libya to Italy, the [...] Full text...

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Libya marks World AIDS Day

01 december 2022 - 12:43:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Activities marking World AIDS Day, commemorated on 1 December each year, were organised on Thursday at [...] Full text...

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UN appeals for record $51.5 billion to help 230 million on the brink in 2023

01 december 2022 - 05:16:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record $51.5 billion is needed to help 230 million of the world’s most vulnerable people in [...] Full text...

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Libya, Germany discuss cooperation in forensic medicine

30 november 2022 - 11:36:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Justice, Halima Abderrahman and the German Ambassador to Libya, Michael Ohnmacht, have discussed [...] Full text...

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UN agencies warn of imminent cut to food assistance to refugees in Chad

30 november 2022 - 10:30:38
N’djamena, Chad (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have warned [...] Full text...

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Accelerated action needed to save 12,000 lives a day due to injury, violence

30 november 2022 - 06:56:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Each day, injuries and violence claim the lives of some 12,000 people around the world, according [...] Full text...

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US questions credibility of Equatorial Guinea's election that gave President Nguema his 6th term

30 november 2022 - 06:42:34
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has expressed doubts about the credibility of election in Equatorial Guinea that saw [...] Full text...

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Numbers forced to flee passes 100 million; many displaced for decades: UNDP

30 november 2022 - 06:13:06
New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarian aid alone cannot overcome record levels of internal displacement globally, the UN Development Programme [...] Full text...

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Laboratory analysis confirms the presence of potassium bromate in bread at 27 locations in Libya

29 november 2022 - 19:23:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prosecutor General Seddik Al-Sour said here Monday that the results of potassium bromate analyses conducted [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Apartheid-era killer stabbed in prison

29 november 2022 - 18:48:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) = Polish immigrant Janusz Walus who nearly sparked a full-blown race war in South Africa [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM reiterates readiness for dialogue with all parties to achieve elections in Libya

29 november 2022 - 18:46:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The prime minister of the national unity government, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, Tuesday reaffirmed his readiness to dialogue [...] Full text...

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Local communities need relevant data on extractive industries: EITI

29 november 2022 - 13:41:06
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – For countries to achieve an equitable energy transition, responsible management of the extractive and [...] Full text...

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UNHCR urges greater support as violence continues unabated in Burkina Faso

29 november 2022 - 11:24:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is warning of escalating humanitarian needs for displaced people [...] Full text...

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‘We cannot give up’ on the millions suffering in drought-stricken Horn of Africa, says WFP official

29 november 2022 - 05:09:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Millions of people in the Horn of Africa – a region at the intersection of some [...] Full text...

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South Sudanese probe sought over persistent sexual violence

28 november 2022 - 19:41:18
London, Britain (PANA) - The government of South Sudan should immediately remove from office and investigate Governors and County Commissioners [...] Full text...

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Ten Malian hostages kidnapped by drug traffickers freed on Sunday

28 november 2022 - 14:06:06
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Ten Malian hostages, including three women and six children, held captive since 18 November by a [...] Full text...

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Greek police arrest seven Egyptians for smuggling migrants

28 november 2022 - 13:49:33
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek authorities Monday arrested seven Egyptians on charges of migrant smuggling after their boat ran into [...] Full text...

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Libya to host first Maghreb Scout meeting in 2023

28 november 2022 - 13:39:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba has tasked the Ministry of [...] Full text...

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Bodies of two flood victims found in southwest Libya

28 november 2022 - 13:20:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The bodies of two missing persons whose vehicle was submerged following heavy rains and floods in [...] Full text...

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Woman arrested in South Africa over racist WhatsApp rant

28 november 2022 - 12:28:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Johannesburg woman has sparked a national outcry for calling for black women's uteruses [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian Catholic Cardinal Richard Baawobr dies

28 november 2022 - 05:56:17
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr of the Catholic Church is dead, the Church has announced in [...] Full text...

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UN Missionin Libya calls for end to online harassment of women

27 november 2022 - 11:37:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has announced that it has brought together women [...] Full text...

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UN chief strongly condemns airfield attack in CAR which left one peacekeeper dead

27 november 2022 - 05:26:20
New 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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230 irregular migrants deported by land from Libya

26 november 2022 - 17:00:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -A total of 230 illegal migrants, including Egyptians, Sudanese and Chadians, have been repatriated by land to [...] Full text...

