DRC conflict: Neighbouring Burundi overwhelmed by the influx of refugees

21 december 2025 - 06:53:06
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian border is buckling under the strain. Since the beginning of December, more than 84,000 [...] Full text...

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New demolition orders for West Bank camp is ‘more devastating news’

16 december 2025 - 16:58:27
Gaza City, Daza (PANA) - Israel has issued new demolition orders for the Nur Shams camp in the north of [...] Full text...

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More than 60,000 Congolese have sought refuge in Burundi in ten days following M23 offensive in South Kivu

16 december 2025 - 09:08:21
Bujumbura, Buruni (PANA) - Following the M23 armed group's assault on the city of Uvira in South Kivu province, in [...] Full text...

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UNHCR chief Grandi urges solidarity to counter toxic scapegoat rhetoric

16 december 2025 - 07:13:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Asylum is becoming increasingly politicised as humanitarian funding shrinks – and it’s against this backdrop that [...] Full text...

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Fall of eastern DRC city to rebels puts civilians at risk - HRW

15 december 2025 - 09:35:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Rwandan forces and M23 armed group that captured the city of Uvira in South Kivu [...] Full text...

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Peace falters as fighting in eastern DR Congo raises fears of regional war

13 december 2025 - 08:21:26
New York, US (PANA) - Civilians across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are facing collapsing health services and [...] Full text...

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Central Africa facing 'deceptive stability' - UN envoy

12 december 2025 - 08:19:32
New York, US (PANA) - In Central Africa, stability remains "generally" the norm, according to the UN envoy for the [...] Full text...

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UN warns of ‘regional conflagration’ as DR Congo violence uproots 500,000

12 december 2025 - 07:58:39
New York, US (PANA) - More than half a million people have now been uprooted by escalating violence in eastern [...] Full text...

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UN Human Rights Office in 'survival mode', says rights chief

11 december 2025 - 08:02:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As human rights violations in conflict-affected areas around the world increase, the UN Office of Human [...] Full text...

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Peace proves relative in Gaza with no let-up in deadly airstrikes

10 december 2025 - 18:07:47
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human [...] Full text...

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UN appeals for $5.1 billion to fund humanitarian needs in West and Central Africa

10 december 2025 - 07:37:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The UN and its partners are appealing for $5.1 billion to help 24 million of the [...] Full text...

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Sudan must address ethnic violence and prevent further escalation, UN committee warns

09 december 2025 - 17:54:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  – UN anti-racism experts on Tuesday underscored their grave concerns over the increase in the use of [...] Full text...

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UN strongly condemns Israel's unauthorised entry of UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem

09 december 2025 - 07:35:22
New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Israeli police raided its compound [...] Full text...

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Israeli police forcibly enter UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem

08 december 2025 - 17:10:44
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said that Israeli police raided its compound [...] Full text...

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UN rights committee calls for promotion of minority rights in Tunisia

08 december 2025 - 11:19:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has underscored its concern over Tunisia's suspension [...] Full text...

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Sudan and Libyan officials discuss situation of refugees and migrants

07 december 2025 - 13:07:31
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Interior Minister, Babiker Samra Mustafa, held talks on Saturday with his Libyan counterpart [...] Full text...

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Mozambique: ‘Civilians were killed, some were even beheaded’

02 december 2025 - 19:19:51
Erati, Mozambiqque (PANA) - “They live in community shelters, they live in classrooms which are overcrowded,” the UN refugee agency’s [...] Full text...

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Aid access and hospital operations remain constrained in Gaza

27 november 2025 - 10:06:57
New York, US (PANA) - Aid deliveries into Gaza continue to face difficulties as fighting continues across the territory, with [...] Full text...

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One Sea, one Pact, one Future: EC approves conclusions on the pact for the Mediterranean

21 november 2025 - 10:37:57
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has approved conclusions welcoming the pact for the Mediterranean, which coincides with the [...] Full text...

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One in five children living in poverty in developing countries

20 november 2025 - 16:24:56
New York, US (PANA) - At least 417 million children — more than one in five — living in low- [...] Full text...

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AUC Chairperson welcomes peace agreement between DRC and AFC/M23

16 november 2025 - 14:32:07
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the signature [...] Full text...

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US applauds DRC, M23 for Doha peace agreement

16 november 2025 - 07:38:27
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has applauded the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Congo River [...] Full text...

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UN launches first refugee-led green fund to restore land and cut carbon

14 november 2025 - 12:50:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched the Refugee Environmental Protection Fund, the first major refugee-led [...] Full text...

