Libya to regulate activities of foreign organisations to strengthen partnerships with civil society

16 december 2025 - 15:38:11
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Libyan government based in the east, [...] Full text...

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Five climate trailblazers: UNEP’S 2025 Champions of the Earth

11 december 2025 - 19:36:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global temperatures rises are projected to surpass 1.5°C (2.7°F) within the next decade, underscoring the urgency [...] Full text...

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Restoring dignity to Gaza: the cleanup begins

17 november 2025 - 07:05:32
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - A large-scale campaign under the slogan “We Will Rebuild Gaza” was launched on Saturday in [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN pushes to fire scale up aid delivery

16 october 2025 - 20:54:37
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As a fragile ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip, UN aid teams are intensifying efforts [...] Full text...

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Peace bell rings at UN amid cacophony of conflict

13 september 2025 - 06:13:32
New York, US (PANA) - With more conflicts on Earth than ever before since the end of World War II, [...] Full text...

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IOM resumes operations in Khartoum, over 2 million return amidst Sudan war

09 september 2025 - 15:13:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The International Organization for Migration (IOM), which has just relocated its office to Khartoum, central Sudan, has [...] Full text...

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Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions against Palestinian rights groups

06 september 2025 - 07:15:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sanctions imposed by the United States on three prominent and well-respected Palestinian human rights groups are [...] Full text...

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Rights group says Malawi elections should end human rights violations

05 september 2025 - 09:45:49
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi’s 16 September presidential and parliamentary candidates must ensure the promotion and protection of human rights [...] Full text...

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Gazans face a future of pain and prosthetics

22 august 2025 - 06:14:50
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Israeli airstrikes and shootings near aid hubs run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Looming offensive and restrictions on humanitarians

20 august 2025 - 07:54:01
New York, US (PANA) - Hostilities between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza are intensifying as a devastating [...] Full text...

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Hundreds of health, nutrition centres closed in Somalia due to suspension of US aid

19 august 2025 - 07:46:37
Geneva, 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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Trapped in Gaza: Palestinians with disabilities cannot reach aid

15 august 2025 - 19:38:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When Israeli forces in Gaza issue a new displacement order ahead of an incursion into a [...] Full text...

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Plastic pollution talks adjourn, but countries want to stay engaged: UNEP chief

15 august 2025 - 14:55:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The international push for consensus on a legally binding deal to end plastic pollution proved beyond [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Hospitals ‘at near-total collapse’, staff overwhelmed by the injured

07 august 2025 - 19:06:42
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) -  Exhausted UN aid workers in Gaza on Thursday continued to report a lack of food [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Alarm over Israeli move to deregister NGOs

06 august 2025 - 12:46:11
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Aid agencies warned on Tuesday that most partner organisations providing vital relief across Gaza will [...] Full text...

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Mine action partners unite to address treats of unexploded ordnance in Libya

04 july 2025 - 08:56:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has hosted a meeting for the Mine Action [...] Full text...

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OCHA kick-starts second phase of its Humanitarian Reset programme

20 june 2025 - 12:49:54
Geneva, 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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As AI evolves, pressure mounts to regulate ‘killer robots’ (By Conor Lennon, UN News)

01 june 2025 - 15:30:59
New York, US (PANA) - A world in which algorithms determine the fate of soldiers and civilians alike is no [...] Full text...

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

14 may 2025 - 11:56:01
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - With several locations in Sudan still gripped by fierce fighting between the army and paramilitaries, [...] Full text...

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Constant movement of civilians fleeing attacks in Sudan complicating humanitarian assistance delivery: UN

20 april 2025 - 15:03:54
Port 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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External flow of weapons into Sudan must end: Guterres

16 april 2025 - 07:09:55
New York, US (PANA) - Two years to the day since Sudan’s brutal war erupted between rival generals who rejected [...] Full text...

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Libya accuses international NGOs of working to resettle illegal migrants in the country

03 april 2025 - 15:58:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's internal security body has announced that it has detected “hostile foreign activity” aimed at resettling [...] Full text...

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From despair to resilience in Kwamouth, Democratic Republic of Congo: Story By Wassy Kambale for OCHA

28 march 2025 - 11:32:55
Kwamouth, Mai-Ndombe, DR Congo (PANA) - Tantine Moba's eyes, once radiant with life, now gaze vacantly into the distance, as [...] Full text...

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Conflict, hunger, poverty impede children's early development: Rights chief

14 march 2025 - 08:27:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments everywhere are “letting children down instead of lifting them up” as conflict, hunger, poverty and [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Children facing ‘unimaginable suffering’, warns UNICEF chief

14 march 2025 - 08:17:13
New York, US (PANA) - Sudan is now the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis, the head of the [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian system at breaking point as funding cuts force life-or-death choices

13 march 2025 - 07:47:01
New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top relief official warned on Wednesday that the global humanitarian system has reached [...] Full text...

