Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny

22 march 2026 - 19:43:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A growing network of online communities known collectively as the “manosphere” is emerging as a serious [...] Full text...

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Attacks on synagogues, Syria’s continuing rights violations, shocking abuse of women during childbirth

14 march 2026 - 19:01:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first two weeks of March have seen a surge in violent attacks and acts of [...] Full text...

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Gazans face a future of pain and prosthetics

22 august 2025 - 06:14:50
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Israeli airstrikes and shootings near aid hubs run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Looming offensive and restrictions on humanitarians

20 august 2025 - 07:54:01
New York, US (PANA) - Hostilities between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza are intensifying as a devastating [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Guterres condemns killing of people seeking food as humanitarian conditions deteriorate

22 july 2025 - 06:22:03
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres is appalled by the accelerating breakdown of humanitarian conditions in Gaza, [...] Full text...

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Why is the 'manosphere' on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny

22 june 2025 - 11:26:15
New York, US (PANA) - A growing network of online communities known collectively as the “manosphere” is emerging as a [...] Full text...

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Kenyan policeman fired for shooting protester in downtown Nairobi

17 june 2025 - 19:44:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan policeman captured on camera shooting an unarmed hawker in Nairobi on Tuesday during street [...] Full text...

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Conflict, hunger, poverty impede children's early development: Rights chief

14 march 2025 - 08:27:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments everywhere are “letting children down instead of lifting them up” as conflict, hunger, poverty and [...] Full text...

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US Embassy in South Sudan orders departure of non-emergency employees; Uganda deploys troops to Juba

11 march 2025 - 11:41:02
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The US Department of State ordered the departure of non-emergency government employees from South Sudan [...] Full text...

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Youth, Violence and Therapy: World Bank Blog By Lelys Dinarte-Diaz, Human Development Research Economist

13 february 2025 - 07:43:02
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - There is often a disproportionate concentration of violence and crime among young people in low-income urban [...] Full text...

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After years of conflict, Timor-Leste turns peacemaker

08 february 2025 - 16:11:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During the turbulent early years of Timor-Leste’s independence, the UN was a constant presence, helping to [...] Full text...

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UN rights office raises alarm over escalating violence in West Bank

26 january 2025 - 05:16:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed grave concerns over escalating violence in the Jenin [...] Full text...

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UN rights office raises alarm over escalating violence in occupied West Bank

24 january 2025 - 19:48:06
Geneva, Switzerland( PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed grave concerns over escalating violence in the [...] Full text...

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Families want justice, ‘blood money’ for AU peacekeeper killings in Somalia

15 november 2024 - 17:06:17
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - As African Union forces fighting al-Shabab plan to withdraw this year, Somalis seek accountability for civilian [...] Full text...

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Gaza food aid levels at ‘breaking point’

12 october 2024 - 06:59:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Aid entering the Gaza Strip is at its lowest level in months, and both the north [...] Full text...

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More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN official tells Security Council

17 september 2024 - 06:50:29
New York, US (PANA) - Not enough progress is being made in getting desperately needed aid and commercial goods into [...] Full text...

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UN envoy condemns deadly strike on camp in Gaza humanitarian zone

10 september 2024 - 18:15:05
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Middle East envoy has strongly condemned deadly airstrikes by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) [...] Full text...

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Security Council says regional crisis deepens as Gaza war grinds on

26 june 2024 - 05:53:11
New York, US (PANA) - While the situation in Gaza remains catastrophic, ongoing Israeli settlement expansion and escalating violence in [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN rights chief warns of ‘dehumanization’ of Palestinians amid West Bank violence

29 december 2023 - 05:50:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Bulldozers in refugee camps, detainees stripped naked and spat at, farmers robbed of their harvest: against [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: UNHCR warns of deepening displacement in Sudan

19 december 2023 - 18:52:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, continues to sound the alarm over the war in Sudan, where displacement [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS: Getting a tottering regional bloc back on track (By Paul Ejime)

10 december 2023 - 05:23:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) converge in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, [...] Full text...

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Nearly 4,000 killed and civilian property destroyed during raging Darfur conflict

17 october 2023 - 16:51:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflict in Sudan's Darfur region has had a devastating toll on civilians, UN humanitarians warned on [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: FM welcomes human rights reports, calls for wider condemnation

25 june 2023 - 15:51:41
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan on Sunday welcomed the statement issued by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemning [...] Full text...