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Ending UNWRA services would imperil political way forward: Lazzarini

14 november 2025 - 08:01:20
New York,US (PANA) - Lack of sufficient funds is jeopardizing the ability of the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees [...] Full text...

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From Haiti to Ethiopia: voices of climate displacement at COP30

14 november 2025 - 07:53:02
Belém, Brazil (PANA) - Floods, heatwaves, droughts and storms are forcing millions from their homes every year. Most never cross [...] Full text...

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Mali's fuel crisis stifles humanitarian operations

14 november 2025 - 07:46:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A severe fuel shortage caused by a jihadist blockade of several strategic roads is fuelling the [...] Full text...

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Palestinian passengers stranded in South Africa

14 november 2025 - 07:32:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than 150 Palestinian refugees, seeking asylum in South Africa, were stranded on an [...] Full text...

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42 migrants missing in shipwreck off Libya coast

13 november 2025 - 08:46:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An inflatable boat that departed from Zuwara, in northwestern Libya, capsized on 3 November with about [...] Full text...

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Top US diplomat lashes out at Sudan's RSF, calls for cut off of weapons supply

13 november 2025 - 08:02:21
Hamilton, Canada (PANA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has strongly criticised Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for [...] Full text...

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Millions of lives at risk, warn UN food agencies, as hunger crisis worsens

13 november 2025 - 07:03:40
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) warn of a major [...] Full text...

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Latest deadly shipwreck highlights need for safer migration

12 november 2025 - 19:03:27
Geneva, Switzerland - (PANA) - Forty-two people are missing and presumed dead following a shipwreck off Libya – the latest [...] Full text...

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Sudan: 89,000 civilians have fled El Fasher

11 november 2025 - 17:20:33
New York, US  (PANA) - The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Monday warned of a deepening crisis in Sudan’s [...] Full text...

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Gazans continue heading home as ‘fragile ceasefire’ holds

11 november 2025 - 07:44:25
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - A month into the ceasefire in Gaza, families continue to slowly head back to their [...] Full text...

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Refugee camps set to be uninhabitable by 2050 as extreme weather worsens

10 november 2025 - 14:44:45
Belem, Brazil (PANA) - At least 117 million people have been displaced by war, violence and persecution, the UN refugee [...] Full text...

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One in five children has not received essential vaccinations in Gaza

09 november 2025 - 08:20:08
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As United Nations agencies prepare to launch a massive vaccination campaign for 44,000 children in [...] Full text...

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UNHCR fears halt to refugee returns in Africa due to lack of funding

09 november 2025 - 08:17:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - More than 42,000 refugees have been able to voluntarily return home this year in West and [...] Full text...

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UN refugees chief calls for greater refugee protection and funding

07 november 2025 - 09:01:03
New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees appealed on Thursday for more solutions to address forced [...] Full text...

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UN refugees chief calls for greater refugee protection and funding

07 november 2025 - 07:38:39
New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees appealed on Thursday for more solutions to address forced [...] Full text...

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Sudan crisis: UN agencies race to aid civilians as violence engulfs El Fasher

06 november 2025 - 16:32:08
New York, US ( PANA) - UN agencies are stepping up relief operations to help civilians fleeing the escalating violence [...] Full text...

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South Sudan at risk of return to war, UN investigators warn

30 october 2025 - 07:27:31
New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan faces a renewed slide into full-scale conflict unless urgent international action is taken, [...] Full text...

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UN Human Rights Council names Commission of Inquiry into rights situation in North, South Kivu

27 october 2025 - 17:52:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Jürg Lauber, on Monday announced the appointment [...] Full text...

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UN alarmed by ‘terrifying’ situation in Sudan’s El Fasher, calls for immediate ceasefire

27 october 2025 - 04:51:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top humanitarian official has called for an immediate ceasefire in El Fasher, the capital [...] Full text...

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UN chief Guterres calls for urgent reform of Security Council

24 october 2025 - 21:08:36
New 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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Forty migrants, including children, perish in Tunisia shipwreck

24 october 2025 - 06:46:18
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A shipwreck off Tunisia that claimed the lives of at least 40 African migrants has once [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges Israel to respect its obligations reaffirmed by the ICJ

23 october 2025 - 16:07:49
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Israel to respect its obligations regarding the presence and activities [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Aid efforts continue as UN teams start clearing up to 60 million tonnes of debris

21 october 2025 - 07:35:58
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Monday said it was encouraged by renewed Gaza ceasefire commitments, warning that [...] 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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Political crisis and corruption fuelling violence in South Sudan, UN rights body says

13 october 2025 - 17:43:49
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The escalating political crisis in South Sudan is driving renewed armed violence and making the [...] Full text...