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Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official

07 march 2025 - 10:34:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN [...] Full text...

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Syrians’ hopes for a better future depend on justice for the Syrians’ hopes for a better future depend on justice for the disappeared, Human Rights Council hears

05 march 2025 - 19:19:49
New York, US (PANA) - The people of Syria’s painful search for a peaceful future took centre stage at the [...] Full text...

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UNICEF sounds alarm over child crisis in eastern DR Congo

13 february 2025 - 18:37:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday issued a stark warning over escalating violence in eastern [...] Full text...

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Airing climate justice in Costa Rica on World Radio Day

13 february 2025 - 17:04:36
Paris, France (PANA) - Quality radio remains ever universal, popular and more reliable in an era of artificial intelligence (AI) [...] Full text...

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DRC: UN condemns the murder of three humanitarian workers in North Kivu

09 february 2025 - 08:08:30
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Saturday condemned "in the strongest [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Thousands flee clashes in South Kivu

07 february 2025 - 22:10:48
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Continued clashes in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are triggering [...] Full text...

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Ceasefire puts life into Gaza humanitarian situation

23 january 2025 - 14:25:45
Gaza, Palestine (PANA) - A surge of supplies has entered Gaza since the beginning of the ceasefire, enabling an increase [...] Full text...

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UN stands with Ukrainians for the long-term, insists UN aid chief

16 january 2025 - 16:41:14
Kyiv, Ukraine (PANA) - The embattled people of Ukraine and those forced abroad need $3.32 billion in lifesaving and sustained [...] Full text...

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Gaza crisis: Lack of fuel threatens critical humanitarian services

15 january 2025 - 08:26:25
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Critical water, sanitation and hygiene facilities and activities are at risk of grinding to a [...] Full text...

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‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse

04 january 2025 - 08:06:14
New York, US (PANA) - With seven per cent of the population killed or injured since October 2023, the health [...] Full text...

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Time to dismantle legacies of slavery and colonialism impacting African diaspora

09 november 2024 - 05:49:08
New York, US (PANA) - Despite progress over the past 10 years to promote and protect the human rights of [...] Full text...

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Cholera, dengue fever hit war-torn Sudan

04 november 2024 - 12:47:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - War in Sudan has devastated towns and cities across the country and pushed the healthcare system [...] Full text...

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US Special Envoy for Sudan Perriello travels to Kenya and Ethiopia

30 september 2024 - 05:48:01
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello is travelling to Nairobi and Addis Ababa from [...] Full text...

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Sanitary disaster in Gaza ‘worsening by the day’, warns UNRWA

16 september 2024 - 16:57:27
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Overcrowded shelters in Gaza, a lack of running water and the constant threat of disease are [...] 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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Nurturing hope and leadership among Gaza’s young people (A feature by UN News)

07 august 2024 - 12:48:21
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - “My message to the world is how important it is to strengthen the role of [...] Full text...

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At least 157 people killed in landslides in southern Ethiopia

24 july 2024 - 10:52:14
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 157 people have reportedly died and more than 14,000 affected by landslides on [...] Full text...

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Over 1,000 attacks on healthcare in Occupied Palestinian Territory since October

17 july 2024 - 18:33:30
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has registered more than 1,000 attacks on healthcare facilities in the [...] Full text...

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Outcry in Libya after arrest of journalist in Tripoli

14 july 2024 - 15:25:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- Libyan journalist Ahmed al-Senoussi has been detained for the fourth consecutive day since his arrest last Thursday [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UN chief ‘shocked and saddened’ by deadly strikes on Al Mawasi

14 july 2024 - 05:51:46
New York, US (PANA) - The UN health agency and partners are helping treat many of those injured during Saturday’s [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian NGO honoured for promoting women empowerment through business digitization digital

27 june 2024 - 15:00:22
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The King Baudouin Foundation has awarded the 2023-2024 Africa Prize to Her Initiative, a Tanzanian organisation, [...] Full text...

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ICC Prosecutor appeals for evidence of Darfur atrocities

12 june 2024 - 06:48:06
El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) launched a campaign on Tuesday to address [...] Full text...

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Sudan crisis: UN health agency alerts over attack on key hospital

10 june 2024 - 12:38:22
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Further deadly violence in Sudan's besieged Al Fasher city has forced a major hospital to shut [...] Full text...

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War in Gaza: Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school

07 june 2024 - 07:30:13
New York, United States (PANA) - Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight [...] Full text...

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War in Gaza: Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school

07 june 2024 - 06:22:04
New York, United States (PANA) - Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s revenue head honored by WHO

29 may 2024 - 11:23:28
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Mr. Yankuba Darboe, Commissioner General, Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), has been honoured with the prestigious World [...] Full text...

