Momentum builds towards marine biodiversity treaty, as experts convene in New York
22 august 2025 - 20:19:09New York, US (PANA) - Delegates from around the world met at UN Headquarters in New York this week to [...] Full text...
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Nuclear technology to help fight seafood fraud
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Libya participates in meetings of African Commission on Intellectual Property Rights in Djibouti
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Saturday’s exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling
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Momentum builds towards marine biodiversity treaty, as experts convene in New York
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Second batch of women community leaders in Lbya pass out from UN Programme
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Sudan doctors: Seven people killed,13 injured in RSF attack
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Voting begins in seven Libyan municipalities
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Lessons of Hamas operation against Israel, - Libyan newspaper,
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‘Bet on youth’ to realise Africa’s digital potential, UN deputy chief says
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414 migrants intercepted at sea and returned to Libya - IOM
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Sudan: Scores die of malnutrition as thousands in need of nutrition in South Kordofan
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2024 CHAN: Fixtures for quarter-final matches on Saturday
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Top UN official in Libya to brief Security Council on new roadmap for political process
21 august 2025 - 10:40:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, will brief the Security Council [...] Full text...
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Disease spreads in Somalia as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water
20 august 2025 - 11:59:07Mogadisu, Somalia (PANA) - More than 300,000 people – mostly displaced families living in overcrowded settlements and rural communities across [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council hears about rising conflict-related sexual violence amid falling resources
20 august 2025 - 07:40:35New York, US (PANA) - Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, briefed the Security Council’s open debate [...] Full text...
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World Humanitarian Day 2025: Aid workers mull record toll of their own
19 august 2025 - 11:37:34Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - With the news on Tuesday that a record 383 aid workers were confirmed killed in [...] Full text...
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UN calls for protection of aid workers in Sudan
19 august 2025 - 09:54:49Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations says that more than 120 humanitarian personnel have been killed in Sudan [...] Full text...
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Hundreds of health, nutrition centres closed in Somalia due to suspension of US aid
19 august 2025 - 07:46:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The realisation is painful. More than six months after the U.S. government decided to suspend its [...] Full text...
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Funding cuts exacerbate Somalia drought: OCHA
19 august 2025 - 07:29:59Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Severe drought in and funding cuts are undermining lifesaving assistance in Somalia, the UN aid coordination [...] Full text...
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South Sudanese ‘are counting on us’, top UN official tells Security Council
19 august 2025 - 07:25:34New York, US (PANA) - Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, briefed the Security Council on the deteriorating security and [...] Full text...
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Guinea introduces malaria vaccine into routine immunization
14 august 2025 - 13:27:50Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, and with the support of [...] Full text...
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Improving access to maternal health care in Burkina Faso (Feature by WHO)
11 august 2025 - 10:02:06Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – "During my first pregnancy three years ago, I had to travel 45 km just to [...] Full text...
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You can run – but we will find you, militias tell terrified civilians
08 august 2025 - 15:09:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Help is needed urgently to halt a deadly cholera outbreak that is sweeping across Sudan, UN [...] Full text...
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Erasure or empowerment? In Africa’s Sahel, women confront a stark choice
07 august 2025 - 20:29:34New York, US (PANA) - In Africa’s Sahel region, deepening violence and poverty – driven by displacement, hunger and terrorism [...] Full text...
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WFP runs out of funds as hunger worsens in northeast Nigeria
07 august 2025 - 05:20:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As hunger rages in northeast Nigeria, funds for food delivery are running out, the World Food [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo
07 august 2025 - 05:15:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hopes for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been shaken by a [...] Full text...
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WFP restricts activities in eastern DRC due to 'unprecedented' budget cuts
06 august 2025 - 12:54:12Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Although acute hunger has reached a record level in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Alarm over Israeli move to deregister NGOs
06 august 2025 - 12:46:11Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Aid agencies warned on Tuesday that most partner organisations providing vital relief across Gaza will [...] Full text...
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Libyan journalists discuss propaganda, bias, misinformation during conflicts
06 august 2025 - 09:15:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - During times of conflict or instability, the media can deepen divides and incite violence by spreading [...] Full text...
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World Bank Group joins African Development Bank Group and Mastercard as co-chair of Mobilising Access to the Digital Economy
06 august 2025 - 07:49:28Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group has signed on as co-chair of the Mobilising Access to the [...] Full text...
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Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone
06 august 2025 - 06:03:50Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Famine was declared in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur one year ago. And since [...] Full text...
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Gates Foundation announces catalytic funding to spark new era of women-centered research and Innovation
05 august 2025 - 10:02:53Seattle, US (PANA) - The Gates Foundation has announced a $2.5 billion commitment through 2030 to accelerate research and development [...] Full text...
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UNHCR flags Uganda’s refugee funding crisis
05 august 2025 - 06:01:49Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Since the beginning of 2025, 600 refugees have arrived in Uganda each day, bringing the total [...] Full text...
