‘Shift the narrative’ on suicide to prevent loss of 720,000 lives annually

11 september 2025 - 05:39:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it. Now the head [...] Full text...

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UN reveals besieged city goes without food assistance since beginning of the year

10 september 2025 - 14:09:53
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The United Nations has reiterated that for nine months running, humanitarian and UN organisations are unable [...] Full text...

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Girls as young as 10 kidnapped, raped in eastern DRC

10 september 2025 - 10:08:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In North and South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), women and girls [...] Full text...

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Islamist armed group executes civilians, burns homes in Niger

10 september 2025 - 09:08:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Islamist armed group, Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel), has escalated attacks on [...] Full text...

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Attacks on schools surge by ‘staggering’ 44 per cent over the past year

10 september 2025 - 07:53:00
New York, US (PANA) - Attacks on schools in conflict zones around the world have increased by a “staggering 44 [...] Full text...

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Child obesity level surpasses underweight cases worldwide for the first time, UNICEF warns

10 september 2025 - 07:45:15
New York, US (PANA) - For the first time in history, obesity has surpassed those underweight as the most common [...] Full text...

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Peacekeeping: A lifeline for millions seeking a ‘future without fear’

09 september 2025 - 21:33:28
New York, US (PANA) - With a record number of active conflicts worldwide, the Security Council met on Tuesday to [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s people tortured and killed in ‘slaughterhouses’, rights probe says

09 september 2025 - 17:27:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A high-level independent rights probe into the brutal war in Sudan condemned the many grave crimes [...] Full text...

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IOM resumes operations in Khartoum, over 2 million return amidst Sudan war

09 september 2025 - 15:13:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The International Organization for Migration (IOM), which has just relocated its office to Khartoum, central Sudan, has [...] Full text...

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AUC chief rallies Africans to work together to build continent

09 september 2025 - 11:33:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), has rallied Africans to [...] Full text...

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UN migration agency returns to Khartoum

09 september 2025 - 10:44:41
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has become the first UN agency to resume operations [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeepers in DR Congo continue to protect population against ‘grave danger’

09 september 2025 - 07:24:56
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief denounces ‘glorification of violence’ and attack on rule of law

08 september 2025 - 13:15:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN rights chief Volker Türk on Monday condemned what he called a worldwide “glorification of violence” [...] Full text...

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Three years ago, Finance & Development devoted a full issue to anticipating “The Money Revolution,” driven by innovations in finance, such as crypto assets. That revolution, writes F&D editor-in-chief Gita Bhatt, is now unfolding

08 september 2025 - 10:48:33
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The September issue of F&D looks at the new frontiers of finance, where technology, [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief denounces Mali's authoritarian drift, growing repression

07 september 2025 - 05:38:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief sounded the alarm on Thursday over the deteriorating political situation in [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence

07 september 2025 - 05:33:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence

06 september 2025 - 17:16:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...

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Sudan files complaint at UN against UAE for alleged involvement in war

06 september 2025 - 14:04:17
New York, US (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Friday submitted a formal complaint to the United Nations Security Council, [...] Full text...

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Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions against Palestinian rights groups

06 september 2025 - 07:15:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sanctions imposed by the United States on three prominent and well-respected Palestinian human rights groups are [...] Full text...

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Save the Children aid workers travelling on donkeys deliver first emergency assistance to landslide victims

05 september 2025 - 14:30:52
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international humanitarian organisation, Save the Children, aid workers travelling on a herd of donkeys [...] Full text...

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Co-chairs of Libya's Berlin process commend efforts to de-escalate tension in Tripoli

05 september 2025 - 10:15:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The co-chairs of the Berlin Process Security Working Group (SWG) on Libya have commended efforts to [...] Full text...

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IOM: Sudanese returning home despite war challenges

04 september 2025 - 17:54:28
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The UN International Organization for Migration said here Thursday that, despite the critical situation in the [...] Full text...

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Oversight c'ttee on Rwanda, DRC peace deal resolve to timely implementation

04 september 2025 - 08:39:12
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Members of the Joint Oversight Committee (JOC) for the Peace Agreement signed by Rwanda and [...] Full text...

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IGAD consoles Sudan following devastating landslide in Darfur

03 september 2025 - 12:35:35
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The East African grouping, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has consoled the Sudanese people and [...] Full text...

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Drone strike by Sudanese army kills 13 in North Darfur market

03 september 2025 - 06:54:45
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A drone strike on a crowded market in the North Darfur town of Mellit killed [...] Full text...

