Civil society delegation from Morocco's southern provinces exposes Polisario's human rights violations

04 december 2022 - 13:32:42

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - A delegation of civil society from the southern provinces of Morocco revealed this week in Berlin "the serious human rights violations [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US says Pretoria agreement remains best chance for peace

03 december 2022 - 08:06:54

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - As the peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)  marked its first month on [...] Full text...

UN chief strongly condemns airfield attack in CAR which left one peacekeeper dead

27 november 2022 - 05:26:20

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Saturday strongly condemned an attack on an airfield in southeastern Central African Republic (CAR) which left [...] Full text...

Burundi to host regional summit on DR Congo crisis

24 november 2022 - 12:09:22

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The leaders of Angola, DR Congo and Burundi are to meet "soon" in Bujumbura to assess the implementation of the resolutions of their [...] Full text...

Burundian Head of State engages in intense diplomatic activity on security crisis in DR Congo

23 november 2022 - 14:36:29

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian head of state, Evariste Ndayisimiyé, and current chairman of the East African Community (EAC), arrived on Wednesday in Luanda, [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US Secretary of State, Ethiopian PM discuss peace efforts in the north

23 november 2022 - 05:50:01

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, on Tuesday about efforts to bring [...] Full text...

Top UN official in Libya faces complicated road to organise electons with differeces in Security Council

17 november 2022 - 17:41:20

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The task of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, to hold elections in the country is [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: PM Abiy underscores need to support peace agreement

15 november 2022 - 16:43:05

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday underscored the need to support the 2 November peace agreement signed between the [...] Full text...

UPDATE1: Ethiopian crisis: 'Govt working to ensure peace agreement is implemented on agreed terms'

13 november 2022 - 13:07:33

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Government of Ethiopia says it is working to ensure that the peace agreement signed in South Africa with the [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US welcomes commitment to unhindered humanitarian access in northern Ethiopia

13 november 2022 - 06:47:40

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has welcomed the commitment to unhindered humanitarian access and clarification of cessation of hostilities implementing arrangements articulated in [...] Full text...

US threatens to reconsider relationship with those who impede progress towards Libya's political solutions

10 november 2022 - 19:44:56

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The US special envoy and ambassador to Libya, Richard Norland, has said that his country could re-evaluate its relations with actors [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US hails meeting of Government, TPLF military commanders

08 november 2022 - 05:26:22

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has hailed the commencement of a meeting between military commanders of the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Military commanders of Government, TPLF meet in Nairobi

07 november 2022 - 15:07:29

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Military commanders of the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on Monday began a meeting in Nairobi, [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for action to address 'accountability deficit' after peace deal

04 november 2022 - 05:51:53

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has described Wednesday's peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and the rebel Tigray People's Liberation [...] Full text...

Haftar threatens to resort to arms, risking return to war in Libya

03 november 2022 - 21:59:42

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - With the political stalemate in Libya persisting since the postponement of last December's elections, the head of the eastern-based Libyan National [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Sudan welcomes signing of peace agreement

03 november 2022 - 11:15:00

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has welcomed the peace agreement signed in South Africa between the Ethiopian federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Kenyan President welcomes ceasefire agreement

03 november 2022 - 09:38:38

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President William Ruto has praised the parties to the Ethiopia peace process, the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People's [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Crisis: UN, US, AU hail peace agreement to end the bloody conflict

03 november 2022 - 05:05:49

Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The United Nations, the United States and African Union (AU) have welcomed Wednesday's cessation of hostilities  agreement signed by the [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for solidarity with victims, survivors of atrocity

02 november 2022 - 11:04:13

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As the bloody Ethiopian conflict enters its third year on Thursday, Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has urged the international community [...] Full text...

UN chief welcomes completion of first trial of Special Criminal Court in CAR

02 november 2022 - 05:25:34

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has  welcomed the completion of the first trial of the Special Criminal Court in the [...] Full text...

Ghana's president Akufo-Addo rallies country to face economic crisis

31 october 2022 - 05:40:34

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo  on Sunday rallied his country in the midst of a debilitating economic crisis as he [...] Full text...

US expresses concern about actions relative to members of CAR's Constitutional Court

29 october 2022 - 04:21:47

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it has noted with deep concern a series of recent actions relative to members of the [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Northern Ethiopia facing devastating spike in preventable disease: WHO

28 october 2022 - 18:53:27

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO)  expressed serious concerns on Friday about a likely spike in a range of preventable [...] Full text...

