Sanctions relief for Syria offers ‘powerful message of hope,’ says UN migration agency

27 may 2025 - 21:19:19 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed recent decisions by the United States, the United Kingdom and the European [...] Full text...

Six migrants dead, five missing in shipwreck off the coast of the Comoros - IOM

27 may 2025 - 12:52:23 MA

Moroni, Comoros (PANA) - At least six people have died and five others are still missing at sea off the Comoros archipelago after two boats [...] Full text...

Gaza: UN agencies call for aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan begins

27 may 2025 - 12:52:05 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports indicated on Tuesday that Israel’s controversial aid distribution plan had begun in Gaza as the United Nations called once again [...] Full text...

Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes

26 may 2025 - 16:15:14 WA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on Monday that the “trickle” of [...] Full text...

UN rights mission deplores deadly Russian strikes in Ukraine

25 may 2025 - 17:21:56 WA

Kyiv, Ukraine (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has deplored a deadly wave of Russian missile and drone strikes that [...] Full text...

Thousands flee homes in Mozambique as conflict and disasters fuel worsening crisis

25 may 2025 - 09:04:49 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Mozambique in recent weeks, as conflict and a [...] Full text...

Fresh demonstrations rock Tripoli to demand end of Government of National Unity

24 may 2025 - 13:29:45 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Demonstrators took to the streets of Martyrs Square in Tripoli city centre for the second week running on Friday to protest [...] Full text...

Escalating violence drives food crisis across eastern DR Congo, warns WFP

24 may 2025 - 07:23:24 MA

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that food insecurity [...] Full text...

UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting

23 may 2025 - 17:22:50 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN on Friday warned of further deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan amid an uptick in hostilities, [...] Full text...

More than 5,000 benefit from awareness campaign in Tripoli on dangers of unexploded ordnance

23 may 2025 - 11:56:33 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 5,162 beneficiaries have been reached by the unexploded ordnance awareness campaign in Tripoli, including 359 children and 327 [...] Full text...

UN Relief Chief calls for action to protect civilians, recommit to international humanitarian law

23 may 2025 - 10:53:22 AR

New York, United States (PANA) – UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has told the Security Council that the world [...] Full text...

Gaza: Strikes on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths this week

23 may 2025 - 05:25:59 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than half the people killed in Gaza over the past week were in shelters and residential buildings, the UN [...] Full text...

Civilians ‘trapped and terrorised’: UN sounds alarm over collapse of critical protections

23 may 2025 - 05:17:24 MA

New York, US (PANA) - With more than 36,000 civilian deaths recorded in conflict zones in 2024 and sexual violence surging, senior UN officials warn [...] Full text...

Refugees in Kenya facing ‘lowest ever’ emergency food rations amid funding crisis

23 may 2025 - 05:10:36 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday that it has been forced to cut food aid to unprecedented lows [...] Full text...

Emergency relief funds released for DR Congo

23 may 2025 - 05:04:53 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated new funds to crisis situations, from Afghanistan to Zambia.On Wednesday, CERF [...] Full text...

Sudan: UN says civilian suffering deepens amid drone strikes

23 may 2025 - 05:00:27 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The civil war in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid [...] Full text...

EC adopts position to reduce red tape for posting of workers

22 may 2025 - 12:23:04 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council has adopted its position (general approach) on the regulation to facilitate the e-declaration of posted workers. The regulation is [...] Full text...

EU adopts UN convention on transparency for trade dispute settlement

22 may 2025 - 12:20:05 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council adopted on Thursday a decision on the conclusion of the United Nations ‘Mauritius Convention' on transparency for Investor-State [...] Full text...

As limited supplies enter Gaza, UN stresses need for more aid

22 may 2025 - 12:17:09 AR

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that on Wednesday and Thursday, the Israeli authorities granted the [...] Full text...

Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts 21

21 may 2025 - 17:49:54 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Southeast Asian nations should do more to protect people from being reeled into scam farms, top independent human rights experts said [...] Full text...

90 days to economic collapse: UN and experts sound alarm over security at sea

21 may 2025 - 12:59:40 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday urged world powers to uphold international maritime law and overcome geopolitical rivalries, warning that growing [...] Full text...

UN life-saving aid allowed to trickle into Gaza as needs mount

21 may 2025 - 05:23:40 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Aid is trickling into Gaza after nearly three months of blockade, but it remains far from enough to meet the [...] Full text...

Organised crime groups increasingly embedded in gold supply chain

21 may 2025 - 04:34:53 MA

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The global drive for renewable energy technologies has sharply increased demand for so-called critical minerals, heightening the risk of crime, corruption, [...] Full text...

UN mission in Libya to launch professional development programme in the media sector

20 may 2025 - 15:48:44 MA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya will launch a new professional development programme for Libyans in the media sector on [...] Full text...

Sudanese army says Khartoum state fully liberated

20 may 2025 - 15:43:02 MO

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The General Command of the Sudanese Armed Forces has announced the full liberation of Khartoum state, including the capital, Khartoum, [...] Full text...

UN relief chief welcomes limited Gaza aid resumption – but it’s a ‘drop in the ocean’

20 may 2025 - 05:19:23 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN humanitarian affairs chief has welcomed Israel’s decision to allow limited aid to cross into Gaza after 11 weeks [...] Full text...

