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...
thread Politics
Breaking news
- Agriculture
Unhealthy eating drives $8 trillion in annual hidden costs
- Culture
Senior US diplomat participates in Dakar Biennale
- Economy
Friday’s exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi
- Environment
World Urban Forum focuses on housing, community support in war-torn cities
- Gender
Girls’ rights, fragility, and the future: World Bank Blog By Doreen Kibuka-Musoke and Tim Agaba Baroraho
- Health
More than 890,000 vaccine doses allocated to 9 African countries hardest hit by mpox surge
- Politics
South Sudan: Postponing long-awaited elections ‘a regrettable development’
- Press Review
Lessons of Hamas operation against Israel, - Libyan newspaper,
- Sciences
The promise and peril of runaway technological advances
- Social
Libya chairs Arab discussion group at mine action session
- Society
Sudan’s displaced have endured ‘unimaginable suffering, brutal atrocities’
- Sports
Galatasaray chief provides new update on permanent signing of Victor Osimhen
200 Search result
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony will face trial at the International Criminal Court in absentia, [...] Full text...
Suspected South African drug mule arrested in Ethiopia
15 october 2024 - 07:42:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Police on Tuesday confirmed that a female South African drug trafficker was arrested [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN General Assembly demands Israel end ‘unlawful presence’ in Occupied Palestinian Territory
18 september 2024 - 20:09:37New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution that demands [...] Full text...
thread Politics
South African opposition party condemns 'anti-immigrant' protests in UK
06 august 2024 - 13:12:40Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) opposition party has condemned “anti-immigrant” protests that have spread [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Senior UN officials welcome verdict in Guinea 2009 stadium massacre trial
01 august 2024 - 17:09:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fight against impunity must continue in Guinea, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said [...] Full text...
thread Society
Surge in kidnapping for ransom cases reported in South Africa
03 july 2024 - 09:17:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – At least 20 Portuguese butchery owners and staff have been kidnapped in South Africa’s [...] Full text...
thread Society
ICC issues warrant for arrest of Malian terrorist Iyad Ag Rhali
24 june 2024 - 11:34:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has unsealed the warrant for the arrest of Iyad Ag Ghaly, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Dollar dominance in the international reserve system: IMF Update By Serkan Arslanalp, Barry Eichengreen, and Chima Simpson-Bell
11 june 2024 - 12:56:48Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Dollar dominance—the outsized role of the US dollar in the world economy—has been brought [...] Full text...
thread Economy
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...
thread Politics
30 years on, justice for genocide crimes in Rwanda more urgent than ever, says rights group
05 april 2024 - 13:12:18Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - As the 30th commemoration begins this Sunday, 7 April of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi [...] Full text...
thread Society
EU legislators strike deal to ban products made with forced labour
05 march 2024 - 11:10:04Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional deal on the regulation prohibiting [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Moroccan intelligence tip-off leads to arrest of radicalised national in Spain
04 november 2023 - 15:54:18Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Thanks to close cooperation with the Moroccan security services, the Spanish services have arrested a Moroccan [...] Full text...
thread Society
South African murder suspect detained in Lesotho
25 september 2023 - 11:30:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African authorities are seeking the extradition of a murder suspect, Lehlohonolo Maketoane, who [...] Full text...
thread Society
Amhara Conflict: Ethiopia shaken by a new, growing rebellion in Amhara (News feature)
18 august 2023 - 11:45:18Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Two weeks after irregular militia fighters called the Fano seized several towns and cities in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rwandan genocide suspect re-arrested in South Africa
16 august 2023 - 12:52:39Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Rwandan genocide fugitive Fulgence Kayishema, who was arrested near Cape Town earlier this year, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Suspect accused of torching South Africa's Parliament confesses in court
13 july 2023 - 09:59:01Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The man accused of causing millions of dollars of damage by setting fire to [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rwandan genocide suspect seeks asylum in South Africa
21 june 2023 - 09:45:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Rwandan genocide-accused Fulgence Kayishema will apply for asylum in South Africa, his lawyer told [...] Full text...
thread Society
Trafficking in the Sahel: Muzzling the illicit arms trade (Feature by UN News)
11 june 2023 - 07:06:00Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Shoppers in Mali’s Gao, Timbuktu, and Ménaka regions in Mali can snap up AK-pattern assault rifles [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN tribunal declares Rwanda genocide suspect unfit for trial
07 june 2023 - 12:34:22The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals has ruled that Félicien Kabuga, a Rwandan genocide [...] Full text...
thread Society
Trafficking in the Sahel undermining rule of law (Feature by UN News)
04 june 2023 - 06:38:17Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Kourou/Koualou, a tiny village in a neutral zone straddling Benin and Burkina Faso, was the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in South Africa appears in court
02 june 2023 - 12:35:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishemaappeared in a Cape Town court on Friday where he [...] Full text...
