ECOWAS leaders approve Gambia's human rights tribunal
16 december 2024 - 10:38:18Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved the establishment of [...] Full text...
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Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved the establishment of [...] Full text...
UN war crimes tribunals continue to address legacy cases, support national efforts
11 december 2024 - 04:58:00New York, US (PANA) - The mechanism to complete the work of UN war crimes tribunals continues to make progress [...] Full text...
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Top human rights investigators call for arms embargo on Sudan warring parties
06 september 2024 - 21:27:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Top human rights investigators into Sudan’s brutal war called on Friday for a country-wide arms embargo [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Rights probe demands wider arms embargo to end ‘rampant’ abuse
06 september 2024 - 12:56:39Geneva, Switerland (PANA) - Top human rights investigators into Sudan’s brutal war called on Friday for a country-wide arms embargo [...] Full text...
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Maritime tribunal makes ‘unprecedented’ ruling obliging countries to reduce emissions
24 may 2024 - 05:38:20New York, US (PANA) - A group of independent UN rights experts on Thursday applauded the “unprecedented” ruling from the International [...] Full text...
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Israel is helped by ‘powerful States’ in violation of Palestinians’ rights (Feature by UN News
05 may 2024 - 05:54:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When tensions erupted in East Jerusalem in April 2021 at the beginning of the holy Muslim [...] Full text...
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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...
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Backlash over impeachment of prominent judges in South Africa
23 february 2024 - 12:05:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has slammed the impeachment of two prominent senior [...] Full text...
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UK bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘undercuts human rights’: UN rights chief
19 february 2024 - 16:05:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Kingdom’s legislative moves to facilitate the prompt removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda run [...] Full text...
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Libya supports South Africa's complaint against Israel for genocide in Gaza before the ICJ
11 january 2024 - 14:10:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Presidential Council has announced Libya's support for the complaint brought by South Africa against [...] Full text...
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Nigeria Supreme Court upholds President Tinubu's electoral victory
26 october 2023 - 12:03:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) [...] Full text...
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European Council rejects judgment of EU Court of First Instance annulling agricultural agreements between Morocco and the EU
25 october 2023 - 18:09:32Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Court of Justice of the European Union recently examined appeals lodged by the European Union [...] Full text...
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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...
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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...
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Rwandan genocide fugitive faces more charges in South Africa
09 june 2023 - 10:48:36Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Fulgence Kayishema, the Rwandan national accused of genocide on Friday appeared before the Cape Town [...] Full text...
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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...
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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...
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Arrest of top Rwandan genocide fugitive shows ‘justice will be done’: Guterres
25 may 2023 - 17:54:30New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that the arrest of one of the world's [...] Full text...
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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...
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New victory for Libyan state in arbitration case against South Korean construction company
28 april 2023 - 14:01:50Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Business Department of the Libyan Supreme Judicial Council has announced victory in the arbitration case [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria’s Presidential Election free, fair until counting, uploading of results – West African Observers
07 march 2023 - 18:43:08Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF), a regional network of CSOs drawn from 15 West [...] Full text...
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Ghana urged to address inhumane treatment of people with mental health conditions
07 february 2023 - 06:17:48Geneva, Ghana (PANA) – United Nations member countries have urged the Ghana government to address the shackling and inhumane treatment of people [...] Full text...
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Forty-six Ivorian soldiers pardoned in Mali arrive back home
08 january 2023 - 15:31:45Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The 46 Ivorian soldiers tried and convicted in Mali for an alleged attempted coup and [...] Full text...
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ICC reignites hope for long-delayed justice in Libya
05 december 2022 - 06:48:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A visit to Libya by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has reignited hope for long-delayed justice [...] Full text...
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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...
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Mauritius to review Fisheries and Marine Resources (Licence and Fees) Regulations
10 september 2022 - 09:47:06Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will promulgate the Fisheries and Marine Resources (Licence and Fees) Regulations in a bid to [...] Full text...
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UN fact-finding mission to Libya strongly suspects the al-Kaniyat militia of crimes against humanity
07 july 2022 - 15:55:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Fact-finding Mission in Libya said here Thursday there were "reasonable grounds" to believe that [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Cape Town secures major settlement over World Cup stadium
18 may 2022 - 13:42:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Construction giants Stefanutti, Aveng and WBHO on Wednesday reached a settlement with the City [...] Full text...
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ICC prosecutor reveals "credible evidence" of serious crimes committed on large scale in Libya
29 april 2022 - 15:13:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has affirmed the existence of [...] Full text...
