WFP head calls for end to 'man-made famines'
13 january 2026 - 07:43:49Rome, Italy (PANA) - The head of the UN’s emergency food agency urged world leaders on Monday to end “man-made [...] Full text...
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The head of the UN’s emergency food agency urged world leaders on Monday to end “man-made [...] Full text...
US pauses assistance programmes to Somalia over illegally-seized food aid
08 january 2026 - 11:55:52Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US announced on Wednesday that it has paused all ongoing assistance programmes for the [...] Full text...
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Venezuela crisis: UN aid effort continues amid political upheaval
07 january 2026 - 16:52:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Venezuela’s political shock has sharpened global attention on a country already facing one of the world’s [...] Full text...
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Drones, fear and exhaustion: The daily reality of providing aid to Ukraine
07 january 2026 - 16:29:50Kherson, Ukraine (PANA) - Almost four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, aid teams continue to adapt to the [...] Full text...
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Venezuela crisis: UN aid effort continues amid political upheaval
06 january 2026 - 19:10:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Venezuela’s political shock has sharpened global attention on a country already facing one of the world’s [...] Full text...
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Refugee response now at breaking point in Ethiopia, warns WFP
06 january 2026 - 07:34:52Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The global crisis in funding for humanitarian work is taking a major toll in Ethiopia, [...] Full text...
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EU supports UN to help millions of people in West and Central Africa
31 december 2025 - 06:50:20Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In response to the worsening food crisis in West and Central Africa, the World Food Programme [...] Full text...
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100,000 refugees from DRC flow into Burundi in nearly a month
30 december 2025 - 08:19:32Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - While massive and continuous population displacements are reported within the Congolese province of South Kivu, Burundi, [...] Full text...
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DRC refugees in Burundi face a drastic drop in food aid
23 december 2025 - 08:30:57Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Struggling with severe funding shortfalls, the World Food Programme (WFP) has cut food rations for refugees [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Access to food improves but living conditions remain dire
19 december 2025 - 07:42:41Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - A pregnant woman in Gaza thought she might lose her child because of malnourishment. Ten [...] Full text...
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Intensifying hostilities in Sudan bring new displacement, more casualties
17 december 2025 - 05:27:02Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The situation across Sudan’s Kordofan region is rapidly worsening, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) has [...] Full text...
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From farm to classroom: Feeding children and supporting farmers in Timor-Leste
14 december 2025 - 18:48:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – It’s a win-win recipe: schoolchildren eat a free, nutritious meal every day and local farmers gain [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Aid teams say deal struck to reach stricken El Fasher
12 december 2025 - 15:49:42Rome, Italy (PANA) - In Sudan, deep concerns persist for the many tens of thousands of people believed to be [...] Full text...
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Hurricane Melissa: WFP calls for greater investment in preparedness, building resilience
12 december 2025 - 14:00:56New York, US (PANA) - More than a month after Hurricane Melissa slammed the Caribbean, devastated communities still require assistance, [...] Full text...
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Eastern DR Congo fighting kills scores, cuts food aid and drives mass displacement
11 december 2025 - 07:32:55Kinshasa, DEC (PANA) - Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN chief condemns deadly strikes on children's nursery, hospital
08 december 2025 - 17:30:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As Sudan’s civil war intensified on Monday, top UN officials condemned the killing of dozens of [...] Full text...
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Sudan's paramilitary RSF blames Army for drone attack on WFP food aid truck
07 december 2025 - 17:27:27El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Suport Forces (RSF) has accused its rival in the counry's bloody civil [...] Full text...
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WFP condemns attack on its food aid truck
07 december 2025 - 05:10:56Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has strongly condemned an attack on one of its [...] Full text...
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Cold, displaced and in darkness, Ukrainian civilians brace for another winter of war
03 december 2025 - 17:30:02Kharkiv city, Ukraine (PANA) - As Ukraine enters its fourth winter under full-scale invasion, millions of civilians face renewed hardship [...] Full text...
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UN envoy to press for Sudan dialogue
28 november 2025 - 07:40:16Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, is preparing to travel to Port [...] Full text...
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UN raises alarm over surge in mass kidnappings in Nigeria
25 november 2025 - 18:27:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Tuesday denounced a "shocking" surge in mass abductions in north-central [...] Full text...
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Gazans are consuming two meals a day, an improvement compared to the summer
24 november 2025 - 16:44:19Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - While the proportion of Gazans primarily dependent on humanitarian aid has increased since the ceasefire, [...] Full text...
