‘Blood on the sand. Blood on the hands’: UN decries world’s failure as Sudan’s El Fasher falls (By Vibhu Mishra, UN News)

30 october 2025 - 19:21:31 MA

New York, US (PANA) - El Fasher has “descended into an even darker hell”, senior UN officials warned on Thursday, as the Rapid Support Forces [...] Full text...

IAEA warns of fragility of nuclear non-proliferation regime

30 october 2025 - 07:36:42 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The head of the world's nuclear watchdog has citeed Iran, Syria and Ukraine as fronts where the credibility of the [...] Full text...

UN chief condemns Gaza killings, urges full respect for ceasefire

30 october 2025 - 07:20:56 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned the killing of civilians, including children, in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight into Wednesday, [...] Full text...

South Africa becomes first country to robe court interpreters

30 october 2025 - 06:18:59 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has become the first country to officially robe court interpreters – a step taken to recognise the important [...] Full text...

Reported massacre at hospital in Sudan’s El Fasher leaves 460 dead

29 october 2025 - 16:20:18 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Horrific stories of mass-atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Services (RSF) militia continue to emerge, along with the tens of thousands [...] Full text...

Sudan expels two senior WFP officials

29 october 2025 - 08:32:01 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Tuesday expelled two top officials from the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) in the troubled country, [...] Full text...

‘Horrific’ violence as thousands flee Sudan's El Fasher

29 october 2025 - 07:28:03 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - After 500 days of siege, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have taken control of the key Sudanese city of [...] Full text...

Desperate need for water and food continues as Gaza families head north

28 october 2025 - 05:26:58 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than 470,000 movements by civilians heading north inside the Gaza Strip have been recorded since the ceasefire began, said [...] Full text...

Funding cuts undermining development, says top UN rights official

28 october 2025 - 05:14:59 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sharp declines in global aid are undermining decades of human rights and development progress, the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human [...] Full text...

Risk of large-scale atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher grows ‘by the day’

28 october 2025 - 05:07:40 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Grave atrocities, including summary executions are reportedly being carried out in Sudan's Darfuri regional capital of El Fasher by the Rapid [...] Full text...

UN Human Rights Council names Commission of Inquiry into rights situation in North, South Kivu

27 october 2025 - 17:52:50 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Jürg Lauber, on Monday announced the appointment of a three-member Commission of [...] Full text...

Rights advocates say momentum builds for crimes against humanity treaty

27 october 2025 - 13:04:15 MA

New York, US (PANA) – Developing an effective International Convention to Prevent and Punish Crimes against Humanity will require ambitious and forward-looking diplomacy, Human Rights [...] Full text...

UN support mission supports mine action in Libyan city of Misrata

27 october 2025 - 11:38:19 MA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support MIssion in Libya's (UNSMIL) Mine Action Programme (UNMAS)  and the Libyan Mine Action Centre (LibMAC) have jointly conducted [...] Full text...

UN alarmed by ‘terrifying’ situation in Sudan’s El Fasher, calls for immediate ceasefire

27 october 2025 - 04:51:28 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top humanitarian official has called for an immediate ceasefire in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur region, [...] Full text...

Over half a million people affected by deadly floods in NIger

26 october 2025 - 04:23:23 MA

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by deadly [...] Full text...

UN humanitarian office decries escalating drone strikes in Sudan

25 october 2025 - 12:51:28 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is warning that escalating violence continues to endanger civilians across [...] Full text...

Sixty-five nations sign first UN treaty to fight cybercrime, in milestone for digital cooperation

25 october 2025 - 12:06:02 MA

Hanoi, Viet Nam (PANA) - Sixty-five nations on Saturday signed a landmark United Nations treaty in Hanoi aimed at tackling cybercrime – a move Secretary-General [...] Full text...

Nearly one million affected by South Sudan floods

25 october 2025 - 05:59:39 MA

Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Nearly one million people have been impacted by devastating floods in South Sudan, the Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs [...] Full text...

UN warns Gaza’s displaced face freezing nights and food shortages

25 october 2025 - 05:57:27 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN and its partners are accelerating deliveries of life-saving aid across Gaza, but relief efforts remain constrained by access [...] Full text...

One wrong letter: How new UN Convention will help prevent cybercrime (By Dina Neskorozhana, UN News)

24 october 2025 - 13:50:56 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Imagine this: you visit the familiar website of your local hardware store. Everything looks the same — the same design, [...] Full text...

Calm returns to Libyan city of Misrata after clashes on Thursday night

24 october 2025 - 12:59:19 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Calm has returned to Libyan city of Misrata, 220 km east of Tripoli, after hours of armed clashes in the neighbourhood [...] Full text...

Sudanese FM summons UN Resident Representative for Humanitarian Affairs over 'inaccurate' report

24 october 2025 - 08:17:09 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese authorities on Wednesday summoned Gemma San Martin, UN Representative and Resident Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs, to protest content of a [...] Full text...

Nigeria takes action on behalf of internally displaced

24 october 2025 - 07:13:33 MA

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has risen to the challenge and taken action to realise the UN Secretary-General’s Action Agenda on internal displacement worldwide.This week, leaders [...] Full text...

Forty migrants, including children, perish in Tunisia shipwreck

24 october 2025 - 06:46:18 MA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A shipwreck off Tunisia that claimed the lives of at least 40 African migrants has once again exposed the lethal risks [...] Full text...

Sudan: Millions pushed to ‘brink of survival’

23 october 2025 - 17:30:52 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 900 days of brutal conflict, widespread human rights violations, famine, and the collapse of essential services have driven millions of [...] Full text...

