Kenya begins Lebanon evacuations amid Israeli bombardments

01 october 2024 - 22:29:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Foreign ministry has started evacuating citizens caught up in the conflict in Lebanon, where Kenyan [...] Full text...

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UN issues Public Health Situation Analysis (PHSA) on Hostilities in occupied Palestinian territory

28 september 2024 - 08:00:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although Gaza has suffered previous escalations, the current war stands out as unprecedented in the scale [...] Full text...

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Evacuation orders in Gaza threaten to uproot UN’s aid hub once again

27 august 2024 - 13:03:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The plight of Gaza’s people continues to worsen in the enclave where humanitarian operations are “ongoing [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: First polio case confirmed in war-shattered enclave

23 august 2024 - 14:54:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A 10-month-old girl paralyzed by polio in Gaza has become the first confirmed case of the [...] Full text...

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UN rights office calls for accountability for latest ‘horrific’ West Bank killing

16 august 2024 - 14:53:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The perpetrators of a deadly rampage targeting a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank must [...] Full text...

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Gazans reeling from closed hospitals, malnutrition and heat risks, warns UN health agency

09 july 2024 - 15:37:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Gaza, overwhelmed hospitals, soaring temperatures, hunger and a lack of even basic sanitation present an [...] Full text...

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Gaza is 'a world of devastation' UN agencies

22 june 2024 - 00:38:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is “a world of devastation” and still in the grip of war after nearly nine [...] Full text...

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Gaza is more than two million stories of loss: UN agencies

21 june 2024 - 17:59:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is “a world of devastation” and still in the grip of war after nearly nine [...] Full text...

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Gaza War: Medics struggling in face of ‘overwhelming disaster’ as vital supplies run low - WHO

30 may 2024 - 05:31:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Vital medical supplies are fast running out in Gaza’s remaining hospitals, the UN health agency warned [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: We must prevent a large-scale offensive in Rafah, UN pleads

13 may 2024 - 06:15:31
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General and the human rights chief again reiterated on Sunday that a large-scale [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Increased armed hostilities in Rafah pose 'disastrous risk' to civilian lives and infrastructure - ICRC

15 february 2024 - 07:21:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is cautioning the parties to the Israel-Palestine conflict, [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: ICRC deplores deliberate, deadly attack on its humanitarian convoy in Khartoum

11 december 2023 - 08:15:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it is shocked and appalled by "a [...] Full text...

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Rights group calls for independent investigations into catastrophic Derna floods

06 december 2023 - 09:00:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – An independent inquiry is needed to review failings in Libyan authorities’ management of catastrophic flooding in [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN confirms more aid entering Gaza as humanitarian pause holds for second day

26 november 2023 - 05:49:13
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Sixty-one trucks hauled aid to northern Gaza on Saturday – the largest number since 7 October, [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need: UN humanitarians

24 november 2023 - 15:26:36
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Trucks with relief supplies continued to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing from Egypt on Friday [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN welcomes deal for pause in fighting, hostage-release pact

22 november 2023 - 13:44:15
New York, US (PANA) - A deal on Wednesday to release hostages taken during Hamas' attack on Israel has been [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid agencies warn of ‘tragic, avoidable surge’ in child deaths

21 november 2023 - 19:51:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A “tragic…entirely avoidable surge” in child deaths is expected in Gaza where some 160 youngsters are [...] Full text...

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Children with cancer evacuated from Gaza for treatment to Egypt and Jordan

10 november 2023 - 16:08:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some 12 children with cancer or other blood disorders have been evacuated, with their companions, from [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Enough is enough’, say UN humanitarians

06 november 2023 - 15:08:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With the deepening Israel-Palestine crisis about to enter its second month, a dozen UN agencies have [...] Full text...

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Israel-Palestine crisis: UN welcomes first medical evacuations from Gaza

01 november 2023 - 12:46:36
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed Egypt’s decision on Wednesday to accept some of [...] Full text...

