UN expert denounces 'cruel game' of hostage-taking
05 march 2025 - 07:50:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A United Nations independent expert warned on Tuesday of an increase in hostage-taking by states and [...] Full text...
thread Society
Breaking news
- Agriculture
Halal product market and consumers set to grow in West Africa
- Culture
Libyans begin Ramadan fasting
- Economy
Foreign companies invited to invest in 22 oil fields in Libya
- Environment
Climate change: La Niña fades, as global heat keeps rising
- Gender
’Men remain the overwhelming majority in high political positions’
- Health
Sudan virus disease reported in Uganda
- Politics
US Embassy in South Sudan orders departure of non-emergency employees; Uganda deploys troops to Juba
- Press Review
Lessons of Hamas operation against Israel, - Libyan newspaper,
- Sciences
How AI can help both tax collectors and taxpayers: IMF Blog By Thomas Cantens and Herve Tourpe
- Social
CFAF 15 billion already invested in Benin’s special employment integration programme
- Society
Women, girls bear brunt of cyberbullying against persons with disabilities
- Sports
CAF launches tender for commercialisation of national team competitions
200 Search result
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A United Nations independent expert warned on Tuesday of an increase in hostage-taking by states and [...] Full text...
'Suspension of humanitarian aid to Gaza will lead to more suffering' - Humanitarian charity
03 march 2025 - 09:06:17Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), has warned that Israel halting all entry of [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan is a powder keg with growing risk of war crimes, UN warns
28 february 2025 - 06:18:34Geneva, Switzerland US (PANA) - Sudan is a flashpoint, with a growing risk of atrocity crimes and mass starvation deaths, [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Human Rights Council: Türk calls out ‘dehumanizing’ narratives on Gaza
27 february 2025 - 21:24:29New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday called for an end to the “abhorrent, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan: MSF says forced to halt activities as violence engulfs Zamzam camp in North Darfur
25 february 2025 - 08:06:18Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says the current escalation of attacks and [...] Full text...
thread Society
Senior UN official deplores '. ruthless assault on human life’ in Sudan
05 february 2025 - 07:57:31Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan has again urged warring parties to stop targeting civilians. Clementine [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan: Medical charity renews call for immediate action to prevent death, starvation
04 february 2025 - 12:51:18Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is urging international donors, the UN, Sudan’s [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN chief condemns reported executions in Sudan as starvation risks rise
04 february 2025 - 07:41:51New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General expressed deep alarm on Monday over reports of summary executions of civilians [...] Full text...
thread Society
DRC: Hospitals overwhelmed, food running out: Goma faces ‘devastation’
31 january 2025 - 05:09:12Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - After days of intense fighting, the humanitarian situation in Goma, capital of the eastern Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
thread Society
Guterres welcomes start of ceasefire in Gaza as UN ramps up food deliveries
20 january 2025 - 05:38:30New York, US (PANA) - Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the start on Sunday of the ceasefire and hostage release in [...] Full text...
thread Politics
New era of crisis for children, as global conflicts intensify and inequality worsens
13 january 2025 - 06:28:38New York, US (PANA) - The world is entering a new era of crisis for children. Climate change, inequality and [...] Full text...
thread Society
Famine spreads in Sudan, say UN agencies
11 january 2025 - 09:20:58New York, US (PANA) - Lifesaving efforts by UN humanitarians and partners to distribute food and agricultural aid in Sudan [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rights group appeals to DRC president to halt plans to execute some 170 people
08 january 2025 - 14:30:11Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has appealed to President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan’s worsening conflict puts millions at risk as starvation spreads
25 december 2024 - 05:59:32New York, US (PANA) - Sudan is confronting a widening famine crisis, with widespread starvation, surging acute malnutrition and mass [...] Full text...
thread Society
World ignores countdown to famine in Sudan, humanitarian charity warns
22 november 2024 - 10:29:13Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international humanitarian organization has lamented that although Sudan is currently witnessing the “world’s worst [...] Full text...
thread Society
ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence minister Yoav Gallant
21 november 2024 - 14:54:03The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in its composition for the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Invincible, severe death toll in Sudan war
17 november 2024 - 15:22:36Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - During the first 14 months of the Sudan conflict, there have been more violent deaths [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza: Israeli war tactics condemned as aid still blocked from reaching north
14 november 2024 - 17:13:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Intense Israeli military operations have continued in Gaza as UN humanitarians reported that multiple attempts to [...] Full text...
thread Society
Middle East: Gaza food markets ‘in decay’ as starvation looms
14 november 2024 - 05:36:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports of ongoing bombardments, likely starvation and despair continue to emerge from Gaza where many basic [...] Full text...
thread Society
Displacement crisis reaches 123 million, amid ongoing conflicts
07 november 2024 - 05:49:53New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has called for “urgent international support” as [...] Full text...
