Ukraine three years on: Pain, loss, solidarity and hope for a better future

24 february 2025 - 16:51:54 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Today, 24 February 2025, marks the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the civilian population continues to [...] Full text...

World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists

24 february 2025 - 12:02:33 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With no end to numerous protracted conflicts - not least in Ukraine, three years to the day since the full-scale Russian [...] Full text...

Sudanese Army ends RSF’s two-year siege of El Obeid in North Kordofan

24 february 2025 - 10:11:01 MA

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese army said on Sunday that it had broken a nearly two-year siege imposed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces [...] Full text...

DRC crisis: People trapped in climate of insecurity amidst clashes in Uvira - MSF

24 february 2025 - 09:33:11 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is flagging security around the city of Uvira, in South Kivu province of [...] Full text...

MSF mourns worker killed in DRC

23 february 2025 - 07:26:19 MA

Goma, DRC (PANA (PANA) - A worker of humanitarian and medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has died from gunshot wounds he sustained at its [...] Full text...

UN in Ukraine prepares for the worst, hopes for the best

22 february 2025 - 16:26:36 WA

New York, US (PANA) - As the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches its third year, a flurry of diplomatic activity has led to a [...] Full text...

Nearly 148,000 in Gaza receive cash aid

22 february 2025 - 12:10:07 WA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Aid operations in the Gaza Strip continue to reach people from north to south with critical assistance, including cash, the [...] Full text...

Security Council urges Rwanda to stop supporting M23 in eastern DR Congo

22 february 2025 - 11:45:26 WA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday that strongly condemned the ongoing offensive and advance of M23 [...] Full text...

Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has sown ‘psychological terror’, warns top aid coordinator

22 february 2025 - 09:58:23 WA

Kiev, Ukraine (PANA) - In the nearly three years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country’s people have endured continuous attacks, “psychological terror…displacement [...] Full text...

DR Congo crisis: Occupation blocks UN mission from protecting civilians

22 february 2025 - 09:12:21 WA

New York, US (PANA) - The continued occupation of North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by the M23 armed group [...] Full text...

Parties to DR Congo conflict must treat dead bodies with dignity – UN experts

21 february 2025 - 10:00:32 AR

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must ensure bodies of the deceased are treated with respect [...] Full text...

International jazz festival returns to Cape Town

21 february 2025 - 09:03:59 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The world famous Cape Town International Jazz Festival is set to return to the city on April 25.This year’s [...] Full text...

New World Bank photobook "Shades of Libya: Contrasts, Hope, and Resilience" launched in Tripoli

21 february 2025 - 06:51:23 AR

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Bank has launched a photobook dedicated to showcasing Libya's diverse landscapes, rich culture, and resilient spirit. Primarily featuring the work [...] Full text...

Thousands of people flee from eastern DR Congo into Burundi.

21 february 2025 - 06:30:13 AR

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people to neighbouring countries where they [...] Full text...

DR Congo violence has pushed 35,000 to Burundi, says UN refugee agency

20 february 2025 - 18:15:56 WA

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people to neighbouring countries [...] Full text...

What is social justice and how is the UN helping make it a reality?

20 february 2025 - 15:54:19 WA

New York, US (PANA) - In recent years, the term "social justice" has become a significant part of public discourse, often invoked in discussions about [...] Full text...

Guterres urges Caribbean leaders to keep pushing for peace, climate action

20 february 2025 - 07:33:09 AR

Bridgetown, Barbados (PANA) – Addressing Caribbean leaders meeting in Barbados on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced a potential plan to support an “effective force” [...] Full text...

Ukraine: Three years of war reverses progress for women and girls

19 february 2025 - 23:15:54 WA

Geneva, Switzerland( PANA) - Three years of war in Ukraine have reversed decades of progress for women and girls, leaving millions in urgent need of [...] Full text...

SADC ministers for ICT and meteorology convene in Harare

19 february 2025 - 12:19:39 AR

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Cluster Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Transport, ICT, Information, and Meteorology is scheduled [...] Full text...

South African pop star profiled by Vogue magazine

19 february 2025 - 12:00:39 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Pop star Tyla has become the first South African artist to grace the cover of British Vogue.The singer, who [...] Full text...

Alliance of Sahel States to harmonise laws on town planning

19 february 2025 - 11:47:28 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), composed of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, is aiming to harmonise [...] Full text...

Thousands arrive in Burundi within days, fleeing rising tension and violence in eastern DRC: UNHCR

19 february 2025 - 09:45:02 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Between 10,000 and 15,000 people have crossed into Burundi over the last few days, fleeing escalating tension and violence in the [...] Full text...

Rights group demands release of Uganda opposition leader Besigye, other civilians

19 february 2025 - 08:21:39 MA

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) is asking the Ugandan authorities to release from prison former opposition presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, whose health [...] Full text...

UN condemns raid on UNRWA schools

19 february 2025 - 07:58:42 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said on Tuesday that Israeli forces [...] Full text...

$53.2 billion needed for Palestinian recovery: UN official

19 february 2025 - 07:51:11 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The reconstruction of Gaza and the occupied West Bank will require an estimated $53.2 billion over the next 10 years, [...] Full text...