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Malawi moves to fight antibiotics resistance

24 may 2024 - 15:40:01
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – The Malawi Ministry of Health, bioMérieux, and Pfizer will collaborate to advance Malawi’s efforts to fight [...] Full text...

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US, Zambia sign partnership to prevent trafficking in persons

19 may 2024 - 05:20:10
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The US and Zambia have signed a new multi-year initiative to combat trafficking in persons in Zambia. The US–Zambia [...] Full text...

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Former Gambia’s Interior minister jailed 20 years by Swiss court for crimes against humanity

15 may 2024 - 13:07:05
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Ousman Sonko, former interior minister of Gambia, was convicted by Switzerland's top criminal court on Wednesday for crimes [...] Full text...

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Obstructions, harassment force health charity to suspend essential support in Sudan's Wad Madani

09 may 2024 - 11:57:32
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Health charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says it has been forced to suspend work and [...] Full text...

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Palestinian journalists win top press freedom prize

03 may 2024 - 05:38:10
Paris, France (PANA) - The Palestinian journalists who have been covering the devastating war in Gaza were named winners of [...] Full text...

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UN official urges South Sudan to lift taxes halting aid

29 april 2024 - 16:41:49
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN’s top humanitarian official in South Sudan has urged the government to lift newly [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering

16 april 2024 - 16:00:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since war erupted six months ago and one [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Rights groups flag poor response from international community to end war

12 april 2024 - 11:08:26
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - One year since the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: ‘No protection’ for civilians, aid workers, Security Council hears

05 april 2024 - 17:38:54
New York, US (PANA) - Aid officials called on the Security Council on Friday to step in to stop the [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions

04 april 2024 - 20:10:02
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN officials launched assessment visits to Gaza and its agencies will resume night-time aid deliveries on [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark

04 april 2024 - 05:30:57
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians in Gaza have suspended operations at night for at least 48 hours in response to [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Israeli strike on NGO aid team widely condemned as humanitarians repeat calls for access

02 april 2024 - 15:21:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen in Israeli military airstrikes [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UN aid teams still waiting for Israeli green light to relieve stricken northern hospital

02 april 2024 - 12:44:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The destruction of Gaza’s largest hospital following a two-week siege by the Israeli military has “ripped the [...] Full text...

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With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste

27 march 2024 - 14:30:05
New York, US (PANA) - While one-third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to [...] Full text...

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Gaza War: 23 million tonnes of debris ‘will take years to clear’; acute malnutrition doubles in a month

16 march 2024 - 08:39:20
New York, US (PANA) - The war in Gaza has left a staggering almost 23 million tonnes of rubble and [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: For the first time in weeks, UN aid teams reach Gaza City

13 march 2024 - 05:51:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Enough aid for 25,000 people has reached Gaza City for the first time in weeks, the [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza war: Gazans on verge of famine need ‘exponential’ aid boost, says UN

12 march 2024 - 13:14:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN aid officials welcomed the news on Tuesday that an aid ship had left Cyprus for [...] Full text...

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Ceasefire in Gaza, urges UN chief, on first day of Ramadan

11 march 2024 - 15:34:24
New York, US (PANA) - A Ramadan ceasefire for Gaza must be implemented immediately, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia appeals for US$3.2 billion for humanitarian response

01 march 2024 - 23:46:09
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Aid agencies in Ethiopia have put up a joint appeal for US$3.2 billion required in [...] Full text...

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Gambia launches ‘think equal’ early years education programme and awards Gambia teacher prize

16 february 2024 - 19:03:22
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia celebrates the launch of Think Equal Gambia and awards The Gambia Teacher Prize in [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gazans ‘anxious and living in fear’ of Israeli assault on Rafah, warns top UN aid official

13 february 2024 - 18:37:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As international efforts continue to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, the head of UNRWA, the UN [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘We cannot abandon the people of Gaza’: chiefs of UN agencies and NGOs unite in appeal for UNRWA

31 january 2024 - 12:19:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deadly clashes and shelling continued in Khan Younis in southern Gaza overnight into Wednesday as top [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: 'High-risk mission' delivers fuel to Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza

24 january 2024 - 06:00:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners have delivered 19,000 litres of fuel to Al-Shifa hospital [...] Full text...

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Benin NGO launches 'Red List' project to combat misinformation, fake news

18 january 2024 - 13:03:55
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A Benin NGO, Benin Check, has launched a project called "Liste Rouge" (Red List) to combat [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN continues to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid in Gaza

14 january 2024 - 07:24:40
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Despite the immense dangers and obstacles, the UN continues to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid in [...] Full text...

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3rd exhibition of innovative farming technologies in Mali opens

09 january 2024 - 16:11:11
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 3rd farmers' technology innovation exhibition opened on Monday in the southeast Mali town of Dioila [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: WHO and partners deliver aid to two Gaza hospitals in high-risk missions

28 december 2023 - 09:00:58
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners delivered fuel and other essential supplies to two hospitals [...] Full text...