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Bank of Ghana announces policy restricting poultry, rice imports

25 november 2022 - 18:31:34
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Bank of Ghana has restricted access to foreign exchange for a select list of imported [...] Full text...

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UN condemns deadly attack on IDP camp in Mali's Gao region

25 november 2022 - 11:33:57
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday condemned a deadly attack by suspected jihadists on Monday against [...] Full text...

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ICC prosecutor seeks authorisation on charges against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony

25 november 2022 - 06:20:33
The 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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UN refugee chief urges EU to put safety first in its Mediterranean action

25 november 2022 - 05:58:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As European Union (EU) interior ministers hold an extraordinary session of the Justice and Home Affairs [...] Full text...

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National reconciliation or elections, which option to resolve the crisis in Libya?

24 november 2022 - 18:39:26
\ Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The announcement of a preparatory meeting  between the Libyan Presidential Council and the African Union (AU), in [...] Full text...

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Libyans urged to beware of danger of explosive remnants of war

24 november 2022 - 11:50:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) have expressed [...] Full text...

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Mauritius PM says rule of law, human rights vital in safeguarding peace and security

24 november 2022 - 06:33:29
Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, has said that the implementation of the rule [...] Full text...

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Consign violence against women and girls, ‘to the history books’: UN chief

24 november 2022 - 05:50:40
New York, US (PANA) = Every 11 minutes, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family [...] Full text...

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More than 50,000 migrants 'die in search of a better life'

24 november 2022 - 05:36:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After risking their lives on dangerous journeys, more than 50,000 migrants are known to have died [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for global ‘alliance of peace’ recognising inclusion and richness of diversity

23 november 2022 - 06:19:55
Fez, Morocco (PANA) - In a world where “old evils – antisemitism, anti-Muslim bigotry, persecution of Christians, xenophobia, and racism [...] Full text...

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'Stronger action required to address changing dynamics of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea'

23 november 2022 - 06:05:23
New York, US (PANA) - Although the past decade has seen a steady decline in piracy in the Gulf of [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: US Secretary of State, Ethiopian PM discuss peace efforts in the north

23 november 2022 - 05:50:01
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, on [...] Full text...

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A dozen Chadian soldiers killed in Boko Haram attack: Presidency

22 november 2022 - 16:15:02
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A dozen Chadian soldiers were killed and several others injured on Tuesday in an attack [...] Full text...

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Libyan FM attends 9th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Morocco

22 november 2022 - 12:41:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla al-Mangouch, is attending the 9th Global Forum of [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 91 fatalities due to road traffic crashes

22 november 2022 - 07:40:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - There has been around 91 fatalities due to road traffic crashes in Mauritius, since the beginning of the year, down [...] Full text...

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WFP welcomes €5.8 million from the European Union to support Sahrawi refugees in Algeria

22 november 2022 - 05:49:39
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a €5.8 million (US$ 6 million) humanitarian [...] Full text...

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Honour traffic victims by making roads safer: Guterres

21 november 2022 - 18:49:01
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater global efforts to achieve the goal of [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso extends curfew in the east for 90 days

21 november 2022 - 14:15:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The curfew imposed as part of the fight against terrorism in the eastern region of [...] Full text...

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Libyan Justice Ministry rules out reopening Lockerbie case

21 november 2022 - 14:06:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Justice has ruled out reopening the Lockerbie case, saying it was definitively "closed [...] Full text...

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Court orders former South African President Zuma to return to jail

21 november 2022 - 12:46:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Monday ordered former President Jacob Zuma [...] Full text...

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Sudan, Ethiopia hold high levels security talks in Khartoum

21 november 2022 - 10:03:41
Khartoum, Sudan  (PANA) - Sudan and Ethiopia have ended security talks held at the highest level in Khartoum when the [...] Full text...

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More than 4,000 children deprived of families placed in care centres in 2021 in Burkina Faso

20 november 2022 - 13:55:04
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Burkina Faso the number of children deprived of families placed in reception centres and [...] Full text...

