US is 'deeply troubled' by eastern DRC fighting - Rubio
29 january 2025 - 06:01:51Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said his country is “deeply troubled” by escalation [...] Full text...
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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said his country is “deeply troubled” by escalation [...] Full text...
Gaza crisis: Lack of fuel threatens critical humanitarian services
15 january 2025 - 08:26:25Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Critical water, sanitation and hygiene facilities and activities are at risk of grinding to a [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Hospitals closed, aid denied, civilians trapped
31 december 2024 - 07:55:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Essential services that sustain life - healthcare, emergency aid, and humanitarian access - are being systematically [...] Full text...
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Evacuation orders in Gaza threaten to uproot UN’s aid hub once again
27 august 2024 - 13:03:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The plight of Gaza’s people continues to worsen in the enclave where humanitarian operations are “ongoing [...] Full text...
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No date yet for long-awaited South Sudan elections, UN Security Council told
15 august 2024 - 06:08:44New York, US (PANA) - The UN continues to support an enabling environment for general elections in South Sudan, but [...] Full text...
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Humanitarians' efforts ‘nowhere near where they should be’ 300 days into Gaza war
02 august 2024 - 05:47:56New York, US (PANA) (PANA) - Scaling up aid delivery remains a challenge in Gaza as the war reaches the [...] Full text...
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UN supports Sudanese refugees in Libya
31 july 2024 - 05:14:49New York, US (PANA) - A $5.3 million allocation from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will support some [...] Full text...
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Insecurity takes toll on women, girls in Niger’s Tillabéri region
23 february 2023 - 12:02:49Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The security crisis in Niger’s south-western Tillabéri region is taking a heavy toll on local communities, [...] Full text...
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EU allocates 40 million Euro to assist Sudan in humanitarian domains
20 february 2022 - 16:25:19Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The EU Commission has allocated Sudan 40 million Euro as part of a package of 294.2 [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: President Buhari predicts massive shift from insurgency to peace, stability in Nigeria's Northeast region
02 february 2022 - 14:02:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari pledged on Wednesday in Abuja that Nigerians in the North East region would in the [...] Full text...
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UN says intense fighting in Northern Ethiopia halts humanitarian supplies
01 november 2021 - 21:24:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Fighting and hostilities in the northern Ethiopia towns of Dessie and Kombolcha in Amhara has [...] Full text...
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UN raises alarm over security of humanitarian workers in volatile Tigray region
22 december 2020 - 20:37:44Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has raised alarm over the security [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: UN, Borno State Governor express horror over killing of five aid workers by Boko Haram terrorists
23 july 2020 - 12:28:59Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward Kallon, has condemned the killing of five [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Somalia's positive cases climb to 2,602
17 june 2020 - 14:46:56Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Somalia have reached 2,602 with 88 deaths, the UN Office for [...] Full text...
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Libyan media highlight Russia-Europe struggle in Libya, inflow of arms and fighters
15 december 2019 - 08:36:59Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The fierce competition between certain European countries, including Germany, France and Italy, to consolidate their presence [...] Full text...
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UN agency reports high malnutrition levels in Horn of Africa countries
17 october 2019 - 07:04:37Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Two consecutive failed rainy seasons in some areas, floods in others, internal violence in [...] Full text...
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Worsening economic prospects hamper healthcare fuel gender-based violence in Southern Africa
30 september 2019 - 16:03:23Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Deteriorating economic prospects have exacerbated poverty and inequality and hampered access to essential services, [...] Full text...
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Climate crisis brings devastating consequences to Southern Africa
30 september 2019 - 13:46:48Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Southern Africa is experiencing the devastating consequences of the climate crisis first-hand, according to [...] Full text...
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School opening postponed in Blue Nile state due to cholera outbreak
15 september 2019 - 17:26:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese authorities on Sunday postponed the opening of schools in the southeastern State of Blue Nile [...] Full text...
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WHO says Ebola disease still "relentless and devastating" in Eastern DR Congo
31 july 2019 - 19:16:46Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday noted that the Ebola virus disease in North Kivu [...] Full text...
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‘Revved up climate action’ needed to counter ‘prolonged’ and deadly storms like Cyclone Idai: Guterres
27 march 2019 - 05:05:18New York, US (PANA) - Cyclone Idai and the mounting death toll is “yet another alarm bell about the dangers [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Idai: ‘Ticking bomb’ health warning over deteriorating conditions facing victims
26 march 2019 - 04:56:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As efforts continue to reach all victims of Cyclone Idai in southern Africa, a senior relief [...] Full text...