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Greece sees mass arrivals of illegal immigrants

08 december 2023 - 14:49:46
Athenes, Greece (PANA) - Ten ships docked on Tuesday on the Greek islands of Lesbos, Kos, Samos and Rhodes, carrying [...] Full text...

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Here’s how we can turn this learning crisis around: World Bank (Blog By Mamta Murthi, Vice President for Human Development and Rukmini Banerji CEO of Pratham Education Foundation, India)

05 december 2023 - 15:28:27
Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - It is a shocking fact that around 70 per cent of 10-year-olds in low- and middle-income [...] Full text...

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No train, (because of) no gain? Under-training by employers in spot labour markets: World Bank Blog

04 december 2023 - 07:42:06
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Labour markets in low- and middle-income countries are often organised via short-term informal spot contracts: in [...] Full text...

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Needs rise as flooding spreads in Somalia

01 december 2023 - 07:08:14
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Deadly torrential rains and floods have affected more than two million people in several areas of [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN agencies make plea for international action to end hospital attacks

12 november 2023 - 19:05:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN agencies issued an urgent call for international action on Sunday to end the ongoing attacks on [...] Full text...

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WDR 2018: What has the World Bank’s flagship report on learning achieved? World Bank Blog By Deon Filmer and Halsey Rogers

20 october 2023 - 07:29:00
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Six years ago, the World Bank released its groundbreaking World Development Report (WDR) dedicated entirely [...] Full text...

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Middle East on ‘verge of the abyss’ UN warns, as Israel-Hamas conflict deepens Gaza crisis

16 october 2023 - 06:58:44
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Sunday appealed to Hamas to immediately release all hostages and to Israel [...] Full text...

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Institute to publish research findings on Gambia

10 september 2023 - 13:15:22
Banjul, The Gambia (PANA) - The Dakar-based research body, Timbuktu Institute, will soon publish a report on the findings of [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Local aid workers face hundreds of job losses

04 august 2023 - 12:53:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sudan’s conflict has had a devastating impact on local aid workers, even as they take the [...] Full text...

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IMF deputy chief tips Tanzanian authorities on social spending, priority investment

02 august 2023 - 06:58:36
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian authorities should enhance domestic revenue mobilisation through tax reforms, which will help create [...] Full text...

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US diplomat describes Sudanese human suffering as “terrible”, calls on SAF and RSF to resume peace talks

29 july 2023 - 09:38:21
Khartoum, Sudan (PAN,A) - The US government has described as “terrible” the toll of human suffering from the ongoing fighting [...] Full text...

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Libyan NGO calls on EU to review hostile policies towards migrants, refugees

21 june 2023 - 14:00:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The Libyan National Committee for Human Rights, an NGO, has urged European Union (EU) countries to [...] Full text...

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AfDB moves to save thousands of African children at risk of dying before their fifth birthday

21 june 2023 - 08:47:46
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - At least 216 million African children suffer from stunting and malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa, where [...] Full text...

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WFP temporality halts food aid to Ethiopia

09 june 2023 - 13:07:51
Rome,  Italy (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday that it is temporarily halting food [...] Full text...

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UNICEF, NGO fund construction of latrines in western Mali to end open defecation

19 may 2023 - 16:12:06
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Several villages in the rural communities of Bafoulabé, Sidibéla and Mahina in the Kayes region of [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: NGO says nearly 200 people killed in Darfur fighting

03 may 2023 - 12:17:53
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An international charity organisation operating in West Darfur state in Sudan has strongly condemned the violence in [...] Full text...

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Bodies of 210 sub-Saharan migrants found off Tunisia coast

29 april 2023 - 15:59:41
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Within the last ten days, the Tunisian coastguard has recovered some 210 bodies of illegal migrants [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Death toll from attack on the village of Karma rises to 136

28 april 2023 - 20:01:12
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The death toll from the 20 April attack on the village of Karma in the [...] Full text...

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Blind South African judge publishes his memoirs

25 april 2023 - 10:30:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former Constitutional Court Judge in South Africa, Zak Jacoob, has launched his book Crossing [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN evacuates hundreds of staff but pledges to stay

24 april 2023 - 17:25:07
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As fighting between the regular army and paramilitaries continued in Khartoum, hundreds of UN staff [...] Full text...

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Swiss prosecutors charge former Gambian minister with crimes against humanity

18 april 2023 - 16:30:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Swiss prosecutors have charged a former interior minister of The Gambia with crimes against humanity for [...] Full text...

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WFP suspends operations in Sudan after 3 staff killed in fighting

17 april 2023 - 15:33:20
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has temporarily suspended all its operations following fighting between rival [...] Full text...

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441 migrants died crossing the Mediterranean in first quarter of 2023 - IOM

13 april 2023 - 22:09:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 441 migrants died trying to reach Europe in the first quarter of 2023, [...] Full text...

