19 april 2024 - 05:31:43
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk this week met survivors of massacres in eastern provinces of [...] Full text...
19 april 2024 - 05:14:16
New York, US (PANA) - Recent escalations in the Middle East make it even more important to support efforts towards [...] Full text...
18 april 2024 - 18:20:24
Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Thursday announced an ambitious plan to support countries in delivering quality, [...] Full text...
18 april 2024 - 13:07:24
Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) – Eswatini’s sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast to rise on improved cane deliveries [...] Full text...
18 april 2024 - 11:22:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity, Khaled al-Mabrouk on Wednesday took part [...] Full text...
18 april 2024 - 11:03:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The resignation of the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and head of the [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 18:13:45
Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank has appointed Ousmane Dione as the new Vice President for the Middle East [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 10:23:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, on Tuesday announced his [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 06:58:15
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Political and Security Committee of the European Union has approved additional support for the Somali [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 05:44:43
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Scaling up assistance in Gaza remains a challenge in the face of continued access denials, delays [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 05:43:55
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States is providing nearly $154 million in additional assistance for the humanitarian response [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 05:31:01
New York, US (PANA) - African women are 130 times more likely to die due to pregnancy or childbirth complications [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 05:12:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ethiopia’s international partners convened in Geneva on Tuesday to address the urgent need for increased humanitarian [...] Full text...
16 april 2024 - 17:47:38
Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank on Tuesday announced the Central Bank of Cape Verde (CBCV) as the second [...] Full text...
16 april 2024 - 16:00:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since war erupted six months ago and one [...] Full text...
16 april 2024 - 15:19:44
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – International financiers are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, to pledge funding for humanitarian assistance [...] Full text...
16 april 2024 - 09:49:38
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Committed to stay engaged in Sudan and support the wellbeing of the people, in an effort [...] Full text...
16 april 2024 - 08:32:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has joined other African countries in expressing concern at developments in the [...] Full text...
16 april 2024 - 07:25:49
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), has noted that funds pledged at Sudan's humanitarian summit [...] Full text...
16 april 2024 - 06:21:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday called on Nigeria to intensify child protection efforts, 10 [...] Full text...
15 april 2024 - 17:24:02
Washington, DC. USA (PANA) -- Lacklustre growth, rising indebtedness and heightened uncertainty due to the conflict in the Middle East [...] Full text...
15 april 2024 - 16:37:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As UN chief António Guterres on Monday reiterated his appeal for “maximum restraint” in the Middle [...] Full text...
15 april 2024 - 11:57:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A full year of conflict in Sudan has already caused immense suffering and death but the [...] Full text...
15 april 2024 - 11:09:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nine Libyan children lost their lives to mines and explosive devices during 2023, the United Nations [...] Full text...
15 april 2024 - 10:54:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the [...] Full text...
15 april 2024 - 05:41:23
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the escalation in tensions between armed actors in [...] Full text...
14 april 2024 - 14:33:12
bTripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than 6,000 Sudanese have arrived in Libya since the outbreak of civil war in Sudan [...] Full text...
14 april 2024 - 13:15:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A roundtable organized by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has called for women [...] Full text...
14 april 2024 - 10:42:32
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Economic activity is set to rebound in Sub-Saharan Africa, supported by increased private consumption [...] Full text...
14 april 2024 - 10:35:44
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14 april 2024 - 07:07:30
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan was plunged into an ongoing, devastating war one year ago on 15 April 2023, [...] Full text...
13 april 2024 - 10:03:58
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is appalled by the unprecedented man-made calamity created by the Sudanese Armed [...] Full text...
13 april 2024 - 09:52:56
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has in recent years helped member countries to navigate successive [...] Full text...
12 april 2024 - 22:18:04
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - UN humanitarians in Sudan issued a fresh alert on Friday about pervasive food insecurity and [...] Full text...
12 april 2024 - 21:50:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The situation for Gazans remains dire despite hopes stemming from recent commitments by Israel to boost [...] Full text...
12 april 2024 - 11:36:04
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Egypt’s cotton production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 310,000 bales, down 40,000 bales [...] Full text...
12 april 2024 - 11:08:26
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - One year since the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support [...] Full text...
09 april 2024 - 15:50:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 8.5 million Sudanese have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan since the war [...] Full text...
09 april 2024 - 05:35:43
New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly appealed on Monday for “all those with leverage” [...] Full text...