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'I will not go hungry again': Hope reborn in Gaza after ceasefire agreement (By UN News)

10 october 2025 - 18:09:17
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - "What makes me even happier is that I will no longer suffer from hunger." Like [...] Full text...

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Playing and games put thousands of Sudanese children back on the track of healing and recovery (PANA Feature) By Mohamed Osman Adam

07 october 2025 - 16:05:39
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - In Sudan's war, sports and games have shown that they are not only entertainment and [...] Full text...

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We are not powerless in face of Gaza, West Bank, Ukraine atrocities, insists UNHCR chief

06 october 2025 - 15:54:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Monday took aim at the “deliberate abandonment” [...] Full text...

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IOM Director General, Pope Leo call for urgent reform to protect migrants and end smugglers’ exploitation

04 october 2025 - 08:26:16
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Amy Pope, concluded a two-day visit [...] Full text...

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Breathless in Gaza: Health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel

01 october 2025 - 07:34:23
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Doctors in Gaza are warning of a surge in respiratory illnesses as families – cut [...] Full text...

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French-speaking Africa calls on the UN to address its shortcomings

27 september 2025 - 08:37:53
New 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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CAR: Thousands of civilians seek refuge with the UN on the Sudanese border

26 september 2025 - 05:11:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 5,000 fleeing civilians have gathered in recent days around a UN peacekeepers base in the [...] Full text...

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Morocco PM urges peaceful solutions to conflicts in Middle East, Africa

24 september 2025 - 05:23:22
New York, US (PANA) - Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch has called for peaceful solutions to conflicts in Middle East [...] Full text...

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Why digitalisation for displaced people and host communities can’t wait (World Bank Blog by Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi, Global Practice Manager, Digital Economy & Society, Digital Vice Presidency; Johan Bjurman Bergman, Digital Development Specialist and Anne Schuchardt, Consultant, World Bank Digital Vice Presidency)

23 september 2025 - 08:49:58
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - For more than 120 million forcibly displaced people around the world, including refugees and [...] Full text...

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US/Africa expulsion deals flout rights, says rights advocate

23 september 2025 - 05:39:27
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The United States' recent expulsions of third-country nationals to Eswatini, Ghana, Rwanda and South Sudan [...] Full text...

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AU, EU and UN chiefs hold sixth trilateral meeting in New York

22 september 2025 - 06:21:32
New York, USA (PANA) - African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, European Council President António Costa, European Commission [...] Full text...

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UN presses ahead with mission for a better world despite global headwinds

19 september 2025 - 04:48:46
New York, US (PANA) - During a year of escalating global turmoil – from widening wars and economic hardship to [...] Full text...

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Fragile progress in Syria, at risk from exclusion and foreign interference, UN warns

18 september 2025 - 20:05:07
New York, US (PANA) - Syria’s tentative steps towards recovery could quickly unravel without inclusive politics, sustained aid and respect [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Militias, army threaten South Kivu civilians

16 september 2025 - 06:31:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – DR Congo (DRC) military forces and a coalition of abusive militias are threatening the security of civilians [...] Full text...

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UN’s humanitarian work is ‘underfunded, overstretched, and under attack’

16 september 2025 - 06:12:19
New York, US (PANA) - “Underfunded, overstretched and under attack,” is how the United Nation’s top humanitarian aid official has [...] Full text...

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Deadly attacks and collapsing services push Sudan closer to catastrophe

16 september 2025 - 06:07:04
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has sounded the alarm over Sudan’s spiralling crisis, warning that deadly attacks [...] Full text...

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‘Deadly floods’ displace over 100,000 in South Sudan

13 september 2025 - 05:54:49
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Over 100,000 people in South Sudan have been displaced by what the UN refugee agency, [...] Full text...

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‘Shift the narrative’ on suicide to prevent loss of 720,000 lives annually

11 september 2025 - 05:39:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it. Now the head [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief denounces ‘glorification of violence’ and attack on rule of law

08 september 2025 - 13:15:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN rights chief Volker Türk on Monday condemned what he called a worldwide “glorification of violence” [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Libya, eastern-based army chief discuss 'practical measures' to implement political roadmap

08 september 2025 - 12:57:21
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, and the [...] Full text...

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Sudan's paramilitary group accused of killing, forcibly drawing blood from civilians fleeing besieged city

07 september 2025 - 07:43:04
El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias are killing, kidnapping, and forcibly drawing blood [...] 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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Oversight c'ttee on Rwanda, DRC peace deal resolve to timely implementation

04 september 2025 - 08:39:12
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Members of the Joint Oversight Committee (JOC) for the Peace Agreement signed by Rwanda and [...] Full text...