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Libyan Social Affairs Minister highlights importance of children in Libya despite crises

20 november 2022 - 13:30:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- Libyan Minister of Social Affairs, Wafaa Aboubaker Al-Kilani, Sunday welcomed the celebration of the International Children's Day, [...] Full text...

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ECA dreams of reaching 30% of marine protected areas in eight years

20 november 2022 - 13:05:39
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) dreams of helping to increase marine protected areas to 30% [...] Full text...

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COP27: Conference has determined way forward on funding for loss and damage - UNFCCC chief

20 november 2022 - 11:17:06
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Simon Stiell has said thata at [...] Full text...

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COP27: Combat against climate change continues - Guterres

20 november 2022 - 10:49:08
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reminded the world of what remain the priorities regarding climate [...] Full text...

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Day of the Child: UNECEF deplores suffering of children due to conflict

19 november 2022 - 17:16:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has lamented that children in many countries in the Middle [...] Full text...

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INTERPOL team to train Migrant Smuggling Centre officers in Libya

19 november 2022 - 17:07:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) has sent a team to Libya to train staff at [...] Full text...

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Libyan intelligence and counter-terrorism officers conclude training

19 november 2022 - 12:40:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union Border Assistance Mission to Libya (EUBAM) on Friday concluded a specialised intelligence and [...] Full text...

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Mauritius, La Reunion to implement the 'White Grub Protocol'

19 november 2022 - 08:05:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius and La Reunion will implement the yearly White Grub Protocol in the respective islands during [...] Full text...

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Rights experts call for greater global action to end child sexual exploitation and abuse

19 november 2022 - 05:28:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries must step up efforts to combat the global emergency of child exploitation and abuse, six [...] Full text...

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UNHCR calls for ban on forced returns of asylum seekers to eastern DR Congo

19 november 2022 - 05:16:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has reiterated its call for a ban on forced returns to [...] Full text...

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COP27: Rights experts decry harassment of activists attending Conference

19 november 2022 - 05:08:40
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Independent human rights experts are in dialogue with Egyptian and UN authorities over the harassment of [...] Full text...

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Four Western countries condemn continuing advance of rebel M23 forces in DRC

19 november 2022 - 04:57:43
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and the Great Lakes Special Envoys of Belgium, France and the UK [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso 'neuralises' 21 suspected terrorists in one month; 6 soldiers killed

18 november 2022 - 12:31:42
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe army said on Friday that it neutralised 21 suspected terrorists in several anti-terrorist [...] Full text...

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Libyan, Emirati official discuss cooperation in the media sector

18 november 2022 - 11:40:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs, Walid al-Lafi, on Thursday discussed with the [...] Full text...

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Leading Israeli fugitive arrested in South Africa

18 november 2022 - 07:46:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A team of elite South African policemen has caught a leading global fugitive with [...] Full text...

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UNSMIL expresses concern about 70 detainees on hunger strike at Maitigua prison

17 november 2022 - 12:48:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed deep concern at "alarming" reports that [...] Full text...

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Libya holds 3rd Health Sector Development Strategies Forum

17 november 2022 - 12:43:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, participated in the 3rd Health Sector Development Strategies Forum aimed at ensuring [...] Full text...

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UN official calls on Security Council to support a ‘secure, peaceful and prosperous Sahel’

17 november 2022 - 05:54:46
New York, US (PANA) - The security situation in the Sahel continues to deteriorate, a senior UN official told the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Human rights must ‘be at the core’ of democratic transition, urges UN rights chief

17 november 2022 - 05:22:57
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The new UN human rights chief ended his first country visit on Wednesday explaining that he [...] Full text...

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Former Kenyan President Kenyatta appalled by misery of DRC IDPs

16 november 2022 - 20:08:59
Nairobi, 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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Forces loyal to Haftar's LNA e;iminate 7 members of Daesh

16 november 2022 - 18:08:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Seven members of the Islamic State Organisation (Daesh) were killed and two others taken prisoner during [...] Full text...

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Dozens of civilians killed in communal clash in Sudan

16 november 2022 - 13:51:40
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A new communal conflict has erupted in central Darfur state, near the border with Central African [...] Full text...

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Number of South Sudanese civilians killed in violent conflict drops

16 november 2022 - 10:57:47
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The number of civilians killed in violent conflict in South Sudan has dropped by 23% [...] Full text...

