Sudan: UN warns of 'another El Fasher' in Kordofan
15 november 2025 - 05:35:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Kordofan must not become the new Darfur, the UN human rights chief warned on Friday. Volker Türk [...] Full text...
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Kordofan must not become the new Darfur, the UN human rights chief warned on Friday. Volker Türk [...] Full text...
Sudan's FM commends US Secretary of State's condemnation of paramilitary group
13 november 2025 - 18:10:10Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Thursday welcomed statement by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that he would [...] Full text...
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Women’s leadership role in peace and security issues ‘going in reverse’, UN chief warns
07 october 2025 - 08:26:12New York, US (PANA) - More women must have a role in shaping peace agreements, security reforms and post-conflict recovery [...] Full text...
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Gisma: The story of brutal death of woman in the wilderness of Darfur
11 september 2025 - 19:09:42Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - This time the death was not caused by hanging or pulling the victim chained to [...] Full text...
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Attacks on schools surge by ‘staggering’ 44 per cent over the past year
10 september 2025 - 07:53:00New York, US (PANA) - Attacks on schools in conflict zones around the world have increased by a “staggering 44 [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses warring factions in eastern DRC of committing 'horrific abuses'
20 august 2025 - 09:33:26Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups [...] Full text...
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Myanmar: Rights investigators reveal ‘systematic torture’, sexual violence
12 august 2025 - 15:35:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-mandated independent investigators have uncovered “systematic torture” in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities – including beatings, electric [...] Full text...
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Kenya medics extract bullet from head of victim of police shooting
18 june 2025 - 13:02:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 17 people were hospitalised during Tuesday's protests against the killing of a teacher and [...] Full text...
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Women's health suffers in Sudan amidst raging conflict, funding cuts
06 june 2025 - 07:57:15Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As hostilities rage in Sudan, access constraints and devastating funding cuts are isolating rape survivors [...] Full text...
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‘Time for bold moves’: UN urges inclusive transition as Syria marks 14 years of conflict
16 march 2025 - 08:56:52Damascus, Syria (PANA) - Marking 14 years since the start of the Syrian conflict, top UN officials raised alarm over [...] Full text...
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Bangladesh: Rohingya children’s acute hunger surges amid funding cuts
11 march 2025 - 20:01:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk [...] Full text...
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‘Political courage’ needed to end war in the Middle East: Top UN
26 february 2025 - 17:51:13New York, US (PANA) - A sustainable resolution to the war in Gaza and the broader Israel-Palestine conflict relies on [...] Full text...
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Sudan, ‘the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crises in the world’ (By UN News)
15 february 2025 - 05:53:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s ruinous civil war is approaching its third year, leaving a legacy of malnutrition, massive population [...] Full text...
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Guterres: World must not turn its back on Sudan’s deepening crisis
15 february 2025 - 05:26:43Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on the international community to urgently scale up funding [...] Full text...
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UN: chocked by attack on IDPs Camps in Darfur
13 february 2025 - 15:52:02Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan has expressed her shock and great [...] Full text...
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Save the Children: violence in increase especially against children in Sudan
10 february 2025 - 16:07:39Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- An international charity organization operating in the Sudan has charged that violence is on the increase [...] Full text...
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DRC: UN Security Council urged to 'act now' to protect civilians
27 january 2025 - 09:21:58New York, US (PANA) - Bintou Keita, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
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Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise - UN rights chief
18 january 2025 - 05:30:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The conflict in Sudan is taking an “even more dangerous turn for civilians”, UN High Commissioner [...] Full text...
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US sanctions Sudanese paramilitary leader, weapons supplier and related companies
07 january 2025 - 18:27:26Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The US Administration on Tuesday announced sweeping sanctions against the leader of the Rapid Support [...] Full text...
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UN News Champion: ‘Are you keeping up with the death?’ The grinding toll of war in Gaza By Louise Wateridge
24 december 2024 - 15:48:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As we near the end of another year of war and humanitarian crisis, UN News is [...] Full text...
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US Treasury Sanctions Sudanese Senior Armed Forces Weapons Procurement Director
24 october 2024 - 16:56:02Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The US Administration on Thursday sanctioned a senior Sudanese government army official, saying he was behind the purchase [...] Full text...
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UN officials remember Hamas' 7 October attacks, reiterate need for peace
07 october 2024 - 16:25:30New York, US (PANA) - Senior officials from across the UN system underscored the need for peace between Israelis and [...] Full text...
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UN demands hostage release, urges protection and aid for Gaza civilians
05 september 2024 - 05:46:57New York, US (PANA) - Top UN political and humanitarian officials on Wednesday renewed urgent appeals for the unconditional release [...] Full text...
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Chairman of Libyan Council reaffirms his institution's efforts to achieve stability in Libya
16 may 2024 - 17:33:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, has affirmed that the political process in [...] Full text...
