Rights group urges US not to 'forcibly transfer' migrants to Libya

10 may 2025 - 11:35:58
New York, US (PANA) – The United States should not forcibly transfer migrants to Libya, where inhumane detention conditions are well-documented, including [...] Full text...

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Chagos Islands: UK’s last African colony returned to Mauritius

04 october 2024 - 05:25:58
London, UK (PANA) - The United Kingdom announced on Thursday that agreement has been reached to hand over the Chagos [...] Full text...

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UN agencies urge Security Council to stop ‘mass graves for migrants’

01 october 2024 - 06:15:08
New York, US (PANA) - Action is needed now to stop the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea from “becoming mass [...] Full text...

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Arbitrary detentions and impunity widespread in Libya, warns UN rights chief

09 july 2024 - 14:15:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The desperate plight of migrants and refugees tortured, trafficked and sold “at scale” in Libya took [...] Full text...

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Refugees, migrants face violence, abuse and death on routes across Africa, new data shows

06 july 2024 - 09:06:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Refugees and migrants continue to face extreme forms of violence, exploitation and death on sea and [...] Full text...

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Rights group asks Egyptian authorities to end campaign of mass arrests and forced returns of Sudanese refugees

19 june 2024 - 07:10:44
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Egyptian authorities must immediately cease the mass arbitrary arrests and unlawful deportations of Sudanese refugees [...] Full text...

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UNHCR highlights shocking needs, risks facing refugees and migrants on routes from Africa to Europe

04 june 2024 - 12:47:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The lack of protection services on major routes used by refugees and migrants is alarming and [...] Full text...

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Rights watchdog flags deepening civil society crackdown in Tunisia

20 may 2024 - 07:19:56
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Tunisian authorities have arrested at least nine people amid escalating government actions in recent weeks to [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: World Court to hear genocide case against Israel

10 january 2024 - 13:17:41
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – The International Court of Justice(ICJ) hearings 11-12 January, 2024 on genocide in Gaza will include [...] Full text...

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Tunisian National Guard expelled over 100 African migrants to border with Algeria in September - HRW

11 october 2023 - 05:59:19
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian National Guard expelled over 100 migrants from multiple African countries to the border with Algeria between [...] Full text...

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Libya: Fierce clashes in Tripoli highlight ‘precarious’ situation

22 august 2023 - 19:03:41
New York, US (PANA) - Recent deadly clashes between two largest armed groups in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, underscore the [...] Full text...

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UNHCR, IOM outline new approach to assist growing number of migrants

25 july 2023 - 06:38:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a world characterised by economic crises, conflicts, and natural disasters, the uptick in migration is [...] Full text...

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UN experts urge swift action to uphold migrants’ rights in Tunisia

18 july 2023 - 19:17:11
Geneva, Swtizerland (PANA) - A group of UN independent experts on Tuesday expressed concern over Tunisia's alleged discriminatory treatment of [...] Full text...

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UN experts urge Ethiopia to halt mass deportation of Eritreans

13 july 2023 - 12:09:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN experts on Thursday condemned Ethiopia's summary expulsion of hundreds of Eritreans at the end of [...] Full text...

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Rights group asks Tunisian govt to halt 'unconscionable' collective expulsions of Black African migrants

07 july 2023 - 06:02:36
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked the Tunisian government to halt the collective expulsions of Black [...] Full text...

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Libyan authorities urged by UNSMIL to end mass arbitrary detention of migrants

12 june 2023 - 15:23:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Mission of Support in Libya (UNSMIL) has called on the Libyan authorities to [...] Full text...

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France rejects expulsion of two French journalists from Burkina Faso

03 april 2023 - 16:08:30
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - France said Monday it deeply regretted the expulsion of Le Monde and Libération correspondents from [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS deplores mass expulsions of Maghreb citizens

03 october 2022 - 19:15:45
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has deplored the massive expulsions of its [...] Full text...

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UN rights office calls for probe into Morocco-Spain migrant deaths, Texas tragedy

28 june 2022 - 19:36:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The deaths of at least 23 migrants seeking to reach Spanish territory from Morocco should be [...] Full text...

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Mali: Suspension of RFI and France 24 is "attack against freedom and independence of information"(RSF)

17 march 2022 - 20:18:00
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) on Thursday denounced an attack against information, which will be prejudicial [...] Full text...

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2021 Year in Review: Refugee, migrant numbers rise, despite travel curbs

29 december 2021 - 13:11:13
New York, US (PANA) - Pandemic-related travel restrictions may have put a dent on international migration figures in 2021, but [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: US 'gravely concerned' by new alleged rights abuses against Tigrayans

18 december 2021 - 12:55:34
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it is "gravely concerned" by unconfirmed new reports alleging mass detentions, [...] Full text...