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UN rights office 'extremely concerned' about Maili's failure to grant investigators access to Moura
21 april 2022 - 06:07:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Human Rights Office dsys it is "extremely concerned" that Malian authorities have still not granted UN [...] Full text...
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UN pays tribute to victims of 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
08 april 2022 - 05:53:51New York, US (PANA) - The UN paid tribute on Thursday to the one million people who were murdered in [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: Former Burkinabè President Compaoré jailed for life for President Sankara's assassination
06 april 2022 - 11:19:30Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Former Burkinabè President Blaise Compaoré was on Wednesday sentenced to death by a military tribunal [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Council President appoints Fatou Bensouda, others as members of investigative body in Ethiopia
02 march 2022 - 23:57:41Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Federico Villegas of Argentina, on Wednesday announced the [...] Full text...
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Libyan Oil Company wins court case to acquire shares in Emirati company
26 february 2022 - 15:54:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The International Chamber of Commerce of the Paris Court of Appeal has ruled that the Libyan [...] Full text...
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Mauritian flag raised on three islands of the Chagos
26 february 2022 - 08:10:13Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, said on Friday that the Mauritian flag was raised on [...] Full text...
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Djibouti suffers huge financial damages over DP World port wrangles
15 february 2022 - 15:29:57Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) - Djibouti has lost a landmark arbitration case against DP World after a prolonged case following its [...] Full text...
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Mauritius to undertake first scientific survey in Chagos Archipelago
08 february 2022 - 05:47:56Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced on Monday that a group of local and foreign [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rights group slams Tunisia's 'overly restrictive' vaccine pass
22 december 2021 - 07:38:49Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), has slammed Tunisia for a new vaccine pass law that [...] Full text...
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Chief UN prosecutor seeks justice for victims of 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
14 december 2021 - 06:48:11New York, US (PANA) - Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals – the judicial body that [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Mass arbitrary arrests target Tigrayans, says UN rights office
16 november 2021 - 17:23:27Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Over the past week, mass arrests of people reportedly of Tigrayan origin have continued in the Ethiopian [...] Full text...
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Legal licence of Zambia’s former first lady Mwanawasa suspended
27 october 2021 - 11:22:15Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The legal practising licence of Zambia’s former first lady, Mrs. Maureen Mwanawasa, has been suspended indefinitely [...] Full text...
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Trial of assassination of Burkina Faso's charismatic military leader Thomas Sankara opens
11 october 2021 - 11:09:38Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The trial of the assassination of the former charismatic leader of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara, [...] Full text...
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Morocco appeals WTO findings against anti-dumping taxes imposed on Tunisian exercise book imports
05 august 2021 - 12:53:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) said there was no panel to handle an appeal by Morocco [...] Full text...
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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...
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UN chief urges all States to ratify the Rome Statute
17 july 2021 - 19:35:21New York, US (PANA) - Accountability for grave crimes of concern to the international community is central to global commitment [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Court dismisses application for removal of parliamentary immunity on MP
25 june 2021 - 17:06:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS Court has dismissed all reliefs sought by a Malian, Kandioura Gakou, alleging the violation of [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges new ICC prosecutor to strengthen its delivery of justice for victims
16 june 2021 - 06:37:57The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – As the new prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) takes office on Wednesday, a human [...] Full text...
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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...
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France to send last batch of evidence requested by investigating judge in Thomas Sankara case
15 april 2021 - 18:58:30Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The French Embassy in Burkina Faso will hand over, next Saturday, the third and last [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: Four terrorists jailed
20 march 2021 - 15:36:54Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The criminal chamber for terrorism cases of the Tunis Court of First Instance has sentenced four [...] Full text...
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African Union moves to probe Tigray massacres
11 march 2021 - 17:43:39Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An African Union rights body will investigate the alleged war crimes and human rights abuses [...] Full text...
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Three Takfiri fighters arrested in Tunisia
25 february 2021 - 00:10:22Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian security unit Wednesday in Sousse, 140 km south of the capital, arrested a 39-year-old [...] Full text...
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British human rights lawyer named ICC chief prosecutor
13 february 2021 - 11:12:11New York, US (PANA) - Criminal lawyer and human rights expert Karim Khan of the United Kingdom was elected Friday [...] Full text...
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Takfiri fighter, lawyer arrested in Tunisia for belonging to alleged terrorist organisations
10 february 2021 - 21:34:13Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The search and inspection team of the Tunisian gendarmerie on Wednesday in the city of Sousse,140 [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Police arrest 6 alleged perpetrators of assault and rape
29 september 2020 - 18:24:10Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's National Police on Tuesday announced that they have uncovered a network of people [...] Full text...