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Sudanese health ministry says no chemical weapons used in Khartoum

02 september 2025 - 12:13:35
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -The Sudanese Ministry of health has dismissed widespread rumours about the possible use and residues of [...] Full text...

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UN mission in Libya urges all parties in Tripoli to de-escalate military escalation

02 september 2025 - 11:50:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has urged all parties in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, [...] Full text...

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Sudan's paramilitary RSF 'seizes new ground' in besieged city

02 september 2025 - 07:07:40
El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Monday they have “seized new ground” in [...] Full text...

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Charity group condemns enforced disappearance, torture, mass killing of women, children in Sudan's North Darfur

01 september 2025 - 14:47:09
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A women rights group in East Africa, The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn [...] Full text...

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IOM: More than 1,000 families flee Sudan's besieged El Fasher city

01 september 2025 - 07:49:52
Port 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's parallel government names Prime Minister

01 september 2025 - 07:27:35
Nyala, Sudan (PANA) - The Presidential Council of Sudan's parallel government declared by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in [...] Full text...

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AUC Chairperson welcomes new UN Roadmap for Libya

31 august 2025 - 16:07:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the United [...] Full text...

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Sudan's paramilitary RSF installs parallel government despite international rejection

31 august 2025 - 13:58:48
Nyala, Sudan (PANA) – Despite the rejection and condemnation by the international community of the declaration by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid [...] Full text...

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UNSMIL calls for peaceful dialogue, de-escalation in Tripoli

30 august 2025 - 15:32:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed concern the high levels of tension [...] Full text...

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African health ministers commit to strengthen emergency preparedness and response

30 august 2025 - 09:49:21
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Across the African continent, fragile health systems are often the first to falter when crisis strikes, [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: Senegal edge Sudan on penalties to claim third place

29 august 2025 - 17:35:21
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Senegal clinched third place at the 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) after overcoming Sudan 4-2 [...] Full text...

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C'ttee responsible for implementation of Tripoli truce meets to defuse tension

29 august 2025 - 15:18:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chief of Staff of the Libyan Army in Western Libya, Lieutenant General Mohamed Al-Haddad, held [...] Full text...

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Sudan: A staggering 30 million are in need, as war grinds on

29 august 2025 - 06:53:37
New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarians continue to push for more support for Sudan amid ongoing conflict, rising malnutrition and [...] Full text...

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ICRC: Conflict in Sudan drives missing persons cases in Africa

28 august 2025 - 16:24:41
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A huge increase in missing persons in Africa, has been attributed mainly to the current [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: Bronze Battle in Kampala: Sudan and Senegal seek redemption (By CAF Online)

28 august 2025 - 16:02:22
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Two proud nations, two contrasting journeys, and one final chance at CHAN 2024 glory.When Sudan and [...] Full text...

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Israel’s plan to take over Gaza City marks ‘new and dangerous phase’: Guterres

28 august 2025 - 14:20:30
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza, greater [...] Full text...

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UN Report on Children and Armed Conflict submitted to the General Assembly

28 august 2025 - 06:53:40
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict has said grave violations against children [...] Full text...

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UN calls for decisive steps to end conflict as Gaza and West Bank crises deepen

28 august 2025 - 06:27:23
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly two years of war in Gaza along with continued violence and settlement expansion in [...] Full text...

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UNICEF: Over 1000 children killed, maimed in siege of Sudanese city

27 august 2025 - 12:33:37
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said that since the start of the siege [...] Full text...

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Libya announces initiative for joint African intelligence cooperation

27 august 2025 - 12:17:24
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libya on Tuesday announced the launch of an initiative for joint African intelligence cooperation.The head of [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses Mauritania of years of migration control abuses

27 august 2025 - 06:56:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against largely West and [...] Full text...

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Sudan: After ten months of blockade, a UNICEF convoy reaches South Kordofan

26 august 2025 - 06:15:39
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - For nearly a year, the people of Sudan's South Kordofan region have been isolated, besieged [...] Full text...

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Cholera epidemic spreads in Sudanese refugee camps in Chad

26 august 2025 - 06:06:26
N'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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Gaza: UN calls for probe following deadly strikes on Nasser Hospital

25 august 2025 - 18:48:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza [...] Full text...

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Sudanese groups launch campaign to extend UN fact-finding mission

25 august 2025 - 11:41:26
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A broad coalition of Sudanese civil society groups is preparing to launch a national campaign demanding [...] Full text...

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UN Chief appoints Zambia Chaloka Beyani as Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide

24 august 2025 - 14:40:47
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Dr. Chaloka Beyani of Zambia as Special Adviser [...] Full text...

