Rwanda and DR Congo sign agreement to end fighting
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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Rwanda and DR Congo have signed an agreement that is aimed to end the bitter [...] Full text...
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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DR Congo crisis forces refugees to swim for their lives to Burundi
25 april 2025 - 15:23:57Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The number of desperate refugees fleeing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and [...] Full text...
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Achieving parity in internet usage would add trillions of dollars to global GDP: UN
25 april 2025 - 13:11:49New York, US (PANA) - Globally, far more men than women use the internet, and closing this gap in low- [...] Full text...
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More action needed to beat malaria for good, says WHO
25 april 2025 - 05:19:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although strong global collaboration has helped to save nearly 13 million lives from malaria over the [...] Full text...
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Hundreds killed in Sudan’s camps for displaced people
24 april 2025 - 20:26:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hundreds of civilians, including at least 12 humanitarian workers, have been killed in recent artillery shelling [...] Full text...
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Largely eradicated diseases at risk of returning due to budget cuts: WHO
24 april 2025 - 07:11:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Vaccines have saved around 150 million lives over the past 50 years, but that progress is [...] Full text...
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Sexual violence systematically used as a weapon of war in the DR Congo
23 april 2025 - 19:51:10Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to have devastating consequences, [...] Full text...
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Sewage, trash and disease overwhelm displaced communities in Gaza
23 april 2025 - 19:28:39Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Amid sweltering heat, raw sewage and overflowing trash, displaced families in southern Gaza are facing [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Destruction of vital lifting gear halts search for thousands buried under rubble
23 april 2025 - 16:12:17New York, US (PANA) - Families in Gaza were holding on to the slim chance of finding loved ones buried [...] Full text...
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'Malaria is an African problem and Africa must find the solution'
23 april 2025 - 14:53:13Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Africa still bears the brunt of the global malaria burden—with 94% of cases occurring on the [...] Full text...
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Stopping child marriage is key to curbing deadly teen pregnancies: WHO
23 april 2025 - 12:17:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Teenage pregnancy remains the leading cause of death among 15-19-year-old girls which countries could help prevent [...] Full text...
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Gaza aid crisis deepens as border closure stretches into 50th day
23 april 2025 - 05:16:34Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, with more than two million people [...] 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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Syria is ‘brimming with hope and opportunity’: Senior UN aid official
21 april 2025 - 21:48:09New York, US (PANA) - Now is the time to invest in Syria, and support people returning to the country [...] Full text...
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Kenyans mourn Pope Francis
21 april 2025 - 15:31:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyans are mourning Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday, aged 88 years, after a battle [...] Full text...
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Club Med's spectacular new South African resort to open in 2026
21 april 2025 - 08:58:13Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Club Med says it is on track to complete its new US$106 million resort [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Hundreds of thousands flee renewed violence in North Darfur
21 april 2025 - 08:37:39Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A mass wave of displacement in Sudan’s North Darfur state is pushing hundreds of thousands [...] Full text...
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Constant movement of civilians fleeing attacks in Sudan complicating humanitarian assistance delivery: UN
20 april 2025 - 15:03:54Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The United Nations on Saturday again complained that repeated attacks on displaced civilian populations in Darfur [...] Full text...
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International Landmine Day: millions of square metres in Libya classified as hazardous areas
19 april 2025 - 11:19:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 150 people gathered here Saturday to mark International Mine Awareness Day to discuss efforts to [...] Full text...
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Myanmar: Thousands remain in crisis weeks after deadly earthquakes
18 april 2025 - 19:59:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thousands of families in Myanmar remain without shelter, water, or medical care three weeks after deadly [...] Full text...
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Children are most affected by intensification of armed conflict in Burkina Faso: UN
18 april 2025 - 07:42:48Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Burkina Faso, children are victims of intense violence and serious human rights violations perpetrated [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief
17 april 2025 - 16:41:18Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 [...] Full text...
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Security Council urged to support eastern DR Congo peace initiatives
17 april 2025 - 05:52:14New York, US (PANA) - Despite numerous regional and international diplomatic initiatives, the security situation remains critical in the eastern [...] Full text...