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Culinary diplomacy strengthens US-Ghana commercial ties
04 august 2025 - 11:06:59Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The US Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) is collaborating on the seventh biannual poultry training [...] Full text...
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Violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee, straining aid efforts
03 august 2025 - 07:43:03Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Recent attacks by armed groups in northern Mozambique displaced tens of thousands in July alone, deepening [...] Full text...
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Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines
02 august 2025 - 05:34:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced [...] Full text...
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World Breastfeeding Week: Invest in health systems and policies to benefit mums and babies - WHO
02 august 2025 - 05:32:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Friday, 1 August, marked the start of World Breastfeeding Week and this year’s theme calls for [...] Full text...
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UN migration agency highlights deepening climate and displacement crisis in Somalia
02 august 2025 - 05:30:23Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Climate shocks and mass displacement caused by conflict have uprooted some 3.6 million people in Somalia, [...] Full text...
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Gaza Strip: Humanitarians warn of worsening famine conditions, attacks on civilians
01 august 2025 - 17:27:11Gaza, Gazza City (PANA) - Famine conditions are tightening their grip on the Gaza Strip, as the latest UN humanitarian [...] Full text...
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A mandate for change: UN releases proposals for streamlining of tasks as part of major reform agenda
01 august 2025 - 16:35:24New York, US ( PANA) - Millions of lives have been improved by the mandates assigned to the UN. Yet [...] Full text...
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UN mission in Libya and Italy convene first mine action support group meeting to chart mine-free Libya
31 july 2025 - 18:35:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the Government of Italy on this week brought [...] Full text...
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Violence in Somalia continues to displace tens of thousands of people
31 july 2025 - 05:21:08Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Ongoing violence has displaced more than 100,000 people in two regions of Somalia in the past [...] Full text...
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With Gaza smouldering, ministers renew push for two-State solution at UN
31 july 2025 - 05:16:32New York, US (PANA) - With Gaza in ruins and the two-State solution in jeopardy, ministers convened at the United [...] Full text...
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Sudan gripped by deadly crisis as hunger, disease and heat intensify
31 july 2025 - 05:07:23Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) raised the alarm on Wednesday [...] Full text...
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US' plan to destroy US$9.7 million of contraceptives is unconscionable, says medical charity
30 july 2025 - 06:40:00Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States government’s plan to destroy US$9.7 million worth of contraceptives is a callous [...] Full text...
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‘By women, for women’: 15 years of the UN agency championing gender equality
29 july 2025 - 20:46:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -Fariba, a young Afghan woman, had just begun a university degree in 2021 when the Taliban returned to [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN sounds the alarm as health and food crises worsen across the country
29 july 2025 - 05:31:27New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is alarmed by escalating health [...] Full text...
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Global hunger declines, but rises in Africa and western Asia: UN report
28 july 2025 - 19:17:24Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger [...] Full text...
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UN warns of escalating human toll in Ukraine amid relentless aerial attacks, mounting aid shortfall
26 july 2025 - 16:12:06New York, US (PANA) - Russian aerial attacks continue to intensify across Ukraine, exacting a rising toll on civilians and [...] Full text...
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IMF approves new 48-month ECF arrangement for Chad
26 july 2025 - 12:21:28Ndjamena, Chad (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a 48-month arrangement under the [...] Full text...
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Child malnutrition surges in Nigeria as foreign aid cuts bite
26 july 2025 - 10:26:01Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Deadly child malnutrition is rising in northern Nigeria against the background of widespread inflation, simmering conflict [...] Full text...
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WB expands financial coverage to save lives and livelihoods in Eastern and Southern Africa
25 july 2025 - 07:28:53Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More than 12 million people in Angola, Burundi, Malawi, Seychelles, and Zambia will benefit from [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Amid record hunger and surging insecurity, emergency food assistance to stall entirely
24 july 2025 - 06:21:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - At a time of escalating violence and record levels of hunger in Nigeria, critical funding shortfalls [...] Full text...
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South African delegation attends defence fair in Istanbul
23 july 2025 - 10:13:35Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A group of South African companies that operate in the defence sector is participating [...] Full text...
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Financing agreements to strengthen Education in Mauritania and Chad
23 july 2025 - 07:36:02Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Governments of Mauritania and Chad on Tuesday signed funding agreements for the Regional Engagement for [...] Full text...
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CAR innovates with nature-based solutions, reaffirms commitment to urban climate resilience
23 july 2025 - 07:12:31Bangui, CAR (PANA) - The World Bank has approved an additional grant financing of $9.175 million (just over CFAF 5.3 [...] Full text...
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UN laments US withdrawal from educational and cultural agency
23 july 2025 - 07:09:36Paris, France (PANA) - The United States announced on Tuesday that it will leave the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural [...] Full text...
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Food lifeline fading for millions in South Sudan hit by conflict and climate shocks
22 july 2025 - 18:06:23Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan’s dramatic hunger crisis is worsening and millions of people there could miss out [...] Full text...