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Four bodies of illegal migrants found off the Tunisian coast

15 november 2022 - 18:53:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian coast guard on Tuesday found a body of an illegal migrant, bringing to four [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Libya reaffirms importance of the south for stability

15 november 2022 - 18:32:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, has said that the stability and security [...] Full text...

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Deputy chairman of Libyan Presidential Council highlights extent of corruption in the country

15 november 2022 - 17:41:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa Al-Kouni, on Tuesday stressed that corruption is [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: PM Abiy underscores need to support peace agreement

15 november 2022 - 16:43:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday underscored the need to support the 2 November [...] Full text...

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​​​Somalia urged to adopt 10-point human rights plan

15 november 2022 - 09:23:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Six months after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office, his government has yet to make good [...] Full text...

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Human rights chief decries steep rise in civilian casualties in Somalia

15 november 2022 - 05:11:13
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A steep rise in civilian casualties across Somalia, largely at the hands of Al-Shabaab militants, has [...] Full text...

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Libya, UNICEF discuss plan for teacher training and distance education

13 november 2022 - 15:24:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Education, Moussa Al-Mageryef, and the Special Representative of the United Nations Children's [...] Full text...

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UPDATE1: Ethiopian crisis: 'Govt working to ensure peace agreement is implemented on agreed terms'

13 november 2022 - 13:07:33
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Government of Ethiopia says it is working to ensure that the peace agreement signed [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: US welcomes commitment to unhindered humanitarian access in northern Ethiopia

13 november 2022 - 06:47:40
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has welcomed the commitment to unhindered humanitarian access and clarification of cessation of [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso government denies allegations of abuses by its army

12 november 2022 - 18:36:15
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The government of Burkina Faso has  denied allegations of abuses committed by its army on [...] Full text...

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France donates equipment to Benin's security sector

12 november 2022 - 13:42:27
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - France has donated equipment estimated at 122 million CFAF to support Benin in the security sector, [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso, Mali to strengthen military collaboration in terrorism fight

12 november 2022 - 13:20:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Mali and Burkina Faso are committed to strengthening their military cooperation in the fight against [...] Full text...

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Liberia: Put people before profit, experts on human rights and business urge

12 november 2022 - 05:32:48
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Authorities in Liberia, as well as businesses operating there, must prioritise people over profits and ensure [...] Full text...

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More than 30 Libyan airport officials in training in Tunisia on airport management

11 november 2022 - 18:33:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 32 Libyan airport employees have been sent to Tunisia for a seven-day training [...] Full text...

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Libyan Independent Media Organisation signs roadmap for safety of journalists

11 november 2022 - 14:54:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Independent Media Organisation, a non-governmental organisation, has signed a roadmap for the safety of [...] Full text...

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UNICEF calls on Libyan parties to do more remove mines, unexploded ordnance

11 november 2022 - 13:58:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has urged all Libyan parties to step up efforts to [...] Full text...

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Mauritius, France sign Treaties on Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition

11 november 2022 - 06:47:30
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and France on Thursday signed in Port-Louis, the Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal [...] Full text...

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'Terrorism intensifying across Africa, exploiting instability and conflict:'

11 november 2022 - 05:46:17
New York, US (PANA) - The growth of terrorism is a major threat to international peace and security, currently felt [...] Full text...

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Ghana's Parliament sets up committee to probe censure motion against finance minister

10 november 2022 - 18:25:50
Accra, 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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Mali to host African Magistrates' conference

10 november 2022 - 17:53:51
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali will host from 4 to 11 February 2023 the annual conference of the African regional [...] Full text...

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US says former senior officials of Gaddafi regime must be brought to justice

10 november 2022 - 11:34:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US delegate to the UN Security Council, Richard M. Mills JR., has said senior officials [...] Full text...

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Delivering justice for Libya not ‘Mission Impossible’, ICC Prosecutor tells Security Council

10 november 2022 - 04:59:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Addressing the Security Council from Libyan soil for the first time ever, the International Criminal Court [...] Full text...

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World Bank says COVID-19 elevated poverty in The Gambia

09 november 2022 - 14:41:06
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia’s poverty rate has climbed to 53.4% largely due to COVID-19, according to The Gambia [...] Full text...

