ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence minister Yoav Gallant

21 november 2024 - 14:54:03
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in its composition for the [...] Full text...

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ICC issues warrant of arrest for Hamas leader for role in 7 October attacks in Israel

21 november 2024 - 14:32:16
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in its composition for the [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Leading Interpol fugitive arrested in Johannesburg

19 november 2024 - 15:10:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Border Management Authority (BMA) on Tuesday said it had intercepted an unidentified [...] Full text...

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UN chief tells President Putin Russian invasion violates UN Charter

26 october 2024 - 07:19:20
 Kazan, Russia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Exodus from Khan Younis compounds pressure on meagre resources

24 july 2024 - 18:41:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - About 150,000 people fled Khan Younis in a single day on Monday following evacuation orders issued [...] Full text...

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Conviction of Malian terrorist is 'another significant milestone in accountability' - Guterres

27 june 2024 - 05:50:50
New York, US (PANA) - UN chief Antonio Guterres has described the conviction by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of [...] Full text...

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ICC issues warrant for arrest of Malian terrorist Iyad Ag Rhali

24 june 2024 - 11:34:42
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has unsealed the warrant for the arrest of Iyad Ag Ghaly, [...] Full text...

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Integrity and transparency of spending and security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Are they the missing links? World Bank Blog By Yousif Elmahdi and Gael Raballand

21 june 2024 - 13:22:23
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Security spending is on the rise in several regions in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, in contexts [...] Full text...

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ICC member states reject 'intimidation efforts'

18 june 2024 - 06:22:49
New York, US (PANA) - Ninety-three member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have declared their “unwavering support” for the [...] Full text...

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800 evidence of crimes committed in Libya collected by ICC,- Karim Khan

14 may 2024 - 18:19:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Karim Khan, has said that the Court's teams have been [...] Full text...

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Former CAR president François Bozizé must face trial for crimes against humanity - Amnesty International

01 may 2024 - 07:08:04
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has called on Guinea Bissau to arrest former president of the [...] Full text...

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Hidden debt hurts economies. Better disclosure laws can help ease the pain: IMF Blog By Alissa Ashcroft, Karla Vasquez, Rhoda Weeks-Brown

02 april 2024 - 15:28:55
Washington, United States (PANA) - If efforts to address record global public debt are to leave no stone unturned, then [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights Council

01 march 2024 - 06:09:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The “carnage” in Gaza has left more than 30,000 dead and must end immediately, UN rights chief Volker [...] Full text...

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Ghana High Court sentences six to death for coup plot, aquits three

24 january 2024 - 17:27:31
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The High Court in Accra has convicted six coup plotters for various counts of conspiracy to [...] Full text...

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Senegal govt cracks down on opposition, media, civil society ahead February polls: HRW

22 january 2024 - 08:28:14
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The authorities in Senegal have cracked down on the opposition, media, and civil society, ahead of general [...] Full text...

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HRW: Gaddafi son 'wrongfully' held for 8 years in Lebanon should be released

16 january 2024 - 09:03:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Lebanese authorities should immediately release Hannibal Gaddafi, a son of Libya's former leader, who has been held in [...] Full text...

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France cancels decree extraditing François Compaoré to Burkina Faso

22 december 2023 - 16:52:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - France has cancelled the extradition decree of François Compaoré to Burkina Faso, where he is [...] Full text...

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Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children

21 november 2023 - 15:48:36
Geneva/New York (PANA) -- Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN’s Türk calls for political path out of 'horror'

16 november 2023 - 17:28:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday welcomed the Security Council call for pauses in [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza: South Africa Jewish Board slams Pretoria's stance on Israel

10 november 2023 - 06:49:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has lamented calls for the Israeli [...] Full text...

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South African Foreign Minister calls for Israeli PM Netenyahu's arrest

08 november 2023 - 12:29:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor has called for a warrant of arrest [...] Full text...

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ICC Prosecutor drops war crimes charges against former minister minister

19 october 2023 - 11:13:00
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim A. A. Khan, has dropped all charges against Mr [...] Full text...

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South Africa to probe submarine tragedy

02 october 2023 - 13:19:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An inquiry has been set up to investigate the circumstances around last month’s tragedy [...] Full text...

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Ugandan newspaper criticises ICC bid to revive Joseph Kony war crimes trial

30 september 2023 - 19:05:55
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Efforts to revive the trial of Joseph Kony, leader of the northern Uganda rebel group, the [...] Full text...

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UNGA78 Gambia's VP says world is facing numerous crises

22 september 2023 - 12:43:44
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Vice President, Muhammed B.S. Jallow, says the world is facing numerous crises and a multiplicity [...] Full text...

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South Africa's President Ramaphosa hosts China's Xi ahead of BRICS Summit

22 august 2023 - 10:08:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday hosted his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping on [...] Full text...

