West Bank strikes: UN rights office condemns Israeli military escalation

28 august 2024 - 14:04:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid further raids, airstrikes and settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, [...] 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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Israel is helped by ‘powerful States’ in violation of Palestinians’ rights (Feature by UN News

05 may 2024 - 05:54:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When tensions erupted in East Jerusalem in April 2021 at the beginning of the holy Muslim [...] Full text...

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Transform landmark Indigenous rights declaration into reality: UN General Assembly President

18 april 2024 - 05:51:56
New York, US (PANA) - Despite important achievements over the past decade to improve the well-being of Indigenous Peoples, safeguard [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Amid UNWRA funding crisis, thousands of Gazans on verge of starving

30 january 2024 - 15:59:12
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - As the UN chief prepares to meet representatives from countries who donate to the UN agency [...] Full text...

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Sudan-conflict: Peace negotiations kick off amid opposed positions and vicious fighting (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)

26 october 2023 - 15:19:36
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Saudi Arabia on Thursday announced the launch of peace talks between belligerent Sudanese parties, the Sudanese [...] Full text...

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Industrial mining of cobalt, copper for rechargeable batteries in DRC leading to 'grievous' rights abuses

12 september 2023 - 07:40:28
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The expansion of industrial-scale cobalt and copper mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

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UN experts urge Libyan National Army to halt forced evictions, demolitions in Benghazi

05 september 2023 - 12:03:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN exprts have urged the Libyan National Army (LNA) to "immediately" cease the forcible eviction of [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Quotes and notes by people caught in fighting (Compiled by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)

25 may 2023 - 17:06:17
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Civilians in the, war situation in the Sudan publish different stories and comments about their ordeal. [...] Full text...

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Narrow escape of civilian from death in Khartoum exemplifies ordeal of Sudanese in ongoing fight (A feature story by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent in Sudan)

24 april 2023 - 12:33:39
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For three long days, Salih Idris Ali (not his real name), 32, was trapped behind the [...] Full text...

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Sudanese rivals accept ceasefire to allow evacuation of foreigners

22 april 2023 - 11:33:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)  - The Sudanese rivals in the current fighting have started implementing the cessation of hostilities in Khartoum [...] Full text...

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Fighting in Sudan is active in seven states (News update)

16 april 2023 - 16:29:32
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Unknown to many Sudanese, the fighting between the Sudanese Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which [...] Full text...

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Presidential party to hold 'ordinary' congress in Burundi

20 january 2023 - 19:26:07
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The National Council for the Defence of Democracy/Forces for the Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD, party-state) has [...] Full text...

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Kenyan Deputy President dares Kenyatta in nasty pre-election rivalry

29 july 2022 - 22:38:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto has dared President Uhuru Kenyatta to stop threats against his family [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges Tanzania to halt 'brutal security operation' in Loliondo against Maasai

16 june 2022 - 06:16:13
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Amnesty International has asked the Tanzanian authorities to immediately halt the violent forced eviction [...] Full text...

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More violence feared over bid to evict Maasai from ancestral lands in Tanzania

15 june 2022 - 19:04:37
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The reported use of live ammunition by security forces in Tanzania against ethnic Maasai [...] Full text...

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More than 3bln CFAF to rehouse people evicted from two fishing sites in Cotonou

18 september 2021 - 16:29:03
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government is to release 3,461,803,000 CFA francs to rehouse and support the families of [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Court dismisses application for removal of parliamentary immunity on MP

25 june 2021 - 17:06:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS Court has dismissed all reliefs sought by a Malian, Kandioura Gakou, alleging the violation of [...] Full text...

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AU Chairperson 'strongly condemns' bombardments in the Gaza Strip

12 may 2021 - 07:18:19
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has "strongly condemned" the [...] Full text...

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UN chief 'gravely concerned' as violence escalates in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

12 may 2021 - 04:59:32
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General said he was "gravely concerned" at escalating violence in the Occupied Palestinian [...] Full text...

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UN chief, senior officials express deep concern over East Jerusalem violence

10 may 2021 - 04:58:26
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and senior UN officials have expressed their deep concern over [...] Full text...