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Global health in decline: UN warns of glaring inequalities
19 july 2025 - 08:22:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite significant progress since the beginning of the century, a new UN assessment indicates that improvements [...] Full text...
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Ongoing violence in east DR Congo drives displacement, impedes aid delivery
19 july 2025 - 07:52:16Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Ongoing violence in North and South Kivu provinces in the eastern Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...
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New York Forum: Ocean under pressure, Nice's hopes remain to be realised (By UN News)
18 july 2025 - 07:15:26New York, US (PANA) - The promises made in June at the Ocean Conference in Nice are barely concealing the [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: US funding cut leaves rape victims without care
18 july 2025 - 07:03:28Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As sexual violence has increased this year in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the [...] Full text...
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Children miss out on vaccines as diseases spread in Sudan
17 july 2025 - 18:54:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies warn that childhood immunization rates in Sudan have plummeted to their lowest level in [...] Full text...
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From crisis to classroom: How the UN supports education in conflict zones
17 july 2025 - 16:20:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From makeshift furniture in Gaza to metro classrooms in Ukraine and solar-powered tablets in Sudan, the [...] Full text...
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‘A compass towards progress’ – but key development goals remain way off track
14 july 2025 - 20:13:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global life expectancy increased by an astonishing five years between 2000 and 2019. And then since [...] Full text...
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WHO urges roll-out of first long-acting HIV prevention jab
14 july 2025 - 13:08:26Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A breakthrough HIV drug that only needs to be injected twice a year to offer near-total [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Surge in Darfur displacement pushes Tawila into full-scale crisis, cholera spreading
11 july 2025 - 15:19:25Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international charity organization has rung the alarm bell about an imminent catastrophe in a new Darfur [...] Full text...
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Fight to end AIDS: ‘This is not just a funding gap – it’s a ticking time bomb’
11 july 2025 - 05:41:31New York, US (PANA) - Devastating funding cuts from international donors are hitting countries hardest affected by HIV — but [...] Full text...
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UNICEF deplores ‘unconscionable’ killing of families lining up for aid in Gaza
11 july 2025 - 05:41:15New York, US (PANA) - The head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced deep dismay over the “unconscionable” [...] Full text...
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Gaza: More than 15,000 students killed since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas
10 july 2025 - 12:14:44Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than 15,000 students have been killed since the start of the war between Israel [...] Full text...
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AU urges countries end to fragmented response to climate change
09 july 2025 - 12:26:32Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – Most African countries have developed early warning systems to climate change-induced disasters, such as floods although [...] Full text...
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South Sudan’s longest cholera outbreak enters critical stage
08 july 2025 - 22:22:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On the eve of the fourteenth anniversary of its independence, South Sudan – the world’s youngest [...] Full text...
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Global education is in crisis: Human Rights Watch
08 july 2025 - 12:27:51Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – With nearly 200 million children and youth missing out on secondary school worldwide while [...] Full text...
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Immunization experts urge stronger action to close vaccination gaps in Africa
08 july 2025 - 10:03:17Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Experts, policymakers and global health partners have called for stronger, coordinated action to prevent backsliding on [...] Full text...
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IMF Country Focus: How Nigeria can unleash its economic potential (By Axel Schimmelpfennig, IMF Mission Chief to Nigeria and Christian Ebeke, IMF Resident Representative in Nigeria)
07 july 2025 - 12:12:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Over the past two years, Nigeria—Africa’s most populous country—has implemented difficult reforms to tackle long-standing obstacles [...] Full text...
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EU gives Tunisia 100 million euros to rehabilitate working-class districts
05 july 2025 - 16:57:26Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) -The European Union (EU) has made 100 million euros available to Tunisia for the rehabilitation of working-class [...] Full text...
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33 million lives at risk in Sudan's cholera epidemic
04 july 2025 - 09:50:34Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As fighting rages in Sudan, another threat is spreading through the country's stagnant waters and [...] Full text...
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With sustainable development under threat, Sevilla summit rekindles hope and unity
04 july 2025 - 09:33:18Sevilla, Spain (PANA) - The landmark Financing for Development conference in Sevilla, Spain, has concluded with a renewed sense of [...] Full text...
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Mine action partners unite to address treats of unexploded ordnance in Libya
04 july 2025 - 08:56:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has hosted a meeting for the Mine Action [...] Full text...
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The Sevilla Commitment: A vital step to rebuild trust in global cooperation
03 july 2025 - 14:21:27Sevilla, Spain (PANA) - Civil society organisations have welcomed the consensus reached at the landmark Sustainable development conference concluding this [...] Full text...
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Green Climate Fund, UNEP boost climate adaptation for Ghana, Mauritania
02 july 2025 - 11:04:42Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PANA) – The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved over US$ 120 million in new funding to [...] Full text...
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Mali sees increase in sexual violence in displacement camps and conflict zones
02 july 2025 - 08:00:52Bamako, Mali (PANA) - As insecurity and forced displacement continue in central and northern Mali, women are increasingly exposed to [...] Full text...
