‘Slaughtered like goats’: Despair and abandonment in South Sudan
18 april 2026 - 07:49:35New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials painted a sorry picture of South Sudan on Friday at the Security [...] Full text...
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New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials painted a sorry picture of South Sudan on Friday at the Security [...] Full text...
South African opposition leader Julius Malema sentenced to five years in prison
16 april 2026 - 10:26:32Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's opposition politician Julius Malema was on Thursday sentenced to five years' imprisonment after [...] Full text...
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Gambia's former vice president arrives in Sierra Leone for talks on concerns on 2023 disputed elections
15 april 2026 - 12:48:48Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – Former Vice President of The Gambia, Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, has joined a high-level mission to Sierra [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS Observation Mission calls for political dialogue, inclusion and national consensus in Benin after presidential election
15 april 2026 - 08:26:40Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The ECOWAS Observation Mission for last Sunday’s presidential election in Benin has encouraged the authorities and [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses both sides in South Sudan conflict of blocking aid
14 april 2026 - 12:59:38Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – South Sudan's military and opposition forces are blocking humanitarian access and unjustifiably ordering civilians to evacuate [...] Full text...
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Benin opposition candidate Paul Hounkpè concedes defeat
13 april 2026 - 18:39:54Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's opposition candidate in Sunday's presidential election, Paul Hounkpè, has conceded defeat saying the trend of [...] Full text...
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Beninese await results of Sunday’s presidential election
13 april 2026 - 10:44:37Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - As counting of votes progresses after Sunday’s presidential election, the Head of the ECOWAS Observation Mission, [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Slow start to Benin's presidential vote
12 april 2026 - 11:51:16Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Voters in Benin have been trickling to polling stations on Sunday to cast their ballots for a [...] Full text...
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AUC chair congratulates Djibouti president Omar Guelleh on re-election
12 april 2026 - 07:55:19Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has congratulated President [...] Full text...
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Voters head to the polls in Benin's presidential election
12 april 2026 - 07:39:01Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Voters in Benin's are heading to the polls in a presidential election on Sunday that will [...] Full text...
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Djibouti president Ismail Omar Guelleh wins sixth term
11 april 2026 - 17:05:17Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) - Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh has been reelected for his sixth term in Friday's presidential [...] Full text...
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Presidential Election: Official underscores key role of Constitutional Court
10 april 2026 - 10:10:03Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - As Benin prepares for its presidential election on Sunday, 12 April, the Head of the ECOWAS [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS election observers in Benin assured of integrity of voters' register
09 april 2026 - 08:53:30Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Benin National Agency for the Identification of Persons, or l’Agence Nationale d’Identification des Personnes (ANIP), [...] Full text...
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Head of ECOWAS election observers for Benin’s presidential election urges peaceful, transparent vote
09 april 2026 - 07:56:47Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Ghana’s former President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Head of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) for [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso dismisses damning human rights allegations as 'false', 'conjecture'
06 april 2026 - 11:26:46Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The government of Burkina Faso has rejected a damning report on human rights abuses in [...] Full text...
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Benin CSOs call for political dialogue, inclusiveness
05 april 2026 - 16:31:12Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), which focuses on fostering a culture of electoral accountability in Benin, [...] Full text...
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All sides in Burkina Faso's armed conflict have committed crimes against humanity - HRW
04 april 2026 - 07:53:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Burkina Faso military, with its allied militias, and an Al Qaeda-linked armed group have killed [...] Full text...
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Benin's media regulatory body calls for ECOWAS support
03 april 2026 - 07:16:14Cotonou, Benin (Benin) - The Benin media regulatory body, La Haute Autorité de l’Audiovisuel et de la Communication (HAAC), has [...] Full text...
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ARTICLE 19 condemns Guinea’s ban on 40 political parties
01 april 2026 - 18:51:08Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Rights group ARTICLE 19 Senegal and West Africa has expressed deep concern over the Guinean government’s [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS observation mission meets Benin's political stakeholders
01 april 2026 - 11:54:59Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Ahead of Benin’s 12 April presidential election, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Long-Term Observation [...] Full text...
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Benin gets ECOWAS electoral assistance
28 march 2026 - 06:50:19Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin has expressed appreciation to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for a donation [...] Full text...
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Violence and authoritarian drift are worsening Mali's crisis - UN expert
27 march 2026 - 04:59:30Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Political, security, humanitarian and human rights crisis: Mali is sinking deeper into crisis. At the root [...] Full text...
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Former Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo heads ECOWAS Election Observation Mission for Benin Election
26 march 2026 - 17:14:26Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Ghana’s immediate-past President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is head of the 120-member Economic Community of West African States [...] Full text...
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Sudan and South Sudan reunited in horror
16 march 2026 - 05:23:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Fifteen years after their separation, Sudan and South Sudan are tragically reunited in the horror of [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: UN rights chief urges immediate ceasefire as war crimes fears mount
11 march 2026 - 08:49:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said on Tuesday he was horrified by growing accounts of [...] Full text...