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Sudan govt welcomes UN rights agency's condemnation of attacks on civilians by rival RSF

24 august 2025 - 06:56:35
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Saturday commended the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights for condemning the [...] Full text...

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Health and aid workers targeted in conflicts around the world, UN agency says

24 august 2025 - 06:26:17
New York, US (PANA) - From Gaza to Sudan, wars are being waged on the very systems set up to [...] Full text...

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Gaza humanitarian crisis continues as Israeli military offensive intensifies

23 august 2025 - 07:36:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Israeli military offensive in Gaza City intensifies, the UN and partners continue to warn [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Rising insecurity in the east impedes diplomatic progress, Security Council hears

23 august 2025 - 07:24:29
New York, US (PANA) - US and Qatari diplomatic efforts to bring a lasting peace to the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief

22 august 2025 - 19:07:15
Geneva,  Switzerland (PANA) - More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, [...] Full text...

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Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief

22 august 2025 - 14:37:24
New York, US (PANA) - More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread [...] Full text...

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Libya's delegate to UN Security Council calls for concrete measures to end political crisis

22 august 2025 - 10:03:12
New York, US (PANA) - Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Taher El-Sonni, on Thursday stressed that the country [...] Full text...

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Gazans face a future of pain and prosthetics

22 august 2025 - 06:14:50
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Israeli airstrikes and shootings near aid hubs run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a [...] Full text...

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Libya: Security Council urged to back popular ‘yearning’ for national elections

22 august 2025 - 05:37:57
New York, US (PANA) - Recent elections in Libya are a sure sign of the people’s desire to choose their [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief decries ‘relentless intensification’ of US sanctions against International Criminal Court staff

21 august 2025 - 20:01:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United States must stop ramping up sanctions against officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), [...] Full text...

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Sudanese army denies targeting WFP relief convoy

21 august 2025 - 12:20:49
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Thursday denied bombing a World Food Programme (WFP) relief [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Libya to brief Security Council on new roadmap for political process

21 august 2025 - 10:40:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, will brief the Security Council [...] Full text...

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Food for Gaza piled up in warehouses risks spoiling without Israel's green light

21 august 2025 - 07:04:56
Geneva, 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 - 06:35:07
New 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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ICC 'strongly rejects' new US sanctions on judges, prosecutors

21 august 2025 - 06:28:53
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has strongly rejected new sanctions announced by the United States [...] Full text...

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International coalition urges Sudanese warring parties to take action to improve humanitarian situation

20 august 2025 - 21:24:50
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international coalition that groups five governments beside the United Nations and the African Union [...] Full text...

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International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ on judicial independence

20 august 2025 - 21:03:35
 The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has strongly rejected new sanctions announced by the United States [...] Full text...

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Disease spreads in Somalia as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water

20 august 2025 - 11:59:07
Mogadisu, Somalia (PANA) - More than 300,000 people – mostly displaced families living in overcrowded settlements and rural communities across [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses warring factions in eastern DRC of committing 'horrific abuses'

20 august 2025 - 09:33:26
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups [...] Full text...

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Sudan: MSF suspends activities at Zalingei hospital following armed attack

20 august 2025 - 08:50:52
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has been forced to reduce its teams [...] Full text...

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“I had to be there”: The doctor who healed Goma’s wounds (By Fabrice Robinet, UN News)

20 august 2025 - 08:29:04
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - In late January, when Goma fell to the M23 rebels, Dr. Thierno Baldé was one of [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council hears about rising conflict-related sexual violence amid falling resources

20 august 2025 - 07:40:35
New York, US (PANA) - Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, briefed the Security Council’s open debate [...] Full text...

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UN deplores deadly attacks in eastern DRC

20 august 2025 - 07:18:44
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA)  - The UN has strongly condemned recent attacks carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) armed [...] Full text...

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UN upholds readiness to support peace efforts in Ukraine

19 august 2025 - 21:16:24
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed recent diplomatic efforts spearheaded by the United States towards [...] Full text...

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World Humanitarian Day 2025: Aid workers mull record toll of their own

19 august 2025 - 11:37:34
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - With the news on Tuesday that a record 383 aid workers were confirmed killed in [...] Full text...

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'Immediate concrete steps' needed to protect humanitarian aid workers

19 august 2025 - 10:14:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) — An international humanitarian charity on Tuesday called on all states, parties to conflict and global leaders [...] Full text...

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UN calls for protection of aid workers in Sudan

19 august 2025 - 09:54:49
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations says that more than 120 humanitarian personnel have been killed in Sudan [...] Full text...