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Silence the guns, amplify women’s voices for peace to end rape in wartime
24 april 2024 - 05:03:40New York, US (PANA) - The UN verified 3,688 cases of rape and other sexual violence committed in war in [...] Full text...
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UN leaders galvanise action for reparations for people of African descent
21 march 2024 - 18:35:42New York, US (PANA) - Reparatory justice must tackle the grave human rights violations deeply entrenched in the legacy of [...] Full text...
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EU leaders declare solidarity, commitment and resolve to support Ukraine against Russia
23 february 2024 - 17:01:27Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Today marks a tragic anniversary: that of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine in manifest [...] Full text...
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Kenya fiercely rebuts police brutality report at AU Summit
16 february 2024 - 21:20:01Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Kenya has requested the African Union to alter the language in a report accusing the [...] Full text...
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Survivors of Sudan's brutal war neglected in Chad
15 february 2024 - 19:05:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nearly 700,000 people have now fled from extreme violence in Sudan to eastern Chad, the Norwegian [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Survivors of brutal war have been forgotten - says humanitarian charity
14 february 2024 - 09:18:16N'djamena, Chad (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), says nearly 700,000 people have now fled from extreme violence [...] Full text...
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Children’s rights in jeopardy 34 years after landmark UN treaty
21 november 2023 - 08:01:08New York, US (PANA) - Stronger action is needed to uphold children’s rights in a world where they are increasingly [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Raging war turning ‘homes into cemeteries’: UNHCR
08 november 2023 - 06:44:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The war between rival militaries in Sudan is growing in scope and brutality, having driven almost [...] Full text...
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Lessons of Hamas operation against Israel, - Libyan newspaper,
13 october 2023 - 19:19:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The "Flood of Al-Aqsa", the military operation led by Hamas against the Israeli entity destroyed the [...] Full text...
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South Africa expresses concern about escalation Israeli-Palestinian conflict
09 october 2023 - 13:00:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government on Monday expressed grave concern over the recent devastating escalation [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: US 'strongly' condemns 'pervasive' sexual violence by paramilitary RSF
26 august 2023 - 07:53:04Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has "strongly" condemned "pervasive" conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) in Sudan. It said in [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Nigerian authorities to disclose identities of #EndSARS protesters due for mass burial
25 july 2023 - 07:38:01Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has asked the Nigerian authorities to urgently halt plans to carry [...] Full text...
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Torture as a weapon of war must cease, rights experts demand
27 june 2023 - 07:30:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN rights experts marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on Monday, by reiterating [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Warring parties sign agreement on short-term ceasefire and humanitarian arrangements
21 may 2023 - 06:08:30Jeddah, Saudi Araabia (PANA) - Representatives of the warring Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) [...] Full text...
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US Vice President Kamala Harris kicks off first Africa visit
26 march 2023 - 13:36:27Accra, Ghana (PANA) - US Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off her first visit to Africa on Sunday when she arrived [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Rwandan-backed M23 rebels of perpetrating summary killings, rapes in DRC
17 february 2023 - 10:52:10Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Members of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped [...] Full text...
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Gambians pay last respects to late opposition leader Solo Sandeng after 7years
10 january 2023 - 16:31:07Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian bid final farewell to Ebrima Solo Sandeng, late opposition United Democratic Party propaganda secretary, who [...] Full text...
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South African Apartheid-era Minister dead at 85
09 january 2023 - 08:03:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Notorious former Apartheid-era Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok, died on Sunday after a [...] Full text...
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French court jails former Liberian warlord for life
03 november 2022 - 06:05:44Paris, France (PANA) - Human rights organisations have welcomed Wednesday's life sentence a court in Paris handed a former Liberian rebel [...] Full text...
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Five suspected terrorists shot dead in north-central Burkina Faso
27 october 2022 - 13:21:23Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe Army has announced that it neutralised five suspected terrorists in an offensive action [...] Full text...
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Sudan Army says its soldiers were targeted by rioters
27 october 2022 - 12:45:09Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese Army newspaper on Thursday said in a terse statement that dozens of soldiers guarding [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: US reiterates call for ceasefire
18 october 2022 - 07:56:06Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has again called for a ceasefire in the fighting between Ethiopian government forces [...] Full text...
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UPDATE 2: Ethiopian conflict: UN chief warns conflict is 'spiralling out of control'
17 october 2022 - 17:51:03Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that the situation in Ethiopia, where the Government [...] Full text...
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Thousands stranded as commercial drivers’ strike in the Gambia
12 september 2022 - 14:12:33Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Thousands of Gambian commuters, students, and workers were stranded at bus stations across the country on [...] Full text...
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Demonstrators march against Tunisian president Saied on eve of referendum on new Constitution
23 july 2022 - 19:36:41Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several demonstrations took place in Tunis on Saturday, as Tunisians prepare to vote in a referendum [...] Full text...
