Eastern DR Congo crisis increasing risk of mpox transmission, WHO chief warns

03 february 2025 - 19:34:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The worsening security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced many [...] Full text...

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‘We must be there for them now,’ says UN relief chief, highlighting plight of Gaza’s children

24 january 2025 - 05:17:09
New York, US (PANA) - In a rare moment of cautious optimism, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher addressed the [...] Full text...

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Gaza crisis: Lack of fuel threatens critical humanitarian services

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

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UPDATE: OCHA concerned about impact of Tropical Cyclone Chido in Mozambique

17 december 2024 - 12:51:52
Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCfHA) said on Tuesday it was concerned by [...] Full text...

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Mozambique readies for intense tropical cyclone this weekend

13 december 2024 - 18:50:45
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Chido is expected to make landfall in Pemba (Cabo Delgado) province of Mozambique early [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Ongoing hostilities making it 'extremely difficult' for trauma patients to get critical care

13 december 2024 - 05:56:34
New York, US (PANA) - Ongoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip are making it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for [...] Full text...

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ETF and OTC investment flows buoy total gold demand

30 october 2024 - 13:01:00
London, UK (PANA) - Healthy inflows into global gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) were a major driver of growth in [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso formally accepts WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies

18 october 2024 - 12:57:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Burkina Faso Burkina Faso has formally accepted the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which [...] Full text...

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Gaza food aid levels at ‘breaking point’

12 october 2024 - 06:59:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Aid entering the Gaza Strip is at its lowest level in months, and both the north [...] Full text...

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New use of cluster bombs threatens global ban, report warns

10 september 2024 - 05:16:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Cluster bomblets continue to kill thousands of civilians, mostly children, and the new use of this [...] Full text...

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Rising sea level is an 'urgent and escalating threat': UN

27 august 2024 - 07:08:16
New York, US (PANA) - The level of the sea globally is rising faster and higher than ever before, creating [...] Full text...

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Aid teams cite huge challenges in tackling new Sudan cholera outbreak

23 august 2024 - 14:54:07
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Protecting war-weary people in Sudan from a second deadly cholera outbreak is proving a huge [...] Full text...

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Egypt’s cane sugar production drops

23 august 2024 - 07:14:37
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt’s sugar production in marketing year 2024/25 (October to September) is forecast to reach 2.6 million [...] Full text...

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WHO regional chief voices grave concern over Middle East escalation

08 august 2024 - 07:58:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recent developments in Gaza, the wider Middle East, and Sudan, have highlighted the complexities of emergencies [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UNRWA programme aims to get children ‘back to learning’

02 august 2024 - 05:35:31
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, launched a programme on Thursday to get boys and girls [...] Full text...

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Malawi Economic Monitor calls for urgent, sustained reforms for faster, more inclusive growth

25 july 2024 - 07:40:09
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi’s current economic difficulties require a combination of immediate response measures and urgent reforms to address [...] Full text...

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‘Largest’ displacements so far in Gaza’s war of attrition: UN aid agencies

18 july 2024 - 18:39:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarians issued a fresh alert on Thursday about having to cut rations in Gaza where [...] Full text...

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New report warns of climate’s effects on fish biomass 

11 july 2024 - 06:13:29
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warns that climate change could [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Aid constraints and health issues persist amid ongoing conflict

28 june 2024 - 07:10:40
New York, US (PANA) - Delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza remains a difficult and frustrating task for UN and [...] Full text...

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Conflict and lawlessness hamper food aid delivery in Gaza: WFP

14 june 2024 - 17:41:59
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Escalating fighting in the south and centre of Gaza makes it near-impossible for humanitarians to deliver [...] Full text...

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Gavi to boost access to life-saving human rabies vaccines in over 50 countries

14 june 2024 - 07:29:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in collaboration with partners, is announcing support for human rabies vaccines for [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s children trapped in critical malnutrition crisis, warn UN agencies

31 may 2024 - 09:22:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three United Nations agencies have issued a stark warning that all indications point to a significant [...] Full text...

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Amid ongoing Israeli incursions into Gaza, aid facilities shut ‘one after another’

31 may 2024 - 06:38:11
New York, US (PANA) - With no let-up in reported street battles and Israeli bombardment across Gaza on Thursday, UN [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Increasing disease and humanitarian strain in Gaza amid aid shortages

24 may 2024 - 05:29:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Living conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate, with reports of an increase in diarrhoea and suspected [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Aid delivery via floating dock welcomed, but land routes ‘more important’

18 may 2024 - 07:21:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Trucks carrying desperately needed aid into Gaza have started moving ashore on the temporary floating dock [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle

16 may 2024 - 13:05:06
Manama, Bahrain (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres reiterated his warning on Thursday against a full-scale assault on Rafah, just as [...] Full text...