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More than 100,000 people forced to flee in one week in violence in northern Mozambique
19 november 2025 - 10:42:28Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - As coordinated attacks by non-state armed groups have intensified in some districts of Nampula province in [...] Full text...
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'Ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending'
19 november 2025 - 07:53:05Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per [...] Full text...
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Families in Sudan ‘running out of time’ as hunger spreads
14 november 2025 - 07:28:16New York, US (PANA) - More than 21 million people in Sudan, 45 per cent of the population, are not [...] Full text...
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Millions of lives at risk, warn UN food agencies, as hunger crisis worsens
13 november 2025 - 07:03:40Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) warn of a major [...] Full text...
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Hurricane Melissa: Relief efforts intensify as damage across Caribbean grows
12 november 2025 - 16:21:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean, governments and aid agencies are still struggling [...] Full text...
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DR Congo hunger crisis worsening amid fighting and lack of aid funding
07 november 2025 - 16:30:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to worsen amid ongoing fighting [...] Full text...
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Half of Jamaica’s population reeling from Hurricane Melissa
05 november 2025 - 16:25:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1.5 million Jamaicans have been impacted by the devastation resulting from Hurricane Melissa, many [...] Full text...
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Famine declared in two Sudanese cities cut off by war, fragile gains elsewhere
04 november 2025 - 17:49:57Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - New analysis of hunger and malnutrition in war-torn Sudan has revealed sharp contrasts along conflict [...] Full text...
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Caribbean nations receive life-saving support following devastation of Hurricane Melissa
31 october 2025 - 19:09:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Caribbean reels from the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, UN humanitarian agencies are stepping [...] Full text...
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Sudan expels two senior WFP officials
29 october 2025 - 08:32:01Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Tuesday expelled two top officials from the UN’s World Food Programme [...] Full text...
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Nearly one million affected by South Sudan floods
25 october 2025 - 05:59:39Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Nearly one million people have been impacted by devastating floods in South Sudan, the Office [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Millions pushed to ‘brink of survival’
23 october 2025 - 17:30:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 900 days of brutal conflict, widespread human rights violations, famine, and the collapse of essential [...] Full text...
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'Overwhelming’ demand for food aid in Gaza as fragile ceasefire holds
21 october 2025 - 14:46:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Gaza, the ceasefire is enabling UN humanitarians to reach more desperate people with life-saving food [...] Full text...
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UN urges opening of all Gaza crossings to deliver three-month food supply
18 october 2025 - 07:56:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned food aid cannot reach everyone in Gaza unless [...] Full text...
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Why are over 670 million people going hungry?
15 october 2025 - 19:57:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than eight percent of the world population or around 673 million people are not getting enough [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian funding cuts pushing millions into hunger: WFP
15 october 2025 - 16:37:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 14 million people could face severe hunger by the end of the year, the World [...] Full text...
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Israel restricts Gaza aid, saying Hamas must do more to return deceased hostages
15 october 2025 - 08:01:47Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Israel announced late on Tuesday that it will limit the flow of aid to Gaza, [...] Full text...
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Gaza deal: UN and humanitarian partners ‘prepared to move – now,’ says Guterres Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the press at the UN Headquarters, in New York.
09 october 2025 - 17:30:27New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Israel and Hamas to “fully abide” by the ceasefire [...] Full text...
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Jubilation in Gaza as news of possible ceasefire deal sinks in (By UN News)
09 october 2025 - 12:22:42Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As Gazans and Israelis celebrated the news that a potential ceasefire deal had been reached [...] Full text...
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One in ten people in Burundi faces acute food insecurity
07 october 2025 - 14:58:59Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Nearly 1.17 million people are in a situation of acute food insecurity in Burundi, or 10% [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Major UN aid operation ‘ready to go’ if agreement is reached on US peace plan
07 october 2025 - 08:15:39New York, US (PANA) - UN aid teams in Gaza are “ready to go” with thousands of tonnes of supplies [...] Full text...
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AfDB and IOM sign MoU to harness migration for peace, development
05 october 2025 - 06:53:11Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The sixth Africa Resilience Forum concluded in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire, with the signing of a [...] Full text...
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Fewer than one in 10 Somalis to receive life-saving aid in November, warns WFP
04 october 2025 - 06:15:18Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that millions in Somalia are at risk [...] Full text...
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WFP, ILO support vulnerable communities in Madagascar
19 september 2025 - 09:53:22Antananarivo, Madagascar – The World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Labor Organisation (ILO) have signed a memorandum of understanding [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN relief chief welcomes progress towards three-month truce
19 september 2025 - 05:11:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN relief chief Tom Fletcher has highlighted recent diplomatic progress made towards a three-month pause [...] Full text...
