Senior ICC official reports new momentum towards justice in Libya

26 november 2025 - 07:34:33 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Recent months have seen progress towards accountability in Libya, the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Tuesday [...] Full text...

Over 600 million children exposed to violence at home, UNICEF warns

26 november 2025 - 07:19:13 MA

New York, US (PANA) - More than one in four children globally – around 610 million – live with mothers who have experienced physical, emotional [...] Full text...

UN raises alarm over surge in mass kidnappings in Nigeria

25 november 2025 - 18:27:14 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Tuesday denounced a "shocking" surge in mass abductions in north-central Nigeria, calling on authorities to [...] Full text...

Gazans are consuming two meals a day, an improvement compared to the summer

24 november 2025 - 16:44:19 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - While the proportion of Gazans primarily dependent on humanitarian aid has increased since the ceasefire, a World Food Programme (WFP) [...] Full text...

AUC chairperson 'strongly' condemns abduction of school children in Nigeria

23 november 2025 - 05:28:54 MA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has expressed deep concern over the recent reported abduction [...] Full text...

Nigeria: Schools should be ‘sanctuaries not targets’ says deputy UN chief following latest mass abduction

22 november 2025 - 18:30:32 MA

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN Deputy Secretary-General voiced deep alarm on Saturday over the latest mass abduction from a school in Nigeria, calling for [...] Full text...

New massacre in eastern DRC raises fears of spiral of violence

22 november 2025 - 06:47:54 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The bodies were discovered in villages at the end of tracks that wind into the hills of Lubero territory, North Kivu. [...] Full text...

EU Sanctions top leader of Sudan's paramilitary group over atrocities in Darfur

20 november 2025 - 19:07:55 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has strongly condemned the grave and ongoing atrocities perpetrated by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), [...] Full text...

UN alarmed by the enforced disappearance of relatives of Guinean artist Elie Kamano

20 november 2025 - 16:30:22 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Thursday expressed its deep concern over reports of the "alleged enforced disappearance" of several relatives [...] Full text...

One in five children living in poverty in developing countries

20 november 2025 - 16:24:56 MA

New York, US (PANA) - At least 417 million children — more than one in five — living in low- or middle-income countries are living [...] Full text...

More than 100,000 people forced to flee in one week in violence in northern Mozambique

19 november 2025 - 10:42:28 MA

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - As coordinated attacks by non-state armed groups have intensified in some districts of Nampula province in northern Mozambique since 10 November, [...] Full text...

Cities now home to nearly half of humanity: UN report

19 november 2025 - 10:20:24 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Forty-five per cent of the 8.2 billion people on the planet live in cities, which is only going to increase [...] Full text...

'Ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending'

19 november 2025 - 07:53:05 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion [...] Full text...

Terrorism in Africa, a ‘growing global threat’ - UN chief

19 november 2025 - 07:24:37 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Expanding terrorist networks, mass displacement and the collapse of essential services in West Africa and the Sahel are a growing [...] Full text...

Former Ghana finance minister, six other individuals, company charged with corruption

18 november 2025 - 18:46:20 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Special Prosecutor has charged former Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta, six other individuals and a company for alleged corruption and corruption-related [...] Full text...

UNICEF condemns deadly Nigeria school attack, demands urgent protection for students

18 november 2025 - 18:37:14 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNICEF has strongly condemned a deadly attack on a school in Kebbi State, northwest Nigeria, which left the Vice-Principal dead and [...] Full text...

UN aid office pushes for ‘unhindered’ humanitarian access in Sudan

18 november 2025 - 07:59:46 MA

New York, US (PANA) - UN relief chief Tom Fletcher held “useful” and “tough” discussions with the two sides battling for control of Sudan this [...] Full text...

Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’

17 november 2025 - 15:02:46 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half years after the full-scale invasion [...] Full text...

Restoring dignity to Gaza: the cleanup begins

17 november 2025 - 07:05:32 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - A large-scale campaign under the slogan “We Will Rebuild Gaza” was launched on Saturday in Gaza City, with the participation [...] Full text...

Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’

16 november 2025 - 18:21:30 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half years after the full-scale invasion [...] Full text...

Dozens of young women raped inside Fasher and on the way to safe area, doctors say

16 november 2025 - 13:05:06 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- A doctors charity organization working with IDPs and government controlled area, the Sudan Doctors Network, has revealed 32 confirmed cases of [...] Full text...

'Hackers penetrate Somalia’s e-visa system' - US Embassy

15 november 2025 - 15:01:49 MA

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Unidentified hackers have penetrated Somalia’s e-visa system potentially exposing the personal data of at least 35,000 people, the US Embassy has [...] Full text...

Sudan: UN warns of 'another El Fasher' in Kordofan

15 november 2025 - 05:35:23 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Kordofan must not become the new Darfur, the UN human rights chief warned on Friday. Volker Türk recalled that the mass atrocities [...] Full text...

‘Mobs’ target Palestinians in occupied West Bank, as floods roil Gaza

15 november 2025 - 05:11:05 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Images emerged this week of what appear to be mobs of masked Israeli settlers carrying out arson attacks on Palestinian homes [...] Full text...

Sudan war: Aid teams plead for access to thousands trapped in El Fasher

14 november 2025 - 16:57:02 WA

New York, US (PANA) - Just how many people are still trapped in the Sudanese city of El Fasher? That’s the burning question for relatives [...] Full text...