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UN commemorates Nelson Mandela’s ‘fight for a better world’
18 july 2022 - 19:14:26New York, US (PANA) - UN Member States gathered in the General Assembly Hall on Monday to observe Nelson Mandela [...] Full text...
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Mauritian PM says he’ll not tolerate any act of misdemeanor on the part of police officers
16 june 2022 - 06:55:12Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth told Parliament on Wednesday that any act of misdemeanor on the [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Tanzania to halt 'brutal security operation' in Loliondo against Maasai
16 june 2022 - 06:16:13Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Amnesty International has asked the Tanzanian authorities to immediately halt the violent forced eviction [...] Full text...
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Eleven Burkinabe gendarmes killed in new attack in Burkina Faso's Sahel
11 june 2022 - 06:35:44Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Eleven Burkinabe gendarmes were killed on Thursday, in a new armed attack against the Territorial [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Tutu's trust slams Israeli police brutality
15 may 2022 - 10:11:27Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Archbishop Desmond Intellectual Property (IP) Trust has spoken out against members of the Israeli [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls on Nigerian authorities to prioritise justice for abuses against protesters
09 may 2022 - 06:09:35Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A human rights advocate, Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Monday asked the Nigerian authorities to act on [...] Full text...
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Libyan Prime Minister-designate calls on Libyans to learn from the past
18 february 2022 - 13:09:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister-designate Fathi Bachagha has said the Libyan revolution of February 17 is a way [...] Full text...
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UNHCR alarmed by rising violence against displaced civilians in eastern DR Congo
18 february 2022 - 13:00:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Militia groups across eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are continuing to [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian cisis: Rights group accuses rebel TPLF forces of murder, rape, pillage in Amhara region
16 february 2022 - 06:02:20Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, has accused fighters affiliated with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front [...] Full text...
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US condemns security crackdown on demonstrators in Khartoum
31 december 2021 - 12:01:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States on Friday denounced the killing and injury of protesters here Thursday calling for [...] Full text...
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Sudanese PM under constant pressure, receives a life-saving promise
08 december 2021 - 16:01:25Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdouk, who has been reinstated now one month following his ouster along [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights experts call for end to violence against women in Tigray
04 december 2021 - 06:31:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have called for urgent action to end violence [...] Full text...
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U.S. Secretary of State, Blinken, arrives in Nigeria, meets with Buhari
18 november 2021 - 18:18:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has arrived in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, for a two-day visit. Already, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights report says 'all parties' have violated human rights in 'brutal' war; PM Abiy dismisses it as false
03 november 2021 - 10:31:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – A joint investigation by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the UN Human Rights Office [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rights group criticises Kenya's response to gender-based violence during pandemic
22 september 2021 - 06:49:29Nairobi, Kenya (PANA ) – The Kenyan government’s response to gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic has been too little, too [...] Full text...
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Torture, killings, lawlessness, still blight Burundi’s rights record: UN
17 september 2021 - 06:53:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The people of Burundi continue to endure serious human rights violations including possible crimes against humanity, [...] Full text...
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Twitter ban to be lifted in ‘a few more days’, says Nigeria's Information Minister, Lai Mohammed
15 september 2021 - 21:46:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Wednesday said the ban on Twitter would be lifted in a few more days, [...] Full text...
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Millions need urgent humanitarian assistance in eastern DR Congo: UNHCR
11 september 2021 - 05:43:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed alarm by violence committed against civilians by [...] Full text...
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Zambia's new leader pressed to end human rights crackdown
24 august 2021 - 22:08:04Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The inauguration of former opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, as Zambia’s new president is an opportunity to [...] Full text...
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UN experts call for end to police brutality worldwide
13 august 2021 - 15:41:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights experts have expressed alarm at “rampant police brutality against peaceful protesters worldwide” and [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Twitter reacts as MTN, Glo, Airtel, others implement ban in Nigeria
05 june 2021 - 08:58:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Twitter has formally reacted to the federal government's decision to ban its operations in Nigeria, saying "it [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari directs deployment of “fiercest show of legitimate force” on killers of 3 abducted students
24 april 2021 - 18:06:00Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday directed the deployment by the military and other security agencies of the “fiercest [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International bemoans Boko Haram brutality against women and girls in Nigeria
24 march 2021 - 07:35:00Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A new research by human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has revealed that Boko Haram fighters targeted women [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Nigerian authorities of 'covering up' Lekki toll gate violence
28 january 2021 - 12:10:12Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian authorities have failed to bring to justice those suspected to be responsible for the brutal [...] Full text...
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UNHCR calls for more action to save lives of refugees on routes towards the Mediterranean
28 january 2021 - 11:30:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has urged the international community do more to save lives of [...] Full text...
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UNHCR condemns twin attacks in western Niger that killed at least 100 people
05 january 2021 - 06:36:20Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has strongly condemned the twin attacks in western Niger that killed [...] Full text...
