Islamist armed groups massacre civilians in Burkina Faso

16 september 2025 - 06:37:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Two Islamist armed groups have killed several dozen civilians in three separate attacks in northern Burkina Faso [...] Full text...

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Explainer: Why Sudanese political, military and popular groups opposed statement by Quartet (By Mohamed Osman Adam)

14 september 2025 - 14:12:32
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Both the Sudanese military establishment and political forces aligned to the army and pro-Islamic trends [...] Full text...

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US sanctions Sudan's finance minister, pro-Iranian group

12 september 2025 - 20:34:40
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United States on Friday sanctioned two Sudanese entities it accuses of obstructing peace realisation [...] Full text...

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Sudanese Govt announces initiative for return to civilian rule

09 february 2025 - 15:00:10
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Encouraged by recent victories over the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and in anticipation of [...] Full text...

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RSF leader accuses Egypt of attacking his troops

10 october 2024 - 08:16:09
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been at war with the Sudanese Armed [...] Full text...

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Reports of ground offensive in Sudan while international community expresses concern

26 september 2024 - 19:57:24
Port Sudan Sudan(PANA) - To the exception of the shy main stream media,   internet and Sudanese social interaction outlets [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS urges Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger to prioritise dialogue, reconciliation

10 february 2024 - 08:24:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has urged Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, which [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: ECOWAS says Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger remain important members

28 january 2024 - 23:06:46
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Sunday night that Mali, Niger and [...] Full text...

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Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger leave ECOWAS

28 january 2024 - 17:09:46
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Three West African countries under military rule -- Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger -- announced on [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Islamists slam US for sanctions on former foreign minister Karti

30 september 2023 - 06:34:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudanese islamists have played down US sanctions imposed on one of its leaders, former Minister for [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: US sanctions one individual, two entities for undermining peace, security

29 september 2023 - 08:06:05
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States is taking action against two entities and one individual for their roles [...] Full text...

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Niger coup: Thousands march in Niamey to demand departure of French troops

03 september 2023 - 07:36:27
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Thousands of people on Saturday staged a demonstration in Niamey to demand the withdrawal of French [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS condemns attacks by armed groups in Niger

16 august 2023 - 19:16:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Wednesday condemned attacks by armed groups in [...] Full text...

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Islamist armed groups wreak havoc in Burkina Faso; kill, loot, burn property - HRW

15 june 2023 - 05:28:14
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have killed scores of civilians, looted and burned property, and [...] Full text...

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Facilitators urge warring parties to renew fragile ceasefire

28 may 2023 - 18:35:50
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US and Saudi Arabia have urged the two warring parties in Sudan to renew a [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Sudan's political scene will not be the same when the war of the generals ends (Analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)

23 may 2023 - 10:23:53
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s political scene will not be the same following the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Hundreds missing in Sudan fighting (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)

17 may 2023 - 12:15:41
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A knock at the door and men dressed in plain clothes, with weapons quite visible in [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Use of social media in the fighting: building on pros and rebuffing cons (News analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)

12 may 2023 - 10:36:00
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - With all Sudan's official mainstream media eclipsed, to the exception of the Sudan News Agency, the [...] Full text...

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Lawyers to sue a man who threatened to shed the blood of UN official

11 april 2023 - 10:56:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A hardliner Sudanese has vowed to get rid of the representative of the United Nations Secretary [...] Full text...

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US intervenes to provide impetus for Sudanese-Sudanese political talks (News Analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)

07 april 2023 - 07:37:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese military and civilians, currently engaged in hammering out a final political agreement, have failed to [...] Full text...

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The Trilateral Mechanism in Sudan describes a meeting with non-signatories of agreement as fruitful, for a reason (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)

30 march 2023 - 05:49:16
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Trilateral Mechanism in Sudan on Wednesday said they held a constructive meeting with the Sudanese entities [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Military: political forces should accept each other to lead country forward

17 february 2023 - 18:02:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s military leader Lieutenant General Abdul Fatah Al-Burhan has reiterated that the Sudanese army is not [...] Full text...

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Veteran Sudanese politician returns home ending decade long self-exile in Egypt

22 november 2022 - 14:35:50
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Mohamed Osman Mirghani, leading Sudanese politician, returned to Khartoum on Monday ending 10 years of self-exile [...] Full text...

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UN condemns attack against office of Sudanese Bar Association

02 november 2022 - 14:09:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Secretary General's Representative to the Sudan, Volker Perthes, has condemned Tuesday night's storming of [...] Full text...

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Pro-islamists demonstrate to call for non-inference in Sudan’s domestic affairs

29 october 2022 - 15:35:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Pro-islamists on Saturday staged a protest march in which “hundreds of thousands” took part to oppose [...] Full text...

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Sudan military coup: Nice western grin converted into menacing grim

25 october 2022 - 17:21:00
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In yet a new warning to the  rulers in the Sudan, the United States administration has [...] Full text...