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Nearly 80 million more children benefiting from school meals: WFP
11 september 2025 - 05:30:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - School meals are a crucial way out of poverty into “a new world of learning and opportunity”, according [...] Full text...
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‘No ordinary session’: Baerbock opens UN General Assembly with call for courage and reform
10 september 2025 - 08:01:15New York, US (PANA) - As the UN General Assembly opened its 80th session on Tuesday, new President Annalena Baerbock [...] Full text...
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Drone strike by Sudanese army kills 13 in North Darfur market
03 september 2025 - 06:54:45Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A drone strike on a crowded market in the North Darfur town of Mellit killed [...] Full text...
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Daily malnutrition deaths continue as Israeli forces push further into Gaza City
03 september 2025 - 06:45:17New York, US (PANA) - Conditions in Gaza are worsening for Palestinians trapped amid spiralling hunger as Israel continues to [...] Full text...
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IOM: More than 1,000 families flee Sudan's besieged El Fasher city
01 september 2025 - 07:49:52Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced on Sunday that more than a thousand families [...] Full text...
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Sudan: A staggering 30 million are in need, as war grinds on
29 august 2025 - 06:53:37New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarians continue to push for more support for Sudan amid ongoing conflict, rising malnutrition and [...] Full text...
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Cholera epidemic spreads in Sudanese refugee camps in Chad
26 august 2025 - 06:06:26N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Cholera, which is raging in Sudan, is spreading to Chad. As large numbers of Sudanese from [...] Full text...
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Sudan govt welcomes UN rights agency's condemnation of attacks on civilians by rival RSF
24 august 2025 - 06:56:35Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Saturday commended the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights for condemning the [...] Full text...
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UN calls for probe into WFP convoy attack in Darfur
21 august 2025 - 16:01:09Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday called for a probe into the attack on a relief convoy [...] Full text...
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Sudanese army denies targeting WFP relief convoy
21 august 2025 - 12:20:49Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Thursday denied bombing a World Food Programme (WFP) relief [...] Full text...
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Drone strike destroys UN food aid trucks in Sudan’s North Darfur
21 august 2025 - 08:22:35Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A drone strike by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) destroyed three trucks in a World [...] Full text...
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Food for Gaza piled up in warehouses risks spoiling without Israel's green light
21 august 2025 - 07:04:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Israel's neighbouring countries, thousands of tons of food aid destined for Gaza are piling up [...] Full text...
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Sudan hospitals under fire
21 august 2025 - 06:35:07New York, US (PANA) - In recent days, reported attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan’s Darfur State have forced some [...] Full text...
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Amid ongoing Israeli attacks, ‘the systematic destruction of Gaza City is already underway’: UN rights office
20 august 2025 - 19:34:07Geneva, Switzerland 9PANA) - In recent days, the Israeli military has escalated attacks across Gaza City, reportedly deciding to take [...] Full text...
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Hunger and a heatwave plague the Gaza Strip
14 august 2025 - 20:01:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As hunger and malnutrition deepen in the Gaza Strip, humanitarian missions continue to face delays and [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Blast hits near UN aid helicopter
14 august 2025 - 05:32:46Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A UN chartered helicopter delivering food aid to the town of Solle in northwest Burkina [...] Full text...
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Record starvation, malnutrition in Gaza; more West Bank displacement
13 august 2025 - 07:33:05Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The United Nations continues to draw attention to the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killing of journalists, as child malnutrition deaths rise
11 august 2025 - 21:18:35New York US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of six Palestinian journalists in Gaza this [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Hospitals ‘at near-total collapse’, staff overwhelmed by the injured
07 august 2025 - 19:06:42Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Exhausted UN aid workers in Gaza on Thursday continued to report a lack of food [...] Full text...
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WFP runs out of funds as hunger worsens in northeast Nigeria
07 august 2025 - 05:20:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As hunger rages in northeast Nigeria, funds for food delivery are running out, the World Food [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo
07 august 2025 - 05:15:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hopes for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been shaken by a [...] Full text...
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WFP restricts activities in eastern DRC due to 'unprecedented' budget cuts
06 august 2025 - 12:54:12Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Although acute hunger has reached a record level in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...
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Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’ (By UN News)
03 august 2025 - 08:08:47Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In western Gaza City, displaced people live crammed into cramped tents, and a human tragedy [...] Full text...
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Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’ (By UN News)
03 august 2025 - 07:32:10Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In western Gaza City, displaced people live crammed into cramped tents, and a human tragedy [...] Full text...