thread Society
Leadimg Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in South Africa
25 may 2023 - 12:39:11Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Fulgence Kayishema, one of the world’s most wanted genocide fugitives, has been arrested in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Swiss prosecutors charge former Gambian minister with crimes against humanity
18 april 2023 - 16:30:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Swiss prosecutors have charged a former interior minister of The Gambia with crimes against humanity for [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenyan woman arrested for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth US$300,000
18 april 2023 - 13:06:00Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) annouced here Monday the arrest of a 35-year-old Kenyan woman who [...] Full text...
thread Social
Burkina Customs seize $1m in counterfeit notes and 56 fake gold bars
11 april 2023 - 14:19:23Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Customs Research and Intervention Brigade, supported by the Baskuy police, seized counterfeit banknotes worth [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Organised crime infecting African and global supply chain
28 february 2023 - 12:29:53Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Africa’s fishing and cocoa industries are good examples of how multinational logistics systems present [...] Full text...
thread Society
DR Congo: Government condemns bombing in Kasindi, North Kivu
16 january 2023 - 16:29:00Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The government has condemned the bomb attack perpetrated on Sunday 14 January, 2023, on a [...] Full text...
thread Politics
US reaffirms transfer of Libyan suspect in Lockerbie case 'legal'
21 december 2022 - 13:22:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US embassy in Libya has reiterated that the operation to transfer Abu Ajila Mohamed Massoud [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Libyan PM 'rejects' reopening of Lockerbie case
16 december 2022 - 12:59:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has said he will not allow the reopening of the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
US sanctions against Karim Kéita, son of former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita
14 december 2022 - 14:50:35Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Embassy in Mali, Briant Neubert, Monday resurrected the sanctions [...] Full text...
thread Society
Libyans concerned about trial of alleged Pan Am Flight 103 bombmaker by the US
13 december 2022 - 13:41:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan National Security Adviser, Ibrahim Bouchnaf, on Monday discussed with the US Special Envoy to Libya, Ambassador [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Alleged Pan Am Flight 103 bombmaker makes initial appearance in US court
13 december 2022 - 06:29:20Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, the alleged Pan Am Flight 103 bombmaker, made an initial [...] Full text...
thread Society
Controversy in Libya after announcement of detention in the United States of former Libyan intelligence officer, Abu Ajila Massoud
12 december 2022 - 15:52:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The controversy has continued to grow in Libya after discovery of the transfer to the United [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Sudan’s military release two detainees just before signing of political agreement
05 december 2022 - 08:58:02Khartoum, Sudsan (PANA) - The Sudanese authorities on Sunday released a prominent member of the suspended Empowerment Removal Committee (ERC), [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Woman arrested in South Africa over racist WhatsApp rant
28 november 2022 - 12:28:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Johannesburg woman has sparked a national outcry for calling for black women's uteruses [...] Full text...
thread Society
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...
thread Society
Leading Israeli fugitive arrested in South Africa
18 november 2022 - 07:46:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A team of elite South African policemen has caught a leading global fugitive with [...] Full text...
thread Society
Former South African President De Klerk's Nobel Peace Prize stolen
09 november 2022 - 09:40:33Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Nobel Peace Prize former South African President FW de Klerk was awarded in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Libyan Presidential Council demands clarity on murder of 15 illegal migrants in Sabratha
11 october 2022 - 12:55:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Presidential Council has stressed the need to reveal the circumstances of the murder of [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Suspect arrested in connection with murder of 15 illegal migrants in Sabratha in western Libya
10 october 2022 - 16:47:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - One suspect involved in the murder of 15 illegal migrants in the city of Sabratha (west [...] Full text...
thread Society
Malian army claims to have neutralised several terrorists in various parts of the country
10 october 2022 - 16:37:46Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian army says it has arrested five terrorist suspects, including Alhadji Diakité, known as Abou Anass, at [...] Full text...
thread Society
Mandate for inspection of vessels from Libya suspected of smuggling migrants extended for a year
29 september 2022 - 20:20:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Security Council has unanimously authorized member-states concerned to inspect vessels sailing on the high seas [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN Special Adviser welcomes start of trial against top Rwanda genocide suspect
29 september 2022 - 06:07:00The Hague, The Netherlands (PANA) - A senior UN official has welcomed the start of the trial against an alleged [...] Full text...
thread Society
Guinea: UN pledges support for justice and accountability, as stadium massacre trial begins
29 september 2022 - 05:31:02New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Wednesday paid tribute to the hundreds of victims and their families, of [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gambia is investigating child deaths and paracetamol syrup
08 september 2022 - 16:40:27Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Dr. Mustapha Bittaye, Director of Health Services, Ministry of Health, The Gambia, has confirmed that his ministry is investigating [...] Full text...
thread Health
Ugandan arrested with drugs in Mauritius
27 august 2022 - 09:57:33Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Ugandan, Yusuf Kayiwa Sseluyange, was arrested on 21 August, 2022 with 536 grams of heroin, [...] Full text...
thread Society
ICC issues arrest warrant against former CAR minister Mahamat Nouradine Adam for alleged war crimes
29 july 2022 - 10:15:28The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued a warrant of [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN uncovers human trafficking at camp in Malawi
13 june 2022 - 05:16:43Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - The widespread exploitation of men, women and children at a refugee camp in Malawi has been [...] Full text...
