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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Nahed was visiting Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, with her family to celebrate Eid, a major Islamic holiday, when the war broke out between the rival armies vying for control of her homeland.Only 16 at the time, she saw armed men attacking her village and killing people – [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - U.S. government on Tuesday sanctioned four individuals and four entities for their role in fuelling the civil war in Sudan and its devastating consequences. These individuals and entities belong to a transnational network — composed primarily of Colombian nationals and companies — that recruits former Colombian [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  – UN anti-racism experts on Tuesday underscored their grave concerns over the increase in the use of dehumanizing language, hate speech as well as ethnically motivated human rights violations and abuses in Sudan.This refers particularly to those targeting members belonging to the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa ethnic [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday declared a state of emergency across the region.This was announced by the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, in Abuja during the 55th Session of the Mediation and Security Council at the ministerial level, the [...]

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The Hague, Netherands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday sentenced Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (Ali Kushayb) to 20 years of imprisonment following the Trial judgement in which the Chamber found him guilty of 27 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Darfur, Sudan, between [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Mothers who've been left starving in Gaza are now giving birth to underweight or premature babies who die in intensive care units or struggle to survive as they endure acute malnutrition, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.Speaking from the shattered enclave, UNICEF Communication Manager [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday clarified reports surrounding the diversion of one of its C-130 aircraft to Burkina Faso, saying that the action was “a precautionary measure” taken in strict accordance with standard safety and international aviation protocolsNAF said in a statement that personnel [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has withdrawn the the 90-day visa exemption for Palestinian ordinary passport holders.This follows investigations and recommendations by the national intelligence, which confirmed the deliberate and ongoing abuse of the 90-day visa exemption by Israeli nationals linked to “voluntary emigration” efforts for residents [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A Nigerian military plane, which violated Burkina Faso's airspace on Monday, has been impounded in the western city of Bobo-Dioulasso, the Burkinabe Minister in charge of Territorial Administration, Emile Zerbo, has announced.This is contained in a statement signed by the Malian president, Assimi Goïta, who [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN experts on Monday expressed their “absolute shock” at the conviction of Ayachi Hammami in Tunisia, solely for his work defending those accused in the case known as the “conspiracy against state security”.“Prosecuting legal professionals, and labelling them as terrorists, solely for performing their duties or [...]

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The military junta in Burkina Faso has adopted a bill restoring the death penalty nearly a decade after the West African country abolished the heinous practice. The last known judicial execution in Burkina Faso took place in 1988.Human Rights Watch noted in a statement that [...]

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Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The cholera epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had devastating effects in 2025, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said. More than 64,000 cases were recorded since the beginning of the year, more than a quarter of which involved children, and nearly 2,000 patients lost [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Israeli police raided its compound in East Jerusalem early on Monday, representing “a new challenge to international law”.Israeli police accompanied by municipal officials forcibly entered the facility, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote on the social media platform [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The world is witnessing an alarming erosion of respect for international law, with conflicts increasingly targeting civilians and heightening the risk of atrocity crimes, warns the newly appointed UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. In his first interview since assuming the post in August, Chaloka Beyani reflected [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Tuesday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency                   Buying              SellingBurundi F ranc         0.8159               0.824Euro          [...]

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