Sudan's paramilitary RSF 'seizes new ground' in besieged city
El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Monday they have “seized new ground” in El Fasher, the last stronghold [...] Full text...
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PEACE, SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA
UNSMIL calls for peaceful dialogue, de-escalation in Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed concern the high levels of tension in Tripoli warning that any [...] Full text...
C'ttee responsible for implementation of Tripoli truce meets to defuse tension
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chief of Staff of the Libyan Army in Western Libya, Lieutenant General Mohamed Al-Haddad, held a meeting on Thursday with [...] Full text...
ICRC: Conflict in Sudan drives missing persons cases in Africa
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A huge increase in missing persons in Africa, has been attributed mainly to the current Sudan war and its impact [...] Full text...
ECOWAS meeting discusses financing fight against terrorism
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Experts from the Ministries of Finance and Defence of member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) [...] Full text...
UN calls for decisive steps to end conflict as Gaza and West Bank crises deepen
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly two years of war in Gaza along with continued violence and settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank - [...] Full text...
Pope calls for security, peace for people of Mozabique's Cabo Delgado province
Vatican City, Vatican (PANA) - Pope Leo on Sunday expressed concern about violence for insecurity in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province and prayed for peace for [...] Full text...
Sudan army, allies repel 'major attack' by paramilitary RSF on besieged El Fasher
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese army and allied armed groups say they repelled a major, multi-pronged attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces [...] Full text...
International coalition urges Sudanese warring parties to take action to improve humanitarian situation
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international coalition that groups five governments beside the United Nations and the African Union on Wednesday issued a joint [...] Full text...
South Sudanese ‘are counting on us’, top UN official tells Security Council
New York, US (PANA) - Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, briefed the Security Council on the deteriorating security and humanitarian conditions in South Sudan [...] Full text...
Sudan welcomes AU Peace and Security Council’s stance towards developments in the country
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has welcomed a statement by the African Peace and Security Council rejecting and condemning the establishment of a parallel government to [...] Full text...
Sudan welcomes AU Peace and Security Council’s stance towards developments in the country
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has welcomed a statement by the African Peace and Security Council rejecting and condemning the establishment of a parallel government to [...] Full text...
Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns "proxy war" in Darfur undermines regional and continental peace
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has officially claimed that mercenaries from a number of countries are involved in the raging war between the Sudanese [...] Full text...
Sudanese Darfur group claims mercenaries fighting alongside militias
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Joint Force of the Armed Struggle Movements (The Joint Force) has claimed that foreign Latin American mercenaries have [...] Full text...
‘It is the Environment, Stupid’: Sudan’s war and its impact on local communities (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent, Khartoum)
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The tip of the iceberg behind the causes of the current war in Sudan are political, social and economic disparities, politicians [...] Full text...
AU holds special session on Libya on Thursday
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) will hold an extraordinary session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday to discuss [...] Full text...
Libyan lawmakers, military and security officials discuss strengthening legislative role in national security
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Members of Libya's House of Representatives and senior military and security officials gathered in the Tunisian capital this week for a [...] Full text...
UN Security Council, in unanimous vote, presses nations to resolve disputes peacefully
New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution urging all Member States to “utilise effectively” the mechanisms for pacific settlement [...] Full text...
South African President Ramaphosa fires senior Minister over graft scandal
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday fired Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane who is facing graft allegations.Nkabane’s firing [...] Full text...
South Africa's former Deputy President David Mabuza dies
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Deputy President David Mabuza on Thursday died at a Mpumulanga hospital after a long illness. His death was confirmed [...] Full text...
Launch of joint security plan for Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of the Interior has launched the joint security plan for the city of Tripoli, under the supervision of [...] Full text...
Sudan’s war intensifies amid starvation, rights probe warns
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heavy fighting continues to escalate in Sudan as a “direct result” of the continued flow of arms into the country meaning [...] Full text...
Fighting escalates in Sudan’s Kordofan region
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Alarmed by intensifying violence in the greater Kordofan region of Sudan and the growing humanitarian impact of the fighting, the UN [...] Full text...
South Africa: Pretoria downplays latest US travel advisory
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The government on Friday said it had noted the recent update by the United States Department of State to [...] Full text...