thread Society
Malian army rejects accusations of abuses by soldiers in central Mali
06 april 2022 - 14:37:55Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Armed Forces (FAMAs) have rejected accusations of exactions in Moura, in the Mopti region, [...] Full text...
thread Society
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...
thread Society
Suspect arrested in South Africa for alleged murder of ex-football star
17 february 2022 - 13:04:02Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of top former football [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria's suspended cop, Abba Kyari, declared wanted by NDLEA for drug trafficking
14 february 2022 - 16:48:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared the suspended head of the Inspector-General of [...] Full text...
thread Society
15 kg of cannabis resin, 1 kg of cocaine and narcotic tablets seized in Libya
27 january 2022 - 18:58:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 15 kg of cannabis resin, 1 kg of cocaine and 3,692 Tramadol tablets were [...] Full text...
thread Society
South Africa's arson suspect charged with terrorism
11 january 2022 - 12:32:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –The man suspected of starting a blaze that caused extensive damage to South Africa's Parliament [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rights group hails first trial of heinous abuses in CAR
24 december 2021 - 16:12:12Bangui, Central African Republic (PAN) - The Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court (SCC) has announced it will send its [...] Full text...
thread Society
Three killed in suicide attack in Western Kenya village
08 december 2021 - 14:42:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The police have termed as a terror attack an incident in which an elusive Al Shabaab [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rights group calls for rearrest of Central African Republic war crimes suspect
29 november 2021 - 10:25:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A human rights group is asking the govermenment of the Central African Republic (CAR) to coordinate [...] Full text...
thread Society
Libyan PM says his decision to contest the presidential poll rests with 'the people'
16 november 2021 - 13:28:58Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba says that the decision to contest in the 24 December presidential [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Libyan gov't rejects suspension of Foreign Minister by the Presidential Council
07 november 2021 - 14:19:51Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Government of National Unity on Saturday rejected the decision of the Presidential Council to [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Belgian citizen gets 20 years in prison for drug trafficking in Mauritius
16 october 2021 - 09:45:39Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A court here has sentenced a Belgian national, Michael Sevilla, to 20 years in prison for [...] Full text...
thread Society
Over 1.5 kg of cocaine seized in Bamako
09 october 2021 - 18:19:42Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Officers of the Anti-Trafficking Airport Unit (CAAT) of the Central Narcotics Office (OCS) on Wednesday seized [...] Full text...
thread Society
Alleged member of Daech arrested in Athens, Greece
05 october 2021 - 15:38:56Athens, Greece (PANA) - The Greek police Monday announced in a statement the arrest of an extremist suspected of belonging [...] Full text...
thread Society
Congolese national intercepted with heroin in Mauritius
23 september 2021 - 08:24:25Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 46-year-old Congolese national has been arrested at the Mauritius international airport with heroin in his [...] Full text...
thread Society
ICC Prosecutor signs new MOU ensuring greater cooperation with Khartoum
17 august 2021 - 21:09:04Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, Tuesday concluded a weeklong visit to [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Coronavirus: Libya lifts partial curfew from Saturday
14 august 2021 - 10:30:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government has announced the lifting, effective Saturday, of the partial curfew imposed throughout the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan signs cooperation agreement with ICC on handover of suspects
12 august 2021 - 23:33:38Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor, Kharim Khan, said Thursday an agreement of cooperation between [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Sudan taking step to join International Criminal Court
04 august 2021 - 16:01:18Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan’s cabinet has voted to ratify the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a [...] Full text...
thread Society
Greece arrests dangerous suspected terrorist through collaboration with Morocco
29 july 2021 - 11:32:33Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Greek security services on Tuesday arrested a 28-year-old Moroccan man who was one of the leaders [...] Full text...
thread Society
South Africa: Cape Town woman arrested on child porn charges
27 july 2021 - 14:04:01Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Cape Town woman has been caught in an FBI sting for allegedly selling [...] Full text...
thread Society
ICC confirms charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity against Sudanese suspect
09 july 2021 - 17:42:33Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) said it has found enough evidence to bring to trial a [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria: 18 days after ban, Nigeria raises Ministerial team to meet with Twitter
22 june 2021 - 18:41:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Eighteen days after banning Twitter operations in Nigeria, the federal government on Tuesday raised a Ministerial [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: Nigerian scientists predict catastrophic new coronavirus strain (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
21 june 2021 - 13:39:49Benin City, Nigeria (PANA) – The African population is at risk of a more lethal strain of the coronavirus disease [...] Full text...
thread Health
Malian narcotics office seizes 1.4 kg of cocaine from French-Malian
13 june 2021 - 11:27:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Central Narcotics Office on Saturday announced that it has seized 1.4 kg of cocaine with [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigerian govt. attacks Twitter, accuses it of double-standard over deletion of Buhari’s tweet on insecurity
02 june 2021 - 15:47:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Wednesday reacted to Twitter’s deletion of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet threatening [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Main suspect in Bardo attack in Tunisia arrested
17 may 2021 - 23:54:38Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian authorities Monday announced the arrest of a ‘dangerous terrorist’ regarded as the brain behind the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
ECOWAS court orders Ivorian government to release citizen in pre-trial detention since 2018
27 april 2021 - 14:32:02Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has ordered immediate release by the Cote d’Ivoire government of an Ivorian citizen, [...] Full text...