UN concerned about armed clashes in South Sudan

19 february 2025 - 07:43:03 MA

Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The top UN official in South Sudan on Tuesday expressed grave concern over clashes in Upper Nile state and other [...] Full text...

Amid ‘clear’ threat of nuclear war, Guterres tells Security Council multilateral off-ramp is essential

18 february 2025 - 19:44:18 WA

New York, US (PANA) - Strengthening international cooperation and delivering on a UN pact that calls for reforming global governance, among other measures, was the [...] Full text...

DRC: Children reportedly killed in summary executions by M23 fighters

18 february 2025 - 16:29:31 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The humanitarian emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deteriorated sharply with serious human rights violations and abuses, [...] Full text...

UN rights office warns of ‘dangerous tipping point’ as abuses surge in Sudan

18 february 2025 - 15:43:25 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday sounded the alarm over escalating rights abuses in Sudan, warning that impunity is [...] Full text...

EC renews restrictive measures framework on Zimbabwe

18 february 2025 - 15:42:59 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Tuesday renewed its framework for restrictive measures in view of the situation in Zimbabwe for a further [...] Full text...

DRC: UN peacekeepers repel night attacks in Ituri province

18 february 2025 - 07:21:46 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - While the capitals of South Kivu and North Kivu are now under the control of the M23 rebels, Ituri, the third [...] Full text...

UN launches $6 billion Sudan appeal, as famine takes hold

17 february 2025 - 18:52:16 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than one in two people in war-torn Sudan have too little to eat, famine “is taking hold” and sexual violence [...] Full text...

HRW reports dire humanitarian situation in Eastern DR Congo

17 february 2025 - 16:33:11 AR

Bukavu, DR Congo) – On Sunday, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels announced the capture of the city of Bukavu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and some [...] Full text...

DRC crisis: WFP condemns looting in Bukavu after M23 rebels move in

17 february 2025 - 16:24:36 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the looting of thousands of tonnes of relief supplies in the city of [...] Full text...

UN urges global action to protect and support civilians devastated by Sudan’s war

17 february 2025 - 08:58:16 AR

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly two years of conflict have fuelled a catastrophic protection crisis and displaced a staggering 12 million people in Sudan and [...] Full text...

Prominent openly gay South African imam shot dead

17 february 2025 - 07:53:03 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The murder of the world’s first openly gay imam has sent shockwaves around the South Africa.Muhsin Hendricks, 57, was shot [...] Full text...

UN chief welcomes continued Gaza ceasefire and hostage release

16 february 2025 - 19:02:16 WA

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the latest round of hostage releases in Gaza and the continued implementation of the [...] Full text...

UN rights office condemns continuing Israeli military operation in West Bank

15 february 2025 - 05:41:31 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the intensifying Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank, warning [...] Full text...

DR Congo crisis worsens amid dwindling aid access

15 february 2025 - 05:34:25 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A dire displacement crisis is escalating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as M23 rebels make headway while [...] Full text...

Strike on Chernobyl: ‘No room for complacency’ says atomic energy watchdog

14 february 2025 - 20:17:13 WA

Kiev, Ukraine (PANA) - Ukrainian authorities said on Friday a Russian drone strike with a high explosive warhead struck the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant [...] Full text...

‘No time to lose’ in Gaza, as ceasefire offers fragile respite

14 february 2025 - 05:29:10 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN is racing against time to expand humanitarian relief and prepare for the monumental task of rebuilding Gaza, as [...] Full text...

UNICEF sounds alarm over child crisis in eastern DR Congo

13 february 2025 - 18:37:50 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday issued a stark warning over escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...

Airing climate justice in Costa Rica on World Radio Day

13 february 2025 - 17:04:36 WA

Paris, France (PANA) - Quality radio remains ever universal, popular and more reliable in an era of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media, including in [...] Full text...

UN: chocked by attack on IDPs Camps in Darfur

13 february 2025 - 15:52:02 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan has expressed her shock and great concern by attacks on camps [...] Full text...

Guterres calls for probe into death of WFP staff member detained in Yemen

13 february 2025 - 15:43:51 WA

Geneva, Switzerland ((PANA) - Flags at all UN offices in Yemen are flying at half-mast this week following the death of a World Food Programme [...] Full text...

Attempted assassination in Tripoli of Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs condemned

13 february 2025 - 12:22:15 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The attempted assassination of Libya's Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Adel Jumaa, in Tripoli has been denounced as an attempt [...] Full text...

Youth, Violence and Therapy: World Bank Blog By Lelys Dinarte-Diaz, Human Development Research Economist

13 february 2025 - 07:43:02 AR

Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - There is often a disproportionate concentration of violence and crime among young people in low-income urban areas compared to their high-income [...] Full text...

Greater inclusion and cooperation critical to prevent violent extremism

13 february 2025 - 05:38:51 MA

New York, US (PANA) - For the third consecutive year, the UN commemorated the International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and when [...] Full text...

Peacekeeping, relief efforts, continue to face challenges in DR Congo

13 february 2025 - 05:38:30 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Wednesday called on the M23 armed group to allow the unimpeded movement of UN personnel and [...] Full text...

UN chief strongly condemns killing of Tunisian peacekeeper in CAR

13 february 2025 - 05:38:05 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned the killing of a Tunisian peacekeeper serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in the [...] Full text...