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UN General Assembly approves $5.4 billion UN peacekeeping budget for 2025-2026
02 july 2025 - 07:31:37New York, US (PANA) - The General Assembly on Monday approved a $5.38 billion budget for UN peacekeeping operations for [...] Full text...
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UN warns of soaring displacement and looming floods in Sudan
02 july 2025 - 07:16:27New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians on Tuesday sounded the alarm over worsening humanitarian conditions in Sudan, as escalating [...] Full text...
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Iran crisis: UN stays and delivers
01 july 2025 - 20:31:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A clearer picture of needs across Iran is beginning to emerge after the conflict this month [...] Full text...
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‘The margins of the budget’: Gender equality in developing countries underfunded by $420 billion annually
01 july 2025 - 20:01:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Developing countries currently face a staggering $420 billion annual gap in the funding needed to achieve [...] Full text...
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Children’s lives ‘turned upside down’ by wars across Middle East, North Africa, warns UNICEF
01 july 2025 - 18:48:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the last two years, more than 12 million children have reportedly been killed, maimed or [...] Full text...
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After the big development pledges in Sevilla, UN says action starts now
30 june 2025 - 17:16:35Sevilla, Spain (PANA) - Now the big promises have been formally adopted in the Spanish city of Sevilla to turbocharge [...] Full text...
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Kenya Airways secures three-year grace period on US$200 million state bailout repayment
30 june 2025 - 13:31:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Kenyan government has granted its national carrier, the Kenya Airways, known by its code KQ, [...] Full text...
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Funding shortages threaten relief for millions of Sudanese refugees: WFP
30 june 2025 - 13:14:33Rome, Italy (PANA) - Critical shortfalls in global humanitarian funding now threaten millions of Sudanese refugees fleeing war to seek [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’
30 june 2025 - 05:43:25Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a bold new national initiative aimed at [...] Full text...
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Europe’s elusive savings and investment union: IMF Finance & Development article By Ravi Balakrishnan. Chief European economist at JP Morgan, Mahmood Pradhan, Head of global macroeconomics at the Amundi Investment Institute.
28 june 2025 - 14:28:08Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - An integrated capital market must be accompanied by regulatory reforms to attract substantial investment.Europe has ample [...] Full text...
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Upcoming elections ‘crucial opportunity’ for Central African Republic, UN top official tells Security Council
27 june 2025 - 05:57:18New York, US (PANA) - As the Central African Republic (CAR) prepares for upcoming elections, the country continues to grapple [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Conflict survivors ‘have been through hell,’ says UN aid chief
27 june 2025 - 05:37:54Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The conflict-impacted people of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) urgently need much more [...] Full text...
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World leaders recommit to immunisation amid global funding shortfall
26 june 2025 - 15:40:49Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Global Summit: Health & Prosperity through Immunization sees a record number of donors pledge towards [...] Full text...
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Energy access has improved, yet international financial support still needed to boost progress, address disparities
26 june 2025 - 08:21:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2025 finds that almost 92% of the world’s population [...] Full text...
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Energy access has improved, but more funding is needed to address disparities: WHO
26 june 2025 - 06:22:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although nearly 92 per cent of the global population now has basic access to electricity, more [...] Full text...
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‘A moral failure’: Security Council hears about grave violations against children caught in war
25 june 2025 - 19:47:08New York, US (PANA) - When Sila, a young woman from Idlib in Syria, was three years-old, she woke up [...] Full text...
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Hospital attack kills dozens in Sudan’s West Kordofan state
25 june 2025 - 11:53:44Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday that it was gravely [...] Full text...
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UN fast-tracks support for displaced people, host communities in Chad
25 june 2025 - 11:48:10N’Djamena, Chad (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says US$8 million has been allocated from [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief flags rising gender-based violence
25 june 2025 - 05:41:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gender-based violence is rising - especially in conflict – something which is a “shameless repudiation of [...] Full text...
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UNICEF chief meets some of Sudan’s 700,000 child refugees crossing into Chad
24 june 2025 - 05:11:53N'Djamema, Chad (PANA) - Since fighting erupted in Sudan in April 2023, more than two million children have been displaced [...] Full text...
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AU calls for urgent steps to arrest economic stagnation caused by climate change
23 june 2025 - 12:26:27Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - African countries must urgently shift their strategic view on the the financing for climate action from [...] Full text...
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WHO warns of health financing emergency
21 june 2025 - 05:31:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is facing a health financing emergency, according to Dr. Kalipso Chalkidou, Director for Health [...] Full text...
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OCHA kick-starts second phase of its Humanitarian Reset programme
20 june 2025 - 12:49:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on humanitarian affairs has paid tribute to the dignity and courage [...] Full text...
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EC calls for targeted efforts to advance gender equality in the AI-driven digital age
20 june 2025 - 07:47:02Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council is calling for targeted efforts to advance gender equality in the digital age, [...] Full text...