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Tunisia sets free 22 migrants forcibly detained in Tunis
25 september 2020 - 05:44:22Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's Interior ministry has released 22 sub-Saharan migrants who were forcibly held in El Ouardia centre [...] Full text...
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FIFA to monitor Kenya FA polls incognito
18 september 2020 - 12:34:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - FIFA will send observers to monitor the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) elections set to kick off [...] Full text...
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Rwanda key Genocide convict dies in Senegalese Prison
02 september 2020 - 20:47:24Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of the top leaders of Rwanda’s former ruling party, MRND, during the 1994 genocide, Edouard [...] Full text...
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FIFA gives Kenya FA go-ahead to set polls date
29 august 2020 - 13:28:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World football governing body, FIFA, has given Football Kenya Federation (FKF) the go-ahead to set a [...] Full text...
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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...
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FIFA may take over Kenyan FA election matters should court cases persist
30 july 2020 - 18:10:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan Football Federation chief, Nicholas Mwendwa, says he has made the world governing body, FIFA, [...] Full text...
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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...
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Tunis administrative court orders release of Sub-Saharan migrants
17 july 2020 - 21:46:45Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunis administrative court Thursday ordered the release of migrants in a reception center under the [...] Full text...
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UN appoints former Gambian Justice Minister Registrar at IRMCT
02 july 2020 - 18:36:43Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Thursday announced the appointment of Abubacarr Marie Tambadou, former [...] Full text...
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Congo: Two alleged ivory traffickers arrested in Oyo
25 june 2020 - 23:13:14Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Two men of Congolese nationality were arrested Tuesday in Oyo, 400 km from here, for illegal [...] Full text...
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Nigerien police seize 82.5 kg of cannabis, 4,000 tramadol tablets in Niamey
23 june 2020 - 19:57:02Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The central office for the Repression of illegal drug trafficking (OCTRIS), seized huge quantities of drugs [...] Full text...
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Kenya FA 'rubbishes' sports court, awaits FIFA decision on polls
04 june 2020 - 13:37:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa has denounced a consultative forum convened by the Sports [...] Full text...
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Setback as court nullifies Kenya FA grassroots polls
03 june 2020 - 12:37:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's sports court has nullified the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) grassroots elections held in March. The Sports [...] Full text...
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Top sports marketer joins Kenya FA presidency race
30 may 2020 - 15:10:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-Top-notch sports marketer Herbert Mwachiro has joined the race for Football Kenya Federation (FKF) presidency. Mwachiro joins the race [...] Full text...
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'Overstaying' Kenya FA president stripped of executive powers
29 may 2020 - 13:12:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Sports Disputes Tribunal has ruled that Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa remains in [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Anti-corruption network welcomes arrest of former defence minister
26 may 2020 - 23:37:17Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The national anti-corruption network, REN-LAC, said here Tuesday it was satisfied with the imprisonment of [...] Full text...
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Rwandan dailies highlight arrest of most wanted genocide leader Felicien Kabuga
23 may 2020 - 19:21:01Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week were awash with stories focusing on the arrest of Rwandan tycoon Felicien [...] Full text...
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Kenya FA president grilled over $2.4 million AFCON funds
22 may 2020 - 13:03:28Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President Nick Mwendwa was on Thursday quizzed by police over alleged embezzlement [...] Full text...
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CFI denounces maintaining Beninese journalist Ignace Sossou in prison
19 may 2020 - 22:19:08Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The CFi Development Medias agency Tuesday condemned the continued imprisonment of Beninese journalist Ignace Sossou whose [...] Full text...
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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...
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Rights group hails arrest of alleged Rwanda genocide mastermind
19 may 2020 - 05:51:30Paris, France (PANA) – A human rights group has hailed the arrest of Félicien Kabuga, one of the alleged masterminds [...] Full text...
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Ex-regional football chief joins Kenya FA polls race
17 may 2020 - 12:57:24Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former Council of East African Football Associations(Cecafa) Secretary-General Nicholas Musonye is the latest football administrator to [...] Full text...
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Club Africain ordered by FIFA to pay $140,000 to Ghanaian player
17 may 2020 - 09:58:30Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber has ordered Club Africain de Tunis to pay $140,000 to its [...] Full text...
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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...
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12 detained alleged terrorists found dead in cell in eastern Burkina Faso
13 may 2020 - 22:52:20Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Twelve of 25 people detained here Monday night for terrorism in Tanwalbougou were found dead [...] Full text...
