Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Wednesday rejected suggestions by the Israeli military that the so-called “Yellow Line” of concrete blocks it has erected inside the enclave represented a new border Full text...
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Sudan: UN chief condemns deadly strikes on children's nursery, hospital
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As Sudan’s civil war intensified on Monday, top UN officials condemned the killing of dozens of children in drone strikes in South Kordofan state – and the targeting of first responders trying to help the wounded Full text...
Air strikes and shelling continue in Gaza
New York, US (PANA) - The UN has called for an investigation into the recent “horrific” killing by Israeli forces of two young brothers in Gaza who were reportedly targeted by a drone while collecting firewood Full text...
UN humanitarian office decries escalating drone strikes in Sudan
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is warning that escalating violence continues to endanger civilians across multiple regions of Sudan, with drone attacks and clashes spreading beyond Darfur into other states Full text...
Sudan's military leader inspects Khartoum Airport after drone strike
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese military leader, Gen Full text...
UN decries deadly Myanmar airstrike, amid mounting military attacks on civilians
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has condemned a Myanmar airstrike that killed dozens of civilians, including children, calling it part of a “disturbing pattern” of indiscriminate attacks by the country’s military Full text...
UN World Court weighs in on right to strike
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) opened hearings on Monday to determine whether the right to strike is protected under international law – the first time the world’s top court has been asked to weigh in on the balance between workers’ rights and employers’ interests Full text...
Gaza: UN rights office deplores deadly strikes on Palestinians gathering firewood
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As Israeli military operations continue in Gaza City, deadly strikes on displaced Palestinians – including people collecting firewood for cooking – raise further concerns about attacks on civilians, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a statement on Monday Full text...
Israeli strike in Doha marks ‘alarming escalation’, warns top UN official
New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council on Thursday heard from the UN’s top political affairs official on Israel’s deadly airstrike in Doha – an “alarming escalation” condemned as a violation of sovereignty that threatens ongoing ceasefire and hostage negotiations in Gaza Full text...
Guterres condemns Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar as ‘flagrant violation’
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has condemned an Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Tuesday, while highlighting the “very positive role” played by the country in achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and securing the release of hostages Full text...
Drone strike by Sudanese army kills 13 in North Darfur market
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A drone strike on a crowded market in the North Darfur town of Mellit killed at least 13 people and injured seven others on Tuesday, the Sudanese media reported Full text...
Drone strike destroys UN food aid trucks in Sudan’s North Darfur
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A drone strike by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) destroyed three trucks in a World Food Programme (WFP) aid convoy in the town of Mellit in Sudan’s North Darfur region on Tuesday, a local official and witnesses said Full text...
Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes
New York, US (PANA) - Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities mark a dangerous new escalation in the Middle East, a top UN official told the Security Council during an emergency session convened on Friday Full text...
Gaza: Top UN envoy calls on Israel to end devastating strikes, starvation of civilians
Gaza City, Gaza, (PANA) - Gaza’s population is being “starved and denied the very basics,” while the region stands at a dangerous crossroads, the UN’s Middle East peace envoy warned the Security Council Wednesday, urging immediate action to halt the violence, restore aid and advance a two-State solution before time runs out Full text...
Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on Monday that the “trickle” of supplies being allowed into the war-torn enclave will not halt famine Full text...
UN rights mission deplores deadly Russian strikes in Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has deplored a deadly wave of Russian missile and drone strikes that reportedly killed at least 13 civilians and injured 65 others, warning that the attack underscores the grave risks of using powerful explosive weapons in populated areas Full text...
Gaza: Strikes on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths this week
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than half the people killed in Gaza over the past week were in shelters and residential buildings, the UN human rights office OHCHR said on Thursday Full text...
Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Repeated drone strikes over the past two weeks in Port Sudan have damaged key infrastructure across the crucial Sudanese aid hub, disrupted humanitarian operations, and placed civilians in danger, a UN-appointed human rights expert has warned Full text...
