UN warns against resumption of nuclear testing
31 october 2025 - 07:41:40New York, US (PANA) - The specter of nuclear mushroom clouds has resurfaced. Following comments by US President Donald Trump [...] Full text...
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New York, US (PANA) - The specter of nuclear mushroom clouds has resurfaced. Following comments by US President Donald Trump [...] Full text...
IAEA warns of fragility of nuclear non-proliferation regime
30 october 2025 - 07:36:42New York, US (PANA) - The head of the world's nuclear watchdog has citeed Iran, Syria and Ukraine as fronts [...] Full text...
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Sudan expels two senior WFP officials
29 october 2025 - 08:32:01Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Tuesday expelled two top officials from the UN’s World Food Programme [...] Full text...
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Sixty-five nations sign first UN treaty to fight cybercrime, in milestone for digital cooperation
25 october 2025 - 12:06:02Hanoi, Viet Nam (PANA) - Sixty-five nations on Saturday signed a landmark United Nations treaty in Hanoi aimed at tackling [...] Full text...
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‘Let's finish the job’ and end polio: WHO
25 october 2025 - 05:58:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty-five years ago, polio, a highly infectious viral disease, paralysed around 350,000 children per year. Following [...] Full text...
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UN chief Guterres calls for urgent reform of Security Council
24 october 2025 - 21:08:36New York, US (PANA) - Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday warned that the “fragile” legitimacy of the Security Council could [...] Full text...
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South Africa's President Ramaphosa salutes Indonesia's role in anti-apartheid struggle
23 october 2025 - 06:11:13Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday welcomed Indonesia to the BRICS group of [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa embarks on three-nation visit to Southeast Asia
22 october 2025 - 10:48:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday departed for a three-nation visit to Southeast [...] Full text...
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Yemen: UN staff freed after Houthi raid, but dozens remain arbitrarily detained
20 october 2025 - 21:00:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Fifteen UN international staff are now free to move within the UN compound in the Yemeni [...] Full text...
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Rights group flags 'climate of fear and repression' in Tanzania ahead of general elections
20 october 2025 - 07:55:32Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Tanzanian authorities have intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and [...] Full text...
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EU equality ministers call for stronger focus on prevention, early detection and intervention on violence against women
17 october 2025 - 10:28:10Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Recognising the vital role that ordinary citizens can play in preventing abuse, the European Council has [...] Full text...
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Funding crisis forces deep cuts to UN peacekeeping missions
17 october 2025 - 08:31:03New York, US (PANA) - A severe funding shortfall is threatening to cripple UN peacekeeping operations worldwide, with the Organisation [...] Full text...
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IMF Managing Director sets out priorities for a resilient global economy
17 october 2025 - 07:13:57Washington, DC, USA (PANA) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has called for increased efforts to spur [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Ivorian authorities to stop stifling peaceful protests ahead of presidential election
16 october 2025 - 08:56:16Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian authorities must respect and protect the right to protest and allow peaceful rallies to [...] Full text...
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Gaza: $70 billion needed to rebuild shattered enclave, says UN
14 october 2025 - 19:40:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Around $70 billion will be needed to reconstruct Gaza and make it safe after two years [...] Full text...
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EU to sign UN Convention on cybercrime
13 october 2025 - 10:24:51Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday adopted a decision authorising the European Commission and member states to sign [...] Full text...
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Opportunity in a time of change (IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva's curtain raiser speech for the 2025 World Bank, IMF Annual Meetings)
12 october 2025 - 11:56:40Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - As I look at the world over the decades, I see incredible progress, but also [...] Full text...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office
10 october 2025 - 14:51:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision to [...] Full text...
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office
10 october 2025 - 13:15:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision to [...] Full text...
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IMF reaches staff-level agreement on fifth review of Extended Credit Facility with Ghana
10 october 2025 - 13:05:46Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Ghanaian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on [...] Full text...
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Sudan: El Fasher mosque and hospital attacks leave at least 20 dead
09 october 2025 - 18:37:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 20 civilians were reportedly killed this week in attacks targeting a mosque and a [...] Full text...
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Economic uncertainty can test resilience of foreign exchange market (IMF Blog By Andrea Deghi, Mahvash S. Qureshi, Tomohiro Tsuruga)
09 october 2025 - 07:54:14Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Foreign exchange is the largest and most liquid financial market, with nearly $10 trillion changing [...] Full text...