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IOM seeks $87 million to support equitable vaccine access, mitigate effects of COVID-19 in East and Horn of Africa

30 april 2021 - 15:37:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the lives of thousands of migrants, internally displaced persons (IDPs) [...] Full text...

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Thousands of villagers face eviction in Zimbabwe, says rights group

07 march 2021 - 11:41:07
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The Zimbabwe government is evicting thousands of people from an indigenous minority group from their communal [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Christian body warns against threats to life of controversial cleric, Bishop Kukah, amidst eviction notice by Muslim group

14 january 2021 - 17:05:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Thursday cautioned those threatening the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, [...] Full text...

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Protect health workers to save patients, WHO reiterates on World Patient Safety Day

17 september 2020 - 14:39:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 has reminded the world of the vital role health workers play in relieving suffering and [...] Full text...

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Rights group says Kenyan Mau Forest evictees’ plight intensifies as authorities fail to provide vital assistance

23 july 2020 - 10:20:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police violence and property destruction during elections on Kenya's Rift Valley and a lack of support afterward has [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Presidency rejects UK All-Party parliamentary group report on religious freedom

19 june 2020 - 19:56:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Presidency on Friday labelled as “misrepresentation” the report of the United Kingdom (UK) All-Party [...] Full text...

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Gambia condemns reported maltreatment of Africans in China

17 april 2020 - 18:18:57
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad has expressed concern over reports [...] Full text...

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Mixed reactions greet former Kenyan president Moi's death

05 february 2020 - 14:22:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, who left the reigns of power at the turn of the new [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe: VP's wife files for return of her children

10 january 2020 - 18:51:29
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Marry Mubaiwa, the newly released estranged traditional wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has filed for an [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Chagos music on UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding

11 december 2019 - 13:32:16
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA ) -  The Sega tambour, a  Mauritian type of music that originated from the Chagos archipelago, [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's doctors defy Govt's order to resume work

19 november 2019 - 05:43:41
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) has refused to adhere to government demands to return to [...] Full text...

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Kenya to plant over 10 million trees in Mau Forest restoration

26 october 2019 - 14:52:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)   - The Kenyan government plans to plant over 10 million trees in Mau Forest, the country's water [...] Full text...

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:Over 1,900 move out Kenya's Mau Forest ahead of eviction deadline

22 october 2019 - 13:30:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Over 1,950 households have moved out of Maasai Mau Forest following a 60-day eviction notice given [...] Full text...

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UN rights expert tells Nigeria to stop housing crisis, forced evictions

24 september 2019 - 21:10:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  -  In Nigeria, homeless and other vulnerable people are being “rounded up” by police, “persecuted” and evicted, [...] Full text...

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Kenya to evict 10,000 illegal forest settlers

05 september 2019 - 14:51:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The Kenyan government has said its planned eviction of illegal settlers on the Mau Forest will be [...] Full text...

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Military Council says it can form Sudan's government without revolutionary consent

24 june 2019 - 13:12:39
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Transitional Military Council and the opposition Forces for Freedom and Change appear to be heading [...] Full text...

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Ensure that widows are ‘not left out or left behind’ - UN chief

23 june 2019 - 00:47:09
New York, US (PANA) - On International Widow’s Day, marked on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is asking everyone to [...] Full text...

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Five hours after military action, tense suspense hangs over Khartoum

04 june 2019 - 13:43:53
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Central Khartoum was deserted six hours after joint armed units opened fire and dispersed thousands of [...] Full text...

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More time needed to ascertain compensation for repossessed Zimbabwe land: Sadc Tribunal Rights Watch

06 may 2019 - 22:19:53
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Advocacy group Sadc Tribunal Rights Watch says it is unrealistic to think that government will be [...] Full text...

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Rights body demands justice for evicted Eswatini families

09 april 2019 - 15:50:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International is calling for reparation and compensation for families that were forcefully evicted by Eswatini [...] Full text...

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Human rights watch wants gov't to settle workers' 9-month salary arrears in Mali

02 march 2019 - 19:50:15
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In a statement sent to PANA on Saturday, the National Human Rights Commission of Mali (CNDH) [...] Full text...

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Benin prefect sacked for alleged involvement in illegal allocation of state land

21 february 2019 - 10:03:48
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The prefect of the Littoral Department in Benin has been relieved of his duties for his [...] Full text...