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UN condemns second ‘cowardly’ attack in three days against peacekeepers in Mali

04 june 2022 - 04:37:32
New York, US (PANA) - Two Egyptian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, were killed on Friday [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Islamist party leader banned from travelling

28 may 2022 - 13:49:11
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The president of the Tunisian Islamist party - Ennahdha - Rached Ghanouchi, has been banned from [...] Full text...

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Armed Islamists, security forces in Burkina Faso committing abuses against civilians - Human Rights Watch

18 may 2022 - 05:22:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Armed Islamist groups and government security forces and militia in Burkina Faso are committing increased abuses against [...] Full text...

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Mali junta says it thwarted coup attempt backed by 'a Western country'

17 may 2022 - 06:26:59
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's military junta says it thwarted an attempted coup last week, according to media reports. An official statement [...] Full text...

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Mali announces withdrawal from G5 Sahel

16 may 2022 - 13:11:30
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's militaty junta on Sunday announced the country's withdrawal from all bodies and authorities of the [...] Full text...

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Rights group alleges Malian soldiers, assosiated foreign forces 'summarily executed' some 300 civilians

05 april 2022 - 07:27:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Malian armed forces and associated foreign soldiers allegedly summarily executed an estimated 300 civilian men, some of [...] Full text...

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Rights advocate calls on Malian Army and armed Islamists to end atrocities

15 march 2022 - 10:47:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)) – A human rights advocate, Human Rights Watch (HRE), has said that the Malian army and armed Islamist [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Military leader says UN mission should mind its own business

13 february 2022 - 12:54:02
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudanese military leader, Lt.-Gen. Abdul Fatah Al Burhan, has reiterated that he does not intend to [...] Full text...

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Sudan: leaders arrested were not detained on political grounds, but rather criminal procedures

10 february 2022 - 16:03:21
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Army on Thursday reiterated that the group of politicians currently being interrogated by police [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Authorities summon three leaders of the FFC on charges of "dishonesty"

09 february 2022 - 20:52:21
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese authorities have put behind bars three leading figures within the Force for Freedom and Change [...] Full text...

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Pro-islamist demonstrations: a new turn in Sudanese political scene? (News analysis by Mohamed Osman, PANA correspondent)

27 january 2022 - 16:35:39
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Dozens of thousands of persons in opposition with the left leaning revolution in the Sudan, came [...] Full text...

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Protestors, police clash in Tunis

14 january 2022 - 18:23:38
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Clashes broke out here Friday between police and demonstrators celebrating the 11th anniversary of the Tunisian [...] Full text...

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Sudan coup: Frustrated by political splinters within his incubators, PM calls it a day (A PANA news analysis by Mohamed Osman)

03 january 2022 - 12:22:10
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The resignation of Sudanese Prime Minister, Abdulla Hamdok, came as no surprise to many observers. After all, [...] Full text...

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Sudanese PM under constant pressure, receives a life-saving promise

08 december 2021 - 16:01:25
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdouk, who has been reinstated now one month following his ouster along [...] Full text...

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Will the stand-off in Sudan lead to history repeating itself - a military coup?

24 october 2021 - 16:20:18
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A tense standoff is prevailing in the Sudanese national capital, Khartoum, with major roads leading to [...] Full text...

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Opposed demonstrations staged in Khartoum to demand political action

21 october 2021 - 15:33:48
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Thousands of police have been deployed in Khartoum since the early hours of Thursday while the [...] Full text...

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Demonstrations in Khartoum call for further reforms

16 october 2021 - 15:44:41
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Hundreds of Thousands of people took to the streets here Saturday to protest government's failure to [...] Full text...

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Tunisian president extends emergency measures

24 august 2021 - 12:36:46
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian President Kaïs Saied on Monday extended for another one month emergency measures taken on [...] Full text...

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HRW urges Sahel leaders to end atrocities during counterterrorism operations

13 february 2021 - 12:06:20
Bamako,Mali (PANA) - Heads of state gathering in Chad should commit to protecting the rights of civilians and detainees during [...] Full text...

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Suspected Jihadists kidnap city mayor in Mali

13 january 2021 - 17:35:00
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The mayor of the rural municipality of Doukouria, in the Timbuktu region of northeastern Mali, Aboubacrine [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Prime Minister cancels visit to Italy

15 december 2020 - 16:02:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi canceled his visit to Italy on Tuesday in Italy, after a [...] Full text...

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Tunisian prime minster discusses migration issue in Paris

14 december 2020 - 23:17:07
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Prime Minister Hicham Mechichi, at the end of talks Monday in Matignon with his French [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for swift action following attacks on peacekeepers in Mali

16 october 2020 - 18:49:02
New York, US (PANA) - Authorities in Mali are being urged to act swiftly to apprehend those responsible for two [...] Full text...

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Mali coup: Democratic order must be restored ‘as fast as possible’ - UN

21 august 2020 - 04:58:51
New York, US (PANA) - The UN has called for the “constitutional and democratic order” to be restored as soon [...] Full text...