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World leaders arrive in South Africa for BRICS Summit

21 august 2023 - 11:45:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – World leaders have begun arriving in South Africa ahead of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, [...] Full text...

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Rwandan genocide suspect re-arrested in South Africa

16 august 2023 - 12:52:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Rwandan genocide fugitive Fulgence Kayishema, who was arrested near Cape Town earlier this year, [...] Full text...

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South Africa to host BRICS curtain-raiser next week

12 july 2023 - 09:15:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa will host the 2023 BRICS Political Party Plus Dialogue under the theme, [...] Full text...

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African leaders arrive in Kyiv on peace mission to end Russian-Ukrainian war

16 june 2023 - 12:06:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Seven African leaders are in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, in an ambitious peace mission [...] Full text...

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South African opposition party seeks court order to have Russian president Putin arrested

31 may 2023 - 12:50:29
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has filed an application with the Gauteng [...] Full text...

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Russian President Putin cleared to attend BRICS Summit in South Africa

30 may 2023 - 08:44:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has declared diplomatic immunity for delegates attending the BRICS foreign Ministers meeting [...] Full text...

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South Africa's president Ramaphosa to lead African delegation to Russia/Ukraine peace talks

17 may 2023 - 09:13:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that he will lead a delegation of African heads [...] Full text...

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South Africa slams US over Russia arms supply claims

13 may 2023 - 07:05:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government says US ambassador Reuben Brigety "admitted that he crossed the [...] Full text...

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South Africa accused of suppling Russian with weapons

12 may 2023 - 08:51:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government on Thursday night said it will appoint an independent inquiry [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses Tunisian gov't of moving to dismantle largest opposition party

11 may 2023 - 07:54:09
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian authorities have intensified their attack on opponents of President Kais Saied’s 2021 power grab, moving [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Western Cape Premier warns Putin will be arrested if he visits the province

28 april 2023 - 08:19:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – While the South African Government is scrambling to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s [...] Full text...

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South Africa backtracks on decision to leave International Criminal Court

26 april 2023 - 11:33:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday backtracked on [...] Full text...

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Leader of Tunisian Islamist movement, Ennahdha, arrested

18 april 2023 - 14:28:13
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The leader of the Tunisian Islamist movement Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi, was arrested on Monday evening, lawyer [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Official opposition party demands answers over extradition debacle

18 april 2023 - 11:36:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), on Tuesday said it will be writing [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Pretoria outraged by UAE refusal to release prominent fugitives

08 april 2023 - 07:32:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government has reacted with outrage at the refusal by the UAE [...] Full text...

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Impunity driving violence in South Sudan, UN rights commission says

04 april 2023 - 12:13:24
New York, US (PANA) - Tackling impunity will be critical to end pervasive violence and horrific human rights violations and [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Mandela's grandson addresses Putin dilemma

31 march 2023 - 08:03:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) -Mandla Mandela, the grandson of former South African president, Nelson Mandela, has called on South [...] Full text...

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South Africa grapples with Putin dilemma

23 march 2023 - 07:59:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Foreign Minister, Naledi Pandor, says Pretoria will have to discuss the arrest [...] Full text...

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Wave of arrests in Tunisia targets critics, opposition figures - HRW

24 february 2023 - 10:31:17
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian authorities arrested two critics of President Kais Saied on 22 February, bringing the number of [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper highlights fears of exclusion by some presidential candidates in Libya due to constitutional basis

01 january 2023 - 17:00:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - With the resumption of the constitutional track, a dialogue process led by the House of Representatives [...] Full text...

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Senior Burkinabe army officer arrested in foiled coup plot

29 december 2022 - 11:58:24
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A senior officer in the Burkina Faso armyhas been arrested for attempting to destabilise state [...] Full text...

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Gambia sets up panel to investigate foiled coup plot

28 december 2022 - 12:00:42
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Government on Tuesday inaugurated a panel to investigate the foiled coup plot against the [...] Full text...

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Gambia names alleged coup plotters

22 december 2022 - 11:46:03
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Government has named Lance Corporal Sanna Fadera, from the Gambia Navy, as the alleged ringleader of [...] Full text...

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Judge issues detention warrant for former Tunisian PM

20 december 2022 - 12:44:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An investigating judge at the Tunis anti-terrorism centre on Monday issued a detention warrant against the [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM 'rejects' reopening of Lockerbie case

16 december 2022 - 12:59:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has said he will not allow the reopening of the [...] Full text...

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US sanctions against Karim Kéita, son of former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita

14 december 2022 - 14:50:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Embassy in Mali, Briant Neubert, Monday resurrected the sanctions [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe journalists reiterate demand for extradition of François Compaoré over Norbert Zongo murder case

13 december 2022 - 14:08:16
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Media professional organisations on Tuesday reiterated their request for the extradition of François Compaoré over [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s military release two detainees just before signing of political agreement

05 december 2022 - 08:58:02
Khartoum, Sudsan (PANA) - The Sudanese authorities on Sunday released a prominent member of the suspended Empowerment Removal Committee (ERC), [...] Full text...

