Guterres: Ceasefire in Central African Republic a ‘critical step’

17 october 2021 - 09:47:16

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the declaration of a unilateral ceasefire in the Central African Republic (CAR) by President Faustin [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Defence Forces claim 'terrorist' TPLF 'extensively crushed'

15 october 2021 - 13:01:12

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government says the National Defence and other forces have "extensively crushed" the "terrorist Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)" [...] Full text...

Tunisian President Kaïs Saied decides to withdraw diplomatic passport of former President Moncef Marzouki

14 october 2021 - 19:39:46

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed announced on Wednesday he had decided to withdraw the diplomatic passport of any personality who had solicited [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US provides $26 million additional humanitarian assistance

14 october 2021 - 05:31:58

Washington, DC, US (PANA) The United States is providing more than $26 million in additional assistance to respond to the humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia bringing [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: High level meeting on Ethiopia urges parties to end abuses, negotiate ceasefire

13 october 2021 - 06:04:57

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United States, the European Union, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have urged the parties to the Ethiopian crisis [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Guterres calls for humanitarian work to continue in Ethiopia

07 october 2021 - 05:13:52

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday urged authorities in Ethiopia to allow vital humanitarian work there to continue, following the [...] Full text...

Libya media highlight US' return to the political scene, meeting to agree electoral law

03 october 2021 - 13:53:09

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers last week focused on two developments on the political scene: the "return" of the US to the political process [...] Full text...

Libyan newspapers highlight risk of transferring political conflict to street confrontations

26 september 2021 - 15:20:56

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Last Tuesday's vote of no-confidence in the Government of National Unity (GNU) by Parliament has led to an open political conflict [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: UNHCR reiterates calls for suffering of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopian crisis

17 september 2021 - 07:41:10

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reiterated its urgent call for investigations following the release of the Human Rights Watch [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Eritrean forces, Tigrayan militants abused Eritrean refugees - says HRW

16 september 2021 - 07:27:31

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Eritrean government forces and Tigrayan militias have committed killings, rape, and other grave abuses against Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia's Tigray region, Human [...] Full text...

Former Guinean president Alpha Condé may leave for Turkey

15 september 2021 - 19:54:36

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean president, Alpha Conde, 83, ousted by a military junta on 5 September, could be released soon to go [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: UN reveals multiple reports of alleged human rights violations in Tigray

14 september 2021 - 04:58:14

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet on Monday deplored “multiple and severe reports of alleged gross violations of human rights, humanitarian and [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Crisis: Government determined to free people displaced by 'terrorists' in Tigray region

12 september 2021 - 05:11:24

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – While celebrating the Ethiopian New Year 2014, the nation has yet to make sure that its people in Amhara, Afar, [...] Full text...

ECOWAS evaluation mission on transition in Mali ends

08 september 2021 - 11:54:48

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A high-level mediation mission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), led by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, ended [...] Full text...

Pressure mounts on Tunisian president Saied to restore constitutional regime

07 september 2021 - 17:18:44

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The ambassadors of the group of seven most industrialised countries (G7) on Monday called on Tunisian President Kais Saied, to accelerate [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: WFP expands emergency response as up to 7 million people face hunger crisis in the north

07 september 2021 - 11:39:29

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) –  As conflict spills across northern Ethiopia, forcing 300,000 people from their homes and 1.7 million into hunger in Afar and [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: WFP says 100 food trucks reach Tigray regional capital

06 september 2021 - 09:48:34

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) says over 100 trucks with food have arrived in the capital of Ethiopia's troubled [...] Full text...

The "444th Brigade" of Libyan army commits to ceasefire

05 september 2021 - 16:57:42

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan elite armed unit, known as Brigade 444, Saturday announced its commitment to respect the ceasefire in Tripoli following "the [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Senior Ethiopian military officer says large fighters of TPLF 'wiped out'

05 september 2021 - 08:34:13

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's Ministry of Defence says that three divisions of the Tigray People's Defence Front (TPLF), which has been battling the [...] Full text...

Libyan PM calls meeting on Tripoli clashes on Friday

04 september 2021 - 18:09:18

Tripoli Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbaiba has called a meeting on the bloody clashes that occurred on Friday in Salaheddine area, a [...] Full text...

Libyan oil minister, head of oil company clash over composition of board for company

03 september 2021 - 10:58:44

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Differences between the Libyan Minister of Oil, Mohamed Aoun and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Libyan  National [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Tigray aid situation worsening by the day, warn UN humanitarians

03 september 2021 - 05:37:23

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The aid crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region is worsening, the UN said on Thursday, with stocks of relief aid, cash and [...] Full text...

Libya's neighbours call for withdrawal of foreign fighters and mercenaries

02 september 2021 - 21:43:43

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The foreign ministers of Libya's neighbouring countries Thursday stressed the need to involve neighbouring countries in talks on the process of [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Senior USAID official accuses Tigray forces of looting warehouses

01 september 2021 - 05:58:29

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has accused forces of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) of looting its [...] Full text...

Tunisia's security and stability closely related to Libya's, says Jerandi

31 august 2021 - 18:59:28

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's security and stability are closely related to those of Libya, the Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, [...] Full text...