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Rights group says pregnant women among those detained in Côte d’Ivoire 'without cause' since October 2025 crackdown
10 march 2026 - 11:11:43Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Five months on from opposition protests banned by the authorities in Côte d’Ivoire that saw [...] Full text...
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Fears grow over return to all-out civil war in South Sudan
10 march 2026 - 07:07:38Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - UN humanitarians in South Sudan have expressed deep concern over an order from government forces [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State labels Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organisation
09 march 2026 - 14:39:01Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - US Secretary of the State, Marco Rubio, has announced that his department is designating the [...] Full text...
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Guinea-Bissau: PAIGC reflection group calls for internal dialogue and early congress preparations
09 march 2026 - 11:37:35Bissau, Guinea (PANA) – The Reflection Group, composed of senior leaders, members of the Central Committee, and the Political Bureau [...] Full text...
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Justice on the move: Mobile courts offer hope for communities in South Sudan (By UN News)
02 march 2026 - 07:43:57Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Travelling more than 200 kilometres from Yambio, the capital of Western Equatoria State in southwestern South [...] Full text...
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Forgotten conflict in South Sudan at ‘a dangerous point’, Türk warns
27 february 2026 - 20:06:15New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan was the focus of debate in the UN Human Rights Council on Friday [...] Full text...
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UN probe report warns South Sudan leaders pushing country towards full-scale war
27 february 2026 - 11:21:00Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – South Sudan’s political and military leaders are systematically dismantling the 2018 Revitalised Peace Agreement on [...] Full text...
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Concerns raised about ‘coercive’ repatriation of Burundian refugees from Tanzania
25 february 2026 - 07:55:20Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Concerns have been raised about the “coercive” repatriation from Tanzania of Burundian refugees, many [...] Full text...
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South Sudan fighting displaces nearly 280,000; UN warns of ‘perfect storm’
24 february 2026 - 07:14:24Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Renewed fighting in South Sudan’s Jonglei state has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians in [...] Full text...
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UN humanitarian chief visits South Sudan
21 february 2026 - 05:41:10Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator arrived in South Sudan on Friday to visit one of [...] Full text...
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CPJ calls for release of Senegalese commentator Modou Fall
13 february 2026 - 12:34:50Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Senegalese authorities to release Modou Fall, [...] Full text...
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Eight Western countries, EU condemn looting of WFP food in South Sudan
12 february 2026 - 07:25:09Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The Embassies of eight Western countries and the Delegation of the European Union in South [...] Full text...
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Violence surges in South Sudan leaving civilians at risk and peacekeepers stretched thin
11 february 2026 - 07:12:23New York, US (PANA) - Escalating violence, political stalemate and humanitarian constraints are pushing South Sudan’s civilians to the brink [...] Full text...
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Guinea-Bissau opposition leader summoned before military court over alleged coup links
10 february 2026 - 11:22:08Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) – Guinea-Bissau’s main opposition leader, Domingos Simões Pereira, has been summoned to appear before a military court on [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: UN forced to suspend food aid after ‘unacceptable’ attacks on convoy
05 february 2026 - 08:22:14Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan is buckling under a fresh wave of violence and displacement, after attacks and [...] Full text...
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Ghana's main opposition party again chooses former vice president Bawumia as flagbearer
01 february 2026 - 07:32:29Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Saturday chose former vice president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, [...] Full text...
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Senior UN official warns of ‘sharp surge’ in cholera cases.
31 january 2026 - 09:02:41New York, US (PANA) - Military tensions in South Sudan are “rapidly expanding” between government forces and opposition militia as [...] Full text...
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Human rights advocate warns against incendiary rhetoric in South Sudan
30 january 2026 - 13:14:21Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A human rights group has warned that the language of a directive by a leader [...] Full text...
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UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ by escalation of violence in South Sudan
30 january 2026 - 08:47:05New York, US (PANA) - The world's youngest country, South Sudan, is facing continued instability and violence as military escalation [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: UN and rights experts warn against risk of mass violence in Jonglei
26 january 2026 - 19:01:28Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is sounding the alarm over the threat of [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: UN rights commission urges immediate political de-escalation
20 january 2026 - 12:05:00Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has expressed alarm at the deteriorating [...] Full text...
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Gambian opposition leader Hails Senegal’s AFCON match as symbol of Africa’s resilience
19 january 2026 - 15:39:18Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The leader of The Gambia’s opposition Alliance of Social Democrats (ASD), Marie Sock, has described the [...] Full text...
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AUC chairperson congratulates Ugandan President Museveni on his reelection
18 january 2026 - 07:20:06Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has congratulated Ugandan President [...] Full text...
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Uganda elections: President Museveni wins seventh term
17 january 2026 - 14:56:51Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who came to power as a rebel leader in 1986, was on [...] Full text...