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UK court holds pre-trial conference over Nigerian gas project cancellation

02 december 2022 - 20:25:10
London, UK (PANA) - A British Court has set the stage for the hearing of a case in which an [...] Full text...

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

25 november 2022 - 06:20:33
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan says he filed a request on [...] Full text...

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

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

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

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

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Ethiopian crisis: Northern Ethiopia facing devastating spike in preventable disease: WHO

28 october 2022 - 18:53:27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO)  expressed serious concerns on Friday about a likely spike [...] Full text...

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Guinea opposition party denounces 'kidnapping' of its official

18 october 2022 - 12:28:51
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's opposition party, the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG), has denounced Monday's arrest of [...] Full text...

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US welcomes opening of trial of CAR commander Abdel Kani by ICC

28 september 2022 - 06:31:24
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the opening of trial proceedings at the International Criminal Court [...] Full text...

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Central African Republic: Said trial opens at International Criminal Court

26 september 2022 - 16:41:27
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The trial of a paramilitary commander accused of carrying out or ordering crimes against humanity [...] Full text...

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Sudanese military leader discusses with UN Secretary General situation in Sudan

24 september 2022 - 10:04:51
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s military leader, Lieutenant General Adel Fattah Al Burhan, Friday conferred with  UN Secretary-General Antonio Gueterres, [...] Full text...

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South African lawmaker denies animal trafficking claims

20 september 2022 - 11:36:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Johannesburg lawmaker has denied media reports that he has been involved in an [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Foreign Minister received by Mali's Transitional president

10 september 2022 - 14:44:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of the Transition of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goita, on Friday received in audience a [...] Full text...

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Burkinabé peacekeeper in Mali is UN Woman Police Officer of the Year

30 august 2022 - 07:04:26
New York, US (PANA) - A peacekeeper from Burkina Faso serving in Mali has been honoured for her work to [...] Full text...

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Kenyan elections chief talks of plot to force presidential runoff vote

17 august 2022 - 23:28:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four Commissioners of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) wanted to moderate election results to [...] Full text...

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ICC issues warrant for CAR rebel leader Noureddine Adam

09 august 2022 - 10:38:05
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC)  last week made public an arrest warrant for a rebel leader [...] Full text...

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ICC issues arrest warrant against former CAR minister Mahamat Nouradine Adam for alleged war crimes

29 july 2022 - 10:15:28
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued a warrant of [...] Full text...

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Six months after putsch, Burkina Faso is even more scarred, according to the UAS union

27 july 2022 - 20:17:14
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Trade Union Action Unit (UAS) of Burkina Faso denounced on Wednesday the management of [...] Full text...

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Malian justice launches international arrest warrant against former ministers of Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita's regime

27 july 2022 - 20:06:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Justice has issued international arrest warrants against three former Malian ministers under the regime [...] Full text...

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Leader of Tunisian Islamist movement appeas before anti-terrorist unit

19 july 2022 - 16:54:19
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The leader of the Islamist movement - Ennahdha - Rached Ghannouchi, the main opposition party in [...] Full text...

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Former Guinean PM Cellou Dalein summoned to appear in court for the second time

08 july 2022 - 12:01:23
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean Prime Minister, Mamadou Cellou Dalein Diallo, has been summoned to appear before the [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso junta leader invites former presidents. including convicted Compaoré, to 'high-level meeting

07 july 2022 - 06:02:55
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's junta leader, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has invited the country's former presidents to [...] Full text...

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Severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children - WHO

25 june 2022 - 11:38:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As of 22 June 2022, 33 countries in five WHO Regions had reported 920 probable cases [...] Full text...

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Former Guinean Prime Minister Cellou Diallo summoned to court

27 may 2022 - 10:47:27
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean Prime Minister, Mamadou Cellou Dalein Diallo, who held several ministerial positions in the [...] Full text...

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Rwandan economy has navigated COVID-19 pandemic well: IMF

07 april 2022 - 11:59:42
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has noted that the Rwandan economy has navigated the COVID-19 pandemic [...] Full text...

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Chad surrenders former Central African Republic militia leader to ICC

15 march 2022 - 06:15:13
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Chadian government on Monday surrendered Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka, a former military leader [...] Full text...

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Former Guinean minister placed under detention warrant

23 february 2022 - 13:58:51
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean Budget Minister, Ismaël Dioubaté, was placed under a detention warrant and imprisoned on [...] Full text...