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South Sudan on the brink as peace deal falters, UN warns
17 april 2025 - 05:44:53New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan stands at a dangerous crossroads as rising political tensions threaten to derail a [...] Full text...
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Partnerships, increased climate investment crucial for sustainable transition, says UN deputy chief
17 april 2025 - 05:35:53New York, US (PANA) - Addressing the opening of an international forum in Hanoi on partnerships for green growth, UN [...] Full text...
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UN: Families fleeing attacks in Sudan’s Zamzam camp arrive injured, traumatized, with nothing to eat
16 april 2025 - 16:08:26Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -Thousands of families have arrived injured, traumatized and with no food or water in the town [...] Full text...
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Countries finalise historic pandemic agreement after three years of negotiations
16 april 2025 - 13:09:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the early hours of Wednesday morning in Geneva, countries finalised a draft global agreement aimed [...] Full text...
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G7 Ministers denounce Sudan conflict
16 april 2025 - 12:29:03Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Foreign Minister of the G7 countries and the High Representative of the European Union, [...] Full text...
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UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent
16 april 2025 - 07:22:48New York, US (PANA) - The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the fourth session [...] Full text...
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External flow of weapons into Sudan must end: Guterres
16 april 2025 - 07:09:55New York, US (PANA) - Two years to the day since Sudan’s brutal war erupted between rival generals who rejected [...] Full text...
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UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent
15 april 2025 - 20:29:49New York, US (PANA) - The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the fourth session [...] 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: ‘Darkest chapters’ ahead as Darfur massacre claims over 100 lives
14 april 2025 - 20:06:25Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan’s devastating war enters its third year, UN rights investigators are warning that its “darkest [...] Full text...
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No arrests in Mozambique post-election political killings – Police
14 april 2025 - 13:27:57Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambican authorities have failed to conduct credible investigations into the wave of political killings following the [...] Full text...
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Foreign aid cuts jeopardise malaria control efforts: WHO
14 april 2025 - 08:17:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since 2000, investments in the global malaria response have prevented more than 2 billion cases and [...] Full text...
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Resilience in the face of thirst: Trucking water in war-ravaged Gaza
13 april 2025 - 10:50:55Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, where lack of access to water is an existential threat, Ibrahim Alloush stands [...] Full text...
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UN condemns killing of over 100 civilians, including children and humanitarian workers, in RSF attacks
13 april 2025 - 07:09:59Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the killing of over a [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian organisations flag starvation and global failure in Sudan's bloody war
12 april 2025 - 05:21:13Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Several humanitarian organisations have again flagged the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Sudan as the bloody [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence
11 april 2025 - 18:30:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, [...] 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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World Court begins hearing Sudan’s ‘complicity in genocide’ case against the United Arab Emirates
10 april 2025 - 17:41:37The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday began hearing Sudan’s case against the United [...] Full text...
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Preventable ‘meningitis belt’ deaths targeted in health agency action plan
10 april 2025 - 12:53:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of deaths could be avoided from meningitis if countries are able to adopt new guidelines [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Rights group flags 'horrific and widespread' use of sexual violence by paramilitary RSF
10 april 2025 - 10:58:27Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been fighting a bloody war with the [...] Full text...
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Fear and uncertainty are daily staples for Gaza’s most vulnerable
09 april 2025 - 17:21:57Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, ongoing Israeli military operations and the aid blockade have continued to add to [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: UHCHR chief stresses need to help refugee hosts in Chad
09 april 2025 - 15:54:14Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As the brutal war in Sudan nears the two-year mark, thousands of people continue to flee [...] Full text...
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Children die while walking long distances in South Sudan to seek medical treatment for cholera
09 april 2025 - 11:16:04Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - At least five children with cholera in South Sudan have died on an arduous journey [...] Full text...
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Suffering, destruction in Sudan continue as bloody war nears second year mark
09 april 2025 - 09:35:02Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan's bloody war between two military groups reaches its second anniversary, a humanitarian charity [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: 41,700 refugees have fled violence to Uganda
09 april 2025 - 08:15:14Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Some 41,000 refugees have crossed from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into Uganda since [...] Full text...