Ending UNWRA services would imperil political way forward: Lazzarini

14 november 2025 - 08:01:20 MA

New York,US (PANA) - Lack of sufficient funds is jeopardizing the ability of the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) to operate, the head [...] Full text...

Mali's fuel crisis stifles humanitarian operations

14 november 2025 - 07:46:00 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A severe fuel shortage caused by a jihadist blockade of several strategic roads is fuelling the humanitarian crisis in Mali. This [...] Full text...

Palestinian passengers stranded in South Africa

14 november 2025 - 07:32:02 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than 150 Palestinian refugees, seeking asylum in South Africa, were stranded on an aircraft at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo [...] Full text...

Families in Sudan ‘running out of time’ as hunger spreads

14 november 2025 - 07:28:16 MA

New York, US (PANA) - More than 21 million people in Sudan, 45 per cent of the population, are not getting enough to eat as [...] Full text...

Gaza: War has made children violent, sad and bereft

13 november 2025 - 17:22:45 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than nine in 10 children in Gaza are displaying signs of aggressive behaviour linked to more than two years [...] Full text...

Violence imperils civilians in DRC’s North Kivu and Ituri

13 november 2025 - 09:13:02 AR

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) remains deeply concerned about continued attacks against civilians in Beni and [...] Full text...

42 migrants missing in shipwreck off Libya coast

13 november 2025 - 08:46:55 MA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An inflatable boat that departed from Zuwara, in northwestern Libya, capsized on 3 November with about 50 people on board. According to [...] Full text...

Millions of lives at risk, warn UN food agencies, as hunger crisis worsens

13 november 2025 - 07:03:40 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) warn of a major hunger emergency, with acute food [...] Full text...

Hurricane Melissa: Relief efforts intensify as damage across Caribbean grows

12 november 2025 - 16:21:26 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean, governments and aid agencies are still struggling to reach communities left without [...] Full text...

Stakes rise for South Sudan: What’s happening, and why it matters

12 november 2025 - 15:54:01 WA

New York,US (PANA) - South Sudan is entering a period of rising instability marked by political polarisation, renewed armed clashes, and severe humanitarian strain, senior [...] Full text...

At least six dead in stampede during recruitment into the Ghana Armed Forces

12 november 2025 - 12:11:18 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At least six people have been confirmed dead and several others injured following a stampede during the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) [...] Full text...

Rights group says trial of ex-DRC warlord 'important step' for justice

12 november 2025 - 08:39:44 MA

Paris, France (PANA) - The trial of Roger Lumbala Tshitenga, a former rebel leader and former minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), begins on [...] Full text...

ICC: Sanctions threaten global fight against impunity

12 november 2025 - 07:34:12 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Coercion and sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) are “assaults on the very principles of international law itself”, the [...] Full text...

Sudan: 89,000 civilians have fled El Fasher

11 november 2025 - 17:20:33 WA

New York, US  (PANA) - The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Monday warned of a deepening crisis in Sudan’s North Darfur as violence spreads [...] Full text...

IOM Chief warns of imminent catastrophe as displacement surges in North Darfur

11 november 2025 - 15:27:17 MO

Port Sudan,Sudan (PANA)- The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope has warned that extreme insecurity and appalling human rights violations, including mass [...] Full text...

Ghana Air Force helicopter crash caused by bad weather - Investigators

11 november 2025 - 13:52:47 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The team that investigated the crash of a Ghana Air Force Z 9 helicopter on 6 August, 2025, with the loss [...] Full text...

Pivotal moment to strengthen torture safeguards in Mozambique, UN body says

11 november 2025 - 08:09:39 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Subcommitee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has called on Mozambique to step up efforts to prevent torture and ill-treatment, [...] Full text...

Gazans continue heading home as ‘fragile ceasefire’ holds

11 november 2025 - 07:44:25 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - A month into the ceasefire in Gaza, families continue to slowly head back to their former homes and communities wherever [...] Full text...

Humanitarian crisis in North Darfur worsens as violence spreads - OCHA

11 november 2025 - 07:01:45 AR

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that the crisis in Sudan’s North Darfur State is deepening [...] Full text...

Former President Jacob Zuma’s daughter pleads not guilty as her terror-related trial begins

10 november 2025 - 14:50:07 MA

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former President Jacob Zuma’s daughter has pleaded not guilty as her trial on terror-related charges began in Durban on [...] Full text...

Somalia: UN expert calls for action to safeguard fragile human rights gains

10 november 2025 - 11:47:53 MA

New York, US (PANA) – Somali authorities and the international community must take concrete, coordinated action to consolidate progress and prevent backsliding, amid the country’s [...] Full text...

Terrorism trial of South African former president Jacob Zuma's daughter begins in Durban

10 november 2025 - 07:35:22 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions are high ahead of the trial of South African former President Jacob Zuma’s daughter which begins in Durban [...] Full text...

Sudanese medical charity accuses paramilitary RSF of burning bodies in El Fasher

09 november 2025 - 16:02:24 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese medical charity, Sudan Doctors Network, has accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of collecting hundreds of bodies from the [...] Full text...

UN experts on mercenaries warn of expanding use of proxy actors in both conflict and peace-time settings

09 november 2025 - 12:56:52 MA

Nw York, US (PANA) - The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries has warned of the growing and evolving use of mercenaries, related [...] Full text...

UNHCR fears halt to refugee returns in Africa due to lack of funding

09 november 2025 - 08:17:45 MA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - More than 42,000 refugees have been able to voluntarily return home this year in West and Central Africa, bringing the total [...] Full text...