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Malian Justice opens investigation into attempt to undermine internal, external security of the state

12 february 2022 - 14:22:24
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian High Court of Bamako's Commune IV, announced here Friday the opening of preliminary investigations [...] Full text...

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Sudan: leaders arrested were not detained on political grounds, but rather criminal procedures

10 february 2022 - 16:03:21
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Army on Thursday reiterated that the group of politicians currently being interrogated by police [...] Full text...

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Concrete action essential to fulfil Darfur promise: ICC Prosecutor

18 january 2022 - 05:44:36
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 20 years after the UN Security Council referred the Darfur situation in Sudan to [...] Full text...

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Chairman of Libyan High Electoral Commission estimates holding of elections in 6 and 8 months

17 january 2022 - 19:19:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the governing board of the National High Electoral Commission (NHEC), Imad al-Sayeh, said [...] Full text...

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UN rights office calls for release of former Tunisian justice minister

12 january 2022 - 06:18:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Authorities in Tunisia are being urged to immediately release - or properly charge - former justice [...] Full text...

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Libya ends 2021 with missed opportunity to resolve its crisis (Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

30 december 2021 - 19:29:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Once again, another year is ending in Libya without the country returning to stability so much [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso commemorates 23rd anniversary of assassination of journalist Norbert Zongo

13 december 2021 - 20:37:38
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso on Monday commemorated the 23rd anniversary of the assassination of Norbert Zongo, an [...] Full text...

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ICC calls for global cooperation to arrest Seif al-Islam Gaddafi

13 december 2021 - 11:49:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has called for global cooperation to arrest and surrender Seif al-Islam [...] Full text...

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Difficult mission for Stephanie Williams to save Libya's elections ( Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

09 december 2021 - 23:52:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The recall by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres of American diplomat Stephanie Williams, who in November [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International calls for exclusion of suspected criminal candidates from Libya's presidential elections

04 december 2021 - 13:50:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Amnesty International has called on Libya's High National Electoral Commission and the judiciary to exclude those [...] Full text...

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Seif al-Islam Gaddafi back in Libya's presidential race after appeal is accepted

02 december 2021 - 19:43:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Court of Appeal in the southern city of Sebha has accepted appeals by Seif Al-Islam [...] Full text...

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Libyan EC disqualifies Gaddafi's son, 24 others from presidential election

25 november 2021 - 12:28:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Twenty-five out of the 98 contenders for the 24 December presidential election in Libya, including Seif [...] Full text...

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UN SG's Special Envoy to Libya surprisingly resigns

23 november 2021 - 19:21:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General and head of the UN Support Mission in [...] Full text...

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Doubts over elections raise questions on success of transition in Libya ( Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

18 november 2021 - 22:07:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The exacerbation of positions and accentuation of polarization around the December elections in Libya have cast [...] Full text...

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Eligibility of candidates for Libya's elections falls within remit of Election Commission, says UN

17 november 2021 - 09:53:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The eligibility of candidates for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya is the prerogative of [...] Full text...

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Khalifa Haftar announces candidacy for Libyan presidential election

16 november 2021 - 12:23:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The self-proclaimed leader of the Libyan National Army (LNA), based in the east, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, [...] Full text...

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HNEC says 601 candidates file for Libya's parliamentary elections

15 november 2021 - 20:35:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 601 candidates had as at Sunday filed their candidacies for the 24 December [...] Full text...

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Seif al-Islam Gaddafi files candidacy for 24 December presidential election in Libya

14 november 2021 - 19:35:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Seif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Sunday filed his nomination at the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Authorities say security agencies confiscate illegal firearms

11 november 2021 - 10:11:24
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian authorities say the security forces have arrest offenders of the state of emergency declared [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia regrets 'misguided' US decision to suspend its privileges over AGOA

04 november 2021 - 05:35:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has described the decision of the US to suspend Ethiopia’s [...] Full text...

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Eleven defendants granted provisional release in Sankara trial

26 october 2021 - 20:38:29
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A high court here Tuesday released provisionally 11 defendants facing trial in the assassination of [...] Full text...

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Trial on Thomas Sankara’s assassination reopens

25 october 2021 - 20:04:12
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Suspended on 11 October after its opening, the trial over the assassination of Thomas Sankara [...] Full text...

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Guinean Press Union warns military junta against violation of press freedom

11 october 2021 - 18:42:44
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean Press Professionals Union (SPPG) Monday condemned with "the utmost energy" the violation Saturday night [...] Full text...

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Thomas Sankara trial suspended for fortnight

11 october 2021 - 18:25:19
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The trial of the assassination of former Burkinabe President Thomas Sankara and 12 of his [...] Full text...

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Trial of assassination of Burkina Faso's charismatic military leader Thomas Sankara opens

11 october 2021 - 11:09:38
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The trial of the assassination of the former charismatic leader of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara, [...] Full text...