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‘Urgent need to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking’: UN Assembly President
09 april 2025 - 08:04:49New York, US (PANA) - An estimated 50 million people currently live in modern slavery, while a third of human [...] Full text...
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Ukraine crisis: ‘Even wars have rules,’ UN relief chief tells Security Council
08 april 2025 - 20:28:07New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 13 million people in Ukraine urgently need humanitarian aid as displacement, psychological trauma and [...] Full text...
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UN reflects on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
08 april 2025 - 06:13:22New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General called on Monday for commitment to build a world of justice and [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Africa Children’s Summit 2025 concludes
08 april 2025 - 06:03:14Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Africa Children’s Summit 2025 which ended in Johannesburg on Monday brought together some of [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: Mine contamination is lethal legacy of Russia’s invasion
07 april 2025 - 18:52:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 100 million people in more than 60 countries and territories live under the threat [...] Full text...
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Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures – On World Health Day WHO calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
07 april 2025 - 18:15:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World Health Day, with the theme “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures,” the Gaza Strip continues to [...] 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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UN rights chief urges probe into Russian attack that killed nine children in Ukraine
07 april 2025 - 14:14:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Sunday for an investigation into the Russian [...] Full text...
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Aid cuts threaten to roll back progress in ending maternal mortality
07 april 2025 - 07:27:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unprecedented aid cuts are putting global progress to end maternal deaths at risk, three UN agencies [...] Full text...
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World Health Day: Focusing on women’s physical and mental health around the world
06 april 2025 - 14:48:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monday’s World Health Day highlights a critical issue for global health: the particular vulnerabilities faced by women [...] Full text...
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More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month: UNICEF
06 april 2025 - 14:30:54Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The blockade of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is having dire consequences for more [...] Full text...
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Situation remains critical in Eastern DR Congo, say peacekeepers
06 april 2025 - 05:49:24New York, US (PANA) - The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO, continues to implement [...] Full text...
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Global cholera cases surge worldwide
06 april 2025 - 05:18:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A global surge in cholera is threatening vulnerable people from Angola to Myanmar, fuelled by conflict, [...] Full text...
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‘Every piece tells a story’: Bombs to beauty, from Gaza to Ukraine
04 april 2025 - 17:54:34Kiev. Ukraine (PANA) - What happens to bombs after they land? Some explode. Some don’t, leaving behind a deadly legacy [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza
04 april 2025 - 15:44:31New York, US (PANA) - The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza raise further [...] 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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World is ‘failing’ people with disabilities: UN deputy chief
03 april 2025 - 08:51:32Berlin, Germany (PANA) - The “world is failing” people living with disabilities, UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed has told a [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Sexual violence used as weapon of terror against women and girls
03 april 2025 - 08:09:23Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Amid alarming reports of sexual violence being used as a weapon of terror across Sudan, [...] Full text...
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Investing in nutrition is smart economics: World Bank Blog By Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Senior Managing Director
02 april 2025 - 12:57:18Porto-Novo, Benin (PANA) - Felicienne Soton is part of a women's group that produces gari (cassava flour). She and her [...] Full text...
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Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave
02 april 2025 - 08:32:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing of 15 colleagues on [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Surging violence as armed groups target civilians in the east, Human Rights Council hears
02 april 2025 - 08:15:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
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Guterres calls for greater equality and inclusion as world marks Autism Awareness Day
02 april 2025 - 07:55:41New York, US (PANA) - Although people with autism are making enormous contributions to societies across the globe, they still [...] Full text...
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DRC: Outbreaks of infectious diseases due to depletion of stocks due to budget cuts
30 march 2025 - 06:44:39Goma, DRC (PANA) - The near-total depletion of medical supplies, due to budget cuts and blocked access, is leading to [...] 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: Acts of war bear hallmarks of atrocity crimes, warn UN humanitarians
28 march 2025 - 15:43:37Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Lifesaving supplies in Gaza continue to run dangerously low, nearly four weeks into the total [...] Full text...