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Long after the guns fall silent, conflict-related sexual violence leaves lasting scars
20 june 2025 - 06:06:46New York, US (PANA) - Sexual violence in conflict is a tactic of war, torture and terror. It does not [...] Full text...
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Worsening cholera and hunger in South Sudan - UNOCHA
20 june 2025 - 05:56:03Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) raised the alarm on Thursday over [...] Full text...
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IFAD invested more than $3 billion in new projects in three years
19 june 2025 - 13:07:27Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) invested $3.3 billion in new projects at the end [...] Full text...
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Rights group again flags South Sudan’s man-made humanitarian catastrophe
19 june 2025 - 12:17:09Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan is once again on the brink of full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, propelled by conflict, [...] Full text...
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$200 million from the World Bank for a non-polluting public transport system in southern Benin
18 june 2025 - 14:29:33Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) recently approved $200 million in funding to help Benin [...] Full text...
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Time to rethink health financing: It is not Just a public sector concern
17 june 2025 - 19:52:43London, UK (PANA) - As G7 leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations wrapped up their summit in Kananaskis, Canada, a [...] Full text...
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DRC launches plan to eliminate HIV among children
17 june 2025 - 08:10:11Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As part of the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Félix [...] Full text...
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Brutal cuts mean brutal choices, warns UN relief chief, launching ‘survival appeal’
17 june 2025 - 07:53:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Facing the most severe funding shortfall in the history of humanitarian aid, UN relief chief Tom [...] Full text...
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UNHCR forced to make deep cuts, despite rising needs worldwide
16 june 2025 - 23:24:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by [...] Full text...
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Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns
16 june 2025 - 19:43:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia commits to efforts to revitalize the climate through Africa greenwall initiative
16 june 2025 - 16:19:32Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia will carry out major projects to revitalize the environment as it prepares to host [...] Full text...
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Two World Bank reports offer roadmap for Sierra Leone's sustainable growth amid climate threats
16 june 2025 - 12:57:33Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The World Bank on Monday launched the Sierra Leone Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) and the [...] Full text...
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UN, partners unveil hyper-prioritised aid appeal amid 'cruel maths' of brutal funding cuts
16 june 2025 - 08:58:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the wake of the deepest funding cuts ever to hit the international humanitarian sector, the [...] Full text...
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Insufficient domestic funding hinders education progress, says rights watchdog
16 june 2025 - 08:20:10Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Most African governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality [...] Full text...
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New World Bank financing to empower communities, improve conservation, generate economic opportunities in Tanzania
13 june 2025 - 09:00:03Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) —The World Bank has approved two new projects that will support Tanzania in enhancing the [...] Full text...
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Displacement doubles while funding shrinks, warns UNHCR
12 june 2025 - 07:14:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With 13.5 million people displaced by over 13 years of brutal civil conflict, Syria used to [...] Full text...
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Greed is driving oceans toward collapse - Guterres
11 june 2025 - 05:29:00Nice, France (PANA) - The ocean is under siege – and greed is to blame. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on [...] Full text...
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UN relief chief fast-tracks funding to fight malnutrition in Nigeria
10 june 2025 - 13:03:37Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has released US$6 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) [...] Full text...
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WFP calls for more help to prevent famine in Sudan
10 june 2025 - 12:22:08Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudan’s communities impacted by war, the [...] Full text...
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WHO Director-General announces that mpox remains a public health emergency of international concern
09 june 2025 - 22:18:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On 9 June 2025, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that the mpox upsurge continues [...] Full text...
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Carbon credits: Can a country buy its way to net zero?
07 june 2025 - 08:22:00Brussels, Belgium (PANA} - As nations mark World Environment Day this week, the European Commission’s proposed target of a 90 [...] Full text...
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‘It is an elephant’: Ukraine’s unexploded mine problem
06 june 2025 - 19:17:54New York, US (PANA) - In Ukraine, overnight attacks continued into Thursday morning, resulting in 45 casualties and significant damage [...] Full text...
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Humans can't survive without a healthy Ocean: UN envoy
06 june 2025 - 18:17:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Ocean is in deep crisis. Factors such as acidification, declining fish stocks, rising temperatures and [...] Full text...
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How to spur economic growth in Africa’s fragile and conflict-affected states: IMF Blog By Wenjie Chen, Michele Fornino, Hamza Mighri, Can Sever
06 june 2025 - 08:02:57Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - More than half of sub-Saharan Africa’s population lives in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS)—economies [...] Full text...
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Women's health suffers in Sudan amidst raging conflict, funding cuts
06 june 2025 - 07:57:15Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As hostilities rage in Sudan, access constraints and devastating funding cuts are isolating rape survivors [...] Full text...
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AIDS still killing one person every minute as funding cuts stall progress
06 june 2025 - 07:05:52New York, US (PANA) - AIDS-related deaths have dropped to their lowest level since 2004, but progress remains precarious, with [...] Full text...
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Funding shortfalls, cholera spread, conflict compound relief work in South Sudan and Sudan
06 june 2025 - 06:46:03Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is concerned about the impact of [...] Full text...