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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...
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Exiled ex-minister alleges corruption in Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe loans to resettled farm owners
24 april 2020 - 14:39:55Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's exiled former Higher Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa alleges that political elites were key beneficiaries of [...] Full text...
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Kenya seeks FIFA intervention in FA polls dispute
22 march 2020 - 19:10:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's sports court is asking FIFA to form a normalization committee to manage football in the [...] Full text...
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The judiciary: A facilitator or hindrance to democracy in Africa? (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest Writer)
26 february 2020 - 09:08:17Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In political science, the ‘trias politica’ model for the governance of the state, popularised in modern [...] Full text...
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Burundi: Human bones of genocide victims unearthed
14 february 2020 - 16:54:15Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Human bones and materials of at least 6,000 victims of the 1972 inter-ethnic massacres have recently [...] Full text...
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Journalist sentenced to one-year imprisonment for tweet on Malian presidency
12 february 2020 - 21:38:41Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian presidency has sentenced Tiégoum Boubèye Maiga, journalist and former director of the communication office [...] Full text...
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HRW says Sudan confirmed readiness to cooperate with The Hague tribunal
12 february 2020 - 19:43:33Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan on Wednesday reaffirmed its willingness to fully cooperate with the human rights watch (HRW) whose [...] Full text...
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Mauritania: Eight homosexuals sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment
31 january 2020 - 23:24:02Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Nouakchott tribunal Friday sentenced to two years’ imprisonment eight members of a homosexual community who [...] Full text...
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'Settling US debt in Zimbabwe dollars is theft' - SADC Tribunal Rights Watch
28 january 2020 - 15:58:34Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Advocacy rights group, the SADC Tribunal Rights Watch (STRW), has called the recent Supreme Court ruling in [...] Full text...
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Gambian Ministry of Justice says ICJ verdict on Rohingya will take place Jan. 23
15 january 2020 - 17:22:19Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Ministry of Justice announced on Twitter on Wednesday that the International Court of Justice [...] Full text...
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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...
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New Controversial Constitution Amendment Bill seeks to allow Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa consolidate power
06 january 2020 - 16:42:38Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government has gazetted the 'Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No 2) Bill, 2019', a controversial [...] Full text...
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Two Ugandan activists against Total project in Uganda in danger, says NGOs
29 december 2019 - 17:55:08Paris, France (PANA) - Two Ugandans, community leader Jelousy Mugisha and farmer Fred Mwesigwa, who came to France on 12 [...] Full text...
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Tripoli Court drops charges against Kaddafi supporter in Abou Slim prison massacres
15 december 2019 - 17:17:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The criminal chamber of the Tripoli Court of Appeal on Sunday dropped the charges against Abdallah Senoussi, [...] Full text...
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Court sentences ousted Sudan president Bashir to two years 'in detention' for corruption
14 december 2019 - 10:59:11Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese tribunal on Saturday sentenced ousted President Omar Bashir to "two years in detention" on [...] Full text...
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Sports Tribunal cancels Kenya FA planned elections
03 december 2019 - 18:44:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Sports Disputes Tribunal has cancelled the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) elections, slated for Saturday, December [...] Full text...
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Rwandan media highlight trial of terrorist suspects captured in Eastern DR Congo
02 november 2019 - 13:36:56Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week continued coverage of the trial of 25 individuals suspected of being rebels [...] Full text...
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Nigeria president Buhari welcomes Supreme Court verdict upholding his re-election
31 october 2019 - 07:05:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday welcomed the verdict of the Supreme Court upholding his victory [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Mixed reactions trail Supreme Court judgment upholding re-election of President Buhari
30 october 2019 - 19:35:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Mixed reactions trailed Wednesday’s Supreme Court judgment upholding the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari for a [...] Full text...
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FIFA hands Kenya, Zambia roadmap to dispute resolution
28 october 2019 - 16:59:48Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Football Governing body, FIFA, has engaged three Member Associations - Kenya, Zambia, and Zimbabwe - [...] Full text...
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Kenya faces FIFA ban over court cases
25 october 2019 - 15:25:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World football governing body FIFA is threatening to ban Kenya over current cases in court. A number [...] Full text...
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Former Guinean minister sentenced to one-year imprisonment
22 october 2019 - 21:27:41Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Abdourahamane Sanoh, former Guinean minister under the transition government in 2009, was Tuesday sentenced to one-year [...] Full text...
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Gambia to file case on genocide against Myanmar at ICJ
20 october 2019 - 13:18:54Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubacarr Marie Tambadou, revealed at a conclave on Justice and [...] Full text...