thread Society
‘Catastrophic’ hunger persists in multiple countries, warn food agencies
31 october 2024 - 12:35:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “Catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity” bordering on starvation are expected to impact hundreds of thousands of [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan trapped in ‘nightmare of violence’, UN chief tells Security Council
29 october 2024 - 10:02:58New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza war's 'darkest moment' unfolding in north, UN says
27 october 2024 - 07:34:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief has said the Gaza war's “darkest moment” is unfolding in the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan: Families start eating grass to survive as famine hits hard
22 october 2024 - 18:10:21Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international charity organization has warned that famine has now hit half of Sudan’s states [...] Full text...
thread
Guterres ‘unequivocally condemns’ continued civilian deaths in Gaza
22 october 2024 - 05:25:35New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday condemned the “continued and widespread” loss of life [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN rights office raises alarm over relentless Israeli attacks in north Gaza
21 october 2024 - 17:40:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed growing alarm over Israel’s military operations in northern [...] Full text...
thread Society
Staggering 97 percent of Sudan’s internally displaced facing severe levels of hunger
18 october 2024 - 05:10:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A staggering 97 percent of Sudan’s internally displaced along with civilians who’ve remained, are facing severe [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan crisis: Top ministers meet in New York in call for concerted action
26 september 2024 - 05:46:56New York, US (PANA) - With war raging in Sudan and no end in sight to the catastrophic hunger crisis [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan crisis must not be forgotten by world leaders, says WFP
24 september 2024 - 16:11:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ongoing heavy fighting in Sudan has continued to kill and uproot the country’s people who global [...] Full text...
thread Society
Humanitarian charities warn starvation crisis in Sudan has reached 'historic proportions'
03 september 2024 - 11:51:16Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Three humanitarian organisations operating in Sudan, on Tuesday urgently called on the international community to [...] Full text...
thread Society
US welcomes resumption of humanitarian assistance across Chadian border into Sudan
27 august 2024 - 04:39:13Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the resumption of humanitarian assistance deliveries through the Adré border [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN announces Sudan aid breakthrough
21 august 2024 - 20:03:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan’s Darfur region have crossed the Adre [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN rights chief ‘shocked and appalled’ by Israeli minister’s comment on starving Gazans to death
09 august 2024 - 16:40:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Friday for the Israeli authorities to monitor senior [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan war: Over a dozen more areas at risk of famine as fighting impedes aid
08 august 2024 - 07:07:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) With famine confirmed in the Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur, there are growing concerns that [...] Full text...
thread Society
World cannot continue to turn blind eye to Sudan as man-made famine is confirmed in Darfur camp: Humanitarians
05 august 2024 - 08:08:59Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – A man-made famine has taken hold of one of Darfur's largest displacement sites, Zamzam camp near [...] Full text...
thread Society
Famine now prevalent in parts of war-torn Sudan - Report
02 august 2024 - 05:35:15New York, US (PANA) - Famine is now prevalent in areas of war-torn Sudan and will continue through the next [...] Full text...
thread Society
Famine conditions prevalent in parts of North Darfur -IPC
01 august 2024 - 18:30:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Famine Review Committee (FRC) of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Thursday concluded that [...] Full text...
thread Society
Skyrocketing violence against children in Sudan demands urgent protection measures: UN report
01 august 2024 - 05:31:03New York, US (PANA) - The conflict in Sudan has led to a horrifying surge in violence against children, a [...] Full text...
thread Society
Arbitrary detentions and impunity widespread in Libya, warns UN rights chief
09 july 2024 - 14:15:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The desperate plight of migrants and refugees tortured, trafficked and sold “at scale” in Libya took [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan war: WHO appalled by horrific attack on El Fasher’s maternity hospital
24 june 2024 - 16:04:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heavy fighting in Sudan hit a new low over the weekend when a maternity hospital in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan war: Human Rights Watch expresses concern about unlawful attacks on civilians, infrastructure in Sudan
20 june 2024 - 08:59:21Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudan's warring parties’ recent unlawful attacks in North Darfur’s El Fasher have killed hundreds of civilians and [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan war: ‘Nowhere is safe’ for civilians as war descends further into chaos
19 june 2024 - 06:45:01New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday focused on the worsening crisis in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza: 8,000 children diagnosed with malnutrition amid ongoing shelling
14 june 2024 - 07:03:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heavy shelling reported in the so-called safe zone of Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza on Thursday came [...] Full text...