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Gaza: With a suitcase for a school bag, classrooms have become shelters (By UN News)

03 september 2025 - 07:24:27
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - “Instead of studying in school, we’re living in it,” said Diana, summing up the conditions [...] Full text...

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Daily malnutrition deaths continue as Israeli forces push further into Gaza City

03 september 2025 - 06:45:17
New York, US (PANA) - Conditions in Gaza are worsening for Palestinians trapped amid spiralling hunger as Israel continues to [...] Full text...

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Libya's eastern-based government discusses support for displaced persons

02 september 2025 - 12:32:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Libyan government installed in the east, [...] Full text...

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IOM: More than 1,000 families flee Sudan's besieged El Fasher city

01 september 2025 - 07:49:52
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced on Sunday that more than a thousand families [...] Full text...

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ICRC: Conflict in Sudan drives missing persons cases in Africa

28 august 2025 - 16:24:41
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A huge increase in missing persons in Africa, has been attributed mainly to the current [...] Full text...

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Sudan and eastern-based Libyan govt discuss voluntary return programme for Sudanese refugees

27 august 2025 - 16:07:35
Benghazi, Libya  (PANA)  - Officials of Libya's eastern-based government and Sudan have met to discuss modalities of the voluntary return [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses Mauritania of years of migration control abuses

27 august 2025 - 06:56:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against largely West and [...] Full text...

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Cholera epidemic spreads in Sudanese refugee camps in Chad

26 august 2025 - 06:06:26
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Cholera, which is raging in Sudan, is spreading to Chad. As large numbers of Sudanese from [...] Full text...

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UN Chief appoints Zambia Chaloka Beyani as Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide

24 august 2025 - 14:40:47
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Dr. Chaloka Beyani of Zambia as Special Adviser [...] Full text...

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Pope commends 'determination' of Chagossians in peaceful struggle for their homeland

24 august 2025 - 13:34:12
Vatican City, Vatican (PANA) - Pope Leo XIV on Sunday commended “the determination of the Chagossian people, particularly that of [...] Full text...

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Guterres in Japan: ‘Humanity is strongest when we stand as one’

22 august 2025 - 19:57:37
Osaka, Japan (PANA) - World Expos are not just feel-good exhibitions, “they are invitations to tell our stories”, the UN [...] Full text...

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Libya: Security Council urged to back popular ‘yearning’ for national elections

22 august 2025 - 05:37:57
New York, US (PANA) - Recent elections in Libya are a sure sign of the people’s desire to choose their [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Libya to brief Security Council on new roadmap for political process

21 august 2025 - 10:40:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, will brief the Security Council [...] Full text...

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‘Beauty and Beast’: Story of the Sudanese IDPs and the Gash River

19 august 2025 - 19:13:39
Kassala, Sudan (PANA) - Huge volumes of thick reddish torrents of water dash from the Ethiopian plateau and mountainous heights [...] Full text...

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South Sudanese ‘are counting on us’, top UN official tells Security Council

19 august 2025 - 07:25:34
New York, US (PANA) - Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, briefed the Security Council on the deteriorating security and [...] Full text...

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Veteran Ghanaian journalist Ben Asante passes on

18 august 2025 - 15:44:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Veteran Ghanaian journalist, Ben Asante, has died, according to media reports on Monday. Asante, died on 12 [...] Full text...

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Surge in flow of Burkinabe refugees into Mali

18 august 2025 - 06:40:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In barely a week, the small town of Koro in central Mali has seen an influx [...] Full text...

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Cholera cases spreading around the world: WHO

16 august 2025 - 05:48:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The preventable but often deadly waterborne disease – cholera – continues to spread around the world, [...] Full text...

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Shipwreck off Italy kills at least 27

15 august 2025 - 07:32:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 27 refugees and migrants were drowned in a shipwreck near the southern Italian island [...] Full text...

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Libyan, UN agencies discuss sustainable solutions to internal displacement

12 august 2025 - 10:27:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan and United Nations agencies on Monday held a meeting to discuss sustainable solutions to internal [...] Full text...

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Hospitals overflowing in Gaza, as malnutrition surges

11 august 2025 - 15:40:38
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, UN officials warned on Monday, describing overflowing [...] Full text...

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Aid blockade deepens Gaza crisis as malnutrition deaths rise, warns UNRWA

09 august 2025 - 20:03:26
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has warned that the Gaza Strip faces a “catastrophic” [...] Full text...

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DRC, Rwanda meet on implementation of Washington peace agreement

09 august 2025 - 14:23:52
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The first Joint Security Coordination Mechanism meeting for the implementation of the Peace Agreement between [...] Full text...