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UN chief welcomes establishment of inclusive government in Central African Republic
25 march 2019 - 03:13:29New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the establishment in the Central African Republic (CAR) of a [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Idai: Emergency getting ‘bigger by the hour’, warns WFP
19 march 2019 - 20:30:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The full scale of the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Idai in south-west Africa is becoming [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Idai displaces 1.5 million across Mozambique, Malawi
15 march 2019 - 20:51:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A major aid operation is under way in Mozambique and Malawi to help victims of Tropical [...] Full text...
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UN chief sends condolences to families of Malawi flood victims
12 march 2019 - 06:34:08New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has extended his condolences to the families of flood victims across [...] Full text...
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At least 23 people killed in Malawi flash floods this week
09 march 2019 - 20:03:40Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Heavy rains and floods have affected most parts of the Southern Region in Malawi, following the [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso faces 'unprecedented' displacement - UN humanitarian office
06 march 2019 - 07:14:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Burkina Faso is facing “unprecedented” displacement, triggered by armed groups and intercommunal clashes, and exacerbated by [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe needs urgent scale-up in humanitarian response
28 february 2019 - 18:44:32Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock on Thursday announced the allocation [...] Full text...
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UN humanitarian chief visits Zimbabwe, Malawi
25 february 2019 - 17:35:51Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock will visit Zimbabwe [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Army, UN agency to promote humanitarian principles in insurgency operations
14 october 2018 - 10:11:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Army is to partner with the United Nations Office for the Coordination Humanitarian Affairs [...] Full text...
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UNHCR moves detained refugees out of harm's way in volatile Libyan capital
02 september 2018 - 06:54:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in a joint effort with International Organisation for Migration (IOM), United [...] Full text...
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Severe food insecurity stalks two Madagascar regions
09 august 2018 - 09:30:06Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - About 1.26 million people are expected to be severely food insecure in the Grand [...] Full text...
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Additional storm system likely to impact Djibouti after Cyclone Sagar
24 may 2018 - 18:54:56Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) - Four days after Cyclone Sagar brought torrential rains on 19-20 May, floodwaters continue to affect several [...] Full text...
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Horn of Africa reeling after Cyclone Sagar pounding
21 may 2018 - 15:12:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Around 20,000 people were affected by flooding in Djibouti, more than 10,000 people were displaced in [...] Full text...
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WHO chief visits Ebola affected area in DR Congo
14 may 2018 - 08:36:33Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday visited the town of [...] Full text...
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Over 270,000 people displaced by floods in Kenya
09 may 2018 - 17:07:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - More than 50,680 households, with about 271,000 people, have been displaced by floods across Kenya, [...] Full text...
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Floods displace more than 244,400 people in Kenya
03 may 2018 - 17:58:13Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Floods have displaced at least 244,407 people in 45,219 households across Kenya, including more than 23,000 [...] Full text...
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Ten aid workers missing in South Sudan
26 april 2018 - 14:09:45Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Ten aid workers have gone missing outside South Sudan’s Yei town in Central Equatoria [...] Full text...
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Uganda hosts world’s fastest growing refugee crisis
24 april 2018 - 16:12:15Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Across the Great Lakes region, some 7.4 million people are uprooted, with Uganda now [...] Full text...
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IOM chief says root cause of internal displacements must be tackled
18 april 2018 - 07:39:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 40 million people are displaced by conflict and another 25 million annually by disaster [...] Full text...
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Southern Africa countries assess impact of severe drought
27 february 2018 - 19:49:55Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – In the aftermath severe rainfall deficits recorded by the end of January 2018 across [...] Full text...
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Violation of child rights increases in Horn of Africa region
29 january 2018 - 19:40:58Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Violations against civilians, including sexual and gender-based violence, remained significant in the Horn of [...] Full text...
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Political instability drives humanitarian needs in Horn of Africa countries
29 january 2018 - 19:01:56Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Conflict and political insecurity in the Horn of Africa, notably in South Sudan, are [...] Full text...
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Drought, conflict drive high humanitarian needs in Horn of Africa
29 january 2018 - 16:32:02Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Persistent drought, complex conflict and political dynamics continue to drive high humanitarian needs and [...] Full text...
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UK helps UN humanitarian operation meet needs of conflict victims
20 december 2017 - 19:22:22Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A new £31.5 million multi-year contribution from the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) is [...] Full text...
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UN office cautions on protracted humanitarian crises in Great Lakes region
14 november 2017 - 09:14:14Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Conflict is likely to remain the dominant driver of protracted humanitarian crises in Central [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: US$ 9.9m urgently needed to respond to cholera outbreak in northeast Nigeria
18 september 2017 - 18:38:52Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The United Nations and its partners are urgently appealing for US$9.9 million to respond to the [...] Full text...