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Guterres reiterates appeal for end to Gaza war

10 may 2024 - 15:53:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - With the situation in Rafah “on a knife’s edge”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed again on [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: 80,000 displaced from Rafah as Israeli bombardment intensifies, say UN aid teams

09 may 2024 - 11:24:03
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Some 80,000 people have left Rafah since Monday amid continuing Israeli bombardment in and around Gaza’s [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Patients in Rafah ‘afraid to seek services’, WHO reports

08 may 2024 - 06:47:52
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has taken “crucial steps” in the event of a large-scale Israeli [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Guterres urges Israel, Hamas ‘to show political courage’ and secure ceasefire

07 may 2024 - 14:36:55
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday reiterated his appeal to Israel to stop any escalation in [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Uncertainty in Gaza amplified by closure of key border crossings

07 may 2024 - 11:44:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid ongoing uncertainty about a ceasefire in Gaza and an escalation of the military operation in Rafah, UN [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges ‘surge in investment’ to overcome $4 trillion financing gap

22 april 2024 - 17:45:44
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Monday called for a “surge in investment” to give developing countries [...] Full text...

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Central banks must remain vigilant along the last mile of disinflation: IMF Blog By Tobias Adrian

16 april 2024 - 18:23:10
Washington DC. United States (PANA) - A sense of optimism has pervaded financial markets in recent months, amid investor confidence [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Paris conference on Sudan should jump-start new approach to humanitarian funding

15 april 2024 - 10:54:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the [...] Full text...

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Egypt seeks to raise earnings of millions working in cotton production, textile manufacturing

12 april 2024 - 11:36:04
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Egypt’s cotton production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 310,000 bales, down 40,000 bales [...] Full text...

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Fire injures 12 at Libyan electricity company warehouses in Tripoli

11 march 2024 - 12:42:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Twelve people were injured when fire broke out on Sunday evening at warehouses of the Libyan [...] Full text...

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WFP ramps up deliveries amid worsening food security in Ethiopia

07 february 2024 - 05:52:01
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As severe hunger ripples across northern Ethiopia, the World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: 'We must do all in our power to protect Rafah,' say UN humanitarians

06 february 2024 - 12:57:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Any move by Israel to extend its full-scale invasion of Gaza into the massively overcrowded southern [...] Full text...

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Emerging markets navigate global interest rate volatility: IMF Blog By Tobias Adrian, Fabio Natalucci, and Jason Wu

02 february 2024 - 07:04:24
Washington, United States (PANA) - Global interest rates in recent months have gone on a rollercoaster, especially those on longer-term [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Restrictions, lack of medicines deprive people in Khartoum state of lifesaving care - MSF

23 january 2024 - 06:04:49
Paris, France (PANA) - Over the past few months, people in Khartoum State, Sudan, have become increasingly cut-off from healthcare, [...] Full text...

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Gold among top 2023 commodity performers

05 january 2024 - 15:17:23
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Gold reached a record high in 2023, finishing the year at US$2,078.40/oz (+14.6% y/y) [...] Full text...

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Half-way to SDG's deadline: Tackling climate change, protecting the planet

30 december 2023 - 07:37:13
New York, US (PANA) - Halting unsustainable consumption and production, which have contributed to the decline of biodiversity and the [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: WFP condemns looting at warehouse

29 december 2023 - 05:29:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the looting of life-saving food supplies from its [...] Full text...

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COP28: Madagascar receives $8.8 million for forest carbon credits

05 december 2023 - 08:39:16
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) -  Madagascar received $8.8 million for carbon credits from reducing 1.76 million tons of carbon emissions in [...] Full text...

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COP28: World Bank carbon credits to boost international carbon markets

01 december 2023 - 19:40:33
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The World Bank on Friday announced ambitious plans for the growth of high-integrity global carbon markets, [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso lost almost 47.5% of its forests between 1992 and 2014

28 november 2023 - 17:46:28
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso lost almost 47.5% of its forests between 1992 and 2014, according to Roger [...] Full text...

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With Gaza truce on horizon, UN relief teams stand ready to ramp up aid

23 november 2023 - 13:15:17
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Humanitarian agencies preparing to go into Gaza continued to build up stocks of desperately needed aid [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Humanitarian crisis in Gaza could get far worse, warns UN relief chief

18 november 2023 - 06:03:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Fierce hostilities continue across Gaza from the air, sea, and on the ground, the UN’s top [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Humanitarian ceasefires critical to meet immense needs in Gaza

03 november 2023 - 19:49:53
New York, US (PANA) - Political negotiations to get aid into Gaza have yielded results but much more is needed, [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘The world must do more’ for Gaza, 5 UN agencies say

22 october 2023 - 10:54:05
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The aid that entered Gaza on Saturday "is only a small beginning and far from enough", five [...] Full text...