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South African, Russian presidents discuss Ukrainian conflict

19 august 2025 - 09:31:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday received a briefing from Russian President Vladimir Putin on [...] Full text...

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South Sudanese ‘are counting on us’, top UN official tells Security Council

19 august 2025 - 07:25:34
New York, US (PANA) - Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, briefed the Security Council on the deteriorating security and [...] Full text...

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Surge in flow of Burkinabe refugees into Mali

18 august 2025 - 06:40:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In barely a week, the small town of Koro in central Mali has seen an influx [...] Full text...

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A two-way street: Reversing brain drain in Somalia (By By Naima Sawaya, UN News)

16 august 2025 - 06:04:14
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - For many countries in crisis, brain drain can feel like an unbreakable loop. Armed conflict, climate [...] Full text...

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Cholera cases spreading around the world: WHO

16 august 2025 - 05:48:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The preventable but often deadly waterborne disease – cholera – continues to spread around the world, [...] Full text...

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Trapped in Gaza: Palestinians with disabilities cannot reach aid

15 august 2025 - 19:38:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When Israeli forces in Gaza issue a new displacement order ahead of an incursion into a [...] Full text...

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UN warns of steep rise in sexual violence during conflict

14 august 2025 - 21:14:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence in conflict zones rose sharply in 2024, increasing by a quarter compared to the [...] Full text...

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Hunger and a heatwave plague the Gaza Strip

14 august 2025 - 20:01:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As hunger and malnutrition deepen in the Gaza Strip, humanitarian missions continue to face delays and [...] Full text...

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Top UN officials in Libya, Army discuss efforts to consolidate Tripoli truce

14 august 2025 - 12:56:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Top officials of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and a top commander of [...] Full text...

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Sudan welcomes UN Security Council's rejection of plan by paramilitary group to establish rival govt in the west

14 august 2025 - 12:41:22
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has welcomed the UN Security Council's rejection of the announcement by the paramilitary Rapid Support [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Blast hits near UN aid helicopter

14 august 2025 - 05:32:46
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A UN chartered helicopter delivering food aid to the town of Solle in northwest Burkina [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council rejects creation of rival government in Sudan

14 august 2025 - 05:27:37
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has rejected the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) declaration last month of [...] Full text...

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INGOs condemn international humanitarian law violations in Darfur

13 august 2025 - 15:15:11
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - International Non-governmental Organisations (INGOs) operating in Sudan have denounced recent attacks on the besieged town [...] Full text...

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US sanctions critical minerals traffickers stoking armed conflict in eastern DRC

13 august 2025 - 07:24:50
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Treasury Department is sanctioning four entities producing and trading in conflict minerals in [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UNESCO condemns ‘unacceptable’ killing of journalists

12 august 2025 - 20:07:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN organization which champions culture and education, UNESCO, has strongly condemned the targeted killing of [...] Full text...

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UN calls for halt to attacks on civilians in Darfur, allow of safe passage and aid

12 august 2025 - 17:19:21
 Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN on Tuesday issued a statement deploring the tragic situation in Darfur and Al Fashir [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa briefed on Ukraine peace process

12 august 2025 - 07:06:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday confirmed that he has been briefed by [...] Full text...

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Rights group slams 20-year sentence for Chadian opposition leader Masra

12 august 2025 - 06:43:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch has criticised the guilty verdict and 20-year sentence imposed on 9 August, 2025, [...] Full text...

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Hospitals overflowing in Gaza, as malnutrition surges

11 august 2025 - 15:40:38
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, UN officials warned on Monday, describing overflowing [...] Full text...

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‘There is no military solution’ to end Israel-Palestine conflict, Security Council hears, as starvation stalks the Gaza Strip

10 august 2025 - 20:34:56
New York, US (PANA) - It’s essential to work towards a two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict as the international [...] Full text...

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AfDB approves grant of over $5 million to four countries to strengthen public-private partnerships

10 august 2025 - 06:12:20
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AFDB) has approved a grant [...] Full text...

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DRC, Rwanda meet on implementation of Washington peace agreement

09 august 2025 - 14:23:52
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The first Joint Security Coordination Mechanism meeting for the implementation of the Peace Agreement between [...] Full text...

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Swedish national Ingeborg Richardson appointed Deputy Special Representative of UNSMIL in Libya

09 august 2025 - 11:59:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Ingeborg Ulrika Ulfsdotter Richardson of Sweden as Deputy Special Representative [...] Full text...

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Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City would mark ‘a dangerous escalation’: Guterres

08 august 2025 - 20:35:05
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed grave concern over Israel’s decision to “take control of [...] Full text...