thread Health
Update: Gaza war: ICC issues arrest warrants for Hamas leaders and Israel’s Netanyahu (Eds: Adds details by ICC Prosecutor)
20 may 2024 - 13:46:45The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Arrest warrants are being sought for the leaders of Hamas and Israel for alleged war [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Gaza war: ICC issues arrest warrants for Hamas leaders and Israel’s Netanyahu
20 may 2024 - 12:37:55The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Arrest warrants have been issued against the leaders of Hamas and Israel for alleged war [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Gaza war: Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle
16 may 2024 - 13:05:06Manama, Bahrain (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres reiterated his warning on Thursday against a full-scale assault on Rafah, just as [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan war: US sanctions two Rapid Support Forces commanders for Darfur operations
15 may 2024 - 18:41:24Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Wednesday announced sanctions on two commanders of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza war: South Africa asks world court to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah
11 may 2024 - 10:15:44The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - South Africa has filed an urgent request at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for additional [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Gaza war: 80,000 displaced from Rafah as Israeli bombardment intensifies, say UN aid teams
09 may 2024 - 11:24:03Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Some 80,000 people have left Rafah since Monday amid continuing Israeli bombardment in and around Gaza’s [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN agencies warn of imminent starvation risk in Sudan’s Darfur region
03 may 2024 - 18:14:42Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - UN agencies issued a joint warning on Friday that time is running out to prevent [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza war: Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office
23 april 2024 - 13:34:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly stripped [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza war: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering
16 april 2024 - 16:00:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since war erupted six months ago and one [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan war: Humanitarian charity calls for more funds for Sudan, neighbours
16 april 2024 - 07:25:49Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), has noted that funds pledged at Sudan's humanitarian summit [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan war: Paris conference on Sudan should jump-start new approach to humanitarian funding
15 april 2024 - 10:54:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the [...] Full text...
thread Society
EU decries man-made calamity in Sudan one year into conflict
13 april 2024 - 10:03:58Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is appalled by the unprecedented man-made calamity created by the Sudanese Armed [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza war: Planning the post-war reconstruction and recovery of Gaza
06 april 2024 - 07:02:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The destruction wrought across the Gaza Strip by Israel in the six months since the beginning [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Gaza war: Israel must allow ‘quantum leap’ in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in military tactics
05 april 2024 - 18:01:57New York, US (PANA) - Israel must make meaningful changes in the way it is fighting in Gaza to avoid [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza war: ‘No protection’ for civilians, aid workers, Security Council hears
05 april 2024 - 17:38:54New York, US (PANA) - Aid officials called on the Security Council on Friday to step in to stop the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza war: Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel
05 april 2024 - 12:31:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights body adopted a resolution on Friday condemning the alleged “use of starvation [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza war: Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to end
29 march 2024 - 05:14:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’ after more than five months of Israeli bombardment, the head [...] Full text...
thread Health
Gaza war: World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepens
28 march 2024 - 20:25:20The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday issued new provisional measures for Israel as [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Gaza war: We must push for lasting peace in Gaza, UN chief insists, as starvation threat nears
25 march 2024 - 11:14:49Amman, Jordan (PANA) - With “starvation bearing down” on Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday repeated his call for [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN’s Guterres undertakes solidarity mission to Egypt, Jordan amid regional crises
23 march 2024 - 14:34:11Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In the face of escalating conflicts and humanitarian crises, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has embarked on [...] Full text...
thread
Amid ongoing strife in Gaza and Ukraine, UN chief reiterates peace call
21 march 2024 - 15:54:23Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres doubled down on his call for a ceasefire in Gaza and peace [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza war: Less than 1 in 2 UN aid missions allowed into northern zones this month
20 march 2024 - 13:33:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Less than half of the UN aid convoys planned for Gaza’s hunger-ravaged north have made it [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza war: Children of Gaza spread joy for Ramadan, despite the war (Feature by UN News)
20 march 2024 - 05:29:43Deir Al-Balah camp, Gaza (PANA) - Clusters of tents are cobbled together with any available fabric, plastic and wood, as [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza: Increasing numbers of newborns on brink of death, agencies warn
19 march 2024 - 13:10:08New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians reiterated their resolve on Tuesday to help the people of Gaza where increasing [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN an ‘unsinkable compass’ for humanity, says top EU official
13 march 2024 - 06:55:05New York, US (PANA) - A top European Union (EU) official on Tuesday emphasised the crucial role of the United [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Gaza war: For the first time in weeks, UN aid teams reach Gaza City
13 march 2024 - 05:51:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Enough aid for 25,000 people has reached Gaza City for the first time in weeks, the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gaza war: Starvation claiming growing number of young lives, warns UN
07 march 2024 - 15:26:02Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Days from the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan and with no ceasefire agreement in [...] Full text...
thread Society
South Africa approaches World Court over Israel again
07 march 2024 - 09:17:25Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has again again approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to ask [...] Full text...
thread Politics
North Gaza aid mission reveals more infants may die from hunger
05 march 2024 - 19:19:34Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A rare opportunity to deliver desperately needed supplies to hospitals in northern Gaza for the first [...] Full text...
thread Society
Israel not complying with World Court order in genocide case
27 february 2024 - 05:59:21The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – The Israeli government has failed to comply with at least one measure in the legally binding [...] Full text...
thread Society
With eyes on Gaza, Ukraine, UN chief launches rights protection pledge
26 february 2024 - 14:13:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An all-out Israeli offensive on Rafah would spell the end for UN-led humanitarian relief to the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Israel-Gaza crisis: UN rights chief warns against potential ‘carnage’ in Rafah
13 february 2024 - 07:01:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday appealed for restraint in the face [...] Full text...
thread Society
Israel-Gaza crisis: Relief over rescued hostages as WHO chief warns of ‘ocean of need’
12 february 2024 - 13:11:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid reports on Monday that two hostages have been rescued during a raid by Israeli special [...] Full text...