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Middle East crisis: Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza   

13 october 2023 - 06:16:00
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN [...] Full text...

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Pace of energy transition will define South Africa’s economic prospects: Climate Commission

06 october 2023 - 09:20:52
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) executive director Dr Crispian Olver says South Africa’s energy transition and [...] Full text...

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Libya Floods: WHO health supplies arrive in Libya as part of intensified response to devastating floods

16 september 2023 - 19:45:53
Tripoli, Libya  (PANA) – On Saturday, 29 metric tonnes of health supplies arrived in Benghazi, Libya, from the WHO Global [...] Full text...

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4TH UPDATE: Morocco declares three days of national mourning for earthquake victims

09 september 2023 - 20:44:44
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco has declared three days of national mourning after a deadly earthquake on Friday night caused [...] Full text...

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Record civilian cluster munitions victims as experts urge global ban

05 september 2023 - 18:05:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There has been a dramatic increase in the number of civilians killed by cluster munitions, according [...] Full text...

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Niger spiralling into ‘protection crisis’ following takeover: UNHCR

29 august 2023 - 15:34:51
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The political crisis in Niger has created uncertainty for scores of vulnerable displaced people, with restrictions [...] Full text...

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New global fund ‘welcome boost’ to safeguarding biodiversity

26 august 2023 - 07:47:01
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A new global environmental fund marks a major step towards securing the wellbeing of biodiversity in [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: ‘Lost generation’ of children amid war, hunger, disease - UN humanitarians

25 august 2023 - 14:42:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday that the spread of fighting and hunger in [...] Full text...

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Striving for effective debt policy and management: Benin’s journey ( A World Bank Blog)

16 august 2023 - 12:57:57
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Amidst the diverse landscape of debt policy and management in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Benin has emerged [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: ‘We cannot work under the barrel of a gun,’ UN relief chief says

15 july 2023 - 16:03:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Warring factions in Sudan must respect international law, protect civilians, and stop targeting relief and aid [...] Full text...

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Seychelles pioneers novel financing instruments, taps IMF climate facility

06 july 2023 - 07:35:11
Victoria, Seychelles (PANA) - Seychelles is successfully balancing conservation and economic development by tapping innovative financing instruments, according to Country [...] Full text...

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WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa

06 july 2023 - 05:53:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Funding constraints mean that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to limit emergency [...] Full text...

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UN agencies head up new $115 million push for cleaner, healthier oceans

30 june 2023 - 05:35:07
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and four partner agencies have been tasked with leading [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Army ready to consider Turkish initiative to end the war

29 june 2023 - 06:37:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Army on Wednesday said it is ready to consider any initiative by the Turkish [...] Full text...

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Macro-economic challenges hamper Zimbabwe maize farmers’ efforts to raise production

19 june 2023 - 09:28:31
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s maize crop for marketing year 2023/24 is estimated at 1.5 million metric tons, representing an [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: UN warns Darfur 'rapidly spiralling into humanitarian calamity'

16 june 2023 - 06:30:17
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has warned that situation in Darfur, where a senior official was assassinated this [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for greater action to protect oceans

08 june 2023 - 05:33:01
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for greater action to protect oceans in his message to [...] Full text...

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Rights group flags devastating impact of overfishing on local communities in Gambia

31 may 2023 - 06:36:31
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, on Wednesday asked the Gambian government to take all necessary steps [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Displacement doubles in one week, says IOM

09 may 2023 - 16:53:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  - The number of internally displaced (IDPs) in Sudan has more than doubled in just the last [...] Full text...

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Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) ministerial meeting opens in Mauritius

09 may 2023 - 14:00:21
Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA ) - The 27th session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Ministerial Meeting opened here Tuesday to work [...] Full text...

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Countries must forge ‘Global Blue Deal’ to protect the ocean: UNCTAD

09 may 2023 - 07:23:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ocean can provide vast opportunities for developing countries to build more innovative and resilient economies, [...] Full text...

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Health systems show first major signs of post-COVID-19 recovery

03 may 2023 - 05:24:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Health systems in most countries have started showing the first major signs of recovery three years [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: UN aid operation continues amid dire humanitarian conditions

25 april 2023 - 20:45:45
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations will continue to deliver desperately needed relief for the Sudanese people, amid [...] Full text...

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Sudan Crisis: Guterres calls for immediate ceasefire

21 april 2023 - 06:03:03
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on Thursday appealed to the warring parties in Sudan to observe [...] Full text...

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Global financial system tested by higher inflation and interest rates: IMF Blog

11 april 2023 - 17:30:36
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Banking oversight was significantly strengthened after the global financial crisis, in part by requirements for [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM calls for peace process leading to elections in Libya

09 april 2023 - 16:10:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, said here Saturday the current [...] Full text...