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Deputy UN chief urges bold action to transform food systems at global summit in Addis Ababa
30 july 2025 - 07:10:18Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Tuesday called on countries to double down on [...] Full text...
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In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation
29 july 2025 - 12:56:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza,” UN-backed food security experts said [...] Full text...
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Global hunger declines, but rises in Africa and western Asia: UN report
28 july 2025 - 19:17:24Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Amid record hunger and surging insecurity, emergency food assistance to stall entirely
24 july 2025 - 06:21:39Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - At a time of escalating violence and record levels of hunger in Nigeria, critical funding shortfalls [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained
22 july 2025 - 18:42:40Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from [...] Full text...
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Food lifeline fading for millions in South Sudan hit by conflict and climate shocks
22 july 2025 - 18:06:23Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan’s dramatic hunger crisis is worsening and millions of people there could miss out [...] Full text...
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Gazans dying in search of food, ‘starkest illustration’ of their desperation
12 july 2025 - 07:12:11New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip “have never been higher” while the ability to assist [...] Full text...
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Funding shortages threaten relief for millions of Sudanese refugees: WFP
30 june 2025 - 13:14:33Rome, Italy (PANA) - Critical shortfalls in global humanitarian funding now threaten millions of Sudanese refugees fleeing war to seek [...] Full text...
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UN rights office ‘horrified’ by deadly violence at Gaza food distribution sites
19 june 2025 - 05:52:35Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As the pall of starvation hangs over Gaza, UN agencies have sounded the alarm over [...] Full text...
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Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns
16 june 2025 - 19:43:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, [...] Full text...
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Famine stalks two counties in South Sudan as fragile peace is threatened
13 june 2025 - 07:48:55Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Two counties in the Upper Nile State of South Sudan are sliding into famine, the [...] Full text...
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WFP calls for more help to prevent famine in Sudan
10 june 2025 - 12:22:08Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudan’s communities impacted by war, the [...] Full text...
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Over 30 million children suffer from ‘wasting’ in 15 countries: WFP
06 june 2025 - 08:01:49New York, US (PANA) - Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two UN agencies are uniting to tackle wasting - the deadliest [...] Full text...
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Number of aid workers killed in Gaza conflict, highest in UN history: Guterres
06 june 2025 - 06:57:14New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations paid tribute on Thursday to the 168 staff members who lost their [...] Full text...
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Coalition working for peace in Sudan condemns attack on UN humanitarian convoy
05 june 2025 - 07:31:22Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Members of a coalition working for peace in Sudan have strongly condemned the recent attack [...] Full text...
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Five humanitarians killed in ‘horrendous’ attack on aid convoy in Sudan
03 june 2025 - 21:14:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An aid convoy carrying life-saving assistance for the famine-affected area of North Darfur, Sudan, was attacked [...] Full text...
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WFP/UNICEF condemn RSF attack against humanitarian aid convoy carrying life-saving supplies attacked in Sudan’s North Darfur
03 june 2025 - 20:26:00Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- In a joint statement on Tuesday the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF have [...] Full text...
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UN reiterates call for halt to attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Sudan
01 june 2025 - 13:55:57Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Sunday denounced attacks on hospitals and food and humanitarian relief warehouses [...] Full text...
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Gaza is the ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid
30 may 2025 - 21:22:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained [...] Full text...
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Desperate hunger drives crowd to storm UN food warehouse in Gaza
30 may 2025 - 06:56:06Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Desperate hunger drove crowds of people to overrun a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN agencies call for aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan begins
27 may 2025 - 12:52:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports indicated on Tuesday that Israel’s controversial aid distribution plan had begun in Gaza as the [...] Full text...
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Escalating violence drives food crisis across eastern DR Congo, warns WFP
24 may 2025 - 07:23:24Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) warned [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Strikes on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths this week
23 may 2025 - 05:25:59Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than half the people killed in Gaza over the past week were in shelters [...] Full text...
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Refugees in Kenya facing ‘lowest ever’ emergency food rations amid funding crisis
23 may 2025 - 05:10:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday that it has been forced to cut [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN says civilian suffering deepens amid drone strikes
23 may 2025 - 05:00:27Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The civil war in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave
21 may 2025 - 15:53:13Gaza, Gaza City (PANA) - UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel [...] Full text...
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Another year, another rise in food insecurity – including famine
16 may 2025 - 19:40:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In July 2024, famine was detected in the Sudan’s Zamzam IDP camp. In the following months, [...] Full text...