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Ousted Guinean president Alpha Condé, 26 of his officials banned from leaving the country

12 may 2022 - 11:12:49
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Former Guinean president Alpha Condé and 26 of his collaborators who have been accused of "blood [...] Full text...

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Heavy gunfire heard in Guinea-Bissau capital (Media)

01 february 2022 - 18:05:57
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - Automatic gunfire was heard in the early afternoon around the presidential palace in the capital of [...] Full text...

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Sudanese army urged to halt deadly shootings against protesters

29 october 2021 - 18:03:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) Friday asked the Sudanese army to stop the use of unnecessary lethal force [...] Full text...

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IOM condemns killing of six migrants at detention centre in Tripoli

10 october 2021 - 11:03:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Six migrants were killed and at least 24 others injured at the Mabani detention centre in [...] Full text...

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Guinea Conakry: President arrested, government dissolved and borders closed

05 september 2021 - 15:15:28
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Conde was Sunday morning toppled by the military in a coup led [...] Full text...

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Libyan Interior Ministry announces end to armed clashes between two security units in Tripoli

23 july 2021 - 20:50:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The armed clashes that took place on Thursday night in Tripoli between patrols of two security [...] Full text...

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UN deputy chief warns of ‘hurricane of humanitarian crises’

17 july 2021 - 06:26:15
New York, US (PANA) - There is a “bloody surge” impacting  humanitarian crises around the world, with civilians in conflict zones paying [...] Full text...

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Several civilians killed by French airstrikes in central Mali

06 january 2021 - 14:22:37
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - French airstrikes killed several civilians of Bounti in the circle of Douentzat, central Mali, on Sunday [...] Full text...

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Change of Police command means nothing if killers are not arrested, says opposition

30 december 2020 - 09:47:49
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s main opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) says the changes made by President Edgar [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian army claims victory in Tigray assault

28 november 2020 - 22:10:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian army has seized control over the northern provincial capital of Makelle in Tigray [...] Full text...

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HRW decries punitive financial moves against Nigerian protesters

13 november 2020 - 07:52:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian authorities appear to have used coercive financial measures to suppress protests against police brutality, a [...] Full text...

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Nigerians need justice, UN rights experts say

03 november 2020 - 18:33:45
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Government must establish a credible, independent inquiry into the recent killing of at least [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International claims Nigerian authorities 'attempting to cover up' toll gate 'massacre'

28 october 2020 - 10:43:12
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International on Wednesday claimed that the Nigerian authorities are "attempting to cover up" the Lekki [...] Full text...

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'At least 12 killed in Lagos' on Tuesday in Nigeria's #EndSars protests: Amnesty International

22 october 2020 - 06:22:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 12 peaceful protesters were killed on Tuesday at two locations in Nigeria's commercial capital, [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International says new witness testimony reveals horrors of Mali protest shootings

05 august 2020 - 10:18:12
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International says dozens of witnesses to the shootings of protesters in Mali [...] Full text...

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Sudanese protesters shot dead in North Darfur, Amnesty International says

14 july 2020 - 21:44:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)- At least nine people have been shot dead and 17 others injured when security forces, affiliated to [...] Full text...

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Two sub-prefects kidnapped by unidentified armed men in Mali

18 june 2020 - 15:33:57
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Sub-prefects of Dangha and Diré in Timbuktu region, northeast Mali, were abducted by unidentified armed men [...] Full text...

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Gambians petition US government to end racism and police brutality

08 june 2020 - 22:20:54
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Citizens of The Gambia Monday  expressed grave concern over the death by shooting of a compatriot, [...] Full text...

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Malian soldier killed by unidentified gunmen in central region

04 june 2020 - 13:26:53
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A Malian soldier was killed on Tuesday in an attack by unidentified gunmen in Douentza town [...] Full text...

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Geneva political process, ceasefire monitoring mechanisms and living conditions of Libyans highlighted in media

08 february 2020 - 19:17:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -  Libyan newspapers this week focused on the resumption of the political dialogue scheduled in Geneva on [...] Full text...

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Libya: GNU responds to violations of truce by pro-Hatar forces

25 january 2020 - 15:44:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Army loyal to the Government of National Accord has responded to what it called repeated [...] Full text...

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Sudan abrogates infamous Public Order Law, bans Bashir's party

29 november 2019 - 17:21:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan on Friday approved a law officially banning the National Congress party, chaired by the deposed [...] Full text...