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Ramadan welcomed in Libya with wave of price increases

22 march 2023 - 18:47:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - This year again, the month of Ramadan, the month of fasting for Muslims, which starts Thursday [...] Full text...

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President Barrow says skills and entrepreneurship are critical to Gambia

18 march 2023 - 19:38:44
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Adama Barrow has said that for a country like The Gambia, skills, and entrepreneurship are critical [...] Full text...

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Organised crime infecting African and global supply chain

28 february 2023 - 12:29:53
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Africa’s fishing and cocoa industries are good examples of how multinational logistics systems present [...] Full text...

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US provides US$289 million to fight hunger as lean season approaches in South Sudan

22 february 2023 - 06:25:52
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A contribution of US$288.5 million from the United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire: Coffee-Cocoa Council reassures operators of commitments to ensure smooth campaign

21 february 2023 - 20:09:54
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Coffee-Cocoa Council, the regulatory, stabilization and development body of the cocoa sector in Côte [...] Full text...

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Libyan Ministry of Economy discusses mechanism to control and stabilise prices during the month of Ramadan

21 february 2023 - 19:53:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade in the government of national unity, Mohamed al-Haweij, held [...] Full text...

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Food crisis looms in Malawi due to failure to protect farming against climate hazards

26 january 2023 - 12:39:30
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi faces another food crisis on the back of a series of climate events, after drought, [...] Full text...

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‘Let’s all become the champions the ocean needs’ – UN chief Guterres

24 january 2023 - 06:05:19
Praia, Cabo Verde (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on the last day of his visit to Cabo Verde on Monday, [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper deplores authorities' inaction on food security crisis triggered by Russia-Ukraine war

12 january 2023 - 15:38:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than one year after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, which caused a food security [...] Full text...

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Inflation in Tanzania remains consistent with target - Central Bank

02 january 2023 - 11:14:35
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Global supply chain disruptions caused by the war in Ukraine and the resurgence of [...] Full text...

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UN condemns deadly attack on IDP camp in Mali's Gao region

25 november 2022 - 11:33:57
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday condemned a deadly attack by suspected jihadists on Monday against [...] Full text...

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Cholera vaccine shortage forces shift to one-dose regimen

19 october 2022 - 16:33:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A lack of global supply has prompted the international body which distributes oral cholera vaccines during [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by escalation in fighting across Tigray

16 october 2022 - 07:15:56
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has expressed grave concern over the escalation of fighting in the Tigray [...] Full text...

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‘Tsunami of hunger’ could trigger multiple famines, Security Council warned

16 september 2022 - 05:14:33
New York, US (PANA) - As risks of conflict-induced famine and widespread food insecurity continue to rise, the UN Emergency [...] Full text...

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Nearly 100,000 refugee arrivals in Uganda face enormous needs

09 september 2022 - 12:11:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid surging humanitarian needs for 96,000 refugees who have fled to Uganda so far this year, [...] Full text...

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Unprecedented flooding affects more than 340,000 people in Chad

27 august 2022 - 05:10:45
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Torrential rainfall has triggered unprecedented flooding in Chad, affecting more than 340,000 people living in 55,000 [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Tigray authorities deny fuel raid as hostilities resume amid humanitarian crisis

25 august 2022 - 22:04:46
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Tigray authorities on Thursday denied raiding 12 fuel tankers from a World Food Program [...] Full text...

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WFP chief asks Tigrayan authorities to return stollen fuel stocks

25 august 2022 - 16:54:40
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday asked the Tigrayan authorities to immediately return stollen fuel [...] Full text...

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Drought, hunger and fighting leave Ethiopia in ‘very difficult humanitarian situation’ : UN

25 august 2022 - 05:11:44
New York, US (PANA) - Amidst deteriorating levels of malnutrition and Ethiopia’s worst drought in 40 years, 17 million people are [...] Full text...

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Russia, Ukraine grain exports deal ‘a beacon of hope’ amid war - Guterres

22 july 2022 - 18:43:18
Istanbul, Türkiye (PANA) - An “unprecedented agreement” on the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea amid the [...] Full text...

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UN Ocean Conference calls for greater ambition, global commitment to address dire state of the Ocean

01 july 2022 - 19:18:55
Lisbon, Portugal (PANA) - Following a week of discussions and events in Lisbon, Portugal, the UN Ocean Conference concluded on Friday, [...] Full text...

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Tunisia forced to draw on its energy security stock

30 june 2022 - 12:54:26
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is currently resorting to its strategic security stock of petroleum products to meet demand and [...] Full text...

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Record fisheries, aquaculture production contributing to global food security - FAO

30 june 2022 - 05:57:44
Lisbon, Portugal (PANA) - Record levels of fisheries and aquaculture production are making a critical contribution to global food security, [...] Full text...