Special Criminal Court in CAR to issue first verdict on Monday

28 october 2022 - 06:36:22

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic (CAR) will issue its first verdict on Monday, an important step in justice [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Peace talks enter the second day

26 october 2022 - 05:07:52

Pretoria, South Africa (PANA)  - The African Union (AU)-led peace talks in South Africa to end the conflict in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia enters the [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopian delegations hold peace talks in South Africa

25 october 2022 - 12:46:09

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The African Union (AU) is hosting high-level delegations to discuss the peace process for Ethiopia in South Africa. AU-led peace [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for protection of civilians

25 october 2022 - 06:27:26

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Parties to the ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopia must protect civilians amid intensifying hostilities in the Tigray region, warned Amnesty [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Government forces 'continue to take control of urban centres' in Tigray region

24 october 2022 - 10:32:37

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) says it has continued to "take control of major urban centres" in the Tigray [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US Secretary of State speaks with South African foreign minister, Kenyan President as peace talks scheduled to kick off

24 october 2022 - 05:38:36

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday spoke with South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor and [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US Secretary of State welcomes announcement of AU-led negotiations to resolve conflict

22 october 2022 - 07:22:14

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States welcomes the planned launch of African Union-led peace talks next week between the government of Ethiopia and [...] Full text...

OCHA Under Secretary General expresses concern about humanitarian situation in Burkina Faso

21 october 2022 - 14:52:44

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Martin [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: AU-led peace talks set for Monday in South Africa

20 october 2022 - 10:49:56

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU)-led peace talks to end the bloody fighting between the Ethiopian government and separatist Tigray People's Liberation [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Tigray conflict is a health crisis for 6 million people: WHO chief

20 october 2022 - 05:26:50

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) urged the international community and the media on Wednesday to give the crisis [...] Full text...

Support to peacekeepers in CAR ‘decisive’ in security operations to protect civilians - UN official

20 october 2022 - 05:15:25

New York, US (PANA) - Support from UN peacekeepers serving with the mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, has proven decisive in protecting civilians [...] Full text...

Malian FM denies allegations in UN Secretary General's report on Mali

19 october 2022 - 20:25:11

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, denied Tuesday before the Security Council many allegations contained in the latest quarterly [...] Full text...

Mali's situation demands sustained international attention, senior UN official says

19 october 2022 - 05:02:17

New York, US (PANA) - The situation in Mali continues to justify sustained international attention and engagement, the top UN official in the West African [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Impact of Tigray airstrikes on civilians ‘utterly staggering’: UN rights chief

18 october 2022 - 19:15:53

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Parties to the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must cease all hostilities immediately and work towards a peaceful and [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US reiterates call for ceasefire

18 october 2022 - 07:56:06

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has again called for a ceasefire in the fighting between Ethiopian government forces and the Tigray People's Liberation [...] Full text...

UPDATE 2: Ethiopian conflict: UN chief warns conflict is 'spiralling out of control'

17 october 2022 - 17:51:03

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that the situation in Ethiopia, where the Government and separatist Tigray People's Liberation [...] Full text...

UPDATE 1: Ethiopian crisis: Government announes 'defensive measures' to safeguard territorial integrity

17 october 2022 - 12:37:59

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Government on Monday  announced "defensive measures" to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country because of [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: AU reiterates call for immediate, unconditional ceasefire

17 october 2022 - 06:42:11

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has "strongly" called for an immediate, unconditional ceasefire and [...] Full text...

Success for Abdoulaye Bathily despite the complications of the crisis in Libya

16 october 2022 - 20:18:07

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Abdoulaye Bathily, [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by escalation in fighting across Tigray

16 october 2022 - 07:15:56

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has expressed grave concern over the escalation of fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, where government [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US reiterates calls for 'immediate' ceasefire in fighting

15 october 2022 - 05:14:54

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Friday reiterated calls for a ceasefire in northern Ethiopia where government forces have been engaged in renewed [...] Full text...

South Africa, 14 other African countries abstain in UN vote over Russia

13 october 2022 - 12:42:24

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa was among 15 African countries that abstained from a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia for its holding [...] Full text...

No country can impose solution of crisis on Libyans - US official

12 october 2022 - 11:32:32

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - US State Department regional spokesperson, Samuel Warberg, has stressed that no country can impose a solution of the crisis in Libya [...] Full text...

UN expresses serious concern over suspension of political party activities in Burkina Faso

08 october 2022 - 19:44:48

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations has expressed serious concern about the military's decision to suspend the activities of political parties after a [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso: Humanitarian organisations come to aid of population of Djibo (UN)

08 october 2022 - 16:17:51

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Faced with the "complex humanitarian situation in Djibo", humanitarian organizations are mobilizing to provide rapid assistance to newly displaced people [...] Full text...

UN Security Council condemns attack on peacekeepers in CAR

07 october 2022 - 12:10:30

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has added its voice to the condemnation of the attack perpetrated on 3 October against the United [...] Full text...

UN chief 'deeply saddened' by death of 3 Bangladeshi peacekeepers in CAR

05 october 2022 - 05:30:34

New York, US (PANA) - UN The Secretary-General is "deeply saddened" by the death of three peacekeepers from Bangladesh in the Central African Republic (CAR), [...] Full text...