Drowning deaths decline globally but the most vulnerable remain at risk

13 december 2024 - 17:35:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first-ever report on drowning prevention, which reveals a [...] Full text...

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Talks begin in South Korea to clinch ‘essential’ deal on plastics pollution

25 november 2024 - 17:40:19
Busan, South Korea (PANA) - Talks began in Busan, South Korea, on Monday aiming to clinch a legally binding deal [...] Full text...

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Migrant shipwreck leaves 21 more missing off coast of Lampedusa

05 september 2024 - 05:24:46
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean left another 21 missing off the island of Lampedusa, between [...] Full text...

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Deadly Atlantic shipwreck shows victims’ desperation, says UN refugee agency

26 july 2024 - 14:50:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - News of another deadly shipwreck tragedy off the coast of Mauritania is a clear indication of [...] Full text...

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Trafficking victims need more support, says rights expert

28 june 2024 - 06:56:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Victims of people-trafficking need more countries to respect international law and protect them, but thousands continue [...] Full text...

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UN agencies mourn loss of nearly 50 migrants bound for Canary Islands

02 may 2024 - 05:49:48
New York, US (PANA) - The UN migration agency (IOM) and refugee agency UNHCR on Wednesday mourned yet another major [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war (Feature by UN News)

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...

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Gaza war: Israel continues to block aid into northern Gaza

02 april 2024 - 05:45:23
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Israeli forces are blocking aid deliveries into famine-stricken northern Gaza as the five-month-long war grinds on [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges global community to 'stand as one' to end plastic pollution

31 march 2024 - 13:56:15
New York, US  (PANA) - Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the global community to "stand as one" and work towards [...] Full text...

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IOM report: 1 in 3 migrant deaths occurs on the move

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...

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IOM: Last year was deadliest on record for migrants worldwide

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...

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UN chief calls for 'serious negotiation' between industrialised and emerging economies on debt

17 january 2024 - 13:45:42
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - Many of the world’s ills are the result of a disconnect between “the rich, the big and [...] Full text...

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LEAD: COP28 ends with call to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels; UN’s Guterres says phaseout is inevitable

13 december 2023 - 10:03:12
Duba, UAE (PANA) - Nations at COP28 in Dubai approved on Wednesday a roadmap for “transitioning away from fossil fuels” [...] Full text...

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Libya will be country most affected by Niamey's repeal of the law criminalizing migrant smuggling

28 november 2023 - 20:08:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan press agency warned on Tuesday of serious consequences of the decision by the President [...] Full text...

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Dead bodies from natural disasters, conflict do not generally pose health risks - Red Cross, WHO

15 september 2023 - 16:13:57
Geneva, Swtzerland (PANA) -  The World Health Organization (WHO) and two other sister organizations dismissed here Friday, amid devastating loss [...] Full text...

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How an ad-hoc team transformed emergency operations in Tanzania’s commercial capital (A World Bank Blog)

16 august 2023 - 10:20:33
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - It was early March of 2023 in Dar es Salaam, and the Tanzania Meteorological [...] Full text...

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UN celebrates Nelson Mandela, ‘a colossus of courage and conviction’

18 july 2023 - 19:16:53
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for action to build a better world in his message [...] Full text...

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Halfway to 2030, world ‘nowhere near’ reaching Global Goals, UN warns

18 july 2023 - 05:26:45
New York, US (PANA) - The world is “woefully off track” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the [...] Full text...

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World ‘wilfully ignoring’ child deaths during dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossings - UNICEF

15 july 2023 - 07:46:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During the first half of the year, 289 boys and girls died while crossing the Mediterranean [...] Full text...

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11 more bodies of migrants found off Garabolli, east of Tripoli

26 april 2023 - 13:51:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Eleven bodies of illegal migrants, including that of a child, were Tuesday recovered off the coast [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper criticises Algeria's actions that have prevented Morocco from participating in CHAN 2023

20 january 2023 - 17:09:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Algeria, by preventing a plane carrying the Moroccan football team to fly directly from Rabat to [...] Full text...

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Ghana announces suspension of external debt repayments

19 december 2022 - 11:16:51
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's finance ministry on Monday announced a suspension of all debt service payments under certain categories of [...] Full text...

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IMF reaches Staff-Level Agreement on $3 billion, three-year Extended Credit Facility with Ghana

13 december 2022 - 09:58:59
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Mr. Stéphane Roudet, Mission Chief for Ghana, has [...] Full text...

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Ghana's debt exchange programme encounters roadblock

07 december 2022 - 10:19:45
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The clock is ticking to the end of the year, a deadline set by the Ghanaian [...] Full text...

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Accelerated action needed to save 12,000 lives a day due to injury, violence

30 november 2022 - 06:56:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Each day, injuries and violence claim the lives of some 12,000 people around the world, according [...] Full text...

