Sudan Central Bank says banknotes in rebel-controlled areas remain valid
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan Central Bank (SCB) on Thursday assured people in areas under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) [...] Full text...
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War-torn Sudan hit by catastrophic spread of dengue fever
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Dengue cases are rising alarmingly in Sudan, a country ravaged by more than three years of conflict, the World Health Organisation [...] Full text...
Darfur: Two decades on, a new generation of children faces 'horrific violence'
New York, US (PANA) - Twenty years after the conflict in Sudan's Darfur first sparked global outrage, children in the region are once again trapped [...] Full text...
Sudanese imports ban comes under harsh criticism
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government's ban on the import of “luxury and non-essential commodities” has come under harsh criticism and a vow [...] Full text...
UN condemns Sudan drone attacks
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has condemned two recent drone attacks in Sudan, one of which left seven dead, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric [...] Full text...
Hundreds of women and girls impacted daily by inter-communal and political unrest in South Sudan - UN
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – More than 100 women and girls displaced every hour in South Sudan, some going days without food, the UN Women [...] Full text...
Sudan Doctors Network: RSF detain 20 Doctors, including 4 female doctors, in Fashir
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese medical charity on Monday reported that dozens of doctors are currently detained by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces [...] Full text...
Saudi Arabia condemns Mali attacks
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned attacks in Mali, describing them as “terrorist and separatist" aggression.“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the [...] Full text...
Doctors Network: 7 killed and 22 injured following RSF attack on El-Obeid
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Seven people died and 22 others were injured, when the city of El-Obeid in North Kordofan was subjected Saturday to [...] Full text...
UN alarmed at insecurity in Sudan's Darfur states
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is deeply alarmed by continued insecurity in the Darfur region of Sudan and the heavy toll it [...] Full text...
Millions of desperate Sudanese return home amid dire conditions as war rages
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Three years into the devastating conflict in Sudan, nearly four million displaced people have returned to their places of origin across [...] Full text...
Over half a million Sudanese refugees in Libya since conflict began in April 2023, UNHCR
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 559,920 Sudanese refugees have been received by Libya since the outbreak of the conflict in Sudan in April [...] Full text...
Group of western. Islamic, Arab and African states say unified Libyan budget in interest of all
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A group of western. Islamic, Arab and African states has issued a joint Statement commending the Libya Unified Budget Agreement, [...] Full text...
US marks three years of war in Sudan with sanctions and appeal for humanitarian truce
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United States has urged the parties to the conflict in Sudan -- the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the [...] Full text...
Three-quarters of women in Sudan feel unsafe as war rages on
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Across war-torn Sudan, women and girls “are telling a consistent story of continued experience of danger, and risks for gender-based violence” [...] Full text...
Sudan's inflation in March drops to 40.22%
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan on Friday said inflation rate fell to 40.22% in March, compared to 56.39% in February.A release issued by the [...] Full text...
Donors pledge more than $1.5 billion in humanitarian aid for Sudan at Berlin conference
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Donor countries meeting on Wednesday in Berlin, Germany, at the third international conference on Sudan have pledged more than $1.5 billion [...] Full text...
Gambia's former vice president arrives in Sierra Leone for talks on concerns on 2023 disputed elections
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – Former Vice President of The Gambia, Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, has joined a high-level mission to Sierra Leone as the international community [...] Full text...
At least five killed, dozens missing in gold mining incident in Sudan
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A collapse of traditional gold mining pit has killed at least five people while dozens are missing in eastern Sudan’s [...] Full text...
World leaders need to act on ongoing atrocities in Sudan as Berlin Conference begins
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Leaders meeting in Berlin on 15 April, 2026, the three-year mark of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, should commit to concrete, [...] Full text...
Sudanese govt attacks Berlin Conference, organisers
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government in Khartoum issued a strongly-worded statement on Wednesday totally rejecting an international conference on the Sudan opening [...] Full text...
Fleeing Sudan's war, refugees rebuild their lives in Uganda (By Abdelmonem Makki, UN News)
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - On the outskirts of the Ugandan town of Biale, tents are scattered along dirt roads that give way to open fields. [...] Full text...
World failing Sudan as war enters a fourth year, UN relief chief warns
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Sudan remains the world’s largest humanitarian and displacement crisis, UN agencies and partners said on Tuesday, calling for an end to [...] Full text...
Benin Presidential election: Ruling party candidate Romuald Wadagni wins by landslide
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The candidate of Benin's ruling party, Romuald Wadagni, won in the first round of Sunday's presidential election by a landslide, according [...] Full text...
Sudan: Top UN aid official warns of ‘abandoned crisis’ as war enters fourth year
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan’s war moves into a fourth year, civilians are still being killed, displaced and subjected to widespread sexual violence, the [...] Full text...