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Libyan authorities urged to adopt legislation to combat money laundering, financing of terrorism
08 october 2025 - 11:42:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The National Committee for the Fight against Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism has called on [...] Full text...
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Thousands flee amid renewed fighting in northern Mozambique, UN warns
08 october 2025 - 07:24:07Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Nearly 22,000 people fled their homes in northern Mozambique in a single week last month due [...] Full text...
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IMF reaches staff-level agreement with Guinea-Bissau on the Ninth Review of Extended Credit Facility Arrangement
07 october 2025 - 14:04:13Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Guinea-Bissau have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies [...] Full text...
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Libya's Central Bank reviews national strategy for combating money aundering and financing of terrorism
07 october 2025 - 13:15:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Committee for Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism held its fourth ordinary [...] Full text...
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Vice-President of Libya's Parliament denounces sovereign appointments without reference to the House
07 october 2025 - 11:06:36Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The second Vice-President of Libya's House of Representatives, Mesbah Douma, has rejected any change made to [...] Full text...
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Rights group hails first conviction of former Janjaweed militia in Sudan or serious crimes
07 october 2025 - 07:19:20The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – The first International Criminal Court (ICC) conviction of a former leader of the Janjaweed militias [...] Full text...
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We are not powerless in face of Gaza, West Bank, Ukraine atrocities, insists UNHCR chief
06 october 2025 - 15:54:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Monday took aim at the “deliberate abandonment” [...] Full text...
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Administrative skills training targeting municipal officials in Libya begins
06 october 2025 - 11:00:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A five-day training session, entitled “Basic administrative skills”, intended to strengthen the administrative and professional capacities [...] Full text...
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IMF Chief speaks on ‘Enhancing GCC Resilience to Global Shocks’
04 october 2025 - 08:10:31Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) – IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva this week addressed the annual Meeting of the Ministers of [...] Full text...
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Dollar’s share of reserves held steady in second quarter when adjusted for FX moves (IMF Blog by Glen Kwende, Erin Nephew, Carlos Sánchez-Muñoz)
04 october 2025 - 07:26:28Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Exchange-rate effects drove nearly all the decline in the US currency’s share of foreign exchange [...] Full text...
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Germany must deliver reparatory justice for its 'brutal' colonial past in Namibia - Amnesty International
02 october 2025 - 09:17:06Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, said on Thursday that Germany must fully acknowledge its legal responsibility [...] Full text...
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‘Hot debates about hot topics,’ a strength not a weakness, says UNGA80 president
02 october 2025 - 06:36:35New York, US (PANA) Over 190 world leaders spoke from the General Assembly podium during high-level week – underscoring the [...] Full text...
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Dollar’s share of reserves held steady in second quarter when adjusted for FX moves (IMF Blog by Glen Kwende, Erin Nephew, Carlos Sánchez-Muñoz)
01 october 2025 - 15:16:39Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Our unique data on the currency composition of global foreign exchange reserves, COFER, track how [...] Full text...
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Libyan MP participates in international symposium on military artificial intelligence
01 october 2025 - 14:12:51Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The member of the House of Representatives in Libya, who is also and a member of [...] Full text...
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Insecurity in northern Mozambique continues to force thousands to flee
01 october 2025 - 07:32:56Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - More than 20,000 people, including 10,000 children, have been displaced by escalating conflict and violence in [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Guterres calls for ‘all parties’ to commit to US peace plan, as UN agencies stress urgent ceasefire need
30 september 2025 - 17:22:37New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed Monday’s Gaza peace deal proposal from US President [...] Full text...
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Gaza: As world waits for Hamas' response to US peace plan, aid teams call for ceasefire
30 september 2025 - 15:01:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies reiterated calls for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday to help alleviate Palestinian [...] Full text...
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Israeli settlement activity accelerates in the West Bank, Security Council told
29 september 2025 - 17:17:45New York, US (PANA) - The past three months have seen an increase in Israeli settlement activity in the occupied [...] Full text...
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Explainer: Five megatrends shaping the rise of nonbank finance (IMF Blog by Jay Surti)
29 september 2025 - 16:23:33Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The global financial crisis of 2008 froze the financial system. Banks pulled back credit, families [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves $10 million trade finance guarantee to Exim Bank Tanzania
28 september 2025 - 05:56:53Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board of Directors has approved a $10 million trade [...] Full text...