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The world’s oceans are dying. Can a UN summit in Nice turn the tide? (Feature by UN News)
05 june 2025 - 07:58:58Nice, France (PANA) - As coral reefs bleach, fish stocks collapse, and sea temperatures break records, world leaders are heading [...] Full text...
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Regional humanitarian crisis deepens as displacement surges in South Sudan
04 june 2025 - 07:30:10Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Since a sharp escalation in fighting in South Sudan in late February, 165,000 people have [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Rise in people fleeing to Chad as violence surges
03 june 2025 - 17:11:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of Sudanese refugees in Chad has more than tripled in just over two years [...] Full text...
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Bill Gates to direct majority of $200 million pledge toward Africa's future
03 june 2025 - 10:40:38Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chair of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, on Monday announced that the majority of [...] Full text...
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WHO Director-General, Member States reaffirm commitment to WHO and global health at historic World Health Assembly
31 may 2025 - 15:18:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the commitment shown by the Organization’s Member States which, [...] Full text...
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UN’s lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard
31 may 2025 - 09:46:12New York, US (PANA) - The UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid [...] Full text...
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WHO, Africa CDC and RKI expand implementation of a unique partnership to strengthen collaborative surveillance in Africa
29 may 2025 - 22:12:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO), Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Robert Koch [...] Full text...
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Pandemics to pollution: WHO Assembly delivers landmark health decisions
29 may 2025 - 06:07:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The 78th World Health Assembly concluded on Tuesday in Geneva, marking several major milestones in global [...] Full text...
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Senegal to hold National Political Dialogue
28 may 2025 - 12:56:10Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A national political dialogue is due to open on Wednesday in Senegal under the auspices of [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict triggers regional health crisis, warns WHO
28 may 2025 - 07:05:13Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As the war between rival militaries in Sudan continues, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has [...] Full text...
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Sanctions relief for Syria offers ‘powerful message of hope,’ says UN migration agency
27 may 2025 - 21:19:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed recent decisions by the United States, the [...] Full text...
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Looking ahead: A perspective on the national electricity utility of Liberia: World Bank Blog By Omar V. Al Sherif, Energy Specialist
27 may 2025 - 12:18:48Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Access to affordable, reliable and sustainable electricity is vital for driving growth in Liberia’s key sectors—agriculture, [...] Full text...
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Botswana leads the way in eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV
27 may 2025 - 07:36:59Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - In a historic global health milestone, Botswana has been validated as the first high HIV-burden country [...] Full text...
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Thousands flee homes in Mozambique as conflict and disasters fuel worsening crisis
25 may 2025 - 09:04:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Mozambique in recent [...] Full text...
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Public health champions honoured for work ‘beyond the call of normal duty’
24 may 2025 - 07:44:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some patients are easy to diagnose. They walk into a clinic and explain their symptoms. They [...] Full text...
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Escalating violence drives food crisis across eastern DR Congo, warns WFP
24 may 2025 - 07:23:24Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) warned [...] Full text...
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Sudan denounces US sanctions based on 'political blackmailing and falsification'
23 may 2025 - 14:48:21Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Minister for Culture and Information, Khalid Al-Aiser, has rebuffed sanctions announced by the US [...] Full text...
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Civilians ‘trapped and terrorised’: UN sounds alarm over collapse of critical protections
23 may 2025 - 05:17:24New York, US (PANA) - With more than 36,000 civilian deaths recorded in conflict zones in 2024 and sexual violence [...] Full text...
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Refugees in Kenya facing ‘lowest ever’ emergency food rations amid funding crisis
23 may 2025 - 05:10:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday that it has been forced to cut [...] Full text...
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Fostering core government bond market resilience: IMF Blog By Tobias Adrian, Kleopatra Nikolaou, Jason Wu
22 may 2025 - 08:20:34Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The smooth functioning of government bond markets is important for the safety and soundness [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa to meet Trump at the White House on Wednesday
21 may 2025 - 08:50:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and a senior government delegation is preparing for a [...] Full text...
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'Keep the lights on’ for women and girls caught up in crisis
21 may 2025 - 05:15:28New York, US (PANA) - Women and girls living through humanitarian crises are at risk of being overlooked – just [...] Full text...
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In historic move, WHO Member States approve 20% funding increase and 2026-27 budget
20 may 2025 - 19:55:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -- In a show of support for a sustainably financed World Health Organization, WHO Member States Tuesday [...] Full text...
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World Health Assembly opens amid high-stakes pandemic treaty vote, global funding crisis
20 may 2025 - 04:48:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The 78th World Health Assembly opened on Monday with a broad appeal to global solidarity, as delegates [...] Full text...
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UN faces deepening financial crisis, urges members to pay up
19 may 2025 - 21:54:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations is facing a worsening cash crisis that threatens its ability to carry out [...] Full text...
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Guterres reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire
18 may 2025 - 05:07:37Baghdad, Iraq (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General renewed his call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and upheld the [...] Full text...