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Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries
12 may 2025 - 12:05:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Devastating floods in South Sudan in recent months left thousands of herders without their most precious [...] Full text...
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UN flags ‘massive’ needs in Sudan
10 may 2025 - 07:41:43Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - UN humanitarian teams have completed a mission to the Sudanese town of Tawila to provide [...] Full text...
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More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger
10 may 2025 - 07:34:59Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions of people in West and Central [...] Full text...
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More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger
10 may 2025 - 07:16:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions of people in West and Central Africa [...] Full text...
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DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for 7 May 2025 Humanitarian Aid
07 may 2025 - 19:10:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN food convoy has successfully delivered vital supplies to support tens of thousands of displaced [...] Full text...
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DR Congo aid operation reaches Beni with food supplies for thousands
07 may 2025 - 15:37:17Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A UN food convoy has successfully delivered vital supplies to support tens of thousands of displaced [...] Full text...
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UN alert over deepening crisis in Sudan as famine spreads and violence escalates
01 may 2025 - 06:19:43New York, US (PANA) The United Nations has warned that Sudan is sliding deeper into catastrophe, with growing famine and [...] Full text...
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Millions will die from funding cuts, says UN aid chief
30 april 2025 - 16:45:01New York, US (PANA) - Lifesaving operations everywhere continue to be shut down by sweeping funding cutbacks which will result [...] Full text...
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Children in Gaza ‘going to bed starving’ amid blockade: UNRWA
29 april 2025 - 13:04:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The biggest UN aid agency in Gaza on Tuesday condemned the two-month Israeli blockade that has [...] Full text...
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Gazans face hunger crisis as aid blockade nears two months
29 april 2025 - 08:12:27Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Surviving on one meal a day and stretching out rapidly dwindling food rations have become [...] Full text...
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Sudan situation ‘absolutely devastating’ as UN ramps up food aid
26 april 2025 - 07:12:22Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The situation in western Sudan is “shocking” and people in the capital, Khartoum, face “absolutely [...] Full text...
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WFP runs out of food stocks in Gaza
25 april 2025 - 18:04:52New York, US (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has run out of food in the Gaza Strip as [...] Full text...
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Hunger stalks Ethiopia as UN aid agency halts support amid funding cuts
22 april 2025 - 14:47:57Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Funding and supply shortfalls for the UN World Food Programme's relief work in Ethiopia will [...] Full text...
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Sudan: No respite for civilians amid unrelenting war and aid access barriers
18 april 2025 - 07:29:00New York, US (PANA) - As Sudan’s civil war grinds on, millions of civilians remain trapped in a relentless cycle [...] Full text...
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Sudan: 15 million children require humanitarian assistance after two years of war
15 april 2025 - 06:04:23New York, US (PANA) - The number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan has doubled as the [...] Full text...
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Millions displaced, health system in ruins as Sudan war fuels famine
15 april 2025 - 05:47:10Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - More than 12.4 million people have been forced from their homes across Sudan – including [...] Full text...
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Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warn
11 april 2025 - 14:55:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two years since Sudan’s brutal conflict began, UN agencies warned that famine is spreading and civilians [...] Full text...
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Sudan faces unprecedented hunger and displacement as war enters third year
11 april 2025 - 06:44:34Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The conflict in Sudan has become one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st [...] Full text...
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South Sudan: Conflict and hunger push millions to the brink
10 april 2025 - 07:46:59Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Hunger in South Sudan’s northeast has reached a critical tipping point, with nearly 7.7 million [...] Full text...
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US funding cuts spell ‘death sentence’ for millions, food agency warns
09 april 2025 - 07:59:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has voiced deep concern over news that the United States has [...] Full text...
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With aid blockade into its second month, misery deepens for Gazans
07 april 2025 - 17:24:547 April 2025 Humanitarian AidGaza Cit, Gaza (PANA) - Amid the ongoing Israeli aid blockade and bombardment of Gaza, aid [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: UN rights chief condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum
03 april 2025 - 17:14:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fight for Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, likely involved widespread summary executions of civilians following its recent [...] Full text...
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Tens of millions risk starvation as funding cuts deepen crises in DR Congo: WHO, WFP
30 march 2025 - 06:41:58Rome, Italy (PANA) - Sharply declining aid could force tens of millions across the globe who rely on food aid [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN humanitarians flag impact on children of return to war
28 march 2025 - 07:29:02Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a warning on Thursday over the terrible impact on [...] Full text...
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DRC: Record 28 million people face acute hunger
27 march 2025 - 15:24:55Rome, Italy (PANA) - Conflicts and rising food prices are plunging the Congolese people into one of the worst food [...] Full text...