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Bodies of two flood victims found in southwest Libya

28 november 2022 - 13:20:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The bodies of two missing persons whose vehicle was submerged following heavy rains and floods in [...] Full text...

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COP27: 'Stand and deliver’, urges UN chief, as divides threaten conference negotiations ahead of deadline

18 november 2022 - 05:10:39
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) -  COP27 is scheduled to wrap up on Friday but countries remain divided on several significant issues including  ‘loss [...] Full text...

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COP27: Over 27 million children at risk from devastating record-setting floods: UNICEF

08 november 2022 - 16:20:25
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Overwhelming flooding has affected at least 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide, with the number [...] Full text...

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Millions at risk in flood-hit Nigeria; relief chief highlights hunger in Burkina Faso

22 october 2022 - 04:59:36
New York, US (PANA) - More than 2.8 million people have been impacted by Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade, [...] Full text...

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23 persons die on two sinking boats in Greece

08 october 2022 - 16:00:14
Athens, Greece (PANA) - At least 23 migrants died when two boats on which they were travelling sank in Greece, [...] Full text...

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WHO calls on global community to “do one thing” to save lives on World Drowning Prevention Day

25 july 2022 - 20:00:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday issued a call for people around the world to “do [...] Full text...

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Chairman of Libyan Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee deplores drowning of migrants off Libya

08 july 2022 - 16:02:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, Yousef Al-Agouri, has expressed his "deep [...] Full text...

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Libyan militia group threatens to sue Amnesty International for defamatory report

05 may 2022 - 12:51:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Stability Support Authority (SSA), a Libyan  state-funded security body, is threatening to sue human rights [...] Full text...

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CAF President sympathises with Sudan FA over death of 5 players of same club

06 march 2022 - 07:33:25
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe, has sent a condolence letter to Sudan FA and the families [...] Full text...

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Sudan cabinet sets up 'crisis cell' to address political challenges

19 october 2021 - 08:22:36
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudan Council of Ministers has set formed a joint "crisis cell" from all parties to [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Navy rescues 100 illegal migrants from West Africa

10 september 2021 - 18:15:43
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Navy on Friday rescued from drowning 100 illegal migrants whose boat was adrift 10 [...] Full text...

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Three men drown in Bagoé River of southern Mali

04 august 2021 - 16:41:52
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three young men drowned on Sunday while crossing the Bagoé River in the rural town  of [...] Full text...

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AU calls on member countries to speed up evacuation of citizens stranded in Libya

31 july 2021 - 17:19:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) has called on Member States to expedite the evacuation and return [...] Full text...

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Tunisian navy rescues 31 illegal migrants

11 july 2021 - 05:52:49
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units rescued 31 foreign illegal migrants, threatened with drowning, after their damaged boat was [...] Full text...

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Eleven migrants drown off Libyan coast, as total lives lost in 2021 top 600

03 may 2021 - 08:53:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Another 11 migrants drowned on Sunday off the coast of Libya, bringing the total number of [...] Full text...

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Search for drowned teenagers continue along Central Region coastlines in Ghana

13 march 2021 - 13:49:08
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The bodies of 13 out of an estimated 25 teenagers who got drowned along the coastal [...] Full text...

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103 migrants rescued and 2 bodies recovered off the Tunisian coast

22 february 2021 - 20:53:03
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian fishing boat assisted and rescued from drowning 103 illegal migrants who had left the [...] Full text...

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Tunisian Navy saves 19 illegal migrants from drowning

12 november 2020 - 15:59:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A unit of the Tunisian Navy has rescued 19 illegal Tunisian migrants from drowning, about 60 [...] Full text...

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46 Tunisian illegal migrants rescued in two operations

02 october 2020 - 18:24:23
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian Navy on Thursday rescued 30 Tunisian illegal migrants who were trying to [...] Full text...

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190 illegal migrants perish in September off Libyan coast - NGO report

29 september 2020 - 13:03:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -More than 190 illegal migrants perished in September off the Libyan coast, a non-governmental organisation monitoring migrant [...] Full text...

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37 Algerian illegal migrants rescued by Tunisian navy

18 september 2020 - 23:35:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Coastal guards of the Tunisian navy rescued 37 Algerians on board three wooden boats off the [...] Full text...

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Attempts at illegal migration foiled, 30 people arrested in Tunisia

11 june 2020 - 20:17:11
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Units of the Tunisian navy on Thursday foiled four attempts at illegal migration to Italy from [...] Full text...

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A dozen illegal migrants rescued by Tunisian Navy

12 february 2020 - 15:57:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Tunisian Navy patrol early Wednesday rescued 11 migrants whose boat broke down 70 km off [...] Full text...