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Mali coup: UN peacekeeping mission ‘must and will continue’ operations

20 august 2020 - 03:53:29
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations continues to monitor the ongoing situation in Mali, where soldiers arrested the President and several members of his [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges continued international support for Mali amid growing terrorist threat

12 june 2020 - 05:05:03
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has stressed the need for continued international commitment to Mali, as the [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Watch reports new massacres by Islamist groups in Burkina Faso

28 april 2020 - 15:17:12
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Suspected Islamist armed groups killed at least 90 civilians in three attacks on villages in [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso's security forces allegedly execute 31 detainees, says Human Rights Watch

20 april 2020 - 10:18:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch said on Monday that Burkina Faso's security forces allegedly executed 31 detainees on 9 April, [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Regional network shares experience of dialogue with radical Islamists

06 march 2020 - 17:45:45
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania shared its experience of dialogue with elements of radical Islamist groups detained during 2010, which [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Watch says militias, armed Islamists ravage central Mali

10 february 2020 - 10:13:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Armed groups in Mali have escalated their attacks on civilians, massacring people in their villages, and [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeeping chief says Implementing peace deal only path for stabilization in Mali

15 january 2020 - 20:14:05
New York, US (PANA) - Implementation of the 2015 peace agreement in Mali provides the only pathway for stabilization there, the head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council [...] Full text...

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Journalists’ federation critical of Khartoum crackdown on pro-defunct regime media

10 january 2020 - 13:14:10
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has criticized a recent government decision to suspend four independent [...] Full text...

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2ND LEAD: Kenyan forces kill four terrorists in naval base attack

05 january 2020 - 09:59:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan military authorities have confirmed the killing of four Al- Shabaab terrorists after the Islamists attacked [...] Full text...

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Four terror suspects gunned down after ambushing buses

03 january 2020 - 21:25:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)  -  Kenyan authorities Friday confirmed the killing of four terror suspects among Islamists who ambushed two buses [...] Full text...

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Two police officers perish in terror-linked explosion

28 december 2019 - 14:08:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two police officers have died after their vehicle was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) [...] Full text...

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End-year analysis: Social media, smart phones: tsunami that brought down Sudan's president Bashir (By Mohamed Osman)

27 december 2019 - 09:46:21
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – You cannot have a better personification of the saying, “Trust the tale not the teller.” Government officials in [...] Full text...

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Top Sudan Army commander says they are committed to siding with the people's choice

16 december 2019 - 04:39:05
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The President of the Sovereign Council of Sudan, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, has said the Sudanese [...] Full text...

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Youth protest call for trial of authors of sit in massacre

30 november 2019 - 20:20:45
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)  -  Hundreds of Sudanese youth Saturday staged a protest march to demand a speedy government probe into [...] Full text...

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Sudan arrests Islamists linked to 1989 coup that put Bashir in power

22 november 2019 - 14:45:47
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese security has cracked down on members of the deposed president’s political party, the National [...] Full text...

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Bashir trial: Defense says no one above the law

19 august 2019 - 23:24:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)   -   The special tribunal trying former Sudanese president Monday postponed hearing for Saturday, 24 August, state media [...] Full text...

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Béji Caïd Essebsi, a disciple of Bourguiba and an experienced politician (Analysis by Bouazza Ben Bouazza, PANA correspondent)

25 july 2019 - 13:30:28
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Béji Caïd Essebsi, who died on Thursday at the age of 93, is the [...] Full text...

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Deposed President Bashir appears in public for the first time since his ouster in April

16 june 2019 - 18:20:36
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Deposed Sudanese President Omar Bashir on Sunday appeared in public for the first time since his [...] Full text...

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Rights organisation urges Burkina Faso to respect human rights in anti-terrorist operations

23 may 2019 - 11:10:55
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso’s security forces should strictly respect human rights during the new military operation they [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspapers highlight meeting of some MPs in Tripoli, role of foreign countries in Tripoli war

05 may 2019 - 16:28:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The fighting in Tripoli continues to dominate the news in Libya with newspapers focusing for the [...] Full text...

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Number of political parties in Tunisia reaches 218

29 april 2019 - 22:31:03
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -   A new political party, ‘Movement of Tunisian Patriotic Youth’, was Monday formed in Tunisia, the Tunisian [...] Full text...

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Youth attack party convention of islamists in Khartoum injuring dozens

28 april 2019 - 12:49:57
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)  -   Dozens of Sudanese Islamists were injured Saturday when angry youth attacked a party convention Khartoum, sources [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s opposition suspend talks accusing military of delaying power handover

22 april 2019 - 09:00:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudanese Freedom and Change forces on Sunday declared the suspension of talks with the transitional military [...] Full text...

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Niger reviews curfew hours following protest by population

18 april 2019 - 22:40:25
Diffa, Niger (PANA) -  The authorities of the city of Diffa, which borders Nigeria, Wednesday finally reviewed the curfew hours [...] Full text...

