Two dead, seven wounded in an armed attack on headquarters of security department in southern Libya

06 october 2022 - 20:39:58 MTA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least two security agents died in an armed attack, Thursday at dawn, against the headquarters of the Security Department of [...] Full text...

Suspects arrested following murder of German tourist in South Africa

06 october 2022 - 12:55:44 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Three men suspected of being involved in a hijacking that left a German tourist dead on Monday have been [...] Full text...

Rights groups hail trial in France of accused person for crimes against humanity in Liberian civil war

06 october 2022 - 10:22:43 MA

Paris, France (PANA) – The trial in France of Kunti K. for crimes against humanity in his alleged role as a Liberian former armed group commander is an [...] Full text...

Witness in murder of Gambian journalist Hydara to testify in trial in Germany

06 october 2022 - 10:03:17 MSS

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A woman who survived the murder of a renowned Gambian journalist, Deyda Hydara, will testify on Thursday and Friday in the German [...] Full text...

Torture is ‘widespread’ and likely underestimated in DR Congo: UN report

05 october 2022 - 19:14:18 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Torture is “widespread” and underestimated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the abuse involves armed groups and State forces, [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso: 27 soldiers, 10 civilians killed on 26 September in ambush of humanitarian convoy in the Sahel (Update)

05 october 2022 - 15:13:09 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe army announced on Wednesday the ambush on 26 September against a convoy carrying supplies for the town of [...] Full text...

World Teachers’ Day highlights need to transform education

05 october 2022 - 14:35:47 MA

Paris, France (PANA) - Teachers are at the heart of education, and their valuable work must also lead to better salaries and working conditions, the [...] Full text...

10 tonnes of war remnants destroyed in Libyan city of Misrata, east of Tripoli

05 october 2022 - 13:48:42 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ten tonnes of war remnants stored at the 307th Artillery Battalion in the city of Misrata, 220 km east of Tripoli, [...] Full text...

Ethiopian crisis: AU invites parties to conflict for peace talks

05 october 2022 - 10:34:59 MA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU), which is leading peace talks to end the fighting in Ethiopia, has made an official invitation [...] Full text...

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

05 october 2022 - 05:30:34 MA

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...

All preparations for start of 2022/2023 school year in Libya completed - Minister

04 october 2022 - 17:06:55 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Education of the Government of National Unity, Moussa Al-Magaryef, affirmed here Tuesday that the ministry had completed [...] Full text...

Rights groups call for justice for Liberia civil wars-era crimes

04 october 2022 - 14:34:18 MA

Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The United States government should stand with victims of civil wars-era crimes in Liberia by signaling its support for a war crimes court to deliver justice [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso: 27 soldiers killed in ambush of humanitarian convoy in Burkina Faso's Sahel on 26 September

04 october 2022 - 14:22:42 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Twenty-seven Burkinabe soldiers were killed on 26 September in an ambush that targeted a humanitarian convoy bound for the town [...] Full text...

11 people killed, 372 injured in 24 hours in several road accidents in Tunisia

04 october 2022 - 14:11:45 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 11 people died and 372 others were injured in various road accidents during the last 24 hours in [...] Full text...

Libya, Turkey to strengthen cooperation in the field of information

04 october 2022 - 13:03:15 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of State for Communications and Political Affairs of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Walid Lafi, on Monday received [...] Full text...

German tourist shot dead in South Africa

04 october 2022 - 11:55:51 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A massive manhunt is underway after a German tourist was shot dead in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province on Monday [...] Full text...

Nearly one million people have fled five years of violence in northern Mozambique

04 october 2022 - 11:00:25 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - This week marks five years since extreme violence erupted in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, forcing nearly one million people to [...] Full text...

Fight against human trafficking must be strengthened in Ethiopia’s wartorn north

04 october 2022 - 06:46:46 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Throughout Ethiopia’s Tigray, Afar and Amhar regions, women and girls are becoming increasingly vulnerable to abduction and sex trafficking as they [...] Full text...

UN chief condemns terrorist attacks in Somalia

04 october 2022 - 05:41:22 MA

New York, US (PAA) - The UN Secretary-General has condemned Monday's attacks in Beletweyne, HirShabelle, perpetrated by Al-Shabaab, which resulted in many casualties, including state [...] Full text...

South Korea gives WFP US$400,000 for food assistance to Ethiopia

03 october 2022 - 13:01:15 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) – The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) office in the Republic of Korea has announced that the Ministry [...] Full text...

South African liberation hero honoured by Clooney Foundation

03 october 2022 - 12:20:27 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African liberation hero Albie Sachs has received a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by former US First Lady Michelle [...] Full text...

Mauritius to cooperate on training matters with Mozambique

03 october 2022 - 07:34:13 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA)) – The  Mauritius Institute of Training and Development (MITD) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on training matters with the Institute [...] Full text...

UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers' base in DRC

02 october 2022 - 11:33:36 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned last Friday's attack against a Company Operating Base (COB) of the United Nations Organization [...] Full text...

On International Day of Older Persons, UN chief highlights their ‘remarkable resilience’

01 october 2022 - 18:29:38 MA

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres drew attention on Saturday, the International Day of Older Persons, to the “resilience of the more [...] Full text...

DR Congo's humanitarian situation worsens: UN envoy

01 october 2022 - 14:06:12 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN envoy for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday denounced the recent violence against the Organisation’s stabilisation [...] Full text...