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French-speaking Africa calls on the UN to address its shortcomings
27 september 2025 - 08:37:53New York, US (PANA) - The same refrain ran through the ranks of French-speaking Africa this week during the high-level [...] Full text...
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IMF encourages Botswana to streamline public spending
27 september 2025 - 08:29:27Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s economic activity is expected to contract by about 1 percent in 2025, owing primarily to [...] Full text...
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Intensifying threat looms large as UN highlights the world’s growing nuclear arsenals.
27 september 2025 - 06:12:47New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary General on Friday warned a high-level meeting in New York focused on [...] Full text...
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Four more hospitals shut in Gaza amid ongoing Israeli offensive
26 september 2025 - 13:20:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The escalating Israeli military offensive in Gaza City continues to overwhelm medical professionals there, with four [...] Full text...
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Libya attends high-level UN meeting on prevention of non-communicable diseases
26 september 2025 - 11:58:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Ministry of Health of Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) has participated in the [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls for lifting of ban on Guinea opposition parties, media
25 september 2025 - 19:36:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Thursday called on the transitional [...] Full text...
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Mental health care to take centre stage at the General Assembly
25 september 2025 - 09:30:48New York, US (PANA) - For the first time, mental health care will be a focus of an official meeting [...] Full text...
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AI must not decide humanity’s fate, UN chief warns Security Council
25 september 2025 - 04:53:22New York, US (PANA) - Artificial intelligence holds vast potential but poses grave risks if left unregulated, UN Secretary-General António [...] Full text...
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New national climate plans unveiled at high-level summit ahead of COP30 conference
25 september 2025 - 04:45:31New York, US (PANA) - From accelerating the move to clean energy to planting acres of trees, leaders from more [...] Full text...
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Climate Summit 2025: The path to COP30 (By UN News)
24 september 2025 - 05:50:57New York, US (PANA) - Floods in South Asia, wildfires across North America, and record-breaking heat in Europe have underscored [...] Full text...
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DRC president warns 'the rhetoric of war is gaining ground'
24 september 2025 - 05:12:51New York, US (PANA) - The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, has [...] Full text...
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Liberia's President calls for climate justice
24 september 2025 - 05:03:10New York, US (PANA) - Liberia's President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has highlighted his country's upcoming Security Council term saying "while [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Life-saving cholera vaccination campaign begins in Darfur
23 september 2025 - 14:41:04Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Amid the devastating war in Sudan, UN aid teams are overcoming major obstacles to curb [...] Full text...
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Libya attends AU C-10 meeting on UN Security Council reform
22 september 2025 - 11:37:59New York, US (PANA) - The Libyan interim Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Tripoli-based Government of [...] Full text...
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High Seas Treaty to enter force in January: 'A lifeline' for the ocean (By UN News)
21 september 2025 - 04:31:26New York, US (PANA) - A discreet but decisive shift has just taken place at UN headquarters in New York. [...] Full text...
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Gazans flee ‘death and devastation’ with no transportation or means of shelter
20 september 2025 - 07:58:58Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In the face of escalating Israeli military operations, thousands of Palestinian families continue to flee [...] Full text...
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Presidency gives double the number reported earlier as killed by RSF drone strike
19 september 2025 - 18:57:30Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese presidency on Friday revealed a higher number of victims in the most recent drone [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for release of Rwanda opposition leader Victoire Ingabire
19 september 2025 - 15:11:29Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has called on the Rwandan authorities to “immediately release” opposition politician [...] Full text...
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Sudanese doctors: Dozens killed inside mosque in besieged Darfur town
19 september 2025 - 13:11:20Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The non-governmental professional organisation, Sudan Doctors Network, has reported that dozens of worshipers were killed [...] Full text...
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Global debt remains above 235% of world GDP
19 september 2025 - 09:26:48Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Decline in private lending offsets increase in public borrowing; notable differences persist across countries and [...] Full text...
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US vetoes UN resolution on Gaza ceasefire
19 september 2025 - 05:04:12New York, US (PANA) - The United States once again vetoed a UN resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent [...] Full text...
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UN must evolve to ‘stand strong’ for the next 80 years: General Assembly president
17 september 2025 - 21:25:05New York, US (PANA) - As the United Nations marks 80 years of existence, it must adapt and evolve to [...] Full text...
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Government corruption fuels human rights crisis in South Sudan, independent panel finds
17 september 2025 - 05:04:12Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - In South Sudan, “systemic government corruption” and “brazen predation” on the part of political elites [...] Full text...