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Mali: Aid groups see rising security risk in Mali
28 august 2017 - 16:34:27Bamakoi, Mali - Two separate attacks on U.N. peacekeeping bases in Mali this month have escalated security concerns for non-governmental [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Drought causes serious humanitarian impacts in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya
04 july 2017 - 12:29:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An estimated 761,000 Somalis have been internally displaced by drought between November 2016 and June 2017, [...] Full text...
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Kenya: Cholera claiming lives at 'alarming rate' in East Africa, Yemen - Aid agency
03 july 2017 - 12:02:38Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Cholera is claiming lives at an alarming rate in East Africa and Yemen, the Norwegian Refugee [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Gambia’s aquaculture on path of sustainable development, says AfDB
04 february 2017 - 11:33:29Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) says The Food and Agriculture Sector [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia: After good crop harvests less Ethiopians need humanitarian aid
06 january 2017 - 13:34:18Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Thanks to the good rainy season between June to September last year, the main crop [...] Full text...
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Libya: Libyan communities struggle to host IDPs
01 august 2016 - 17:02:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations and its partners continue to monitor the latest movements of internally displaced persons [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN expresses regret over expulsion of its Senior official from Sudan
22 may 2016 - 19:37:13Khartoum, Sudan ( PANA) – The UN on Sunday expressed “shock” over what it called a de facto expulsion of [...] Full text...
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Rwanda: South Sudan's cholera death toll hits 29
03 july 2015 - 10:47:32Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - At least 29 people, including six children, are confirmed to have died from an outbreak of [...] Full text...
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Malawi: Flood disrupt schooling in Malawi
18 january 2015 - 15:44:37Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - A total of 415 schools have been affected by the severe flooding ravaging parts of Malawi, [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Emergency agency counts cost of Boko Haram insurgency
25 march 2014 - 20:33:26Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday announced that the Boko Haram insurgency [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS to give US$500,000 food aid to Mali
19 november 2013 - 13:36:13Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Commission has announced it will give Mali about US$500,000 in food aid within the [...] Full text...
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ECOWAS deploys 20-member emergency response team to Mali
18 november 2013 - 15:14:21Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS is to deploy 20 members of its Emergency Response Team (EERT) to Mali within the [...] Full text...
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IOM seeks funds to help Congolese fleeing rebel advance
23 november 2012 - 09:42:38Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has appealed to the international community for US$5.3 million to [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian region to suffer food insecurity after poor rains
14 may 2012 - 18:40:52Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The delay in long rains in North-Eastern Ethiopia is likely to affect food security in [...] Full text...
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Somali camp deaths decline as refugee influx continues
19 september 2011 - 19:28:10Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Deaths amongst the Somalia's new arrival refugees at the various camps in Ethiopia have reduced [...] Full text...
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UN agencies warn of worsening malnutrition in Ethiopia
02 august 2011 - 07:44:23Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - International aid agencies have warned that acute malnutrition could worsen in parts of Ethiopia due [...] Full text...
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Worst drought in 60 years put 10 million at risk of starvation in East Africa
02 july 2011 - 09:09:06Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Christian Aid, an international non-governmental body working to end global poverty, has launched an [...] Full text...
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Flash floods uproot 26,000 people in western Ethiopia
04 october 2010 - 17:55:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Flash floods in Ethiopiaâ?s western tip of Gambe lla region have displaced 26,000 people and [...] Full text...
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Floods displace 15,600 people in Ethiopia
06 september 2010 - 15:42:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Heavy floods in Ethiopia's lowlands have displace d 15,600 people and scores have been killed [...] Full text...
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Floods displace 15,600 people in Ethiopia
06 september 2010 - 15:17:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Heavy floods in Ethiopia's lowlands have displace d 15,600 people and scores have been killed [...] Full text...
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At least 19 killed as heavy floods hit Ethiopian lowlands
31 august 2010 - 22:31:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Flood waters and landslides have killed at least 19 people and injured 24 others in [...] Full text...
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Armed groups in eastern DRC use rape as weapon - Aid agency
06 march 2010 - 10:16:00Dar es salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Following recent brutal attacks on women by sus pected Democratic Forces for the Liberation [...] Full text...
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West Africa is facing new humanitarian challenges, says UNOCHA
19 august 2009 - 18:07:00Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- West Africa is facing new humanitarian challenges follow ing the end of armed conflicts in the [...] Full text...
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UN envoy hails Somali troops' victory over Islamists
13 july 2009 - 13:06:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Somali government troops should continue their advances against the radical Islamists fighting to take control of [...] Full text...
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