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Deadly impacts of childhood stunting can be prevented, WFP insists
26 march 2025 - 18:54:32Paris, France (PANA) - Childhood stunting from malnutrition is a global but preventable problem if adequate investment can be found, [...] Full text...
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WFP mobilises to help Congolese refugees in Burundi in a difficult financial context
25 march 2025 - 06:02:01Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has quickly mobilised additional aid to Burundi to support [...] Full text...
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Millions in Central Sahel, Nigeria face food cuts amid WFP funding crisis
09 march 2025 - 05:04:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that potentially life-saving food and nutrition assistance in [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN reports 'widespread' abuse of detainees in conflict
07 march 2025 - 11:32:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new United Nations report released on Thursday highlights a "widespread pattern" of arbitrary detention, torture [...] Full text...
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Access to stricken Sudan's Zamzam camp ‘is nearly impossible’ - UN official
06 march 2025 - 15:32:25Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Civilians sheltering in the vast Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region are now [...] Full text...
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UN steps in to help survivors of sexual violence in DRC to recover economically
05 march 2025 - 07:41:58Goma, DRC (PANA) - Before the recent escalation of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which caused an [...] Full text...
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Famine looms in Somalia without funding boost - WFP
05 march 2025 - 07:09:22Rome, Italy (PAA) - “The time to step up is now” for the people of Somalia, where drought threatens 1.7 [...] Full text...
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DRC: Almost 80,000 flee amid fighting, sexual violence: UNHCR
04 march 2025 - 15:09:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Insecurity and horrific sexual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have left tens [...] Full text...
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Children already dying in Sudan’s stricken Zamzam camp: WFP
01 march 2025 - 05:27:29Rome, Italy (PANA) - UN humanitarians on Friday warned again that thousands of families could starve in the coming weeks [...] Full text...
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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...
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Somalia faces escalating crisis amid drought, conflict and price hikes
27 february 2025 - 06:05:20Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Somalia is worsening as drought, conflict and soaring food prices push millions [...] Full text...
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Conflict has turned parts of Sudan ‘into a hellscape,’ Security Council hears
26 february 2025 - 19:20:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A senior UN aid official has called on the Security Council to ensure better protection for [...] Full text...
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‘We’re afraid to return home’: Uprooted again, Congolese civilians face hunger and more insecurity (Feature by UN News)
26 february 2025 - 07:48:47Goma, DRC (PANA) - Around 700,000 people were forced to leave Goma, one of the biggest cities in the Democratic [...] Full text...
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Thousands of people flee from eastern DR Congo into Burundi.
21 february 2025 - 06:30:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people [...] Full text...
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DR Congo violence has pushed 35,000 to Burundi, says UN refugee agency
20 february 2025 - 18:15:56Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands [...] Full text...
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UN launches $6 billion Sudan appeal, as famine takes hold
17 february 2025 - 18:52:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than one in two people in war-torn Sudan have too little to eat, famine “is [...] Full text...
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DRC crisis: WFP condemns looting in Bukavu after M23 rebels move in
17 february 2025 - 16:24:36Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the looting of thousands of tonnes of relief [...] Full text...
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UN rights office condemns continuing Israeli military operation in West Bank
15 february 2025 - 05:41:31Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the intensifying Israeli military operation in [...] Full text...
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Guterres calls for probe into death of WFP staff member detained in Yemen
13 february 2025 - 15:43:51Geneva, Switzerland ((PANA) - Flags at all UN offices in Yemen are flying at half-mast this week following the death [...] Full text...
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UN seeks immediate support to meet needs of Sudanese refugees in CAR
12 february 2025 - 05:48:53Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Without "immediate and sustained" international support, Sudanese refugees in the Central African Republic (CAR) risk facing [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Return to war must be avoided at all costs, insists UN chief
11 february 2025 - 16:56:48New York, US (PANA) - A return to war in Gaza must be avoided at all costs, UN Secretary-General António [...] Full text...
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Palestinians’ rights matter, says UNRWA chief
07 february 2025 - 22:23:33Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA underscored its commitment to assist a population [...] Full text...
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What the UN is doing in DR Congo
05 february 2025 - 19:48:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The current phase of fighting erupted in late January in the mineral-rich eastern region of the [...] Full text...
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Gaza: More than a million receive food aid since the start of the ceasefire
05 february 2025 - 18:05:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over one million people in the Gaza Strip have received food assistance since the ceasefire between [...] Full text...
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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...