Ethiopia’s chief Intelligence vows to help Sudan reach peace
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Ethiopia has dispatched its top intelligence service official to the Sudan to assure the military government in Port Sudan, the [...] Full text...
Ugandan opposition leader Besigye charged afresh with terrorism
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and his aides have been charged afresh with terrorism six months after his kidnapping and rendition [...] Full text...
Call for pooling of counter-terrorism monitoring systems
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) -At the opening of the 2025 African Regional Review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) in Cotonou on Wednesday, [...] Full text...
Sexual violence systematically used as a weapon of war in the DR Congo
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to have devastating consequences, particularly for women and children, [...] Full text...
G7 Ministers denounce Sudan conflict
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Foreign Minister of the G7 countries and the High Representative of the European Union, have “unequivocally" denounced the ongoing [...] Full text...
G7 Ministers denounce Sudan conflict
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Foreign Minister of the G7 countries and the High Representative of the European Union, have “unequivocally" denounced the ongoing [...] Full text...
External flow of weapons into Sudan must end: Guterres
New York, US (PANA) - Two years to the day since Sudan’s brutal war erupted between rival generals who rejected the peaceful transition to civilian [...] Full text...
South Sudan: UN responds to deteriorating security in Upper Nile state
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Peacekeepers with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are stepping up patrols, and engaging with various communities and authorities, [...] Full text...
Syria’s political transition at risk due to Israeli military action, Security Council hears
New York, US (PANA) - Recent military actions by Israel are undermining Syria’s political transition and the chances of a new security pact between the [...] Full text...
Suffering, destruction in Sudan continue as bloody war nears second year mark
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan's bloody war between two military groups reaches its second anniversary, a humanitarian charity has again painted a picture [...] Full text...
Despite resurgence of conflict in eastern DRC, peacekeepers continue to protect civilians
New York, US (PANA) - As the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has intensified since January, the United Nations peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, [...] Full text...
South African organisations slam Trump
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The FW de Klerk Foundation has strongly opposed US President Donald Trump's offering of citizenship to white South African farmers. [...] Full text...
South Sudan Community leaders call for peace between cattle herders and farmers (By Surur Ali Ayile, UN News)
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The land in Lainya County in South Sudan is rich and fertile, with a long history of successfully producing vast [...] Full text...
‘Humanity’s future depends on investing in the machinery of peace’: UN chief
New York, US (PANA) - “Humanity’s future depends on investing in the machinery of peace, not the machinery of war,” said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in [...] Full text...
Libyan security institutions agree measures on border security
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Representatives of the military and security institutions in the East and West Libya responsible for border security, counterterrorism and addressing irregular [...] Full text...
UN probe nails South Sudanese leaders for fuelling war
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - South Sudan’s political leaders must address the impunity and corruption that fuels gross human rights violations, or risk jeopardising South Sudan’s [...] Full text...
Sudanese Army ends RSF’s two-year siege of El Obeid in North Kordofan
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese army said on Sunday that it had broken a nearly two-year siege imposed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces [...] Full text...
Thousands of people flee from eastern DR Congo into Burundi.
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people to neighbouring countries where they [...] Full text...
Outgoing AUC chair Moussa Faki offers personal scorecard, takes swipe at African leaders
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The outgoing Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki, offered a personal reflection on Saturday on his eight-year [...] Full text...
Summary executions, sexual violence reported in eastern DRC war
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the humanitarian situation "rapidly deteriorates" in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with families fleeing [...] Full text...
International Year of Peace and Trust begins
New York, US (PANA) - Friday marked the opening ceremony of the UN General Assembly-mandated International Year of Peace and Trust, 2025, at UN Headquarters [...] Full text...
Sudan's paramilitary leader concedes loss of town but vows to come back soon
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has played down loss of a major town in the centre [...] Full text...
Millions of Yemenis will bear the brunt of attacks on critical civilian infrastructure
Sana’a, Yemen (PANA) - Some 59 organisations operating in Yemen have voiced concern over escalation of war on civilians.International and national organisations delivering humanitarian aid [...] Full text...
WHO Director-General pleads for peace in 2025
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was in Yemen on a mission to negotiate with the country’s de facto authorities for [...] Full text...
2024 ‘one of the worst years in history for children in conflict’
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, according to an [...] Full text...
2024 ‘one of the worst years in history for children in conflict’
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, according to an [...] Full text...