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Mali offers training, awareness for girls in basic education on zero pregnancy

04 april 2023 - 14:32:25
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A training and awareness session "For Zero Pregnancy in the School Environment" organized by the local [...] Full text...

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29 bodies of sub-Saharan migrants found off Tunisian coast

26 march 2023 - 16:11:56
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - At least 29 sub-Saharan migrants died this weekend off the Tunisian coast after their boats sank [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM orders continuation of work of civil society organisations

22 march 2023 - 12:36:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has ordered the continuation of the activities of civil society [...] Full text...

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Africa burdened with largest global increase of oral diseases

22 march 2023 - 05:17:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Around 44% of the population in the African region suffer from oral diseases. And while the region [...] Full text...

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Sixty civilians killed in attack in eastern Burkina Faso, says NGO

08 march 2023 - 19:50:59
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Some sixty people were killed on 26 February in an attack on the capital of [...] Full text...

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Assistance rushed to 100,000 newly arrived Somali refugees in hard-to-reach area of Ethiopia

08 march 2023 - 06:25:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are scaling up in Ethiopia’s Somali region to support [...] Full text...

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Libyan civil society activist released after a week in detention in Benghazi

07 march 2023 - 10:47:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan civil society activist, Ahmed al-Tawati, has been released a week after his arrest by a [...] Full text...

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UN agency warns against increase of stable food prices in Sudan

13 february 2023 - 13:51:49
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned against an increase in the prices of [...] Full text...

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Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalising activists saving migrant lives at sea

10 february 2023 - 05:35:30
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Activists working with sea-rescue charities in Italy should not be criminalised, a UN independent human rights [...] Full text...

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Two missing Médecins Sans Frontières employees have been found

09 february 2023 - 17:49:40
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two workers of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) who went missing on Wednesday in an attack [...] Full text...

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Two Médecins Sans Frontières employees killed in Burkina Faso

09 february 2023 - 13:54:01
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two employees of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) were killed on Wednesday in an attack by [...] Full text...

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Around 4.2 million girls at risk for Female Genital Mutilation, says UN chief

07 february 2023 - 05:04:34
New York, US (PANA) - Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is an “abhorrent violation of fundamental human rights” said the UN [...] Full text...

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UN condemns killing, injury of its workers in Sudan

30 january 2023 - 07:25:45
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has condemned the recent killing of one of its workers and injury of [...] Full text...

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36 migrants intercepted and returned to Libya, says IOM

20 january 2023 - 16:35:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirty-six migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya between 8 -14 January, the International Organization for [...] Full text...

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US releases MoU with DRC and Zambia to strengthen electric vehicle battery value chain

18 january 2023 - 19:21:27
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Department of State on Wednesday released the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on [...] Full text...

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Reporters Without Borders calls for charges to be dropped against Cameroonian journalist

23 december 2022 - 16:10:42
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the charges against Amadou Vamoulké, a journalist and [...] Full text...

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EU delegation concludes visit to Sudan

19 december 2022 - 14:47:54
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A delegation of humanitarian and development experts from the European Union (EU) reiterated their support for [...] Full text...

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German hostage held for over 4 years in Sahel freed, thanks to Moroccan intelligence

10 december 2022 - 15:56:59
Dakar Senegal (PANA) - German development worker Jörg Lange, who has been kidnapped for more than four years in the [...] Full text...

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'Raw violence’ displaces thousands during ‘ruthless conflict’ in South Sudan, UNHCR says

08 december 2022 - 05:23:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Throughout South Sudan’s Greater Upper Nile Region “desperation is rising” as escalating armed conflict, which has [...] Full text...

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UN refugee chief urges EU to put safety first in its Mediterranean action

25 november 2022 - 05:58:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As European Union (EU) interior ministers hold an extraordinary session of the Justice and Home Affairs [...] Full text...

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COP27: 'Stand and deliver’, urges UN chief, as divides threaten conference negotiations ahead of deadline

18 november 2022 - 05:10:39
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) -  COP27 is scheduled to wrap up on Friday but countries remain divided on several significant issues including  ‘loss [...] Full text...

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Four bodies of illegal migrants found off the Tunisian coast

15 november 2022 - 18:53:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian coast guard on Tuesday found a body of an illegal migrant, bringing to four [...] Full text...

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UN agencies appeal for urgent disembarkation of stranded refugees, migrants in central Mediterranean

08 november 2022 - 09:34:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are urging [...] Full text...

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Mali: Coordinated massacres by armed Islamist groups, says Human Rights Watch

27 october 2022 - 20:08:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Armed Islamist groups in Mali have killed hundreds of people and forced tens of thousands [...] Full text...

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Egypt urged to ensure civil society’s full participation in COP27 climate summit

08 october 2022 - 08:29:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PAA) - Authorities in Egypt must ensure civil society can safely and fully participate in the COP27 UN [...] Full text...