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Rights group says Islamists, security forces committed 'atrocities' in Burkina Faso

22 march 2019 - 11:18:53
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The atrocities committed by armed groups in the Sahel region of northern Burkina Faso and [...] Full text...

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Burundi, Somalia call for "Urgent" Summit of troop-contributing countries to AMISOM

20 february 2019 - 20:06:39
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi and Somalia have called for an "urgent" Summit of Heads of State and Government of [...] Full text...

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Southern Libya, new theatre of clashes between Libyan stakeholders (News analysis by Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

08 february 2019 - 12:11:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The show of force in southern Libya has moved very fast into armed sounds of cannons [...] Full text...

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For what purpose does Daech target state institutions in Libya? (By Youssef Ba, PANA correspondent)

04 january 2019 - 14:11:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The 25 December 2018 suicide attack against the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in [...] Full text...

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Mali confirms death of Malian jihadist Amadou Kouffa

25 november 2018 - 15:57:59
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Ministry of Defence has confirmed the death of a radical preacher, Amadou Kouffa, during [...] Full text...

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Bashir rejects reports accusing Sudan of financing terrorism

22 november 2018 - 19:57:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's President Omar Bashir on Thursday rejected as "unfounded and unproven" the accusation that his country [...] Full text...

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Mali’s president gives heartfelt thanks for UN’s help in bringing stability

27 september 2018 - 07:02:56
New York, US (PANA) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, whose West African country has benefitted from a 15,000-strong United [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council welcomes results of Mali's presidential elections

25 august 2018 - 06:17:43
New York, US (PANA) - The members of the Security Council on Friday welcomed the publication of the final results [...] Full text...

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As Malians head to the polls, Guterres calls for peaceful vote

29 july 2018 - 11:37:51
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - As Mali’s crucial presidential election begin on Sunday, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has said [...] Full text...

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Suspected Islamists in Mozambique attack villages

29 may 2018 - 20:20:18
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - A suspected Islamist armed group attacked two rural village in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo [...] Full text...

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Rights group raises alarm at killings, abuse in Sahel conflict

21 may 2018 - 04:47:16
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Armed Islamist groups in Burkina Faso have executed suspected government collaborators, intimidated teachers and spread [...] Full text...

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G5 Sahel force should prioritise human rights - Says Rights group

13 december 2017 - 16:49:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The G5 Sahel military force, created to counter Islamist armed groups in the Sahel region of [...] Full text...

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Rights group criticises Mauritania on new ‘Apostasy’ Draft Law

05 december 2017 - 07:12:05
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday asked Mauritanian parliamentarians to reject a new draft law that [...] Full text...

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Libya: 9 soldiers, 2 civilians beheaded in attack on Libya checkpoint

23 august 2017 - 15:03:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 11 persons were beheaded on Wednesday after an attack on a checkpoint controlled by Libyan [...] Full text...

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Sudan: SCP accuses international community of 'empowering' Sudan govt

01 august 2016 - 10:31:50
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Secretary of the opposition Sudanese Communist Party (SCP), Mohamed Khateeb, has accused the international community, [...] Full text...

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UN: German peacekeepers to use surveillance drones in Mali

21 july 2016 - 19:35:37
New York, US (PANA) - German peacekeepers deployed to the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) will use [...] Full text...

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Mali: Timbuktu mausoleums re-consecrated

05 february 2016 - 06:19:47
Timbuktu, Mali (PANA) - A consecration ceremony of the Timbuktu mausoleums, last held in the 11th century, was celebrated on [...] Full text...

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Senegal: President Sall condemns Jeune Afrique caricature of Sheikh Bamba

03 february 2016 - 17:49:17
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - President Macky Sall of Senegal has condemned in Dakar the caricature ‎of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, founder [...] Full text...

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Ghana: 'Pope's historic CAR visit must address sectarian conflict'

28 november 2015 - 06:45:02
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) says Central African Republic (CAR) must seize the historic opportunity that Pope Francis’ [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghana vice president flies to Bamako to console Mali on hotel attack

24 november 2015 - 12:04:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur on Tuesday flew to Bamako, Mali, to express the condolences of [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Mauritania mourns Bamako hotel attack victims

23 november 2015 - 11:22:39
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritania is observing three days of national mourning for victims of last week's bloody terrorist attack [...] Full text...

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UN: UN official urges Malian parties to adhere to peace accord

02 october 2015 - 14:34:04
New York, US (PANA) - Noting the progress that has been made to date to secure stability in Mali, UN [...] Full text...

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UN: Malian leader lauds UN for helping to restore peace to war-torn north

29 september 2015 - 14:55:00
New York, US (PANA) - Mali's President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, has voiced his "profound gratitude" to the UN for its [...] Full text...

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Libya: 5 killed, 17 injured in Benghazi rocket attack

13 july 2015 - 11:29:30
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Five civilians were killed while 17 others were injured in a rocket attack on the residential [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS: ECOWAS welcomes signing of Mali accord

24 june 2015 - 11:53:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has welcomed the complete signing of the Accord [...] Full text...

