Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ambassador to Syria will remain at his post despite the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad and his regime by an Islamist rebel force on Sunday Full text...
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RSF leader accuses Egypt of attacking his troops
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been at war with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since April last year, has accused Egypt of providing direct assistance to its foes and said the West has turned a blind eye to the return of the Islamists to the country Full text...
South Africa calls for restraint in the Middle East
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government on Friday said it is gravely concerned about the continuing escalation of military action by Israel on the State of Palestine and the Lebanese Republic, as well as the subsequent response by the Islamic Republic of Iran Full text...
AU PSC delegation arrives in Port Sudan, US envoy tours the region
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A large delegation of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) arrived in Sudan on Thursday as diplomatic efforts intensify to end the devastating war in the East African nation, the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported Full text...
South African opposition party condemns 'anti-immigrant' protests in UK
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) opposition party has condemned “anti-immigrant” protests that have spread in different parts of Britain Full text...
Security Council says regional crisis deepens as Gaza war grinds on
New York, US (PANA) - While the situation in Gaza remains catastrophic, ongoing Israeli settlement expansion and escalating violence in the occupied West Bank is ratcheting up tension across the whole region, the UN’s Middle East envoy said on Tuesday Full text...
South Africa's Justice minister attends high-level Gaza talks
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has arrived in Jordan to represent South Africa at a high-level conference on the crisis in Gaza Full text...
South Africa flags concerns over Sudanese turmoil
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has again expressed its serious concern at the ongoing armed conflict in Sudan which has resulted in loss of civilian lives, wanton destruction of property, especially critical infrastructure, and displacement of the population Full text...
Attempted putsch in DR Congo: leader of assailants killed
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The leader of the assailants who attempted a coup in Kinshasa on Sunday has been killed by the DR Congo Defence Forces, General Sylvain Ekenge, spokesperson for the DR Congo Armed Forces (FARDC), told national television Full text...
Pro-Palestine camp set up at Cape Town campus
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Staff and students at the University of Cape Town have erected a pro-Palestinian camp on the campus, following a trend at Johannesburg’s Wits University and others across the United States Full text...
ICJ to hear South Africa's demand for further order to curb Israel
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa will on Thursday afternoon ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to “immediately withdraw and cease its military offensive” in Rafah Full text...
Türkiye seeks to join South Africa's Gaza case at The Hague
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Türkiye is seeking to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague Full text...
Is failure to resolve the Libyan crisis due to incompetence of UN envoys or selfishness of Libyan leaders?
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The resignation of the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal, came as no surprise given the deepening political division in the country, according to the Libyan News Agency (LANA) Full text...
South Africa calls for Middle East restraint
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has joined other African countries in expressing concern at developments in the Middle East following the retaliatory action by Iran against Israel following Israel’s attacks on Iran’s Embassy in Damascus on 1 April Full text...
South Africa: Ramaphosa expresses remorse over Mozambican boat tragedy
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his condolences to the government and people of Mozambique after a disaster at sea in which nearly 100 people are believed to have drowned Full text...
Opposition up in arms against constitutional change in Togo
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese opposition is united in its opposition to the constitutional change that took place on Monday night, transforming Togo from a presidential to a parliamentary system, without a referendum or dialogue with the population Full text...
Gaza war: South Africa hails UN resolution on Gaza
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has hailed Monday’s UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza despite Israel’s response that suggested it would change nothing in its conduct of the war Full text...
Malian army neutralises 'several terrorists'
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian army has neutralised several terrorists in Zouera, in the Goundam circle, in the Timbuktu region, in the north-west, and in Niaba, in the Douentza region in the centre, according to a press release issued by the Armed Forces Information and Public Relations Directorate (DIRPA) on Tuesday Full text...
Rabat denies confiscating Algeria's property in Rabat
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco on Monday rejected Algiers' accusations that Rabat had "confiscated" property belonging to it in Morocco, describing them as "false and unfounded" Full text...
Libya reaffirms support for legitimacy in Yemen
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya on Sunday reiterated support for legitimacy in Yemen and everything that guarantees the security and stability of the people Full text...
South Africa approaches World Court over Israel again
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has again again approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to ask for additional emergency measures in its Gaza genocide case Full text...
The UN calls for independent investigations into demonstrators killed in Senegal
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office said on Tuesday it was "deeply concerned" by the crisis in Senegal arising from "the suspension of the presidential election" Full text...
South African Minister flags threats over Palestinian support
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor’s security detail has been beefed up following threats against her and her family Full text...
Gambia’s President urged to help end Senegal’s political crisis
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian Civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on President Adama Barrow to engage his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, to obtain his assurance and commitment to a free, fair, and peaceful presidential election as scheduled Full text...
South Africa: Ramaphosa hails South Africa's genocide victory at The Hague
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed South Africa’s extraordinary victory at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), saying the judgment was an important first for South Africa's quest to secure justice for the people of Gaza Full text...
Malian government terminates Algiers Agreement due to serious events
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government on Thursday announced the end, with immediate effect, of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali resulting from the Algiers process, signed in 2015 in Bamako between the Malian government, the armed movements of northern Mali and the international community Full text...