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You can run – but we will find you, militias tell terrified civilians

08 august 2025 - 15:09:59
Geneva, 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 - 13:00:49
Geneva, 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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Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo

07 august 2025 - 05:15:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hopes for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been shaken by a [...] Full text...

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A Moving History: IMF Finance & Development (By Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at Oxford University)

06 august 2025 - 10:46:10
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The history of migration is the story of humanity and its progress. It’s a story [...] Full text...

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UNHCR flags Uganda’s refugee funding crisis

05 august 2025 - 06:01:49
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Since the beginning of 2025, 600 refugees have arrived in Uganda each day, bringing the total [...] Full text...

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Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’ (By UN News)

03 august 2025 - 08:08:47
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In western Gaza City, displaced people live crammed into cramped tents, and a human tragedy [...] Full text...

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Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’ (By UN News)

03 august 2025 - 07:32:10
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In western Gaza City, displaced people live crammed into cramped tents, and a human tragedy [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Nearly 1,400 Palestinians killed while seeking food, as UN warns airdrops are no solution

01 august 2025 - 16:55:10
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Despite Israel’s 27 July announcement of daily military pauses in western Gaza “to improve humanitarian [...] Full text...

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With Gaza smouldering, ministers renew push for two-State solution at UN

31 july 2025 - 05:16:32
New York, US (PANA) - With Gaza in ruins and the two-State solution in jeopardy, ministers convened at the United [...] Full text...

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IOM offers support in wake of deadly shipwreck off Libya's coast

30 july 2025 - 06:45:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 18 migrants died following a shipwreck off the coast of Tobruk, Libya, this past [...] Full text...

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Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger ‘as a weapon of war

29 july 2025 - 05:25:58
New York, US (PANA) - As starvation worsens in war-torn Gaza, UN agencies repeated warnings on Monday that Israel’s decision [...] Full text...

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Sudanese diplomatic delegation arrives in Libya ahead of reopening of consulate in Kufra

28 july 2025 - 11:38:57
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - A consular mission from Sudan on Sunday arrived in Kufra, in the far south of Libya, [...] Full text...

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UN warns of escalating human toll in Ukraine amid relentless aerial attacks, mounting aid shortfall

26 july 2025 - 16:12:06
New York, US (PANA) - Russian aerial attacks continue to intensify across Ukraine, exacting a rising toll on civilians and [...] Full text...

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The PSC calls for the transfer of the AU Liaison Office to Tripoli and the appointment of a Special Envoy for Migration

26 july 2025 - 12:57:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union has requested the Chairperson of the [...] Full text...

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IMF approves new 48-month ECF arrangement for Chad

26 july 2025 - 12:21:28
Ndjamena, 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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1.3 million Sudanese return home, offering fragile hope for recovery

25 july 2025 - 17:11:32
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - With pockets of relative safety emerging in Sudan, over 1.3 million Sudanese people — including one [...] Full text...

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'Famine silently begins to unfold’ in Gaza, UNRWA chief says

25 july 2025 - 05:07:48
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.” Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General for [...] Full text...

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Torture, threats and arbitrary arrests: UN warns of ‘serious abuses’ against Afghans forced to return

24 july 2025 - 19:00:37
New York, US (PANA) - Afghans returning to their country face “serious violations” of their human rights committed by the [...] Full text...

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Housing crisis: UN fears a future of cities transformed into slums

23 july 2025 - 07:57:23
New York, US (PANA) - A bed, four walls, a safe place to breathe. These are the most basic aspects [...] Full text...

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CAR innovates with nature-based solutions, reaffirms commitment to urban climate resilience

23 july 2025 - 07:12:31
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - The World Bank has approved an additional grant financing of $9.175 million (just over CFAF 5.3 [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained

22 july 2025 - 18:42:40
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from [...] Full text...

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Tunisia welcomes Doha peace agreement signed by DRC and AFC/M23 rebels

22 july 2025 - 12:36:48
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia on Monday welcomed the peace agreement signed on 19 July in Doha, Qatar, between the [...] Full text...

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Doha agreement brings DR Congo government and M23 rebels a step closer to peace

20 july 2025 - 18:43:30
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - An agreement signed by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the [...] Full text...

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IGAD and Germany expand partnership on regional migration

17 july 2025 - 16:27:29
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)-The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has announced signing a landmark Euro 8 million Grant Agreement with [...] Full text...

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Gaza: 875 people confirmed dead trying to source food in recent weeks

16 july 2025 - 05:48:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 900 desperate and hungry Gazans have been killed in recent weeks trying to fetch food, with [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Surge in Darfur displacement pushes Tawila into full-scale crisis, cholera spreading

11 july 2025 - 15:19:25
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international charity organization has rung the alarm bell about an imminent catastrophe in a new Darfur [...] Full text...