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Tunisian President Saied says his assumption of sole executive power to continue

21 september 2021 - 09:23:49
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday announced that the exceptional measures, under which he granted himself [...] Full text...

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Guinea military junta releases dozens of political prisoners

08 september 2021 - 11:41:44
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Seventy-nine people, considered as political detainees of ousted Guinean President Alpha Conde, were on Tuesday released [...] Full text...

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Former Malian PM Soumeylou Maiga arrested for alleged corruption in presidential jet purchase

26 august 2021 - 15:53:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga was on Thursday placed under a detention warrant, PANA [...] Full text...

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Sudan signs cooperation agreement with ICC on handover of suspects

12 august 2021 - 23:33:38
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor, Kharim Khan, said Thursday an agreement of cooperation between [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International urges Libyan govt not to 'reward' abusive militias with legitimacy, salaries

07 august 2021 - 14:56:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, is calling on the Government of National Unity (GNU) not to [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: European Court of Human Rights suspends extradition of François Compaoré

06 august 2021 - 21:13:35
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Paul François Compaoré, prosecuted in the case of the murder of journalist Norbert Zongo, obtained [...] Full text...

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Malian general in prison for complicity in the kidnapping of a journalist

30 july 2021 - 19:19:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Gen. Moussa Diawara, former head of Mali's State Security under President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was [...] Full text...

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Greece arrests dangerous suspected terrorist through collaboration with Morocco

29 july 2021 - 11:32:33
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Greek security services  on Tuesday arrested a 28-year-old Moroccan man who was one of the leaders [...] Full text...

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Former South African president Zuma in last-ditch attempt to stay out of jail

02 july 2021 - 11:03:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma on Friday indicated that he will file an urgent application [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde: ECOWAS Court rejects application for sanctions for non-enforcement of judgement

25 june 2021 - 17:03:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A panel of three judges of the ECOWAS Court of Justice has rejected an application filed [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges new ICC prosecutor to strengthen its delivery of justice for victims

16 june 2021 - 06:37:57
The 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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South Africa seeks extradition of high-profile fugitives

03 june 2021 - 17:30:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) on Thursday said it has applied to the [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Court rules on June 24 on request to overturn ruling on detained Venezuelan in Cape Verde

01 june 2021 - 17:33:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) The ECOWAS Court has scheduled June 24, 2021, to deliver its decision on an application filed by [...] Full text...

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Libyan delegate to UN reiterates primacy of justice over citizens

18 may 2021 - 13:43:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Taher al-Sonni, has reaffirmed the primacy of Libyan justice [...] Full text...

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ICC Prosecutor calls on Libyan gov't to arrest, surrender Seif al-Islam Gaddafi to the Court

18 may 2021 - 09:51:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has called on the Libyan Government to take [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Commodity prices to stabilise after early 2021 gains – World Bank

21 april 2021 - 12:45:30
Washington DC, US (PANA) - Commodity prices continued their recovery in the first quarter of 2021 and are expected to [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Court orders immediate release of Venezuelan detained by Cape Verde

15 march 2021 - 20:15:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the immediate release of a Venezuelan, Mr Alex Nain [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges Mali justice officials to respect due process in alleged coup plotters' case

15 march 2021 - 06:29:47
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali’s justice officials should scrupulously respect due process rights in the case of five men detained [...] Full text...

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Seven Nigerian Air Force officers killed in plane crash buried

26 february 2021 - 10:02:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday buried the remains of seven young officers who died [...] Full text...

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Rights expert welcomes transfer of CAR war crimes suspect to ICC

28 january 2021 - 05:45:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The handover of a former Central African Republic (CAR) militia leader and war crimes suspect to [...] Full text...

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ICC prosecutor welcomes arrest of alleged Seleka Commander in CAR

26 january 2021 - 12:32:39
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has welcomed the arrest and surrender to [...] Full text...

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CAR hands over rebel leader Said to ICC for alleged war crimes

25 january 2021 - 10:11:42
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The authorities of the Central African Republic (ICC) on Sunday surrendered Mr Mahamat Said Abdel [...] Full text...

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Former Tunisian presidential candidate arrested over tax evasion charge

24 december 2020 - 15:58:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Former Tunisian presidential candidate in the 2019 election and head of Qalb Tounes (In the Heart [...] Full text...

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AU court strikes out laws criminalising homeless people in Africa

04 december 2020 - 23:04:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Union’s Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Friday declared illegal the arrest of homeless [...] Full text...

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Libyan justice ministry welcomes lifting of travel ban on Gadhafi family members

03 december 2020 - 17:07:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Justice Ministry of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has welcomed the decision of the [...] Full text...