08 april 2024 - 13:06:54
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Increased private consumption and declining inflation are supporting an economic rebound in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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07 april 2024 - 06:14:50
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare has [...] Full text...
06 april 2024 - 07:12:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A massive cholera-busting initiative partnered by the UN is underway, with more than 1.2 million rapid [...] Full text...
06 april 2024 - 07:02:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The destruction wrought across the Gaza Strip by Israel in the six months since the beginning [...] Full text...
05 april 2024 - 17:53:44
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Two aid convoys carrying lifesaving supplies have reached Sudan’s Darfurs for the first time in [...] Full text...
05 april 2024 - 14:15:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said here Friday that more than 1.2 million cholera rapid diagnostic [...] Full text...
05 april 2024 - 12:31:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights body adopted a resolution on Friday condemning the alleged “use of starvation [...] Full text...
05 april 2024 - 05:18:10
New York, US (PANA) - Landmines and other explosive ordnance directly threaten millions of people caught up in armed conflict [...] Full text...
04 april 2024 - 11:10:32
New York, US (PANA) - All warring parties must allow safe, swift and unfettered humanitarian access and protect civilian infrastructure, [...] Full text...
04 april 2024 - 10:10:46
Victoria, Seychelles (PANA) - The Seychellois economy continued to recover in 2023 and is moving closer to pre-pandemic norms despite [...] Full text...
04 april 2024 - 05:41:23
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Responding to the critical needs of civilians impacted by the ongoing war in Sudan, the [...] Full text...
04 april 2024 - 05:30:57
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians in Gaza have suspended operations at night for at least 48 hours in response to [...] Full text...
02 april 2024 - 15:21:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen in Israeli military airstrikes [...] Full text...
02 april 2024 - 12:44:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The destruction of Gaza’s largest hospital following a two-week siege by the Israeli military has “ripped the [...] Full text...
01 april 2024 - 16:33:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deputy chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa al-Kouni, Monday received an official invitation to [...] Full text...
01 april 2024 - 12:56:24
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the Red Cross Society of the [...] Full text...
30 march 2024 - 10:06:59
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday completed the first and second [...] Full text...
30 march 2024 - 08:47:18
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopians living in climate-affected lowlands of the country will receive new support, thanks to a [...] Full text...
29 march 2024 - 05:19:49
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Almost a year since war broke out in Sudan between rival militias, UN humanitarians warned [...] Full text...
29 march 2024 - 05:06:12
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners on Thursday appealed for $1.4 billion this year to support [...] Full text...
28 march 2024 - 05:28:11
New York, US (PANA) - Insecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the [...] Full text...
27 march 2024 - 14:36:52
New York, US (PANA) - The intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza in response to Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel has [...] Full text...
26 march 2024 - 16:32:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - One in three migrant deaths happens while people flee conflict, the UN migration agency, IOM, said [...] Full text...
26 march 2024 - 16:18:01
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a “double-digit number [...] Full text...
26 march 2024 - 08:51:41
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has hailed Monday’s UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in [...] Full text...
25 march 2024 - 11:14:49
Amman, Jordan (PANA) - With “starvation bearing down” on Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday repeated his call for [...] Full text...
23 march 2024 - 14:34:11
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In the face of escalating conflicts and humanitarian crises, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has embarked on [...] Full text...
23 march 2024 - 05:25:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Independent UN human rights experts on Friday expressed alarm over increased reports of sexual slavery and trafficking [...] Full text...
23 march 2024 - 05:18:27
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A major upsurge in violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has displaced [...] Full text...
22 march 2024 - 19:12:50
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Only 62% of Burundians have basic access to drinking water, which puts this African Great Lakes [...] Full text...
22 march 2024 - 16:19:19
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has called on the global community [...] Full text...
22 march 2024 - 13:54:10
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of ongoing bombardment across Gaza on Friday, UN humanitarians highlighted “shocking levels of disease [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 11:04:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Immediate action is needed to stem an unprecedented multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide, according to [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 06:11:47
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 05:59:27
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Wednesday announced more than $47 million in humanitarian assistance for the emergency [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 05:27:45
New York, US (PANA) - Racism is “an evil infecting countries and societies around the world”, the UN chief has [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 05:27:10
New York, US (PANA) - Eleven months of brutal fighting is driving a hunger crisis in Sudan, with some areas [...] Full text...