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Gaza: More than 15,000 students killed since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas

10 july 2025 - 12:14:44
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than 15,000 students have been killed since the start of the war between Israel [...] Full text...

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UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan as displacement, hunger and disease escalate

08 july 2025 - 05:49:18
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians on Monday sounded the alarm over the worsening conditions in Sudan, as violence [...] Full text...

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Iran crisis: UN stays and delivers

01 july 2025 - 20:31:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A clearer picture of needs across Iran is beginning to emerge after the conflict this month [...] Full text...

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Funding shortages threaten relief for millions of Sudanese refugees: WFP

30 june 2025 - 13:14:33
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Critical shortfalls in global humanitarian funding now threaten millions of Sudanese refugees fleeing war to seek [...] Full text...

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UN chief welcomes peace deal between DR Congo and Rwanda

29 june 2025 - 06:59:57
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

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Rwanda, DRC sign peace agreement to end three decades of war

28 june 2025 - 05:58:43
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday signed a peace agreement in [...] Full text...

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Rwanda, DRC sign peace agreement to end three decades of war

27 june 2025 - 22:31:53
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday signed a peace agreement in [...] Full text...

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Refugee resettlement quotas fall despite high needs

26 june 2025 - 06:28:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As conflicts and protracted crises continue to force millions of people to flee their countries, the [...] Full text...

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UN fast-tracks support for displaced people, host communities in Chad

25 june 2025 - 11:48:10
N’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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Human Rights Council hears concerns over displacement, genocide risks and migrant trafficking

24 june 2025 - 05:23:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On day six of the 59th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, the [...] Full text...

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UNICEF chief meets some of Sudan’s 700,000 child refugees crossing into Chad

24 june 2025 - 05:11:53
N'Djamema, Chad (PANA) - Since fighting erupted in Sudan in April 2023, more than two million children have been displaced [...] Full text...

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Dozens of migrants from Libya rescued by the Greek coastguard

21 june 2025 - 13:53:26
Athens,  Greece (PANA) - The Greek coastguard has rescued 278 migrants stranded on board a fishing boat south of the [...] Full text...

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South Sudan, IMF agree Fund-monitored programme to lay foundation for economic stability

21 june 2025 - 08:05:40
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) IMF and the South Sudanese authorities have reached [...] Full text...

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Some 122 million people uprooted, in a world where solidarity is threatened

21 june 2025 - 06:04:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With more than 122 million people worldwide uprooted by war, violence, and persecution—a historic high—their access [...] Full text...

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Technical teams of DRC, Rwanda initial text of peace agreement

19 june 2025 - 18:12:16
Washington, 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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Nearly a thousand new Sudanese refugees arrive in Libya

19 june 2025 - 10:37:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 1,000 Sudanese have taken refuge in Libya following recent clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces [...] Full text...

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UNHCR forced to make deep cuts, despite rising needs worldwide

16 june 2025 - 23:24:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by [...] Full text...

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UN, partners unveil hyper-prioritised aid appeal amid 'cruel maths' of brutal funding cuts

16 june 2025 - 08:58:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the wake of the deepest funding cuts ever to hit the international humanitarian sector, the [...] Full text...

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Insufficient domestic funding hinders education progress, says rights watchdog

16 june 2025 - 08:20:10
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Most African governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality [...] Full text...

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Eastern Chad ‘reaching a breaking point’ as Sudan war refugees continue to arrive

15 june 2025 - 05:38:46
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Aid teams in eastern Chad have warned that host communities are reaching breaking point because of [...] Full text...

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South Sudan's ongoing political crackdown, military aggression puts peace deal at risk of collapse

13 june 2025 - 11:39:27
Juba, South Sudan (PANA)  – The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan sounded the alarm on Friday that [...] Full text...

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Libyan government appointed by Parliament denies involvement in Sudanese war

12 june 2025 - 11:16:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government appointed by Parliament in the east of the country has denied any involvement [...] Full text...

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Displacement doubles while funding shrinks, warns UNHCR

12 june 2025 - 07:14:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With 13.5 million people displaced by over 13 years of brutal civil conflict, Syria used to [...] Full text...

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Refugees find hope through legal migration

11 june 2025 - 05:33:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly one million refugees from eight countries with high asylum recognition rates were granted entry permits [...] Full text...