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Scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO

19 august 2023 - 05:33:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heatwaves sweeping large parts of the world offer yet another reminder that extreme weather events boosted [...] Full text...

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Niger coup: First flight of French nationals leaves Niamey

01 august 2023 - 20:21:44
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - France on Tuesday began evacuating its nationals from Niger. It follows seen demonstrations and strong anti-France sentiments [...] Full text...

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LEAD: Niger coup: France to evacuate nationals (Eds: Adds details, Writethrough)

01 august 2023 - 10:19:48
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - France is to start evacuating its nationals from the West African state of Niger, where it [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict : Unaccompanied children have spent incredibly difficult moments- ICRC

08 june 2023 - 19:01:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)  - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday said it helped evacuate hundreds of [...] Full text...

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Sudan violence threatens fragile cross-border progress with Juba, Security Council told

10 may 2023 - 05:42:48
New York, US (PANA) - The impact of ongoing violence among rival military parties in Sudan is threatening to derail [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Sudan's warring parties begin direct taks in Jeddah

06 may 2023 - 06:34:42
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Representatives of Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have begun direct talks on [...] Full text...

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Calm returns to Zawiya in western Libya after deadly clashes

24 april 2023 - 17:12:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A precarious calm has been established as of Monday afternoon in Zawiya (45km west of Tripoli), [...] Full text...

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ROUNDUP: Sudan conflict: Fighting eases in Khartoum as foreign countries step up evacuation of nationals

24 april 2023 - 13:27:51
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese captial, Khartoum, which has seen heavy fighting between two rival generals for the last [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: USAID deploys Disaster Assistance Response Team to coordinate humanitarian response

24 april 2023 - 07:48:55
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States says it is mobilising to ramp up assistance to the people of Sudan [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Many countries evacuating nationals from Khartoum as no letup in fighting

24 april 2023 - 05:41:41
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Many countries are evacuating their nationals from the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, as there is no end [...] Full text...

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ICRC: Human toll of conflict and violence strains healthcare system in South Sudan

02 february 2023 - 19:47:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said that the increase of patients suffering [...] Full text...

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UNHCR evacuates 120 refugees from Libya to Italy

01 december 2022 - 13:11:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly 120 people were evacuated on Wednesday on a charter flight from Libya to Italy, the [...] Full text...

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95 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya to Italy

01 july 2022 - 15:59:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 95 asylum seekers and refugees were evacuated on Friday via a flight organized [...] Full text...

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Deadly tropical storms cause flooding, landslides in Madagascar

26 january 2022 - 05:44:18
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Two separate tropical weather systems in Madagascar have left at least 34 dead and triggered flooding [...] Full text...

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176 refugees evacuated from Libya to Rwanda by UNHCR

10 december 2021 - 19:00:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 176 vulnerable asylum seekers were evacuated from Libya on Friday on a humanitarian [...] Full text...

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More than 90 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya to Italy, says UNHCR

26 november 2021 - 11:18:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 93 asylum seekers, who were living in precarious conditions in Libya, were evacuated [...] Full text...

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HRW says more than 2,000 asylum seekers in dire need of shelter in Libya

04 november 2021 - 10:15:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than 2,000 African asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants camping since early October 2021 in precarious [...] Full text...

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Rwanda to resume transfer of refugees caught up in Libya

29 october 2021 - 21:39:07
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Rwanda, the African Union and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have agreed to [...] Full text...

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Egypt dispatches two helicopters to help Greece extinguish wildfires

09 august 2021 - 09:44:48
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Two Egyptian Chinook helicopters have arrived in Greece to join in efforts to extinguish wildfires raging [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspapers highlight results of the Berlin II Conference, departure of mercenaries

27 june 2021 - 17:58:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week have extensive coverage to the Berlin II Conference on Libya, focusing on [...] Full text...

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Up to 400,000 could be displaced by new volcano eruption in DR Congo, warns UNICEF

28 may 2021 - 06:30:40
Goma, DRC (PANA) - With fears that one of the world’s most active volcanoes could erupt again in the Democratic [...] Full text...