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250,000 displaced children face deadly disease threat in Mozambique
22 december 2020 - 18:08:16Cabo Delgado, Mozambique (PANA) - A lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene services have put approximately 250,000 children, displaced by [...] Full text...
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SADC lawmakers urged to strengthen laws to respond to human rights threats
07 december 2020 - 12:09:34Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, says lawmakers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) must [...] Full text...
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UN condemns ‘brutal and callous’ attack on civilians in north-east Nigeria
30 november 2020 - 05:21:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Denouncing attack, on Saturday, targeting civilians in Nigeria’s restive Borno state, a senior UN humanitarian official [...] Full text...
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Mozambique's Cabo Delgado violence is a ‘desperate’ situation, warns UN rights chief
14 november 2020 - 06:41:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There is increasing concern about the worsening security situation in Cabo Delgado province in northern Mozambique, [...] Full text...
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HRW decries punitive financial moves against Nigerian protesters
13 november 2020 - 07:52:04Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian authorities appear to have used coercive financial measures to suppress protests against police brutality, a [...] Full text...
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UN chief expresses shock at ‘wanton brutality’ in northern Mozambique
11 november 2020 - 20:35:31New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday called on the authorities in Mozambique to investigate brutal [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief Bachelet condemns Tanzania election violence
10 november 2020 - 19:45:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The people of Tanzania should be allowed to express grievances “without fear of reprisals” after nationwide [...] Full text...
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Nigerian govt. says it has 'No-Fly List', stopping citizens from travelling abroad
03 november 2020 - 18:45:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Embarrassed at the backlash this will trigger among Nigerians, the Federal Government has denied generating a [...] Full text...
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Nigerians need justice, UN rights experts say
03 november 2020 - 18:33:45Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Government must establish a credible, independent inquiry into the recent killing of at least [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International claims Nigerian authorities 'attempting to cover up' toll gate 'massacre'
28 october 2020 - 10:43:12Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International on Wednesday claimed that the Nigerian authorities are "attempting to cover up" the Lekki [...] Full text...
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Kenya's former PM voices concern over Police brutality in Nigeria
22 october 2020 - 23:00:43Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Police brutality which has led to multiple deaths in Nigeria is a “dark mark” on [...] Full text...
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US, UN condemn alleged military attack on unarmed protesters, demand thorough investigations
22 october 2020 - 18:04:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Following Tuesday night’s shooting and killing of unarmed EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate, Lagos, the United [...] Full text...
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South African president urged to intervene in Nigerian crisis
22 october 2020 - 10:59:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his [...] Full text...
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AU condemns violence in Nigeria's #EndSars protests
22 october 2020 - 07:22:01Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) Moussa Faki Mahamat has strongly condemned the [...] Full text...
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'At least 12 killed in Lagos' on Tuesday in Nigeria's #EndSars protests: Amnesty International
22 october 2020 - 06:22:15Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least 12 peaceful protesters were killed on Tuesday at two locations in Nigeria's commercial capital, [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS urges Nigerian security operatives to exercise restraint in the #EndSars protests
21 october 2020 - 17:09:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission on Wednesday urged Nigerian security operatives to [...] Full text...
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Nigerians in Ghana gather at High Commission in solidarity with #EndSars
21 october 2020 - 15:23:21Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nigerians in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, converged on the Nigerian High Commission on Wednesday in solidarity [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for end to police brutality, abuses in Nigeria
21 october 2020 - 15:18:41New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday said he was closely following recent developments across Nigeria, in the wake [...] Full text...
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Biden, Clinton urge Nigerian president Buhari to end violent crackdown on protesters
21 october 2020 - 10:46:13Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Top politicians of the Democratic Party of the United States of America -- Joe Biden [...] Full text...
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National Assembly moves to stop #EndSARS protests across Nigeria
20 october 2020 - 17:17:24Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Assembly have taken the lead in moves to stop the ongoing #EndSARS protests and [...] Full text...
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Nigeria govt warns against anarchy in ongoing #EndSARS protests
18 october 2020 - 12:33:48Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Federal Government of Nigeria has warned it will not allow the country to be thrown [...] Full text...
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Nigerian gov't bows to demands by #ENDSARS protesters on Police brutality, extra-judicial killings, extortion and intimidation
13 october 2020 - 18:01:14Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As the federal government scrambled for ways to end the ongoing Youth protests, a Presidential panel [...] Full text...
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10 killed in Nigeria's #ENDSARS protests, says Amnesty International
13 october 2020 - 15:29:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International, claims the Nigeria Police killed “at least” 10 Nigerians since [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari orders Police Chief to prosecute officers involved in extra-judicial killings, extortion, recklessness
12 october 2020 - 18:12:16Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, to ensure [...] Full text...
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Nigerian gov't slammed for 'impunity' enjoyed by 'notorious' police unit
07 october 2020 - 07:22:29Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities have failed to tackle the impunity enjoyed by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), [...] Full text...
