Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs moves to support schools in Sudanese community

16 december 2025 - 15:46:57 BBA

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - A humanitarian initiative has been implemented in Ajdabiya (east) by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Libyan [...] Full text...

'Every young person has a role to play in consolidating peace'

16 december 2025 - 09:14:59 MA

New York, US (PANA) - To mark the 10th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 2250 on youth, peace and security, the UN organised a meeting [...] Full text...

More than 60,000 Congolese have sought refuge in Burundi in ten days following M23 offensive in South Kivu

16 december 2025 - 09:08:21 MA

Bujumbura, Buruni (PANA) - Following the M23 armed group's assault on the city of Uvira in South Kivu province, in the east of the Democratic [...] Full text...

Freedom of expression and safety of journalists in serious worldwide

16 december 2025 - 08:58:57 MA

Paris, France (PANA) - Freedom of expression around the world has suffered a historic setback in the last 13 years, due to increased self-censorship among [...] Full text...

UN peacekeepers targeted in Sudan, Central African Republic targeted

16 december 2025 - 08:26:19 MA

Bangui, CAR (PANA) - In two days, six UN peacekeepers were killed and eleven others wounded in attacks in Sudan and the Central African Republic, [...] Full text...

UN peacekeepers hold farewell ceremony for six collegues killed in Sudan drone strike

16 december 2025 - 07:34:38 MA

Kadugli, Sudan (PANA) - A solemn farewell ceremony was held on Monday at the headquarters of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) to [...] Full text...

UNHCR chief Grandi urges solidarity to counter toxic scapegoat rhetoric

16 december 2025 - 07:13:20 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Asylum is becoming increasingly politicised as humanitarian funding shrinks – and it’s against this backdrop that reaffirming global support for refugees [...] Full text...

Humanitarian charity warns of alarming consequences of aid cuts as crisis in Mali spreads south

15 december 2025 - 12:32:53 MA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A poisonous cocktail of escalating conflict, blockades, increased displacement, and humanitarian funding cuts is pushing people in Mali to the brink. Families [...] Full text...

Fall of eastern DRC city to rebels puts civilians at risk - HRW

15 december 2025 - 09:35:27 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Rwandan forces and M23 armed group that captured the city of Uvira in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

AUC Chairperson strongly condemns deadly drone attack on peacekeeping base in Sudan

15 december 2025 - 07:43:15 MA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has strongly condemned the deadly drone attack targeting the United [...] Full text...

Guterres condemns deadly attack on Hannukah celebration in Sydney

14 december 2025 - 17:49:55 WA

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the “heinous deadly attack” on Sunday against Jewish families gathered in Sydney, Australia, [...] Full text...

Sudan: UN strongly condemns deadly drone attack on peacekeeping base in Kordofan

14 december 2025 - 07:30:17 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Drone attacks targeting the UN logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan, on Saturday killed six peacekeepers and injured eight others – [...] Full text...

Ghanaian security office arrests cyber-fraud suspect

13 december 2025 - 09:02:38 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested one of the country's most notorious cyber-fraud suspects.Frederick Kumi, also known as [...] Full text...

Libya, Saudi company sign two MOUs on water and basic infrastructure

12 december 2025 - 15:58:04 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -The Libyan Ministry of Housing and Construction of the Government of National Unity signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs)  with the Saudi [...] Full text...

Sudan war: Aid teams say deal struck to reach stricken El Fasher

12 december 2025 - 15:49:42 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - In Sudan, deep concerns persist for the many tens of thousands of people believed to be still trapped in El Fasher [...] Full text...

Gaza’s maternal and newborn health system ‘decimated’, UN warns

11 december 2025 - 18:45:21 WA

Geneva, Switzerland ( PANA) - Gaza’s health system for mothers and newborns has been “decimated”, the UN said on Thursday.This follows Israeli attacks destroying almost [...] Full text...

UN Human Rights Office in 'survival mode', says rights chief

11 december 2025 - 08:02:41 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As human rights violations in conflict-affected areas around the world increase, the UN Office of Human Rights is in "survival mode" [...] Full text...

$300 million pledged for UN emergency response fund

11 december 2025 - 07:43:45 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Donors have pledged just over $300 million to support a fund that serves as a first lifeline for millions affected by conflict and [...] Full text...

UNICEF warns of deepening global crisis for children

11 december 2025 - 07:37:29 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Children caught in conflict, disasters, economic turmoil and other  emergencies face unprecedented dangers as funding shortfalls force lifesaving projects to close.The warning comes from UN Children’s Fund  (UNICEF), which appealed on Wednesday for [...] Full text...

Eastern DR Congo fighting kills scores, cuts food aid and drives mass displacement

11 december 2025 - 07:32:55 MA

Kinshasa, DEC (PANA) - Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian lives, displaced over 200,000 people [...] Full text...

Social media: Age-related bans won’t keep kids safe, UNICEF warns

10 december 2025 - 19:11:30 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A social media ban for children under 16 came into effect in Australia on Wednesday, marking a global first.After months of [...] Full text...

Peace proves relative in Gaza with no let-up in deadly airstrikes

10 december 2025 - 18:07:47 WA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on [...] Full text...

‘We won’t stop’: Afghan women keep businesses alive despite sweeping rights abuses

10 december 2025 - 17:47:21 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Afghanistan, where sweeping restrictions have pushed most women out of public life, thousands are refusing to give up on work.For [...] Full text...

‘We won’t stop’: Afghan women keep businesses alive despite sweeping rights abuses

10 december 2025 - 15:46:46 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Afghanistan, where sweeping restrictions have pushed most women out of public life, thousands are refusing to give up on work.For [...] Full text...