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Trade expert to lead Tony Blair Institute's infrastructure initiative in Africa

29 september 2022 - 09:17:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) has announced the appointment of Frank Matsaert as Director of Trade [...] Full text...

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'Nearly half of global food crisis hungry are children'

19 september 2022 - 06:15:42
Rome, Italy (PANA) - School-aged children are bearing the brunt of today’s Global Food Crisis with devastating consequences for their [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe rights group denounces 'abuses' by the army resulting in more than 40 deaths

14 august 2022 - 17:41:08
Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso ( PANA) - A Burkina Faso human rights organisation, the Collective against Impunity and Stigmatisation of [...] Full text...

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Rabat denies allegations in HRW report on Morocco

29 july 2022 - 20:46:58
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Moroccan government has categorically denied "false and unfounded allegations" contained in the Human Rights Watch [...] Full text...

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Boni Yayi congratulated for his patriotism

15 july 2022 - 15:29:23
Cotonou, Benin PANA) - Former Beninese President Boni Yayi is receiving praise after renouncing to sue Benin following his house [...] Full text...

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Dozens of organisations ask Egypt to ease grip on civic space as COP27 approaches

13 july 2022 - 07:48:08
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Dozens of civil society, human rights and environmental organisations have urged the Egyptian authorities to ease their [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Council in Geneva to discuss alarming situation in Tindouf camps

23 june 2022 - 21:14:00
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The international NGO "Unity for Development Network" Thursday submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council [...] Full text...

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Situation of child soldiers in Tindouf at centre of symposium in Geneva

18 june 2022 - 12:13:38
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The situation of children in the camps of Tindouf (Algeria) was one of the main issues [...] Full text...

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Mali launches first edition of Kénèbé project dedicated to youth and women

10 june 2022 - 13:46:01
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Association Afrique Yeelen (AY), in partnership with the mayor's office of the Commune I of [...] Full text...

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Malian Red Cross aid workers killed in attack

02 june 2022 - 18:38:40
Ouagadougou, (Mali) - Two humanitarian workers of the Malian Red Cross were killed on Wednesday in an attack on their [...] Full text...

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NGO advocates support for victims of sexual abuse in DRC

30 may 2022 - 05:21:29
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - There is an “urgent need” to support the victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in the [...] Full text...

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NGO reports 14 cases of press freedom violations in Libya

07 may 2022 - 14:55:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan NGO  working in the defence of freedom of information and the press over the [...] Full text...

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UNHCR, partners in Uganda seek US$47.8 million to support 60,000 refugees fleeing violence in South Sudan and eastern DRC

30 april 2022 - 10:57:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and 44 humanitarian partners on Friday launched a coordinated [...] Full text...

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US gives $200 million for humanitarian assistance in Horn of Africa

28 april 2022 - 05:23:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United States has announced more than $200 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Horn of [...] Full text...

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NGOs call for increased humanitarian assistance to prevent tragedy in Horn of Africa

27 april 2022 - 06:57:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As the drought crisis in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya worsens, the humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council [...] Full text...

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Several sub-Saharan refugees in Tunis demand =evacuation to other countries

20 april 2022 - 13:09:13
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several refugees from sub-Saharan countries have been taking part in a sit-in in front of the [...] Full text...

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Libya resumes tensions amid lack of prospects for resolution of two-government issue ( Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

17 april 2022 - 19:18:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The military and political tension in Libya, exacerbated by the existence of two rival governments unable [...] Full text...

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Senior Libyan, civil society officials agree on solutions to facilitate work of international NGOs

12 april 2022 - 12:52:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Senior Libyan and civil society officials have agreed on the need to find appropriate solutions for the [...] Full text...

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UN humanitarian agency deeply concerned about security deterioration in DRC's Uturi province

29 march 2022 - 10:32:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Officials of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) have expressed deep concern [...] Full text...

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Twelve bodies of migrants washed up on Tunisian beaches

19 march 2022 - 15:34:12
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Coast Guard and Civil Protection units recovered 12 bodies of illegal migrants washed up by [...] Full text...

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Malian government suspends RFI and France 24 broadcasts until further notice

17 march 2022 - 15:37:56
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government announced on Wednesday a procedure to suspend until further notice the broadcasting of [...] Full text...

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Civil society actors deplore Polisario's exploitation of child soldiers

17 march 2022 - 14:45:16
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Several actors of the African, American and European civil society denounced Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland, the [...] Full text...

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NGO calls for preservation of Africa's natural resources

05 march 2022 - 16:21:22
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - International environmental network, Environment and Development in the Third World (ENDA-Third World), has called for the [...] Full text...