First flight lands at Khartoum airport despite two drone strikes in 24 hours

23 october 2025 - 04:35:40 MA

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A civilian aircraft landed at Khartoum Airport on Wednesday in the first flight marking the return of civil aviation at the [...] Full text...

Sudan: RSF drones attack Khartoum International Airport for second time in 24 hours - Media reports

22 october 2025 - 13:18:48 MA

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA - Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked Khartoum International Airport with drones for the second time in 24 hours on Wednesday, [...] Full text...

Mine clearance in Gaza: beneath the ruins of the enclave, the war continues

22 october 2025 - 07:57:27 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Less than two weeks after a fragile ceasefire took effect in Gaza, UN deminers are moving through the ruins of [...] Full text...

Mine clearance in Gaza: beneath the ruins of the enclave, the war continues

22 october 2025 - 07:57:05 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Less than two weeks after a fragile ceasefire took effect in Gaza, UN deminers are moving through the ruins of [...] Full text...

UN rights office sounds alarm over ‘skyrocketing’ Israeli settler violence during olive harvest

22 october 2025 - 07:43:39 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has warned of an alarming rise in violence and [...] Full text...

Over one million return to Sudan's capital amid fragile recovery

22 october 2025 - 07:36:42 MA

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - More than a million people have returned to Sudan’s war-ravaged capital in the past ten months, the UN migration agency said [...] Full text...

'Overwhelming’ demand for food aid in Gaza as fragile ceasefire holds

21 october 2025 - 14:46:36 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Gaza, the ceasefire is enabling UN humanitarians to reach more desperate people with life-saving food – but greater access is [...] Full text...

Union of Journalists of the Maghreb, Libyan Parliament sign agreement to site headquarters in Benghazi

21 october 2025 - 12:14:46 BBA

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the media committee of the Libyan House of Representatives, Jalal al-Chouwaihdi, and the secretary general of the Union [...] Full text...

Drones hit Khartoum airport on eve of planned reopening

21 october 2025 - 10:29:34 MA

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Drones attacked Khartoum’s international airport at dawn on Tuesday, according to Sudanese media reports.Sudanese media outlet, Sudan Tribune, quoted security sources [...] Full text...

Gaza: Aid efforts continue as UN teams start clearing up to 60 million tonnes of debris

21 october 2025 - 07:35:58 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Monday said it was encouraged by renewed Gaza ceasefire commitments, warning that recent violence risked undermining fragile [...] Full text...

People in Sudan's besieged El Fasher city remain trapped - UN

21 october 2025 - 07:18:49 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - People in Sudan's besieged El Fasher city in the west of the war-torn country remain trapped without food, water or medical [...] Full text...

Women still largely excluded from peace processes

20 october 2025 - 21:19:58 WA

New York, US (PANA) - Around 676 million women lived within 50 kilometres of deadly conflict last year – the highest figure since the 1990s.That’s [...] Full text...

UN urges opening of all Gaza crossings to deliver three-month food supply

18 october 2025 - 07:56:15 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned food aid cannot reach everyone in Gaza unless all border crossings are opened, [...] Full text...

Rights group calls for urgent financial support to prevent catastrophic closure of Special Criminal Court for CAR

17 october 2025 - 09:13:33 MA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty Internationl on FRiday called for urgent financial support to prevent the “catastrophic" closure of Special Criminal Court (SCC) for Central [...] Full text...

Funding crisis forces deep cuts to UN peacekeeping missions

17 october 2025 - 08:31:03 MA

New York, US (PANA) - A severe funding shortfall is threatening to cripple UN peacekeeping operations worldwide, with the Organisation warning that it will have [...] Full text...

UN rights chief underlines need for a permanent ceasefire and accountability in Gaza

16 october 2025 - 07:50:16 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recovery in Gaza must also include accountability for violations, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday.In presenting his [...] Full text...

Why are over 670 million people going hungry?

15 october 2025 - 19:57:59 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than eight percent of the world population or around 673 million people are not getting enough to eat and going hungry, [...] Full text...

Humanitarian funding cuts pushing millions into hunger: WFP

15 october 2025 - 16:37:38 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 14 million people could face severe hunger by the end of the year, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on [...] Full text...

Gaza peace plan ‘at precarious moment’ as killings continue on both sides

15 october 2025 - 15:50:49 WA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN relief chief on Wednesday urged Israel and Hamas to honour their agreement to return deceased hostages and allow [...] Full text...

IOM repatriates 165 migrants from southern Libya to Burkina Faso

15 october 2025 - 13:10:57 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 165 migrants, including 17 families, were repatriated on a flight organised the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) as [...] Full text...

Israel restricts Gaza aid, saying Hamas must do more to return deceased hostages

15 october 2025 - 08:01:47 MA

Gaza  City, Gaza (PANA) - Israel announced late on Tuesday that it will limit the flow of aid to Gaza, accusing Hamas of breaching the [...] Full text...

Humanitarians call for greater support amid immense needs

15 october 2025 - 07:38:38 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With the end of the year fast approaching, humanitarians are urging donors to step up support for their operations which remain [...] Full text...

UN envoy warns Libya’s transition at risk amid stalled political roadmap

14 october 2025 - 20:04:13 WA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top envoy for Libya warned on Tuesday that the country’s long-delayed political transition will stay on hold unless [...] Full text...

Gaza: $70 billion needed to rebuild shattered enclave, says UN

14 october 2025 - 19:40:36 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Around $70 billion will be needed to reconstruct Gaza and make it safe after two years of war, UN development experts [...] Full text...

Technical and operational cooperation between the aeronautical authorities in Libya and Tunisia on the agenda of a meeting

14 october 2025 - 16:04:02 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Transport of the national unity government, Mohamed Al-Chahoubi, Monday discussed with the Director General of Tunisian civil [...] Full text...