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'Côte d’Ivoire's next president must tackle urgent human rights issues'
16 september 2025 - 07:24:34Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire’s (PANA) - Côte d’Ivoire’s next president must seize the opportunity of their mandate to prioritise the human rights [...] Full text...
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IAEA chief urges countries to recommit to nuclear non-proliferation
16 september 2025 - 07:09:48Vienna, Austria (PANA) - At the start of the 69th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in [...] Full text...
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Peace bell rings at UN amid cacophony of conflict
13 september 2025 - 06:13:32New York, US (PANA) - With more conflicts on Earth than ever before since the end of World War II, [...] Full text...
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Nuclear watchdog chief announces breakthrough on Iran monitoring
11 september 2025 - 14:30:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN’s atomic energy agency announced on Wednesday that a deal has been [...] Full text...
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Technology is reshaping capital flows and currency dominance; data integrity is essential for financial stability (IMF Blog by Hélène Rey, a professor at the London Business School)
11 september 2025 - 11:45:33Washington, DC, USA (PANA - Technology is reshaping capital flows and currency dominance; data integrity is essential for financial stability.Technology [...] Full text...
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Peacekeeping: A lifeline for millions seeking a ‘future without fear’
09 september 2025 - 21:33:28New York, US (PANA) - With a record number of active conflicts worldwide, the Security Council met on Tuesday to [...] Full text...
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Three years ago, Finance & Development devoted a full issue to anticipating “The Money Revolution,” driven by innovations in finance, such as crypto assets. That revolution, writes F&D editor-in-chief Gita Bhatt, is now unfolding
08 september 2025 - 10:48:33Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The September issue of F&D looks at the new frontiers of finance, where technology, [...] 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 - 07:15:59Geneva, 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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Sudan civilians deliberately targeted - UN Fact-Finding Mission reports
05 september 2025 - 18:11:33Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An independent fact-finding mission for the human rights situation in the Sudan published its report [...] Full text...
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Sudan civilians deliberately targeted, UN Fact-Finding Mission reports
05 september 2025 - 15:04:13Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An independent fact-finding mission for the human rights situation in the Sudan published its report [...] Full text...
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Downpours stymy aid teams following deadly landslide in war-torn Sudan
04 september 2025 - 20:48:45Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - War-torn Sudan continues to face “a horrific humanitarian situation” as UN colleagues scramble to help communities [...] Full text...
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Oversight c'ttee on Rwanda, DRC peace deal resolve to timely implementation
04 september 2025 - 08:39:12Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Members of the Joint Oversight Committee (JOC) for the Peace Agreement signed by Rwanda and [...] Full text...
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UN chief 'regrets' Burkina Faso's declaration of UN Coordinator persona non grata
30 august 2025 - 07:44:04New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief has expressed regret of the decision by authorities in Burkina Faso to [...] Full text...
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IMF team assists Senegal to rectify misreporting of public accounts
27 august 2025 - 09:17:25Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team has commended the Senegalese authorities on their commitment to [...] Full text...
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US aid cuts put pressure on health programs in Africa
26 august 2025 - 05:55:52Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Drastic budget cuts to international development aid by the US government will continue to put pressure [...] Full text...
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Libya's delegate to UN Security Council calls for concrete measures to end political crisis
22 august 2025 - 10:03:12New York, US (PANA) - Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Taher El-Sonni, on Thursday stressed that the country [...] 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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Gaza: Looming offensive and restrictions on humanitarians
20 august 2025 - 07:54:01New York, US (PANA) - Hostilities between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza are intensifying as a devastating [...] Full text...
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Sudanese PM uses non-conventional method to address the West about the country’s woes (Report by Mohamed Osman Adam)
19 august 2025 - 15:42:43Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s new civilian Prime Minister has made an emotional appeal to the UN Secretary General [...] Full text...
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Surge in flow of Burkinabe refugees into Mali
18 august 2025 - 06:40:22Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In barely a week, the small town of Koro in central Mali has seen an influx [...] Full text...
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Vote counting for Group II of the municipal elections in Libya begins
17 august 2025 - 13:27:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Counting and Statistics Centre of the Libyan High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) began counting the [...] Full text...
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Several soldiers arrested in Mali for attempting to 'destabilise state institutions'
15 august 2025 - 12:31:43Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Several Malian military officers, including General Abbas Dembélé, former governor of Mopti, and Brigadier General Niéma [...] Full text...