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Israeli attacks on Gaza schools could be crimes against humanity: UN probe

10 june 2025 - 18:47:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Israeli military’s destruction of Gaza’s education and cultural infrastructure amount to war crimes and the [...] 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 - 08:02:57
Washington, 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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Number of aid workers killed in Gaza conflict, highest in UN history: Guterres

06 june 2025 - 06:57:14
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations paid tribute on Thursday to the 168 staff members who lost their [...] Full text...

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Funding shortfalls, cholera spread, conflict compound relief work in South Sudan and Sudan

06 june 2025 - 06:46:03
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is concerned about the impact of [...] Full text...

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A better place to learn: Supporting refugee students through clean water and hygiene in Ethiopia: World Bank Feature Story

04 june 2025 - 09:28:12
Asosa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Through its dual focus on service harmonisation and integration, the World Bank-supported GEQIP-E helped align refugee [...] Full text...

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Regional humanitarian crisis deepens as displacement surges in South Sudan

04 june 2025 - 07:30:10
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Since a sharp escalation in fighting in South Sudan in late February, 165,000 people have [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Rise in people fleeing to Chad as violence surges

03 june 2025 - 17:11:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of Sudanese refugees in Chad has more than tripled in just over two years [...] Full text...

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UN’s lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard

31 may 2025 - 09:46:12
New York, US (PANA) - The UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict triggers regional health crisis, warns WHO

28 may 2025 - 07:05:13
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As the war between rival militaries in Sudan continues, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has [...] Full text...

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

27 may 2025 - 21:19:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed recent decisions by the United States, the [...] Full text...

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

27 may 2025 - 12:52:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports indicated on Tuesday that Israel’s controversial aid distribution plan had begun in Gaza as the [...] Full text...

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Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes

26 may 2025 - 16:15:14
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on [...] Full text...

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

24 may 2025 - 07:23:24
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) warned [...] Full text...

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

23 may 2025 - 05:10:36
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday that it has been forced to cut [...] Full text...

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UN alarmed after warning shots fired at foreign diplomats in the West Bank

22 may 2025 - 07:43:04
New York, US (PANA) - The UN has called for an investigation following reports that Israeli forces opened fire on [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave

21 may 2025 - 15:53:13
Gaza, Gaza City (PANA) - UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel [...] Full text...

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

17 may 2025 - 09:39:44
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Tens of thousands of refugees fleeing escalating violence in Sudan continue to escape to Chad at [...] Full text...

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

15 may 2025 - 09:57:43
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - More than 40,000 Sudanese, the majority of them women and children, have fled the ongoing fighting [...] 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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Rights group urges Libyan government to investigate crimes by illegal militia groups

14 may 2025 - 10:54:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Amnesty International has urged the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) to immediately open “thorough, independent, [...] Full text...

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Mandela’s great-grandson slams Afrikaner 'refugees'

14 may 2025 - 10:25:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela’s great-grandson, Mayibuye Mandela, has called on South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs to [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Starvation looms for one in five people, say food security experts

12 may 2025 - 15:58:25
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Gazans remain at “critical risk of famine”, UN-backed food security experts warned on Monday, a [...] Full text...

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

12 may 2025 - 07:41:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Forty-nine Afrikaners granted refugee status by the US government departed from OR Tambo International [...] Full text...

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Field of Dreams: Football Breathes Life into Yemen’s Camps

11 may 2025 - 15:11:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every summer in Ma’rib, Yemen, a place marked by loss and uncertainty, a football tournament offers [...] Full text...

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

10 may 2025 - 11:35:58
New York, US (PANA) – The United States should not forcibly transfer migrants to Libya, where inhumane detention conditions are well-documented, including [...] Full text...

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Pretoria protests US decision to accept South African 'refugees'

10 may 2025 - 09:27:53
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa is protesting the decision of the US to process alleged refugees from the [...] Full text...

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UN fund allocates over $4 million to support DRC refugees, Angola cholera outbreak

10 may 2025 - 07:56:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two new allocations from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will support DRC refugees in [...] Full text...

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More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger

10 may 2025 - 07:34:59
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions of people in West and Central [...] Full text...

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More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger

10 may 2025 - 07:16:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions of people in West and Central Africa [...] Full text...

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UNRWA condemns ‘storming’ of schools in East Jerusalem

10 may 2025 - 06:32:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has strongly condemned the forced entry by Israeli security [...] Full text...

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URNWA condemns ‘storming’ of schools in East Jerusalem

08 may 2025 - 19:53:43
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has strongly condemned the forced entry by Israeli [...] Full text...

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New horror in Gaza as double strike on school shelter kills 30

07 may 2025 - 18:21:10
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Grim details emerged on Wednesday of Israeli airstrikes on a UN-run school in Gaza sheltering [...] Full text...