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'Some 402,300 DR Congo nationals return home from Angola'

15 february 2019 - 12:55:18
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Some 402,300 DR Congo nationals returned home from Angola between 1 October, 2018, to 31 [...] Full text...

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Rwandan newspapers highlight 'delayed' relocation from marshland areas

03 february 2019 - 14:32:49
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The latest move by Rwandan Government to relocate all business activities encroaching on wetlands in the [...] Full text...

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For what purpose does Daech target state institutions in Libya? (By Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

04 january 2019 - 14:11:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The 25 December 2018 suicide attack against the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in [...] Full text...

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UN expert condemns Egyptian reprisals against human rights defenders

05 december 2018 - 04:48:11
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - United Nations independent rights expert has condemned Egyptian Government reprisals, which included housing demolitions and arbitrary [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt worries about continued closure of Nigerian businesses in Ghana

11 october 2018 - 16:43:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Thursday expressed reservations over the continued closure of Nigerian-owned businesses in [...] Full text...

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Over 204 people evicted from their homes in Mogadishu this year - NRC

29 august 2018 - 07:04:11
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Over 204,000 people were forcibly removed from their homes this year, nearly double the same period [...] Full text...

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Militias evict and disperse 1,900 displaced people in Libya

14 august 2018 - 10:06:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Tuesday expressed concern about the forced eviction by militias of [...] Full text...

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Kenya gov't asked to provide alternative housing to forcibly evicted residents

10 may 2018 - 05:06:36
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has called on the Kenyan government to immediately provide all necessary [...] Full text...

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Rights body asks Swazi authorities to stop forced evictions

11 april 2018 - 06:59:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Rights group, Amnesty International, on Tuesday called on the Swazi authorities to halt forced evictions which [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses Nigerian security of continuing 'gross' human rights violations

22 february 2018 - 11:26:41
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday accused Nigeria’s security forces of continuing to engage in “gross” human [...] Full text...

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Indigenous rights must be respected in Kenya’s climate change project, say UN experts

15 january 2018 - 18:07:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Three independent experts appointed by the UN have expressed concerns about recent reports that indigenous Sengwer [...] Full text...

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Kenyan authorities begin eviction of ethnic Sengwer community from Mau forest

28 december 2017 - 16:29:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A forest-dwelling community in Kenya's Rift Valley region, known as the Sengwer, has accused the government [...] Full text...

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'Nigerian must halt violent, unlawful campaign of evictions of waterfront communities'

14 november 2017 - 08:11:48
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has asked the Nigerian authorities to halt a "violent, unlawful campaign" [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan opposition supporters mobilise for mass eviction of election chief

24 september 2017 - 18:50:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The main opposition coalition, the National Super Alliance (NASA), on Sunday called on its supporters to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Rights watchdog condemns 'brutal, illegal' eviction of Lagos waterfront community

18 march 2017 - 09:09:22
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has condemned Friday's forcible eviction by security services of residents of [...] Full text...

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Egypt: Amnesty International calls for protection of Coptic Christians in North Sinai

01 march 2017 - 22:00:17
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International says the Egyptian authorities must offer urgent protection to Coptic Christians [...] Full text...

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Senegal: MFWA urges Mauritania to set free remaining anti-slavery convicts

29 november 2016 - 17:41:24
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Following the recent release of five anti-slavery convicts in Mauritania, the Media Foundation for West Africa [...] Full text...

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UN: UN expert condemns forceful eviction of 30,000 people in Lagos

17 november 2016 - 17:56:17
New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, Ms. Leilani Farha, on Thursday appealed to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Rights group says 30,000 people left homeless in Lagos after fire, demolitions

12 november 2016 - 16:12:58
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International has lashed out at the Lagos State authorities in Nigeria for fire and demolitions [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: 'Appeal court must quash unfair sentences and free 13 anti-slavery activists'

10 november 2016 - 11:47:02
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania’s appeals court must quash jail terms of up to 15 years handed down to 13 [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Rights group calls for halt in plans to demolish irregular structures in Lagos

14 october 2016 - 06:44:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International is asking the authorities in Nigeria’s Lagos State to "immediately abandon" [...] Full text...

