Sahel:New commander of the Barkhane force presents operational changes to President of B.. Faso

17 september 2021 - 21:28:54 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, Friday received the new commander of the Barkhane force, General Laurent [...] Full text...

Ras Jedir border crossing between Libya and Tunisia opens

17 september 2021 - 18:12:00 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and Tunisia on Friday reopened their common Ras Jedir border crossing thus  facilitating travel between the two countries and giving [...] Full text...

Maltese airline to launch first Valletta-Tripoli flight on Monday

17 september 2021 - 10:28:44 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Maltese airline, Medavia, will launch its first direct flight between Valletta and Maitigua airports in Tripoli on Monday, Libyan government [...] Full text...

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

17 september 2021 - 07:41:10 MA

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...

Torture, killings, lawlessness, still blight Burundi’s rights record: UN

17 september 2021 - 06:53:40 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The people of Burundi continue to endure serious human rights violations including possible crimes against humanity, the majority committed by those [...] Full text...

Nigerian Air Force sets up board of inquiry on aircraft bombing of civilians

16 september 2021 - 18:13:22 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian Air Force (NAF) headquarters has set up a board of inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of civilians [...] Full text...

Saudi Arabia donates 752 tonnes of rice to vulnerable people in central and northern Mali

16 september 2021 - 13:05:32 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Saudi Arabia, through the King Salman Centre for Relief and Humanitarian Action (CRSSAH), has donated 752 tons of rice to Mali [...] Full text...

IOM says 109 Malian migrants in Niger return home

16 september 2021 - 12:55:22 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Some 109 Malian migrants returned home from Niger on Tuesday, thanks to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in partnership with [...] Full text...

Libyan coast guards rescue 341 illegal migrants

16 september 2021 - 12:12:14 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officers of the General Department of Coastal Security have rescued 341 illegal migrants off the coast of Libya by during maritime [...] Full text...

UNICEF says schools still closed for nearly 77 million students 18 months into pandemic

16 september 2021 - 10:38:33 MA

New York, US (PANA) – Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, schools for nearly 77 million students in six countries continue to be almost completely closed, [...] Full text...

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

16 september 2021 - 07:27:31 MA

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...

Eating wild meat significantly increases zoonotic disease risk: UN report

16 september 2021 - 06:04:30 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The domestic consumption of meat from wild animals has  significant impacts on most species protected under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory [...] Full text...

Gabon UN peacekeepers in CAR sent home following abuse allegations

16 september 2021 - 05:16:19 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations announced on Wednesday that all Gabonese military units deployed to the peacekeeping force in the Central African [...] Full text...

Twitter ban to be lifted in ‘a few more days’, says Nigeria's Information Minister, Lai Mohammed

15 september 2021 - 21:46:16 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Wednesday said the ban on Twitter would be lifted in a few more days, raising hopes among users eager [...] Full text...

Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau submits report on crash that killed late COAS, General Attahiru

15 september 2021 - 21:37:00 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has submitted an interim report on the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) King Air -350 aircraft crash [...] Full text...

U.S. donates $6.8 million to UN’s human trafficking fights and improved law enforcement capabilities in Nigeria

15 september 2021 - 21:08:02 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United States Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) has announced approximately $6.8 million in [...] Full text...

South African Foundation moves to block Zuma's release

15 september 2021 - 18:14:47 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) on Wednesday launched an application to declare that the decision to grant former President [...] Full text...

Artificial intelligence risks to privacy demand urgent action – UN rights chief

15 september 2021 - 14:04:21 AR

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday stressed the urgent need  for a moratorium on the sale and [...] Full text...

Human Rights Watch says massacres persist in DR Congo despite martial law

15 september 2021 - 12:06:39 MA

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Attacks on civilians by armed groups have continued in two conflict-ridden provinces of eastern DR Congo since the government imposed martial [...] Full text...

Mauritian gets life sentence for murder of South African woman

15 september 2021 - 07:19:11 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A 54-year-old Mauritian, Salib Meerhossen, was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for the murder of a 32-year-old South African, [...] Full text...

UN Human Rights Office traces gaps in protection of communities in Sahel countries

14 september 2021 - 15:12:15 AR

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is undertaking a project in the Sahel region to identify protection [...] Full text...

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

14 september 2021 - 04:58:14 MA

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...

Death toll in ambush of Burkina Faso's national gendarmerie rises to six

13 september 2021 - 20:40:27 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The death toll from an ambush on Sunday against a Burkina Faso national gendarmerie escort in the east of the [...] Full text...

Cash shortage triggers food suspensions for 100,000 displaced in South Sudan

13 september 2021 - 18:11:35 AR

Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that beginning next month, funding shortages will force it to suspend [...] Full text...

Nigerian Army commanders converge in Abuja to devise strategies for defeating insecurity

13 september 2021 - 17:49:29 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian Army Commanders and Principal Staff Officers on Monday converged in the capital, Abuja, with Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. [...] Full text...

Terror bandits free 240 inmates from Kabba jail in north-central Nigeria

13 september 2021 - 17:33:09 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Correctional Centre on Monday confirmed that 240 inmates escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kabba, Kogi State, [...] Full text...