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US: US congratulates Mali over peace accord

22 june 2015 - 09:15:22
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States government has congratulated the Malian people, including the parties to the peace [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban welcomes Mali peace accord

21 june 2015 - 00:12:50
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed Saturday's signing of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Mission in Mali condemns attack against peacekeepers compound in Bamako

20 may 2015 - 19:01:16
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on Wednesday strongly condemned an attack [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Secretary-General hails Mali peace agreement

15 may 2015 - 20:40:12
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the signing of a peace agreement between the [...] Full text...

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Libya: Bomb explosion destroys Tripoli mosque

23 april 2015 - 14:41:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A bomb exploded early on Thursday near the al-Qods mosque, located in the heart of the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Security Council welcomes political, peace agreement in Mali

10 april 2015 - 18:44:05
New York, US (PANA) - Members of the UN Security Council on Thursday welcomed a peace and reconciliation accord between [...] Full text...

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South Africa: ANC slams university massacre

03 april 2015 - 08:47:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Friday slammed the massacre at Kenya’s [...] Full text...

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Libya: Fresh air strikes launched on Tripoli airport

09 march 2015 - 13:38:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan military jet Monday bombarded the air base located at the airport of Maitigua in [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief welcomes 'important step forward' towards Mali peace

06 march 2015 - 23:03:05
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the progress made towards the establishment of an inclusive [...] Full text...

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UN: UN mission welcomes draft agreement on peace, reconciliation in Mali

02 march 2015 - 22:44:15
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has congratulated the parties involved in reaching a draft [...] Full text...

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Libya: Authorities slam British diplomat over comments on terrorism

01 march 2015 - 12:29:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A senior Libyan army officer and delegate to the United Nations, Ibrahim Dabbachi, has condemned a [...] Full text...

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Libya: "Enemy" fighter jet gunned down near border with Tunisia

28 february 2015 - 13:59:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A fighter jet belonging to "Fajr Libya", a coalition of armed groups and Islamists, was gunned [...] Full text...

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UN: UN, partners launch humanitarian appeal for Mali

27 february 2015 - 20:35:58
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has joined with partner agencies [...] Full text...

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Libya: Libyan PM deplores US passivity on terrorism in Libya

24 february 2015 - 17:29:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Prime Minister of Libya's interim government, Abdallah al-Theni has accused the United States and [...] Full text...

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Libya: Egypt closes air space to Libyan planes

17 february 2015 - 21:16:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A commercial flight belonging to Libyan Airlines, bound for Istanbul, has been forced to fly black [...] Full text...

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Libya: Benghazi residents demand resignation of Prime Minister al-Theni

13 february 2015 - 22:22:55
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – Hundreds of residents of Benghazi on Friday demonstrated to demand the establishment of a military council [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Security Council demands end to Mali violence, urges parties to reach peace deal

06 february 2015 - 22:25:39
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Friday urged Malian parties "to engage with sustained political will [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: New government wins Parliamentary vote of confidence

05 february 2015 - 21:56:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian government on Thursday won a vote of confidence in Parliament by a large majority. The [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban deplores violent protests against Mission compound, launches inquiry

30 january 2015 - 07:09:39
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the deadly protests against a UN Stabilization Mission in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian prelate calls for Western military intervention to defeat Boko Haram

22 january 2015 - 07:44:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A Catholic bishop whose diocese in northeast Nigeria has been hardest hit by Boko [...] Full text...

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Niger: 4 killed in anti-Charlie Hebdo demonstrations

17 january 2015 - 11:48:02
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Four persons, a gendarme and three civilians, were killed on Friday in a violent demonstration against [...] Full text...

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Libya: PM appeals to "Fajr Libya" to down tools

13 january 2015 - 14:15:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The head of the acting government in Libya, Abdallah al-Theni, has called on the leaders of [...] Full text...

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Libya: 9 killed, 15 injured in armed clashes in eastern Libya

10 january 2015 - 14:15:37
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – Nine people have been killed and 15 others injured in fierce fighting on Saturday between Libyan [...] Full text...

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UN: UN envoy meets with Libyan stakeholders, stresses need to resolve crisis

09 january 2015 - 20:01:56
New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Representative for Libya, Mr. Bernardino Leon, has warned that time is running out [...] Full text...

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Egypt: Arab League appeals for foreign intervention to protect Libya's oil installations

05 january 2015 - 21:37:31
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The Speaker of the Libyan Chamber of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh Gueider, on Monday called on [...] Full text...

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Libya: Govt. bans Sudanese, Palestinians, Syrians from entering Libya

05 january 2015 - 13:41:31
Beidha, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan government on Monday banned Sudanese, Palestinian and Syrian citizens from entering Libya, according to [...] Full text...

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Libya: Armed men kill 20 Libyan soldiers guarding power station

25 december 2014 - 14:32:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Twenty Libyan soldiers were killed on Thursday when armed men attacked a power station they were [...] Full text...