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Ghassan Salamé briefs UN Security Council on efforts to resolve Libyan crisis

18 november 2019 - 21:49:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - Ghassan Salamé, special representative of the UN Secretary General, and chief of the UN Support Mission [...] Full text...

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South Africa commemorates Marikana Massacre

16 august 2019 - 11:24:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Thousands of miners on Friday converged at Marikana, the scene of the worst act [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe gov't summons US Envoy over placing Anselem Nhamo Sanyatwe on sanctions

02 august 2019 - 18:02:38
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean Government on Friday summoned the United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols, for placing [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Police say gunmen killed two soldiers in Niger Delta area

19 july 2019 - 13:48:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Police on Friday confirmed the killing of two soldiers and the abduction of an [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Rights groups caution Guinea against effecting new law shielding police from prosecution

04 july 2019 - 15:30:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Guinea's president should not put into effect a new law that gives gendarmes too much discretion [...] Full text...

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Sudanese civil society groups urge speedy creation of civilian government

28 may 2019 - 16:41:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese civil society groups have requested the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union [...] Full text...

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Egypt condemns terrorist attack against Burkina Faso church

13 may 2019 - 09:14:47
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt has condemned the terrorist attack against a Catholic Church in Dablo, a village located in [...] Full text...

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UN condemns deadly attack on Burkina Faso church

13 may 2019 - 03:56:32
New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres have voiced their outrage at a deadly attack [...] Full text...

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NGO warns about outcomes of renewed violence in eastern Niger

09 april 2019 - 09:25:01
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A resurgence of violence in  Diffa region eastern Niger since the beginning of this year, has [...] Full text...

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Ghana's President vows fiscal discipline in next election year

21 february 2019 - 14:24:44
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo vowed on Thursday he will maintain fiscal discipline through the West African [...] Full text...

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Ghana's main opposition pulls out of key by-election, alleges intimidation

31 january 2019 - 15:02:49
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday pulled out from a by-election called to [...] Full text...

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Rights group says Zimbabwe security forces fire on protesters

17 january 2019 - 05:42:35
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe security forces fatally shot at least five people and wounded 25 others during a crackdown [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army “successfully foils” Boko Haram attack in northeast Nigeria

08 november 2018 - 16:43:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army on Thursday said its troops “successfully foiled” Boko Haram terrorist attacks at its [...] Full text...

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Pro-Iranian Islamic group puts death toll from Shiite/Military clash at 48

01 november 2018 - 14:08:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The pro-Iranian Islamic Shiite group, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), said Thursday that the joint [...] Full text...

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Rights group slams Nigeria security forces for 'killing' of at least 45 peaceful Shi’a protesters

01 november 2018 - 05:31:44
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International says its investigation shows that the horrific use of excessive force [...] Full text...

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Gambian president Barrow to visit Faraba Banta following deadly clashes

22 june 2018 - 09:41:04
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian president Adama Barrow is expected to visit the community of Faraba Banta on Friday to [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s Police Chief resigns over anti-sand mining demonstration deaths

22 june 2018 - 08:23:55
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambia’s Police Chief Landing Kinteh has resigned from his post following Monday’s deadly shootings during an [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia Prime Minister resigns after months of popular unrest

15 february 2018 - 19:05:11
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned on Thursday after months of popular protests which necessitated [...] Full text...

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UN report urges Sudan to address plight of millions of IPDs in Darfur

22 november 2017 - 05:10:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations human rights office has called on the Government of Sudan to pursue effective, [...] Full text...

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Violence against children pervasive in homes, schools and communities – UNICEF

01 november 2017 - 22:30:31
New York, USA (PANA) – About 300 million, or three-quarters, of the world’s two- to four-year-old children experience either psychological [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan mass opposition protests leave bloody deaths, injuries

13 october 2017 - 18:33:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Three people were shot dead in the opposition stronghold township of Bondo, the rural home of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian security service arrests ISIS commander in West Africa

09 september 2017 - 19:57:55
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Department of State Services (DSS) on Saturday said suspected Boko Haram terrorists planned to [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Rights body urges swift justice for Marakana shooting victims

15 august 2017 - 10:38:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International has called on the South African authorities to ensure police officers suspected of criminal [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari consoles Germany on Munich attack

24 july 2016 - 13:03:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep shock at the shootings which rocked Munich, Germany, on [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Church group calls for end to South Sudan violence

12 july 2016 - 14:02:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The renewed fighting in South Sudan has raised serious concerns around safety and security of the [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Fighting in Wau triggers spike in humanitarian needs - IOM

30 june 2016 - 09:34:31
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Relief agencies, including IOM, say they are providing emergency assistance to displaced populations in Wau [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 'Nigeria army killed at least 17 unarmed pro-Biafra protesters'

10 june 2016 - 09:23:38
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, says its investigation has confirmed that the Nigerian army gunned down [...] Full text...