thread Society
2020/21 CAF Confed. Cup: Pyramids beat Nkana to squeeze into quarters, Raja assured top spot
21 april 2021 - 16:39:38Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Last year’s losing finalists Pyramids of Egypt squeezed into the quarter finals of the Total CAF [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Suspect in the assassination of CMA president arrested in Bamako
15 april 2021 - 18:50:24Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A man suspected in the assassination of the president of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gendarmerie and police station attacked in southern Mali
01 march 2021 - 12:15:20Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The gendarmerie and police station of Heremakono in southern Mali, four kilometres from the town [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: Tunisia records 32 virus-related deaths
24 february 2021 - 12:34:25Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded 32 new deaths linked to the coronavirus (Covid-19) and 844 new infections following [...] Full text...
thread Health
Trial of Liberia's ex-rebel leader will give victims justice
12 february 2021 - 16:51:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The trial of a former Liberian rebel leader, Alieu Kosiah, in Switzerland presents an opportunity for [...] Full text...
thread Society
Amnesty raises red flags about safety of people with albinism in Malawi
05 february 2021 - 08:42:48Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Amnesty International has expressed concern for the safety of people with albinism in Malawi following the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Breaking News: ICC finds Uganda rebel leader guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity
04 february 2021 - 16:29:51The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Dominic Ongwen, deputy leader of the Ugandan rebel group Lords Resistance Army (LRA) has been [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Rights expert welcomes transfer of CAR war crimes suspect to ICC
28 january 2021 - 05:45:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The handover of a former Central African Republic (CAR) militia leader and war crimes suspect to [...] Full text...
thread Society
ICC prosecutor welcomes arrest of alleged Seleka Commander in CAR
26 january 2021 - 12:32:39The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has welcomed the arrest and surrender to [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ugandan national arrested with heroin at Mauritius airport
25 january 2021 - 20:15:28Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - A Ugandan national was arrested with 2.41 kg of heroin on her Saturday, 16 January, 2021, [...] Full text...
thread Society
South African astronomers discover new galaxies
21 january 2021 - 13:41:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African astronomers have discovered two massive galaxies which are more than 60 times [...] Full text...
thread Sciences
Frenchman arrested with cannabis at Mauritius airport
01 december 2020 - 14:34:36Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Police drug squad in Mauritius on Monday arrested a 46-year-old Frenchman with 39 cannabis seeds [...] Full text...
thread Society
ICC Prosecutor welcomes transfer of Kenyan lawyer Gicheru to ICC custody
05 november 2020 - 12:09:00The Hague, The Netherlands (PANA) – International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensuda on Thursday welcomed the voluntary surrender of [...] Full text...
thread Society
Haftar’s future called into question on eve of political solution in Libya (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)
29 october 2020 - 22:18:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The process to resolve the Libyan crisis through consensus raises no doubt following developments over the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Five arrested for murder of South Africa's national goalkeeper
26 october 2020 - 13:30:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police Minister Bheki Cele on Monday announced that five people have been arrested in [...] Full text...
thread Society
South Africa Police record breakthrough in murder of national goalie
20 october 2020 - 15:08:03Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa Police have made a dramatic breakthrough in investigations into the murder of [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenya wildlife investigators arrest two suspected rhino poachers
26 september 2020 - 19:25:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two traffickers of rhino horns have been arrested in Kenya after a three-month investigation into a [...] Full text...
thread Society
First appearance in court of hero of 'Hotel Rwanda' movie dominates headlines in Rwanda
26 september 2020 - 17:07:20Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan media headlines were dominated this week by the the first appearance in court of the [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Controversial hero of 'Hotel Rwanda' movie, Paul Rusesabagina, remanded for 30 days
17 september 2020 - 19:41:45Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Rwandan court ruled on Thursday to remand the controversial hero of the famous 'Hotel Rwanda' [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rwanda to investigate excessive force and police brutality
08 september 2020 - 00:51:34Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan authorities Monday said they would start investigating allegations of abuse of law enforcement by some [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Nigeria Police say 15 bandits were killed, 50 arrested in Northwest Nigeria
03 september 2020 - 19:41:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria Police Command in Katsina State says it has killed 15 bandits and arrested 50 [...] Full text...
thread Society
Corruption clampdown dominates newspaper headlines in Kenya
29 august 2020 - 09:00:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan media headlines have been dominated this week by an anti-corruption clampdown in the corridors of [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Libyan minister of Interior suspended, summoned for administrative investigation
29 august 2020 - 00:09:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The presidential council of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Friday decided to suspend the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Suspect in shooting of demonstrators in Tripoli arrested
28 august 2020 - 11:31:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Interior Ministry of the Government of National Accord (GNA) on Thursday announced the arrest of [...] Full text...