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ANC calls for “immediate release” of two political figures arrested last weekend in Lomé

30 november 2020 - 17:00:22
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The National Alliance for Change (ANC), one of Togo's leading political parties, in a statement in [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma walks out of inquiry without testifying

19 november 2020 - 13:27:30
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday walked out of the commission of [...] Full text...

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Malawi fugitive pastor detained

18 november 2020 - 10:52:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Self-proclaimed Malawian prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary on Wednesday handed themselves over [...] Full text...

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Ghana's anti-corruption chief resigns

17 november 2020 - 08:01:21
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's anti-graft chief on Monday announced his resignation with immediate effect citing lack of cooperation from [...] Full text...

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South Africa and Malawi clash over fugitive evangelist

16 november 2020 - 12:19:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African court has issued an arrest warrant for Malawian evangelist Shepherd Bushiri [...] Full text...

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ICC Prosecutor welcomes transfer of Kenyan lawyer Gicheru to ICC custody

05 november 2020 - 12:09:00
The Hague, The Netherlands (PANA) – International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensuda on Thursday welcomed the voluntary surrender of [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Paul Gicheru surrenders to ICC for allegedly corruptly influencing witnesses

02 november 2020 - 14:34:32
The Hague, The Netherlands (PANA) - Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru on Monday surrendered to the authorities of The Netherlands pursuant [...] Full text...

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Haftar’s future called into question on eve of political solution in Libya (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)

29 october 2020 - 22:18:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The process to resolve the Libyan crisis through consensus raises no doubt following developments over the [...] Full text...

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Senegal ordered to pay 50 Million CFA Francs to Belgian for Rights Violations

27 october 2020 - 19:26:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court has ordered Senegal to pay 50 million CFA francs as compensation to a [...] Full text...

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US, UN condemn alleged military attack on unarmed protesters, demand thorough investigations

22 october 2020 - 18:04:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Following Tuesday night’s shooting and killing of unarmed EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos, the United [...] Full text...

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Rights group says wanted DRC warlord preys on civilians

20 october 2020 - 06:50:47
Goma, DR Congo (PANA) – A human rights advocate said on Tuesday that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) authorities [...] Full text...

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UNSMIL welcomes arrest of Libyan on human trafficking, fuel smuggling charges

16 october 2020 - 11:09:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomed the arrest of Abderrahman Milad, commonly called [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Thomas Sankara's widow seeks justice for late husband

15 october 2020 - 17:56:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Mariam Sankara, the widow of Captain Thomas Sankara, assassinated on October 15, 1987, on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso commemorates 33 years of the assassination of Thomas Sankara

14 october 2020 - 18:16:59
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - On October 15, 1987, Captain Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso, was assassinated along with [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Government denies preventing Yacouba Isaac Zida, former Prime Minister of the Transition from returning home

25 september 2020 - 15:35:01
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government Friday denied preventing former transitional Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida from returning [...] Full text...

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Ex-Beninese director on the run, to be repatriated from Senegal

18 september 2020 - 19:47:40
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Mr Carlos Adohouannon, ex-director of the Tax General Management, who is wanted for one year for [...] Full text...

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Lamine Diack jailed four years for corruption, doping

16 september 2020 - 22:00:00
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Lamine Diack, former chairman of the International Athletics Federation (IAAF), was sentenced Wednesday in Paris to [...] Full text...

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The 'alleged kidnapping' of controversial hero of famous 'Hotel' Rwanda' film highlighted in Rwandan media

12 september 2020 - 16:55:02
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The alleged 'kidnapping' in Dubai of Paul Rusesabagina, a controversial hero in the famous 'Hotel Rwanda' [...] Full text...

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Trial of alleged Malian terrorist resumes at the International Criminal Court

09 september 2020 - 13:30:47
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The trial of Malian terrorist Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed for war crimes and [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International condemns Ivorian authorities' ban on demonstrations

29 august 2020 - 14:37:30
Paris, France (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) believes that the ban on demonstrations until 15 September, announced by the Ivorian [...] Full text...

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Two gendarmes killed in terrorist attack in northern Mali

23 july 2020 - 13:06:24
Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  Two Malian gendarmes aboard the soup pick-up were killed on Tuesday in an attack by unidentified [...] Full text...

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Togo court issues international arrest warrant for former PM Agbéyomé Kodjo

17 july 2020 - 14:32:28
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese judiciary has issued an international arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Gabriel Messan Agbéyomé [...] Full text...

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Trial of alleged Malian terrorist opens at ICC

15 july 2020 - 11:12:18
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The trial of Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, a suspected Malian terrorist accused [...] Full text...

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Sudanese protesters shot dead in North Darfur, Amnesty International says

14 july 2020 - 21:44:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)- At least nine people have been shot dead and 17 others injured when security forces, affiliated to [...] Full text...