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Cabo Verde faces record-breaking levels of food insecurity as a result of drought, COVID-19, Ukraine crisis

27 june 2022 - 13:03:14
(Eds: FAO/WFP re-issue the 23 June 2022 statement to correct number of people facing acute levels of food insecurity in [...] Full text...

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Cabo Verde faces record-breaking levels of food insecurity as a result of drought, COVID-19, Ukraine crisis

23 june 2022 - 11:42:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The number of people affected by a food and nutrition crisis in Cabo Verde has reached [...] Full text...

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Mohamed Al-Manfi participates in Ukrainian President's briefing to AU Chair

20 june 2022 - 18:50:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, in his capacity as deputy chairman of [...] Full text...

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Benin gets rid of obsolete ammunition

19 june 2022 - 13:44:21
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government destroyed obsolete ammunition or those in poor condition, official sources in Cotonou said [...] Full text...

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Coffee output drops in Tanzania due to low yields, high fertiliser cost, drought

15 june 2022 - 11:13:37
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania’s coffee production in marketing year 2022/23 is forecast to decrease 4% to 1.15 [...] Full text...

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First electronic drug stock management system launched in Libya

14 june 2022 - 16:13:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, on Tuesday officially launched the [...] Full text...

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World’s most vulnerable now paying even more, for less food: FAO

10 june 2022 - 04:50:23
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Countries are expected to spend a staggering $1.8 trillion importing food they need this year. This would be a [...] Full text...

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Monkeypox outbreak can still be contained - WHO

24 may 2022 - 15:52:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The monkeypox outbreak that has been reported in 16 countries and several regions of the world [...] Full text...

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WFP, Japan to provide lifesaving assistance to crisis-affected families in Chad

19 may 2022 - 15:08:43
N’djamena, Chad (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received US$5 million from the Government of Japan [...] Full text...

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Sahel: food crisis exacerbated by conflict to worsen during hunger season

12 may 2022 - 20:49:41
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than 10.5 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Mauritania are at risk [...] Full text...

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Libya takes delivery of 7,000 tonnes of wheat at port of Tripoli

07 may 2022 - 16:01:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya Friday took delivery of 7,000 tons of wheat at the seaport of Tripoli, illustrating the [...] Full text...

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‘Triple crisis’ in Africa aggravated by war in Ukraine,says UN chief

02 may 2022 - 05:27:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The war in Ukraine is aggravating a “triple food, energy and financial crisis,” across Africa, according [...] Full text...

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Libya's NOC wants blockade of Zueitina oil port in central Libya lifted

01 may 2022 - 10:26:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The National Oil Company of Libya (NOC) has called on "all concerned" to allow it to [...] Full text...

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WFP provides emergency food assistance to displaced people in Gambia affected by Casamance conflict

28 april 2022 - 06:14:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday launched cash transfers to assist internally displaced [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Tigray region's humanitarian crisis persists despite ceasefire

08 april 2022 - 13:18:28
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The overall situation in northern Ethiopia remains fragile and unpredictable days after the government declared [...] Full text...

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World must ‘change track’ to protect oceans from climate crisis: Guterres

12 february 2022 - 07:28:52
Brest, France (PANA) - The planet is facing the triple crises of climate disruption, biodiversity loss and pollution, Secretary-General António [...] Full text...

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Sudan reassures WFP no more looting of storehouses in Darfur

03 february 2022 - 16:30:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Thursday reassured the World Food Programme (WFP) there would be no repeat [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Eritrean refugees ‘scared and struggling to eat’ amid aid obstacles

21 january 2022 - 17:36:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - For the first time in weeks, aid teams have reached refugee camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Tigray aid operations ‘about to grind to a halt’, warns WFP

15 january 2022 - 05:21:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Aid and food distribution operations in northern Ethiopia are about “to grind to a halt” amid [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian workers continuing to deliver aid to troubled Ethiopian communities

10 december 2021 - 00:34:26
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN humanitarian workers are continuing to provide support to communities affected by the war [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Mass arbitrary arrests target Tigrayans, says UN rights office

16 november 2021 - 17:23:27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Over the past week, mass arrests of people reportedly of Tigrayan origin have continued in the Ethiopian [...] Full text...

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Kenyan forestry owners set to receive payments for carbon sink projects

15 november 2021 - 14:36:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is to generate data on forest emissions i Kenya with [...] Full text...

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Libyan government exempts imported food products from taxes

11 november 2021 - 12:04:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Council of Ministers of the Government of National Unity in Libya has exempted imported food [...] Full text...

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UN says intense fighting in Northern Ethiopia halts humanitarian supplies

01 november 2021 - 21:24:42
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Fighting and hostilities in the northern Ethiopia towns of Dessie and Kombolcha in Amhara has [...] Full text...

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Severe drought in Madagascar could spur world’s first climate change famine

22 october 2021 - 05:46:52
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - More than one million people in southern Madagascar are struggling to get enough to eat, due to what could [...] Full text...