Malian army neutralizes dozen terrorists in Labezanga in northern Mali on border with Niger
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Army announced here Wednesday it had neutralized around ten terrorists and destroyed a quantity of war materiel, five km south-west of Labezanga in northern Mali, on the border with Niger Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: Judgment in South Africa's ICJ genocide case expected on Friday
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government has said it expects the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to hand down judgment on provisional measures sought in its genocide case against Israel on Friday Full text...
South Africa flags surge in attacks on innocent civilians
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government on Tuesday said it is deeply concerned about the increased attacks on civilians around the world and recent reports that more civilians were killed in armed conflict over the last year than any other year for more than a decade Full text...
SA lawyer leads initiative to prepare lawsuit against US, UK on complicity in Israeli war crimes in Palestine
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African lawyer Wikus Van Rensburg is leading an international initiative to prepare a lawsuit against the United States and United Kingdom on the grounds that they are complicit in Israeli forces' war crimes in Palestine Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: Fewer than 1 in 4 aid missions given green light, says OCHA
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Israeli authorities have continued to block lifesaving aid from reaching northern Gaza 102 days since Hamas-led attacks triggered the war between Israel and Gaza, UN humanitarians have insisted, just as UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that “the long shadow of starvation” stalks the people of Gaza Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: South Africa takes aim at Israel at The Hague
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A statue of Archbishop Desmond Tutu wearing a Palestinian scarf was erected in Cape Town on Friday to symbolise his decades-long work championing justice for Palestinians and South Africa’s case against Israel at The Hague Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: Major global support for South Africa’s ‘genocide’ case
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than 1,000 international organisations have expressed support for South Africa’s case against “genocide” in Gaza which is due to be heard at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Thursday and Friday Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: South Africa to challenge Israel's 'genocide' at The Hague
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has compiled a team of legal heavyweights headed by the Deputy Chief Justice to address the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on its claim that Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza is "genocide" Full text...
South Africa: Jewish group condemns Soutrh Africa's Israeli stance
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has condemned South Africa's application against Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Full text...
Malian army 'neutralises several terrorists' in the north
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian army says it "neutralised" at least six terrorists during strikes in the Kidal region in the far north Full text...
Rwanda accused of colluding with Burundian rebel movement
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - On Friday, President Evariste Ndayishimye Friday accused Rwanda of providing multifaceted support to the Resistance for the Rule of Law (RED-Tabara), a week after the bloody attack on Burundi's border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claimed by this Burundian rebellion Full text...
Abdoulaye Bathily calls for new political agreement in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Abdoulaye Bathily, has stated that the national mood in Libya is ripe for a new political agreement, a new dispensation for a better future for the country Full text...
Gaza fighting further compromises aid amid near ‘apocalyptic’ conditions: UN humanitarians
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Two months to the day since Hamas fired rockets into Israel prompting a massive Israeli military retaliation in Gaza, the situation in the war-torn enclave is becoming “apocalyptic” with hostilities making meaningful humanitarian efforts “nearly impossible”, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: Tunisia welcomes 20 Palestinians injured in Gaza
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Twenty Palestinians injured in days of bombing of Gaza by Israel have arrived in Tunisia for medical treatment Full text...
South Africa: Ramahosa calls for calm over Gaza tensions in South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) on Wednesday said it would be counter-productive for South Africa to sever ties with Israel Full text...
Libyan PM welcomes Gaza truce agreement, Egyptian and Qatari efforts to achieve it
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, has welcomed the truce agreement reached in the Gaza Strip, paying tribute to the Egyptian and Qatari efforts to reach this agreement Full text...
Israel-Palestine crisis: Libya sends 26 tonnes of medical, humanitarian aid to Gaza
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has sent 26 tonnes of medical aid and food products to Gaza to help support its hospitals, which are affected by a shortage of medicines and medical supplies as a result of the intense Israeli bombardment Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: Libya welcomes Security Council resolution on truces, humanitarian corridors in Gaza
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has welcomed the UN Security Council Resolution, which calls for the urgent truces and humanitarian corridors throughout the Gaza Strip in Palestine Full text...
South Africa: Lawmakers debate whether to close Israel's embassy
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Israel for war crimes during its ongoing siege and bombardment of Gaza Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: Libya denounces Israel's bombing of headquarters of Qatari facility in Gaza
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has condemned in the strongest terms the bombing by Israel of the headquarters of the Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, as part of Israel's "clear policy of destroying all civilian and service facilities in the Gaza Strip" Full text...
Gaza City: 'Babies dying in hospital amid scenes of devastation'
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - More patients, including premature babies, have reportedly died in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital which has gone three days without electricity amid intensifying Israeli military operations, making a ceasefire more urgent than ever, UN humanitarians have said Full text...
South African Foreign Minister calls for Israeli PM Netenyahu's arrest
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor has called for a warrant of arrest to be issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Israel continues to bomb many areas in Gaza resulting in more than 10,000 deaths Full text...
Israel-Gaza crisis: ANC lauds Pretoria's decision to withdraw country's diplomats from Israel
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday saluted the government on its decision to withdraw the country’s diplomats from Israel Full text...
South Africa raises concerns over Gaza genocide
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South Africa Government on Monday called for Israel to be prosecuted for unlawful attacks on children and urged the deployment of a rapid protection force to protect civilians in Palestine Full text...