Ethiopian crisis: Situation in Eritrean refugee camps in Tigray deteriorating - UNHCR

16 july 2021 - 05:43:26

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has flagged the rapidly deteriorating situation in two Eritrean refugee camps in Ethiopia's [...] Full text...

UN envoy to Libya warns of chaos if ceasefire agreement collapses

15 july 2021 - 21:51:29

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ján Kubiš, warned on [...] Full text...

Libyan PM urges all stakeholders to unite to hold elections in December

15 july 2021 - 20:58:31

Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Accord, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, Thursday urged the concerned legislative bodies and institutions to [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopia rejects 'politically motivated' EU resolution on human rights situation in Tigray

14 july 2021 - 11:47:48

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has rejected the resolution by the European Union (EU) on the situation of human rights in Tigray region adopted [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: UN appeals for faster passage for aid convoys to Tigray region

14 july 2021 - 05:35:05

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN humanitarians appealed on Tuesday for far quicker access to Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, after the first aid trucks in [...] Full text...

Tunisian Parliament approves Tunisia's participation in UN Mission in CAR

13 july 2021 - 21:12:20

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Assembly of Tunisian People's Representatives (Parliament) approved here Tuesday the participation of a rapid intervention unit in the United Nations [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Guterres welcomes Ethiopia’s pledge to allow humanitarian access to Tigray

09 july 2021 - 21:02:10

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Ethiopia’s commitment to ensuring aid workers can access the war-ravaged Tigray region, his Spokesperson said in [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US reiterates need for immediate, negotiated ceasefire

07 july 2021 - 05:36:19

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has reiterated the need for all parties to the Ethiopian conflict to commit to [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: 400,000 in Tigray cross 'threshold into famine', Security Council told

03 july 2021 - 06:39:12

New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials appealed on Friday  for immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to Tigray – and for an end to deadly [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US calls on all parties to commit to 'immediate, indefinite, negotiated ceasefire'

30 june 2021 - 05:58:31

Washington, US (PANA) - The US on Tuesday called on all parties in the Ethiopian conflict to commit to an immediate, indefinite, negotiated ceasefire. This is [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopia denies 'fabricated' Tigray village market air strike claim

25 june 2021 - 08:16:01

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has denied reports that it carried out an airstrike at a village market in Tigray region in which dozens [...] Full text...

Central African Republic entrenched in ‘unprecedented humanitarian crisis’

24 june 2021 - 05:36:31

New York, US (PANA) - Defence forces, soldiers from  nearby  countries and other security  personnel  have been fighting an “asymmetric war” against armed groups, sparking an  “unprecedented humanitarian crisis”, the top UN official in [...] Full text...

FM appeals for understanding from Int'l community on Mali's political crisis

22 june 2021 - 18:04:33

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdoulaye Diop, has appealed to the international community to show a dispassionate understanding of the [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopia slams AU's 'unilateral' Tigray inquiry; calls for joint investigation

17 june 2021 - 15:07:53

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has rejected the "unilateral" establishment of a commission of inquiry into the Tigray crisis in northern Ethiopia and called [...] Full text...

Italian president says Libya's stability requires departure of mercenaries and foreign forces

17 june 2021 - 14:12:12

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Italian President Sergio Mattarella said on Wednesday that national reconciliation and stability in Libya are "priorities of Italian foreign policy" and [...] Full text...

Pan-African Parliament asks European Parliament to remain neutral in Rabat-Madrid dispute

11 june 2021 - 17:56:36

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Pan-African Parliament has asked the European Parliament not to get involved in the crisis between the Kingdom of Morocco and [...] Full text...

Malian PM to unveil members of new transitional gov't

10 june 2021 - 17:15:25

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - After his meeting with the ECOWAS mediator for Mali and former Nigerian president, Dr. Goodluck Janathan, the Malian Prime Minister, Choguel [...] Full text...

Mugunga nets on debut as Rwanda maul CAR 5-0 in soccer friendly

08 june 2021 - 19:50:15

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda proved too strong for visiting Central African Republic, as the Amavubi emerged 5-0 victorious in the second friendly between both [...] Full text...

Col. Assima Goita, a pure product of the Malian National Army (Portrait of Mali's transition leader)

08 june 2021 - 17:10:58

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Col. Assimi Goïta, sworn in on Monday before the Supreme Court as President of the Transition in Mali, is one of [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Crisis: Guterres warns that Tigray on 'brink of famine'

08 june 2021 - 08:11:11

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that several areas in Tigray are "on the brink of famine". In a tweet he [...] Full text...

Mali military must ‘scrupulously’ respect human rights, free civilian leaders: UN rights expert

03 june 2021 - 06:15:36

Geneva, UN (PANA) - A UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday that Mali’s new military authorities should “scrupulously respect human rights” and release [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Crisis; Ethiopians march against 'foreign interference' in the country's internal affairs

30 may 2021 - 14:39:22

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Thousands of Ethiopians held a demonstration in Addis Ababa on Sunday against foreign interference in the internal affairs of the [...] Full text...

Mali's Constitutional Court declares coup leader, Assimi Goita, President of the Transition

29 may 2021 - 14:42:21

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Constitutional Court of Mali on Friday installed Col. Assimi Goita, president of the transition and head of state, following the [...] Full text...

Military in Mali releases former Transition leaders

27 may 2021 - 15:34:33

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former top leaders of the Transition Government of Mali who resigned on Wednesday have been released from custody by the military. Transition [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Crisis: US President Biden calls for ceasefire

27 may 2021 - 06:20:37

Washington DC, US (PANA) - US President Joe Biden has expressed deep concern at the escalating violence and the hardening of regional and ethnic divisions [...] Full text...