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Ugandan President Museveni in healthy lead in presidential poll
17 january 2026 - 09:17:59Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has maintained a strong lead in the East African country's 15 January [...] Full text...
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South African delegation drives AU meeting in South Sudan
15 january 2026 - 09:14:52Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola is leading a High-Level African Union committee [...] Full text...
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Ugandan authorities urged to urgently lift internet restrictions as voting begins
15 january 2026 - 07:58:50Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - As polls open on Thursday in Uganda's high stakes general election, a human rights group [...] Full text...
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Human rights group warns new decree in Niger risks becoming 'instrumemt of repression'
11 january 2026 - 11:39:36Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A new decree adopted by the Niger military junta risks becoming an instrument of repression in [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: Increase in abductions and sexual violence ‘unacceptable’
10 january 2026 - 07:47:33Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Despite reductions in the overall number of conflict-related incidents in South Sudan, a rise in [...] Full text...
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UN raises serious concerns ahead of Uganda’s 15 January elections
10 january 2026 - 07:32:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN has raised serious concerns ahead of Uganda’s elections scheduled for 15 January, warning they [...] Full text...
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Myanmar vote a ‘facade’ to entrench military rule, independent rights expert says
09 january 2026 - 14:05:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An independent human rights expert has urged the international community to reject the electoral process organised [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: Violence in Jonglei state sparks displacement, disrupts aid operations
09 january 2026 - 08:26:53Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A surge in conflict and airstrikes in Jonglei state, South Sudan, has forced people to [...] Full text...
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Uganda: UN experts urge stronger human rights safeguards ahead of 2026 elections
08 january 2026 - 07:47:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – As Uganda approaches general elections on 15 January 2026, UN experts have warned that the pervasive [...] Full text...
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Ugandan authorities accused of subjecting opposition supporters to 'brutal campaign of repression' ahead of elections
06 january 2026 - 10:35:20Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan security forces have unlawfully targeted opposition rallies with unnecessary and excessive force and arbitrary arrests, [...] Full text...
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Central African Republic President Touadera re-elected for third term with more than 76%
06 january 2026 - 09:25:22Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - The president of the Central African Republic (CAR), Faustin-Archange Touadera, has been re-elected for [...] Full text...
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South African political parties condemn US strike on Venezuela
05 january 2026 - 10:54:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African opposition parties have joined the chorus of condemnation over the US administration’s military [...] Full text...
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Guinea holds presidential election as transition nears end
28 december 2025 - 15:50:09Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guinea began voting Sunday in its presidential election, with more than 6.8 million registered voters expected [...] Full text...
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Guineans head to the polls as junta leader Doumbouya seeks presidency
27 december 2025 - 14:27:43Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Guineans go to the polls on Sunday with about 6.7 million registered voters expected to take [...] Full text...
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South African opposition party condemns US strike in Nigeria
27 december 2025 - 10:03:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Friday condemned the Christmas Day airstrikes by [...] Full text...
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Guinea: UN warns of pressure, abuses on eve of presidential election
27 december 2025 - 07:42:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With presidential election only a few hours away, on 28 December, the political climate in Guinea [...] Full text...
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Over 190 feared dead as migrant boat sinks
25 december 2025 - 18:34:04Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Democratic Party (UDP) has expressed deep sorrow over confirmed reports that a migrants’ boat [...] Full text...
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Constitutional order faltering in West Africa and the Sahel - UN official
19 december 2025 - 07:49:09New York, US (PANA) - West Africa and the Sahel are moving forward in the open. Between successive coups d'état, [...] Full text...
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Al-Burhan, Al-Sisi Hold Joint Talks on Strengthening Mechanisms of Bilateral Cooperation
18 december 2025 - 17:49:40Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese de facto leader General Abdul Fatah Al Burhan flew to Egypt Thursday where he [...] Full text...
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Rights group sees growing support for treaty to guarantee free education for every child
18 december 2025 - 09:55:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Discussions are advancing at the United Nations on a new global treaty to guarantee every child’s [...] Full text...
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Thirty-one people imprisoned as part of investigations into the failed coup of 7 December in Benin
16 december 2025 - 15:59:39Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Thirty soldiers and one civilian were placed in preventive detention on Tuesday as part of investigations [...] Full text...
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Central Africa facing 'deceptive stability' - UN envoy
12 december 2025 - 08:19:32New York, US (PANA) - In Central Africa, stability remains "generally" the norm, according to the UN envoy for the [...] Full text...
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South Africa's national football coach under fire for 'racist' remark
12 december 2025 - 08:02:58Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The opposition United Democratic Movement (UDM) has lodged a formal complaint at the South [...] Full text...
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‘We won’t stop’: Afghan women keep businesses alive despite sweeping rights abuses
10 december 2025 - 17:47:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Afghanistan, where sweeping restrictions have pushed most women out of public life, thousands are refusing [...] Full text...