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Low-income country debt rises to record $860 billion in 2020

11 october 2021 - 17:40:50
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Governments around the world responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with massive fiscal, monetary and financial [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Food aid reaches Afar and Amhara, but situation still ‘dire’

05 october 2021 - 18:30:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first round of food distribution to people in Afar and Amhara regions impacted by the [...] Full text...

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Climate change: UN Resident Coordinator says it is time to act on Kenya drought

01 october 2021 - 08:11:47
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Visiting Wajir county of northern Kenya on Thursday with Government officials, donor representatives and United Nations [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia orders seven UN officials to leave country within 72 hours

01 october 2021 - 04:47:08
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres voiced his shock on Thursday after the Ethiopian Government declared seven [...] Full text...

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Foodstuff prices fluctuate in Benin

19 september 2021 - 14:08:25
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Prices of foodstuffs in Benin fluctuated in early September, according to a report by  the National [...] Full text...

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UN Human Rights Office traces gaps in protection of communities in Sahel countries

14 september 2021 - 15:12:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is undertaking a project in the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: WFP expands emergency response as up to 7 million people face hunger crisis in the north

07 september 2021 - 11:39:29
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) –  As conflict spills across northern Ethiopia, forcing 300,000 people from their homes and 1.7 million [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: WFP says 100 food trucks reach Tigray regional capital

06 september 2021 - 09:48:34
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) says over 100 trucks with food have arrived in [...] Full text...

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The "444th Brigade" of Libyan army commits to ceasefire

05 september 2021 - 16:57:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan elite armed unit, known as Brigade 444, Saturday announced its commitment to respect the [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM calls meeting on Tripoli clashes on Friday

04 september 2021 - 18:09:18
Tripoli Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbaiba has called a meeting on the bloody clashes that occurred on [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Tigray aid situation worsening by the day, warn UN humanitarians

03 september 2021 - 05:37:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The aid crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region is worsening, the UN said on Thursday, with stocks [...] Full text...

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UN Secretary-General calls for bold action to end biodiversity crisis

31 august 2021 - 05:27:13
New York, US (PANA) - With one million species at risk of extinction, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called [...] Full text...

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Serbian weapons identified in stockpiles of brutal armed groups in Sahel

24 august 2021 - 05:28:25
London, UK (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, says its arms experts have identified Serbian-manufactured weapons in videos posted [...] Full text...

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Southern Africa suffers widespread food, nutrition insecurity – SADC report

12 august 2021 - 16:06:37
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Ten Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) suffer widespread food and [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: WFP delivers food to another 1 million in Tigray, but only reaches half of those in need

09 august 2021 - 15:19:12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -  The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) delivered food to over a million people in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US donates 151,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson vaccine to Mali

06 august 2021 - 11:51:46
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Minister of Health, Diéminatou Sangaré, on Thursday received 151,200 doses of Johnson and Johnson [...] Full text...

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Half a million children on verge of malnourishment in southern Mozambique: UN agencies warn

27 july 2021 - 06:57:50
Antananarivo, Mozambique (PANA) - At least half a million children under five in drought-afflicted southern Madagascar are on the verge [...] Full text...

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WFP sends first humanitarian passenger flight into Tigray

22 july 2021 - 14:55:27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)  – The first United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) passenger flight, managed by the United Nations [...] Full text...

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Civil unrest turns South Africa’s food and agricultural sector upside down

21 july 2021 - 13:51:32
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - While specific costs and implications of the recent South African civil unrest to the food [...] Full text...

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WFP and WHO launch innovative project on Emergency Health Facilities

19 july 2021 - 13:58:21
Brindisi, Italy – Following the recent G20 side event co-hosted by the Italian Government and the United Nations World Food [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: WFP convoy reaches Tigray, many more are vital to meet growing nutrition needs

12 july 2021 - 15:57:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – A United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) convoy of 50 trucks arrived in the Tigrayan [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa faces steepest pandemic surge yet - WHO

25 june 2021 - 11:36:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa is facing a fast-surging third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, with cases spreading more rapidly and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria starts recovery but unemployment and inflation remain elevated - IMF

18 june 2021 - 09:22:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian economy has started a gradual recovery from the negative effects of the COVID-19 global [...] Full text...

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Ensure ocean health, UN chief says in message for World Oceans Day

09 june 2021 - 05:59:25
New York, US (PANA) - Ending the “war on nature” must be part of global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, [...] Full text...

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Republic of Korea gives US$400,000 for WFP emergency response in Ethiopia's Tigray region

09 may 2021 - 04:33:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$400,000 contribution from the Government [...] Full text...

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Improved agronomic practices, favourable weather raise Kenya’s sugar output

07 may 2021 - 06:37:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s sugar production is expected to increase in marketing year 2021/22 due to good weather, better [...] Full text...