AU, ECOWAS condemn arrest of Mali Transition President and Prime Minister

25 may 2021 - 15:30:03

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat and of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...] Full text...

Monitoring Committee of Mali’s Transition demands release of President and Prime Minister

25 may 2021 - 12:58:32

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Local Committee for the monitoring of the Transition in Mali "demands the immediate and unconditional release" of the President of [...] Full text...

CAR struggles to address economic challenges arising from security crisis

22 may 2021 - 08:31:56

Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) – The deterioration of the security situation in Central African Republic (CAR) at the beginning of the year and the [...] Full text...

South Africa condemns Israeli attack on civilians in Gaza

15 may 2021 - 12:00:29

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  The South African government on Saturday condemned Israel's "unjust attacks on civilians in Gaza and Jerusalem" and said the [...] Full text...

ECOWAS envoy to Mali, Goodluck Jonathan, arrives in Bamako to assess the situation in the country

10 may 2021 - 17:07:44

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediator for Mali, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, arrived in Bamako on Sunday [...] Full text...

Libya rejects Chadian defence minister's statement

08 may 2021 - 11:10:38

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has rejected  pronouncement by Chadian Defence minister, Gen. Daouda Ibrahim, who described the country as a "refuge for terrorism", considering [...] Full text...

Nearly 370,000 children now internally displaced in CAR amidst ongoing violence

28 april 2021 - 06:34:37

Bangui, CAR (PANA) – An estimated 738,000 people, half of whom are children, are now internally displaced across the Central African Republic (CAR) as a result [...] Full text...

Libyan and Wagner elements accused of supporting Chadian rebels

22 april 2021 - 12:53:19

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Congress of the Toubou tribe in Libya, Issa Abdelmadjid Mansour, accused Libyan and foreign forces, including mercenaries [...] Full text...

Tunisia monitoring developments in Chad: Foreign Ministry

22 april 2021 - 10:02:20

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia says it is following developments in Chad after the death of President Idriss Déby Itno and affirms its adherence to [...] Full text...

More refugees arrive in Chad following recent clashes in Central African Republic

20 april 2021 - 10:51:44

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recent clashes between government forces and rebel groups in northern Central African Republic (CAR) have forced more than 2,000 refugees to [...] Full text...

Rivalry between Turkey and Greece still in play in Libya

13 april 2021 - 12:10:45

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba affirmed on Monday their commitment to the agreement on the [...] Full text...

South Africa President Ramaphosa to attend emergency SADC summit

07 april 2021 - 12:42:38

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa will attend Thursday’s high-level meeting of regional leaders following an attack by Islamic [...] Full text...

South African president Ramaphosa addresses crisis in Mozambique

02 april 2021 - 15:02:32

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday assured South Africans that his government is working hard to secure the [...] Full text...

Rights experts concerned over ‘Russian advisers’ and close contacts with CAR UN peacekeepers

01 april 2021 - 12:41:16

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-appointed independent rights experts on Wednesday raised concerns over the recruitment and use of private military and foreign security contractors by the [...] Full text...

UN experts alarmed by CAR’s use of “Russian trainers”, close contacts with UN peacekeepers

31 march 2021 - 13:47:28

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A group of UN experts on Wednesday expressed alarm at the increased recruitment and use of private military and foreign security [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Crisis: UNHCR says it has reached destroyed camps in northern Tigray

26 march 2021 - 11:20:24

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency said on Friday that it has gained access to the Shimelba and Hitsats refugee camps in Ethiopia’s [...] Full text...

LEAD: Ethiopian Crisis: PM Abiy says Eritrea to pull out its troops from Ethiopia

26 march 2021 - 07:34:11

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Eritrea has agreed to withdraw its forces from the Ethiopian border, following discussions between their two leaders in the Eritrean [...] Full text...

BREAKING NEWS: Ethiopian Crisis: PM Abiy says Eritrea to pull out its troops from Ethiopia

26 march 2021 - 07:12:24

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Eritrea is has agreed to withdraw its forces from the Ethiopian border, following discussions between their two leaders in the [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Crisis: UN announces probe into alleged Tigray rights violations

25 march 2021 - 16:06:40

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alleged serious abuses and rights violations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are to be investigated by the UN, the Office of the [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopian rights group says 'over 100' civilians killed by Eritrean soldiers

24 march 2021 - 12:37:31

Addis Abba, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says information it collected during its preliminary investigation into the human rights situation in the [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Children must be protected from harm, urges UNICEF

20 march 2021 - 11:49:58

New York, US (PANA) - The situation for children in Tigray is becoming increasingly serious as the conflict in the northern Ethiopian region continues to [...] Full text...

International community renews support for Mali's quest for political stability, peace

09 march 2021 - 12:02:52

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The international community expressed its support for Mali's quest for political stability and peace, following the August coup, at the second [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Crisis: UN rights chief calls for probe in Tigray rights abuses

05 march 2021 - 05:57:04

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Given the persistent reports of serious human rights violations and abuses in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, the UN rights chief [...] Full text...

UNHCR to relocate thousands of Central African Republic refugees to safer locations

02 march 2021 - 12:32:36

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is working to relocate thousands of Central African Republic (CAR) refugees away [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopia says US' statement on its internal affairs 'regrettable'

01 march 2021 - 06:03:44

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia says a statement by the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the reported atrocities and overall deteriorating situation [...] Full text...