Benin opposition candidate Paul Hounkpè concedes defeat
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's opposition candidate in Sunday's presidential election, Paul Hounkpè, has conceded defeat saying the trend of results shows the ruling party's [...] Full text...
Libya holds discussions to support Sudanese refugees
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Authority for Relief and Humanitarian Aid has launched discussions to monitor the situation of the Sudanese refugee community in [...] Full text...
Beninese await results of Sunday’s presidential election
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - As counting of votes progresses after Sunday’s presidential election, the Head of the ECOWAS Observation Mission, Ghana’s ex-President Nana Addo Dankwa [...] Full text...
Sudan: What it takes to eat: New report reveals how war is cutting off access to food as hunger deepens
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A new report launched on Monday by five humanitarian organisations shows how the war in Sudan is driving communities into famine [...] Full text...
UPDATE: Slow start to Benin's presidential vote
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Voters in Benin have been trickling to polling stations on Sunday to cast their ballots for a new leader to replace President [...] Full text...
AUC chair congratulates Djibouti president Omar Guelleh on re-election
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has congratulated President Ismail Omar Guelleh on his [...] Full text...
Voters head to the polls in Benin's presidential election
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Voters in Benin's are heading to the polls in a presidential election on Sunday that will give the West African country [...] Full text...
Amnesty: High-income countries must use Berlin meeting to save lives as conflict hits three-year mark
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Amnesty International has urged international donors attending the Berlin aid conference for Sudan to secure increased funding and pressure warring [...] Full text...
Djibouti president Ismail Omar Guelleh wins sixth term
Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) - Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh has been reelected for his sixth term in Friday's presidential election.The Djibouti Information Service said [...] Full text...
Sudan protests Berlin conference, rejects exclusion of government
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese government formally notified the German government on Friday of its objection to a humanitarian aid conference scheduled to take [...] Full text...
Sudan: 14 million displaced; hunger and attacks on health continue as war enters fourth year
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan approaches the third anniversary of a brutal civil war, millions remain displaced and hungry while the health system lies [...] Full text...
Benin Presidential Election: ECOWAS observers urged to be impartial, professional
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Head of ECOWAS Observation Mission to Benin, Ghana’s former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the more than 100 [...] Full text...
Drone strike kills over 40 at wedding in Sudan's North Darfur
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – More than 40 people, including members of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), were killed on Wednesday evening in a drone [...] Full text...
Presidential Election: Official underscores key role of Constitutional Court
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - As Benin prepares for its presidential election on Sunday, 12 April, the Head of the ECOWAS Observation Mission, Ghana’s former President [...] Full text...
ECOWAS election observers in Benin assured of integrity of voters' register
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Benin National Agency for the Identification of Persons, or l’Agence Nationale d’Identification des Personnes (ANIP), which is in charge of [...] Full text...
Head of ECOWAS election observers for Benin’s presidential election urges peaceful, transparent vote
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Ghana’s former President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Head of the ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) for Benin’s 12 April 2026 presidential [...] Full text...
‘Skyrocketing’ needs outpace Sudan funding - UN
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN is significantly scaling up its presence in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, to expand life-saving operations as the conflict between [...] Full text...
Benin CSOs call for political dialogue, inclusiveness
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), which focuses on fostering a culture of electoral accountability in Benin, has called for a structured [...] Full text...
WHO urges international community not to ignore Sudan
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has, in a statement in Geneva issued Saturday, urged the international [...] Full text...
US condemns 'brutal strike' by Sudan paramilitary force on hospital
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has strongly condemned the recent brutal strike on Al-Jabalain Hospital in White Nile State, by the paramilitary [...] Full text...
‘We watched them die before our eyes’: Sudan health workers helpless amid medical shortages
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As violence forces tens of thousands to flee Sudan’s South Kordofan state, doctors in a key maternity hospital are facing impossible [...] Full text...
'There are no safe places for women and girls in Sudan's Darfur'
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Women in Darfur, Sudan, are demanding protection, care and justice as sexual violencecontinues across the region, both in active conflict areas [...] Full text...
ECOWAS observation mission meets Benin's political stakeholders
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Ahead of Benin’s 12 April presidential election, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Long-Term Observation Mission has continued to observe [...] Full text...
Sudan extends opening of Chad border crossing point to allow for delivery of humanitarian assistance
Port Sudan, March (PANA) – Sudan on Tuesday said it is extending for three months the opening of the sole border point that facilitates delivery [...] Full text...
UN Secretary General Special Envoy for Horn of Africa arrives in Sudan
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, Guang Cong, is in Sudan where he has met Sudan’s [...] Full text...