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‘We won’t stop’: Afghan women keep businesses alive despite sweeping rights abuses
10 december 2025 - 15:46:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Afghanistan, where sweeping restrictions have pushed most women out of public life, thousands are refusing [...] Full text...
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UN experts slam conviction of Tunisian human rights lawyer Ayachi Hammami
09 december 2025 - 09:25:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN experts on Monday expressed their “absolute shock” at the conviction of Ayachi Hammami in Tunisia, [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso junta restores death penalty - HRW
09 december 2025 - 08:00:31Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The military junta in Burkina Faso has adopted a bill restoring the death penalty nearly [...] Full text...
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UN experts condemn Tanzania's post-election lethal crackdown and digital blackout
05 december 2025 - 10:16:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned reported widespread and systematic human rights violations in Tanzania [...] Full text...
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US says reviewing its bilateral relationship with Tanzania
04 december 2025 - 17:23:20Washington DC, US (PANA) - The US said on Thursday that it was reviewing its bilateral relationship with Tanzania following [...] Full text...
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Uganda: UN rights chief deplores intensifying crackdown on opposition, media ahead of elections
04 december 2025 - 07:24:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Wednesday deplored the intensifying crackdown on the opposition and [...] Full text...
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Nigeria grants protection to Guinea-Bissau opposition leader after pre-election military takeover
01 december 2025 - 17:39:11Banjul, Gambia (PANA) Nigeria has granted asylum and special protection to Guinea-Bissau’s opposition presidential candidate, Fernando Costa, following what Abuja [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: ECOWAS chairman Julius Maada Bio holds 'constructive' discussions with Guinea-Bissau junta leaders
01 december 2025 - 17:36:04Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - The Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS chairman Julius Maada Bio arrives in Guinea-Bissau to meet coup leaders
01 december 2025 - 14:09:11Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - The Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief Türk deplores post-coup violations in Guinea-Bissau
29 november 2025 - 07:38:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday called on the military authorities in Guinea Bissau [...] Full text...
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Guinea-Bissau's new military ruler appoints Prime Minister
28 november 2025 - 16:44:14Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - Guinea-Bissau’s Transitional President Horta Inta-A on Friday, 28 November, announced Ilídio Vieira Té as Prime [...] Full text...
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Ex-South African president Jacob Zuma’s daughter resigns from Parliament
28 november 2025 - 15:16:12Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Former South African president Jacob Zuma’s daughter and member of the main opposition UMKhonto weSizwe [...] Full text...
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UPDATE2: UN chief condemns Guinea-Bissau coup, urges restoration of constitutional order
28 november 2025 - 13:36:22New York, US (PANA) -The United Nations has strongly condemned the military coup in Guinea-Bissau, warning that the overthrow of [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: ECOWAS suspends Guinea-Bissau after coup
28 november 2025 - 12:19:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all decision-making bodies [...] Full text...
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Guinea-Bissau's ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embaló arrives in Senegal
28 november 2025 - 08:41:16Dakar, Senegal, (PANA) – Guinea-Bissau's ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embaló arrived "safe and sound" in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, on [...] Full text...
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Anger over US President Trump's call to bar South Africa from next G20 Summit
28 november 2025 - 07:52:16Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There is growing outrage after US President Donald Trump announced that South Africa would [...] Full text...
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2ND UPDATE: AU condemns Guinea Bissau coup as military name new head of state
27 november 2025 - 14:41:12Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has unequivocally condemned the military [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Guinea-Bissau coup: Ghana slams 'unconstitutional act'
27 november 2025 - 09:43:13Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has strongly condemned Wednesday's military coup in Guinea-Bissau, describing it as “an unconstitutional act” that [...] Full text...
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UN calls for calm in Guinea-Bissau as it plunges back into uncertainty
27 november 2025 - 07:33:21New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General , Antonio Guterres is calling for restraint in Guinea Bissau as a coup [...] Full text...
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2ND UPDATE: Guinea-Bissau opposition denounces 'staged coup'
26 november 2025 - 19:59:36Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Guinea Bissau's opposition coalition Front Populaire on Wednesday condemned what it describes as an “attempted staged [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Soldiers oust Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló - Reports
26 november 2025 - 18:16:15Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Soldiers in Guinea Bissau announced on Wednesday that they have ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, who [...] Full text...
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Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló says he has been arrested in attempted coup
26 november 2025 - 14:21:51Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Guinea Bissau's incumbent President Umaro Sissoco Embaló says he has been arrested in what he describes [...] Full text...
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Guinea-Bissau elections peaceful, orderly, despite initial deficiencies - ECOWAS
26 november 2025 - 08:01:11Bissau, Guine-Bissau (PANA) - The ECOWAS Observation Mission (EOM) has said that Guinea-Bissau's 23 November parliamentary and presidential polls were [...] Full text...