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Senegal: MFWA calls for release of 13 anti-slavery activists in Mauritania

30 august 2016 - 13:59:48
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has called on Mauritania to release thirteen (13) anti-slavery [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Rights body wants Kenya to compensate victims of forced eviction

05 october 2015 - 16:40:14
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - In a welcome U-turn, Kenya’s highway authority (KENHA) has admitted that it was wrong [...] Full text...

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UN: Another sexual allegation rocks UN peacekeepers in CAR

16 september 2015 - 13:13:08
New York,US (PANA) - A new allegation of sexual exploitation in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been received by [...] Full text...

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Sudan: South Sudanese sign peace deal brokered by IGAD

26 august 2015 - 18:33:42
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – South Sudanese rivals, the government of President Salva Kiir and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army/ [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Minority rights group wants Sengwer eviction stopped

07 march 2015 - 11:01:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A human rights body, Minority Rights Group International (MRG), on Friday asked the Kenyan Government to [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Burkinabe journalist wins landmark freedom of expression case

05 december 2014 - 20:33:07
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Burkinabe journalist, Lohe Issa Konate, won a landmark case against the state on Friday, after [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Kenya's Ogiek community fights for right to indigenous lifestyle

28 november 2014 - 17:52:11
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Kenya’s forest dwelling community, the Ogiek, have kicked off a court case before the African [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: AU court to open hearing of Kenya's Ogiek community land eviction case

26 november 2014 - 16:28:24
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -The hearing in a landmark case challenging the Kenyan government’s right to evict the Ogiek ethnic [...] Full text...

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Senegal: MFWA says editor attacked in Guinea

24 july 2014 - 18:42:30
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Accra-based sub-regional press freedom watchdog, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Thursday disclosed that [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Temporary reprieve for evicted squatters

04 june 2014 - 11:48:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Despite a bitterly cold front that has brought snowfalls and flooding to the Western [...] Full text...

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US: UN expert tasks Kenyan govt. on protection of indigenous people

13 january 2014 - 18:46:06
New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Mr. James Anaya, on Monday urged [...] Full text...

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Egypt Crisis: Fateh mosque finally cleared of protesters

17 august 2013 - 15:52:08
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The standoff between security forces and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood at the Fateh Mosque in [...] Full text...

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Egypt Crisis: Security forces lay siege at Cairo mosque Saturday

17 august 2013 - 08:21:17
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Security forces Saturday laid siege at a mosque in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, where supporters of [...] Full text...

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Egypt Crisis: Death toll in Friday protests rises above 60

16 august 2013 - 22:26:36
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The death toll in Friday’s “March of Anger” called by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has [...] Full text...

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Egypt Crisis: Dozens die in “March of Anger’

16 august 2013 - 18:09:01
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – At least 30 people died across Egypt when thousands of people heeded the Muslim Brotherhood's call [...] Full text...

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Egypt Crisis: Thousands join "March of Anger"

16 august 2013 - 13:47:00
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Thousands of Egyptians have heeded the Muslim Brotherhood's call to join a “March of Anger” after [...] Full text...

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Egypt Crisis: Fears of more violence as Muslim Brotherhood calls for “March of Anger”

16 august 2013 - 09:01:20
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, which organised the sit-ins in the capital, Cairo, that were broken up by [...] Full text...

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Nigerian state slams Amnesty International over forced evication claim

14 august 2013 - 08:48:40
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's most populous state, Lagos, has slammed Amnesty International for claiming that 9,000 residents of a [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International, SERAC urge Nigerian state to stop forced evictions

12 august 2013 - 11:48:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International and the Social and Economic Rights Action Centre (SERAC) have called for an immediate [...] Full text...

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France changes ambassadors in Mali and Senegal

21 march 2013 - 22:16:47
Paris, France (PANA) – France is changing its ambassadors in Mali and Senegal with Mr Gilles Huberson going to Mali [...] Full text...

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MFWA slams Sierra Leonean Police over assault on journalist

21 february 2013 - 17:00:47
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The sub-regional rights body, the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), on Wednesday condemned the assault [...] Full text...

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''Illegal occupants'' ordered evicted from Nigerian military barracks following attacks

30 november 2012 - 08:54:06
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military has commenced the mass eviction of ''illegal occupants'' from its barracks across the [...] Full text...