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Reshaping the agriculture and food sector for healthier diets: World Bank Blog by Natasha Hayward, Felipe F. Dizon, Elizabeth Ludwig-Borycz, and Dwi Sari Puspaningtyas
28 march 2025 - 12:15:51Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - While hunger is making headlines, malnutrition continues to silently affect millions worldwide, undermining their physical and [...] Full text...
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From despair to resilience in Kwamouth, Democratic Republic of Congo: Story By Wassy Kambale for OCHA
28 march 2025 - 11:32:55Kwamouth, Mai-Ndombe, DR Congo (PANA) - Tantine Moba's eyes, once radiant with life, now gaze vacantly into the distance, as [...] Full text...
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Unsustainable fashion, textiles focus on International Day of Zero Waste 2025
28 march 2025 - 11:04:52Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across [...] 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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Armed groups install ‘parallel administration’ in DR Congo, Security Council hears
27 march 2025 - 20:07:58New York, US (PANA) - Armed groups affiliated with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Nearly 400,000 displaced people return home despite insecurity and humanitarian crisis
27 march 2025 - 15:10:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) have returned to their homes in Sudan since last December [...] Full text...
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825,000 children trapped as conflict rages in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Zamzam internally displaced camp
27 march 2025 - 10:00:27Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Grave violations against children have surged across Sudan’s Darfur states since the start of the [...] Full text...
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DRC: Shadow of humanitarian catastrophe hangs over Ituri province
27 march 2025 - 08:04:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the M23 rebel offensive continues in the eastern Republic of Congo (DRC), in the provinces [...] Full text...
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UN Mission urges restraint as South Sudan crisis deepens
27 march 2025 - 07:05:41Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has called on all parties to exercise restraint [...] 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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Libyan, UN hold meeting on illegal migration
26 march 2025 - 14:06:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's acting Minister of the Interior, General Imad al-Trabelsi, head of the High Committee for Monitoring [...] Full text...
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Economics of talent: IMF Blog By Ruchir Agarwal, cofounder of the Global Talent Fund and director of the Raj Center at Columbia University, and Patrick Gaule, cofounder of the Global Talent Fund and associate professor of economics at the University of Bristol
26 march 2025 - 11:18:38Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The new “economics of talent” field aims to identify and nurture exceptional problem-solvers at [...] Full text...
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Survivors of sexual violence in the Central African Republic affected by funding cuts (Feature by UN News)
26 march 2025 - 10:22:20Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - The United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) has said that US funding [...] Full text...
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Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns
25 march 2025 - 16:00:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record [...] 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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Guterres to reduce UN aid ‘footprint’ inside Gaza following ceasefire collapse
25 march 2025 - 05:55:06New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Monday took the “difficult decision” to reduce the aid operation inside [...] Full text...
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Local UN staff ‘particularly vulnerable’ to detention, as UN calls for their release
25 march 2025 - 05:49:19New York, US (PANA) - Staff members of the United Nations around the world who are recruited locally are “particularly [...] Full text...
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UN agency warns of ‘surge’ in AIDS deaths without US funding
25 march 2025 - 05:33:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid continuing uncertainty about the impact of deep US funding cuts to humanitarian work worldwide, the [...] Full text...
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South Sudan on brink of civil war, top UN official warns
25 march 2025 - 05:26:32New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan is teetering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as [...] Full text...
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3-week Gaza aid ban ‘collective punishment’: UNRWA chief
24 march 2025 - 07:36:32Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The tight Israeli blockade of humanitarian supplies is pushing Gaza closer to an acute hunger [...] Full text...
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Connecting 300 million people to electricity and building a resilient future in Africa, World Bank Blog By Celine Ramstein and Stéphane Hallegatte
22 march 2025 - 09:50:58Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - One of the resounding messages of the recent Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit was [...] Full text...
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Mass displacement in DRC: Country and neighbours are on verge of humanitarian catastrophe
22 march 2025 - 07:36:47Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Faced with massive displacement caused by the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the [...] Full text...
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Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis
22 march 2025 - 07:07:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Children, refugees and displaced people worldwide are paying the price for the deep-seated funding crisis that [...] Full text...
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UNICEF condemns looting of life-saving supplies for children from Khartoum hospital
21 march 2025 - 14:00:02Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday condemned in the strongest possible terms the looting [...] Full text...