thread Society
IRMCT chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz visits Rwanda
25 august 2020 - 17:48:18Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), Serge Brammertz, arrived in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: Togo has a total of 1,147 confirmed cases of COVID-19
17 august 2020 - 14:14:33Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo on Sunday recorded 17 new coronavirus infections, bringing to 1,147 the total number of confirmed [...] Full text...
thread Health
Rwandan dailies highlight repatriation process of Burundian refugees, Rwanda-Zambia ties
15 august 2020 - 13:21:42Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week focused on the ongoing talks to organise voluntary repatriation of Burundian refugees [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Coronavirus: Gambia introduces new Covid-19 health regulations
24 july 2020 - 19:33:14Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic in The Gambia is now governed by Public Health (Dangerous Infectious Diseases) Protection [...] Full text...
thread Health
Coronavirus: Rwandan senior Prison officer arrested for favouring some prisoners during COVID-19 lockdown
23 july 2020 - 18:36:09Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of the senior officers of the Rwanda Correctional Services has been arrested following an investigation [...] Full text...
thread Health
Families of 50 Ghanaian, West African migrants killed in Gambia and Senegal in 2005 demand justice
21 july 2020 - 08:53:29Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The families of more than 50 Ghanaian and other West African migrants killed in Gambia and Senegal 15 [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: Two to three cases detected per day in north-western Benin
19 july 2020 - 11:29:46Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Two to three confirmed cases of COVID-19 are detected every day in Atacora, a department in [...] Full text...
thread Health
State House refutes allegation of President Lungu financing Rwandan rebels
14 july 2020 - 18:23:16Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - State House in Zambia has refuted and described as false reports that President Edgar Lungu allegedly [...] Full text...
thread Society
Four parliamentary blocks 'lose' confidence in Tunisian Speaker of Parliament
13 july 2020 - 07:03:19Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Four parliamentary groups in the Tunisian Assembly of Representatives have started the procedure for withdrawal of [...] Full text...
thread Politics
COVID-19: Single toll of 790 infections moves Nigeria's confirmed cases to 26,494
02 july 2020 - 10:58:12Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Wednesday recorded its highest daily figure of 790 COVID-19 cases bringing the total infections to [...] Full text...
thread Health
Coronavirus contamination cases on the decline in Guinea, says ANSS
18 june 2020 - 17:04:16Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Only 29 cases of coronavirus were recorded on Wednesday, from 700 people tested, says the National [...] Full text...
thread Health
Solution to Libyan crisis held hostage by multiple initiatives (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)
15 june 2020 - 10:23:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The unending delay in the resolution of the political and security crises in Libya after more [...] Full text...
thread Politics
France welcomes surrender to ICC of alleged leader of Janjawid militia
11 june 2020 - 00:29:00Paris, France (PANA) - France Wednesday welcomed the surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC) of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Gambian high court judge orders ex-junta member to open defence
10 june 2020 - 21:35:35Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A high court judge here Wednesday ordered former junta member and minister of Local Government and [...] Full text...
thread
ICC announces detention of alleged Janjaweed militia leader Ali Kushayb
10 june 2020 - 14:51:38Paris, France (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, announced on Tuesday that Ali [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN rights chief hails arrest of Sudanese war crimes suspect
10 june 2020 - 05:15:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The arrest of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd–Al-Rahman, commonly known as Ali Kushayb, an alleged former Janjaweed [...] Full text...
thread Society
UNESCO chief condemns murder of Somali TV journalist
20 may 2020 - 17:14:40Paris, France (PANA) - UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, on Wednesday condemned the recent murder of television reporter, Said Yusuf Ali, [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN rights chief hails arrest of Rwanda genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga
19 may 2020 - 13:36:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has hailed the arrest on 16 May in [...] Full text...
thread Society
COVID-19: Burundi registers 15 new cases of coronavirus
18 may 2020 - 15:17:39Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has registered 15 new cases of Coronavirus, bringing to 42 the number of infections since [...] Full text...
thread Health
UN welcomes arrest of top suspect in Rwanda genocide
17 may 2020 - 08:25:48New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the arrest Saturday of one of the world’s most [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Covid-19: Chad records 399 cases, 83 cured and 46 deaths
15 may 2020 - 15:08:19N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - The Chadian Ministry of Public Health announced on Friday that it since March 19 registered 399 [...] Full text...
thread Health
Coronavirus: UN virus hunters continue search for animal link to human COVID-19 infections
08 may 2020 - 17:00:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The key work of tracing the animal transmission source of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) infection in humans [...] Full text...
thread Health
Fatou Bensouda calls on international community to back ICC to end impunity in Libya
05 may 2020 - 22:54:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, Tuesday called on the international community [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Special representative of UN Secretary-General reaffirms only institutions from Libyan peace deal are legitimate
28 april 2020 - 21:20:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The acting special representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Stephanie Williams, Tuesday reaffirmed that "the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Presidential Council describes Haftar's abrogation of the Libyan political agreement as a "new coup d'état"
28 april 2020 - 18:46:15Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord on Monday described the announcement by the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Haftarannounces acceptance of Libyan Government Mandate
28 april 2020 - 14:56:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of the Libyan National Army (LNA) based in eastern Libya, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, announced [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Coronavirus: Niger govt. reduces curfew hours in Niamey
23 april 2020 - 17:26:28Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Following a decision at their latest Council of Ministers, the Nigerien government has reduced the curfew [...] Full text...