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UNICEF concerned about children in DR Congo suffering ‘unrelenting violence’
07 october 2020 - 07:09:56New York, US (PANA) - Thousands of children continue to suffer grievously as unrelenting violence persists across eastern Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe Opposition leader, Chamisa, visits recently-released political leader, Jacob Ngarivhume
14 september 2020 - 17:28:27Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, on Monday paid a courtesy call on recently-incarcerated opposition leader, [...] Full text...
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Rwanda to investigate excessive force and police brutality
08 september 2020 - 00:51:34Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan authorities Monday said they would start investigating allegations of abuse of law enforcement by some [...] Full text...
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France welcomes peace deal between Sudanese government, armed movements
01 september 2020 - 20:36:16Paris, France (PANA) - France Tuesday welcomed the peace deal signed Monday in Juba between the Sudanese transitional authorities, an [...] Full text...
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Sudanese peace agreement should deliver lasting peace, urges Amnesty Intl
31 august 2020 - 23:12:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The signing of the peace agreement between the Sudanese government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front should [...] Full text...
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South Africa's opposition slams President Ramaphosa over Zimbabwe
14 august 2020 - 12:48:26Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Friday took aim at President Cyril [...] Full text...
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South African lawyers express alarm over Zimbabwean crisis
13 august 2020 - 12:06:22Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Johannesburg Society of Advocates (JSA), a body of lawyers, has expressed its disapproval [...] Full text...
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South African's President Ramaphosa under fire over Zimbabwe intervention
11 august 2020 - 12:56:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Zimbabwe’s main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance has expressed concern after it [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe opposition leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, and acclaimed investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono denied bail
07 august 2020 - 18:35:53Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe opposition leader, Jacob Ngarivhume, of the political party Transform Zimbabwe, and respected investigative journalist, Hopewell [...] Full text...
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UN censures ‘heinous attacks’ in Lake Chad Basin
04 august 2020 - 20:19:16New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday strongly condemned “heinous attacks” against civilians in the Lake Chad [...] Full text...
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UN Committee stands with women, girls in global anti-racism protests
11 july 2020 - 14:45:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN women's rights committee has called for a new era of human rights and gender [...] Full text...
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CAJ condemns police attacks on journalists in Zimbabwe
28 june 2020 - 14:21:18Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -The Congress of African Journalists (CAJ) Sunday condemned attacks on two journalists by the Zimbabwean police. The newly-formed [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Council wants top UN rights official to take action on racist violence
20 june 2020 - 07:53:52New York, US (PANA) - UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, is to spearhead efforts to address systemic racism against [...] Full text...
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Children caught in conflict facing ‘brutality and fear while the world watches’, says UN
16 june 2020 - 06:19:39New York, US (PANA) - Boys and girls used and abused in armed conflict have had their childhoods replaced by [...] Full text...
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FIFA calls for 'mutual respect and common sense' in response to Trump tweets
15 june 2020 - 19:44:54Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - In response to the U.S. President's statement that he will not watch soccer if players choose [...] Full text...
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Activists stage anti-racism protest in Banjul
15 june 2020 - 17:18:15Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Scores of human rights activists have staged an anti-racism protest along the streets of Banjul over [...] Full text...
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US president Donald Trump says he won't watch NFL, U.S. soccer if players kneel during anthem
15 june 2020 - 08:30:17Washington DC, US (PANA) - United States President Donald Trump has said he will not watch National Football League (NFL) [...] Full text...
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Gambia seeks support from US Congresswoman Karen Bass for justice in Lamin Sisay's death
12 june 2020 - 19:01:15Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Foreign Minister, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, is seeking support from US Congresswoman, Karen Bass, for [...] Full text...
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Civil Society protests against killing of Gambian in the US
09 june 2020 - 17:24:46Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Scores of civil society organizations (CSOs) in The Gambia on Tuesday sent a petition to the [...] Full text...
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Gambians petition US government to end racism and police brutality
08 june 2020 - 22:20:54Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Citizens of The Gambia Monday expressed grave concern over the death by shooting of a compatriot, [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: South African lobby group flags police brutality in containing pandemic
04 june 2020 - 13:45:34Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African lobby group AfriForum has laid charges against Pretoria at the United Nations [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Kenyans condemn brutal enforcement of anti-virus measures
03 june 2020 - 11:57:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The killing of 15 people by Kenya Police during a dusk-to-dawn curfew to curb the spread [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Ruling party condemns US police brutality on blacks
02 june 2020 - 17:45:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling ANC on Tuesday said it was concerned about the numerous incidents [...] Full text...
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Gambian human rights activist urges govt. to demand justice for slain African-Americans
31 may 2020 - 19:37:52Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Prominent human rights activist in The Gambia, Madi Jobarteh, has urged the Gambian government to demand [...] Full text...