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Sudan welcomes AU Peace and Security Council’s stance towards developments in the country

08 august 2025 - 17:37:38
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has welcomed a statement by the African Peace and Security Council rejecting and condemning the establishment [...] Full text...

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You can run – but we will find you, militias tell terrified civilians

08 august 2025 - 15:09:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Help is needed urgently to halt a deadly cholera outbreak that is sweeping across Sudan, UN [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief slams Israeli plan to take military control of Gaza; says it must stop now

08 august 2025 - 13:00:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official insisted on Friday that the Israeli Government must not pursue [...] Full text...

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Facing rising risks, landlocked nations launch climate alliance at UN summit

08 august 2025 - 08:03:23
Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA)  Countries agreed on Thursday to form a new climate negotiating bloc to advocate for the unique needs [...] Full text...

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UN officials warn of starvation amid ‘gender emergency’ in war-torn Sudan

08 august 2025 - 07:44:17
New York, US (PANA) - Hungry civilians are reportedly eating animal feed as women and girls face a “gender emergency” [...] Full text...

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Erasure or empowerment? In Africa’s Sahel, women confront a stark choice

07 august 2025 - 20:29:34
New York, US (PANA) - In Africa’s Sahel region, deepening violence and poverty – driven by displacement, hunger and terrorism [...] Full text...

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Several Somali regions hit by severe drought

07 august 2025 - 05:22:51
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - About 2.5 million people in Somalia are living in drought-affected areas, warn UN agencies currently conducting [...] Full text...

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WFP runs out of funds as hunger worsens in northeast Nigeria

07 august 2025 - 05:20:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As hunger rages in northeast Nigeria, funds for food delivery are running out, the World Food [...] Full text...

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Hiroshima, 80 years on: ‘Real change’ needed to end existential nuclear threat

06 august 2025 - 20:16:45
Hiroshima, Japan (PANA) - The world changed forever 80 years ago this Wednesday when the United States dropped an atomic [...] Full text...

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A Moving History: IMF Finance & Development (By Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at Oxford University)

06 august 2025 - 10:46:10
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The history of migration is the story of humanity and its progress. It’s a story [...] Full text...

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Libyan journalists discuss propaganda, bias, misinformation during conflicts

06 august 2025 - 09:15:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - During times of conflict or instability, the media can deepen divides and incite violence by spreading [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Security Council meets on hostage crisis amid ‘unbearable’ conditions facing Palestinian civilians

06 august 2025 - 06:53:26
New York, US (PANA) - As conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel continue to deteriorate, a senior UN [...] Full text...

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Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone

06 august 2025 - 06:03:50
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Famine was declared in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur one year ago. And since [...] Full text...

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Mounting civilian casualties in Sudan as fighting intensifies

05 august 2025 - 05:55:24
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As conflict intensifies between rival militaries in Sudan, the UN humanitarian wing (OCHA) expressed alarm [...] Full text...

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Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns

03 august 2025 - 20:00:10
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Cholera is ripping through North Darfur, Sudan, threatening thousands of children already weakened by hunger and [...] Full text...

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Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’ (By UN News)

03 august 2025 - 08:08:47
Gaza 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 - 07:32:10
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In western Gaza City, displaced people live crammed into cramped tents, and a human tragedy [...] Full text...

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UN migration agency highlights deepening climate and displacement crisis in Somalia

02 august 2025 - 05:30:23
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Climate shocks and mass displacement caused by conflict have uprooted some 3.6 million people in Somalia, [...] Full text...

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IMF Executive Board concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Mali

01 august 2025 - 11:27:12
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with [...] Full text...

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With Gaza smouldering, ministers renew push for two-State solution at UN

31 july 2025 - 05:16:32
New York, US (PANA) - With Gaza in ruins and the two-State solution in jeopardy, ministers convened at the United [...] Full text...

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Sudan gripped by deadly crisis as hunger, disease and heat intensify

31 july 2025 - 05:07:23
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) raised the alarm on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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AU rejects formation of parallel government by Sudanese opposition

30 july 2025 - 12:17:15
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has issued a strongly [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Attacks in Kordofan states cause hundreds of deaths, mass displacement and the collapse of essential services

30 july 2025 - 08:18:58
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Attacks on civilians and essential infrastructure in Sudan’s Kordofan states — including hospitals, markets and residential [...] 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 - 07:10:18
Addis 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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US' plan to destroy US$9.7 million of contraceptives is unconscionable, says medical charity

30 july 2025 - 06:40:00
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States government’s plan to destroy US$9.7 million worth of contraceptives is a callous [...] Full text...