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Cameroonian opposition figure Issa Tchiroma Bakary arrives in Gambia
24 november 2025 - 11:43:51Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia’s government has confirmed the arrival and hosting of Cameroonian opposition leader, Issa Tchiroma Bakar,y on [...] Full text...
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Guinea-Bissau presidential candidates commit to peaceful election
22 november 2025 - 10:13:57Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission to Guinea-Bissau, headed by Ambassador Baba Kamara, on Friday met with [...] Full text...
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UN alarmed by the enforced disappearance of relatives of Guinean artist Elie Kamano
20 november 2025 - 16:30:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Thursday expressed its deep concern over reports of the "alleged [...] Full text...
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Guinea-Bissau's electoral umpire assures ECOWAS observers of readiness
19 november 2025 - 07:45:32Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - Guinea-Bissau’s National Electoral Commission, CNE, has assured the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Election [...] Full text...
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Mali's fuel crisis stifles humanitarian operations
14 november 2025 - 07:46:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A severe fuel shortage caused by a jihadist blockade of several strategic roads is fuelling the [...] Full text...
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Stakes rise for South Sudan: What’s happening, and why it matters
12 november 2025 - 15:54:01New York,US (PANA) - South Sudan is entering a period of rising instability marked by political polarisation, renewed armed clashes, [...] Full text...
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Hundreds killed, detained following deadly election violence in Tanzania: UN
12 november 2025 - 07:25:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hundreds of protesters and others have been killed and an unknown number injured or detained in [...] Full text...
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UN experts on mercenaries warn of expanding use of proxy actors in both conflict and peace-time settings
09 november 2025 - 12:56:52Nw York, US (PANA) - The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries has warned of the growing and [...] Full text...
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'Tanzania's election did not comply with AU principles'
07 november 2025 - 13:19:35Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Tanzania's 2025 General Elections did not comply with AU principles, normative frameworks, and other international [...] Full text...
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Newly-elected New York mayor's African heritage celebrated
06 november 2025 - 07:33:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Incoming New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has made history by being the first [...] Full text...
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Syria’s future under threat from acute funding shortages
04 november 2025 - 19:01:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hopes for a peaceful future in post-war Syria are at risk as funding for basic services [...] Full text...
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Mo Ibrahim Foundation weighs in on Tanzania electoral violence
03 november 2025 - 08:06:59London, United Kingdom (PANA) – The violence against civilians protesting against the conduct of elections in Tanzania is "unacceptable”, the Mo [...] Full text...
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UN chief voices alarm over post-election violence in Tanzania
01 november 2025 - 04:27:23New York, US (PANA) - The UN is calling for restraint in Tanzania, amid deadly protests following the 29 October [...] Full text...
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UN rights commission flags deaths, injuries amid Tanzania election-related protests
31 october 2025 - 13:26:55Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says it is alarmed by the [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Malian authorities to immediately release former PM, others
28 october 2025 - 14:37:20Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The conviction and sentencing of Mali’s former Prime Minister Moussa Mara to two years in prison, [...] Full text...
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Rights advocates say momentum builds for crimes against humanity treaty
27 october 2025 - 13:04:15New York, US (PANA) – Developing an effective International Convention to Prevent and Punish Crimes against Humanity will require ambitious [...] Full text...
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East African Community deploys election observation mission to Tanzania
27 october 2025 - 12:38:10Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) The East African Community (EAC) has officially launched its Election Observation Mission (EOM) to observe Wedensday's General [...] Full text...
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Rights group flags 'climate of fear and repression' in Tanzania ahead of general elections
20 october 2025 - 07:55:32Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Tanzanian authorities have intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and [...] Full text...
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Talks on net zero shipping framework shelved as nations fail to reach consensus
18 october 2025 - 07:40:25London, UK (PANA) - Talks at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on adopting new global rules to cut greenhouse gas [...] Full text...
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Rights group warns change of constitution in Chad threatens rule of law, democracy
17 october 2025 - 11:03:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Chad's new constitutional amendment abolishing presidential term limits is a serious setback for the rule of law [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Ivorian authorities to stop stifling peaceful protests ahead of presidential election
16 october 2025 - 08:56:16Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian authorities must respect and protect the right to protest and allow peaceful rallies to [...] Full text...
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Nations confront deep divisions over carbon emission cuts to global shipping
15 october 2025 - 08:12:40London, UK, (PANA) - The UN maritime agency opened a special session in London on Tuesday, where nations are debating [...] Full text...
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Political crisis and corruption fuelling violence in South Sudan, UN rights body says
13 october 2025 - 17:43:49Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The escalating political crisis in South Sudan is driving renewed armed violence and making the [...] Full text...
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AUC Chairperson congratulates Seychelles’ president-elect
12 october 2025 - 16:44:23Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has congratulated Patrick [...] Full text...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office
10 october 2025 - 14:51:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision to [...] Full text...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office
10 october 2025 - 13:15:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision to [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams Chad for 'weaponization' of citizenship
03 october 2025 - 08:40:02N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has slammed Chad for stripping a blogger and a journalist of their [...] Full text...