Protection of Civilians week will work to address ‘culture of impunity’

20 may 2025 - 05:11:49 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Over 50,000 civilians have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. In Sudan, the figure is around 18,000 in the [...] Full text...

UN drugs and crime office warns of terror-crime link

20 may 2025 - 05:07:42 MA

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) called on Monday for renewed global commitment to combating emerging [...] Full text...

International Criminal Court: Deputies take over amid Prosecutor misconduct probe

20 may 2025 - 05:02:00 MA

The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Deputy Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court have assumed leadership of the Office of the Prosecutor following Karim Khan’s [...] Full text...

Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert

20 may 2025 - 04:53:14 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Repeated drone strikes over the past two weeks in Port Sudan have damaged key infrastructure across the crucial Sudanese aid [...] Full text...

Nigerian televangelist deported from South Africa

19 may 2025 - 08:57:51 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nigerian televangelist Pastor Timothy Omotoso was deported from South Africa to Nigeria on Sunday. The cleric was arrested in East London [...] Full text...

Police officer killed. three others injured in new night-time demonstrations in Tripoli

17 may 2025 - 14:52:58 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A police officer was killed and three demonstrators were injured during incidents that took place on Friday evening in front of [...] Full text...

Sudan exodus: Worst situation in decades, UN refugee agency warns

17 may 2025 - 09:39:44 MA

N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Tens of thousands of refugees fleeing escalating violence in Sudan continue to escape to Chad at speeds not seen since the [...] Full text...

Cape Town artist sets world record with US$13.6 million painting

16 may 2025 - 07:27:34 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cape Town painter Marlene Dumas has set the work record for the most expensive artwork by a living woman artist [...] Full text...

Sudan: More than 40,000 refugees have flocked to Chad in one month - UNHCR

15 may 2025 - 09:57:43 MA

N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - More than 40,000 Sudanese, the majority of them women and children, have fled the ongoing fighting in Sudan to seek refuge [...] Full text...

Eight million teens in world's wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF

15 may 2025 - 08:06:01 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw marked declines in their academic performance, mental wellbeing, and physical health [...] Full text...

UN aid office denounces attacks on Gaza hospital

15 may 2025 - 07:32:36 MA

Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, underlined the need to protect civilians and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip in [...] Full text...

Call for pooling of counter-terrorism monitoring systems

14 may 2025 - 16:07:28 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) -At the opening of the 2025 African Regional Review  of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) in Cotonou on Wednesday, [...] Full text...

Mactar Seck of the ECA condemns the digital divide in Africa

14 may 2025 - 15:29:27 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - At the opening of the 2025 African Regional Review  of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) in Cotonou on [...] Full text...

Mactar Seck of the ECA hails Africa's progress in digital transformation

14 may 2025 - 15:20:04 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - At the opening of the 2025 African Regional Review  of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20) in Cotonou, Benin, [...] Full text...

Humanitarian situation in Sudan deteriorating after more than two years of war: UN

14 may 2025 - 11:56:01 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - With several locations in Sudan still gripped by fierce fighting between the army and paramilitaries, particularly around the town of [...] Full text...

Ceasefire announced after Tripoli clashes between armed groups

14 may 2025 - 11:43:47 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Defence announced on Wednesday the start of a ceasefire in all areas of tension in the capital, [...] Full text...

Calm returns to Tripoli after night of armed clashes

13 may 2025 - 12:10:04 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan capital, Tripoli, awoke on Tuesday to an atmosphere of precarious calm, a day after armed clashes that punctuated much [...] Full text...

European Council sets out priorities for the audiovisual media sector

13 may 2025 - 08:56:19 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - EU-wide rules governing television and on-demand services need to reflect the rapidly changing landscape for audiovisual media, including the rise of [...] Full text...

UN migration agency helping migrants in the US return home voluntarily

13 may 2025 - 07:18:48 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United States has asked the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to assist undocumented migrants who choose to return to their [...] Full text...

UNICEF calls for action after deaths of migrant children at sea

13 may 2025 - 06:40:18 MA

Tripoli, Libya Libya (PANA) - Two young children, aged 3 and 4, have died from dehydration aboard a rubber dinghy found adrift in the central [...] Full text...

UN concerned about impact of ongoing drone attacks in Sudan

13 may 2025 - 06:35:09 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN expressed deep concern on Monday over the impact of ongoing drone attacks on civilian infrastructure across Sudan.Port Sudan – [...] Full text...

South Africa's Afrikaner 'refugees' flee to the US

12 may 2025 - 07:41:38 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Forty-nine Afrikaners granted refugee status by the US government departed from OR Tambo International Airport on a chartered aircraft [...] Full text...

Amnesty International alleges advanced Chinese weaponry provided by UAE identified in Sudan war in breach of arms embargo

10 may 2025 - 12:01:07 MA

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sophisticated Chinese weaponry, re-exported by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been captured in Khartoum, as well as used in [...] Full text...

Rights group urges US not to 'forcibly transfer' migrants to Libya

10 may 2025 - 11:35:58 MA

New York, US (PANA) – The United States should not forcibly transfer migrants to Libya, where inhumane detention conditions are well-documented, including torture, ill-treatment, sexual assault, and [...] Full text...