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Rights group flags racism in rescue efforts during terrorist attack in Mozambique

14 may 2021 - 06:02:19
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Amnesty International says it has been told by survivors of an attack by the armed group [...] Full text...

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Republic of Korea helps keep humanitarian flights in four African countries

09 may 2021 - 04:52:42
Rome, Italy (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received US$1.25 million from the Republic of Korea [...] Full text...

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Rights experts concerned over ‘Russian advisers’ and close contacts with CAR UN peacekeepers

01 april 2021 - 12:41:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-appointed independent rights experts on Wednesday raised concerns over the recruitment and use of private military and [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians appeal for resources to meet needs of people fleeing violence in northern Mozambique

01 april 2021 - 10:33:44
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following attacks by non-state armed groups and ongoing clashes in Palma district of northern [...] Full text...

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UN experts alarmed by CAR’s use of “Russian trainers”, close contacts with UN peacekeepers

31 march 2021 - 13:47:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A group of UN experts on Wednesday expressed alarm at the increased recruitment and use of [...] Full text...

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Over 270,000 people affected by Cyclone Eloise in Southern Africa - OCHA

29 january 2021 - 09:12:50
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - More than 270,000 people have been affected by Tropical Cyclone Eloise across Southern Africa, including 267,289 [...] Full text...

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Tropical Storm Eloise now in Mozambique Channel, likely to turn Tropical Cyclone on Friday

22 january 2021 - 08:54:46
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Latest forecasts indicate that Tropical Storm Eloise is likely to make landfall in central Mozambique, between [...] Full text...

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HCR evacuates 153 refugees from Libya to transit center in Niger

16 october 2020 - 22:59:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group of 153 refugees and asylum seekers were evacuated Thursday from Libya by the UN [...] Full text...

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Mali coup: Democratic order must be restored ‘as fast as possible’ - UN

21 august 2020 - 04:58:51
New York, US (PANA) - The UN has called for the “constitutional and democratic order” to be restored as soon [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burundi on track to eradicate Covid-19 - Health minister

19 august 2020 - 16:25:03
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi is well on the way to eradicating Coronavirus (Covid-19), Health Minister, Dr Thaddée Ndikumana, said [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Senegal reopens air space

15 july 2020 - 15:10:46
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal on Wednesday reopened its air space to international flights, closed since 17 April to curb [...] Full text...

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Without funds, ‘no choice’ but to suspend most aid flights, warns WFP

19 june 2020 - 17:15:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday issued a critical warning, declaring that it may [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Nigerians stranded abroad to sign undertaking to self-isolate before evacuation

08 june 2020 - 19:45:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Federal Government says Nigerians stranded abroad because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, who are to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Niger govt. reduces curfew hours in Niamey

23 april 2020 - 17:26:28
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Following a decision at their latest Council of Ministers, the Nigerien government has reduced the curfew [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Major relief airlift for ‘most vulnerable’ African nations takes off

15 april 2020 - 05:36:20
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The first of the UN’s “Solidarity Flights” carrying urgently needed medical equipment in the war [...] Full text...

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Foreign embassies evacuate 1,739 nationals from Nigeria

09 april 2020 - 10:43:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says 1,739 foreigners have been evacuated from the country [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US, Canada top list of nations evacuating citizens from Nigeria

08 april 2020 - 07:07:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Foreign nations have intensified the evacuation of their citizens living in Nigeria because of COVID-19 (coronavirus) [...] Full text...

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MINUSMA condemns terrorist attack against camp of Malian armed forces

06 april 2020 - 21:32:14
Bamako, Mali (PANA)  - The UN multidimensional integrated for Mali stabilization (MINUSMA) Monday condemned an attack by terrorists on a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Senegalese President reaffirms commitment to eradicate COVID-19 from his country

20 march 2020 - 19:17:29
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese head of state, Macky Sall, on Thursday reaffirmed his "firm" commitment, as well as [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Senegal strengthens measures against disease

20 march 2020 - 10:44:58
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal has suspended the operation of all flights to and from its airports with immediate effect [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US Embassy, Gambia, cancels routine non-immigrant visa appointments

20 march 2020 - 00:27:35
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Effective from 17 March, 2020, the United States Embassy in The Gambia cancelled routine non-immigrant visa [...] Full text...