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Eastern DR Congo crisis increasing risk of mpox transmission, WHO chief warns
03 february 2025 - 19:34:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The worsening security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced many [...] Full text...
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Gazans depend on us for ‘sheer survival’ - UNRWA
01 february 2025 - 05:48:44Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) The largest UN agency in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, UNRWA, said on Friday that its staff [...] Full text...
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UN agencies warn of worsening humanitarian and rights situation in eastern DR Congo
31 january 2025 - 20:33:28New York, US (PANA) - United Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern [...] Full text...
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WFP denounces 'arbitrary restrictions' on food aid in Sudan
31 january 2025 - 12:11:59Geneva, Switezrland (PANA) - As famine spreads in Sudan, ravaged by civil war for nearly two years, the World Food [...] Full text...
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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...
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Aid efforts in Gaza escalate, as risk from deadly unexploded ordnance grows
30 january 2025 - 06:07:56Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As more than 423,000 displaced Palestinians return to their homes in northern Gaza following the [...] Full text...
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DR Congo emergency: Next 24 hours are critical, warn UN agencies
28 january 2025 - 17:52:28Kinshasa, DR C (PANA) - The latest reports from Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from UN [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire puts life into Gaza humanitarian situation
23 january 2025 - 14:25:45Gaza, Palestine (PANA) - A surge of supplies has entered Gaza since the beginning of the ceasefire, enabling an increase [...] Full text...
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UN aid convoy heads to southern Sudan city Wad Madani
21 january 2025 - 05:42:41Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A UN aid convoy is on its way in southern Sudan to the strategically important [...] Full text...
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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...
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‘Enough death and destruction’: Gazans hope for ceasefire and a better future
19 january 2025 - 17:54:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA - In the wake of Wednesday’s announcement of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas due to [...] Full text...
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‘Enough death and destruction’: Gazans hope for ceasefire and a better future
19 january 2025 - 13:21:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA - In the wake of Wednesday’s announcement of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas due to [...] Full text...
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‘Enough death and destruction’: Gazans hope for ceasefire and a better future
17 january 2025 - 07:06:14Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In the wake of Wednesday’s announcement of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas due [...] Full text...
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Displacement centres in Gaza see further attacks: UN aid coordination office
15 january 2025 - 05:41:21New York, US (PANA) - The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Tuesday reported further attacks on displacement shelters in [...] Full text...
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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...
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‘Children are now freezing to death’: UN
10 january 2025 - 06:55:19Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The horrors in Gaza show no signs of abating, the UN said on Thursday, noting [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN World Food Programme condemns Israeli attack on aid convoy
07 january 2025 - 07:54:27Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Israeli airstrikes continued across Gaza overnight into Monday, while the UN World Food Programme (WFP) [...] Full text...
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UN continues to call for timely Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon
05 january 2025 - 06:30:21New York, US (PANA) - Operations by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) north of the UN-monitored Blue Line in southern [...] Full text...
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Gaza: ‘Hunger is everywhere’, babies die from the cold, airstrike on unarmed journalists condemned
28 december 2024 - 07:40:43Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Newborns and infants in Gaza have reportedly died of hypothermia, deaths described by the UN Children’s [...] Full text...
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Only 3 per cent of UN emergency food aid getting to desperate Gazans
23 december 2024 - 17:17:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since October, when Israeli forces launched a ground offensive in northern Gaza, only three per cent [...] Full text...
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UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator condemns bombardment of WFP compound
22 december 2024 - 07:19:46Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Saturday condemned the recent bombardment of a World Food Programme (WFP) [...] Full text...
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UN mission, agencies in Libya visit Kufra to address Sudanese refugee situation
21 december 2024 - 11:23:05Kufra, Libya (PANA) - A high-level United Nations delegation visited Kufra in southeastern Libya on Wednesday to assess the ongoing [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies
21 december 2024 - 06:55:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee [...] Full text...
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Staggering scale of Sudan crisis ‘demands sustained and urgent attention’
20 december 2024 - 05:12:31New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN humanitarian official on Thursday issued an urgent plea for international support to [...] Full text...
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Hunger deepens in Arab region amid conflicts and economic struggle
19 december 2024 - 05:18:06New York, US (PANA) - Hunger in the Arab region has intensified amid escalating crises in 2023, according to a [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Chido: Around 90,000 children impacted in Mozambique
18 december 2024 - 05:26:46Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Chido struck northern Mozambique over the weekend, bringing torrential rains and powerful winds that [...] Full text...