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Number of persons killed in demonstrations rises in Guinea
16 october 2019 - 22:22:27Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Security and hospital services Wednesday confirmed that nine people, including eight in Conakry, were killed in [...] Full text...
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Rights group says South Sudan's crippled justice system, blanket amnesties fuelling impunity for war crimes
07 october 2019 - 10:05:40Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The South Sudanese authorities have allowed impunity to flourish over serious human rights violations, war [...] Full text...
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Rwandan military tribunal adjourns trial of 25 terror suspects
03 october 2019 - 12:09:55Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A military tribunal in Nyamirambo, a suburb of Kigali city, on Thursday postponed to 14 October [...] Full text...
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Didier Six is new coach of Guinea Syli National
13 september 2019 - 21:36:19Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The French technician and former international footballer, Didier Six, was Friday appointed as new coach of [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's main opposition party heads to Supreme Court over affirmation of President Buhari's victory
12 september 2019 - 07:52:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday rejected the judgment of the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Presidential tribunal upholds election of Buhari as President
11 september 2019 - 17:42:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday upheld the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: Presidential election tribunal affirms President Buhari's poll victory
11 september 2019 - 17:24:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The presidential election tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and [...] Full text...
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Sudanese court refuses to release Bashir on bail
31 august 2019 - 16:30:43Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- A Khartoum court trying deposed Sudanese president Omar Bashir has turned down a request by the Defence [...] Full text...
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Bashir trial: Defense says no one above the law
19 august 2019 - 23:24:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The special tribunal trying former Sudanese president Monday postponed hearing for Saturday, 24 August, state media [...] Full text...
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Benin rights movement denounces human rights breaches
19 august 2019 - 07:18:08Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Benin Movement for Human Rights (BMHR) has denounced several human rights breaches in the actions [...] Full text...
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Sudan's military council rebukes security committee, governor over shooting incidents
02 august 2019 - 14:41:40Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s ruling Military Council on Friday announced a disciplinary measure against the governor of a state [...] Full text...
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After surviving prosecution, Kenya's Deputy Chief Justice on the ropes again
27 june 2019 - 14:13:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two months after she survived prosecution over allegations that she was involved in irregular sale and [...] Full text...
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Arrests of former figures of Bouteflika regime continue
17 june 2019 - 23:45:07Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The special public prosecutor of the Tribunal of Bir Mourad Raïs (Algiers) on Monday slapped six [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's TV, radio network stations shut by government back on air
08 june 2019 - 12:39:59Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s leading private broadcasting media platforms, Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power radio networks shut [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt accuses main opposition party of 'planning to scuttle democracy'
16 may 2019 - 07:04:59Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigeria government on Wednesday accused the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential [...] Full text...
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Arm wrestling between French government,NGOs on boat delivery to Libyan coastal guards
11 may 2019 - 15:49:20Paris, France (PANA) - The administrative tribunal of Paris Friday rejected a request by eight international associations on 25 April [...] Full text...
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More time needed to ascertain compensation for repossessed Zimbabwe land: Sadc Tribunal Rights Watch
06 may 2019 - 22:19:53Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Advocacy group Sadc Tribunal Rights Watch says it is unrealistic to think that government will be [...] Full text...
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Alleged ivory trafficker arrested in Brazzaville
30 april 2019 - 21:06:28Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A Congolese alleged ivory trafficker has been arrested in Brazzaville for attempting to sell ivory, sources [...] Full text...
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Burundi’s civil society denounces French sanctions against senior officials
22 april 2019 - 20:52:11Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Two civil society associations Monday denounced and condemned a recent decision by the French government to [...] Full text...
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24 candidates take application forms for July presidential election in Algeria
21 april 2019 - 14:46:03Algiers, Algeria (PANA) – A total of 24 potential candidates have taken application forms to register as candidate for the [...] Full text...
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Embattled former Nigerian Chief Justice appeals conviction
19 april 2019 - 16:35:01Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Embattled former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has rejected the judgement of the [...] Full text...
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Tribunal convicts Nigerian Chief Justice of corruption, banned from public office for 10 years
18 april 2019 - 15:05:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has convicted the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr Walter [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Government to complete land valuations for compensation next month
07 april 2019 - 19:02:08Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean government said here Sunday it planned to complete land valuations by the end of [...] Full text...
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France sets up commission to study archives of Rwandan genocide
06 april 2019 - 15:27:05Paris, France (PANA) - French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Friday the establishment of a Commission of historians and researchers [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Algerian authorities to stop prosecuting peaceful protesters
29 march 2019 - 10:45:49Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algerian authorities must stop prosecuting peaceful protesters and allow the judiciary to function independently, Amnesty International [...] Full text...