20 march 2024 - 05:59:56
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Governments of Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States have reaffirmed their call [...] Full text...
20 march 2024 - 05:29:43
Deir Al-Balah camp, Gaza (PANA) - Clusters of tents are cobbled together with any available fabric, plastic and wood, as [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 15:34:25
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Forced marriages, human trafficking, conscription of child soldiers and forced labour will form part of [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 13:10:08
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians reiterated their resolve on Tuesday to help the people of Gaza where increasing [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 11:22:31
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 05:08:03
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Civilians are bearing the brunt of a surge in intercommunal conflict in pockets of South [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 05:02:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the war in Sudan enters its second year next month, the UN Committee on the [...] Full text...
18 march 2024 - 13:00:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid reports that the Israeli military stormed Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Monday in search [...] Full text...
18 march 2024 - 10:10:08
N’djamena, Chad (PANA) – Hepatitis E is spreading through refugee camps in eastern Chad where more than 550,000 Sudanese fleeing [...] Full text...
18 march 2024 - 07:07:42
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The war in Gaza has left a staggering almost 23 millions tonnes of rubble and unexploded [...] Full text...
15 march 2024 - 09:26:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of State for Women's Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Houria Khalifa al-Tarmal, [...] Full text...
14 march 2024 - 07:36:26
Washington, United States (PANA) - The last 10 years have been rough for many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Following [...] Full text...
14 march 2024 - 07:15:55
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Nearly 100,000 people, more than half of them children, have been displaced in one month due [...] Full text...
14 march 2024 - 05:20:46
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Wednesday announced the imposition of visa restrictions on multiple individuals in South [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 16:34:30
New York, US (PANA) - Around the world women’s rights are under attack, and governments must act to reverse that [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 13:22:34
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of fresh Israeli airstrikes in Gaza overnight into Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 08:36:39
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Some 45 kilometres from Lomé, Togo, in the village of Aného, a transformative initiative is reshaping [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 06:55:05
New York, US (PANA) - A top European Union (EU) official on Tuesday emphasised the crucial role of the United [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 05:57:14
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - UN humanitarians are working around the clock to pre-position aid in Chad for Sudanese refugees fleeing [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 05:40:38
New York, US (PANA) - The fight against child mortality has reached an historic milestone, the UN announced on Wednesday, [...] Full text...
12 march 2024 - 13:58:29
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Former Nigerian Foreign Minister and UN Under-Secretary-General, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, will lead a 120-member ECOWAS Election Observation Mission [...] Full text...
11 march 2024 - 17:40:49
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Monday highlighted the urgent need to defend women's rights which are [...] Full text...
11 march 2024 - 06:26:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Qatar on Sunday to [...] Full text...
10 march 2024 - 07:32:14
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Special Envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, will from Monday visit several African and Middle [...] Full text...
09 march 2024 - 07:46:11
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Friday launched a plan to boost empowerment of women and girls around [...] Full text...
09 march 2024 - 06:24:39
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday discussed with Egyptain and Saudi foreign ministers [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 22:50:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A near total communication blackout in Sudan following all network and internet shutdowns since February poses [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 17:41:30
New York, US (PANA) - More than 230 million girls and women alive today have been subjected to female genital [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 17:13:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Any assault by Israeli forces on the densely populated city of Rafah where 1.5 million have [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 07:14:36
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Thursday called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and unhindered humanitarian [...] Full text...
07 march 2024 - 19:03:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointment of the American Stephanie Koury as Deputy Special Representative [...] Full text...
07 march 2024 - 07:34:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations on Wednesday “strongly” condemned Boko Haram terrorists’ abduction of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), [...] Full text...
07 march 2024 - 06:46:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Much more lifesaving humanitarian aid must be allowed into Gaza where one in six children is dangerously [...] Full text...
07 march 2024 - 06:20:55
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Egyptian authorities have reached staff level agreement on a [...] Full text...
06 march 2024 - 18:52:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN migration agency (IOM) announced on Wednesday that last year was the deadliest on record [...] Full text...
06 march 2024 - 11:42:57
Washington, United States (PANA) - John Maynard Keynes, memorialising the death of his mentor Alfred Marshall a century ago, wrote [...] Full text...
06 march 2024 - 11:34:36
New York, US (PANA) - Two people have been arrested for attempting to purchase and export arms to South Sudan, [...] Full text...