thread Health
South Africa: Police search for suspect who defamed Ramaphosa
23 april 2020 - 15:58:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police are trying to trace a KwaZulu-Natal woman who took to social media and [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: Nigeria to build COVID-19 screening, isolation centres near border entry points
14 april 2020 - 19:29:20Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Presidential Taskforce Force (PTF) on Coronavirus (COVID-19) says that it plans to build isolation centres [...] Full text...
thread Health
Military escalation continues in Libya despite challenges posed by coronavirus
11 april 2020 - 17:00:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus epidemic, which is gaining ground every day with 24 [...] Full text...
thread Society
18 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Libya
06 april 2020 - 13:25:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya had 18 confirmed cases of coronavirus on Sunday, after the Libyan National Centre for Disease [...] Full text...
thread Health
Coronavirus: Tunisia reaches 204 confirmed cases
27 march 2020 - 01:43:00Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The number of coronavirus cases in Tunisia has reached 204, the minister of Health, Abdelattif Mekki, [...] Full text...
thread Health
Benin reports first case of infection with Covid- 19
16 march 2020 - 19:48:39Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese Minister of Health, Prof. Benjamin Hounkpatin, unveiled on Monday in Cotonou, the registration of [...] Full text...
thread Health
A second case of coronavirus confirmed in Kinshasa
13 march 2020 - 21:48:29Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The DR Congolese minister of Public health, Dr Eteni Longondo, has confirmed a second case [...] Full text...
thread Health
Zimbabwe opposition party says the country is unprepared to deal with coronavirus
13 march 2020 - 10:22:56Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), says the country was not prepared [...] Full text...
thread Health
Rwanda imposes quarantine for travellers from countries with confirmed cases of COVID-19
12 march 2020 - 15:57:59Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - All travellers arriving in Rwanda from countries with confirmed cases of coronavirus will be isolated at [...] Full text...
thread Health
Coronaviru: Test results of a Peruvian working in southern Mali are pending - Ministry
11 march 2020 - 16:10:34Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Peruvian engineer working in a gold mine in Siama, Sikasso region of southern Mali, has [...] Full text...
thread Health
No new case of coronavirus detected in Togo - Official
10 march 2020 - 23:25:32Lomé, Togo (PANA) – No new case of coronavirus was detected in Togo after that of 6 March, according to [...] Full text...
thread Health
Coronavirus likely to cost economy $1 trillion during 2020, says UN trade agency
10 march 2020 - 05:30:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Apart from the tragic human consequences of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, the economic uncertainty it has [...] Full text...
thread Health
South Africa Apartheid-era minister to sue over damning book
09 march 2020 - 16:40:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African Finance minister Barend du Plessis on Monday confirmed that he will [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus forces postponement of all int'l meetings in Niger
07 march 2020 - 17:15:55Niamey, Niger (PANA) - All international meetings scheduled for Niamey have been postponed as a precaution against the coronavirus epidemic, [...] Full text...
thread Health
Coronavirus surfaces in Togo
06 march 2020 - 20:13:11Lomé, Togo (PANA) – A case of coronavirus has been detected in Togo, official sources told PANA on Friday in [...] Full text...
thread Health
Niger holds seminar on coronavirus
04 march 2020 - 21:46:17Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The Nigerien government on Wednesday launched an information seminar on the COVID 19 to further sensitize [...] Full text...
thread Health
Alpha Condé under huge pressure from opposition coalition
04 march 2020 - 13:06:37Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's opposition coalition, the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC), warned on Wednesday [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Gabon gets ready to test for coronavirus
02 march 2020 - 14:39:54Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - As one of the countries that recently confirmed to the World Health Organization (WHO) the ability [...] Full text...
thread Health
Case of coronavirus on Italian national confirmed in Algeria
26 february 2020 - 01:21:05Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The Algerian ministry of Health, Population and Hospital reform announced here Tuesday a case of the [...] Full text...
thread Health
Uganda court frees President Museveni critic over cyber-bullying charges
20 february 2020 - 16:32:03Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Ugandan civil rights activist and university don, Dr Stella Nyanzi, has successfully defended herself to freedom, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rwanda media organization bemoans delay in its manager's drunk-driving case
19 february 2020 - 15:16:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Kagarama Primary court in Kigali city is yet to decide on the case of the [...] Full text...
thread Society
DR Congo Ebola outbreak still an international public health concern
13 february 2020 - 07:21:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains an international public health concern, experts [...] Full text...
thread Health
Burkina Faso: Laboratory results for a coronavirus suspect are negative
11 february 2020 - 18:16:56Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The results of tests on a suspected Coronavirus case were negative, the Burkinabè Minister of [...] Full text...
thread Health
First results of Coronavirus suspect samples expected Monday in Burkina Faso
08 february 2020 - 00:23:44Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The first results of samples taken from a Chinese national suspected of carrying the coronavirus [...] Full text...