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UN raises alarm over ‘continuing’ expulsions of asylum seekers from Libya

11 december 2021 - 08:34:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Asylum-seekers and other migrants continue to be forcefully expelled from Libya, raising concerns at the Office of [...] Full text...

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UN rights office raises alert over spike in security operations against Libya migrants

12 october 2021 - 16:48:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Migrants and asylum seekers in Libya have been facing increasingly heavy-handed treatment from targeted security operations [...] Full text...

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UNHCR marks 70th anniversary of Geneva Refugee Convention

28 july 2021 - 10:41:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Wednesday, 28 July marks the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Refugee Convention, a key international treaty establishing [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspapers highlight results of the Berlin II Conference, departure of mercenaries

27 june 2021 - 17:58:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week have extensive coverage to the Berlin II Conference on Libya, focusing on [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister condemns Israeli forces attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

08 may 2021 - 11:39:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba has condemned the attack by Israeli forces on  Al-Aqsa Mosque in [...] Full text...

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UNHCR warns asylum under attack at Europe’s borders

28 january 2021 - 11:46:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alarmed at the increasing frequency of expulsions and pushbacks of refugees and asylum-seekers at Europe’s land [...] Full text...

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Algeria expels thousands of migrants, asylum seekers to Niger without due process, says HRW

09 october 2020 - 07:15:07
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) – Algerian authorities have expelled thousands of migrants and asylum seekers to Niger during waves of roundups of mostly [...] Full text...

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More than 32,000 Malian migrants deported or repatriated since 2013 - Minister

19 december 2019 - 12:26:12
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Expulsions and emergency repatriation of Malians in distress since 2013 to have affected more than 32,000 [...] Full text...

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Angola wins the OQT for women's handball

30 september 2019 - 18:04:20
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Angola secured its seventh participation in women's Olympic Games of women's handball tournament by winning the [...] Full text...

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Burundi expels DR Congolese students with irregular residence permits

25 september 2019 - 14:13:05
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 139 nationals of DR Congo (DRC), most of them students, were expelled between August and [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian victims of violence in 1989 hold sit-in to demand compensation

15 may 2019 - 06:31:25
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Dozens of people who were affected by deadly violence in 1989 that claimed hundreds of lives [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges Angola to suspend deportation of DRC refugees

15 november 2018 - 05:36:23
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Human rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch, on Thursday asked the Angolan government to immediately suspend [...] Full text...

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Malian association cries out against mistreatment of foreigners in Angola

07 november 2018 - 16:47:06
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian Association of Expellees (AME) has expressed concern about the recent wave of arrests, [...] Full text...

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Over 330,000 DRC migrants at risk after mass deportations from Angola – UN rights chief

27 october 2018 - 03:31:40
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The United Nations human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, on Friday warned that the forcible mass expulsion [...] Full text...

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Angola 'ready to clarify expulsion' of DR Congo nationals

19 october 2018 - 11:10:06
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The ambassador of Angola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), José Joâo Manvuel, has [...] Full text...

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Congolese expelled from Angola returning to ‘desperate situation’: UNHCR

16 october 2018 - 19:18:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Congolese nationals forced back across the border to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after being [...] Full text...

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'Algeria must stop arbitrary expulsion of West African migrants in desert'

12 october 2018 - 06:34:58
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Atrocities suffered by child and adult migrants from West African States “should shock the conscience of [...] Full text...

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Algeria must stop collective expulsions of sub-Saharan Africans – UN rights experts

22 may 2018 - 18:46:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – A UN human rights team on Tuesday called on the Government of Algeria to cease the [...] Full text...

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Rights group says Mauritania human rights defenders at risk

12 february 2018 - 15:32:43
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania’s human rights defenders face repression when they raise the country’s most sensitive social issues, Human [...] Full text...

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Liberia's ruling party expels Pres. Sirleaf, 3 others for “inappropriate behaviour"

15 january 2018 - 14:08:11
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – The ruling Unity Party (UP) has expelled its Standard Bearer Emeritus, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and three [...] Full text...

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ZANU PF sacks Mugabe, calls for reinstatement of former VP Mnangagwa

19 november 2017 - 15:10:12
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU PF party has sacked Robert Mugabe as its leader, while the party’s Youth [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Tens of thousands march to demand end of President Mugabe's rule

18 november 2017 - 16:31:47
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans on Saturday poured into the streets of cities across the country [...] Full text...