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Another year, another rise in food insecurity – including famine
16 may 2025 - 19:40:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In July 2024, famine was detected in the Sudan’s Zamzam IDP camp. In the following months, [...] Full text...
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UN peacekeeping receives broad backing as global threats mount
15 may 2025 - 07:17:18Berlin, Germany (PANA) - More than 130 countries and international partners threw their weight behind UN peacekeeping at a high-level [...] Full text...
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Call for pooling of counter-terrorism monitoring systems
14 may 2025 - 16:07:28Cotonou, Benin (PANA) -At the opening of the 2025 African Regional Review of the World Summit on the Information Society [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian situation in Sudan deteriorating after more than two years of war: UN
14 may 2025 - 11:56:01Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - With several locations in Sudan still gripped by fierce fighting between the army and paramilitaries, [...] Full text...
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Half of women’s organisations in crisis zones risk closure within six months
14 may 2025 - 05:35:25New York, US (PANA) - Women’s organisations operating in crisis settings are being pushed to the brink by widespread funding [...] Full text...
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As funding cuts bite, UN chief announces new dawn for peacekeeping
14 may 2025 - 05:28:32Berlin, Germany (PANA) - The future of peacekeeping took centre stage on Tuesday in Berlin as UN chief António Guterres [...] Full text...
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Plant pests continue to threaten global food supplies
13 may 2025 - 07:13:21Rome, Italy (PANA) - Protecting crops from pests is key to ensuring everyone has enough to eat, said the head [...] Full text...
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Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries
12 may 2025 - 12:05:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Devastating floods in South Sudan in recent months left thousands of herders without their most precious [...] Full text...
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Field of Dreams: Football Breathes Life into Yemen’s Camps
11 may 2025 - 15:11:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every summer in Ma’rib, Yemen, a place marked by loss and uncertainty, a football tournament offers [...] Full text...
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Steering through the Fog: The Art and Science of Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets: Statement By Gita Gopinath, IMF First Deputy Managing Director
10 may 2025 - 10:35:12Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Since early April, the US effective tariff rate has increased to levels last seen [...] Full text...
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UNFPA calls on US to reconsider ban on future funding
10 may 2025 - 08:20:52New York, US (PANA) - The United States’ decision to halt future funding to the UN sexual and reproductive health [...] Full text...
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UN fund allocates over $4 million to support DRC refugees, Angola cholera outbreak
10 may 2025 - 07:56:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two new allocations from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will support DRC refugees in [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Dire impact of funding cuts amidst cholera outbreak
10 may 2025 - 07:50:31New York, US (PANA) - Funding shortfalls have forced the humanitarian community to re-prioritise its response plan to alleviate the [...] Full text...
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UN flags ‘massive’ needs in Sudan
10 may 2025 - 07:41:43Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - UN humanitarian teams have completed a mission to the Sudanese town of Tawila to provide [...] Full text...
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More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger
10 may 2025 - 07:34:59Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions of people in West and Central [...] Full text...
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More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger
10 may 2025 - 07:16:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions of people in West and Central Africa [...] Full text...
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Bill Gates-supported fund aims at maternal, newborn health in Africa
09 may 2025 - 12:26:03Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A new Bill Gates-backed fund targets maternal and newborn health in Africa, the Gates [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council extends South Sudan mission amid rising instability
09 may 2025 - 07:27:07New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) [...] Full text...
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South Africa participates in Copenhagen Climate Ministerial
07 may 2025 - 11:20:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Dr Dion George, South Africa’s Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, will represent [...] Full text...
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Exhausted Sudanese flee into Chad as fighting escalates: UNHCR
06 may 2025 - 12:49:19N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Thousands of exhausted Sudanese refugees continue to flee fighting in search of safety in neighbouring Chad, aid [...] Full text...
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Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees
03 may 2025 - 19:07:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees [...] Full text...
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World Press Freedom Day: Political repression, funding cuts drive media sector into deep crisis
03 may 2025 - 04:54:52Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Massive funding cuts, compounded by growing political repression and increasing violence towards journalists, are [...] Full text...
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Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees: UNHCR
02 may 2025 - 17:51:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees [...] Full text...
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WHO chief laments most disruptive cuts to global health funding ‘in living memory’
02 may 2025 - 08:12:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As sudden budget cuts severely impact global health funding, prolonged conflicts around the world are fuelling [...] Full text...
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UN alert over deepening crisis in Sudan as famine spreads and violence escalates
01 may 2025 - 06:19:43New York, US (PANA) The United Nations has warned that Sudan is sliding deeper into catastrophe, with growing famine and [...] Full text...
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Millions will die from funding cuts, says UN aid chief
30 april 2025 - 16:45:01New York, US (PANA) - Lifesaving operations everywhere continue to be shut down by sweeping funding cutbacks which will result [...] Full text...
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Rights group 'alarmed' at proposition to dissolve political parties in Mali
30 april 2025 - 12:51:14Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Amnesty International says it is alarmed by the proposition of the military junta in Mali to [...] Full text...