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Former South African President De Klerk's Nobel Peace Prize stolen

09 november 2022 - 09:40:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nobel Peace Prize former South African President FW de Klerk was awarded in [...] Full text...

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Children of African descent ‘not considered children at all’, rights experts charge

09 november 2022 - 05:38:05
New York, US (PANA) - In a report issued on Tuesday, UN human rights experts outline how discrimination affects black [...] Full text...

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COP27: Developing countries call for ‘climate justice’ in the form of adaptation and loss and damage funds

09 november 2022 - 05:28:12
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - The second day of COP27’s Climate Implementation Summit saw world leaders raise their voices for concrete [...] Full text...

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President of Burkina Faso's National Human Rights Commission arrested

08 november 2022 - 18:45:01
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Kalifa Rodrigue Yemboado Namoano, President of the National Human Rights Commission of Burkina Faso (CNDH), [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief calls for immediate release of jailed blogger and activist

08 november 2022 - 16:52:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk on Tuesday appealed to Egypt to free a prominent [...] Full text...

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ICC Prosecutor to brief UN Security Council on Libyan situation

08 november 2022 - 12:30:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, will brief the UN Security Council [...] Full text...

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UN agencies appeal for urgent disembarkation of stranded refugees, migrants in central Mediterranean

08 november 2022 - 09:34:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are urging [...] Full text...

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Rights groups say 19 Sahrawi activists continue t languish in Moroccan jail

08 november 2022 - 08:39:32
RightsTunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Nineteen Sahrawi activists languish in prison years after Moroccan courts convicted them in unfair proceedings, Human Rights [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: US hails meeting of Government, TPLF military commanders

08 november 2022 - 05:26:22
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has hailed the commencement of a meeting between military commanders of the Ethiopian Government [...] Full text...

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Mass displacements in eastern DR Congo threaten young lives: UNICEF

08 november 2022 - 04:39:56
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The lives of thousands of children in overcrowded, unsanitary camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians call for greater support to prevent famine in Horn of Africa

08 november 2022 - 04:28:54
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Greater global solidarity is needed to address the rapidly unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the Horn [...] Full text...

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US Public Affairs official to visit three African countries

07 november 2022 - 16:49:14
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Acting Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs, Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau, will travel to South [...] Full text...

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US sanctions four ISIS cell members, eight companies in South Africa

07 november 2022 - 16:39:17
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Monday sanctioned four [...] Full text...

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DRC fighter jet 'lands briefly' in Rwanda

07 november 2022 - 15:54:37
Kigali, 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: Military commanders of Government, TPLF meet in Nairobi

07 november 2022 - 15:07:29
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Military commanders of the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on Monday [...] Full text...

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Libyan Justice minister reaffirms principle of strengthening rule of law

07 november 2022 - 12:06:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Justice, Ms. Halima Abderrahmane, has affirmed the ministry's interest in achieving justice [...] Full text...

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Africa urrged to achieve economic transformation

06 november 2022 - 17:54:30
Windhoek, Namibia ( PANA) - Dr Jean Paul Adam, Director of Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resource Management Division of [...] Full text...

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Africa more seasoned on climate finance issues, says ECA

06 november 2022 - 16:40:20
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - African countries are now more seasoned on climate finance issues, said Jean Paul Adam, Director of [...] Full text...

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Large mobilisation of Muslims in Mali to denounce the offence against Islam on social networks

05 november 2022 - 19:03:15
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Several thousands of Muslim faithful came out on Friday afternoon on the Boulevard de l'Independence, in [...] Full text...

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UN refugee chief urges stronger action to end ‘legal limbo’ of statelessness

05 november 2022 - 06:48:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Friday called for stronger political commitment and [...] Full text...

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WFP pledges humanitarian assistance to Burkina Faso

04 november 2022 - 18:53:10
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Prime Minister Appolinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela granted an audience on Friday to the Deputy [...] Full text...

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High Authority of Communication of Mali suspends private Malian television station accused of violating the rules of ethics

04 november 2022 - 18:17:27
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The College of members of the High Authority of Communication (HAC) decided Thursday to suspend for [...] Full text...

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Trawler carrying 327 illegal migrants leaves Libya

04 november 2022 - 14:37:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 327 illegal migrants on board a boat were arrested on Thursday evening off Garabolli, east [...] Full text...