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UN raises alarm over South Sudan’s worsening human rights crisis
27 september 2025 - 06:42:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday voiced deep concern over the rapidly [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls for lifting of ban on Guinea opposition parties, media
25 september 2025 - 19:36:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Thursday called on the transitional [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for release of Rwanda opposition leader Victoire Ingabire
19 september 2025 - 15:11:29Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has called on the Rwandan authorities to “immediately release” opposition politician [...] Full text...
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US vetoes UN resolution on Gaza ceasefire
19 september 2025 - 05:04:12New York, US (PANA) - The United States once again vetoed a UN resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges South Sudan authorities to ensure due process, fair trials of opposition leaders
16 september 2025 - 13:13:39Juba, South Sudan (PANA)) – South Sudanese authorities should uphold due process for the opposition leader and First Vice President [...] Full text...
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Explainer: Why Sudanese political, military and popular groups opposed statement by Quartet (By Mohamed Osman Adam)
14 september 2025 - 14:12:32Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Both the Sudanese military establishment and political forces aligned to the army and pro-Islamic trends [...] Full text...
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Islamist armed group executes civilians, burns homes in Niger
10 september 2025 - 09:08:40Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Islamist armed group, Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel), has escalated attacks on [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief denounces ‘glorification of violence’ and attack on rule of law
08 september 2025 - 13:15:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN rights chief Volker Türk on Monday condemned what he called a worldwide “glorification of violence” [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: UN denounces restrictions on civic space ahead of presidential election
03 september 2025 - 08:50:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief on Tuesday denounced restrictions on civic and democratic space in Cameroon [...] Full text...
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Landslide wipes out entire town in Darfur killing hundreds
02 september 2025 - 12:25:54Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Heavy rains and flooding have caused a landslide in the mountainous region of Jebal Marra, [...] Full text...
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2024 CHAN: The 'winning losers': Sudanese footballers have done what politicians have failed to achieve (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
30 august 2025 - 14:54:40Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Friday, the 29th of August 2025, was still a good day for Sudanese football fans, [...] Full text...
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2024 CHAN: Youthful Senegal test Morocco’s pedigree in heavyweight semi-final
25 august 2025 - 20:13:05Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Football often writes its most compelling stories when youth dares to challenge history. That will be the [...] Full text...
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South African Cabinet Minister investigated for old racist remarks
18 august 2025 - 07:24:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) has confirmed that it is investigating Sport [...] Full text...
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Rights office urges Uganda to release opposition leaders on bail
14 august 2025 - 05:36:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Wednesday expressed serious concern at repeated denials of bail [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch condemns dissolution of Niger's justice sector unions
12 august 2025 - 06:56:35Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) - Human Rights Watch has condemned the dissolution of four main justice-sector unions by the military junta in [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams 20-year sentence for Chadian opposition leader Masra
12 august 2025 - 06:43:35Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch has criticised the guilty verdict and 20-year sentence imposed on 9 August, 2025, [...] Full text...
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South African foreign ministry expresses concern about former President Zuma's Morocco trip
08 august 2025 - 08:13:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has registered its strong objection [...] Full text...
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Russia bent on Internet blocking, control, and isolation
01 august 2025 - 11:50:04New York, USA (PANA) - For years, Russian authorities have been meticulously expanding their legal and technological tools to carve [...] Full text...
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Human Rights groups criticize use of ID documents for political harassment
30 july 2025 - 15:45:10Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- A group of Sudanese and foreign human rights and civil society organisations have urged the current [...] Full text...
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AU rejects formation of parallel government by Sudanese opposition
30 july 2025 - 12:17:15Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has issued a strongly [...] Full text...
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Besieged city appeals for lifting siege, says situation ‘’ unbearable’’ ; Report
28 july 2025 - 17:10:13Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- While UN and international organisations launch appeal after appeal, and the government in Port Sudan and [...] Full text...
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AU's special envoy to Sahel region urged to address rights issues
28 july 2025 - 09:15:18Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The African Union's (AU) appointment of Burundi’s president as its special envoy for the Sahel region [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International designates arbitrarily detained Eswatini MPs as prisoners of conscience
28 july 2025 - 07:35:18Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Four years since they were imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of [...] Full text...
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2024 WAFCON: Back-to-back Golden Boots for Morocco’s Ghizlane Chebbak
27 july 2025 - 11:57:18Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Ghizlane Chebbak has once again etched her name in African football history by securing the Golden [...] Full text...
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In hard-hitting human rights address, Guterres calls for urgent action on Gaza, authoritarianism and climate justice
26 july 2025 - 07:33:25New York, US (PANA) - The world is facing a “moral crisis” marked by rising authoritarianism, deepening inequality and a [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for release of ousted Niger president Bazoum two years after coup
23 july 2025 - 08:20:32Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Authorities in Niger should immediately release former President Mohamed Bazoum, who remains arbitrarily detained two [...] Full text...
