Gaza: More than 38,000 women and girls killed between October 2023 and December 2025
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025, according to UN Women. [...] Full text...
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World failing Sudan as war enters a fourth year, UN relief chief warns
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Sudan remains the world’s largest humanitarian and displacement crisis, UN agencies and partners said on Tuesday, calling for an end to [...] Full text...
‘Clock is ticking’: Hormuz disruption raises fears of global food crisis
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The clock is ticking for global food systems as disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz threaten to choke off the flow [...] Full text...
Middle East war could plunge 32 million people into poverty, warns UNDP
New York, US (PANA) - The war that has been raging in the Middle East since late February could plunge 32 million people into poverty [...] Full text...
US-Iran war: Guterres calls for continued talks, end to ceasefire violations
New York, US (PANA) - The United States and Iran must continue talks aimed at ending their weeks-long war, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on [...] Full text...
Sudan: 14 million displaced; hunger and attacks on health continue as war enters fourth year
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan approaches the third anniversary of a brutal civil war, millions remain displaced and hungry while the health system lies [...] Full text...
Hundreds feared dead in Lebanon strikes
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has strongly condemned airstrikes by the Israeli military across Lebanon on Wednesday which have resulted in significant [...] Full text...
South African Communist Party slams Trump
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Communist Party (SACP) has issued a scathing condemnation of US President Donald Trump, accusing him of [...] Full text...
Middle East war: Targeting civilian infrastructure violates international law - Guterres
New York, US (PANA) - Civilian infrastructure, including energy facilities, must under no circumstances be targeted, the UN Secretary-General said through his spokesperson on Monday.“The [...] Full text...
South African President Ramaphosa takes aim at 'geopolitical superpowers'
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa will not bow to “geopolitical superpowers at the altar of its sovereignty”. He was [...] Full text...
Sudan denies bombing East Darfur health facility
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s foreign ministry on Thursday rejected a statement by U.S. presidential advisor Massad Boulos accusing the army of bombing a hospital [...] Full text...
Millions of vulnerable people around the world because of the war in the Middle East
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly a month after the start of the "devastating" war in the Middle East, its impact is considerable, extending beyond [...] Full text...
UN rights chief says civilians bear brunt of 'reckless' war in the Middle East
Geneva Switzerland (PANA) – Almost three weeks since the US-Israel strikes on Iran commenced, the conflict continues to spread, with its toll disproportionately impacting civilians [...] Full text...
Benin organises voluntary return of its nationals in Kuwait, other Gulf countries
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese authorities are organising the voluntary return of their nationals living in Kuwait and some Gulf countries in the context [...] Full text...
With Middle East ‘pushed to breaking point’, UN chief urges ceasefire, return to diplomacy
Istanbul, Türkiye (PANA) - The UN chief on Thursday urged all combatants to cease hostilities in the Middle East, uphold international law, protect civilians and [...] Full text...
South Sudan: UN rights chief urges immediate ceasefire as war crimes fears mount
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said on Tuesday he was horrified by growing accounts of serious violations during the ongoing [...] Full text...
South African Parliament to address Middle East crisis
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Parliament is scheduled to discuss the ongoing conflict in the Middle East following the recent US and [...] Full text...
Middle East war: Rising prices threaten to worsen world hunger
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The escalation of the conflict in the Middle East could lead to soaring food and fuel prices, warns a United Nations [...] Full text...
Fears grow over return to all-out civil war in South Sudan
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - UN humanitarians in South Sudan have expressed deep concern over an order from government forces directing civilians and aid agencies [...] Full text...
Sudanese Army takes over strategic area in North Kordofan State
Port Sudan, Sudan(PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) official spokesperson has confirmed reports that the army has taken over the strategic town of Bara in [...] Full text...
Senegal monitoring Middle East war ahead of 2026 Hajj
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Registrations for the 2026 Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca have closed, with 12,000 candidates registered on the dedicated platform, according to Senegal’s [...] Full text...
UN warns of alarming escalation of Sudan's conflict
New York, US (PANA) - There has been an alarming escalation of violence in Sudan's Kordofan region where fighting has killed and injured civilians, destroyed [...] Full text...
South Africa urges nationals to leave Middle East
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government has issued an urgent call for citizens currently in the Middle East for non-essential travel [...] Full text...
IMF 'closely monitoring' developments in Middle East as war rages
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is closely monitoring developments in the Middle East following the war being waged [...] Full text...
Pretoria addresses plight of South Africans stuck in the Middle East
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Department of International Relations says evacuating South Africans stranded in the Middle East is “on hold” due to [...] Full text...