thread Health
Cape Verdean students in Wuhan protest against refusal to be repatriated
06 february 2020 - 16:34:44Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verdean students in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus in China, are demanding urgent [...] Full text...
thread Society
WHO reinforces preparedness for novel coronavirus in Africa
05 february 2020 - 22:25:46Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Though there are no confirmed cases of novel coronavirus reported in the Africa region, the World [...] Full text...
thread Health
Botswana registers its first Corona Virus case
31 january 2020 - 13:48:18Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) -- Botswana has registered its first ever suspected case of corona virus, health officials announced on Friday. “The [...] Full text...
thread Health
AU CDC activates emergency health systems over coronavirus scare in Africa
28 january 2020 - 21:21:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union's Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has activated its emergency health systems to [...] Full text...
thread Health
The arrest and trial of Rwanda's rebel spokesperson dominate headlines in Rwanda
18 january 2020 - 19:21:04Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The arrest of Rwanda's rebel spokesperson ‘Captain’ Herman Nsengimana over terrorism charges and the hearing of [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Mauritius: Man provokes bomb alert by wanting to draw minister’s attention
08 january 2020 - 22:17:22Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian police on Tuesday arrested a man who admitted being behind a phone call to [...] Full text...
thread Society
Six suspects arrested for security breaches on military camps in Kenya
06 january 2020 - 20:29:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Somali man with Canadian nationality has been arrested on suspicion of conducting a reconnaissance surveillance [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Civil society associations organise mass protest against French presence in Mali
02 january 2020 - 14:08:57Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian civil society associations plan to mobilize hundreds of thousands of demonstrators on Friday in the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Zimbabwe's energy regulator defends ethanol petrol blending
01 january 2020 - 07:16:33Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has defended ethanol petrol blending saying its lower energy density [...] Full text...
thread Society
Year-end Analysis: From Dusit attack to Mandera bus killings, terrorism remained top threat in 2019 (Analysis by Kennedy Abwao, PANA correspondent)
31 december 2019 - 15:40:09Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The 15 January 2019, would have passed off easily in the Kenyan calendar of events as [...] Full text...
thread Society
Latvian arrested with heroin in Mauritius
24 december 2019 - 10:23:58Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A 25-year-old Latvian national, Arturs Bukhards, has been arrested with 39 pellets containing 502 grams [...] Full text...
thread Society
Several Mauritanians initiate action against long detention of ENER former CEO
23 december 2019 - 22:08:51Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Several prominent individuals from various backgrounds said here Monday they had set up an "Initiative for [...] Full text...
thread Society
'Political will needed to form unified government in South Sudan'
18 december 2019 - 05:35:01New York, US (PANA) - Extending the deadline for the establishment of a unity government in South Sudan has helped maintain a ceasefire but [...] Full text...
thread Politics
New amendment bill in Zimbabwe to compel investigation into unexplained wealth
04 december 2019 - 13:54:21Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Parliament of Zimbabwe is discussing the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Amendment Bill that [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Court orders further detention of policewoman in scribe's death probe
02 december 2019 - 18:42:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan court has ordered the father detention of a senior police officer in whose house [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rwandan dailies highlight wave of arrests, deportations of Rwandan nationals from Uganda
30 november 2019 - 11:38:06Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week focused on the latest wave of arrests of Rwandans inside Uganda and [...] Full text...
thread Press Review
Italian citizen arrested in Cape Verde on suspicion of murdering compatriot
29 november 2019 - 11:28:28Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde's National Police have arrested a 48-year-old Italian on suspicion of killing his compatriot. The [...] Full text...
thread Society
Suspect shot dead before Ouagadougou military camp -Prosecution
27 november 2019 - 22:02:39Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A suspect arrested Tuesday night before the Guillaume Ouedraogo military camp in the Burkina Faso [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gunmen kill five persons, including two village heads in north-central Nigeria
27 november 2019 - 13:46:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria Police on Wednesday confirmed attacks on two communities in Taraba State, north-central Nigeria in which [...] Full text...
thread Society
Botswana police warn public against fraudsters posing as police officers
25 november 2019 - 14:16:12Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Police Services is warning the public against fraudsters posing as police officers and swindling [...] Full text...
thread Society
30-year-old man kills his 53-year-old lover
14 november 2019 - 15:16:03Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - A 30-year-old man has been arrested by Botswana police for allegedly killing his 53-year-old lover in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Six Tanzanians shot dead near Mozambique border
14 november 2019 - 13:06:33Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Six Tanzanians have reportedly been shot dead and several others injured in an attack [...] Full text...
thread Social
Armed Forces destroy logistics base of terrorists in Central Mali
05 november 2019 - 15:12:30Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Armed Forces on Monday destroyed a logistics base for terrorists located between Kobou and Boulkessy [...] Full text...
thread Society
South Africa's top prosecutor to probe football star's murder
05 november 2019 - 13:40:23Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African lobby group AfriForum on Tuesday announced that it has appointed Advocate Gerrie [...] Full text...
