Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more injured in clashes that broke out on Monday between the Touareg and Toubou tribes in the city of Oubari in southern Libya, military sources said. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the African Union (AU) said Monday it was deeply concerned about the unfolding political, security and humanitarian situation in Burundi.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military has indicated it will soon retake the town of Marte in North-east Borno state which was seized for the second time a few days ago by the Boko Haram insurgents. Full text...

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – Seven children and one adult were killed Friday following an artillery shelling that left ten people injured in a residential area of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, according to official sources. It was the second such incident in two days. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has requested the AU Commission, in consultation with the East African Standby Force, to undertake contingency planning, in view of the possible deployment of an expanded mission to ensure the protection of civilians and property and facilitate the cessation of violence in Burundi.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Ms. Ellen Margrethe Loj, on Thursday in New York said the security situation in South Sudan has deteriorated further during late April and early May, describing it as "very worrying" and a devastating effect on civilians. Full text...

New York,US (PANA) - Accountability for sexual and gender-based violence and providing justice to the victims of such crimes is an integral aspect of the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s mandate, said Judge Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi, president of the court. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian military authorities have imposed a 24-hour curfew on the city of Maiduguri and its environs in the country's North-east following attacks by the terror group Boko Haram Wednesday.Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN peace keeping mission in Darfur, UNAMID, said dozens of people were killed and many others injured in the recent tribal fighting in Sudan's East Darfu State. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A deadly outburst of violence between residents of a UN protection-of-civilians (PoC) site in the South Sudanese capital of Juba has prompted the UN's strong condemnation and triggered wider concern over the safety of internally-displaced persons (IDPs) throughout the country. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) -The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Monday expressed growing concern over what it called "continuing and consistent reports" emanating from two north-eastern counties about a surge in kidnappings, rapes and an overall uptick in violence, which has forced UN and other aid agencies to withdraw staff from the region.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) will prosecute any person who incites or engages in acts of mass violence including by ordering, requesting, encouraging or contributing in any other manner to the commission of crimes in Burundi, the Court's Prosecutor, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, warned Friday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 61 people have been killed in inter-tribal clashes in Kenya’s North-west region of Turkana over cattle raids, government officials said Tuesday.Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan army and the allied forces have regained control of several zones of al-Maya, in the locality of Ouerchefana, near Bridge 27 which links the western city of Zaoui and the capital of Tripoli, which were seized by the "Fajr Libya" militias, military sources said Thursday.Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The president of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) Wednesday decried the recurrence of xenophobic attacks in South Africa and called on Pretoria to prosecute individuals responsible for perpetration of the crime in that country.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the outbreak of violence in Burundi following the nomination of President Pierre Nkurunziza as the presidential candidate of the country’s ruling party, and appealed to all Burundians to "safeguard the hard won gains made in peace and democracy". Full text...

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...