ECOWAS warns of severe consequences of Middle East crisis for Africa, vulnerable regions
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has associated with the statement of the African Union Commission (AUC) expressing [...] Full text...
AfDB approves 6.5 million euros to support technology start-ups in French-speaking Central and West Africa
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved an investment of 6.5 million euros in [...] Full text...
South African President calls for restraint following Middle East carnage
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for maximum restraint after the United States and Israel launched strikes against [...] Full text...
At least 55 Ghanaians killed in Russia–Ukraine war, says Ghana FM
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At least 55 Ghanaians have been killed fighting in the war in Ukraine, with two others currently being held as prisoners [...] Full text...
UN probe report warns South Sudan leaders pushing country towards full-scale war
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – South Sudan’s political and military leaders are systematically dismantling the 2018 Revitalised Peace Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict [...] Full text...
UN Security Council calls on Sudan's warring parties to immediately cease fighting
New York, US (PANA) - Concerned about the continued violence in Sudan, particularly in the Kordofan and Darfur regions, the 15 members of the Security [...] Full text...
IMF and Côte d'Ivoire agree to preserve the country's reform momentum
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d'Ivoire and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed that preserving the country’s reform momentum will be essential to [...] Full text...
Western charity appeals to Sudan's warring parties to observe humanitarian ceasefire in South Kordufan
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A Western charity has appealed to warring parties in Sudan to immediately observe a humanitarian ceasefire in South Kordufan which [...] Full text...
Because of war, Sudanese children have lost hundreds of schooling days , INGO says
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Millions of children in Sudan have missed nearly 500 days of learning since the war started in April 2023 in [...] Full text...
UN rights chief bears witness to trauma and resilience in Sudan
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nearly three years of war have plunged Sudan “into an abyss of unimaginable dimensions” and human rights must be at the [...] Full text...
Sudan war leaves millions hungry and displaced as health system nears collapse
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s protracted conflict has spiralled into one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, with hunger, displacement and the collapse of [...] Full text...
Sudan: After 1,000 days of war, millions of civilians still bearing brunt
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Aid agencies marked 1,000 days of war in Sudan on Friday with a grim reminder that the conflict has created the [...] Full text...
Sudan: 1,000 days of war show devastating cost of ‘New World Disorder - IRC
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- An international charity organization working in the Sudan has issued a report lamenting the deterioration of the situation as the war [...] Full text...
Sudanese Govt criticises AUC for 'biased' statement with UAE on Sudan war
Port Sudan, Sudan, (PANA) - Sudan on Wednesday sharply criticised the African Union Commission (AUC) for adopting a joint statement with United Arab Emirates (UAE), [...] Full text...
Thirteen more lives lost in Sudan as 1,000th day of war looms
New York, US (PANA) - Thirteen more lives – including children – were reportedly lost on Tuesday in another drone attack on Sudan’s North Kordofan [...] Full text...
Venezuela's people must be heard, insists UN human rights chief
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Responding to the seizure of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro by the United States, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday [...] Full text...
South Africa condemns US aggression against Venezuela at UN meeting
New York, US (PANA) – South Africa’s International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola says the US invasion of Venezuela undermined international law and the principles of [...] Full text...
South African political parties condemn US strike on Venezuela
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African opposition parties have joined the chorus of condemnation over the US administration’s military strike against Venezuela and the [...] Full text...
South Africa calls for UN intervention over Venezuela crisis
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government has urgently called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC'I truly pray that peace will [...] Full text...
Afghanistan to remain major crisis in 2026, UN, partners warn
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Afghanistan is expected to remain one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises in 2026, UN agencies and humanitarian partners warned on [...] Full text...
US, Cote d'Ivoire sign $937 million bilateral health cooperation Mou
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Tuesday signed a five-year, $937 million bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic [...] Full text...
US slams position of Sudan's military leadership on ending devastating war
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US says it is deeply concerned by rhetoric from Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) leadership calling for military solutions to [...] Full text...
South African opposition party condemns US strike in Nigeria
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Friday condemned the Christmas Day airstrikes by the United States against Islamist [...] Full text...
UN warns Sudan war entering deadlier phase as fighting spreads in Kordofan
New York, US (PANA) - The war in Sudan is entering a deadlier phase, the United Nations has warned, as intensified fighting in the Kordofan [...] Full text...
AfDB grants São Tomé and Príncipe's $21.9 million to boost blue economy, strengthen food security
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's Board of Directors has approved a $22 million grant to finance the Blue Economy [...] Full text...