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Kenya: US envoy calls for dialogue in Kenya polls body stalemate

04 june 2016 - 16:44:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - United States Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec has once again called on Kenyans to use dialogue [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: AU officials condemn human rights violations in Burundi

15 december 2015 - 11:49:15
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A high-level delegation from the African Union Commission (AUC) on a field visit in Burundi [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Sudan govt. condemns Paris attacks, expresses solidarity with France

14 november 2015 - 17:52:43
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan on Saturday condemned Friday's terror attacks in Paris, France, which left at least 120 people killed [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwandan FM condoles with France over Paris terrorist attack

14 november 2015 - 13:17:48
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan Foreign Affairs Minister, Ms. Louise Mushikiwabo on Saturday sent a message of condolences to [...] Full text...

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UN: UN condemns ‘despicable’ terrorist attacks in Paris

14 november 2015 - 12:10:37
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council have condemned the “despicable" terrorist [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Rights body wants South African cops behind Marikana killings, cover-up suspended

14 august 2015 - 18:22:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - All members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) implicated in the Marikana killings and subsequent [...] Full text...

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UN: UN rights office raises alarm on 'extreme' situation in Burundi

10 july 2015 - 20:18:24
New York, US (PANA) - UN Human Rights Office on Friday issued a new warning about the impact the "extremely [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Police commissioner on the ropes over mine massacre report

26 june 2015 - 11:58:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega, who has come under fire for her [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Decides 2015: AU, ECOWAS observers declare Nigeria's presidential, parliamentary polls 'free, fair, credible'

29 march 2015 - 17:39:28
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Election observer teams from the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan military joins security patrols after Mombasa shootings 

23 july 2014 - 15:17:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan military has joined the Police to conduct joint patrols in Mombasa's low-income areas of [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Rights body hails ECOWAS court decision on Nigerian forces

11 june 2014 - 12:08:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Tuesday's ECOWAS Court decision against the Nigerian security forces, who indiscriminately opened fire on peaceful protesters [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Army probes shootings by soldiers as GOC addresses troops

14 may 2014 - 21:57:26
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's newly-formed army unit, the 7 Division, has set up a military board of inquiry to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Insurgents' attempted jail break triggers heavy gunfire near presidential villa

30 march 2014 - 11:52:02
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - An attempted jail break by detained members of Boko Haram has triggered a heavy exchange of [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Police arrest 3 suspects for killing rhinos

16 march 2014 - 17:09:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Wildlife rangers in Kenya have arrested three suspected poachers who have been handed to the Police [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Newspapers mourn broadcaster Komla Dumor

20 january 2014 - 08:57:18
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian newspapers on Monday mourned broadcaster Komla Dumor, who passed away last Saturday in London from [...] Full text...

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Nine babies born in UNMISS health facilities following unrest in Juba

17 december 2013 - 19:20:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN mission in South Sudan says nine babies have been born in the past two [...] Full text...

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Libya: UN rights office condemns use of violence against protestors

19 november 2013 - 20:51:41
New York, US (PANA) – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday expressed deep [...] Full text...

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Marikana massacre marked in SA

16 august 2013 - 10:19:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa was Friday marking the first anniversary of the Marikana massacre in which [...] Full text...

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Why I challenged Kenyatta's election - Odinga

30 march 2013 - 19:32:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga said Saturday Kenyans should remain united, after an election challenge [...] Full text...

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Amnesty faults 'trigger happy' Nigeria Police

05 february 2013 - 10:06:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Hundreds of fatal police shootings which each year leave families anguished and bereaved are not being [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International tasks S/Sudan on rights violation by security forces

03 october 2012 - 13:06:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International has urged South Sudan to take immediate action to end human rights violations including [...] Full text...

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SA mining firm makes moves to curtail strike

03 october 2012 - 12:41:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - One of South Africa’s mining giants is seeking an eviction order to remove striking [...] Full text...

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Rights body demands effective probe of SA mine deaths

28 september 2012 - 08:57:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The powers and ability of the Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate the deaths of 44 [...] Full text...

