New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday appealed for US$11.6 million dollars to plan a response for the influx of Burundians seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Three members of the "Fajr Libya" militia, who seized Libyan capital Tripoli and several other cities in western Libya, were killed on Sunday in a fierce battle with the Libyan armed forces in the city of Gharyane, 80km southwest of the capital, military sources said on Monday.Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A bomb exploded early on Thursday near the al-Qods mosque, located in the heart of the city centre of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, causing huge damage inside the building, witnesses say. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate Wednesday called on the federal government to drag the Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini to International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC) over his comments that instigated xenophobic attacks in South Africa.Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian federal government Wednesday summoned South Africa's High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Lulu Mnguni “to register Nigeria’s protest over the ongoing xenophobic attacks against fellow Africans in South Africa.” Full text...

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – At least 12 people have been killed and 30 others injured in the Libyan eastern city of Benghazi, following renewed armed clashes between the Libyan army units and the Islamist groups, medical sources said on Tuesday. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Zambian government on Monday reassured that the welfare of Zambian nationals living in, and travelling to South Africa remains its top priority following the outbreak of xenophobic violence in South Africa. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Mr. Bernardino Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – At least 21 were killed on Friday in armed clashes between the Libyan army and the “Fajr Libya” forces in Tajoura, a suburb in the east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, military sources said. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Pro-government armed groups in the zone of Tajoura, eastern suburb of Tripoli, on Friday seized control of the headquarters of the military Battalion 101, a stronghold of the “Fajr Libya”, rebel fighters who seize the Libyan capital, according to military sources. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - At least two Tanzanians have been killed in circumstances linked to the ongoing xenophobic violence in South Africa, a Tanzanian daily reported Friday, quoting a representative of the Tanzanian community in the port city of Durban. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Zainab Bangura, has said those who use rape as a weapon of war are becoming increasingly brutal and ruthless.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says it is deeply Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Morocco has condemned Monday’s armed attack on its embassy in Tripoli, calling on Libyan authorities to investigate circumstances around the attack and find its perpetrators. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A bomb exploded outside the Moroccan Embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on Sunday night, but no one was injured or killed in the blast. Full text...

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – Seven Libyan soldiers were killed and 40 others injured in clashes Friday between the Islamist militias and advancing government army units, military sources said on Saturday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A car bomb which exploded on Thursday night near a security check point, controlled by the Fajr Libya troops, in eastern Misrata, some 220 km east of Tripoli, the Libyan capital, killed of of the bombers, according to security sources on Friday.Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Monday's joint military offensive in Janzour, near Tripoli by Libyan government forces and forces affiliated to them, has left several people dead and many others injured, according to security sources which did not specify the exact number of those who died.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government has condemned the Al-Shabaab attack that left 147 people dead at the Garissa University College in Kenya on Thursday Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 15 people were killed and 65 others wounded in a deadly siege at the Garissa University College in North Eastern Kenya, Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery said here Thursday.Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A fierce gun battle has erupted between the Kenyan military and suspected Al Shabaab militants who raided a University campus in Garissa town, North Eastern Kenya, residents said Thursday.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents and riding in nine trucks and motorcycles have shot dead seven people in attacks on several villages in the Nafada local government area of Nigeria's North-east Gombe state on Saturday, the private Daily Trust newspaper reported. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libyan troops in the zone of Gasr al-Haj, southwestern city of Rajban, on Monday brought down a fighter jet belonging to the Fajr Libya militias which had been bombarding military positions in the area, PANA reported, quoting security sources. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Air Force on Saturday intensified its strikes on the Fajr Libya militias near Tripoli international airport and in several camps around Maitigua air base, according to military sources. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Eight people have been killed and five others injured in ethnic clashes between Touareg and Toubou communities of Oubari area of southern Libya, medical and military sources said on Saturday.Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Two Libyan police officers were killed and five others injured following a bomb attack at Al-Ghirane check point in Janzour zone west of Tripoli on Sunday, according to sources at a medical centre in the capital where two bodies of the victims were taken Monday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A car bomb exploded on Monday near the headquarters of a military base in the district of Abou Roueia, Misrata, some 220 kilometres from the Libyan capital, Tripoli, killing a soldier and injuring another, military sources and witnesses reported. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Twenty-five persons died on Saturday in Sirte, 450 kilometres east of the capital, Tripoli, when fierce fighting broke out between the Fajr Libya militias and the elements of the Libyan branch of Daech (Islamic State), PANA reported Sunday, quoting military sources here. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A report by UN Women, published on the occasion of the celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fourth World Women Conference of Beijing, has revealed that violence against women and girls is a major social problem in Senegal.Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian Government has strongly condemned the “criminal attack” perpetrated on Friday night in a bar in the capital, Bamako, by two masked people that claimed the lives of five people.Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Gunmen, suspected to be members of radical Islamist groups linked to the Libyan branch of Daech (Islamic State), have seized the oil fields of al-Bahi and al-Mabrouk (south-east) after overpowering government security men guarding the fields. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 12 people were killed on Tuesday when two suspected suicide bombers struck at a popular motor park in Nigeria's northern city of Kano, the police said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen have kidnapped an American woman in Nigeria's central Kogi state, the police said in the capital city of Lokoja on Tuesday.Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - An upsurge in violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has triggered fresh displacement inside the country and across the border into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency reported Tuesday.Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - France has expressed support for the efforts being made by the African Union (AU) to get the backing of the UN Security Council for the fight against the Nigerian terror group Boko Haram. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military said its troops fighting the terror group Boko Haram in the country's North-east have reclaimed the town of Baga, which the insurgents seized after a twin attack early January 2015, killing hundreds. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Zainab Bangura, says any peace agreement reached to end the conflict in South Sudan should reflect the commitments made at the end of 2014 to ensure accountability for sexual violence crimes. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan branch of the terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the execution of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians who have been missing for more than one month in Libya. Full text...