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UN warns of steep rise in sexual violence during conflict
14 august 2025 - 21:14:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence in conflict zones rose sharply in 2024, increasing by a quarter compared to the [...] Full text...
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INGOs condemn international humanitarian law violations in Darfur
13 august 2025 - 15:15:11Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - International Non-governmental Organisations (INGOs) operating in Sudan have denounced recent attacks on the besieged town [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International says thousands killed, hundreds forcibly disappeared in two years in south-east Nigeria
13 august 2025 - 08:49:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities’ persistent failure to address the security crisis in the country’s south-east region has [...] 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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UN rights chief slams Israeli plan to take military control of Gaza; says it must stop now
08 august 2025 - 13:00:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official insisted on Friday that the Israeli Government must not pursue [...] Full text...
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IMF staff completes 2025 Article IV mission to Eswatini
08 august 2025 - 11:45:11Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) – Regardless of the risks that include heightened global uncertainty and potential delays in project execution, Eswatini’s [...] Full text...
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South African foreign ministry expresses concern about former President Zuma's Morocco trip
08 august 2025 - 08:13:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has registered its strong objection [...] Full text...
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Abuse during and after childbirth persists globally, WHO warns
08 august 2025 - 07:46:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New evidence suggests mistreatment remains common in maternal and newborn care, with new research across four [...] Full text...
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Hiroshima, 80 years on: ‘Real change’ needed to end existential nuclear threat
06 august 2025 - 20:16:45Hiroshima, Japan (PANA) - The world changed forever 80 years ago this Wednesday when the United States dropped an atomic [...] 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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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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The final straw? Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva
04 august 2025 - 21:55:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize a global agreement to tackle the staggering and growing [...] Full text...
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Global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog concludes South Africa visit
04 august 2025 - 07:59:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Africa Joint Group, a global money laundering and [...] 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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New Standards for Economic Data Aim to Sharpen View of Global Economy (IMF Blog by Vladimir Klyuev, James Tebrake)
01 august 2025 - 08:38:55Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The updated System of National Accounts better captures digitalisation, intangible assets, and global production—helping [...] Full text...
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Trade critical to ending plastic pollution - UNCTAD
01 august 2025 - 05:15:23New York, US (PANA) - Trade must be part of the solution to end plastic pollution – a global problem [...] Full text...
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Human Rights groups criticize use of ID documents for political harassment
30 july 2025 - 15:45:10Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- A group of Sudanese and foreign human rights and civil society organisations have urged the current [...] Full text...
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Libya: 6+6 Commission and Advisory Committee on constitutional framework for elections holds meeting
30 july 2025 - 12:32:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's 6+6 Commission and the Advisory Committee met on Tuesday to exchange ideas on possible amendments [...] Full text...
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UN peacekeeping can work in a fractured world – if there is political will
29 july 2025 - 20:24:15New York, US (PANA) - In an era marked by geopolitical fragmentation and rising global tensions, United Nations peace operations [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN Designated Expert on Human Rights visits Sudan
29 july 2025 - 16:26:26Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan has stressed that it stands ready to cooperate with the international community on human rights [...] Full text...
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In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation
29 july 2025 - 12:56:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza,” UN-backed food security experts said [...] Full text...
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Guterres: ‘Breaking point’ reached in Israel-Palestine conflict, urgent action needed on two-State solution
28 july 2025 - 20:21:44New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has reached a breaking point, [...] Full text...
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Pollution, melting microbes, undamming rivers, risks for elders: 4 key climate issues (By UN News)
27 july 2025 - 06:10:58New York, US (PANA) - In a world increasingly shaped by climate extremes, environmental experts are delivering a blunt warning: [...] Full text...
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IMF Executive Board concludes 2025 Article IV consultation and Fifth Review Under ECF with Zambia
27 july 2025 - 06:08:33Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the Article IV Consultation [...] Full text...
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Disarming armed groups in Tripoli is ‘imperative’ - PSC
26 july 2025 - 13:20:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -The African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) has affirmed "the imperative of maintaining order and disarming [...] 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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'Sustain fiscal consolidation,’ IMF urges Cameroon
25 july 2025 - 10:53:34Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has concluded the eighth reviews under the Extended Credit [...] Full text...
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AU holds special session on Libya on Thursday
24 july 2025 - 12:22:54Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) will hold an extraordinary session in Addis Ababa, [...] Full text...