thread Society
Israel-Gaza crisis: Food convoy in Gaza hit by shelling - UN humanitarians
05 february 2024 - 12:32:46Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN humanitarians reported on Monday that a food convoy in Gaza had been hit by shelling [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sudan conflict: WFP pleads for aid access in Sudan, amid reports of starvation
02 february 2024 - 18:50:47Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The number of hungry people in Sudan has doubled over the past year, the World Food [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenyan starve to death church declared organized criminal group
31 january 2024 - 23:33:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan church whose members starved to death in the belief that they would meet their [...] Full text...
thread Society
Israel-Gaza crisis: UNRWA funding cuts threaten Palestinian lives in Gaza and region, say NGOs
30 january 2024 - 06:11:13New York, US (PANA) - Dozens of major aid organisations have expressed deep concern and outrage that some of the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Preventing famine and deadly disease outbreak in Gaza requires faster, safer aid access and more supply routes
27 january 2024 - 13:01:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the risk of famine grows, and more people are exposed to deadly disease outbreaks, a [...] Full text...
thread Society
2ND UPDATE South Africa welcomes provisional measures ordered by ICJ against Israel
26 january 2024 - 15:47:18Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa has hailed Friday's "landmark ruling" by International Court of Justice (ICJ) of provisional measures [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Israel-Gaza crisis: More than a dozen leading human rights groups call for halt to arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian armed groups
25 january 2024 - 08:29:51Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - More than a dozen leading humanitarian and human rights organisations have called on all States to [...] Full text...
thread Society
Israel-Gaza crisis: Fewer than 1 in 4 aid missions given green light, says OCHA
16 january 2024 - 15:28:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Israeli authorities have continued to block lifesaving aid from reaching northern Gaza 102 days since [...] Full text...
thread Society
Israel-Gaza crisis: South Africa levels accusations of ‘genocidal conduct’ against Israel at world court
11 january 2024 - 17:14:27The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - South Africa addressed the UN's highest court on Thursday in a bid to end the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Israel-Gaza crisis: World Court to hear genocide case against Israel
10 january 2024 - 13:17:41The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – The International Court of Justice(ICJ) hearings 11-12 January, 2024 on genocide in Gaza will include [...] Full text...
thread Society
Lethal combination of hunger and disease to lead to more deaths in Gaza
05 january 2024 - 18:30:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hunger is ravaging Gaza, and this is expected to increase illness across the Strip, most acutely [...] Full text...
thread Society
Israel/Gaza crisis: Everyone is hungry in Gaza now: UN humanitarians
02 january 2024 - 15:05:30Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN humanitarians on Tuesday repeated dire concerns for civilians caught up in the war in Gaza. This [...] Full text...
thread Society
Israel-Gaza crisis: Forced and protracted displacement of Palestinians would constitute serious breach of international law, atrocity crime
28 december 2023 - 07:33:28Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), warns that any attempts by Israel to deport and [...] Full text...
thread Society
Israel-Gaza crisis: Starvation must never be allowed to happen, says UN rights chief
22 december 2023 - 17:28:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the UN Security Council prepared to meet once again in New York on Friday for [...] Full text...
thread Society
Israel-Gaza crisis: Rights group says Israel using starvation as weapon of war in Gaza
18 december 2023 - 07:21:56Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza [...] Full text...
thread Society
Palestine added to countries at risk of possible starvation
02 november 2023 - 06:16:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) added Palestine on [...] Full text...
thread Society
Israel-Gaza crisis: UN independent experts ‘unequivocally condemn’ violence against civilians
20 october 2023 - 06:44:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN independent human rights experts on Thursday voiced deep concern over the fate of civilians and [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Ethiopia crisis: Victims ‘left in limbo’ as Ethiopia rights probe mandate ends
14 october 2023 - 08:00:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN-mandated Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia on Friday released a harrowing report on [...] Full text...
thread Society
Middle East crisis: Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza
13 october 2023 - 06:16:00Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ethiopia: Nearly one year after ceasefire, UN experts warn of ongoing atrocities
18 september 2023 - 15:04:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly one year since the signing of an agreement to cease hostilities in Ethiopia, atrocities, war crimes [...] Full text...
thread Society
Humanitarian agencies in South Sudan reduce aid amidst funding crisis
08 september 2023 - 08:07:17Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Dwindling resources amidst growing needs have forced humanitarian agencies to prioritise the delivery of vital [...] Full text...
thread Society
200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies
01 september 2023 - 15:27:35Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A nexus of protracted armed conflict, internal displacement and limited humanitarian access threatens to plunge nearly [...] Full text...
thread Society
Unprecedented crisis in DR Congo 'goes ignored', says humanitarian charity
23 august 2023 - 10:42:03Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Recent months have brought a dramatic deterioration in the situation in eastern DR Congo, where [...] Full text...
thread Society
The eerie silence of starvation ‘is deafening, it never leaves you’: UN official
04 august 2023 - 05:26:21New York, US (PANA) - The threat of famine, with people slowly starving to death, must be considered a red [...] Full text...