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Nigerian election court declare opposition candidate winner of Sept. 2018 governorship election in Osun in Southwest Nigeria
22 march 2019 - 19:15:05Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Election Petitions Tribunal, set up for the 2018 governorship election in Osun State, Southwest Nigeria, [...] Full text...
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Uganda government pushes for compulsory land acquisition for public infrastructure
20 march 2019 - 18:43:23Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The government of Uganda will soon retable a proposed law on compulsory acquisition of land for [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's main opposition candidate challenges President Buhari's victory in court
19 march 2019 - 07:40:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's main opposition leader Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday filed [...] Full text...
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Dream team to represent Olympic champion Semenya at IAAF tribunal
20 february 2019 - 11:29:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – With the eyes of the international athletics community firmly focused on the Court for [...] Full text...
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Semenya slams IAAF for confidentiality breach
18 february 2019 - 14:04:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya on Monday expressed her disappointment at a press [...] Full text...
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Uproar in Nigeria over suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria
26 january 2019 - 13:42:22Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – There is an uproar in Nigeria against the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr [...] Full text...
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Buhari suspends Chief Justice of Nigeria, appoints replacement
25 january 2019 - 18:14:51Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria may be on the brink of a constitutional anarchy as President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday [...] Full text...
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Military tribunal to try detained Cameroonian journalist, cyber-activist, Michel Biem Tong
16 november 2018 - 13:35:16Yaoundé, Cameroun (PANA) – The Camerounian journalist and cyber-activist, Michel Biem Tong, detained at the central prison of Nkodengui, in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's elections chief reaffirms commitment to deliver credible 2019 elections
16 november 2018 - 13:05:40Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigeria, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has reaffirmed the [...] Full text...
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Traditional Chief wants Gambia’s colonial law reviewed
08 october 2018 - 13:43:13Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Demba Sanyang, a traditional chief in The Gambia, has called for a review of the country’s [...] Full text...
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WADA: No 'institutionalised' doping in Kenyan athletics
28 september 2018 - 12:12:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) says there is no evidence of an institutionalised doping system in [...] Full text...
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Report calls for UN probe into apartheid atrocities
21 september 2018 - 07:48:26Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A damning new report has called for apartheid-era crimes to be investigated by the [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Council hears plea to protect victims of ‘brutal’ sexual violence in South Sudan
18 september 2018 - 05:35:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The plight of South Sudan’s women and girls “should no longer be ignored”, UN investigators told [...] Full text...
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UN investigators say serious rights violations ongoing in Burundi
06 september 2018 - 05:28:05Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Serious rights violations are continuing in Burundi, including summary executions and hate speech at the highest [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Kenyan crackdown on irregular migrants risks sparking xenophobia
02 september 2018 - 06:31:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya must halt the ongoing crackdown on undocumented migrant workers that have seen homes raided and [...] Full text...
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Study suggests specific roles for member states to make SADC more effective
09 august 2018 - 12:10:57Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are due to meet in Windhoek [...] Full text...
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South Africa hard-hitting court ruling over Xhosa initiation film
29 june 2018 - 10:27:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There has been widespread reaction to Thursday’s North Gauteng High Court ruling which found [...] Full text...
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ICC tribunal orders interim release of former DRC vice president Bemba
12 june 2018 - 19:03:13The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court on Tuesday ordered the interim release under specific conditions for Mr [...] Full text...
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UN court fully assumes remaining functions of tribunals for Rwanda and former Yugoslavia
07 june 2018 - 03:38:44New York, US (PANA) - Despite challenges and resource constraints, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals is operating without [...] Full text...
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UN rights office regrets Sudan teenage girl’s death sentence
19 may 2018 - 04:27:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The case of Noura Hussein Hammad Daoud, a Sudanese teenager convicted of fatally stabbing the man [...] Full text...
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Judges urge Security Council to serve interests of all UN Member States
18 may 2018 - 04:46:35New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council should act on behalf of the entire United Nations membership rather than [...] Full text...
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Kenyan advocate seeks removal of Chief Justice, six others
26 february 2018 - 16:34:52Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan lawyer has petitioned the National Assembly to remove Chief Justice David Maraga and five [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Weah to take concrete steps on past Liberia atrocities
12 february 2018 - 15:03:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Liberia’s new government should take prompt steps to pave the way for fair investigation and prosecution [...] Full text...