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - A total of 12 soldiers have been killed and 33 others injured in the fighting in the last four days in Benghazi. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A new UN-backed report said African girls and boys continue to be subjected to distressing levels of physical, sexual and emotional violence despite the significant legal and policy measures adopted throughout the region. Full text...

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - At least one Libyan soldier was killed and 26 others wounded in clashes during an offensive launched by the army in "the final assault" to dislodge Islamist militias from Benghazi, said the military and hospital sources.Full text...

Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – Member countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (CBLT) are setting up a multinational force 8,700 strong to fight the Boko Haram militant group, which is fighting to create an Islamic state in Northeastern Nigeria and neighbouring Cameroon.Full text...

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – Twelve Libyan soldiers were killed and 52 others injured in clashes that broke out over the past three days between the Libyan army units and armed militias in the eastern city of Benghazi, hospital sources said on Saturday. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military announced Monday that it has flushed out Boko Haram insurgents from five towns in Nigeria's North-east Borno State, from where the insurgents launched a second attack on the key city of Maiduguri on Sunday before they were repelled by the military. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A bomb explosion rocked the car park of a stadium in Nigeria's North-eastern city of Gombe, a few minutes after President Goodluck Jonathan addressed an electioneering campaign at the stadium on Monday, the local media reported.Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A police officer was killed and two others injured in a car bomb attack targeted at the seat of the Department of Central Security in the district of Sidi al-Masri in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military, backed by local vigilantes, on Sunday succeeded in repelling the second attack in as many weeks on the North-eastern city of Maiduguri by the terror group Boko Haram, according to local media reports. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's terrorist group, Boko Haram, on Sunday launched a fierce attack on Maiduguri, the capital of North-east Borno State, in the second attempt in as many weeks to seize the city, the local media reported. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is deeply concerned about the deteriorating security situation in Darfur following reports of an escalation of hostilities between the Government of Sudan and the Darfur armed movements in Central Darfur and the resulting displacement of civilians, according to the Secretary-General's spokesman. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - New evidence shows that the Nigerian military was repeatedly warned of impending Boko Haram attacks on the north-eastern towns of Baga and Monguno which claimed hundreds of lives, and failed to take adequate action to protect civilians, according to Amnesty International. Full text...