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Libya: Government accuses assailants against oil ports of alliance with Islamists

20 december 2014 - 15:01:54
Beidha, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan acting government led by Prime Minister Abdallah al-Theni has accused the armed groups who [...] Full text...

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Libya: Fierce fighting continues in Benghazi between Islamists and Libyan army

20 december 2014 - 14:44:27
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – Fierce fighting that broke out on Friday evening between the Libyan army and Islamist militias in [...] Full text...

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Libya: 7 Libyan soldiers killed in armed clashes in Benghazi

17 december 2014 - 13:38:24
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Seven Libyan soldiers have been killed, three of them in a car bomb explosion, while 36 [...] Full text...

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Libya: Government condemns offensive on oil ports

16 december 2014 - 20:48:58
Tobruk, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan acting government has condemned the attack perpetrated by Fajr Libya, a coalition of armed [...] Full text...

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Libya: Libyan jets continue to pound Ras Jedir border post

14 december 2014 - 14:05:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Determined to "liberate" the capital city of Tripoli from rebel armed groups, Libyan fighter jets Sunday [...] Full text...

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Libya: Libyan Parliament Speaker, UN envoy meet

09 december 2014 - 21:55:03
Tobruk, Libya (PANA) – The special representative of the UN Secretary General in Libya, Bernardo Leon, on Tuesday held talks [...] Full text...

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Libya: 3 killed in renewed Libya clashes

05 december 2014 - 18:31:00
Tripoli,Libya (PANA) - Three members of the Fajr Libyan forces, a coalition of armed groups from Misrata and Islamists, were [...] Full text...

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Libya: Libyan army launches new air strikes against armed groups on Tripoli outskirts

04 december 2014 - 22:25:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan fighter jets Thursday bombarded positions of armed groups in the district of Gasr Ben Ghashir [...] Full text...

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Libya: 4 killed, 10 wounded in Benghazi fighting

03 december 2014 - 11:53:34
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - At least four persons were killed and 10 others injured Tuesday when rockets landed in Ben [...] Full text...

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United Arab Emirates: UAE fears 'Libya may turn into another Syria'

26 november 2014 - 19:40:36
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (PANA) - United Arab Emirates (UAE) is very much concerned about the ongoing situation in [...] Full text...

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Libya: Senior intelligence officer killed in Tripoli

24 november 2014 - 19:44:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Unidentified gunmen on Sunday shot dead the head of the technical department of the Libyan intelligence [...] Full text...

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Libya: Egypt President al-Sissi urges international community to back Libyan army

21 november 2014 - 19:58:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi has called on the international community to back the Libyan army [...] Full text...

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Libya: Govt. warns against suppression of its supporters

11 november 2014 - 20:17:59
Beidha, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan government on Tuesday welcomed the popular movement in the capital, Tripoli, and the spontaneous [...] Full text...

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Libya: US to impose sanctions on armed Libyan groups

07 november 2014 - 20:57:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US officials have said that they are considering imposing sanctions on the groups fighting in Libya, [...] Full text...

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Libya: 2 soldiers killed, 13 injured in new fresh fighting in Benghazi

26 october 2014 - 14:53:19
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) –At least two soldiers have been killed and 13 others injured in new armed clashes in the [...] Full text...

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Libya: Terrorism, training of Libyan army at the heart of al-Theni’s Egypt visit

07 october 2014 - 20:26:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdallah al-Theni, on Tuesday began an official visit to Egypt at the [...] Full text...

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Libya: 8 killed in new wave of violence in Benghazi

06 october 2014 - 11:15:04
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Eight people were killed Sunday in a new wave of violence in Libya's eastern city of [...] Full text...

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Libya: Ukrainian doctor, wife abducted in Benghazi

25 september 2014 - 11:55:14
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - A Ukrainian doctor and his wife were abducted Wednesday by unknown men in Benghazi in eastern [...] Full text...

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Libya: Pro and anti-Parliament supporters demonstrate in Libya

30 august 2014 - 18:48:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libyans on Saturday took to the streets in several cities of the country to demonstrate support [...] Full text...

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Libya: Pilot killed in military plane crash

29 august 2014 - 20:09:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A Libyan fighter jet crashed engaged in fighting against Islamist militias in the east of the [...] Full text...

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Libya: Libyans demonstrate against Parliament

22 august 2014 - 21:50:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Hundreds of Libyans took to the streets on Friday to demonstrate for the third consecutive week [...] Full text...

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Libya: General Haftar’s troops claim responsibility for Tripoli air raids

18 august 2014 - 21:49:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Pilots of the Libyan air force loyal retired General Khalifa Haftar have claimed responsibility for air [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Opposition leader Mahdi warns against regrouping of Brotherhood Islamists

02 august 2014 - 15:01:38
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese opposition leader has warned that the regrouping of a coalition of Islamists with Muslims [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Four face terror charges

24 july 2014 - 11:27:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Four terror suspects arrested in Nairobi last weekend for possessing explosive-making materials and US$1,121 worth of [...] Full text...

