Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Communist Party (SACP) has issued a scathing condemnation of US President Donald Trump, accusing him of openly threatening war crimes against Iran Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambian government has appointed a British national, Mr Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Prosecutors in South Africa say they have direct evidence linking five men to the abduction, robbery and murder of Steven Gruzd, head of the African Governance and Diplomacy Programme at the South African Institute of International Affairs Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday that 44 Ghanaians have been rescued from a fraudulent recruitment network operating in Nigeria Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Inspector General of Police Seedy Muktarr Touray has reported a mixed crime trend in The Gambia, with a decline in murder cases but a rise in other serious offences, including rape and arson Full text...

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The Sawyers from Australia were never really interested in volatile investing Full text...

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - An international early warning system blocked a shipment of chemicals used to make fentanyl that could have produced up to 1 Full text...

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (PANA) - There has been an “alarming increase” in the number of children being recruited into gangs in Haiti with “devastating consequences” for children, families and society as a whole, the UN reported on Friday Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) unleashed “a wave of intense violence … shocking in its scale and brutality” during its final offensive to capture the besieged city of El Fasher last October, committing widespread atrocities that amount to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity, says a report published on Friday by the UN Human Rights Office Full text...

Port Sudan,Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has welcomed what it described as “the positive statement” issued on Thursday by the East African Development grouping (IGAD) condemning the various types of violations committed by the Rapid Support Forces Militia in the country Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Past geopolitical tensions related to the synthetic drug “captagon” are now being mitigated with the Syrian authorities’ commitment to dismantle illicit manufacturing, says the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested one of the country's most notorious cyber-fraud suspects Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is witnessing an alarming erosion of respect for international law, with conflicts increasingly targeting civilians and heightening the risk of atrocity crimes, warns the United Nations’ newly appointed Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deliberately killed civilians, took hostages, pillaged and destroyed mosques, schools, and health clinics during a large-scale attack in April on Zamzam, the largest camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in North Darfur State, human rights advocate, Amnesty International, said in a new report published on today Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A 12-year-old boy and his grandmother cut the ribbon at UN Headquarters on Monday to inaugurate a flower-shaped memorial to the victims of the Srebrenica genocide – a permanent reminder of the 1995 massacre and the United Nation’s failure to stop it Full text...

Hanoi, Viet Nam (PANA) - Sixty-five nations on Saturday signed a landmark United Nations treaty in Hanoi aimed at tackling cybercrime – a move Secretary-General António Guterres hailed as a historic step toward a safer digital world Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Imagine this: you visit the familiar website of your local hardware store Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday adopted a decision authorising the European Commission and member states to sign a United Nations Convention against cybercrime Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Johannesburg court on Thursday convicted seven Chinese nationals on charges of human trafficking Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Police Service (SAPS) anti-kidnapping task team has safely reunited an Indian businessman with his family following a shootout with an alleged mastermind behind the businessman’s kidnapping Full text...

 The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has strongly rejected new sanctions announced by the United States on Wednesday against four more of its personnel in a renewed push surrounding investigations into US and Israeli officials Full text...

The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Two former leaders of the predominantly Christian Anti-Balaka militia in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been convicted of multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Systematic rape and sexual violence are being used as weapons of war in Darfur, the International Criminal Court (ICC) warned on Thursday, as part of a widening investigation into what its Deputy Prosecutor said are escalating atrocities against civilians in the conflict-ridden region Full text...

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The global drive for renewable energy technologies has sharply increased demand for so-called critical minerals, heightening the risk of crime, corruption, and instability across supply chains as organised crime groups infiltrate the mining industry Full text...

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) called on Monday for renewed global commitment to combating emerging criminal threats and strengthening justice systems worldwide Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is in the process of establishing a judicial commission of inquiry to establish whether attempts were made to prevent the investigation or prosecution of apartheid-era crimes referred by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to the National Prosecuting Authority Full text...

Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Liberian President Joseph Boakai has been urged to follow through on his commitment to justice and human rights by renewing an executive order key to establishing a war crimes court to address accountability for civil war-era crimes in the country Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Thomas Chauke, a 54-year-old Zimbabwean national, has been sentenced to 110 years’ imprisonment by the Makhanda High Court in South Africa Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi on Thursday expressed her deep concern regarding the manner in which the case of Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused was handled by the prosecuting team Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Pretoria has welcomed the Malawian court ruling on Wednesday that self- proclaimed prophet Shepherd and his wife, Mary, be extradited to South Africa to face numerous charges including fraud and rape Full text...

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has concluded his second visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where his office is exploring measures to deal with war crimes and crimes against humanity Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland US (PANA) - Sudan is a flashpoint, with a growing risk of atrocity crimes and mass starvation deaths, the UN rights chief warned on Thursday, noting that some of the abuses described in his report could amount to "war crimes and other atrocity crimes" Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group has taken a major step forward in its fight against corruption and financial crime by signing a Letter of Intent with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) Full text...

Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - There is often a disproportionate concentration of violence and crime among young people in low-income urban areas compared to their high-income counterparts Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  The daughter of former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma will face charges of inciting terrorism that led to the deaths of 354 people in July 2021 after her father was jailed Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has called on the Libyan authorities to arrest the commander of the judicial police and director of the correction and rehabilitation institution in Tripoli, Osama Najim, and to start investigating the crimes he committed Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations General Assembly adopted Wednesday a new convention to prevent and combat cybercrime, concluding a five-year negotiation process, UN News reported Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela’s grandson is expected to appear in a Johannesburg court on Friday after being arrested at the former world statesman’s upmarket home Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Billions of people worldwide are set to benefit from enhanced safety online and in the physical world following the adoption of a legally binding treaty on cybercrime by the UN General Assembly Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The General Assembly on Tuesday adopted the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, a landmark global treaty aimed at strengthening international cooperation to combat cybercrime and protecting societies from digital threats Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in South Kordofan state since September 2023, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The mechanism to complete the work of UN war crimes tribunals continues to make progress in delivering justice for the most serious crimes in Rwanda and the States of the former Yugoslavia, top officials told the Security Council on Tuesday Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Border Management Authority (BMA) on Tuesday said it had intercepted an unidentified German national who has been on Interpol’s most wanted list Full text...

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Marking the inaugural International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organised Crime on Friday, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has called for unified global efforts to counter these pervasive threats Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Police on Tuesday confirmed that a female South African drug trafficker was arrested in Addis Ababa following a joint operation between authorities in the two countries Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A large contingent of police officers has been deployed to the Eastern Cape province after six people were shot dead and four others injured at the Lugongozo High School, near Qumbu, on Sunday night Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –South African  Police have confirmed that 25 suspects are in custody following this weekend’s mass shooting in the Eastern Cape which left 18 people dead Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Member States have finalised a new treaty targeting cybercrime, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported on Friday Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African police have rescued a businessman and arrested eight kidnappers, including three Tanzanian nationals in Johannesburg Full text...