Oslo, Norway (PANA) - Halfway into 2024, only 18 percent of the funding needed for humanitarian assistance globally has been received, a humanitarian charity warned on Tuesday.“At a time when the world is falling apart for millions of people, we are seeing an increasing trend of international neglect. I have [...] Full text...
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Green is the new buzzword, but what does greening industry and the financial sector mean in practice? In our recent report, “Zambia: Financing a Green Future” we seek to start answering these questions for Zambia. For Zambia, going green means a combination of adapting regulations and financial supervision [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Command and Staff academies aimed at promoting cooperation between them and raising awareness of the challenges posed by terrorism, illegal migration and organised crime, got underway on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Command and Staff Academy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, with the participation [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Central Bank of Gambia.Currency Buying SellingUS Dollar [...] Full text...
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – At least 20 Portuguese butchery owners and staff have been kidnapped in South Africa’s Gauteng province over the past 18 months. Within the space of 72 hours last week, three butchery owners were kidnapped. Only one of the men has been rescued so far. Police [...] Full text...
Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - A new package of World Bank support to Lesotho will see a major boost for the country’s education sector with work focused on enhancing infrastructure and physical learning conditions in targeted primary and secondary schools and improving the quality of teaching. The Lesotho Education Improvement Project, approved [...] Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Wednesday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency Buying SellingBurundi Franc 0.9053 0.9135Euro 2,807.8604 2,836.4676British Pound 3,313.1706 3,348.1524Japanese Yen [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - With their homes shattered and lives upended by war, civilians in Gaza are clinging to their dignity under the most inhumane conditions, Sigrid Kaag, the UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator, said on Tuesday.Public services have collapsed and over 1.9 million have now been displaced, [...] Full text...
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Millions of displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are suffering amid one of the world’s most neglected crises, the UN International Organization of Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. The situation is particularly concerning in the restive province of North Kivu, home to 2.8 [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organivation (WHO) on Tuesday released the first-ever guidelines for those seeking to quit tobacco use, recommending a range of initiatives, treatments and digital interventions.These recommendations are expected to benefit over 750 million adults who want to quit all forms of tobacco including [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of people have been forced out of Sudan as the brutal civil war continues to spread, including in Sinja Town, south of the capital Khartoum, where UN humanitarians reported on Tuesday that more than 55,000 people have already fled.To provide lifesaving aid to those forced [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global trade trends turned positive in the first quarter of 2024, with the value of trade in goods increasing by around 1 per cent quarter-over-quarter and services by about 1.5 per cent, the UN trade and development body (UNCTAD) reported.The surge was fuelled by positive trade [...] Full text...