thread Society
Botswana terrorism ‘financier’ suspect denied bail
29 october 2019 - 21:22:51Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Welheminah Maswabi, a Botswana Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DIS) employee, who is charged with [...] Full text...
thread Society
South Africa: NPA addresses top goalkeeper's murder
26 october 2019 - 18:20:44Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority is yet to arrest suspects who killed former Orlando [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rwandan prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for media boss who ‘assaulted’ female employee
22 october 2019 - 15:10:57Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan prosecutor has sought an arrest warrant for a local media manager over his alleged involvement [...] Full text...
thread Society
'Dangerous' terror suspect arrested in Tunisia
22 october 2019 - 12:44:21Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security forces in Sousse town, 140 km south of Tunis, on Monday arrested a person [...] Full text...
thread Society
Beninese arrested with 5kg cannabis at Mauritius airport
22 october 2019 - 12:35:41Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Beninese national aged 27 was arrested on Monday at Sir Seewoosagur International Airport in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigerian lecturer arrested over defilement claim in Rwanda
20 october 2019 - 09:36:44Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has rrested a Nigerian lecturer, currently serving at the University of Rwanda, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Guinea: Former PMs banned from street demonstrations
14 october 2019 - 20:45:58Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Former Guinean Prime Ministers Mamadou Cellou Dalein Diallo, leader of the opposition, and Sidya Touré, both [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Congolese officials arrest smuggler of python skin, elephant tails in Sibiti town
09 october 2019 - 12:54:10Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Officers from the Lekoumou Department of Water and Forests in southern Congo Republic and the national [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Diamonds from Zimbabwe among five different products placed under withhold release order in United States
01 october 2019 - 23:25:34Washington DC, USA (PANA) - The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO) on [...] Full text...
thread
Analysis: Fake drugs, Zimbabwe's emerging trend
29 september 2019 - 20:54:12Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local consumer rights watchdog, the National Consumer Rights Association (Nacora), says consumers are increasingly raising complaints [...] Full text...
thread Health
Ugandan youth arrested with illicit drugs in Mauritius
28 september 2019 - 16:09:34Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 22-year-old Ugandan, Samakula Musisi Jesse Mukhbi, was arrested on Saturday when he picked up [...] Full text...
thread Society
Côte d'Ivoire: Confirmation hearing of the two former Central African anti-Balaka military leaders opens
19 september 2019 - 19:02:32Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The confirmation hearing of the two former Central African anti-Balaka military leaders, Alfred Yekatom and [...] Full text...
thread Society
Dutch electronics entrepreneur Tob Cohen murder probe unearths missing body
13 september 2019 - 20:22:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Tob Cohen, a wealthy Dutch electronics and golfing entrepreneur who was missing for 40 days, was [...] Full text...
thread Society
South African restaurant rape accused pleads guilty
09 september 2019 - 12:47:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A man accused of raping a child in the bathroom of an upmarket Pretoria [...] Full text...
thread Society
Four soldiers arrested for residential assault in Cape Verdean capital
16 august 2019 - 17:53:54Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verde National Police (PN) announced on Friday in Praia that they have arrested [...] Full text...
thread Society
Spanish national nabbed with illicit drugs in Mauritius
16 august 2019 - 15:45:08Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 42-year-old Spanish engineer, Iliana Palao Gomez, was arrested on Wednesday by members of the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Nigeria: Buhari orders probe into killing of 3 Policemen, one civilian by soldiers
08 august 2019 - 17:47:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday directed the country’s Defence Headquarters to commence immediate investigation of [...] Full text...
thread Society
Zimbabwe's Industry and Commerce Minister, Ndlovu, appointed acting Tourism minister
30 july 2019 - 14:45:32Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has appointed Industry and Commerce minister, Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu, as Acting Minister [...] Full text...
thread Politics
South Africa's official opposition questions delay in ambassador's sexual assault case
26 july 2019 - 12:29:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday submitted urgent Parliamentary questions to [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rwandan newspaper confirms one wanted Rwandan genocide fugitive is in South Africa
23 july 2019 - 18:24:37Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - While the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) is currently seeking the arrest of one [...] Full text...
thread Society
Guinean president condemns killing of citizen in France by Algerian before AFCON final
22 july 2019 - 11:03:03Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Condé has condemned "in the strongest terms" the physical assault that resulted in [...] Full text...
thread Sports
Libya extradites Hachim al-Obeidi, brother of the author of Manchester bombing to UK
17 july 2019 - 15:08:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The government of national unity in Libya, recognized by the international community, on Wednesday extradited to [...] Full text...
thread Society
Second female banker in less than a month robs Zambian bank
05 july 2019 - 15:21:39Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A female banker in Zambia, identified as Imenda Musialike, has fled after allegedly stealing K59,000 from [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenyan court convicts Garissa University terror attack suspects
19 june 2019 - 21:02:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan court Wednesday found three terror suspects arrested in connection with the 2015 terrorist attack [...] Full text...
thread Society
Tunisian Parliament amends electoral law just months before general elections
18 june 2019 - 23:54:44Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian parliament on Tuesday adopted several controversial amendments of its electoral law, introducing conditions for [...] Full text...
thread Politics