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Sudanese Armed Forces announce major victory over paramilitary RSF in Khartoum
21 march 2025 - 09:39:04Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Friday announced a major victory over the rival paramilitary [...] Full text...
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DRC: More than two-thirds of child abuse committed by the M23
21 march 2025 - 08:37:58Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - M23 rebels were responsible for more than two-thirds of the grave violations committed against children in [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Civilians targeted as hostilities intensify in the capital
21 march 2025 - 08:12:52Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Dozens of civilians, including local humanitarian volunteers, have been killed by artillery shelling and aerial bombardment [...] Full text...
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Fighting malnutrition in Burundi: Mothers of Light are rays of hope: World Bank Blog By Hawa Cisse Wague, Country Manager for Burundi
21 march 2025 - 07:36:26Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Despite the fertile soil in Burundi, it is unfortunate to see that one in every two [...] Full text...
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Human capital is key to reducing poverty, boosting development in Guinea Bissau
19 march 2025 - 09:18:38Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - Some of the key findings from the Human Capital Review, a new World Bank report, [...] Full text...
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DRC, Rwanda commit to 'immediate and unconditional ceasefire' after Qatar talks
19 march 2025 - 09:16:34Doha, Qatar (PANA) - The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have reaffirmed their commitment to [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Council focuses on Iran, Syria and Venezuela
18 march 2025 - 20:56:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Top independent experts reported to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, putting the [...] Full text...
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DRC: Nearly 100,000 people displaced by violence in Ituri
18 march 2025 - 06:03:38Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As continued fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese army forces thousands of civilians to flee [...] Full text...
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'Small arms weigh heavily on sustainable development'
18 march 2025 - 05:56:56New York, US (PANA) - Among the many threats hindering sustainable development, small arms and light weapons are often overlooked. [...] Full text...
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Suspension of US funding puts millions of lives at risk, warns WHO
18 march 2025 - 05:46:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, measles: decades of progress on these fronts risk being wiped out in the [...] Full text...
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UN chief affirms solidarity with Bangladesh amid political transition
16 march 2025 - 13:12:04Dhaka, Bangladesh (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres underscored the pivotal moment the country is facing as it navigates a [...] Full text...
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Fresh fighting in eastern DRC displaces tens of thousands of families
15 march 2025 - 07:20:42Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Fresh fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has displaced tens of thousands of [...] Full text...
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Iran protests: Human Rights Council probe condemns online, app-based repression
14 march 2025 - 20:14:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Iranian Government has continued to ramp up efforts to restrict the rights of civilians including [...] Full text...
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Sudan suspends 'all imports' from Kenya following meeting of paramilitary RSF in Nairobi
14 march 2025 - 13:26:06Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has suspended “all imports” from Kenya after it hosted a meeting of the paramilitary [...] Full text...
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Conflict, hunger, poverty impede children's early development: Rights chief
14 march 2025 - 08:27:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments everywhere are “letting children down instead of lifting them up” as conflict, hunger, poverty and [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Children facing ‘unimaginable suffering’, warns UNICEF chief
14 march 2025 - 08:17:13New York, US (PANA) - Sudan is now the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis, the head of the [...] Full text...
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'Interruption of US aid to HIV response in DRC could cost thousands of lives'
13 march 2025 - 08:28:49Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN is concerned about the fate of thousands of citizens of Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Council: Significant increase in child victims of trafficking
12 march 2025 - 19:17:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Children make up almost four in 10 victims of trafficking worldwide, but the true number of [...] Full text...
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WHO injects fresh support into DR Congo vaccination drive
12 march 2025 - 07:17:55Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has stepped up efforts to improve vaccination coverage in the Democratic [...] Full text...
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Bangladesh: Rohingya children’s acute hunger surges amid funding cuts
11 march 2025 - 20:01:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk [...] Full text...
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Gender expert flags increased risk of forced sterilization of disabled women
11 march 2025 - 08:26:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Women and girls with disabilities are at increased risk of abuse, including forced sterilization, sexual exploitation [...] Full text...