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ENDA Tiers Monde wants greater gender involvement in implementation of Africa's 2030 and 2063 agendas

01 march 2022 - 20:47:57
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The international network, Environment and Development in the Third World (ENDA Tiers Monde), has called for [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to launch Sensitization Campaign Against Money Rituals

21 february 2022 - 20:14:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Government is to launch a Sensitization Campaign Against Money Rituals, according to a statement [...] Full text...

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Senegalese NGO initiates march in support of transitional authorities in Mali

18 february 2022 - 16:00:49
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Dakar-Thieytou International March Association, a Senegalese NGO, has initiated a Dakar-Bamako march of 1,362 km [...] Full text...

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Madagascar braces for another cyclone as it struggles to recover from a recent one

05 february 2022 - 08:54:29
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Lives, livelihoods, and vital crops are at risk across Madagascar with Tropical Cyclone Batsirai expected to [...] Full text...

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FIFA sends mission to Guinea

31 january 2022 - 12:10:42
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A delegation of football's governing body, the International Football Federation (FIFA), arrived on Sunday in Conakry [...] Full text...

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109 illegal migrants rescued off Libya

22 january 2022 - 13:46:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- Some 109 illegal migrants, mostly Eritreans, were Friday rescued off the coast of Libya by a ship [...] Full text...

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Lives on the line as UN and partners launch 2022 humanitarian plan for Somalia

20 december 2021 - 20:33:22
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Roughly 7.7 million people in Somalia will need assistance and protection in 2022, a 30 per [...] Full text...

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Clashes in Cameroon’s Far North displace more than 100,000 people

20 december 2021 - 08:07:50
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Intercommunal clashes that erupted in Cameroon’s Far North region in the past two weeks have driven [...] Full text...

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South Africa moves to extradite high-profile Gupta brothers

10 december 2021 - 07:15:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – An international campaign has been launched in South Africa to extradite a fugitive Indian [...] Full text...

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Libyan Director preaches peace ahead of Gambian polls

13 october 2021 - 19:23:09
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Basheer Nafia Abouazzoum, the Director of Libya-based International NGO, World Islamic Call Society (WICS), Wednesday urged [...] Full text...

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UNHCR, NGO to hold forum on solutions to Africa's forced displacement crisis

29 september 2021 - 11:02:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Amahoro Coalition, an NGO, are to convene a forum [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Navy rescues 100 illegal migrants from West Africa

10 september 2021 - 18:15:43
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Navy on Friday rescued from drowning 100 illegal migrants whose boat was adrift 10 [...] Full text...

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NGO holds first ever session on the right to peaceful demonstration in Libya

30 august 2021 - 11:24:56
Tripoli Libya (PANA) - The Libyan non-governmental organisation "Voices of Information" organised this weekend a consultation session, the first of [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspapers report budget debate clashes between parliament and national unity government

29 august 2021 - 13:48:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week report the clash between MPs in the House of Representatives (parliament) and [...] Full text...

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Refugees and asylum seekers complain about their situation in Tunisia

21 august 2021 - 20:50:00
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The official spokesperson of the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES), Romdhane Ben Omar, [...] Full text...

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Malian Society of Applied Sciences holds 12th Symposium

02 august 2021 - 12:04:17
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 12th Symposium on Applied Sciences, bringing together scientists, teacher-researchers and entrepreneurs from 14 African countries, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: More than 100,000 children in Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF

30 july 2021 - 15:51:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 100,000 children in Tigray, Ethiopia, could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the [...] Full text...

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Hafter-allied militia leader killed in Benghazi, eastern Libya

27 july 2021 - 22:53:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mohamed Al-Kani, head of the Al-Kaniyat militia affiliated to the head of the Libyan National Army, [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS court orders Togo gov't to pay 40 million CFA to ex-soldier for rights violation

12 july 2021 - 05:35:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Togolese government to pay compensation totalling 40 million [...] Full text...

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Women victims of insults and humiliation in Guinea during Covid-19 - Report

10 july 2021 - 12:33:27
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A report published by a non-governmental organization (NGO)- Femmes, Développement et Droits Humains en Guinée - [...] Full text...

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Kidnapped Malian NGO worker freed

08 july 2021 - 11:08:31
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A worker of a Malian NGO, who was kidnapped last Sunday by unidentified gunmen in central [...] Full text...

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Libyan coast guard, port security staff condemn incident involving patrol boat chasing migrants

02 july 2021 - 21:07:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Coast Guard and Port Security Command Friday condemned an incident in which one of [...] Full text...

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US NGO grants USD 500 million support to Tunisia

01 july 2021 - 21:43:10
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian presidency welcomed the approval Wednesday by the board of directors of an American organization, [...] Full text...

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UNHCR says severe storms damage shelters of 16,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan

29 june 2021 - 10:13:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 16,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan’s eastern refugee settlements of Um Rakuba and Tunaydbah have [...] 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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Court restrains Nigeria from arresting, prosecuting NGO over Twitter case

22 june 2021 - 23:06:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice Tuesday ordered the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and [...] Full text...