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Mauritius commemorates Deportation of Chagossian Community

04 november 2022 - 06:59:10
 Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Thursday commemorated the deportation of the Chagossian community from their homeland between 1965 and [...] Full text...

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US calls for free, fair vote in Equatorial Guinea

04 november 2022 - 05:55:39
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - As Equatorial Guinea’s electoral campaign for the 20 November general elections opened on Thursday, the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for action to address 'accountability deficit' after peace deal

04 november 2022 - 05:51:53
Addis 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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Resurgence of ethnic clashes in Sudan’s Blue Nile region triggers death, destruction: UN official

04 november 2022 - 05:01:44
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide expressed grave concern on Thursday over a [...] Full text...

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Conflict, climate crisis drive rising hunger in South Sudan: Report

04 november 2022 - 04:53:01
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The number of people in South Sudan who are going hungry is at the highest [...] Full text...

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UPDATE 1: Ethiopian crisis: PM Abiy, Government welcome peace agreement

03 november 2022 - 18:49:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PAMA) - The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, and the government have welcomed Wednesday's peace agreement signed [...] Full text...

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Report: Sudan: Launch of violent extremism threat assessment in Southern Libyan borderlands

03 november 2022 - 16:21:35
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A comprehensive survey study on how extremism surges and the countries it impacts in the states [...] Full text...

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174 asylum seekers from Libya evacuated to Niger by UNHCR

03 november 2022 - 14:01:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 174 asylum seekers have been evacuated from Libya to Niger, the United Nations [...] Full text...

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UNSMIL salutes 'courageous' Libyan journalists on Day Against Impunity

03 november 2022 - 13:45:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the United [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Sudan welcomes signing of peace agreement

03 november 2022 - 11:15:00
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has welcomed the peace agreement signed in South Africa between the Ethiopian federal government and [...] Full text...

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Police discover 21 bodies at unused South African mine

03 november 2022 - 10:58:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police on Thursday confirmed that they have discovered two more bodies at a closed [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Kenyan President welcomes ceasefire agreement

03 november 2022 - 09:38:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President William Ruto has praised the parties to the Ethiopia peace process, the Government of [...] Full text...

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French court jails former Liberian warlord for life

03 november 2022 - 06:05:44
Paris, 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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Humanitarians provide aid to thousands in need across DR Congo

03 november 2022 - 05:42:16
New York, US (PANA) - Despite severe constraints on access, UN and other humanitarian workers in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: UN, US, AU hail peace agreement to end the bloody conflict

03 november 2022 - 05:05:49
Pretoria, 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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Guterres welcomes Russia's decision to end suspension from Ukraine grain deal

02 november 2022 - 18:46:59
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday "warmly" welcomed Russia’s decision to resume its participation in [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe President expected in Mali on Wednesday

02 november 2022 - 18:43:59
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of the Transition of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, is making his first [...] Full text...

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Intimidated, jailed, abused: Threats against journalists harm us all, warns UN chief

02 november 2022 - 18:41:41
New York, US (PANA) - Governments and the international community must take action to protect the people who bring us [...] Full text...

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Six bodies exhumed from a mass grave in Tarhouna, south of Tripoli

02 november 2022 - 17:59:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Six unidentified bodies were exhumed on Wednesday from a mass grave in the Tarhouna garbage dump [...] Full text...

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Mauritius celebrates 188th arrival of Indentured Labourers from India

02 november 2022 - 17:03:05
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Tuesday celebrated the 188th anniversary of the Arrival of Indentured Labourers in the island from [...] Full text...

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UN condemns attack against office of Sudanese Bar Association

02 november 2022 - 14:09:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Secretary General's Representative to the Sudan, Volker Perthes, has condemned Tuesday night's storming of [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for solidarity with victims, survivors of atrocity

02 november 2022 - 11:04:13
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As the bloody Ethiopian conflict enters its third year on Thursday, Human rights advocate, Amnesty [...] Full text...

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COP27: Ensure climate action is rights-based, says Human Rights Watch

02 november 2022 - 09:32:57
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Countries and advocates attending the 27th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt beginning on [...] Full text...