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UN: Urgent appeal as major donors reduce life-saving funding amid Sudan crisis
10 march 2025 - 17:17:41Port Sudan-Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Monday lamented that Sudden funding cuts by top government donors are a [...] Full text...
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Ukraine reels from one of the deadliest days of war
10 march 2025 - 14:22:32Kiev, Ukraine (PANA) - Attacks across Ukraine on Friday reportedly left 21 civilians dead and scores injured, making it one [...] Full text...
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Famous South African playwright Athol Fugard dies
10 march 2025 - 08:28:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African literary giant Athol Fugard has died at the age of 92. His [...] Full text...
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Women in war zones: “Having worked in humanitarian work for 22 years, I was the one who needed help” (By Nathalie Minard, UN News)
09 march 2025 - 13:03:24Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - “In 22 years of humanitarian work, I could not imagine that I was the one who [...] 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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Why investing in women and girls benefits everyone
08 march 2025 - 09:22:20New York, USA (PANA) – The right to go to school. To join the workforce. The right to vote. To [...] Full text...
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Up to 1mln Syrians living in camps, displacement sites intend to return home
08 march 2025 - 09:04:317 March 2025 Migrants and RefugeesDamascus, Syria (PANA) - Up to one million desperate Syrians living in camps and displacement [...] Full text...
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Smart policies that help people realize their potential can be game-changing for entire societies: IMF Blog By Gita Bhatt
08 march 2025 - 08:14:45Washington D.C., USA (PANA) - Every great leap in human progress—from the printing press to the steam engine to the [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi
07 march 2025 - 16:53:50Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] 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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DRC: Vaccination campaign against Mpox targets 600,000 people in Kinshasa
07 march 2025 - 11:16:23Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A new "large-scale" vaccination campaign against mpox (monkeypox) began on Thursday in the DRC capital, Kinshasa.This [...] Full text...
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Economic impact of restrictions on women's citizenship rights: World Bank Blog By Mariam Anaïs Gnakra, Daniela Behr and Julia Braunmiller
07 march 2025 - 08:48:26Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Many countries still prevent women from passing nationality to their children in the same way as [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Israeli aid cut threatens care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEF
06 march 2025 - 16:42:05Gava City, Gaza (PANA) - The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday [...] 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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Better education for all: Turning commitments into action: World Bank Blog By Victoria Kwakwa, Vice President, Eastern and Southern Africa
06 march 2025 - 12:41:48Turiani, Tanzania (PANA) - Last year, the African Union declared 2024 “The Year of Education.” This was a crucial call [...] Full text...
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Democratising innovation can harness untapped talent and spur economic growth: IMF Blog By Xavier Jaravel, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics
05 march 2025 - 13:01:25Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Notwithstanding Plato’s 2,400-year-oldproverb, necessity alone is not the mother of invention. It also requires opportunity. An [...] Full text...
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Rights group warns that mining in toxic lead waste poisons children in Zambia
05 march 2025 - 09:39:18Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's government is facilitating hazardous mining and processing of toxic lead waste in the city of Kabwe [...] 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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UN deputy chief: Strong food systems can deliver progress for everyone, everywhere
04 march 2025 - 20:36:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In a series of meetings in Nairobi, Kenya, Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed spearheaded discussions on fortifying [...] 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 as young as one reported among survivors of rape during Sudan’s violent conflict' - UNICEF
04 march 2025 - 08:41:33New York, US (PANA) - Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including infants as young as one, amid [...] Full text...
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DRC: UNICEF, partners provide clean water to 700,000 people a day in Goma
04 march 2025 - 07:14:20Goma, DRC (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...
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‘Naked struggle for power and resources’ leaves civilians paying unbearable price: UN human rights chief
03 march 2025 - 20:22:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan [...] Full text...
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High level delegation visits Nigeria in effort to halt transmission of type 2 variant of polio
03 march 2025 - 08:00:38Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As Nigeria intensifies efforts to halt the transmission of type 2 variant poliovirus, a high-level delegation [...] Full text...