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Rwandan court stops nepotism proceedings against former minister of mining
07 december 2017 - 16:25:21Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Rwandan court on Thursday decided to stop tribunal proceedings against the country's former Mining [...] Full text...
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Rwandan authorities hunting 3 escapee prisoners from high-security prison in Southern Rwanda
01 november 2017 - 13:13:39Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan law enforcement officers are searching for three prisoners, including a former journalist and director of [...] Full text...
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Lead defendant in failed Burkina putsch claims support of military brass
27 october 2017 - 19:39:36Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - General Gilbert Diendéré, the main defendant of the failed coup d'etat of September 2015 in [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Verdict in Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire maritime dispute highlighted in Ghana
01 october 2017 - 06:39:38Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media last week highlighted the verdict by the International Tribunal for the Law of [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire 'accept' judgement of UN Tribunal on maritime dispute
23 september 2017 - 16:52:30Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ministers who represented Ghana and Cote d’lvoire in their maritime boundary dispute case have accepted Saturday's [...] Full text...
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Ghana: UN Tribunal 'upholds' Ghana's maritime boundary claims with Cote d'Ivoire
23 september 2017 - 16:18:39Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Hamburg-based International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on Saturday ruled unanimously in [...] Full text...
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Ghana: Tullow Oil 'looks forward' to restart drilling offshore Ghana after UN tribunal judgement
23 september 2017 - 16:13:49Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Tullow Oil plc said on Saturday that it will work with the government to put in [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: UN Tribunal rules in favour of Ghana in maritime dispute with Cote d'Ivoire
23 september 2017 - 12:24:19Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Special Chamber of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on Saturday, [...] Full text...
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US: Cameroon uses anti-terror law to silence critical press, says CPJ
20 september 2017 - 12:33:55New York, US (PANA) - Cameroon’s broadly worded anti-terror law is being used by authorities to arrest and threaten local [...] Full text...
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Gambia: CPJ to release report on threats to journalists in Cameroon
16 september 2017 - 10:22:01Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will release its report titled, "Journalists Not Terrorists: In Cameroon, [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Polls body, parties' fallout complicate matters ahead of fresh elections (News analysis by David Jagongo, PANA Correspondent, Kenya)
15 september 2017 - 14:24:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The fallout in Kenyan elections took a new dimension Thursday when an MP, allied to President [...] Full text...
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Gambia: CPJ welcomes release of Cameroonian journalists
03 september 2017 - 16:41:08Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The global press freedom watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has welcomed the release of scores [...] Full text...
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South Africa: SADC urged to recommit to human rights protection
07 august 2017 - 10:43:18Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Monday urged the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to use the [...] Full text...
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Angola: Rights group hails tribunal's verdict on controversial NGOs decree
15 july 2017 - 10:33:34Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has hailed the ruling of the Angolan Constitutional Tribunal that has [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Ndiaye, O'Reagan named IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal members
29 june 2017 - 12:01:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Senegal's Tafsir Ndiaye and Catherine O'Reagan of South Africa have been appointed IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal members. The [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Rights group raises red flags of 'imminent' execution in Nigeria prison
22 april 2017 - 07:06:13Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International is asking the Nigerian authorities to immediately scrap plans to execute [...] Full text...
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Kenya: SuperSport terminates KPL broadcast contract
07 april 2017 - 14:43:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South African pay television firm SuperSport has terminated its contract with the Kenyan Football League (KPL) [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Timelines of Catholic Church's role in Rwanda's genocide
21 march 2017 - 08:53:28Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Here are timelines of developments since the Catholic Church was accused of playing a role in [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Mali's justice minister seeks to replicate Rwandan experience back home
08 march 2017 - 15:28:09Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Mali's Justice Minister, Mamadou Ismaël Konaté, currently on a week-long working visit to Rwanda, on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Opposition wants Agriculture Minister probed over Zambian maizegate
21 february 2017 - 14:58:53Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Opposition United Progressive People (UPP) party in Zambia has petitioned Chief Justice Irene Mambilima, asking him [...] Full text...
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Gambia: President Barrow appoints former UN prosecutor as chief Justice
15 february 2017 - 18:02:48Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has appointed former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Rwanda, MICT strengthen cooperation in information sharing
15 february 2017 - 16:41:42Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and the Rwanda Public Prosecution Authority on [...] Full text...
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Ghana: ‘Missing’ gov't cars, disappointing Black Stars AFCON outing reported in Ghana
11 february 2017 - 07:23:06Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A huge disagreement between the current and former governments over the whereabouts of state vehicles and [...] Full text...