06 march 2024 - 09:37:03
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Sudan’s war has shattered millions of lives and created the world’s largest displacement crisis.
Now this [...] Full text...
06 march 2024 - 07:15:30
New York, US (PANA) - With only nine months remaining before the polls in December, South Sudan is not ready [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 23:21:01
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A UN peacekeeping officer working as an artillery operator with the United Nations Mission in [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 21:29:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbaiba, has reaffirmed his support [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 20:35:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Widespread sexual abuse of children in the entertainment industry must be urgently stamped out, an independent [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 19:19:34
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A rare opportunity to deliver desperately needed supplies to hospitals in northern Gaza for the first [...] Full text...
04 march 2024 - 17:33:37
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - There is no military solution to the escalation of hostilities in the eastern part of the [...] Full text...
04 march 2024 - 16:57:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza continued in Egypt for a second day on Monday as [...] Full text...
02 march 2024 - 20:04:49
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the appointment of Stephanie Koury of the United [...] Full text...
02 march 2024 - 06:05:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN Environment Assembly adopted a ministerial declaration as it wrapped up on Friday in the [...] Full text...
02 march 2024 - 05:56:17
New York, US (PANA) - Progress on advancing equality and fairness for all, regardless of gender, sexuality or HIV status, [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 23:46:09
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Aid agencies in Ethiopia have put up a joint appeal for US$3.2 billion required in [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 18:59:17
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has announced a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 17:55:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Repeated warnings from humanitarians over desperate food insecurity and imminent famine in Gaza came into focus [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 16:16:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unchecked mass violence and entrenched repression in South Sudan threaten the prospects of durable peace and [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 06:09:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The “carnage” in Gaza has left more than 30,000 dead and must end immediately, UN rights chief Volker [...] Full text...
29 february 2024 - 19:29:38
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General said on Thursday he was “appalled by the tragic human toll of the [...] Full text...
29 february 2024 - 05:39:17
New York, US (PANA) - As the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) completes its withdrawal from [...] Full text...
28 february 2024 - 15:16:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - All parties to the Gaza conflict have been responsible for “clear violations of international humanitarian law [...] Full text...
27 february 2024 - 15:26:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN relief agencies operating in war-torn Gaza voiced deep frustration on Tuesday over continuing aid access [...] Full text...
27 february 2024 - 05:23:47
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Mondat appointed ITom Perriello as U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan.
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26 february 2024 - 17:10:06
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - It’s fitting that G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will meet this week at [...] Full text...
26 february 2024 - 14:13:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An all-out Israeli offensive on Rafah would spell the end for UN-led humanitarian relief to the [...] Full text...
24 february 2024 - 10:31:35
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian economy rebounded strongly from the pandemic, while inflationary pressures eased in 2023, with [...] Full text...
24 february 2024 - 10:28:50
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has slammed Sudanese Armed Forces’ (SAF) recent decision to prohibit cross border [...] Full text...
24 february 2024 - 10:27:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official on Friday made a strong call for accountability for serious [...] Full text...
24 february 2024 - 10:26:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The armed conflict in Sudan has resulted in thousands of civilians killed, millions displaced, property looted [...] Full text...
24 february 2024 - 10:25:41
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - UN agencies continue to sound the alarm over the escalating violence and worsening humanitarian needs [...] Full text...
24 february 2024 - 10:24:50
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - A record 52 States and three international organisations provided comments and presentations at public hearings this [...] Full text...
23 february 2024 - 09:35:08
Washington DC, USA (PANA) – The World Bank Group announced a $30 million grant to help ensure the continuity of [...] Full text...
23 february 2024 - 06:12:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea coupled with wider geopolitical and climate-related crises, are [...] Full text...
23 february 2024 - 05:47:32
New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency serving Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has reached breaking point due to Israeli calls [...] Full text...
22 february 2024 - 19:01:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The initiative launched last November by the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, has [...] Full text...
22 february 2024 - 06:03:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a collective appeal, heads of UN humanitarian entities and global NGOs implored world leaders to [...] Full text...
22 february 2024 - 05:50:48
New York, US (PANA) - The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on Wednesday [...] Full text...
21 february 2024 - 17:14:34
Bangui, CAR (PANA) – One hundred and fourteen million people are forcibly displaced from their homes across the world, with [...] Full text...