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South African trade union urges Pretoria to mend fences with the US
24 july 2025 - 10:16:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African trade union, Solidarity, on Thursday called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to urgently [...] 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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Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained
22 july 2025 - 18:42:40Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from [...] 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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European Council gives green light to progressive start of EU Entry/Exit system
18 july 2025 - 10:43:28Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Friday adopted a law that will make it possible to start the [...] Full text...
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EC adopts new rules simplifying tax collection for imports
18 july 2025 - 10:40:45Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Friday formally adopted new value added tax (VAT) rules for distance sales [...] Full text...
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5 dead after RSF bombs churches in Sudan
16 july 2025 - 07:14:37Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An International Christian charity has accused Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), currently in war [...] 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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Libyan PM hails AfCFTA as 'a continental breakthrough' despite challenges
13 july 2025 - 18:55:26Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) represents a historic step forward that strengthens economic integration [...] Full text...
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IMF Executive Board concludes reviews with Cabo Verde
13 july 2025 - 05:08:05Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the IMF has completed the sixth review under the ECF arrangement, [...] Full text...
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Ghana hopes for 'early resolution' to reduction of US visa to its citizens
11 july 2025 - 11:12:09Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana said on Friday that it hopes for an early resolution of concerns that have led [...] Full text...
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Greece describes dismissal of EU delegation from Benghazi as unprecedented event
09 july 2025 - 15:01:54Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis has said the eastern Libyan government's dismissal of the European ministerial [...] Full text...
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EC extends military training mission in CAR
08 july 2025 - 11:50:53Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Tuesday extended the mandate of the European Union Military Training Mission in [...] Full text...
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European Council adopts assistance measure in support of Senegal
08 july 2025 - 11:20:23Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Tuesday adopted the first assistance measures under the European Peace Facility (EPF) [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa slams US tariff increase
08 july 2025 - 08:37:19Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has slammed US President Donald Trump who confirmed that exports from [...] Full text...
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IMF Executive Board completes fourth review under Extended Credit Facility Arrangement with Ghana
08 july 2025 - 06:36:48Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday completed the fourth review [...] Full text...
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UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan as displacement, hunger and disease escalate
08 july 2025 - 05:49:18New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians on Monday sounded the alarm over the worsening conditions in Sudan, as violence [...] 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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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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Rwanda restores ecosystems, boosts climate resilience in Nyungwe–Ruhango Corridor
04 july 2025 - 08:27:29Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Communities in Rwanda’s Southern Province are set to benefit from restored ecosystems, improved agricultural productivity, and [...] Full text...
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Mercedes-Benz suspends South African operation
03 july 2025 - 07:42:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mercedes-Benz has shut down operations at its South African plant for more than one month [...] Full text...
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Adhering to bans on mines only in peace time will not work: UN rights chief
03 july 2025 - 06:36:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official on Wednesday expressed grave alarm that six European countries are [...] Full text...
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UN peacekeepers in DRC welcome truce signed in Ituri by several armed groups
02 july 2025 - 07:54:32Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Following the signing of a bilateral peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and [...] Full text...
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IMF completes second review of Togo’s ECF arrangement
01 july 2025 - 12:44:12Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the second review of the [...] Full text...
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Guinea must ensure its benefits of growth are widely shared: WB report
01 july 2025 - 10:52:46Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea’s economic growth accelerates, but reforms to make growth more inclusive and enhance domestic resource mobilization [...] Full text...
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Libya levels the playing field towards private sector growth
01 july 2025 - 07:57:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's economy showed promising signs of recovery in 2024 and remained resilient despite challenges arising from [...] Full text...
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Every dollar invested in a girl's education generates three times more for the economy
29 june 2025 - 07:13:24Seville, Spain (PANA) - The equation is simple, the results compelling. Investing one dollar in a girl's education generates nearly [...] Full text...
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Rights group says Kenyan authorities must be held accountable for protesters’ deaths
27 june 2025 - 06:39:02Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan authorities should be held accountable for all abuses during countrywide protests on June 25, 2025, including [...] Full text...
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IMF concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Libya
26 june 2025 - 12:53:47Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya’s continued political division and widespread fragilities have hindered the authorities’ capacity to control public expenditure [...] Full text...
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How the IMF finances itself and why it matters for the global economy: IMF Blog By Julie Kozack, Bernard Lauwers
26 june 2025 - 12:00:55Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The IMF may be best known for lending to crisis-hit countries. But what about [...] Full text...