thread Society
Somalia in danger of losing hard-won gains, Security Council hears
23 june 2023 - 05:57:54New York, US (PANA) - Despite gains made in tackling terrorism and advancing the electoral process in Somalia, top UN [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Islamist armed groups wreak havoc in Burkina Faso; kill, loot, burn property - HRW
15 june 2023 - 05:28:14Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have killed scores of civilians, looted and burned property, and [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 'hotspots'
29 may 2023 - 18:11:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hunger is set to worsen in 18 “hotspots” worldwide including Sudan, where fighting is putting people [...] Full text...
thread Society
Around 258 million need emergency food aid: UN-backed report
04 may 2023 - 06:10:22New York, US (PANA) - The number of people who need urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance rose for the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Kenya: Police dig out mass graves in probe over endtimes preacher
22 april 2023 - 10:35:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A police probe into the activities of a religious cult in Kenya's coastal region of Kilifi [...] Full text...
thread Society
Horn of Africa hunger emergency: ‘129,000 looking death in the eyes’
10 march 2023 - 15:31:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Life-threatening hunger caused by climate shocks, violent insecurity and disease in the Horn of Africa, have [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rising humanitarian needs require political will, increased funding: UN relief chief
21 february 2023 - 05:21:48New York, US (PANA) - As humanitarian needs spiral across the world, political will and funding are required to address [...] Full text...
thread Society
ICC investigation sought over South Sudanese conflict
20 february 2023 - 14:34:00Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A global law firm has requested the International Criminal Court (ICC) to begin an immediate inquiry [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN launches $1.3 billion appeal to stop ‘ticking time bomb’ of child malnutrition in Nigeria
17 february 2023 - 06:07:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN launched a $1.3 billion appeal on Thursday to help six million people severely affected [...] Full text...
thread Society
EU gives €65.5 million to WFP to address food shortages in 11 African countries
27 january 2023 - 16:55:51Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - An essential and timely contribution of €65.5 million from the European Union, received through its [...] Full text...
thread Society
$2.54 billion needed to tackle unprecedented health needs in 2023: WHO
24 january 2023 - 05:25:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that it would need $2.54 billion across [...] Full text...
thread Health
Urgent support needed for rural communities facing famine in Somalia - FAO
20 december 2022 - 16:55:50Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Famine is fast approaching in Somalia and more than 700,000 people could face starvation next year, [...] Full text...
thread
UN appeals for record $51.5 billion to help 230 million on the brink in 2023
01 december 2022 - 05:16:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record $51.5 billion is needed to help 230 million of the world’s most vulnerable people in [...] Full text...
thread Society
UNFPA launches $113 million appeal for drought-impacted women and girls in Horn of Africa
17 november 2022 - 06:35:54New York, US (PANA) - The unprecedented drought in the Horn of Africa is affecting whole communities, but it is [...] Full text...
thread Health
COP27: Over 27 million children at risk from devastating record-setting floods: UNICEF
08 november 2022 - 16:20:25Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Overwhelming flooding has affected at least 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide, with the number [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for action to address 'accountability deficit' after peace deal
04 november 2022 - 05:51:53Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has described Wednesday's peace agreement between the Ethiopian government and [...] Full text...
thread Society
Conflict, climate crisis drive rising hunger in South Sudan: Report
04 november 2022 - 04:53:01Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The number of people in South Sudan who are going hungry is at the highest [...] Full text...
thread Society
Greater Horn of Africa’s climate-related health crisis worsens as disease outbreaks surge -WHO
03 november 2022 - 20:57:58Brazzaville, DRC(PANA) - New analysis by the the World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks [...] Full text...
thread Health
Ethiopian crisis: Rights group calls for solidarity with victims, survivors of atrocity
02 november 2022 - 11:04:13Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As the bloody Ethiopian conflict enters its third year on Thursday, Human rights advocate, Amnesty [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ethiopian crisis: Peace talks enter the second day
26 october 2022 - 05:07:52Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The African Union (AU)-led peace talks in South Africa to end the conflict in the Tigray [...] Full text...
thread Society
Global food crisis: Let’s move from ‘despair to hope and action’, urges Guterres
15 october 2022 - 06:42:04Rome, Italy (PANA) - In the face of the growing hunger crisis, the head of the UN Food and Agriculture [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Oxfam: 'Hunger likely to claim a life every 36 seconds in drought-stricken East Africa'
14 october 2022 - 12:49:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Oxfam, warned on Friday that one person is likely to die of hunger every [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ethiopian crisis: Six Western countries call on Ethiopia, Tigray rebels to cease hostilities
12 october 2022 - 16:51:28Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Six Western countries on Wednesday called on the government of Ethiopia and the rebel Tigray [...] Full text...
thread Society
77th UNGA: Somalia committed to tackling twin threats of looming famine and terrorism, President tells UN Assembly
23 september 2022 - 06:14:33New York, US (PANA) - Despite efforts to move past decades of drought and conflict, Somalia is facing some of [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Famine looms in Somalia, many ‘hunger hotspots’ are in deep trouble: UN Agencies warn
21 september 2022 - 18:22:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people facing life-threatening levels of hunger worldwide without immediate humanitarian aid, is expected to rise [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ethiopian crisis: Govt rejects 'incomplete, incoherent, unsubstantiated' rights report on Tigray
21 september 2022 - 10:39:50Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government has "categorically" rejected the report of International Commission of Human Rights Experts [...] Full text...