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‘By women, for women’: 15 years of the UN agency championing gender equality

29 july 2025 - 20:46:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -Fariba, a young Afghan woman, had just begun a university degree in 2021 when the Taliban returned to [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeeping can work in a fractured world – if there is political will

29 july 2025 - 20:24:15
New York, US (PANA) - In an era marked by geopolitical fragmentation and rising global tensions, United Nations peace operations [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN Designated Expert on Human Rights visits Sudan

29 july 2025 - 16:26:26
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan has stressed that it stands ready to cooperate with the international community on human rights [...] Full text...

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In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation

29 july 2025 - 12:56:23
Geneva, 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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UN mission in Libya congratulates new Presidency of the High Council of State

29 july 2025 - 05:53:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has congratulated the new Libyan Presidency elected during the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN sounds the alarm as health and food crises worsen across the country

29 july 2025 - 05:31:27
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is alarmed by escalating health [...] Full text...

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Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger ‘as a weapon of war

29 july 2025 - 05:25:58
New York, US (PANA) - As starvation worsens in war-torn Gaza, UN agencies repeated warnings on Monday that Israel’s decision [...] Full text...

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Guterres: ‘Breaking point’ reached in Israel-Palestine conflict, urgent action needed on two-State solution

28 july 2025 - 20:21:44
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has reached a breaking point, [...] Full text...

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Mohamed Tekkala elected president of Libyan High Council of State

28 july 2025 - 11:46:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Mohamed Takkala on Sunday won the election for president of the High Council of State, an [...] Full text...

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AU's special envoy to Sahel region urged to address rights issues

28 july 2025 - 09:15:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The African Union's (AU) appointment of Burundi’s president as its special envoy for the Sahel region [...] Full text...

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MSF condemns abduction of Health Ministry staff in South Sudan; urges immediate protection of healthcare workers

28 july 2025 - 05:13:26
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has strongly condemnsed the abduction of a Ministry of [...] Full text...

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‘It is the Environment, Stupid’: Sudan’s war and its impact on local communities (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent, Khartoum)

27 july 2025 - 14:06:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The tip of the iceberg behind the causes of the current war in Sudan are political, [...] Full text...

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Child malnutrition surges in Nigeria as foreign aid cuts bite

26 july 2025 - 10:26:01
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Deadly child malnutrition is rising in northern Nigeria against the background of widespread inflation, simmering conflict [...] Full text...

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1.3 million Sudanese return home, offering fragile hope for recovery

25 july 2025 - 17:11:32
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - With pockets of relative safety emerging in Sudan, over 1.3 million Sudanese people — including one [...] Full text...

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'Famine silently begins to unfold’ in Gaza, UNRWA chief says

25 july 2025 - 05:07:48
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.” Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General for [...] Full text...

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Two ex-militia leaders in Central African Republic sentenced for war crimes, crimes against humanity

25 july 2025 - 04:42:42
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Two former leaders of the predominantly Christian Anti-Balaka militia in the Central African Republic (CAR) [...] Full text...

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‘The UN is here to do the right things’: Envoy Colin Stewart bids farewell but keeps the faith

24 july 2025 - 21:39:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After nearly three decades on the frontlines of UN’s peace operations – from Timor-Leste’s turbulent independence [...] Full text...

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AU holds special session on Libya on Thursday

24 july 2025 - 12:22:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) will hold an extraordinary session in Addis Ababa, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Amid record hunger and surging insecurity, emergency food assistance to stall entirely

24 july 2025 - 06:21:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - At a time of escalating violence and record levels of hunger in Nigeria, critical funding shortfalls [...] Full text...

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UN official reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire as ‘nightmare of historic proportions’ unfolds

23 july 2025 - 19:18:09
New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN official on Wednesday urged the Security Council to push for an immediate [...] Full text...

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Top UN official holds consultations with AU ahead of Peace and Security Council meeting on Libya

23 july 2025 - 11:56:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has briefed the Permanent [...] Full text...

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Housing crisis: UN fears a future of cities transformed into slums

23 july 2025 - 07:57:23
New York, US (PANA) - A bed, four walls, a safe place to breathe. These are the most basic aspects [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council, in unanimous vote, presses nations to resolve disputes peacefully

23 july 2025 - 06:12:05
New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution urging all Member States to “utilise effectively” [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN scales up response plan as humanitarian needs rise in Tawila

23 july 2025 - 05:56:19
New York, US (PANA) - As the humanitarian crisis deepens in Sudan, the UN and partners have revised and scaled [...] Full text...