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Gambians to protest murder of Momodou Lamin Sisay, George Floyd and Breonna Tayler in the US
31 may 2020 - 15:57:22Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Leading human rights activist in The Gambia, Madi Jobarteh, has said that Civil society organizations (CSOs) [...] Full text...
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UN Human Rights , AU Commission chiefs urge “serious action” to halt US police killings of unarmed African Americans
29 may 2020 - 15:43:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mic Commhelle Bachelet on Thursday condemned the killing of George [...] Full text...
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Rights groups say reparations yet to be paid to ex-Chadian dictator Habré’s victims
29 may 2020 - 05:38:05Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The victims of the former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre have yet to receive any reparations four years after [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International accuses Nigerian military of subjecting children to unlawful detention
27 may 2020 - 07:52:14Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International, on Wednesday accused the Nigerian military of subjecting children in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: NGOs advocate for the specific protection of women, girls during COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa
08 may 2020 - 16:25:41Paris, France (PANA) - Three organizations on Thursday called on authorities in sub-Saharan Africa to ensure that measures adopted to [...] Full text...
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Togo opposition leader Agbeyomé Kodjo still being held by the gendarmerie
25 april 2020 - 07:26:50Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Former Togolese Prime Minister Gabriel Messan Agbéyomé Kodjo is still in the hands of investigators of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Botswana presidency condemns police brutality
12 april 2020 - 05:16:15Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Presidency has warned the country’s law enforcers not abuse people during the 28-day lockdown, as [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Amid lockdown, Zimbabwean journalists face prosecution (Analysis)
09 april 2020 - 17:36:56Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Local freelance journalist, Panashe Makufa, had heard that members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) were dispersing [...] Full text...
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Senegalese president his people to take Covid-19 pandemic "very seriously"
04 april 2020 - 11:53:19Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall has urged his compatriots to mobilize and take "very seriously" the coronavirus [...] Full text...
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International court of justice unanimously orders measures to prevent genocide in Myanmar
23 january 2020 - 14:13:48Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Myanmar to prevent all genocidal acts against Rohingya [...] Full text...
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Police play down brutality charge after mass arrests in Uganda
09 january 2020 - 00:19:07Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The Ugandan police said here Wednesday they used proportionate force to arrest supporters of opposition politician [...] Full text...
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Police brutality in Zimbabwe goes up 3.4 percentage points in December 2019
08 january 2020 - 14:58:26Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Police brutality and harassment in Zimbabwe went up 3.4 percentage points to 38 percent in December [...] Full text...
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Dozens of Sudanese security elements sentenced to death by hanging
30 december 2019 - 13:13:45Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In the first of its kind, a Sudanese court has tried and sentenced dozens of security [...] Full text...
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UN chief urges action following execution, abduction of civilians in Nigeria
25 december 2019 - 10:05:11New York, US (PANA) - Those responsible for the recent execution and abduction of civilians in northeastern Nigeria must be held accountable, [...] Full text...
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December 2019, acrimonious anniversary for Sudanese revolutionaries
24 december 2019 - 19:57:49Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Minister of Defense Lt Gen. Awad Bin Aouf on 11 April 2019 announced the ouster [...] Full text...
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Aung San Suu Kyi defends Myanmar from accusations of genocide at top UN court
12 december 2019 - 07:53:48The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Myanmar will have “no tolerance” for human rights abuses committed in Rakhine state and will [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Commission uncovers ex-dictator’s alleged crimes
04 december 2019 - 13:12:23Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The Gambia Truth Commission has heard testimony that former president Yahya Jammeh was responsible for numerous grave [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa vows mass action against government
20 november 2019 - 22:51:09Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Nelson Chamisa has promised mass action against the President [...] Full text...
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Death of vendor sheds light on police brutality in Zimbabwe
22 october 2019 - 22:05:59Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe police brutality has resurfaced in public debates following the death of a vendor while in [...] Full text...
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Gambia opposition leader in solidarity with Guineans, condemns brutality
20 october 2019 - 18:04:29Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Democratic Congress party (GDC) has expressed solidarity with the people of Guinea Conakry, condemning the [...] Full text...
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Insecurity, violence turn Nigeria into ‘pressure cooker’ that must be addressed - UN rights expert
03 september 2019 - 20:32:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is a pressure cooker of internal conflicts and generalised violence that must be addressed urgently, [...] Full text...
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AI gives damning report on Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa's first year in office
27 august 2019 - 07:19:06Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - As President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, marked his first year in office on Monday, human rights [...] Full text...
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Popular Zimbabwean comedian Samantha Kureya abducted and tortured
22 august 2019 - 14:27:03Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Popular Zimbabwean comedian, Samantha Kureya known as ‘Gonyeti’ was abducted, tortured, beaten and dumped early Thursday [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s vows to investigate Police torture, brutality
27 july 2019 - 17:41:20Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The government the Gambia has vowed to investigate alleged police torture and brutality through the Ministry [...] Full text...