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Rights group asks Italy to suspend support to Libyan Coast Guard

12 february 2020 - 11:28:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday that the Italian government should suspend all support to the [...] Full text...

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Cape Verdean students in Wuhan protest against refusal to be repatriated

06 february 2020 - 16:34:44
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verdean students in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus in China, are demanding urgent [...] Full text...

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Benin to assess medical evacuation management

12 january 2020 - 12:53:29
Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - The Beninese government has decided to evaluate the management of medical evacuations in order to sanitize the [...] Full text...

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Rwandan newspapers highlight high-risk zone evacuations and demolitions

21 december 2019 - 19:23:21
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -Demolition of small residential houses and shops built in high risk zones of Kigali and its surroundings, [...] Full text...

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Cyclone Belna due to make landfall in west Madagascar

09 december 2019 - 15:16:36
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone ‘Belna’ is expected to make landfall in Soalala district in the west [...] Full text...

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EBID to support the restoration of health facilities in Benin

01 october 2019 - 17:00:49
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) will support the restoration of health facilities in [...] Full text...

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HCR evacuates 98 refugees from Libya to Italy

13 september 2019 - 19:00:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A group of 98 vulnerable refugees was evacuated from Libya to Italy on Thursday, the UN [...] Full text...

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UNHCR Chief welcomes African leadership, solidarity in action for refugees evacuated from Libya

13 september 2019 - 12:18:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Welcoming this week’s agreement with the African Union (AU) and Rwanda to set up a refugee [...] Full text...

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Rwanda, AU sign MOU on receiving asylum-seekers stranded in Libya

10 september 2019 - 13:01:09
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the African Union (AU) on receiving [...] Full text...

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UNHCR to continue support for displaced people in Libya

27 august 2019 - 22:19:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)    -   The United Nations deputy High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Kelly T. Clements, Tuesday pledged to continue [...] Full text...

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UN agencies call for end to 'arbitrary detention' of migrants in Libya

24 july 2019 - 06:07:36
New York, US (PANA) - The heads of the two key UN agencies championing refugees and migrants have called for [...] Full text...

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MSF justifies resumption of search and rescue operations in Central Mediterranean

23 july 2019 - 06:36:18
Paris, France (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has defended its decision to resume lifesaving search and rescue [...] Full text...

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MSF to resume search and rescue amid deteriorating conditions in Libya

22 july 2019 - 05:53:37
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says it is resuming lifesaving search and rescue operations in [...] Full text...

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Paramedic, 3 ambulance crews injured in bombing of a hospital south of Tripoli

16 july 2019 - 15:46:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Four people (a first aid worker and three ambulance drivers) were injured in Tuesday's dawn airstrike, [...] Full text...

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UNHCR welcomes release of refugees from bombed Tripoli detention centre

10 july 2019 - 08:20:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has welcomed the decision of the Libyan authorities on Tuesday to [...] Full text...

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541 evacuations carried out in 87 days by the Libyan Body of Relief in conflict zones in Tripoli

08 july 2019 - 16:45:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 541 evacuations were carried out in 87 days by the teams of the Rescue and [...] Full text...

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Medical evacuations: Niger saved more than 2 billion CFAF in one year - Minister

03 july 2019 - 18:05:51
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The commissioning of the Niamey General Referral Hospital (HGR) has saved the country some 2.148 billion [...] Full text...

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Libya - 149 refugees, asylum seekers evacuated from Tripoli to Rome, says HCR

30 may 2019 - 22:34:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -   The UN High Commission for Refugees (HCR) said here in a communiqué Thursday it had evacuated [...] Full text...

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More people displaced inside their own countries than ever before, says NRC

10 may 2019 - 05:21:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – A record 41.3 million people are displaced inside their own countries because of conflict and violence, [...] Full text...