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Responsibility to Protect: An unfulfilled promise
26 june 2025 - 07:01:53New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has warned that the world today is failing to protect civilians from [...] Full text...
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Geneva summit calls on G20 leaders to rethink health finance
25 june 2025 - 13:12:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Health 20 (H20) summit, co-convened by the G20 Health and Development Partnership and the World [...] 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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Gaza: Over 400 Palestinians killed around private aid hubs, UN rights office says
25 june 2025 - 05:58:03Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - At least 410 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to fetch [...] Full text...
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Tunisia calls for an end to aggression against Iran
23 june 2025 - 17:50:35Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has expressed its ‘clear and unequivocal condemnation of Zionist aggression’ against the Islamic Republic of [...] Full text...
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Libyan government welcomes declaration by co-chairs of the International Monitoring Committee in Berlin
21 june 2025 - 13:38:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Government of National Unity has welcomed the declaration of the co-chairs of the meeting of [...] Full text...
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South Sudan, IMF agree Fund-monitored programme to lay foundation for economic stability
21 june 2025 - 08:05:40Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) IMF and the South Sudanese authorities have reached [...] Full text...
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From Global South to the stars: A new space race
21 june 2025 - 05:57:40New York, US (PANA) - Once the exclusive domain of a handful of technologically advanced countries, outer space is now [...] Full text...
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Gaza horrors continue as the weakest succumb to injuries and disease
20 june 2025 - 16:25:13Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Death and suffering in Gaza are ever-present and the enclave's people now have little choice [...] 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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Strengthening social protection, economic resilience in Mauritania for sustainable and inclusive growth
20 june 2025 - 07:06:28Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The World Bank Group has released the eighth edition of its Mauritania Economic Update, highlighting the [...] Full text...
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‘We are at a point of no return’: grave violations against children surge for third year
20 june 2025 - 06:10:45New York, US (PANA) - Last year, 41,370 grave violations against children were documented and verified by the United Nations, [...] Full text...
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Technical teams of DRC, Rwanda initial text of peace agreement
19 june 2025 - 18:12:16Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - Technical teams from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Rwanda [...] Full text...
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IMF approves resilience and sustainability facility arrangement for Gambia
19 june 2025 - 10:25:55Banjul, Gambia (PANA) –The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has approved a new 18-month arrangement under the Resilience and [...] Full text...
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IMF concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Mauritius
19 june 2025 - 10:21:43Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The Mauritian economy continues to exhibit resilience with growth at 4.7 percent in 2024 and [...] Full text...
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G7 launches action plan to secure critical minerals supply chains
18 june 2025 - 14:59:12Kananaskis, Canada (PANA) - Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries have unveiled a minerals action plan aimed at [...] 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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Improved local production of maize in Zimbabwe expected to up human consumption by 6 percent in 2025/26
18 june 2025 - 11:54:06Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Following the challenging maize crop in the 2024/25 marketing year due to severe drought conditions, Zimbabwe's [...] Full text...
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Israeli actions in Palestinian territories constitute war crimes, Human Rights Council hears
18 june 2025 - 06:59:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing crises in the Occupied Palestinian Territory was in the spotlight this week at the [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for global expansion of midwifery models of care
18 june 2025 - 00:07:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday released new guidance to help countries adopt and expand midwifery [...] Full text...
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Gaza healthcare near to ‘full disaster’
17 june 2025 - 13:10:17Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Gaza’s health system is at breaking point, overwhelmed time and again by scores of people [...] 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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Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes
14 june 2025 - 16:34:15New York, US (PANA) - Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities mark a dangerous new escalation in the [...] Full text...
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Disclosing public debt boosts investor confidence, cuts borrowing costs: IMF Blog By Yan Liu
13 june 2025 - 08:59:03Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Public debt is projected to reach nearly 100 percent of global gross domestic product by [...] Full text...
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Libyan government appointed by Parliament denies involvement in Sudanese war
12 june 2025 - 11:16:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government appointed by Parliament in the east of the country has denied any involvement [...] Full text...
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IMF staff conducts 2025 Article IV Consultation, reaches agreement on ECF fifth review with Zambia
10 june 2025 - 08:14:22Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Zambian authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on the [...] Full text...