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‘Peace is a choice’: UN chief urges diplomacy as wars spread from Gaza to Ukraine

22 july 2025 - 20:40:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Warning that the world is failing to uphold international law as wars stretch from Gaza to [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained

22 july 2025 - 18:42:40
Gaza 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 - 18:06:23
Juba, 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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Tunisia welcomes Doha peace agreement signed by DRC and AFC/M23 rebels

22 july 2025 - 12:36:48
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia on Monday welcomed the peace agreement signed on 19 July in Doha, Qatar, between the [...] Full text...

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Gaza: WHO's operations compromised following attacks on warehouse and facility sheltering staff and families in Deir al Balah

22 july 2025 - 08:37:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has condemned in the strongest terms the attacks on a [...] Full text...

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Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic

21 july 2025 - 21:50:23
New York, US (PANA) - “There will be another pandemic, and it will not be 100 years from now,” UN [...] Full text...

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Dreams amid the rubble: Gaza’s women speak of homes, loss and hungry children

21 july 2025 - 21:26:12
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Hadriya collapses from hunger, Khadija dreams of her kitchen and Hiyam longs for her daughters’ [...] Full text...

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UN mission to hold conference on the media's role in Libya's conflict

21 july 2025 - 18:40:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission  in Libya (UNSMIL) is holding a webinar for Libyan media professionals [...] Full text...

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Doha agreement brings DR Congo government and M23 rebels a step closer to peace

20 july 2025 - 18:43:30
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - An agreement signed by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the [...] Full text...

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US welcomes peace agreement between DRC government and rebel AFC/M23

20 july 2025 - 08:44:06
Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the signing on Saturday in Qatar of a Declaration of [...] Full text...

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AUC Chairperson welcomes peace agreement between DR Congo and Alliance Fleuve Congo/March 23 Movement

19 july 2025 - 13:25:16
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has warmly welcomed the [...] Full text...

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EU sanctions Sudanese individuals and entities over serious human rights violations, threats to peace, stability and security

18 july 2025 - 14:26:37
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Friday adopted a fourth package of restrictive measures against two individuals and [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: US funding cut leaves rape victims without care

18 july 2025 - 07:03:28
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As sexual violence has increased this year in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN Human Rights Chief deplores killing of dozens of civilians in Sudan

17 july 2025 - 19:06:58
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday issued a strong worded statement [...] Full text...

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Children miss out on vaccines as diseases spread in Sudan

17 july 2025 - 18:54:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies warn that childhood immunization rates in Sudan have plummeted to their lowest level in [...] Full text...

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From crisis to classroom: How the UN supports education in conflict zones

17 july 2025 - 16:20:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From makeshift furniture in Gaza to metro classrooms in Ukraine and solar-powered tablets in Sudan, the [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UN officials warn of unspeakable conditions as children bear the brunt

17 july 2025 - 07:58:14
New York, US (PANA) - Conditions in Gaza have reached an unspeakable level of devastation with children paying the highest [...] Full text...

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5 dead after RSF bombs churches in Sudan

16 july 2025 - 07:14:37
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An International Christian charity has accused Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), currently in war [...] Full text...

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UNICEF: At least 35 children reportedly killed in attacks in communities in Sudan’s North Kordofan State

16 july 2025 - 05:40:14
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said that hundreds of civilians including dozens of [...] Full text...

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Scores killed in Sudan’s Kordofan region as fighting intensifies

16 july 2025 - 05:11:54
Port Sudan (PANA) - Intensifying clashes in Sudan’s Kordofan region between rival militaries have killed hundreds and wounded many more [...] Full text...

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Western Libyan Movement highlights unification of institutions as priority for way out of political crisis

15 july 2025 - 11:29:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group from the Western Libyan Movement has presented proposals to the United Nations Support Mission [...] Full text...

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IMF Executive Board completes review of two arrangements with Niger

15 july 2025 - 08:57:43
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday completed the Seventh of [...] Full text...

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‘A compass towards progress’ – but key development goals remain way off track

14 july 2025 - 20:13:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global life expectancy increased by an astonishing five years between 2000 and 2019. And then since [...] Full text...

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UN chief condemns latest Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping

12 july 2025 - 07:17:53
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has condemned the latest Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Number of children with severe acute malnutrition doubles in Darfur

11 july 2025 - 13:12:12
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Alarming new data released by the UN Children's Fund UNICEF reveals a 46 percent increase [...] Full text...