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Displacement camp closures in Nigeria worsen suffering: Human Rights Watch

02 november 2022 - 09:07:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The decision by Nigeria's Borno State government to shut down its camps for people displaced by the [...] Full text...

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US sanctions terrorist weapons trafficking network in Somalia

02 november 2022 - 06:18:16
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States Treasury has designated an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-Somalia network [...] Full text...

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Black Sea grain deal shipments on hold on Wednesday, following Russia suspension

02 november 2022 - 05:49:48
New York, US (PANA) - UN officials stationed at the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) for the UN-brokered Black Sea Grain [...] Full text...

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UN chief welcomes completion of first trial of Special Criminal Court in CAR

02 november 2022 - 05:25:34
New 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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Six illegal migration attempts foiled, 179 people rescued in Tunisia

01 november 2022 - 16:43:29
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian coastguards foiled six attempts at illegal migration during the night of 30-31 October and rescued [...] Full text...

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Rights group says rebel M23 group capture new territory in DRC

01 november 2022 - 07:37:46
Kinshasa, 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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Heads of anti-corruption agencies in Africa meet in Mauritius

01 november 2022 - 07:16:30
Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - A five-day high-level leadership and management programme for heads of anti-corruption agencies in Africa opened on [...] Full text...

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US calls for immediate cessation of fighting by M23 rebels in eastern DRC

01 november 2022 - 05:44:41
Washington, 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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AU expresses concern at deteriorating security situation in eastern DRC

31 october 2022 - 07:43:03
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has expressed extreme concern at the deteriorating security situation in eastern [...] Full text...

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Ghana's president Akufo-Addo rallies country to face economic crisis

31 october 2022 - 05:40:34
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo  on Sunday rallied his country in the midst of a [...] Full text...

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UN chief condemns bloody Mogadishu bomb blasts

31 october 2022 - 05:07:20
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has expressed deep sadness at Saturday's bomb attack in Mogadishu, which killed [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: 15 dead including 13 soldiers in an attack in the east

30 october 2022 - 19:32:03
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Fifteen people, including 13 soldiers, were killed on Saturday in an attack in eastern Burkina [...] Full text...

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AUC chairperson condemns 'horrific terrorist attack' in Mogadishu

30 october 2022 - 10:30:49
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has condemned in the [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council boosts commitment to fight digital terror

30 october 2022 - 05:35:22
New York, US (PANA) - A two-day meeting of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee in India has ended with [...] Full text...

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UN chief speaks with Angolan President on renewed fighting in DRC

30 october 2022 - 05:25:37
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday spoke to President João Lourenço of Angola to discuss [...] Full text...

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French-Australian national kidnapped in Chad

29 october 2022 - 17:52:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Chadian government announced on Saturday the kidnapping of a French-Australian national by unidentified people. Jérôme [...] Full text...

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New Zulu king crowned in South Africa

29 october 2022 - 17:01:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Royalty and dignitaries from from around the world joined thousands of spectators at Durban’s [...] Full text...

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Pro-islamists demonstrate to call for non-inference in Sudan’s domestic affairs

29 october 2022 - 15:35:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Pro-islamists on Saturday staged a protest march in which “hundreds of thousands” took part to oppose [...] Full text...

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US to grant visas to Libyan students

29 october 2022 - 13:34:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Unity  (GNU) announced on Friday [...] Full text...

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US expresses concern about actions relative to members of CAR's Constitutional Court

29 october 2022 - 04:21:47
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it has noted with deep concern a series of recent actions [...] Full text...

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Millions face harm from flooding across West and Central Africa, UNHCR warns

28 october 2022 - 11:45:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of surging needs for more than 3.4 million displaced [...] Full text...

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US Embassy urges citizens not to travel to Nigerian capital

28 october 2022 - 08:15:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The US Embassy in Nigeria has updated its security alert in the capital, Abuja, due to [...] Full text...

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Special Criminal Court in CAR to issue first verdict on Monday

28 october 2022 - 06:36:22
Nairobi, 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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Co-Chairs of Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Africa Focus Group meet in Niger

28 october 2022 - 06:06:00
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Co-Chairs of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Africa Focus Group has reaffirmed its commitment to [...] Full text...