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Kenya: EAJA condemns attack on Sudan's newspaper Editor

21 july 2014 - 13:24:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA) has condemned the raid on the offices of Sudan's Al-Tayar [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Editor beaten uncouncious by masked men

20 july 2014 - 14:47:25
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The Editor-in-chief of Sudan's independent daily Al-Tayaar was beaten unconscious by unidentified masked men who forced their [...] Full text...

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US: UN envoy meets Malala Yousafzai

15 july 2014 - 22:34:14
New York, US (PANA) - More than 90 days after about 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists in [...] Full text...

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Libya: 5 dead, 9 wounded in fresh armed clashes in Benghazi

14 july 2014 - 18:46:44
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – At least five persons have died and nine others wounded in fresh armed clashes on Sunday [...] Full text...

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Libya: Cairo to host confab on border security for Libya’s neighbours

07 july 2014 - 17:05:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, Mohamed Abdelaziz, announced here Monday that an [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Boko Haram, Chibok girls dominate headlines in Nigeria

21 june 2014 - 08:38:28
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Presidential Committee's findings on the fate of the abducted girls from Chibok and the "prize" placed [...] Full text...

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Libya: US captures Libyan suspect of 2012 Benghazi consulate attack

17 june 2014 - 19:38:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – US Special Forces on Sunday captured Ahmed Abou Khatala, an Islamist suspected of being part of [...] Full text...

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Libya: New PM vows to restore security, fight terror

03 june 2014 - 14:31:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The new Libyan Prime Minister, Ahmed Maitigue, Monday renewed his commitment to restore security and fight [...] Full text...

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Libya: Police officer guarding diplomats killed in Tripoli

26 may 2014 - 22:20:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A police officer, belonging to the Department for the Protection of Diplomatic Missions, was shot dead [...] Full text...

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Libya: Journo murdered in Benghazi

26 may 2014 - 12:14:08
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Editor-in-Chief of Libyan newspaper Bournik, Muftah Abouzid, was shot dead on Monday by gunmen in [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban urges immediate end to fighting in northern Mali

21 may 2014 - 20:06:56
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday voiced deep concern at the deteriorating situation in the [...] Full text...

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UN: 'Renewed violence in northern Mali threatening West African region'

21 may 2014 - 13:56:07
New York, US (PANA) - The head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), Mr. Albert Koenders, [...] Full text...

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Mali: Malian govt condemns attack by MNLA rebels

19 may 2014 - 11:31:08
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government has strongly condemned ''the horrible act'' perpetrated by suspected Azawad terrorists which left [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Abduction, World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA) compete for front pages

10 may 2014 - 12:51:26
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Global outrage over the abduction of school girls in Chibok and the 7-9 May, 2014, World [...] Full text...

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Libya: Why I resigned - Libyan PM

28 april 2014 - 11:15:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Interim Libyan Prime Minister Abdallah al-theni has said pressure from parliamentarians and the intense media campaign [...] Full text...

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France: French media highlight sentencing of Egypt Muslim brothers

29 march 2014 - 11:30:12
Paris, France (PANA) – Paris newspapers devoted a large part of their pages to news from Egypt, particularly the sentencing [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire/ECOWAS: '2013, year of ECOWAS victory'

28 march 2014 - 16:10:12
Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - ECOWAS Commission President Kadre Desire Ouedraogo has described 2013 as the ''year of ECOWAS victory [...] Full text...

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Libya: Public condemn car bomb attack in Benghazi

18 march 2014 - 20:04:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Monday's car bomb attack against the Benghazi military academy has attracted a chorus of condemnation from [...] Full text...

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Somalia: Drugs, women prison discovered at al-Shabaab stronghold

17 march 2014 - 19:42:18
Buula Burde, Somalia (PANA) - The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), assisted by the Somali National Army (SNA), has [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Al-Bashir, arch-rival in first meeting after 15 years

15 march 2014 - 12:13:45
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir on Friday met his arch-rival, Dr. Hassan Turabi, their first meeting since [...] Full text...

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UN: Malians begin reconstruction of damaged Timbuktu mausoleums

14 march 2014 - 21:38:18
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) says local masons in Timbuktu, Mali, on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Many feared dead as bombs rock Maiduguri

14 march 2014 - 10:53:34
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's northern city of Maiduguri was rocked by three bomb explosions Friday morning, as insurgents suspected [...] Full text...

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Libya: Islamists movement celebrates Zeidan's ouster

13 march 2014 - 18:40:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Islamic Movement in Libya, led by the Party for Justice and Construction (PJC), the political [...] Full text...

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UN: Security Council tasks Malians on sustainable solution to crisis

26 february 2014 - 23:01:21
New York, US (PANA) - Members of the UN Security Council, who recently visited Mali, saiy that any sustainable solution [...] Full text...