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Liberian president urged to renew mandate to establish war crimes court
29 april 2025 - 09:42:36Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Liberian President Joseph Boakai has been urged to follow through on his commitment to justice and [...] Full text...
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UN trust fund supports over 4,300 victims of sexual exploitation and abuse
29 april 2025 - 07:27:26New York, US (PANA) - The UN Spokesperson also reported on Monday that more than 4,300 victims and community members [...] Full text...
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Sudan situation ‘absolutely devastating’ as UN ramps up food aid
26 april 2025 - 07:12:22Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The situation in western Sudan is “shocking” and people in the capital, Khartoum, face “absolutely [...] Full text...
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Security Council debates precarious path forward for a new Syria
25 april 2025 - 17:28:56New York, US (PANA) - Syria is undergoing a rocky transition after years of conflict and authoritarian rule. Despite tentative political [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi
25 april 2025 - 15:23:57Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The number of desperate refugees fleeing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and [...] Full text...
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IMF chief calls for balanced growth in global policy agenda
25 april 2025 - 07:31:27Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Countries must work constructively to resolve trade tensions, safeguard economic and financial stability, and double [...] Full text...
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Indigenous Peoples sidelined in global climate fight, UN warns (By Laura Quinones, UN News)
25 april 2025 - 05:28:18New York, US (PANA) - As the planet heats up and the push to decarbonise gathers pace, Indigenous Peoples – [...] Full text...
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More action needed to beat malaria for good, says WHO
25 april 2025 - 05:19:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although strong global collaboration has helped to save nearly 13 million lives from malaria over the [...] Full text...
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Hundreds killed in Sudan’s camps for displaced people
24 april 2025 - 20:26:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hundreds of civilians, including at least 12 humanitarian workers, have been killed in recent artillery shelling [...] Full text...
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Largely eradicated diseases at risk of returning due to budget cuts: WHO
24 april 2025 - 07:11:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Vaccines have saved around 150 million lives over the past 50 years, but that progress is [...] Full text...
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'Malaria is an African problem and Africa must find the solution'
23 april 2025 - 14:53:13Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Africa still bears the brunt of the global malaria burden—with 94% of cases occurring on the [...] Full text...
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Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds
23 april 2025 - 05:11:55New York, US (PANA) - Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of [...] Full text...
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Hunger stalks Ethiopia as UN aid agency halts support amid funding cuts
22 april 2025 - 14:47:57Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Funding and supply shortfalls for the UN World Food Programme's relief work in Ethiopia will [...] Full text...
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Syria is ‘brimming with hope and opportunity’: Senior UN aid official
21 april 2025 - 21:48:09New York, US (PANA) - Now is the time to invest in Syria, and support people returning to the country [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Hundreds of thousands flee renewed violence in North Darfur
21 april 2025 - 08:37:39Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A mass wave of displacement in Sudan’s North Darfur state is pushing hundreds of thousands [...] Full text...
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Constant movement of civilians fleeing attacks in Sudan complicating humanitarian assistance delivery: UN
20 april 2025 - 15:03:54Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The United Nations on Saturday again complained that repeated attacks on displaced civilian populations in Darfur [...] Full text...
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Africa CDC and WHO update mpox strategy as outbreaks persist
17 april 2025 - 18:30:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Africa CDC and WHO have updated their joint Continental Response Plan for the mpox emergency as [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in Sudan's El Fasher city
17 april 2025 - 05:58:40New York, US (PANA) - Escalating violence and deteriorating humanitarian conditions in and around El Fasher in Sudan continue to [...] Full text...
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Flooding displaces thousands amid ongoing unrest in eastern DR Congo
15 april 2025 - 20:09:32Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Recent severe flooding caused by torrential rains has displaced nearly 10,000 people in Tanganyika province [...] Full text...
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UN members gather to discuss the international pact on protection of the high seas
15 april 2025 - 14:20:02New York. USA (PANA) - This week, delegates from around the world gather in New York to discuss what has [...] Full text...
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Sudan: 15 million children require humanitarian assistance after two years of war
15 april 2025 - 06:04:23New York, US (PANA) - The number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan has doubled as the [...] Full text...
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Millions displaced, health system in ruins as Sudan war fuels famine
15 april 2025 - 05:47:10Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - More than 12.4 million people have been forced from their homes across Sudan – including [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: ‘Darkest chapters’ ahead as Darfur massacre claims over 100 lives
14 april 2025 - 20:06:25Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan’s devastating war enters its third year, UN rights investigators are warning that its “darkest [...] Full text...
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South Africa's President Ramaphosa names Mcebisi Jonas as Special Envoy to the US to improve relations
14 april 2025 - 14:03:40Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced the appointment of a special envoy to [...] Full text...
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Foreign aid cuts jeopardise malaria control efforts: WHO
14 april 2025 - 08:17:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since 2000, investments in the global malaria response have prevented more than 2 billion cases and [...] Full text...
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