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Mali: Coordinated massacres by armed Islamist groups, says Human Rights Watch

27 october 2022 - 20:08:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Armed Islamist groups in Mali have killed hundreds of people and forced tens of thousands [...] Full text...

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African Union Commission sets out continent's priorities at COP 27

27 october 2022 - 20:01:13
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) has outlined Africa's priorities for COP 27, scheduled to take place [...] Full text...

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Namibia calls for African boldness on climate resilience

27 october 2022 - 19:52:59
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - The Namibian government has called on African countries to be bold in finding appropriate solutions to [...] Full text...

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Political solution to crisis in Libya still faces multiple obstacles

27 october 2022 - 19:33:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The road to a political settlement of the crisis in Libya is still full of pitfalls [...] Full text...

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Namibia demands implementation of Paris climate change agreement

27 october 2022 - 15:57:12
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Africa must focus on the implementation of the Paris Agreement, recommends Tom Oweendo, Namibia's Minister of [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister reiterates government's commitment to hold elections in Libya

27 october 2022 - 15:27:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA ) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, reaffirmed on Thursday that [...] Full text...

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Five suspected terrorists shot dead in north-central Burkina Faso

27 october 2022 - 13:21:23
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe Army has announced that it neutralised five suspected terrorists in an offensive action [...] Full text...

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Sudan Army says its soldiers were targeted by rioters

27 october 2022 - 12:45:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese Army newspaper on Thursday said in a terse statement that dozens of soldiers guarding [...] Full text...

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South Africa on high alert after terrorism warning

27 october 2022 - 12:23:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African authorities are monitoring the security situation after the United States Embassy on [...] Full text...

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Rights group flags coordinated massacres by Islamist armed groups

27 october 2022 - 12:17:38
Nairobi, 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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Security Council to hold session on Friday to extend UNSMIL's mandate

27 october 2022 - 11:25:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Security Council will on Friday hold a session devoted to the extension of the [...] Full text...

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US State Department approves voluntary departure of citizens from Nigeria

27 october 2022 - 05:15:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The US State Department has approved the authorised voluntary departure of family members and non-emergency U.S. [...] Full text...

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UN Envoy to Libya reaffirms commitment to support state control of arms during Disarmament Week

26 october 2022 - 19:01:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges countries to prevent civilian harm from explosive weapons

26 october 2022 - 06:37:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - All countries should endorse a new political commitment aimed at protecting civilians from the bombing and [...] Full text...

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UN refugee agency chief sounds alarm as drought grips Horn of Africa

26 october 2022 - 06:23:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has called on global leaders to spare no efforts [...] Full text...

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Justice for protesters against Sudan coup, key to ending cycle of violence: Rights experts

26 october 2022 - 05:39:36
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - UN independent human rights experts on Tuesday demanded real accountability for the year-long brutal crackdown on [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Peace talks enter the second day

26 october 2022 - 05:07:52
Pretoria, 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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CBL Governorf, Abdoulaye Bathily meet on financial transparency initiative in Libya

25 october 2022 - 19:39:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Seddik Al-Kebir, has briefed the Special Representative [...] Full text...

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UPDATE 1: Ghana opposition MPs file motion of censure to remove finance minister

25 october 2022 - 17:27:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Minority in Ghana's Parliament has filed a motion of censure against Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, [...] Full text...

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UNHCR warns of $700 million funding gap for its activities

25 october 2022 - 13:41:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over recent months, funding shortfalls have forced UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to make cuts [...] Full text...

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Ghana's ruling party MPs demand dismissal of finance minister as economic hardships bite

25 october 2022 - 12:46:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The majority of Members of Parliament of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's party on Tuesday asked [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopian delegations hold peace talks in South Africa

25 october 2022 - 12:46:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The African Union (AU) is hosting high-level delegations to discuss the peace process for [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for protection of civilians

25 october 2022 - 06:27:26
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Parties to the ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopia must protect civilians amid intensifying hostilities in [...] Full text...

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UN chief 'alarmed' at bloody Sudan intercommunal violence

25 october 2022 - 05:18:28
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, is deeply alarmed by the escalation of intercommunal violence in [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso's army launches recruitment of 15,000 volunteer fighters

24 october 2022 - 19:01:10
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe army launched on Monday the recruitment of 15,000 volunteers for the defence of [...] Full text...

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