thread Society
‘Tsunami of hunger’ could trigger multiple famines, Security Council warned
16 september 2022 - 05:14:33New York, US (PANA) - As risks of conflict-induced famine and widespread food insecurity continue to rise, the UN Emergency [...] Full text...
thread Society
Somalia: UN’s top humanitarian forum warns of ‘tipping point’ as famine risk rises
07 september 2022 - 05:40:08Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia is at a “tipping point”, with hundreds of thousands of people at immediate risk of [...] Full text...
thread Society
More than 10,000 people killed in Burkina Faso in terrorist attacks since 2015
02 september 2022 - 13:29:39Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than 10,000 people comprising civilians and soldiers have been killed since 2015 in terrorist [...] Full text...
thread Society
WFP chief asks Tigrayan authorities to return stollen fuel stocks
25 august 2022 - 16:54:40Rome, Italy (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday asked the Tigrayan authorities to immediately return stollen fuel [...] Full text...
thread Society
US appoints first ambassador to Sudan in quarter of a century
25 august 2022 - 14:26:07Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States has finally decided to restore full diplomatic representation between Khartoum and Washington, sending [...] Full text...
thread Politics
WFP scales up assistance as historic drought raises famine threat in Horn of Africa
19 august 2022 - 19:12:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding assistance in the Horn of Africa as levels [...] Full text...
thread Society
WHO warns of disease threat amid Horn of Africa drought
18 august 2022 - 05:26:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday highlighted the need to support millions [...] Full text...
thread Society
US gives additional $68 million to World Food Programme
17 august 2022 - 05:24:42Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The U.S. Government announced on Tuesday that it will contribute more than $68 million through USAID’s [...] Full text...
thread Society
Hunger still rising across East Africa, says new UN-backed report
23 july 2022 - 06:11:49Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) - Over 50 million people in Eastern Africa will face acute food insecurity this year, according to [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
06 july 2022 - 16:49:55Rome/New York, UN (PANA) - The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition report shows the world is moving backwards [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN food agency announces further refugee ration cuts, in quest for #ZeroHunger
20 june 2022 - 18:47:35Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that it will have no choice but to [...] Full text...
thread Society
WFP forced to suspend food assistance in South Sudan as funds dry up
14 june 2022 - 10:01:39Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Almost one-third of the acutely food insecure South Sudanese the United Nations World Food Programme [...] Full text...
thread
Communities in Horn of Africa struggle with cumulative shocks in face of starvation
13 june 2022 - 14:49:11Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Communities in the Horn of Africa are facing the threat of starvation following four [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Horn of Africa braces for ‘explosion of child deaths’ as hunger crisis deepens
08 june 2022 - 05:16:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An “explosion of child deaths” is likely and imminent in the Horn of Africa unless the [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN food agencies warn of looming widespread food crisss as hunger threatens stability in dozens of countries
07 june 2022 - 12:54:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - UN food agencies -- the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
FAO ramps up support to Sudan farmers as starvation threat grows in East Africa
01 june 2022 - 05:24:23Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is scaling up operations in Sudan, where 10.9 million [...] Full text...
thread Society
Some 18 million in Africa’s Sahel on ‘the brink of starvation’: UN
21 may 2022 - 05:11:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region teeter on the edge of severe hunger over [...] Full text...
thread Society
Humanitarian charities warn 'one person is likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds' in East Africa
18 may 2022 - 06:00:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - One person is likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sahel: food crisis exacerbated by conflict to worsen during hunger season
12 may 2022 - 20:49:41Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than 10.5 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Mauritania are at risk [...] Full text...
thread Society
US gives $200 million for humanitarian assistance in Horn of Africa
28 april 2022 - 05:23:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United States has announced more than $200 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Horn of [...] Full text...
thread Society
NGOs call for increased humanitarian assistance to prevent tragedy in Horn of Africa
27 april 2022 - 06:57:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As the drought crisis in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya worsens, the humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN releases $100 million to fight hunger in 6 African countries and Yemen
15 april 2022 - 06:37:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN has allocated $100 million to fight hunger in Africa and the Middle East as [...] Full text...
thread Social
Somalia's acute drought risks lives of nearly half the population
12 april 2022 - 14:53:30Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Millions of Somalis are at risk of sliding into famine as the impact of a prolonged [...] Full text...
thread Society
195 illegal migrants kidnapped by gang in Beni Walid in southwestern Libya released
10 april 2022 - 13:18:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 195 illegal migrants, including 23 women and two children, were freed by a [...] Full text...
thread Society
First aid convoy in three months to enter Ethiopia's Tigray soon - UN
04 april 2022 - 11:39:43Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The first international aid convoy in three months is on its way to Ethiopia's war-stricken [...] Full text...