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US: Boko Haram attacks wrong, horrific, says the US

23 february 2014 - 15:16:56
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has condemned last week's attack in Nigeria's village of Izghe, in which over [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: War drums, changes at the Central Bank, anti-smoking law highlighted in Nigeria

22 february 2014 - 11:22:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A State governor's "war drums", sudden changes at the apex bank and the anti-smoking law in [...] Full text...

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Guinea: US trains Guinea peacekeepers

14 february 2014 - 22:17:10
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean president Alpha Condé on Friday lauded 900 Guinean soldiers who have completed a two-week training [...] Full text...

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US: UN officers discover serious damage to cultural sites in northern Mali

13 february 2014 - 22:57:30
New York, US (PANA) - UN cultural officials on Thursday said some 90 per cent of the 11th century archaeological [...] Full text...

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Libya: Private TV station hit by rockets Tuesday

12 february 2014 - 14:59:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The privately-owned Libyan TV channel, La Capitale, was the target Tuesday of rocket attacks, sources close [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Opposition not impressed by Pres. Al-Bashir's call for reform

29 january 2014 - 13:20:29
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir's rallying call for reform may not have impressed his country's opposition, going [...] Full text...

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Niger: Heavy price for key role in fight against terrorism

27 january 2014 - 12:53:41
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Despite paying a heavy price for its role in the fight against terrorism, Niger has refused [...] Full text...

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Special Security: Al Shabaab changes tactics in readiness for protracted war (News Analysis by Kennedy Abwao)

12 january 2014 - 15:08:41
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Mogadishu, the war-battered Somali capital, can easily pick signs of an impending terrorist strike, especially after [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Radical opposition boycotts 2013 municipal and legislative elections

30 december 2013 - 22:43:05
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The legislative and municipal elections held in Mauritania was one of the major political events in [...] Full text...

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'Nigerian military kills 63 suspected Islamists'

30 december 2013 - 16:54:28
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military announced on Monday it had killed a total of 63 suspected members of [...] Full text...

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Thirty radical Islamists arrested in Mauritania

29 december 2013 - 14:32:22
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian police have arrested 30 radical Islamists in the country in the last 48 hours, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military 'kills' 50 Islamists

24 december 2013 - 13:30:27
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military said on Tuesday it had killed 50 suspected members of the violent Islamic [...] Full text...

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30 parliamentary seats, 5 city councils at stake in Mauritania's runoff

19 december 2013 - 20:22:00
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Thirty out of 147 parliamentary seats and the most important town councils are at stake in [...] Full text...

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UN chief says Sahel region threatened by terrorism, crimes

12 december 2013 - 20:33:41
New York, US (ANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday warned that terrorism, trafficking in arms, drugs and people, [...] Full text...

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Sudanese opposition dismisses cabinet reshuffle as a mere face-lift

09 december 2013 - 12:58:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese opposition has described the recent major cabinet reshuffle in the country as a mere [...] Full text...

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UN mission in Mali calls for restraint after clash in Kidal

29 november 2013 - 19:34:32
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on Friday strongly condemned the [...] Full text...

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Suspected Islamists kill 12 in Nigerian state

24 november 2013 - 12:52:09
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 12 people were killed and many others seriously wounded when armed men numbering about 30 [...] Full text...

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UNESCO approves emergency funds to evaluate Mali’s intangible heritage

28 october 2013 - 22:16:33
New York, US (PANA) – New York, US (PANA) – A UN committee has approved an emergency assistance package of [...] Full text...

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UN envoy says urgent challenges remain to restore stability in Mali

16 october 2013 - 19:54:46
New York, US (PANA) The Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Mali Mr. Bert Koenders, says important steps have been taken recently [...] Full text...

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Amnesty says 950 Boko Haram suspects die in military custody, seeks probe

15 october 2013 - 13:01:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Claiming that over 950 Boko Haram suspects died, in the first six months of 2013 alone, [...] Full text...

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40 die in attack on Nigeria school - Official

29 september 2013 - 16:52:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Forty students died and five others were injured when gunmen suspected to be members of the [...] Full text...

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Many students feared killed in Nigeria school attack

29 september 2013 - 12:07:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Many students are feared to have been killed when gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members [...] Full text...

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UN chief condemns attack targeting Malian armed forces

29 september 2013 - 07:36:52
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his sadness over an attack in Timbuktu, Mali, that [...] Full text...

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Mali President warns over terrorist threats in sub-Saharan region

27 september 2013 - 18:42:48
New York, US (PANA) - The new President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, on Friday warned that terrorist and rebel [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian wounded in terrorist attack at Nairobi shopping centre

24 september 2013 - 09:40:21
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - As Kenyan security forces Tuesday continued searching for Somali-linked Islamists who attacked a Nairobi [...] Full text...

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UN agencies call for urgent relief assistance in northern Mali

23 september 2013 - 16:13:36
New York, US (PANA) – The UN and its partners are appealing for immediate support for northern Mali, where three [...] Full text...

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