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2024 WAFCON: Nigeria vs South Africa: Legends Oparanozie, Dlamini Stoke Flames ahead of titans’ semifinal showdown (Preview by CAF Online)
22 july 2025 - 05:59:49Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - As two of Africa’s fiercest rivals prepare to square off in a high-stakes CAF TotalEnergies Women’s [...] Full text...
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2024 WAFCON: South Africa vs Senegal: From the pot and into the fire! (Preview by CAF Online)
19 july 2025 - 06:20:52Oujda, Morocco (PANA) - When Senegal line up against the reigning African champions South Africa, the Teranga Lionesses will have [...] Full text...
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A different type of mistreatment of a journalist held by militias in Sudan’s war By Mohamed Osman Adam
08 july 2025 - 17:52:27Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For almost eleven months, I fought to restore self-esteem so that I could resume writing and [...] Full text...
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Seville: a future agreement on development financing, without the United States
29 june 2025 - 07:21:41Seville, Spain (PANA) - Despite the US withdrawal, UN member states reached an agreement on Tuesday, 25 June, on the [...] Full text...
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Upcoming elections ‘crucial opportunity’ for Central African Republic, UN top official tells Security Council
27 june 2025 - 05:57:18New York, US (PANA) - As the Central African Republic (CAR) prepares for upcoming elections, the country continues to grapple [...] Full text...
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Risk of genocide remains 'very high' in Sudan, warns UN
24 june 2025 - 05:54:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The risk of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity remains "very high" in Sudan, a [...] Full text...
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South Sudan's ongoing political crackdown, military aggression puts peace deal at risk of collapse
13 june 2025 - 11:39:27Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan sounded the alarm on Friday that [...] Full text...
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Displacement doubles while funding shrinks, warns UNHCR
12 june 2025 - 07:14:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With 13.5 million people displaced by over 13 years of brutal civil conflict, Syria used to [...] Full text...
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US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza
05 june 2025 - 07:47:13New York, US (PANA) - A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass [...] Full text...
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Rights group welcomes renewal of UN arms embargo on South Sudan
01 june 2025 - 05:15:47Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Amnesty International has welcomed the decision of the United Nations Security Council’s decision to renew [...] Full text...
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2024/25 CAF CL: Pyramids, Sundowns primed for second leg final
30 may 2025 - 11:04:04Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian club Pyramids FC will host their South African counterparts Mamelodi Sundowns in the second leg [...] Full text...
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Suspension of the plenary session of the Libyan Parliament after monitoring the performances of the candidates for the Prime Minister position in the new government
28 may 2025 - 15:58:03Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) suspended its plenary session on Wednesday in Benghazi (east), after [...] Full text...
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Former Senegalese PM Amadou Ba calls for national pact for political peace
28 may 2025 - 13:34:39Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal's former prime minister, Amadou Ba, leader of the Nouvelle Responsabilité party, called on Wednesday for [...] Full text...
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Senegal to hold National Political Dialogue
28 may 2025 - 12:56:10Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A national political dialogue is due to open on Wednesday in Senegal under the auspices of [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for investigation into torture, forcible deportation of Kenyan and Ugandan activists by Tanzania
26 may 2025 - 06:11:42Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has asked the Tanzanian authorities to investigate the arbitrary arrest, torture, [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting
23 may 2025 - 17:22:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN on Friday warned of further deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan [...] Full text...
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Ugandan opposition leader Besigye charged afresh with terrorism
23 may 2025 - 12:39:54Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and his aides have been charged afresh with terrorism six months [...] Full text...
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Detained Ugandan lawyer dumped near border after diplomatic storm
23 may 2025 - 12:35:25Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan human rights lawyer and journalist, Agather Atuhaire, has been found after being dumped near the [...] Full text...
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Kenyan rights crusader deported from Tanzania
22 may 2025 - 15:33:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan human rights crusader, Boniface Mwangi, has been found after going missing from his hotel in [...] Full text...
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World Health Assembly opens amid high-stakes pandemic treaty vote, global funding crisis
20 may 2025 - 04:48:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The 78th World Health Assembly opened on Monday with a broad appeal to global solidarity, as delegates [...] Full text...
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Kenyan opposition leader deported from Tanzania arrives back home
19 may 2025 - 11:11:35Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan opposition leader Martha Karua arrived in Nairobi late on Sunday, after a six-hour-long detention at [...] Full text...
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2025 CAF U-20 AFCON: South Africa crowned champions after historic win over Morocco
18 may 2025 - 20:23:35Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - South Africa won their maiden TotalEnergies CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations title with a hard-fought [...] Full text...