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'Solidarity rally' gets under way in Harare to force President Mugabe out

18 november 2017 - 10:37:33
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans are attending a rally in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, to demand [...] Full text...

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(ROUNDUP) Zimbabwe ruling party calls for Mugabe to step down

17 november 2017 - 20:09:13
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Eight out of 10 Provincial Coordinating Committees (PCC) of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party have called on [...] Full text...

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UN: UNICEF concerned over arrests, expulsion of students in Burundi

08 june 2016 - 04:47:19
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it is concerned about the arrests, expulsions from school [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Rights chief urges EU to adopt more ‘humane’ migration measures

11 march 2016 - 06:35:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations human rights chief has reiterated his profound concern about the situation faced by [...] Full text...

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Senegal: AI in Congo aIarmed by detentions, deportations of West Africans

02 july 2015 - 17:41:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) Thursday expressed alarm over a new wave of arrests, detentions and deportations targeting [...] Full text...

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Congo: Mass deportations of DRC nationals 'may amount to crimes against humanity'

02 july 2015 - 10:48:45
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Police violence, persecution, arbitrary detentions and rape amid a security operation to deport tens of thousands [...] Full text...

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Congo: Authorities justify expulsion of foreigners from Pointe-Noire

20 may 2015 - 15:28:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Justifying the expulsion of "irregular" foreigners from Pointe-Noire, an operation which began on 14 May, the [...] Full text...

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Senegal: AI criticises Spain over drowning of 14 African migrants

06 february 2015 - 18:41:36
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) Friday said the Spanish authorities’ failure to properly investigate the drowning of 14 [...] Full text...

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Senegal: AI praises Senegalese for welcoming fleeing Gambians

01 february 2015 - 13:32:18
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Amnesty International (AI) has praised Senegalese for their hospitality towards fleeing Gambians, PANA reported Sunday. In a [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief condemns expulsion of UN staff from Sudan

26 december 2014 - 18:00:29
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the decision by the authorities in Sudan to expel [...] Full text...

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Kenya: 'Somalis scapegoated in counter-terror crackdown'

27 may 2014 - 12:14:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s Somali community is being scapegoated in a counter-terror operation which has seen thousands subjected to [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Mauritanian refugees plan demonstration over unfulfilled govt. promises

20 april 2014 - 15:48:45
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The association of Mauritanians repatriated from Senegal (ARMS) plan to hold a protest march from the [...] Full text...

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Tanzania expels 28,000 illegal Burundian migrants

18 september 2013 - 13:05:57
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Tanzania expelled an additional 28,000 undocumented immigrants from Burundi between July and Sept., the UN High [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian government urged to respect rights of victims of 1989 expulsions

18 may 2013 - 13:54:46
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Forum of National Human Rights Organizations, an umbrella of 16 NGOs in Mauritania, on Saturday [...] Full text...

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Angola expels 27 illegal immigrants from DR Congo

15 november 2011 - 14:07:03
Cabinda, Angola (PANA) - Angola's Migration and Foreigners Service (SME) has expelled 27 DR Congo citizens who were staying illegally in [...] Full text...

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UN concerned over DRC migrants' abuse in Angola

11 november 2011 - 13:54:18
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Margot Wallstrom on Friday expressed concern [...] Full text...

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UN envoy calls for 'prompt prevention' of sexual violence

15 april 2011 - 14:42:54
New York, US (PANA) - Ms. Margot Wallstrom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, on Friday [...] Full text...

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UN official tasks Angola, DRC on tackling sexual violence

17 march 2011 - 17:22:43
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Margot Wallstrom, on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Woes of vice-president, ex-president rule Malawi headlines

08 january 2011 - 11:50:40
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The sacking of Vice-President Joyce Banda, as vice-president of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and [...] Full text...

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Vice-President's woes dominate Malawi media

18 december 2010 - 13:55:33
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - The sacking of Vice-President Joyce Banda and Khumbo Kachali from their positions as first and second [...] Full text...

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UN official calls for probe of rape cases in Angola, DRC

08 november 2010 - 17:56:00
New York- US (PANA) -- Ms. Margot Wallstrom, the UN Secretary-General's Special R epresentative for Sexual Violence in Conflict, [...] Full text...

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HRW urges Clinton to stress human rights on 7-nation Africa trip

31 july 2009 - 10:26:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should emphasize human rights on her seven-nation trip to [...] Full text...

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Sudan expels aid agencies in Darfur - UN

05 march 2009 - 19:40:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The Sudanese government has ordered some aid agencies to l eave the country after an [...] Full text...

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