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UN: UN adviser tasks member states on ICC
08 february 2017 - 14:45:35New York, US (PANA) - The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng, has said that [...] Full text...
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Gambia: President Barrow says Gambia will rejoin international organisations
08 february 2017 - 09:29:02Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow says his government is working to rejoin the International Criminal Court (ICC) [...] Full text...
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UN: UN rights chief calls for hybrid court for atrocities in South Sudan
14 december 2016 - 21:09:21New York, US (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Al Hussein on Wednesday urged the African Union [...] Full text...
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UN: Nigerian appointed Registrar of Int'l Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
30 november 2016 - 11:43:36New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Mr. Olufemi Elias of Nigeria as the Registrar of [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Trial of deported genocide suspect from Canada postponed to 1 Dec
28 november 2016 - 14:42:42Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The trial of Rwandan national, Jean Claude Seyoboka, 44, who was deported recently from Canada [...] Full text...
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Kenya: FIFA orders expansion of Kenyan football league
10 november 2016 - 13:50:01Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World football governing body, FIFA, has directed Football Kenya Federation to expand the Kenyan Premier League [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: New office of Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals opens in Tanzania
10 november 2016 - 09:22:43Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The opening of new premises of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) in [...] Full text...
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US: US: Ban tells Zuma he hopes South Africa will 'reconsider' ICC withdrawal decision
31 october 2016 - 05:38:09New York, US PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in a telephone conversation with President Jacob Zuma of South [...] Full text...
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UN: UN chief regrets withdrawal of African countries from ICC
29 october 2016 - 06:56:45New York, US (PANA) - Expressing regret over the intention of three African countries to withdraw from the International Criminal [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Former UN Prosecutor disappointed over Gambia's ICC withdrawal
28 october 2016 - 13:09:42Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Gambian-born former Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UNICTR), Hassan [...] Full text...
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Senegal: Botswana regrets South Africa's withdrawal from ICC
27 october 2016 - 15:56:48Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Botswana's government has expressed regret over South Africa's withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: ECA Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes steps down
29 september 2016 - 10:11:26Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes has stepped down after [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kerry talks of progress on regional force for South Sudan
22 august 2016 - 18:30:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry has said major obstacles on the deployment of a [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Tribunal rules hand, leg of Darfur bandits be amputated
17 august 2016 - 11:34:24Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Darfur Special Criminal Tribunal has ordered the amputation of the right hand and left leg [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Zambian President fires director of public prosecution
09 august 2016 - 19:48:34Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has fired the government's Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mutembo Nchito, following [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Closure of Post newspaper meant to silence the paper – IPI, AMI report reveals
08 august 2016 - 13:22:29Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The International Press Institute (IPI) and the African Media Initiative (AMI) have released their findings on [...] Full text...
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Kenya: WADA removes Kenya from non-compliant list
05 august 2016 - 15:15:36Nairobi, Kenya (PAAN) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has removed Kenya from its list of non-compliant countries after the [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenya names Rio Olympics boxing team manager
20 july 2016 - 16:53:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nairobi coach John Waweru has been named Kenya Olympic boxing team manager, replacing John Kameta, who [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Media bodies call on Zambian govt. to allow Post to reopen
20 july 2016 - 14:21:46Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – A team from the International Press Institute (IPI) and the African Media Initiative (AMI) have called [...] Full text...
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Zambia: ActionAid demands immediate release of Post newspaper bosses
28 june 2016 - 16:05:34Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – ActionAid Zambia has demanded the immediate release from police detention of Post newspaper Managing Editor Fred [...] Full text...
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Zambia: Zambian lawyers condemn arrest of Post newspaper bosses
28 june 2016 - 15:54:14Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says it is alarmed by the "brutal manner" in which [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: Sierra Leone war crimes convict dies in Rwandan jail
10 june 2016 - 21:41:13Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - One of the eight persons convicted of war crimes by the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra [...] Full text...
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UN: Ban says guilty verdict against Habre commendable
31 may 2016 - 21:30:09New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday said the verdict by a special court in Senegal [...] Full text...
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Angola: Amnesty International hails release of Angolan rights activist
21 may 2016 - 05:23:03Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has hailed the Friday's release of human rights defender, José Marcos [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Senate suspends amendments to 2 laws weakening anti-corruption provisions
20 april 2016 - 16:08:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday suspended its on-going amendment of the Code of Conduct Act which [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nation's anti-graft agency disowns award on Deputy Senate President
20 april 2016 - 15:48:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The on-going sour relationship between Nigeria’s leading anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), [...] Full text...
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