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WHO welcomes Sweden’s move to share COVID-19 vaccine doses with COVAX

03 may 2021 - 19:38:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has welcomed the announcement by the Swedish Government that [...] Full text...

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Southern Madagascar on brink of famine, warns WFP

30 april 2021 - 05:31:07
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The unrelenting drought in southern Madagascar is forcing hundreds of thousands of people to the brink [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Less than 2% of world’s vaccines administered in Africa - WHO

11 april 2021 - 11:32:13
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Less than 2% of the 690 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered to date globally is in Africa, [...] Full text...

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Armed attacks lead to 'extremely concerning' humanitarian situation in northern Mozambique

30 march 2021 - 11:50:38
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The humanitarian situation in Palma District of Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique is [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO urges equitable vaccine access to widen reach in Africa

26 march 2021 - 08:54:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Africa urgently needs more COVID-19 vaccine supplies as deliveries begin to slow down and initial batches are [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Virus variants, vaccine inequity, contribute to rising caseload

20 march 2021 - 11:44:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 cases globally are on track to rise for a fourth consecutive week, the World Health [...] Full text...

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South Sudanese ‘one step away from famine' as UN launches humanitarian response plan

16 march 2021 - 18:32:14
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - As hunger levels continue to deepen in South Sudan due to a combination of violence, [...] Full text...

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UN urges accountability for key figures supporting militias in South Sudan’s Greater Jonglei region

15 march 2021 - 13:42:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN issued a report on Monday calling on the South Sudanese authorities to hold accountable [...] Full text...

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Flipflopi recycled plastic dhow embarks on its second voyage in Africa

12 march 2021 - 10:32:24
Kisumu, Kenya (PANA) - The Flipflopi, a dhow made from recycled plastic, has set sail on its second voyage, taking [...] Full text...

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1,600 vaccinated in Guinea Ebola virus outbreak but more jabs needed - WHO

06 march 2021 - 04:58:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1,600 people have received Ebola virus vaccinations in Guinea where four have died in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus- Ghana registers 679 new cases

29 january 2021 - 23:57:39
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The latest update by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) indicates that the country's cumulative case count [...] Full text...

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Heavy rains caused by Cyclone Eloise recede in parts of southern Africa

27 january 2021 - 08:58:53
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The low pressure area caused by Tropical Cyclone Eloise has moved south-west and is close [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa urges wealthy nations to assit with vaccine roll-out

26 january 2021 - 19:21:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Tuesday urged wealthy countries to release their [...] Full text...

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Tropical Storm Eloise now in Mozambique Channel, likely to turn Tropical Cyclone on Friday

22 january 2021 - 08:54:46
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Latest forecasts indicate that Tropical Storm Eloise is likely to make landfall in central Mozambique, between [...] Full text...

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Tropical Storm Eloise due to make landfall in northern Madagascar

19 january 2021 - 05:48:36
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A new weather system has formed in the south-west Indian Ocean and intensified into [...] Full text...

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UN agencies, partners establish global Ebola vaccine stockpile

12 january 2021 - 07:02:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a major milestone in the fight against deadly diseases, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopia warns Sudan over cross-border violence

29 december 2020 - 12:27:17
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has warned it would take drastic measures against Sudan should border violations near Tigray [...] Full text...

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UN raises alarm over security of humanitarian workers in volatile Tigray region

22 december 2020 - 20:37:44
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has raised alarm over the security [...] Full text...

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WFP warns of critical food shortages for refugees in Kenya

17 december 2020 - 15:43:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday warned that more than 435,000 refugees in [...] Full text...

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UN agencies mark end of yearlong aid deliveries in the line of fire

11 december 2020 - 12:00:03
Mogadishu, Kenya (PANA) – The UN humanitarian response in Somalia was heavily affected by insecurity on the ground in Somalia [...] Full text...

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Global food commodity prices rose to a nearly six-year high in November - FAO

03 december 2020 - 14:21:22
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food commodity prices rose sharply in November to their highest level in nearly six years, [...] Full text...

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Cyclone Gati displaces 70,000, leaves 8 dead in Somalia

24 november 2020 - 09:10:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Gati, which made landfall on 22 November in Puntland’s Bari region in Somalia, has [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS offers 793 tons of cereals of food assistance to Mali

10 november 2020 - 17:33:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has offered Mali 793 tons of cereals as [...] Full text...

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WHO concerned with failing stock of four vaccines for children in Libya

17 october 2020 - 00:07:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned Friday that four vaccines for children were being withdrawn while [...] Full text...

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Prices of several staples up to multi-month highs in September – FAO report

08 october 2020 - 12:51:27
Rome, Italy (PANA) - While new forecasts for global cereal output, utilisation, stocks and trade all point to well-supplied markets, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN chief urges more countries to step up and fund global vaccine effort

01 october 2020 - 06:24:58
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday called for all nations to provide further urgently needed funds [...] Full text...