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UN probe nails South Sudanese leaders for fuelling war
01 march 2025 - 08:12:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - South Sudan’s political leaders must address the impunity and corruption that fuels gross human rights violations, [...] 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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Head of peacekeeping defends the territorial integrity of the DRC
01 march 2025 - 05:15:05Beni, DRC (PANA) - The head of UN peace operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, went to Beni, in the province of North [...] 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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Humanitarians launch $2.5 billion plan to deliver aid to 11 million people in DR Congo
28 february 2025 - 06:05:32Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Humanitarians are calling for $2.54 billion to support operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Council: Türk calls out ‘dehumanizing’ narratives on Gaza
27 february 2025 - 21:24:29New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday called for an end to the “abhorrent, [...] Full text...
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Packed with promise: Wisam’s journey back to school in Sudan
27 february 2025 - 19:45:45Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Wisam sits in her classroom, absorbed in her work, her fingers gripping a blue-coloured pencil, [...] Full text...
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UNICEF and Japan will scale up mental health and psychosocial support services for refugee children in Armenia
27 february 2025 - 18:55:31Yerevan, Armenia (PANA) - UNICEF, the Government of Japan, and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announced a new partnership [...] Full text...
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Libyan delegation visits Chad to promote cooperation
27 february 2025 - 11:54:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the Libyan Ministry of Social Affairs has begun an official visit to Chad [...] Full text...
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UNICEF: Reports of serious violations against children in DRC have tripled in one month
27 february 2025 - 06:21:19Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The number of reports of grave violations against children in parts of eastern Democratic Republic of [...] 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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‘Political courage’ needed to end war in the Middle East: Top UN
26 february 2025 - 17:51:13New York, US (PANA) - A sustainable resolution to the war in Gaza and the broader Israel-Palestine conflict relies on [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN calls on Israel and Hamas to begin second phase of ceasefire
26 february 2025 - 07:56:26New York, US (PANA) - As the first phase of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas expires, the UN [...] 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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Chad: Nearly four million could go hungry during lean season
26 february 2025 - 07:31:30New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarians in Chad are warning about the impact of the forthcoming lean season on food [...] Full text...
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Sudan: MSF says forced to halt activities as violence engulfs Zamzam camp in North Darfur
25 february 2025 - 08:06:18Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says the current escalation of attacks and [...] Full text...
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Kenyan police officer killed in Haiti anti-gang operation
25 february 2025 - 06:23:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A Kenyan police officer serving with the Security Council-backed Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti [...] Full text...
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DRC crisis deepens as crime, insecurity surge
25 february 2025 - 06:09:14New York, US (PANA) - The humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is worsening as M23 [...] Full text...
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia confirms US $500 million commitment to global polio eradication effort
24 february 2025 - 20:53:21Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PANA) – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Monday reaffirmed its US $500 million pledge to [...] Full text...
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World Health Day 2025 to spotlight women and babies’ survival, urging solidarity at a critical moment for global health
24 february 2025 - 19:22:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially announced the theme of World Health Day 2025, Healthy [...] Full text...
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Ukraine three years on: Pain, loss, solidarity and hope for a better future
24 february 2025 - 16:51:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Today, 24 February 2025, marks the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and [...] Full text...
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World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists
24 february 2025 - 12:02:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With no end to numerous protracted conflicts - not least in Ukraine, three years to the [...] Full text...
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Sudanese Army ends RSF’s two-year siege of El Obeid in North Kordofan
24 february 2025 - 10:11:01Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese army said on Sunday that it had broken a nearly two-year siege imposed by [...] Full text...
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Invest in early childhood development to transform Uganda’s economy: WB report
24 february 2025 - 08:04:38Kampala. Uganda (PANA) - Despite ongoing global challenges and geopolitical tensions, economic activity in Uganda has remained robust. According to a [...] Full text...
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MSF mourns worker killed in DRC
23 february 2025 - 07:26:19Goma, DRC (PANA (PANA) - A worker of humanitarian and medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has died from gunshot [...] Full text...
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New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza
22 february 2025 - 20:32:27Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The latest round of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign in Gaza targeting nearly 600,000 young [...] Full text...