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UN’s Türk criticizes ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali
16 may 2025 - 20:23:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, [...] Full text...
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UN’s Türk criticizes ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali
16 may 2025 - 20:20:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, [...] Full text...
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UN experts raise alarm over Mali’s suspension of political parties
09 may 2025 - 07:33:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Independent UN human rights experts have strongly criticised Mali’s military authorities for suspending all political parties [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Mali’s return to democracy 'suffers new blow'
06 may 2025 - 11:09:01Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A human rights watchdog said in a statement on Monday that in yet another blow to [...] Full text...
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2025 CAF U-20 Nigeria edge Tunisia to begin campaign with narrow win
02 may 2025 - 08:35:00Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nigeria got off to a winning start in their quest for an eighth TotalEnergies CAF U20 [...] Full text...
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Rights group 'alarmed' at proposition to dissolve political parties in Mali
30 april 2025 - 12:51:14Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Amnesty International says it is alarmed by the proposition of the military junta in Mali to [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: UN condemns harsh prison sentences in 'conspiracy' case
25 april 2025 - 12:59:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The recent lengthy prison sentences handed down to 37 people in Tunisia in the "conspiracy" case [...] Full text...
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South African Finance Minister cancels VAT rate increase
24 april 2025 - 16:19:42Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Treasury announced on Thursday that the VAT rate will remain at 15%, [...] Full text...
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Rise in violence against civilians in South Sudan
18 april 2025 - 07:35:53Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The number of civilians in South Sudan harmed by conventional parties to the conflict and [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwean poacher gets 110-year jail term
16 april 2025 - 07:12:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Thomas Chauke, a 54-year-old Zimbabwean national, has been sentenced to 110 years’ imprisonment by [...] Full text...
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External flow of weapons into Sudan must end: Guterres
16 april 2025 - 07:09:55New York, US (PANA) - Two years to the day since Sudan’s brutal war erupted between rival generals who rejected [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: UN responds to deteriorating security in Upper Nile state
15 april 2025 - 05:58:53Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Peacekeepers with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are stepping up patrols, and engaging [...] Full text...
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No arrests in Mozambique post-election political killings – Police
14 april 2025 - 13:27:57Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambican authorities have failed to conduct credible investigations into the wave of political killings following the [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International calls for immediate release of Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu
12 april 2025 - 07:33:30Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, is callimng for the immediate and unconditional release of [...] Full text...
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Kenya Police uses force to stop staging of school drama ‘echoes of war'
10 april 2025 - 20:33:26Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Police used teargas to disperse crowds, dignitaries, journalists and residents of Nakuru, Kenya's fourth city, [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: UHCHR chief stresses need to help refugee hosts in Chad
09 april 2025 - 15:54:14Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As the brutal war in Sudan nears the two-year mark, thousands of people continue to flee [...] Full text...
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South African opposition condemns Zelenky's State visit
07 april 2025 - 09:37:56Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African opposition MP Party (MKP) has condemned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's State visit on [...] Full text...
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Talks underway to avert further escalation in South Sudan
04 april 2025 - 05:30:47Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - High-level talks are underway in South Sudan to try and prevent further escalation between forces [...] Full text...
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UN envoy urges international support for West Africa and the Sahel
04 april 2025 - 05:22:33New York, US (PANA) - The Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel painted a mixed picture of the [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Sexual violence used as weapon of terror against women and girls
03 april 2025 - 08:09:23Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Amid alarming reports of sexual violence being used as a weapon of terror across Sudan, [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Surging violence as armed groups target civilians in the east, Human Rights Council hears
02 april 2025 - 08:15:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
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AU Commission Chairperson to deploy Panel of the Wise for South Sudan mediation
01 april 2025 - 16:32:47Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Youssouf Ali, is dispatching a high-level [...] Full text...
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UN chief says rapidly deteriorating crisis in South Sudan demands urgent action
29 march 2025 - 05:20:52New York, US (PANA) - Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday of a rapidly deteriorating crisis in South Sudan, and [...] Full text...
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UN rights body sounds alarm over South Sudan crisis
27 march 2025 - 20:22:44New York, US (PANA) - The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan issued an alert on Thursday over [...] Full text...
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UN Mission urges restraint as South Sudan crisis deepens
27 march 2025 - 07:05:41Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has called on all parties to exercise restraint [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe journalist held on baseless charges – Human Rights Watch
26 march 2025 - 13:06:58Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Zimbabwean authorities should immediately release and drop the groundless charges against a journalist for his [...] Full text...
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South Sudan on brink of civil war, top UN official warns
25 march 2025 - 05:26:32New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan is teetering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Council focuses on Iran, Syria and Venezuela
18 march 2025 - 20:56:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Top independent experts reported to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, putting the [...] Full text...
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CAF president Patrice Motsepe re-elected unopposed for second term
12 march 2025 - 12:59:12Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Dr Patrice Motsepe, was on Wednesday re-elected [...] Full text...
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