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Kenyan indigenous tribe to seek AU action over failed compensation

13 november 2012 - 19:37:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's minority pastoralist tribe, the Endorois, which won a landmark case against the government before an [...] Full text...

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Some 215 Nigerian fishermen evacuated from Gabon

22 october 2012 - 22:13:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - About 215 Nigerian fishermen stranded in Gabon arrived back home on Sunday night aboard a chartered [...] Full text...

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Accra to forcefully eject ECOWAS traders from Ghana markets Tuesday

12 october 2012 - 11:17:54
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian traders, and indeed traders from other West African countries, have been given till Tuesday, 16 [...] Full text...

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SA mining firm makes moves to curtail strike

03 october 2012 - 12:41:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - One of South Africa’s mining giants is seeking an eviction order to remove striking [...] Full text...

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UN expert calls for human rights-based solutions for Ivorian IDPs

31 july 2012 - 20:18:02
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, said [...] Full text...

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Global rights body wants leaders to support ICC

01 july 2012 - 19:46:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - It is time for governments the world over to show proper support for the International Criminal [...] Full text...

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ICC mulls starting Kenya's post-poll violence case after elections

11 june 2012 - 15:47:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) is considering to start the case in which four Kenyans are [...] Full text...

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Kenya's deputy premier, public service chief resign after ICC indictment

26 january 2012 - 16:29:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Uhuru Kenyatta and Francis Muthaura, two of the four Kenyans indicted by the International Criminal Court [...] Full text...

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12 million Egyptians live in slums, says Amnesty International

24 august 2011 - 08:45:15
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A recent report by Amnesty International (AI) has said that more than 12 million Egyptians live [...] Full text...

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Rwandan MP files complaint at apex court over "illegal eviction" from parliament

23 august 2011 - 12:10:23
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan MP Alexandre Dumas Ashinzwuwera, sacked from the Rwandan Parliament last July for severely beating his [...] Full text...

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ICC deferral: UN Security Council summons Kenyan president

12 march 2011 - 14:13:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The United Nations Security Council has invited Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki to New York to discuss [...] Full text...

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Rawlings preaches "extreme restraint" in Ivorian crisis

25 december 2010 - 08:37:42
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s former president Jerry John Rawlings has called for “extreme restraint” in the management of the [...] Full text...

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Malawi musicians rally round stranded South African songstress

02 december 2010 - 14:46:52
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The Music Association of Malawi (MAM) has appealed to families in Malawi to 'adopt' the stranded [...] Full text...

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UN report outlines measures to check environmental hazards

12 november 2010 - 18:11:00
New York- US (PANA) -- A UN report said losses caused by natural disasters across the world could triple to [...] Full text...

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Forced eviction leaves hundreds homeless in Kenya

16 july 2010 - 11:52:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Amnesty International (AI) has called on the Kenyan authorities to halt the forced evictions, [...] Full text...

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Over 50,000 people at risk of forced eviction in Kenya

16 april 2010 - 11:25:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Kenyaâ?s government should halt the proposed e viction of more than 50,000 people living [...] Full text...

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Kibaki declares 2010 'Green Year'

01 january 2010 - 07:47:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki Thursday declared 2010 a 'G reen Year', signaling his administrationâ?s intention to [...] Full text...

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Moi defends self over Kenyan water tower row

02 december 2009 - 15:06:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Retired Kenyan President Daniel Moi Wednesday came out t o defend himself against claims that he [...] Full text...

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Minister makes hasty u-turn on Kenya PM censure motion

02 december 2009 - 13:30:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Cabinet Minister William Ruto, the man many believe is t he brain behind the planned no-confidence [...] Full text...

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Kenyan church leaders urge humane approach to forest evictions

28 november 2009 - 16:39:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan Anglican clerics have called for a "humane approach" to Kenya's controversial forest evictions, calling for [...] Full text...

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Illegal settlers begin moving out of Kenya water tower

20 november 2009 - 13:18:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya government has started profiling the inhabitants of Kenya's water tower, the Mau forest, to [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Ex-president's son, MPs fingered in forest land grab

29 july 2009 - 18:18:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Former Kenyan President Arap Moi's son, Gideon, and two serving parliamentarians are among beneficiaries of the [...] Full text...

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