ICC President Akane affirms close links between justice and human rights

10 december 2025 - 13:02:58 MA

The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - As the world marks Human Rights Day on Wednesday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has affirmed that justice and human [...] Full text...

UNESCO calls for modernising right to learning

10 december 2025 - 08:01:39 MA

Paris, France (PANA) - Despite significant progress in access to education, educational inequalities are widening due to the climate crisis, conflicts, and technological changes. UNESCO believes [...] Full text...

Worrying escalation of online violence against women human rights activists, journalists - Report

10 december 2025 - 07:48:17 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Online violence against women human rights defenders, activists and journalists has reached a critical point, affecting 7 out of 10 [...] Full text...

UN appeals for $5.1 billion to fund humanitarian needs in West and Central Africa

10 december 2025 - 07:37:03 MA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The UN and its partners are appealing for $5.1 billion to help 24 million of the most vulnerable people in West [...] Full text...

‘All we want for Sudan is peace’ say children fleeing violence

09 december 2025 - 20:02:19 WA

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Nahed was visiting Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, with her family to celebrate Eid, a major Islamic holiday, when the war broke out [...] Full text...

US sanctions Colombian nationals, companies helping paramilitary RSF in Sudan war

09 december 2025 - 18:12:48 MA

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - U.S. government on Tuesday sanctioned four individuals and four entities for their role in fuelling the civil war in Sudan [...] Full text...

Sudan must address ethnic violence and prevent further escalation, UN committee warns

09 december 2025 - 17:54:21 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  – UN anti-racism experts on Tuesday underscored their grave concerns over the increase in the use of dehumanizing language, hate speech as [...] Full text...

Gaza's babies ‘scarred by war before first breath’ by malnutrition

09 december 2025 - 12:48:42 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Mothers who've been left starving in Gaza are now giving birth to underweight or premature babies who die in intensive care [...] Full text...

UPDATE: Nigeria says its Air Force plane made 'precautionary landing' in Burkina Faso

09 december 2025 - 11:45:43 MA

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday clarified reports surrounding the diversion of one of its C-130 aircraft to Burkina Faso, [...] Full text...

South Africa blocks 90-day visa exemption for Palestinian ordinary passport holders

09 december 2025 - 11:21:03 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has withdrawn the the 90-day visa exemption for Palestinian ordinary passport holders.This follows investigations and recommendations by [...] Full text...

UN experts slam conviction of Tunisian human rights lawyer Ayachi Hammami

09 december 2025 - 09:25:38 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN experts on Monday expressed their “absolute shock” at the conviction of Ayachi Hammami in Tunisia, solely for his work defending [...] Full text...

Burkina Faso junta restores death penalty - HRW

09 december 2025 - 08:00:31 MA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The military junta in Burkina Faso has adopted a bill restoring the death penalty nearly a decade after the West [...] Full text...

Global atrocity risks rising, warns new UN adviser on genocide prevention

09 december 2025 - 07:24:48 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The world is witnessing an alarming erosion of respect for international law, with conflicts increasingly targeting civilians and heightening the [...] Full text...

Crackdown on Palestinian civil society is reaching alarming levels, warns UN human rights office

08 december 2025 - 19:19:29 WA

Ramallah, West   Bank (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has condemned an Israeli raid on the Union of Agricultural Work Committees in [...] Full text...

Sudan: UN chief condemns deadly strikes on children's nursery, hospital

08 december 2025 - 17:30:02 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As Sudan’s civil war intensified on Monday, top UN officials condemned the killing of dozens of children in drone strikes in [...] Full text...

EC clinches deal on EU law about returns of illegally staying third-country nationals

08 december 2025 - 13:25:38 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday finalised its position on an EU law to speed up and simplify the procedures for the [...] Full text...

Migration and asylum: EU member states agree on solidarity pool

08 december 2025 - 11:22:27 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday reached a political agreement on the establishment of the annual solidarity pool for 2026. The solidarity pool [...] Full text...

UN rights committee calls for promotion of minority rights in Tunisia

08 december 2025 - 11:19:22 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has underscored its concern over Tunisia's suspension of several local and international [...] Full text...

European Council prolongs individual sanctions in DRC by another year

08 december 2025 - 11:00:21 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday renewed its restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

Humanitarians launch $33 billion appeal for 2026

08 december 2025 - 08:29:24 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN and partners are seeking $23 billion to provide lifesaving support next year to 87 million people worldwide affected by [...] Full text...

Sudan's paramilitary RSF blames Army for drone attack on WFP food aid truck

07 december 2025 - 17:27:27 MA

El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Suport Forces (RSF) has accused its rival in the counry's bloody civil war, the Sudaese Armed Forces [...] Full text...

WFP condemns attack on its food aid truck

07 december 2025 - 05:10:56 MA

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has strongly condemned an attack on one of its trucks near the town of [...] Full text...

Kherson maternity ward struck as attacks on Ukraine’s health care escalate and the fourth winter of full-scale invasion sets in

06 december 2025 - 19:56:50 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On Thursday, 4 December 2025, a maternity ward in Kherson was attacked, damaging walls, windows, doors, equipment, and water and gas [...] Full text...

Israeli raids and settler attacks deepen humanitarian crisis in West Bank

06 december 2025 - 13:18:00 WA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - A spike in Israeli military raids and settler violence across the occupied West Bank is driving new displacement, shutting schools [...] Full text...

A fragile peace, a harsh winter: Gaza’s families struggle to rebuild

06 december 2025 - 08:17:08 WA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Nearly two months after the latest ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on 10 October, a fragile calm has brought much-needed [...] Full text...

Mozambique’s displaced facing massive needs as attacks intensify

06 december 2025 - 06:59:49 MA

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The ongoing emergency in northern Mozambique continues to worsen as prolonged attacks by non-state armed groups in Nampula trigger one of [...] Full text...