Tunisian troops join UN peace mission in Central African Republic

27 august 2021 - 18:24:26

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saied, on Thursday presided over the departure ceremony of the Tunisian light rapid air response group for Bangui, [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Catastrophe ‘unfolding before our eyes’ in Tigray – UN chief

27 august 2021 - 11:53:30

New York, US (PANA) - A military confrontation that started 10 months ago in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is spreading, with serious political, economic and [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Eritrea rejects US' 'utterly baseless allegations' against its Defence Forces chief

24 august 2021 - 07:06:55

Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) - Eritrea has rejected the "utterly baseless allegations" by the US in which it sanctions the Chief of Staff of the Eritrean [...] Full text...

Eritrean military chief lands on US blacklist over Tigray violence

23 august 2021 - 20:42:02

Washington, US (PANA) - Eritrean military chief, Gen. Filipos Woldeyohannes, has been slammed with economic sanctions over the human rights violations committed by the Eritrean [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: US calls on Addis Ababa to allow humanitarian assistance into Tigray

20 august 2021 - 13:34:19

Washington, US (PANA) - The U.S. is calling on the Ethiopian government to immediately allow humanitarian assistance to swiftly move into the troubled northern region [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: UN chief concerned about 'unspeakable' violence in Tigray

20 august 2021 - 07:38:51

New York, US (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres has expressed grave concern about the situation in Ethiopia, particularly the “unspeakable violence” against women and [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Humanitarian group says $27 million urgently needed to provide emergency shelter in Tigray

19 august 2021 - 11:59:32

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Ethiopia Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Item (ES/NFI) Cluster led by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says US$27 million is urgently needed to [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: UNHCR says access restored to Tigray camps sheltering Eritrean refugees

11 august 2021 - 05:40:01

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN aid workers said on Tuesday that they have reached two refugee camps for Eritrean nationals  in Ethiopia’s war torn Tigray [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Gov't rallies 'all capable Ethiopians of age' to join the fight against 'treasonous' TPLF

10 august 2021 - 15:29:16

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government on Tuesday called on "all capable Ethiopians of age" to join in the fight to halt the [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Crisis: Intensified fighting across borders ‘disastrous’ for children

10 august 2021 - 05:18:52

New York, US (PANA) - Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has warned that a recent escalation in fighting in Ethiopia's northern [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Ceasefire in Tigray more urgent now than ever, says UN relief chief

07 august 2021 - 05:14:05

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A ceasefire in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray on humanitarian grounds is needed now more than ever if a massive [...] Full text...

UN report calls for urgent end to mounting human rights violations in CAR

04 august 2021 - 13:27:41

Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA)– A UN report published Wednesday details the dire and worsening human rights situation over the past year in Central African [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopia suspends three humanitarian NGOs for three months

04 august 2021 - 11:29:35

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government on Wednesday announced the suspension for three months of three humanitarian NGOs for "for breaching rules of [...] Full text...

Tunisian president reassures Algerian counterpart on future of democracy in Tunisia

01 august 2021 - 16:34:19

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President, Kais Saeid, has reassured his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, during a telephone conversation that Tunisia "is in the right [...] Full text...

Tunisian Crisis: President Saïed appoints security adviser to head Interior Ministry

30 july 2021 - 11:11:40

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed on Thursday named the director of the General Administration of Presidential Security, Ridha Gharsallaoui, to head the [...] Full text...

UN Security Council extends arms embargo on Central African Republic by one year

30 july 2021 - 07:52:46

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a resolution extending for one year its arms embargo on the Central African [...] Full text...

Vice President of Libyan Presidential Council supports decisions of Tunisian president

29 july 2021 - 21:10:05

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian president received here Thursday the vice-president of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdellah Al-Lafi, a statement of the Tunisian presidency [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: UNHCR says Eritrean refugees in Tigray caught up in conflict

28 july 2021 - 10:28:06

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency has expressed extreme worry about the fate of thousands of Eritrean refugees currently trapped in two refugee [...] Full text...

AU calls for 'strict respect' for Tunisian constitution

28 july 2021 - 06:10:45

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has called for the "strict respect" of the Tunisian [...] Full text...

Tunisian President receives Algerian Foreign Minister

27 july 2021 - 22:34:38

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian President Kais Saeid received here Tuesday Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra, special envoy, with a verbal message from Algerian President [...] Full text...

Tunisian President holds talks with Algerian counterpart on Tunisian crisis

27 july 2021 - 11:54:16

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian president Kais Saied and his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune have spoken by phone on the political situation in Tunisia, the [...] Full text...

Amnesty International urges Tunisian president Saied to respect human rights amidst unfolding crisis

27 july 2021 - 10:35:45

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has asked Tunisian President Kais Saied to publicly commit to respecting and protecting human rights, including [...] Full text...

US urges Tunisian president Saied to adhere to principles of democracy to end crisis

27 july 2021 - 05:53:09

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has encouraged Tunisian President Kais Saied to adhere to the principles of democracy and [...] Full text...

Tunisian President sacks PM, suspends parliament

26 july 2021 - 08:15:00

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's President Kais Saeid on Sunday sacked Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and suspened parliament following violent demonstrations in several cities during which [...] Full text...

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...