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Security expert calls for 'democratic policing in New Gambia'
26 july 2019 - 04:56:22Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Seedy Ceesay, a security expert, on Thursday called for “democratic policing in the New Gambia” as [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari meets with security chiefs over violent Police-Shiites Islamic group clash
22 july 2019 - 21:51:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday summoned a meeting with the country’s security chiefs at the [...] Full text...
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Sudan holding back 'millions' of illegal migrants from reaching Europe: Official
23 june 2019 - 00:00:05Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A senior Sudanese official on Saturday warned that his country was holding back millions of illegal [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges UN to 'shine spotlight' on brutality in Cameroon
13 may 2019 - 04:12:08New York, US (PANA) – A human rights group says the United Nations Security Council’s decision to hold an informal [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Rights group finger Sudan forces for intimidating, persecuting protesters
05 april 2019 - 13:46:41Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Peaceful Sudanese demonstrating against government corruption and economic mismanagement have been subjected to brutality by the [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe opposition leader to attempt 'citizen's arrest' of president, deputies
11 march 2019 - 04:59:59Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Outspoken opposition leader Tinashe Jonas says he will continue with plans to perform a ‘citizen’s arrest’ [...] Full text...
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Greece says no sign of brutality was involved in Nigerian's death at police station
24 february 2019 - 21:38:58Athens, Greeece (PANA)- Greek authorities said that the investigation into the death of a Nigerian man at the Greek capital [...] Full text...
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Youth violence makes headlines this week in Mauritius
16 february 2019 - 11:53:23Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Young boys and girls, sometimes college students, fighting each other in public places, jostling, insulting [...] Full text...
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‘End the ongoing atrocities’ against people with albinism in Malawi, say UN rights experts
08 february 2019 - 21:15:58Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - After a recent "savage” killing and the abduction of a one-year-old baby in Malawi, United [...] Full text...
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Libyan authorities must shoulder the burden to support country’s ‘vulnerable’ south
19 january 2019 - 06:47:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Despite years of promises to address the “vulnerable heart” of Libya – the country’s south – [...] Full text...
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Students in trouble for kneeling during Israeli national anthem
14 november 2018 - 15:59:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Just days after a race row at a top Cape Town school in South [...] Full text...
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Nigeria demands "full investigation" into killing of Nigerian by Kenyan Police
22 october 2018 - 14:39:17Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria on Monday demanded for full autopsy and investigation from Kenya Government into the killing of [...] Full text...
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Angola 'ready to clarify expulsion' of DR Congo nationals
19 october 2018 - 11:10:06Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The ambassador of Angola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), José Joâo Manvuel, has [...] Full text...
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Anti-slavery NGO denounces police clampdown on protesters
09 october 2018 - 17:10:25Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA or IRA-Mauritania), an anti-slavery NGO in [...] Full text...
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South Sudan gov't troops, militias commit new atrocities - Rights group says
19 september 2018 - 05:13:53Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The staggering brutality of a recent military offensive in South Sudan – including murder of [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Egyptian court's harsh sentences
08 september 2018 - 19:29:01Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has strongly condemned the harsh sentences handed down on hundreds of [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for reform of Nigeria's anti-robbery squad
14 august 2018 - 19:40:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday called on the Nigerian government to initiate an immediate [...] Full text...
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Former Chilean President Bachelet officially appointed new UN human rights chief
10 august 2018 - 20:29:23New York, US (PANA) - After a vote on Friday by the United Nations General Assembly in New York, former [...] Full text...
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Alarming lack of funding claims lives, warns humanitarian organisation
18 july 2018 - 07:04:18London, UK (PANA) - A humanitarian charity is warning that half way into the year, humanitarian organizations have only received [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Kenya police to ensure justice for 2017 elections abuses
05 june 2018 - 04:28:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A human rights group says Kenyan officials and police officers have been threatening activists trying to [...] Full text...
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UNICEF calls for urgent protection of children in CAR
14 may 2018 - 08:04:57Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - A dramatic increase in violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) in the first [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Egypt for indefinite solitary confinement of prisoners
07 may 2018 - 07:17:21Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International said on Monday that its new research reveals that prisoners detained [...] Full text...
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Ramaphosa visits Madikizela-Mandela's Soweto home
02 april 2018 - 19:23:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday visited the Soweto home of liberation [...] Full text...
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Barrow calls for vigilance against corruption in Gambia
14 january 2018 - 09:34:24Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian President Adama Barrow has called on his compatriots to be vigilant against corruption. He was speaking [...] Full text...
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Children under attack at shocking scale in conflicts around the world, says UNICEF
28 december 2017 - 04:57:49New York, USA (PANA) – Children in conflict zones around the world have come under attack at a shocking scale [...] Full text...
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Some 12,000 Congolese flee to Zambia
01 december 2017 - 09:48:18Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The number of refugees fleeing militia violence in south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and [...] Full text...