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Flooding leaves South Sudan facing threat of ‘catastrophic’ hunger levels, UN says

30 september 2020 - 08:30:03
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Torrential rains and flooding across South Sudan have created the threat of “catastrophic” levels of [...] Full text...

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Flooding leaves South Sudan facing threat of ‘catastrophic’ hunger levels

29 september 2020 - 16:34:54
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Torrential rains and flooding across South Sudan have created the threat of “catastrophic” hunger levels [...] Full text...

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Since April 2020, floods have claimed 41 lives, 112 wounded in Burkina Faso -Official

22 september 2020 - 23:38:20
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A wave of floods and heavy winds in all thirteen regions of Burkina Faso has [...] Full text...

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UN seeks funding for humanitarian emergency relief to hundreds of thousands in Sudan

22 september 2020 - 08:09:02
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The United Nations in Sudan has said relief organisations and humanitarians are “now in a race against [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic hits supply of cereals to local markets in Niger

03 september 2020 - 13:16:26
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Due to the depletion of merchant stocks with the onset of the lean season and disruptions [...] Full text...

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UN agencies support flood response in Sudan

02 september 2020 - 05:44:11
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN and its partners are supporting the Sudanese Government as it responds to recent severe [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe households expected to limit daily meals as economy worsens

10 august 2020 - 12:20:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development’s food security arm, FEWS NET, says households are expected [...] Full text...

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US food security arm predicts Zimbabwe households will ration meals as macroeconomic situation worsens

05 august 2020 - 17:31:16
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development’s food security arm, FEWS NET, says Zimbabwe households are [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Stock Exchange to reopen on August 3

29 july 2020 - 14:59:44
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe government will lift the suspension of trading on the main bourse on August 3,  [...] Full text...

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Nurses in Botswana want preferential treatment on fuel purchasing

07 july 2020 - 16:11:52
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - As Botswana grapples with fuel shortages, nurses in the country have challenged government to consider providing [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinean President wants tools for preventive measures distributed in schools

03 july 2020 - 14:24:31
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) -  Guinean President Alpha Condé on Thursday said tools for the preventive measures against Covid-19 must be [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Botswana dismisses COVID-19 fuel shortages link

29 june 2020 - 19:01:16
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Presidential COVID-19 Task Force has dispelled reports that testing for the respiratory disease at the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe ban on trading of stocks and mobile money transactions to have dire economic consequences (Analysis by Correspondent Tatira Zwinoira)

27 june 2020 - 19:26:18
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe government on Saturday took the unprecedented move to ban trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange [...] Full text...

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Countries urged to act over potential HIV drug shortages, within next two months

22 june 2020 - 13:35:39
New York, US (PANA) - Stocks of medication for HIV patients could run out in the next two months, because [...] Full text...

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Covid;-19: UNHCR, TSF donate material worth 353 million CFAF to fight coronavirus in Congo

19 june 2020 - 15:58:05
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Cyr Modeste Kouamé, and the regional [...] Full text...

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Cereal prices remain stable this week in Niger

09 june 2020 - 15:11:20
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - As in the past week, the price for most cereals on markets in Niger was relatively [...] Full text...

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Kenya government, coastal counties seal fishermen income-boosting deal

27 may 2020 - 12:26:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives has signed an agreement with five Coastal county [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian agency says new swarms of locusts threaten to increase hunger in East Africa

27 may 2020 - 10:43:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanitarian agency Oxfam warned on Wednesday that millions of people in East and Central Africa, already [...] Full text...

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Libyan dailies centre on military developments in war for Tripoli, possible scenario

23 may 2020 - 19:09:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers this week focused on the military changes taking place on the ground in recent [...] Full text...

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Nigerian military says its fighter jets destroyed Boko Haram logistics facilities, kill "many"

16 may 2020 - 15:28:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Saturday said that Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets on Friday [...] Full text...

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The 2020 rainy season is expected to be generally wet in the Sahelian countries

27 april 2020 - 15:41:33
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The 2020 rainy season is expected to be wet overall, according to a press release issued [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: De-containment in Mauritius will be phased out from next May, says PM

27 april 2020 - 11:20:46
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, has announced that the process leading to the de-containment [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus insecurity: Libyans begin Ramadan with suffering (A News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)

23 april 2020 - 22:34:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - Libyans on Friday begin the Ramadan, month of fasting for Muslims, in exceptionally trying times marked [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: China donates equipment to Congo in fight against coronavirus

16 april 2020 - 21:15:29
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Chinese government Wednesday donated to Congo 2,000 medical masks, 2,000 uniforms, 2,000 protection glasses and [...] Full text...

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