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 a deliberate attack using suicide drones targeting residential neighborhoods within the city, the Sudanese Doctors Network said on Saturday.In a press release it published on [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Desperate and dangerous conditions in Gaza continue to hamper recovery efforts for the war-torn enclave's people, the UN health agency said on Friday, while demining experts warned that they’ve “barely scratched the surface” in assessing the level of contamination of unexploded ordnance.In Iran, meanwhile, concerns are [...] Full text...
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - On a red running track in eastern Uganda, coach Zuena Cheptoek is doing more than training runners. For many girls in the Sebei subregion, she is also a confidante, a mentor and first line of protection against female genital mutilation, child marriage and abuse.“As a female coach, [...] Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's military junta says the National Defence Forces “neutralized several terrorists”early on Saturday in repelled attacks in several localities of the West African countryIt also destroyed their equipment, the Mali News Agency (AMAP) quoted a security source as saying.The Army General Staff said that the “sweep [...] Full text...
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has set its sight on a four-point strategic dialogue during its forthcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Brazzaville, Congo Republic, aiming to raise US$1.3 trillion for the Sustainable Development Goals top on agenda.The Executive Director of the Bank, Chioma Onukogu and [...] Full text...
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The West African state of Mali is under a coordinated attack by armed groups on Saturday, including in the capital Bamako. The military government said in a statement that the “fighting is ongoing” throughout the country. It said the defence and security forces are "currently engaged in repelling [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over the past 50 years, vaccines have saved more than 150 million lives, as ordinary people chose to protect themselves, their children and their communities from diseases like measles, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, and rotavirus. During World Immunization Week, which runs from 24 to 30 April, the World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A worsening climate crisis in Somalia has uprooted nearly 62,000 people since the start of the year, with drought now responsible for the vast majority of new displacements.According to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Friday, drought-related displacement has jumped 22 per cent compared to [...] Full text...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ethiopian Government have inaugurated a solar-powered irrigation scheme in the Somali Region, aimed at helping pastoral communities withstand intensifying climate shocks.Located in Gode, the project is part of the "IFTIIN" initiative – meaning “light” or “hope” in Somali [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - At a moment of mounting nuclear danger and deepening global mistrust, governments from nearly every country will convene at the United Nations next week to confront a central question: will the world’s main barrier against the spread of nuclear weapons still hold?The Treaty on the [...] Full text...
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has suspended export of electricity to neighbouring countries after a devastating fire on Thursday afternoon at a substation linked to the West African country's major hydroelectric dam at Akosombo knocked out about 1,000 megawatts of power from the national grid.The spokesperson for the Ministry of [...] Full text...