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Mobile medic team rescues 12 families from fighting areas in southern Tripoli

26 april 2019 - 12:22:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Twelve families  caught up in the fighting areas of southern Tripoli since early April have been [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso records first successful heart surgery

23 april 2019 - 23:24:24
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  Burkinabe surgeons Tuesday successfully performed heart surgery on a seven-year-old girl, a first in a [...] Full text...

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Libyan Red Crescent evacuates 200 families and 250 foreigners from fighting areas near Tripoli

12 april 2019 - 12:09:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Red Crescent branch in Tripoli announced on Friday the evacuation of 200 families and [...] Full text...

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Egyptian PM chairs meeting on AFCON 2019 preparations

18 february 2019 - 13:14:23
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Egyptian Prime Minister Mustapha Medloubi on Monday in Cairo met with the high committee in charge [...] Full text...

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Despite laudable efforts by government, health problems persist in Guinea (By Aly Coulibaly, PANA Correspondent)

12 february 2019 - 14:37:01
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The virulent spread of the Ebola virus disease took specialists by surprise as it wiped out [...] Full text...

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UNHCR transfers 130 refugees from Libya to Niger

29 january 2019 - 21:46:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced that 130 people were transferred on Monday [...] Full text...

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High blood pressure, a serious public health concern in Guinea

29 january 2019 - 14:59:33
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Health authorities are repeatedly sounding the alarm in Guinea where they consider that non-communicable diseases, such [...] Full text...

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UN agencies call for more resettlement and end to detention of asylum seekers in Libya

23 november 2018 - 21:04:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Denouncing the dangers faced by migrants and asylum seekers in Libya, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) [...] Full text...

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UNHCR evacuates vulnerable refugees out of Libya as fighting resumes

18 october 2018 - 09:31:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Amidst an increasingly volatile security situation in Tripoli, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency successfully evacuated 135 [...] Full text...

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UNHCR resumes life-saving refugee evacuations from Libya

11 may 2018 - 09:03:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it evacuated 132 vulnerable refugees and asylum-seekers out of Tripoli [...] Full text...

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UN condemns attack that kills two ‘Blue Helmets’ in Mali

06 april 2018 - 15:55:58
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, and the Security Council have strongly condemned an attack on [...] Full text...

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UN Charter is ‘our living template’ for tackling global challenges – Guterres

21 february 2018 - 21:33:38
New York, US (PANA) - The Principles outlined in the United Nations Charter remain the foundations of international relations and [...] Full text...

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UNHCR says evacuated over 1,000 refugees from Libya

15 february 2018 - 10:25:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Since November last year, the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has evacuated over 1,000 highly [...] Full text...

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UNHCR appeals to Israel over forced relocation policy

09 january 2018 - 17:31:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday again appealed to Israel to halt its policy of relocating [...] Full text...

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UNHCR evacuates 74 vulnerable refugees from Libya to Niger

15 december 2017 - 06:53:54
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Thursday night evacuated 74 vulnerable refugees, the vast majority children [...] Full text...

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IOM begins assisting thousands of West African migrants to leave Libya

09 december 2017 - 04:10:22
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – The United Nations migration agency and the Government of Niger have welcomed the first 504 people [...] Full text...

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US: Mali’s President calls on world to help equip regional anti-terror force

20 september 2017 - 07:08:36
New York, US (PANA) – Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita took the podium of the General Assembly on Tuesday to [...] Full text...

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Kenya: ICRC chief decries displacement, hunger in South Sudan conflict

17 august 2017 - 18:42:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) president Peter Maurer is due in South Sudan on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 2 civilians, 4 suicide bombers die in Maiduguri multiple attacks

15 march 2017 - 14:50:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday said two men were killed when four female [...] Full text...