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Paris public prosecutor's office renews national arrest warrant for Malian musician Rokia Traoré

12 july 2020 - 18:09:18
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Paris public prosecutor's office Wednesday requested a national arrest warrant against Malian musician Rokia Traoré [...] Full text...

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ICC issues second arrest warrant against Kushayb, sets first appearance on 15 June

11 june 2020 - 15:38:41
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday issued a second warrant of [...] Full text...

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Rights advocate calls on Sudan to hand over former president al-Bashir, two others to ICC over Darfur crimes

11 june 2020 - 10:54:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights advocate Amnesty International has renewed its demand to the Sudanese authorities to hand over former [...] Full text...

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France welcomes surrender to ICC of alleged leader of Janjawid militia

11 june 2020 - 00:29:00
Paris, France (PANA) - France Wednesday welcomed the surrender to the International Criminal Court (ICC) of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, [...] Full text...

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ICC calls on Sudan to transfer four suspects In Darfur situation to The Hague

10 june 2020 - 15:07:03
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC), Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Tuesday called on the Sudanese government to [...] Full text...

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ICC announces detention of alleged Janjaweed militia leader Ali Kushayb

10 june 2020 - 14:51:38
Paris, France (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Ms. Fatou Bensouda, announced on Tuesday that Ali [...] Full text...

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Darfur rebel commander surrenders to ICC in CAR

09 june 2020 - 20:38:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A top commander of the Janjaweed militia in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, Ali Mohammad Ali [...] Full text...

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Trial of repatriated Rwandan rebel spokesperson Sankara postponed again after witnesses fail to appear

04 june 2020 - 19:30:50
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Several witnesses in a terrorism trial involving the deported spokesperson of the so-called National Forces for [...] Full text...

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Trial of repatriated Rwandan rebel spokesperson Sankara set to start Thursday

03 june 2020 - 14:53:03
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  The trial of the deported spokesperson of the so-called National Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda [...] Full text...

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Malian foreign minister meets French, Belgian envoys over musician Rokia Traoré's issue

19 may 2020 - 15:06:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Tieblié Dramé on Monday met with Belgian Ambassador [...] Full text...

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MINUSMA pays tribute to Chadian peacekeepers killed in attack in Mali

15 may 2020 - 21:25:47
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)   - The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) Friday paid tribute to Chadian peacekeepers killed in [...] Full text...

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Fatou Bensouda calls on international community to back ICC to end impunity in Libya

05 may 2020 - 22:54:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, Tuesday called on the international community [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IMF announces new Short-term Liquidity Line to enhance adequacy of global financial safety net

23 april 2020 - 11:15:27
Washington, US (PANA) – In view of intensified demand for liquidity and heightened global uncertainty, the Executive Board of the [...] Full text...

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Suspected terrorist cell dismantled by Tunisian security

17 april 2020 - 09:25:35
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian security forces have dismantled a suspected terrorist cell in El Jadida, a suburb of Tunis, [...] Full text...

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Tunisia arrests two suspected terrorists planning attacks

28 march 2020 - 19:48:43
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Two suspected terrorists who were planning attacks in Tunisia have been arrested, the spokesman for the [...] Full text...

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Chadian opponent released in France

28 march 2020 - 18:01:12
Paris, France (PANA) - Mahamat Nouri, president of the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD), a Chadian politico-military [...] Full text...

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Guinean police seize large quantity of arms bound for Mali

26 march 2020 - 22:02:33
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Seven people, including three Guinean soldiers and a Malian national, were arrested and detained for trafficking [...] Full text...

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Malian singer Rokia Traoré put under judicial control in France

26 march 2020 - 14:58:56
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A French court on Wednesday ordered the release of Malian singer Rokia Traoré, who will remain [...] Full text...

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'Mali closely monitoring case of musician Rokia Traoré arrested in France'

15 march 2020 - 13:08:09
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government says it is closely following the case of renowned musician Rokia Traore, who [...] Full text...

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ICC rejects Seif al-Isam Gaddafi's appeal challenging the Court's admissibility of his case

10 march 2020 - 16:20:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday unanimously confirmed the admissibility of [...] Full text...

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Al-Sarraj accuses Haftar and supporters of attack on Tripoli of "crimes" against Libyans

24 february 2020 - 15:42:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya, Fayez al-Sarraj, [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Judiciary cancels arrest warrants for three opponents of former President Mohamed Abdel Aziz'

20 february 2020 - 15:50:36
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian judiciary has cancelled three international arrest warrants against opponents of former president Mohamed Ould [...] Full text...

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Rights advocate welcomes decision to hand ousted Sudan president Bashir, others to ICC

12 february 2020 - 08:05:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, says a decision to hand over ousted Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir [...] Full text...

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Sudanese opposition, government agree to take perpetrators of war crimes to The Hague

11 february 2020 - 18:59:07
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese government and armed opposition, currently engaged in peace talks in Juba, South Sudan, have agreed [...] Full text...