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Stigmatized for being deaf: Zénabou's story - A UN Feature
08 june 2025 - 15:40:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the Central African Republic, disability carries a deep-rooted stigma, and persons with disabilities often find [...] 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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AUC welcomes election of DRC, Liberia to UN Security Council
04 june 2025 - 15:43:16Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has congratulated the Democratic [...] Full text...
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Algeria boosts productivity to achieve sustainable, diversified growth
04 june 2025 - 08:01:50Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria’s economy maintained its momentum in 2024 with non-hydrocarbon GDP expanding by 4.8 percent, driven by [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief calls for bold climate action grounded in human rights
04 june 2025 - 07:50:04London, UK (PANA) - The UN’s top rights official warned on Tuesday that humanity’s survival is inseparable from the health [...] Full text...
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Children targeted by armed groups in northern Mozambique
04 june 2025 - 07:37:46Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Children continue to bear the brunt of a worsening crisis in Mozambique, where over 1.3 million [...] Full text...
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Five countries elected to serve on UN Security Council
03 june 2025 - 20:35:11New York, US (PANA) - Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia were elected on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Deadly flooding in Nigeria displaces thousands
02 june 2025 - 21:11:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Flush flooding in western Nigeria at the weekend has caused devastation around the town of Mokwa [...] Full text...
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Rights group flags repressive laws, lack of due process, attacks on judicial staff in Libya
02 june 2025 - 13:00:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya's fragmented justice sector is suppressing fundamental freedoms and obstructing accountability for abuses, Human Rights Watch [...] Full text...
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As AI evolves, pressure mounts to regulate ‘killer robots’ (By Conor Lennon, UN News)
01 june 2025 - 15:30:59New York, US (PANA) - A world in which algorithms determine the fate of soldiers and civilians alike is no [...] Full text...
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African Union initiative advocates stronger input from the youth to advance technical education
30 may 2025 - 20:05:47London, UK (PANA) - A new report launched by the Africa Skills Revolution initiative outlines the importance of placing youth [...] Full text...
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Menstrual hygiene: a 'silent emergency' for women and girls in Gaza
30 may 2025 - 07:02:47Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As Palestinians in Gaza continue to fall deeper into the abyss on day 600 of [...] Full text...
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Mauritanian Sidi Ould Tah elected ninth president of AfDB Group
29 may 2025 - 15:14:34Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Dr. Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania was on Thursday elected President of the African Development [...] Full text...
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Reviving the two-state solution in the face of stalemate in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
29 may 2025 - 07:43:47New York, US (PANA) - As Gaza descends into the abyss and the West Bank slides toward de facto annexation, [...] 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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What’s your poison? Alcohol linked to higher risk of pancreatic cancer
26 may 2025 - 18:24:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alcoholic drinks, especially beer and spirits, may raise the risk of pancreatic cancer, a new UN [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for investigation into torture, forcible deportation of Kenyan and Ugandan activists by Tanzania
26 may 2025 - 06:11:42Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has asked the Tanzanian authorities to investigate the arbitrary arrest, torture, [...] 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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US accuses Sudan gov't of using chemical weapons in civil war; to impose sanctions in June
23 may 2025 - 10:50:42Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Thursday accused the Sudanese government of using chemical weapons last year in [...] Full text...
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Addressing transportation inefficiencies in Africa crucial to reducing food
21 may 2025 - 08:43:31Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - A new World Bank report reveals that transportation inefficiencies are causing significant food losses in [...] 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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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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UN mission in Libya, Presidential Council launch truce committee
18 may 2025 - 16:44:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In line with its role as Supreme Commander of the Libyan Armed Forces, the Presidential Council [...] Full text...
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Debt transparency is a public good: IMF Blog By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director
18 may 2025 - 12:02:54Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - This topic that you discussed at the IMF Conference on Public Debt Transparency—Aligning the [...] Full text...
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UN humanitarian chief demands resumption of aid in Gaza
17 may 2025 - 21:04:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Humanitarians demand access to the Gaza Strip and already have a plan in place to deliver [...] Full text...
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IMF, DRC reach staff-level deal on first review under ECF
15 may 2025 - 12:58:47Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The economy of DR Congo (DRC) has been resilient, with growth reaching 6.5 percent in [...] Full text...
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IMF staff find a deteriorating outlook posing risks in Angola
15 may 2025 - 09:05:14Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola’s economic growth for 2024 was strong, but the outlook has deteriorated posing risks, according to [...] Full text...
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‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls for global ban on 'killer robots'
15 may 2025 - 07:26:07New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous [...] Full text...
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