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More than 500 civilians killed by armed groups in Burkina Faso's Sahel region this year

10 june 2021 - 13:59:06
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The latest attack on an artisanal gold mine near the village of Solhan in the [...] Full text...

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HRW urges Libyan government to lift restrictions on NGOs

05 june 2021 - 16:33:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Libyan government  to review or cancel the [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Navy rescues 90 illegal migrants

28 may 2021 - 15:29:00
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian Navy, operating in the southeast island of Djerba on Thursday rescued 90 [...] Full text...

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UNICEF, Libyan NGO sign child survival and development plan in Libya

21 may 2021 - 11:38:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) office in Tripoli and the Institute of Primary Health Care, [...] Full text...

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South Africa has ‘obligation’ to better address domestic violence: UN women’s rights experts

18 may 2021 - 06:44:50
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Failure to address domestic violence in South Africa is a violation of women’s rights, independent [...] Full text...

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Tensions could escalate to ‘full-scale war,’ UN Middle East envoy warns

12 may 2021 - 12:00:17
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process added his voice to calls [...] Full text...

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UNHCR receives US$1.66 million from Korea for refugees in Uganda

06 may 2021 - 10:58:02
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has received US$1.666 million from the Republic of Korea [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS court fixes judgement for June 29 on alleged unlawful detention of Nigerian journalist

28 april 2021 - 18:52:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has scheduled 29th of June, 2021, for judgement in a suit [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Court dismisses suit against Nigeria over killings since 2001

27 april 2021 - 15:08:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Monday dismissed a suit filed by a Nigerian non-governmental organisation [...] Full text...

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Libya shipwreck claims 130 lives despite SOS calls, says UN migration agency

23 april 2021 - 17:52:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A shipwreck off the Libyan coast has reportedly claimed the lives of 130 people, despite SOS calls for help, [...] Full text...

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Libyan NGO calls for faster and immediate departure of mercenaries and foreign forces from Libya

10 april 2021 - 12:06:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The National Human Rights Commission in Libya has called on the 5+5 Joint Military Commission to [...] Full text...

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France extends over 1.8 billion CFAF aid for vulnerable people in central and northern Mali

08 april 2021 - 13:10:24
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - France on Wednesday signed two agreements in Bamako with the NGO Première urgence internationale (PUI) and [...] Full text...

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Armed groups at centre of human rights abuses in Burkina Faso, says Amnesty International

08 april 2021 - 11:50:53
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Armed groups in Burkina Faso committed human rights abuses, including killings and abductions, in the [...] Full text...

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Libya violated rights of ‘targeted’ woman activist, says anti-discrimination committee

08 april 2021 - 06:22:30
New York, US (PANA) - The failure of Libya to investigate the unlawful arrest and torture of a women’s rights [...] Full text...

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Niger President Bazoum appoints Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou as Prime Minister of Niger

04 april 2021 - 20:00:36
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has appointed Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou as Prime Minister, the Presidency announced in [...] Full text...

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TB, a major public health problem in Guinea, says MSF

31 march 2021 - 11:45:11
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in Guinea, where 2,400 people died in 2019 [...] Full text...

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Irish NGO urges global collaboration in fighting Ebola

25 february 2021 - 10:21:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Behavioral change and working with communities to create awareness of Ebola symptoms are some of the [...] Full text...

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DRC govt appeals to international community for support to fight armed groups

24 february 2021 - 00:05:02
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The National Network of DRC Rights NGOs (RENADHOC) Tuesday called on the international community to [...] Full text...

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Libyan NGO calls for settlement of case of detainees and missing persons

13 february 2021 - 18:58:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The National Human Rights Committee in Libya Saturday called on the authorities "to work to settle [...] Full text...

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HRW urges Sahel leaders to end atrocities during counterterrorism operations

13 february 2021 - 12:06:20
Bamako,Mali (PANA) - Heads of state gathering in Chad should commit to protecting the rights of civilians and detainees during [...] Full text...

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Anti-corruption NGO accuses Guinea government of passiveness

11 february 2021 - 12:37:08
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - In a statement, received Thursday by PANA, the Guinean Transparency Association (AGT) has slammed the increase [...] Full text...

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Pfizer expands access to cancer drugs in 45 African countries

10 february 2021 - 16:54:47
New York, US (PANA) - US drug firm Pfizer has announced a partnership with IDA Foundation, an independent social enterprise [...] Full text...

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Two organisations condemn killing of at least 10 protesters by Angola security forces

03 february 2021 - 09:03:59
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Human Rights Watch and OMUNGA, an Angolan NGO, have condemned a crackdown by Angolan security forces [...] Full text...

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36 illegal migrants rescued off Libya

22 january 2021 - 18:35:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 36 illegal migrants of various nationalities were rescued by Libyan coast guards as [...] Full text...

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