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Botswana retains support to Zimbabweans
22 november 2017 - 16:21:16Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has lifted a travel embargo on its citizens intending to travel to Zimbabwe following the [...] Full text...
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World must stop human trafficking, support victims – UN chief
22 november 2017 - 05:04:16New York, USA (PANA) – Briefing the Security Council on Tuesday, top United Nations officials, including the Secretary-General and the [...] Full text...
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Kenyan opposition calls for international response after deadly round of violence
19 november 2017 - 19:04:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan opposition alliance said 14 people were killed by men riding motorbikes on Sunday and its [...] Full text...
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Three shot dead in Kenyan opposition march in Nairobi
17 november 2017 - 20:46:01Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Three people were shot dead and scores of others wounded when police used live ammunition against [...] Full text...
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Regulator wants police charged in Kenya presidential election protest killings
13 november 2017 - 19:13:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) on Monday said it had concluded investigations into the [...] Full text...
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Kenya's violence-riddled repeat presidential election leaves nation divided
27 october 2017 - 10:41:57Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Deep political divisions emerged in Kenya on Friday, a day after a crucial vote, which recorded [...] Full text...
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Lift protest ban, protect judiciary - UN rights experts urge Kenya
16 october 2017 - 20:19:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Voicing concern over restrictions on protests as well as attacks on judiciary and civil society in [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Bullet lodged in baby's back, teenager shot dead in Kenyan opposition protests
16 october 2017 - 17:41:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – An 18-year old school boy was shot dead and a two-year old baby battled bullet wounds [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Kenyan University shut down after fresh riot threat
03 october 2017 - 13:32:48Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The University of Nairobi (UoN) was shut down indefinitely on Tuesday after a threat by students [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: DRC violence drives more than 3,300 refugees into Zambia in a month
03 october 2017 - 10:11:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about growing violence in parts of south-eastern Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Guinea: Rights groups demand justice for 2009 Conakry stadium massacre victims
27 september 2017 - 06:56:09Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Human rights groups on Wednesday the Guinean government to move ahead to deliver justice, truth, and [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Journalists become heroes against police brutality in Kenya, Uganda
23 september 2017 - 11:46:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Journalists become heroes of humanity in Kenya and Uganda this week in the wake of police [...] Full text...
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US: ICRC President calls on political actors to resolve South Sudan political crisis
21 september 2017 - 11:22:43New York, US (PANA) – In an address to world leaders at a high-level side event of the UN General [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Ethiopian gov't urged to exercise restraint at upcoming Irreecha festival
19 september 2017 - 07:15:07Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch is urging the Ethiopian government and security officials to act with restraint and [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: NGO reveals mysterious string of mass killings in DR Congo
18 september 2017 - 11:38:36Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Congo Research Group (CRG), an independent, non-profit research project dedicated to understanding the violence that [...] Full text...
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South Africa: President Zuma calls on South Africans to remember Steve Biko
12 september 2017 - 08:45:39Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - President Jacob Zuma has called on South Africans to remember, celebrate and preserve the legacy [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: ICC urged to investigate possible crimes against humanity in Burundi
05 september 2017 - 07:08:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against [...] Full text...
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Gambia: MFWA wants probe into attacks on demonstrators in Togo
23 august 2017 - 16:14:22Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The sub-regional rights body, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has condemned the brutal attacks on [...] Full text...
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Togo: Togolese opposition leader calls to continuous demonstrations against gov't
21 august 2017 - 15:37:48Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togolese opposition leader, Jean-Pierre Fabre, has called on Togolese people to continue their protest "without wavering" [...] Full text...
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Kenya: ICRC chief decries displacement, hunger in South Sudan conflict
17 august 2017 - 18:42:33Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) president Peter Maurer is due in South Sudan on [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: UN rights chief urges Kenyan leaders to 'act responsibly', avoid further violence
15 august 2017 - 15:56:58Geneva, Switzerland PANA) – Calling on the Kenyan authorities to avoid violence, the United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Gambia: 'We're being denied our constitutional rights', Gambia's former ruling party protests
22 july 2017 - 12:15:15Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's former ruling Alliance for Patriotic Re-Orientation and Construction (APRC) is protesting what it describes as [...] Full text...
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Netherlands: ICC clocks 19; rights group reiterates call for support
17 july 2017 - 16:04:54The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Human Rights Watch on Monday celebrated the 19th anniversary of the International Criminal Court (ICC) [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Jammeh party denied permit to celebrate 1994 coup
14 july 2017 - 09:57:58Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The government of The Gambia has refused to issue a permit to the former ruling Alliance [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: 'Atrocities turn S. Sudan's breadbasket into killing field' - Rights group
04 july 2017 - 11:11:15Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, is warning that a new frontline in South Sudan’s conflict [...] Full text...
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US: Many aid groups unable to manage war zone risks - UN-backed report
22 june 2017 - 19:32:23New York, US (PANA) – Humanitarian aid workers want to help people in some of the biggest war zones, but [...] Full text...
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