thread Society
Growing risk of Somalia famine, as drought famine worsens (A UN feature)
29 march 2022 - 05:18:18Mogdishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Horn of Africa is experiencing the worst drought since 1981, and a shortfall in aid [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Ethiopian crisis: Rights group laids Addis Ababa's humanitarian truce
27 march 2022 - 05:31:17Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Amnesty International has lauded the humanitarian truce announced by the Ethiopian Federal Government in the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Political impasse threatens to see Libya fractured again by two parallel govts, warns UN official
17 march 2022 - 04:56:04New York, US (PANA ) - Amid a political impasse that threatens to see Libya fractured again by two parallel [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Africa at heart of military clash in Ukraine (Analysis)
15 march 2022 - 15:07:46Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Russian-Ukrainian war, which has entered its third week, actually began ten years ago when former [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Families pushed to the limit as South Sudan braces for worst hunger crisis ever: WFP
11 march 2022 - 11:47:03Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – More than 70% of the South Sudanese population will struggle to survive the peak of [...] Full text...
thread Society
Sahel region facing ‘horrendous food crisis’
17 february 2022 - 04:32:23Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - As the Sahel region “stares down a horrendous food crisis”, the UN emergency food relief chief [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ethiopian crisis: WFP paints bleak picture of humanitarian situation
28 january 2022 - 17:51:26Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - After 15 months of conflict in Ethiopia, almost 40 per cent of Tigrayans are suffering [...] Full text...
thread Society
Food insecurity soaring across 20 hunger hotspots, say UN food agencies
28 january 2022 - 05:44:33Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food insecurity is soaring across 20 countries and regions - “hunger hotspots”, where conflict, economic shocks, [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN chief condemns 'appalling' attacks in Nigeria
11 january 2022 - 05:23:01New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, strongly condemned on Monday the “appalling” attacks perpetrated over the weekend in Nigeria’s Zamfara State in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Lives on the line as UN and partners launch 2022 humanitarian plan for Somalia
20 december 2021 - 20:33:22Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Roughly 7.7 million people in Somalia will need assistance and protection in 2022, a 30 per [...] Full text...
thread Society
FAO, IGAD seek urgent action to mitigate impact of drought in Eastern Africa
18 november 2021 - 22:28:14Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Communities in the Eastern Africa region continue to experience a mix of shocks and stresses that [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
WFP warns 45 million people ‘teetering on the edge of famine’
08 november 2021 - 05:10:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ethiopian crisis: Several western govts warn of increase in human toll in Tigray
07 november 2021 - 14:45:40Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Several Western governments, including three permanent members of the UN Security Council, have warned that the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ethiopian crisis: Rights report says 'all parties' have violated human rights in 'brutal' war; PM Abiy dismisses it as false
03 november 2021 - 10:31:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – A joint investigation by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the UN Human Rights Office [...] Full text...
thread Society
Plastic pollution on course to double by 2030
22 october 2021 - 06:00:58New York, US (PANA) - Plastic pollution in oceans and other bodies of water continues to grow sharply and could more than double by 2030, according [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Coronavirus: Pandemic deaths at lowest level in nearly a year, WHO reports
13 october 2021 - 19:06:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths continue to decline, vaccine inequity persists, the head of the World Health Organization [...] Full text...
thread Health
Ethiopian PM Abiy sworn in for second term
04 october 2021 - 08:39:05Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was on Monday sworn in for his second term after [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Cash shortage triggers food suspensions for 100,000 displaced in South Sudan
13 september 2021 - 18:11:35Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday that beginning next month, funding shortages [...] Full text...
thread Society
EU helps WFP provide food assistance to people at risk of famine in South Sudan
03 september 2021 - 15:53:06Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on expressed its gratefulness for an additional contribution [...] Full text...
thread Society
WFP welcomes US$1.2 million from Korea in response to food crisis in Africa
30 august 2021 - 13:31:08Rome, Italy (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received US$1.2 million from the Republic of Korea [...] Full text...
thread Society
Conflict, COVID-19, climate crisis drive higher levels of acute food insecurity – new report
30 july 2021 - 14:44:07Rome, Italy (PANA) – Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are being stymied in several countries [...] Full text...
thread Society
Millions in southern Angola on brink of starvation after long drought
22 july 2021 - 05:15:27Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Millions of people in southern Angola are facing an existential threat as drought aggravated by climate [...] Full text...
thread Environment
South Sudan: Number of people in crisis levels of hunger increases by 50% in 10 years
09 july 2021 - 17:48:59Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An international charity organization has warned that millions of people in South Sudan are facing the [...] Full text...
thread Society
WFP appeals to the world to save starving population in Madagascar
23 june 2021 - 14:05:12Ambovombe, Madagascar (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking US$78.6 million to provide lifesaving food in the next [...] Full text...
thread Society
Germany supports WFP's life-saving food assistance to vulnerable families in South Sudan
22 june 2021 - 15:52:23Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of €5.7 million (US$6.68 [...] Full text...
thread Society
Famine risk spikes amid conflict, COVID-19 and funding gaps - WFP
18 june 2021 - 15:11:18Rome, Italy (PANA) - The impact of conflicts old and new, climate shocks and COVID-19, in addition to a lack [...] Full text...