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UN in Ukraine prepares for the worst, hopes for the best
22 february 2025 - 16:26:36New York, US (PANA) - As the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches its third year, a flurry of diplomatic [...] Full text...
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Nearly 148,000 in Gaza receive cash aid
22 february 2025 - 12:10:07Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Aid operations in the Gaza Strip continue to reach people from north to south with [...] Full text...
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Security Council urges Rwanda to stop supporting M23 in eastern DR Congo
22 february 2025 - 11:45:26New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday that strongly condemned the ongoing [...] Full text...
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Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has sown ‘psychological terror’, warns top aid coordinator
22 february 2025 - 09:58:23Kiev, Ukraine (PANA) - In the nearly three years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country’s people have [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: Occupation blocks UN mission from protecting civilians
22 february 2025 - 09:12:21New York, US (PANA) - The continued occupation of North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] 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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What is social justice and how is the UN helping make it a reality?
20 february 2025 - 15:54:19New York, US (PANA) - In recent years, the term "social justice" has become a significant part of public discourse, [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: Three years of war reverses progress for women and girls
19 february 2025 - 23:15:54Geneva, Switzerland( PANA) - Three years of war in Ukraine have reversed decades of progress for women and girls, leaving [...] Full text...
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‘Fragile stability’ in Libya increasingly at risk, Security Council hears
19 february 2025 - 21:10:40New York, US (PANA) - The dream of a civil, democratic and prosperous Libya remains unfulfilled 14 years after the [...] Full text...
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Mass polio vaccination campaign to continue in the Gaza Strip
19 february 2025 - 17:01:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The emergency polio outbreak response in the Gaza Strip is continuing, with a mass vaccination campaign [...] Full text...
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DRC: Children reportedly killed in summary executions by M23 fighters
18 february 2025 - 16:29:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The humanitarian emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deteriorated sharply with serious [...] Full text...
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UNICEF announces $142 million for education in Niger
18 february 2025 - 15:53:24Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is to inject US$142 million into Niger's education sector, [...] Full text...
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CAR takes steps to protect remote communities from polio
18 february 2025 - 10:54:33Bangui, CAR (PANA) – In the ongoing efforts to eradicate polio, the Central African Republic (CAR) has placed a special [...] 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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UN urges global action to protect and support civilians devastated by Sudan’s war
17 february 2025 - 08:58:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly two years of conflict have fuelled a catastrophic protection crisis and displaced a staggering 12 [...] Full text...
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Sudan, ‘the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crises in the world’ (By UN News)
15 february 2025 - 05:53:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s ruinous civil war is approaching its third year, leaving a legacy of malnutrition, massive population [...] 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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Incoming AU leadership must prioritise, stand up for human rights - Amnesty International
14 february 2025 - 05:44:13Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As African heads of state and government prepare to elect and appoint the new leadership [...] Full text...
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UNICEF sounds alarm over child crisis in eastern DR Congo
13 february 2025 - 18:37:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday issued a stark warning over escalating violence in eastern [...] Full text...
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Airing climate justice in Costa Rica on World Radio Day
13 february 2025 - 17:04:36Paris, France (PANA) - Quality radio remains ever universal, popular and more reliable in an era of artificial intelligence (AI) [...] 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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US funding cuts threaten global health response, WHO chief warns
13 february 2025 - 05:37:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern over the impact of US funding cuts [...] Full text...
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Meds platform launch gives children with cancer a fighting chance
12 february 2025 - 05:14:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN-partnered project to distribute essential childhood cancer medicines has begun in Uzbekistan and Mongolia, [...] Full text...
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Security Council hears of persistent and evolving Da’esh threat
11 february 2025 - 06:53:10New York, US (PANA) - The terrorist group Da’esh, also known as ISIL, remains a serious global security threat despite [...] Full text...
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‘We all have someone missing’: Families of the thousands of Syrians ‘disappeared’ by Assad regime share stories of loss
10 february 2025 - 18:22:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria during the Assad family’s rule, which stretches [...] Full text...
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Save the Children: violence in increase especially against children in Sudan
10 february 2025 - 16:07:39Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- An international charity organization operating in the Sudan has charged that violence is on the increase [...] Full text...
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