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WFP delivers aid to over 800,000 in Sudan
17 december 2024 - 17:43:55Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has intensified its emergency response in Sudan, delivering food assistance [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: OCHA concerned about impact of Tropical Cyclone Chido in Mozambique
17 december 2024 - 12:51:52Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCfHA) said on Tuesday it was concerned by [...] Full text...
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Gaza death toll passes 45,000 as UN school suffers new deadly strike
17 december 2024 - 05:13:09Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The authorities in Gaza reported on Monday that more than 45,000 people have been killed [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Chido: Humanitarians rush aid to affected areas
17 december 2024 - 05:06:25Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - After Cyclone Chido made landfall in the French island territory of Mayotte at the weekend, leaving [...] Full text...
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EU extends mandates of Operation ATALANTA, EUTM and EUCAP Somalia for two years
16 december 2024 - 12:28:34Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday prolonged the mandate of the EU Naval Force Operation ATALANTA and [...] Full text...
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Mozambique readies for intense tropical cyclone this weekend
13 december 2024 - 18:50:45Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Chido is expected to make landfall in Pemba (Cabo Delgado) province of Mozambique early [...] Full text...
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Holding the front line against desertification
09 december 2024 - 07:15:59Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - Some one billion people globally under the age of 25 live in regions where they [...] Full text...
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Takias: Community kitchens or the second half of the glass (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
06 december 2024 - 15:00:41Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - There is a filled half, to be considered, in the current Sudanese war, now over [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN condemns shelling of IDPs Zamzam camp
04 december 2024 - 04:37:50Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has condemned deadly shelling on Zamzam camp, the largest site for internally [...] Full text...
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UN delegation visits Sebha to strengthen dialogue and support development
28 november 2024 - 15:07:14Sebha, Libya (PANA) - A United Nations inter-agency delegation, led by Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Political [...] Full text...
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UN delegation visits Sebha to strengthen dialogue
28 november 2024 - 05:02:43Sebha, Libya (PANA) - A United Nations inter-agency delegation visited Sebha on Wednesday to engage with key stakeholders and partners [...] Full text...
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General Assembly President urges collective action on Sudan as crisis deepens
27 november 2024 - 06:25:25New York, US (PANA) - The President Philémon Yang on Tuesday called for urgent collective action to address the humanitarian [...] Full text...
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WFP scales up operations to reach millions in Sudan
22 november 2024 - 20:23:07Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A World Food Programme (WFP) convoy arrived in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur, Sudan, [...] Full text...
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WFP requires $16.9 billion in 2025 as hunger reaches alarming highs
22 november 2024 - 14:35:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday called for some $16.9 billion to address the escalating [...] Full text...
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Gaza aid delivery ‘grinding to a halt’ alongside rampant insecurity
22 november 2024 - 07:02:54Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The delivery of life-saving aid across Gaza “is grinding to a halt” amid a surge [...] Full text...
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Acute hunger stalks one in four people in DR Congo, warn aid agencies
21 november 2024 - 13:59:34Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - UN humanitarians warned on Thursday that one in four people in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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Annexation of Gaza won’t create lasting Middle East peace, says UNRWA chief
19 november 2024 - 05:45:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, confirmed on Monday that a large [...] Full text...
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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...
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33 million people could face hunger in Nigeria next year
13 november 2024 - 05:26:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three UN agencies appealed on Tuesday for lifesaving support in Nigeria, where record inflation, climate shocks [...] Full text...
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WFP trucks cross into Sudan with humanitarian aid for Zamzam IDP camp
12 november 2024 - 06:57:45New York, US (PANA) - A convoy of trucks from the World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday crossed into war-torn [...] Full text...
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‘Looming catastrophe’: Experts warn of high risk of famine in northern Gaza
09 november 2024 - 07:15:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in areas within the northern Gaza Strip, [...] Full text...
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Hunger and cholera crises escalate in South Sudan, as needs surge
02 november 2024 - 06:47:53Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan is facing a spiralling humanitarian crisis with hunger and cholera cases escalating in [...] Full text...
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‘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...
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WFP delivers life-saving aid to one million people in Burkina Faso
23 october 2024 - 06:36:56Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reached a significant milestone in its humanitarian response [...] Full text...
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Gaza at a ‘critical juncture’ as top UN officials call for a ceasefire now
19 october 2024 - 06:08:18New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has said the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar should lead to [...] Full text...
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More than 6 million people starving in southern Africa because of 'historic drought'
16 october 2024 - 04:32:45Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Nearly six-and-a-half million people in southern Africa are starving because of an “historic drought” linked to [...] Full text...
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