thread Society
Queen Elizabeth honours charity organization working for children in Darfur
14 june 2021 - 17:17:10Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- A British national working to improve the lots of kids in war-ridden Darfur region was awarded one [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ethiopian Crisis: UN agencies scale-up response to address looming famine ‘catastrophe’ in Tigray
11 june 2021 - 05:28:50Rome, Italy (PANA) - The head of the World Food Programme (WFP) appealed on Thursday for immediate access to deliver [...] Full text...
thread Society
Gov'ts must commit to unconditionally phase out all fossil fuels by 2030, says Amnesty International
07 june 2021 - 06:08:22London, UK (PANA) - A human rights advocate said on Monday that the world’s richest governments are effectively condemning millions [...] Full text...
thread Environment
WFP, Crisis Group partner to strengthen conflict prevention
24 may 2021 - 09:56:07Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has signed a Strategic Partnership with global conflict resolution organisation, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rights group calls for urgent aid to assist famine-hit Madagascar
21 may 2021 - 10:20:52Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - With more than a million people facing hunger due to the devastating famine currently ravaging southern [...] Full text...
thread Society
Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high, warns Global Report on Food Crises
05 may 2021 - 10:49:32Rome, Italy (PANA) – The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Deaths at sea en route to Europe continue despite COVID-19: IOM
27 march 2021 - 13:16:23Berlin, Germany (PANA) – More than 2,000 people lost their lives at sea attempting to reach Europe in 2020, despite the extensive [...] Full text...
thread Society
UN agencies call for urgent action to avert famine risk in 20 ‘hunger hotspots’
24 march 2021 - 05:29:22Rome, Italy (PANA) - Famine is already on the doorstep of millions of families in 20 countries, two UN agencies warned on Tuesday in a [...] Full text...
thread Society
UNHCR expresses concern about death of Somali refugee in Tripoli
07 january 2021 - 10:42:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern about the death of a [...] Full text...
thread Society
WFP chief uses Nobel speech as call for action to avert ‘hunger pandemic’
10 december 2020 - 17:05:30Rome, Italy (PANA) - With 270 million people – more than the entire population of Western Europe – “marching toward starvation”, the head of the World [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN releases US$100 million to guard against famine
17 november 2020 - 19:57:56New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations released US$100 million of emergency funding on Tuesday to stave off the [...] Full text...
thread Society
Rising hunger, ‘an outrage in a world of plenty’: Guterres
17 november 2020 - 05:10:18New York, US (PANA) - “Hunger is an outrage in a world of plenty,” the UN chief told the governing [...] Full text...
thread Society
3RD LEAD: UN chief lauds WFP for winning 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
09 october 2020 - 15:56:58New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday lauded the World Food Programme (WFP) for winning the [...] Full text...
thread Society
2ND LEAD: WFP chief says Nobel Peace Prize is 'humbling recognition' of its work (Eds: Adds comments of WFP chief)
09 october 2020 - 12:10:16Rome, Italy (PANA) - The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday is [...] Full text...
thread Society
LEAD: WFP awarded Nobel Peace Prize for 2020
09 october 2020 - 11:46:04Oslo, Norway (PANA) - The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the World [...] Full text...
thread Society
Starvation used as weapon of war in South Sudan conflict, UN rights body finds
07 october 2020 - 06:48:05Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Starvation is being intentionally used as a war tactic in South Sudan’s brutal conflict, a [...] Full text...
thread Society
Millions of Zimbabweans jobless- WFP
20 september 2020 - 12:20:56Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Almost three quarters of the Zimbabwe urban workforce remains jobless owing to the deteriorating economy made [...] Full text...
thread Society
SADC leaders urged to fix deteriorating human rights situation
15 august 2020 - 05:38:34Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - As leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) prepare to meet on Monday to [...] Full text...
thread Politics
Coronavirus: World’s poorest being pushed ‘closer to the abyss’ of famine due to pandemic, UN agencies warn
18 july 2020 - 05:37:01Rome, Italy (PANA) - Hunger threatens to soar to devastating levels in 25 countries in the coming months due to [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: UN relief chief urges G20 to step up to avert ‘cascading crises’ in fragile countries
17 july 2020 - 05:46:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession are set to trigger the first increase in global poverty [...] Full text...
thread Society
Coronavirus: Humanitarian charity Oxfam warns 12,000 people could die a day from hunger linked to pandemic
09 july 2020 - 11:24:03London, UK (PANA) - As many as 12,000 people could die per day by the end of the year as [...] Full text...
thread Society
Ending poverty by 2030 now a fading dream, says UN expert
08 july 2020 - 05:28:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The global COVID-19 pandemic has pushed more than 250 million people to the brink of starvation [...] Full text...
thread Society
COVID-19: Pandemic fast becoming protection crisis, Guterres warns Security Council
03 july 2020 - 04:14:28New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic is “profoundly affecting” peace and security across the globe, UN Secretary-General António [...] Full text...
thread Politics