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Exhausted Sudanese flee into Chad as fighting escalates: UNHCR

06 may 2025 - 12:49:19
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Thousands of exhausted Sudanese refugees continue to flee fighting in search of safety in neighbouring Chad, aid [...] Full text...

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Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees

03 may 2025 - 19:07:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees [...] Full text...

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Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees: UNHCR

02 may 2025 - 17:51:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees [...] Full text...

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UN alert over deepening crisis in Sudan as famine spreads and violence escalates

01 may 2025 - 06:19:43
New York, US (PANA)  The United Nations has warned that Sudan is sliding deeper into catastrophe, with growing famine and [...] Full text...

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Millions will die from funding cuts, says UN aid chief

30 april 2025 - 16:45:01
New York, US (PANA) - Lifesaving operations everywhere continue to be shut down by sweeping funding cutbacks which will result [...] Full text...

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Children in Gaza ‘going to bed starving’ amid blockade: UNRWA

29 april 2025 - 13:04:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The biggest UN aid agency in Gaza on Tuesday condemned the two-month Israeli blockade that has [...] Full text...

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Gazans face hunger crisis as aid blockade nears two months

29 april 2025 - 08:12:27
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Surviving on one meal a day and stretching out rapidly dwindling food rations have become [...] Full text...

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UN refugee chief regrets flouting of international humanitarian law in conflicts

29 april 2025 - 07:54:00
New York, US (PANA) - Thousands of lives have been “destroyed in the pursuit of supremacy”, as international humanitarian law [...] Full text...

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UN warns Sudan’s humanitarian crisis deepening

29 april 2025 - 07:23:57
New York,US (PANA) - Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is deepening as escalating violence blocks aid deliveries and forces thousands more civilians [...] Full text...

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Israel's restrictions on UN agencies in Gaza highlighted at world court

28 april 2025 - 15:42:32
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday into Israel’s continuing severe restrictions on [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN official warns of 'assault on dignity' as blockade cripples humanitarian response

27 april 2025 - 13:54:46
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The coming days in Gaza are set to be critical, the UN warned on Saturday, [...] Full text...

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From border control to belonging: How host communities gain from empowering refugees

26 april 2025 - 07:18:20
New York, US (PANA) - With humanitarian aid in decline, the international community must shift its focus from short-term relief [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi

25 april 2025 - 15:23:57
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The number of desperate refugees fleeing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and [...] Full text...

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Hunger stalks Ethiopia as UN aid agency halts support amid funding cuts

22 april 2025 - 14:47:57
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Funding and supply shortfalls for the UN World Food Programme's relief work in Ethiopia will [...] Full text...

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Migration and Refugee Policies - When destination countries tighten migration and refugee policies, it has economic ripple effects elsewhere: IMF Blog By Paula Beltran Saavedra, Nicolas Fernandez-Arias, Samuel Mann and Carolina Osorio-Buitron

19 april 2025 - 11:32:55
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Migration has always been an integral part of humanity’s history and success. As of last year, [...] Full text...

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Libya’s fragile transition plagued by deepening economic and political divides

17 april 2025 - 19:05:39
New York, US (PANA) - Libya’s prolonged political transition is facing renewed strain, with mounting economic pressures and tensions between [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief

17 april 2025 - 16:41:18
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 [...] Full text...

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Security Council urged to support eastern DR Congo peace initiatives

17 april 2025 - 05:52:14
New York, US (PANA) - Despite numerous regional and international diplomatic initiatives, the security situation remains critical in the eastern [...] Full text...

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South Sudan on the brink as peace deal falters, UN warns

17 april 2025 - 05:44:53
New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan stands at a dangerous crossroads as rising political tensions threaten to derail a [...] Full text...

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Flooding displaces thousands amid ongoing unrest in eastern DR Congo

15 april 2025 - 20:09:32
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Recent severe flooding caused by torrential rains has displaced nearly 10,000 people in Tanganyika province [...] Full text...

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Millions displaced, health system in ruins as Sudan war fuels famine

15 april 2025 - 05:47:10
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - More than 12.4 million people have been forced from their homes across Sudan – including [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: ‘Darkest chapters’ ahead as Darfur massacre claims over 100 lives

14 april 2025 - 20:06:25
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan’s devastating war enters its third year, UN rights investigators are warning that its “darkest [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian organisations flag starvation and global failure in Sudan's bloody war

12 april 2025 - 05:21:13
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Several humanitarian organisations have again flagged the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Sudan as the bloody [...] Full text...

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Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warn

11 april 2025 - 14:55:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two years since Sudan’s brutal conflict began, UN agencies warned that famine is spreading and civilians [...] Full text...

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