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Renowned author Ben Okri laments SA's mining tragedy

13 september 2012 - 13:00:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Renowned Nigerian author Ben Okri on Wednesday night delivered a stirring and poignant speech [...] Full text...

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UNAMID 'deeply concerned' about violence in Darfur’s Kutum area

09 september 2012 - 13:33:50
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has expressed its deep concern about [...] Full text...

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6 killed in Nigeria shooting, clashes

20 july 2012 - 12:41:34
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Six persons were killed in two separate incidents in Maiduguri, the home base of Nigeria's violent [...] Full text...

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Security agents, Boko Haram suspects clash in Nigerian city

01 may 2012 - 09:55:00
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Residents of Nigeria's northern city of Kano woke up to sporadic shootings Tuesday morning as security [...] Full text...

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Nigerian media report the continuing orgy of violence

11 february 2012 - 11:27:24
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The unending orgy of violence, especially the non-stop bombing campaign (almost on a daily basis) by [...] Full text...

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Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill six in Nigerian state

01 february 2012 - 09:11:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen suspected to be members of the violent Islamic sect Boko Haram have killed six persons, [...] Full text...

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Kenyan newspaper group warns about threats to journalists

10 december 2011 - 15:33:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan media group has voiced concerns over the safety of three of its journalists who [...] Full text...

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2 soldiers, 2 policemen, child killed in 2 Nigerian cities

20 november 2011 - 10:05:29
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - No fewer than five people, including a child and two soldiers have been killed in separate [...] Full text...

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Egypt, Israel reach prisoners' swap deal

25 october 2011 - 09:47:44
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt and Israel have reached a deal to swap 25 Egyptian prisoners, including 3 children, in [...] Full text...

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Zuma slams Norway terror attacks

25 july 2011 - 07:59:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has offered his condolences to the people of Norway [...] Full text...

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'Boko Haram' Islamists give conditions to end killings

14 june 2011 - 07:47:40
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - After killing hundreds through bomb attacks and drive-by shootings, the fundamentalist Islamic group Boko Haram, based [...] Full text...

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Somali forces "kill" wanted Al Qaeda leader in East Africa

11 june 2011 - 13:06:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Somali forces have reportedly killed wanted terror suspect Fazul Abdullah after a shoot out at a [...] Full text...

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Islamic militants kill brother of top Nigerian traditional ruler (corrected)

31 may 2011 - 13:05:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen suspected to be members of the 'Boko Haram' Islamic fundamentalists have killed the younger brother [...] Full text...

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UNMIS says 4 peacekeepers wounded in Sudan's Abyei region

10 may 2011 - 20:23:42
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) on Tuesday said unidentified assailants had shot and wounded [...] Full text...

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Suspected Islamists kill 2 policemen in Nigeria

02 march 2011 - 08:54:19
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Suspected members of the Islamic fundamentalist group Boko Haram have shot dead two policemen in Nigeria's [...] Full text...

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Kenya interdicts 3 policemen over execution of suspected gangsters

20 january 2011 - 19:52:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Three Kenyan police officers, captured on camera executing suspects in cold blood in Nairobi, the [...] Full text...

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Malawi police chief rues failure to reign in fugitive businessman

01 january 2011 - 19:35:17
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Inspector General of the Malawi Police Service Peter Mukhito said his officers could have done a [...] Full text...

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Suspected Islamists kill 7 in Nigeria

30 december 2010 - 19:34:06
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic fundamentalist group Boko Haram have killed seven people, including [...] Full text...

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Nigeria deploys troops to northern city to battle Islamists

14 october 2010 - 09:54:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Armed troops have been deployed to Nigeria's northern ci ty of Maiduguri, where Boko Haram Islamists [...] Full text...

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Strange gunmen kill seven in Nigeria's oil-rich state

01 august 2010 - 11:25:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The capital of Nigeria's oil-rich south south Bayelsa state, Yenagoa, was jolted by drive-by shootings which [...] Full text...

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AI report indicts Nigeria Police over unlawful killings

09 december 2009 - 14:05:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- A new report released by Amnesty International (AI) in N igeria's capital city of Abuja Wednesday [...] Full text...

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2 Somali journalists injured in separate shooting incidents

19 november 2009 - 14:37:00
New York- US (PANA) -- Two Somali correspondents for international media outlets were injured in separate shootings, one in the [...] Full text...

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