IGAD Executive Secretary condemns drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Sudanese city
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The East Africa’s economic bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has condemned this week’s drone attacks against Sudan’s sea port and provisional administrative capital, Port Sudan Full text...
New horror in Gaza as double strike on school shelter kills 30
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Grim details emerged on Wednesday of Israeli airstrikes on a UN-run school in Gaza sheltering 2,000 displaced people, which reportedly killed 30 Palestinians sheltering there Full text...
Sudan: Rights chief deplores deadly army strikes on North Darfur market
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has again called for greater protection of civilians in war-torn Sudan following deadly Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) airstrikes in North Darfur earlier this week Full text...
Strike on Chernobyl: ‘No room for complacency’ says atomic energy watchdog
Kiev, Ukraine (PANA) - Ukrainian authorities said on Friday a Russian drone strike with a high explosive warhead struck the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant overnight, damaging a protective shield which was built following the 1986 disaster in order to prevent further radiation leaks, UN News reported Full text...
US carries out airstrikes against ISIS in Somalia
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The U Full text...
UN chief condemns escalation in Yemen as airstrikes hit Sana’a Airport, key infrastructure
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Thursday condemned the deadly escalation between Yemen and Israel, following Israeli airstrikes that reportedly killed at least three people, injured dozens, and struck critical civilian infrastructure, including Sana’a International Airport, UN News reported Full text...
WHO chief Tedros unharmed following Israeli airstrike at Yemen airport
Sana’a, Yemen (PANA) - Dr Full text...
Rights group flags air strike by Sudan Armed Forces on crowded market as ‘war crime’
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International says reports that Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) killed dozens in an air strike on a crowded market in the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)-controlled town of Kabkabiya in North Darfur is “a war crime” Full text...
Gaza: No evacuation order given before hospital strike, says WHO
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - One of the last partially functional health centres in besieged northern Gaza was hit several times overnight into Friday, leaving four health workers among the casualties and the dead, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO) Full text...
UN alarmed by Israeli strike in southern Lebanon that killed journalists
New York, United States (PANA) - Top UN officials in Lebanon expressed alarm on Friday over an Israeli strike that hit an apartment building in southern Lebanon, killing three journalists and wounding three others Full text...
At least a dozen children killed in Darfur: UNICEF
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – At least a dozen of children were killed and injured during air strikes last Friday in the remote region of Darfur, prompting a condemnation from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEFF), which stressed that such “unacceptable” attacks should cease Full text...
UN condemns deadly West Bank airstrike, attacks on Gaza schools
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief has strongly condemned the killing of several Palestinians, including women and children, who died when a residential building in Tulkarem camp in the West Bank was hit by Israeli airstrikes on Thursday night Full text...
UN chief condemns death of 6 UNRWA staff, 12 others in Israeli strike, calls for independent probe
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Thursday described the continued lack of effective protection for civilians in Gaza during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas as “unconscionable” Full text...
Gaza: Six UNRWA staff killed in Israel's strikes on school sheltering displaced people
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Six staff members with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, were killed in Gaza on Wednesday when two Israeli airstrikes hit a school-turned-shelter and its surroundings, UN News reported Full text...
UN envoy condemns deadly strike on camp in Gaza humanitarian zone
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Middle East envoy has strongly condemned deadly airstrikes by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Tuesday on a densely populated area in an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in Gaza Full text...
UN chief condemns ‘devastating strike’ on Gaza school
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has deplored a deadly weekend attack on a Gaza school-turned-shelter, his Office said on Monday Full text...
‘Another day of horror’: UN rights office condemns Israeli strikes at Gazan school
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office condemned on Saturday the increasing frequency of Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) strikes on schools, where hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians have sought shelter, with the latest attacks killing dozens at a Gaza City school Full text...