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Arrest warrant issued for former South African president Jacob Zuma

04 february 2020 - 11:14:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for former President Jacob [...] Full text...

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Rights body raises red flag on insecurity, impunity in DR Congo

24 january 2020 - 13:32:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-Amnesty International has called on DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi to move with speed and bring to justice [...] Full text...

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President Barrow says he swore twice by the Holy Qur’an to defend national constitution

01 january 2020 - 18:30:54
Banjul, Gambia(PANA)  -   President Adama Barrow said here Wednesday he swore twice by the Holy Qur’an in Dakar and in [...] Full text...

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Ivorian civil society convention calls on political class to live up to responsibility in peacekeeping

31 december 2019 - 21:50:49
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) – The Ivorian civil society convention (CSCI) Tuesday called on the political class to live up [...] Full text...

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Guinea: RPG pleads for neutrality in Ivorian problems

31 december 2019 - 20:26:36
Conakry, Guinea (PANA)  - The political party in power in Guinea, the Rassemblement du Peuple de Guinée (RPG-Arc-en-ciel), has dissociated [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Limam Chaafi's lawyer calls for the prosecution of his client to be stopped

31 december 2019 - 14:19:37
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Accusations made against Moustapha Limam Chaafi, a well-known Mauritanian politician in the Sahel, West Africa and [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: Targeted by an arrest warrant, Guillaume Soro strikes back

26 december 2019 - 15:04:41
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – Former president of the Ivorian parliament Guillaume Soro on Monday aborted a planned return from [...] Full text...

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Tripoli Court drops charges against Kaddafi supporter in Abou Slim prison massacres

15 december 2019 - 17:17:12
Tripoli, 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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Media organisations ask France to clarify position on François Compaoré's extradition

13 december 2019 - 11:49:53
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Media organizations on Friday asked France to clarify its position on the extradition request for [...] Full text...

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Flourishing oil trafficking continues through land and sea - UN experts

11 december 2019 - 22:04:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  A UN expert group on Libya revealed in a report made public recently that “the illegal [...] Full text...

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Kenya names provisional team to CECAFA senior championships

30 november 2019 - 18:26:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)  -  Kenya senior national team coach Francis Kimanzi Saturday named the provisional squad for the upcoming CECAFA [...] Full text...

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Woman nabbed in Greece over trafficking ring exploiting Nigerian girls

30 november 2019 - 11:28:38
Athens-Greece (PANA)   -  A 40-year-old Greek-Nigerian woman arrested in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday is seen as one of the [...] Full text...

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Libya's Interior Minister says those who attack state institutions will be held accountable

25 november 2019 - 19:53:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of the Interior of the National Unity Government, Fathi Bachagha, has stressed the need [...] Full text...

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Police officer arrested on suspicion of killing colleague in Cape Verde

25 november 2019 - 09:45:00
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verde Judicial Police has announced the arrest of a police officer suspected of [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International categorises 3 Nigerian detainees as "prisoners of conscience"

20 november 2019 - 19:27:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International, on Wednesday categorised three Nigerians as prisoners of conscience, declaring [...] Full text...

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Nigerian police deny flouting court orders to release 3 people on bail

16 november 2019 - 08:04:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday denied claims by sections of [...] Full text...

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Nigerian secret police, activists feud over use of force to disperse Tuesday's protests Nigerian secret police, activists feud over use of force to disperse Tuesday's protests

14 november 2019 - 07:25:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Services (DSS), says its operatives did not open fire [...] Full text...

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ICC reaffirms request to Libyan authorities to hand over three personalities including Seif Al-Islam Kaddafi

06 november 2019 - 22:33:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, Wednesday reaffirmed the request made by [...] Full text...

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South African convicted racist on the run

06 november 2019 - 09:58:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Department of Correctional Services of South Africa has confirmed that convicted racist Vicki [...] Full text...

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Rwandan prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for media boss who ‘assaulted’ female employee

22 october 2019 - 15:10:57
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan prosecutor has sought an arrest warrant for a local media manager over his alleged involvement [...] Full text...

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Mayor of Bamako district arrested by prosecutor of economic and financial court

21 october 2019 - 21:41:55
Bamako, Mali (PANA)   -  The central mayor of Bamako district, Adama Sangaré, was Monday arrested by the prosecutor of the [...] Full text...

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Trial of assassins begin 26 years after Burundi’s first democratically-elected president was killed

20 october 2019 - 17:38:45
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Burundians on Monday celebrate the 26th anniversary of the assassination of the first democratically-elected president, Melchior [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Internet user arrested for inciting hatred and violence against Fulani people

20 october 2019 - 09:51:32
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A Burkinabe Internet user was arrested following a publication in a Facebook group in which [...] Full text...

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