Rights group slams conviction of Zimbabwean author, protester

01 october 2022 - 12:34:16 MA

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Amnesty International has slammed the conviction of Zimbabwean author and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga and fellow protester Julie Barnes describing it as [...] Full text...

Little progress combating systemic racism against people of African descent: UN report

01 october 2022 - 05:33:34 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than two years since the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in the United States sparked the global [...] Full text...

Tunisia Navy rescues 25 illegal migrants

30 september 2022 - 13:49:51 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units rescued 25 sub-Saharan migrants, including six women, on Thursday, a gendarmerie spokesman said. The units intervened off the coast [...] Full text...

South African comedian Trevor Noah steps down from comedy show

30 september 2022 - 13:24:00 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African comedy legend Trevor Noah is departing "The Daily Show" after seven years. The popular presenter made the announcement [...] Full text...

UN flags continuing ‘disturbing trends’ in reprisals against those cooperating with it

30 september 2022 - 06:07:29 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - People in 42 different countries across the world faced reprisals and intimidation on the basis of their cooperation with the United [...] Full text...

Libya's Deputy presidential council chairman visits British warship in Tripoli

29 september 2022 - 12:52:10 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mr. Moussa al-Kouni, deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council and Supreme Commander of the Libyan Army, on Wednesday visited the [...] Full text...

African leaders want research findings to form basis of education reform

29 september 2022 - 11:48:05 AO

New York, US (PANA) - African leaders have called for the speedy transformation of the educational systems in Africa by ensuring effective, efficient and equitable [...] Full text...

Top South African court rules against former President Zuma

29 september 2022 - 11:11:44 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma has failed to convince the Constitutional Court that leading judge Mandisa Maya grossly misdirected herself [...] Full text...

UN Special Adviser welcomes start of trial against top Rwanda genocide suspect

29 september 2022 - 06:07:00 MA

The Hague, The Netherlands (PANA) - A senior UN official has welcomed the start of the trial against an alleged leading figure in the 1994 [...] Full text...

Guinea: UN pledges support for justice and accountability, as stadium massacre trial begins

29 september 2022 - 05:31:02 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Wednesday paid tribute to the hundreds of victims and their families, of a 2009 stadium massacre in [...] Full text...

UN chief deplores deadly attack on commercial convoy in Burkina Faso

29 september 2022 - 05:16:48 MA

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has deplored the attack on a commercial convoy, escorted by the national armed forces and transporting [...] Full text...

581 civilians killed between January 2020 and March 2022 in Libya - OMCT

28 september 2022 - 20:13:46 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 581 Libyan citizens and migrants were killed extrajudicially between January 2020 and March 2022 by "Libyan law enforcement [...] Full text...

UN must recognise ‘critical emergency’ malnutrition crisis in northwest Nigeria, says Medical charity

28 september 2022 - 11:43:13 MA

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is calling on the humanitarian community to respond to the emergency needs of people in  [...] Full text...

UNHCR chief welcomes renewal of his mandate

28 september 2022 - 11:19:14 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has welcomed the renewal of his mandate by the UN General Assembly, [...] Full text...

US welcomes opening of trial of CAR commander Abdel Kani by ICC

28 september 2022 - 06:31:24 MA

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the opening of trial proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the prosecution of [...] Full text...

UN General Assembly confirms Filippo Grandi as UN refugee agency chief for another two-and-a-half-years

27 september 2022 - 14:44:02 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly has confirmed Filippo Grandi of Italy as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for a [...] Full text...

Nearly 6,000 Congolese refugees return home from Zambia with UNHCR support

27 september 2022 - 14:38:14 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the governments of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has [...] Full text...

South Sudan violence proliferating, warn independent rights experts

27 september 2022 - 05:26:31 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deeply disturbing violence is escalating “all over” South Sudan, top independent UN human rights experts have warned. Women and girls continue to [...] Full text...

Central African Republic: Said trial opens at International Criminal Court

26 september 2022 - 16:41:27 MA

The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The trial of a paramilitary commander accused of carrying out or ordering crimes against humanity and war crimes in the [...] Full text...

UN Secretariat calls for release of Ivorian soldiers detained in Malian capital

26 september 2022 - 16:35:13 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The Secretariat of the United Nations has expressed "grave concern" about the continued detention since 10 July of Ivorian soldiers in the [...] Full text...

5 dead, 13 injured in armed clashes in Zawiya in western Libya

26 september 2022 - 13:40:17 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least five people, including a child, were killed and 13 others wounded in armed clashes that broke out on Sunday [...] Full text...

Five dead, 13 injured in armed clashes in Libyan town near capital

26 september 2022 - 13:25:44 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least five people, including a child, were killed and 13 others wounded in armed clashes that broke out on Sunday [...] Full text...

WFP, Cabo Verde govt sign agreement to meet food, nutrition needs of school children

26 september 2022 - 05:34:14 MA

Praia, Cabo Verde (PANA) - A week after schools reopened in Cabo Verde, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Regional Integration, and the United [...] Full text...

Beaches in South Africa's Plettenberg Bay closed after fatal shark attack

25 september 2022 - 15:04:39 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – All beaches in the popular Western Cape Town of Plettenberg Bay have been closed after a woman was killed [...] Full text...

77th UNGA: High-level independent panel on security and development in crisis-torn Sahel region launched at UN

25 september 2022 - 12:49:46 MA

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres and African leaders have launched a high-level panel to assess the situation in the Sahel and [...] Full text...