Gaza war: Multiple strikes kill dozens near UN aid hub as thousands flee fighting
New York, US (PANA) - Multiple strikes have killed dozens of people in central Gaza, landing just 100 metres from a humanitarian hub, UN agencies said on Tuesday, as thousands continue to face displacement amid the ongoing war Full text...
Gaza war: fresh airstrikes reported in centre, south, as conflict intensifies
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - New Israeli airstrikes reportedly struck southern and central areas of Gaza on Monday as UN humanitarians and partners continued to treat the victims of a deadly strike on Al Mawasi in southwest Gaza on Saturday that reportedly left at least 90 dead and around 300 injured Full text...
Gaza war: UN chief ‘shocked and saddened’ by deadly strikes on Al Mawasi
New York, US (PANA) - The UN health agency and partners are helping treat many of those injured during Saturday’s deadly air strikes by Israeli forces on Gaza’s Al Mawasi area which have reportedly left at least 90 dead and around 300 injured, according to figures from the war-torn enclave’s health ministry Full text...
Gaza war: Another UN school suffers Israeli as war passes ninth month
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The war in Gaza passed the nine-month mark on Sunday with humanitarians left assessing the damage of a fresh Israeli airstrike on a UN school Full text...
Nigeria's national power grid, schools, banks, airports, others shut down as labour begins nationwide strike
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A nationwide strike called by organised labour unions in Nigeria began on Monday and has crippled essential services in the country Full text...
Gaza war: Guterres ‘heartbroken’ by images of deadly strikes on Rafah camp
New York, US (PANA) - As fighting continues in Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that he was “heartbroken” by images of people killed and injured in airstrikes on Sunday that hit tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah Full text...
Gaza war: UN officials condemn Israeli airstrikes on camp for displaced
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Senior UN officials have condemned Israeli air strikes on Sunday that hit a camp for displaced people in Rafah, southern Gaza, reportedly claiming over 35 Palestinian lives, including women and children Full text...
Gaza war: Israeli strike on NGO aid team widely condemned as humanitarians repeat calls for access
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen in Israeli military airstrikes in central Gaza has been strongly condemned by senior UN humanitarian officials who on Tuesday reiterated repeated concerns that "there is no safe space left in Gaza" Full text...
Drone strikes on civilians in Burkina Faso apparent war crimes, says rights watchdog
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Three Burkina Faso military drone strikes that the government claimed targeted Islamist fighters killed at least 60 civilians and injured scores more at two crowded markets and a packed funeral in Burkina Faso and Mali between August and November 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Thursday Full text...
Rights group says victims of 'reckless air strike' in Nigeria still awaiting justice after one year
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, is demanding justice for 40 people who were killed in an air strike in Rukubi, in Doma area of Nigeria's Nasarawa State one year ago Full text...
UN rights office demands investigation into 'a string of deadly airstrikes' killing civilians in Nigeria
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Authorities in Nigeria must investigate a string of deadly airstrikes over the past six years and hold those responsible to account, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday Full text...
2023 FIFA WWC: Banyana must stay strong for 90 minutes in Day 3 match
Wellington, New Zealand (PANA) - Star South Africa striker, Thembi Kgatlana, says the team must remain mentally focused for entire games after twice surrendering winning positions at the Women's World Cup Full text...
Malian road transporters suspend strike order
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The national union of interurban and international road transporters of Mali (Syntrui-Mali) suspended on Monday a strike that began on 20 December and which had disrupted several road networks in the country, a union source told PANA Full text...
Workers in Ghana warn of indefinite strike from 27 December over bonds in debt echange
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Organised labour in Ghana on Monday warned of an indefinite strike from 27 December over the government's decision to include their pension funds in its debt exchange programme to tackle the economic problems facing the country Full text...
Thousands stranded as commercial drivers’ strike in the Gambia
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Thousands of Gambian commuters, students, and workers were stranded at bus stations across the country on Monday after commercial transport drivers went on strike over high fuel costs, PANA report here Full text...