New York, US (PANA) – The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Friday called for an end to gender-based violence, which is said was not only a serious human rights violation but also increases the risk of HIV infection.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In what may amount to a change in tactics, Nigeria's violence Islamic sect Boko Haram has started killing farmers and destroying farms in its spiritual base of northern Borno State, according to local media reports on Thursday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed deep concern about violent incidents in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, which have left more than 40 people dead and hundreds injured, and urged the authorities to bring those responsible to justice. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navi Pillay, on Friday warned that the deteriorating violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) may spin out of control and further destabilise the country. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Declaring that government will not pay compensation to victims of attacks by the terror group, Boko Haram, President Goodluck Jonathan has said that his administration would "find ways to assist those who have been affected one way or the other by the violence that began in 2009". Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Expressing deep concern about the continued violence in eastern DR Congo, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Mission to the DRC (MONUSCO), Martin Kobler, has warned all armed groups to desist from taking advantage of the current situation. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Special envoys of the international community in the Great Lakes region Monday expressed concern about the renewed outbreak of violence between the M23 rebels and the government of DR Congo (DRC). Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) said they have killed tens of rebels and captured nine others, while three SAF soldiers have been killed in clashes with rebel movements in South Darfur State. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Two persons were killed and five others injured in an attack by gunmen on a camp set up by al-Abidate tribe in Benghazi, Libya's second largest city. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 137 Boko Haram suspects and 13 security agents were killed in clashes on Thursday and Friday between security agents and the insurgents in two states in northern Nigeria, the local Punch newspaper reported Saturday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military Friday imposed a 24-hour curfew on the northern state of Yobe, a few hours after suspected Boko Haram members launched a massive attack on the state capital, Damaturu. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on Thursday expressed concern at the recent escalation of violence in Mozambique between government forces and members of the Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military said it had killed 37 suspected members of the violent Islamic sect Boko Haram in the northern state of Borno during an attack aimed at destroying the militants' camps. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A terrorist cell believed to be behind recent assassinations in Libya's second city of Benghazi has been dismantled with a dozen persons, including three Chadian nationals, arrested, a top Benghazi security official said. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has strongly condemned Sunday's deadly attacks in South Sudan’s Jonglei state that resulted in many deaths and injuries. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The body of a Libyan senior military officer, Col. Saad Ambarak al-Faytouri, who was reported missing by his family, was found Thursday without his head, security sources told PANA here. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military said it had neutralised a plot by the Islamic militant sect Boko Haram to cause havoc during the ongoing celebration of Eid-el-Kabir, the Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice, killing 40 suspected sect members. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The son of an officer of the Libyan army, identified as Anas Faraj al-Sossaa, was killed late Monday in Benghazi in the eastern part of the country, the spokesman for the police brigade in the city, Abdallah al-Zadi, announced. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The coach of the Tripoli-based football club, Al Ahli, Hossam Al-Badry of Egypt, Saturday escaped an assassination attempt after being targeted by unidentified men, according to Mohamed Balta, club spokesperson and member of the club’s Board of Directors.Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Last week's abduction of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan is further evidence of the weakness of the Libyan state and its security and military institutions, the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Tarek Mitri, has said Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 3,000 residents of Nigeria's northern Borno state, regarded as the Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the violence in Egypt that left over 50 people during a national holiday on Sunday, as well as Monday's attacks against military personnel and facilities which reportedly killed eight people and injured many more. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Determined to lay the foundation for strategic measures for prevention and response to sexual violence in Africa, the African Union (AU) is convening a three-day high-level consultation of experts here this week to work out a framework of action to allow victims to access justice and end impunity. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya security forces are currently policing the Russian embassy in Tripoli after it was attacked by armed men who attempted to set the building ablaze and take away the Russian flag, PANA reported here. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on Wednesday called on people all over the world to have the courage to turn their backs on violence and stand up for peace and justice. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International has urged Nigerian authorities to ''take urgent measures'' to protect schools and students in the country's North-east, following Sunday's attack that left at least 40 dead in a school in Yobe state. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Three Libyan security officials were killed Sunday in Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city, in attacks mounted by unidentified persons, security sources told PANA here Monday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Forty students died and five others were injured when gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic sect Boko Haram opened fire on the dormitory of the College of Agriculture in Gujba in Nigeria's northern state of Yobe on Sunday, hospital officials said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Many students are feared to have been killed when gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members attacked the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Nigeria's northern Yobe State, in the early hours of Sunday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 27 people were killed and many others injured in two separate attacks by suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Wednesday and Thursday in Nigeria's northern state of Borno, the local media reported Sunday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) – The Central African Republic (CAR) Prime Minister, Nicolas Tiangaye, Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The UK government has warned of an impending terrorist attack on Ghana due to the country’s involvement in peacekeeping operations abroad, an Accra-based private radio station reported on Thursday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Abubakar Shekau, leader of Nigeria's militant Islamic sect Boko Haram, has denied reports that he may have died from injuries he suffered in an encounter with the military, saying he is alive and claiming responsibility for the recent spate of attacks that left many dead in northern Nigeria. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A total of 113 countries on Wednesday in New York endorsed a historic new document entitled: "Declaration of Commitment to end Sexual Violence in Conflict." Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The body celebrated Ghanaian academic, poet and politician, Prof. Kofi Awoonor, who was killed last Saturday during the terrorist attack on a Kenyan shopping centre, was flown home on Wednesday amid expression of grief from the general public. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African High Commission in Kenya has confirmed that a South African woman who was in Nairobi's Westgate Shopping Mall when it was attacked on Saturday is still missing. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s former President, Jerry John Rawlings, has sent a message of condolence and solidarity to the government and people of Kenya following the terrorist attack on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi on Saturday that has claimed at least 62 lives. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on Monday expressed shock and horror at the terrorist attack on a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, that has attracted worldwide condemnation.Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said the government forces battling the terrorists holed up in the Westgate Shopping Mall in the capital city of Nairobi on Monday killed two of the attackers who stormed the mall, in addition to gaining control of all the four floors of the building. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African who was killed during this weekend’s terrorist attack in Kenya has been identified as James Thomas from Cape Town. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The standoff at the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi enters day 3 Monday, with some of the terrorists who stormed the mall on Saturday still holed in with an unknown number of hostages. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The final assault is underway in Kenya to free the 30 people who are being held hostage by the al-Shabaab terrorists who attacked the Westgate mall in the capital city of Nairobi on Saturday. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's department of international relations and co-operation has confirmed that a South African was killed in Saturday's shooting at a shopping mall in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 59 people were killed and 175 others injured in Saturday's shooting at an upscale mall in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi, which is being called the worst terrorist attack in the East African nation since the bombing of the US Embassy in 1998, according to state house spokesman Manoah Esipisu. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Saturday's terror attack on a shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, by the Somalia-based pro-al Qaeda group, al-Shaabab, claimed the life of Ghanaian academic, poet and politician, Prof. Kofi Awoonor, the Ghana government announced on Sunday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Somalia-based terrorist group al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for Saturday's deadly attack on a mall in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, which killed at least 30 people and injured 60, according to the Daily Nation newspaper. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The death toll from Saturday's shooting at an upscale mall in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi has risen to at least 30, with about 60 injured, according to the Kenya Red Cross Society. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Friday's reported clash between Nigerian security operatives and suspected members of the militant Islamic sect Boko Haram in the capital city of Abuja has triggered a groundswell of controversy in the country, amid allegations that those killed were not terrorists but petty traders, artisans and others. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 15 people have been killed in Saturday's mall shooting incident in the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi, according to the Kenya Red Cross. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen suspected to be members of the Nigerian militant Islamic sect Boko Haram engaged in a firefight with security operatives in the nation's capital city of Abuja early Friday, leaving several persons injured and 12 suspected sect members arrested, according to the country's State Security Services (SSS). Full text...