21 february 2024 - 15:05:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The acting Libyan Minister of the Interior in the government of national unity, General Imad Trabelsi, [...] Full text...
21 february 2024 - 08:04:49
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday imposed sanctions against six people involved in the bloody [...] Full text...
21 february 2024 - 07:15:46
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, is calling on all parties to the ongoing fighting in [...] Full text...
21 february 2024 - 06:50:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top relief official on Tuesday released $100 million from the Organisation’s core humanitarian emergency [...] Full text...
21 february 2024 - 06:42:42
New York, US (PANA) - In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), fighting between the M23 armed group [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 16:59:41
New York, US (PANA) - Amid reports of a renewed escalation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 15:48:56
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has endorsed the proposal to [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 14:58:28
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray is lagging behind in its efforts to recover from conflict, [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 14:47:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The humanitarian crisis in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached critical levels as [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 13:07:25
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - East, North and West Africa have led growth on the continent over the past year, according [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 12:09:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alleged rights violations against Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 05:46:24
New York, US (PANA) - Somalia remains resilient and strongly committed to state-building but more is needed to sustain the gains [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 05:39:14
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - An extension of Israel’s military operation in Rafah, where over a million internally displaced Palestinians have [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 05:25:50
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 25 million people are struggling with soaring rates of hunger and malnutrition as [...] Full text...
19 february 2024 - 14:31:25
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan’s leaders must carefully navigate the conclusion of the elections set for December, which [...] Full text...
19 february 2024 - 07:41:25
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - In an era of overlapping crises, fragility, conflict and violence remain among the greatest global [...] Full text...
19 february 2024 - 07:39:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Brazil has donated food assistance and water purifiers to support refugees and host communities residing [...] Full text...
19 february 2024 - 05:35:36
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Israel must end its brutal occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, [...] Full text...
19 february 2024 - 05:21:43
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa will account for eleven of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, the African Development [...] Full text...
17 february 2024 - 06:30:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Minister of State in the UK Cabinet Office, Baroness Lucy Neville-Rolfe, has announced that her country [...] Full text...
16 february 2024 - 20:47:40
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa will account for eleven of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, the African [...] Full text...
16 february 2024 - 15:54:33
Munich, Germany (PANA) - Global governance in its present form is entrenching divisions and fuelling discontent, UN Secretary-General António Guterres [...] Full text...
16 february 2024 - 11:44:43
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected participate in several committee meetings at the 37th Ordinary [...] Full text...
16 february 2024 - 10:19:18
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Immediate action to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...
16 february 2024 - 07:05:58
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan is leading a “renewed engagement” by the UN to try [...] Full text...
15 february 2024 - 19:05:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nearly 700,000 people have now fled from extreme violence in Sudan to eastern Chad, the Norwegian [...] Full text...
15 february 2024 - 18:55:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan authorities have issued an alert for the immediate vaccination of dogs for rabies after [...] Full text...
15 february 2024 - 11:45:36
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Despite economic hardships and the Israel-Hamas conflict, Egypt hosted 14.9 million tourists in 2023, exceeding its [...] Full text...
15 february 2024 - 07:21:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is cautioning the parties to the Israel-Palestine conflict, [...] Full text...
15 february 2024 - 05:26:12
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) are once again bearing [...] Full text...
14 february 2024 - 09:18:16
N'djamena, Chad (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), says nearly 700,000 people have now fled from extreme violence [...] Full text...
14 february 2024 - 05:47:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt as the war between rival militaries in Sudan spreads into [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 18:36:24
New York, US (PANA) - Countries must act now to break the deadly links between conflict, climate and food insecurity, [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 06:54:08
New York, US (PANA) - The head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) has stressed the need for countries to [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 06:36:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa and Ukraine have agreed to continue negotiations, President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 06:02:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The “unacceptable” telecommunications blackout in war-ravaged Sudan is affecting humanitarian response in the country, the UN’s [...] Full text...
11 february 2024 - 11:36:45
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - African Development Bank (AFDB) Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, [...] Full text...
10 february 2024 - 08:40:09
Washington, United States (PANA) - In the early 1970s, conflict in the Middle East set off a spike in oil [...] Full text...
10 february 2024 - 07:34:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The unprecedented population density in Rafah in southern Gaza makes it nearly impossible to protect civilians [...] Full text...