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Botswana: 184 households hit by floods in Botswana

23 february 2017 - 18:19:19
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) has reported over 180 households affected by floods caused by [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Juba ceasefire 'largely holding'; more than 270 killed - UN

13 july 2016 - 09:44:49
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The ceasefire in crisis-gripped South Sudanese capital, Juba, appears to be “largely holding, barring sporadic [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN welcomes ceasefire, warns against impunity in South Sudan

12 july 2016 - 18:41:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA )- The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has welcomed a new ceasefire announcement by the parties [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Death toll climbs to 20 as rescue efforts at Nairobi’s collapsed building

02 may 2016 - 09:25:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The death toll has climbed to 20 as rescue workers continue the search for bodies at [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: IOM evacuates 250 most vulnerable Ethiopian migrants from Yemen

15 march 2016 - 13:52:34
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday resumed humanitarian evacuations of stranded Ethiopian [...] Full text...

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UN: WFP says donor support helps UN Humanitarian Air Service across Sudan

13 january 2016 - 19:14:25
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday welcomed contributions from donors towards the operation [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Rights group decries confinement of Muslims in CAR conflict

23 december 2014 - 10:49:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Hundreds of Muslim residents in western parts of the Central African Republic (CAR) are trapped in [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: World Bank increases Ebola response funding to US$500 million

30 october 2014 - 16:37:36
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)-The World Bank Group will provide US$100 million extra-funding to Ebola crisis response to speed up deployment [...] Full text...

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UN: Report says 22 million displaced by natural disasters in 2013

17 september 2014 - 22:47:32
New York, US (PANA) - A new UN-backed report launched on Wednesday reveals that 22 million people worldwide were displaced [...] Full text...

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France: French media highlight sending of UN troops to CAR

12 april 2014 - 11:27:04
Paris, France (PANA) – A UN Security Council resolution on Thursday to send peacekeeping soldiers to restore order and security [...] Full text...

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UN: World body allocates US$15 million for emergency aid in South Sudan

09 january 2014 - 19:31:33
New York, US (PANA) – The UN has released US$15 million from its humanitarian rapid response fund for critical relief [...] Full text...

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UN: Peacekeepers in DRC on alert

03 january 2014 - 21:25:02
New York, US (PANA) - UN peacekeepers in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have stepped up patrols [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Amnesty urges end to violence

21 december 2013 - 15:21:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Warring factions in South Sudan must immediately rein in their troops to prevent further attacks on [...] Full text...

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UN mission in South Sudan deplores latest violence in Jonglei state

21 october 2013 - 14:28:02
New York, US (PANA) – The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has strongly condemned Sunday's deadly attacks in South [...] Full text...

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Number of Somali refugees in south eastern Ethiopia hits 170,000

23 october 2012 - 18:27:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The number of Somali refugees in a series of camps in an arid, harsh area of [...] Full text...

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Chopper service guarantees food relief to Somalia refugees in Ethiopia

06 december 2011 - 18:15:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The WFP has started a helicopter service linking the refugee camps in Dolo Ado with the [...] Full text...

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IOM evacuates more stranded African migrants from Libya

25 november 2011 - 13:01:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday it had managed to move hundreds of [...] Full text...

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UN aid ship continues Tripoli migrants' evacuation

29 august 2011 - 18:08:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An aid ship has rescued some 850 stranded migrants and displaced Libyan women and children safe [...] Full text...

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UN agency finally evacuates 200 expatriates from Tripoli

25 august 2011 - 16:18:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A UN agency said Thursday it had finally evacuated several immigrants from Tripoli on a chartered [...] Full text...

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Economists say stability in Libya will benefit Egypt

24 august 2011 - 22:56:39
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian economic experts, who gathered on Tuesday for a meeting on the effects of developments in [...] Full text...

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UN agency to evacuate 5,000 expatriate workers from Libya

22 august 2011 - 12:44:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The United Nations has launched a new round of evacuations targeting about 5,000 expatriate workers stranded [...] Full text...

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US evacuates citizens from Egypt

31 january 2011 - 19:08:02
New York, US (PANA) - The US State Department on Monday began evacuating Americans from Egypt, amid growing fears for [...] Full text...

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