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UNICEF deplores ‘unconscionable’ killing of families lining up for aid in Gaza

11 july 2025 - 05:41:15
New York, US (PANA) - The head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced deep dismay over the “unconscionable” [...] Full text...

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War crimes, systematic sexual violence ongoing in Darfur: ICC

11 july 2025 - 05:20:16
New York, US (PANA) - Systematic rape and sexual violence are being used as weapons of war in Darfur, the [...] Full text...

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International conference on protection of civilians opens in Tunis

10 july 2025 - 18:40:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An international conference on the role of the armed forces in protecting civilians in peacekeeping missions [...] Full text...

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Building trust through effective service delivery in Africa – WB Report

10 july 2025 - 14:22:15
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The World Bank's annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report for Sub-Saharan Africa, released Thursday, [...] Full text...

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How to Stabilise Africa's Debt (IMF Blog By Athene Laws, Thibault Lemaire, and Nikola Spatafora, economists in IMF’s African Department)

09 july 2025 - 11:59:18
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Successful debt stabilisation requires measures to strengthen public finances and institutions, alongside pro-growth structural reforms [...] Full text...

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Forced transfer of Gaza population not acceptable, UN says

09 july 2025 - 09:47:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the war continues to rage in the Gaza Strip, pending a hypothetical ceasefire, the UN [...] Full text...

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South Sudan’s longest cholera outbreak enters critical stage

08 july 2025 - 22:22:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On the eve of the fourteenth anniversary of its independence, South Sudan – the world’s youngest [...] Full text...

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A different type of mistreatment of a journalist held by militias in Sudan’s war By Mohamed Osman Adam

08 july 2025 - 17:52:27
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For almost eleven months, I fought to restore self-esteem so that I could resume writing and [...] Full text...

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EU-AU Angola summit on 24-25 Nov aims at deeper cooperation

08 july 2025 - 14:59:01
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Leaders of the 27 European Union (EU) member states and the 55 countries of [...] Full text...

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Global education is in crisis: Human Rights Watch

08 july 2025 - 12:27:51
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – With nearly 200 million children and youth missing out on secondary school worldwide while [...] Full text...

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Deputy UN Secretary-General Amina Mohammed visits Gambia

08 july 2025 - 11:18:16
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed, on Monday met President Adama [...] Full text...

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Immunization experts urge stronger action to close vaccination gaps in Africa

08 july 2025 - 10:03:17
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Experts, policymakers and global health partners have called for stronger, coordinated action to prevent backsliding on [...] Full text...

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UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan as displacement, hunger and disease escalate

08 july 2025 - 05:49:18
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians on Monday sounded the alarm over the worsening conditions in Sudan, as violence [...] Full text...

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UN chief condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine, warns of nuclear safety risk

07 july 2025 - 16:13:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Saturday strongly condemned Russia’s latest wave of drone and missile attacks in [...] Full text...

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IMF Executive Board completes first review under ECF arrangement for DRC

06 july 2025 - 07:08:35
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the first review under [...] Full text...

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IMF Executive Board completes first review under ECF arrangement for DRC

06 july 2025 - 05:25:00
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the first review under [...] Full text...

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33 million lives at risk in Sudan's cholera epidemic

04 july 2025 - 09:50:34
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As fighting rages in Sudan, another threat is spreading through the country's stagnant waters and [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Sharp rise in attacks on healthcare after two years of conflict

03 july 2025 - 17:22:32
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international humanitarian organisation operating in the Sudan has highlighted that attacks on hospitals and [...] Full text...

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Adhering to bans on mines only in peace time will not work: UN rights chief

03 july 2025 - 06:36:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official on Wednesday expressed grave alarm that six European countries are [...] Full text...

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CAR: one in three people in acute food insecurity

02 july 2025 - 18:42:58
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Around 2.2 million people in the Central African Republic (CAR) – or one in three – [...] Full text...

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Girls, women under constant threat in South Sudan, says Human Rights Watch

02 july 2025 - 11:49:28
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Recent attacks on girls and young women in South Sudan illustrate how they are at [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International says DRC-Rwanda peace deal fails to address serious crimes committed in eastern DRC

02 july 2025 - 09:21:29
London, UK (PANA) - Last week's peace agreement signed between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda fails to [...] Full text...

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Mali sees increase in sexual violence in displacement camps and conflict zones

02 july 2025 - 08:00:52
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - As insecurity and forced displacement continue in central and northern Mali, women are increasingly exposed to [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeepers in DRC welcome truce signed in Ituri by several armed groups

02 july 2025 - 07:54:32
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Following the signing of a bilateral peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and [...] Full text...

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