Libyan Interior Ministry discusses resumption of voluntary repatriation of migrants with UN agencies

13 september 2021 - 12:47:06 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and two UN agencies on Sunday  discussed the resumption of the Voluntary Nations Repatriation programme for migrants, and the way [...] Full text...

Africa's highest bar opens its doors in South Africa

13 september 2021 - 12:35:23 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The highest urban bar in Africa has opened for business. The Alto234 bar is located on the 57th floor of [...] Full text...

Mauritius records 72 deaths in road accidents so far this year

13 september 2021 - 12:02:13 NA

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A total of 72 people have died in road accidents since January 2021 in Mauritius, according to the Road Safety [...] Full text...

Four soldiers and one civilian killed in attack on convoy in Burkina Faso

13 september 2021 - 11:53:22 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Five people, a woman and four Burkinabe soldiers, were killed on Sunday in an attack on a supply convoy in [...] Full text...

Amnesty International says increasing number of children killed and recruited by armed groups in Sahel’s tri-border area

13 september 2021 - 05:27:05 MA

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Increasing numbers of children are being killed and targeted for recruitment by armed groups in conflicts raging at Niger’s borders with [...] Full text...

Five soldiers killed in terrorist ambush in central Mali

12 september 2021 - 19:24:41 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Five Malian soldiers were killed when their patrol was ambushed by suspected terrorists in the vicinity of Manidjè/Kolongo, in the Macina [...] Full text...

Nigerian military dismisses allegations of mass graves in northwest, northcentral in anti-terrorism fight

12 september 2021 - 17:44:08 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) on Sunday said viral pictures being circulated purporting to be terrorists, bandits’ victims of the [...] Full text...

Chadian Army Chief canvasses 'effective collaboration' with Multinational Force in fight against terrorists

12 september 2021 - 15:44:27 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Chadian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lieutenant General Abakar Abdelkerim Daoud, has called for effective collaboration among all sectors of [...] Full text...

Bandits in northwestern Nigeria beg for dialogue after sustained military operations

12 september 2021 - 14:44:46 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The sustained aerial and ground operations by the Armed Forces of Nigeria is forcing the terror bandits in Zamfara State, northwest [...] Full text...

Human Rights Watch slams Tunisian President’s 'repressive policies'

12 september 2021 - 05:36:37 MA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Arbitrary and politically motivated acts of repression have proliferated in Tunisia since 25 July, 2021, when President Kaïs Saied suspended parliament, Human [...] Full text...

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

12 september 2021 - 05:11:24 AR

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...

Five dead in Ivorian military helicopter crash

11 september 2021 - 14:03:40 MTA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Five occupants of an attack helicopter of the Ivorian army died in a crash on Thursday night in the north [...] Full text...

Ethiopia marks New Year accenting peace, stability and work

11 september 2021 - 12:46:11 AR

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopia is celebrating its New Year on Saturday and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is marking the day by visiting a [...] Full text...

Millions need urgent humanitarian assistance in eastern DR Congo: UNHCR

11 september 2021 - 05:43:28 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed alarm by violence committed against civilians by armed groups in eastern Democratic [...] Full text...

EU supports marginalised communities in Namibia through Cash-Based Transfers

11 september 2021 - 05:32:34 MA

Windhoek, Namibia – The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Namibian Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare (MGEPESW) have launched a Cash-Based [...] Full text...

Tunisian Navy rescues 100 illegal migrants from West Africa

10 september 2021 - 18:15:43 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Navy on Friday rescued from drowning 100 illegal migrants whose boat was adrift 10 km from Chebbah, a locality [...] Full text...

Côte d'Ivoire: Army helicopter missing

10 september 2021 - 15:11:33 MTA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - An Ivorian army MI-24 helicopter on a reconnaissance mission on the northern border of the country lost contact with the [...] Full text...

ISS says SADC countries can learn from Hichilema, create inclusive platforms for civil society and opposition

09 september 2021 - 16:08:49 AR

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Securocrats in the Southern Africa region are no doubt unsettled by Zambia’s new President Hakainde Hichilema’s decisive action to replace the [...] Full text...

SADC warns public on use of its registered trademarks

09 september 2021 - 14:18:14 AR

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The SADC Secretariat has cautioned the general public that the name “Southern African Development Community”; the acronym “SADC”; and the SADC logo [...] Full text...

South African music producer recounts horrific flight ordeal

09 september 2021 - 12:10:31 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s celebrity music producer Master KG on Thursday said he is lucky to be alive after an engine [...] Full text...

Senior Libyan officials discuss securing of borders

09 september 2021 - 11:43:17 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Two senior Libyan officials have discussed cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Border Guards to protect the country's borders. The [...] Full text...

Nigeria rescues 350 citizens trafficked to Libya, arrest six traffickers

08 september 2021 - 20:45:11 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) said here Wednesday it had rescued 350 Nigerians trafficked to Libya [...] Full text...

Nigeria: Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approves immediate deployment of 5G network

08 september 2021 - 20:19:44 MON

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Networks, effectively giving teeth to its deployment to [...] Full text...

South Africa: Notorious Apartheid-era policeman dies

08 september 2021 - 13:49:07 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Former Apartheid-era policeman João Rodrigues, who was implicated in the detah of prominent activist Ahmed Timol nearly 50 years [...] Full text...