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126 sub-Saharan migrants rescued by Libyan Navy

21 october 2019 - 14:03:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Navy announced on Monday that it rescued 126 illegal migrants on a rubber boat [...] Full text...

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Libyan conflict created migration crisis in Italy, says US president

18 october 2019 - 00:26:09
Tripoli Libya (PANA)  -  US President Donald Trump Thursday said at a news conference the Libyan conflict had caused an [...] Full text...

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Libyan coastguards rescue 80 illegal migrants off Zaouia port

17 october 2019 - 12:21:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan coastguards  on Wednesday rescued 80 illegal migrants on board an inflatable boat, 40 km off [...] Full text...

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3 drown while taking bath in major river in Western Rwanda

16 october 2019 - 16:36:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  At least three people were drowned while taking bath in Nyabarongo river in Western district of [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU extends Sophia mission to March 2020

30 september 2019 - 17:57:21
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European mission on Monday extended until 31 March, 2020, the surveillance operation Sophia on the [...] Full text...

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Dozens of migrants from Morocco enter Spanish enclave of Ceuta

31 august 2019 - 13:59:49
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) -  More than 150 sub-Saharan migrants managed to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco on [...] Full text...

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Top South African journalist dies tragically

27 august 2019 - 12:01:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in from around the world for leading South African journalist Ben [...] Full text...

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Libyan media highlight developments in Tripoli War, illegal immigration

27 july 2019 - 18:45:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The ongoing war in Tripoli continues to dominate the media in Libya with newspapers focusing on developments [...] Full text...

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Italian politician criticises his government's migration policy

27 july 2019 - 09:57:24
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The president of the Italian region of Tuscany, Enrico Rossi, has criticised the Italian government's policy [...] Full text...

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AI says latest Mediterranean drowning 'a new low for European leaders'

27 july 2019 - 08:16:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Human rights organisation Amnesty International (AI) says the latest Mediterranean drowning is a new low for [...] Full text...

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MSF justifies resumption of search and rescue operations in Central Mediterranean

23 july 2019 - 06:36:18
Paris, France (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has defended its decision to resume lifesaving search and rescue [...] Full text...

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MSF to resume search and rescue amid deteriorating conditions in Libya

22 july 2019 - 05:53:37
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says it is resuming lifesaving search and rescue operations in [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Non-competitive swimming on the agenda of FINA's international Day celebration

02 july 2019 - 21:32:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)   -   The Senegalese Swimming and Lifesaving Federation (FSNS) intends to focus on recreational swimming, mass practice, utilitarian [...] Full text...

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First-ever WHO global report on epilepsy highlights care gap in poorer countries

21 june 2019 - 04:31:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than seven in 10 people with epilepsy in developing countries are nt getting the low-cost care [...] Full text...

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Tropical Cyclone Idai displaces 1.5 million across Mozambique, Malawi

15 march 2019 - 20:51:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A major aid operation is under way in Mozambique and Malawi to help victims of Tropical [...] Full text...

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Inequality continues to drive rights violations, says UN rights chief

07 march 2019 - 06:06:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Inequality continues to drive rights violations everywhere, but some countries have made significant progress in tackling [...] Full text...

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IOM reports 30,000 irregular migration deaths, disappearances from 2014-2018

11 january 2019 - 15:20:11
Berlin, Germany (PANA) – At least 30,510 people died during irregular migration between 2014 and 2018, the International Organization [...] Full text...

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More than 30 Tunisian illegal migrants rescued off Tunisian coast

07 december 2018 - 20:38:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Navy units in the city of Nabeul, southeast of Tunis, have saved 31 people from [...] Full text...

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Medical charity forced to end operations of search and rescue vessel in Mediterranean

07 december 2018 - 03:50:38
Marseille, France (PANA) – Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and its partner SOS Mediterranee, have been forced to terminate [...] Full text...

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Ugandan cruise boat capsized amid 'wild partying': Museveni

25 november 2018 - 19:10:23
Kampala, Uganda  (PANA) - Revellers on board a privately-owned cruise boat which capsized in Mukono, near Kampala on Saturday, may [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian official confirms 86 killed in Lake Victoria ferry mishap

21 september 2018 - 10:28:09
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Rescuers have by early Friday retrieved 86 bodies from Lake Victoria, northwestern Tanzania, almost [...] Full text...

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Act now to save children from rise in climate-driven extreme weather – UNICEF

02 september 2018 - 06:40:41
New York, US (PANA) - Governments are being pressed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to act now to [...] Full text...

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Bahir visits bereaved families of boat incident

17 august 2018 - 20:23:44
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir on Friday flew to northern Sudan’s Nile State to condole families [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian rescue ship Aquarius returns to Mediterranean

02 august 2018 - 05:23:32
Marseille, France (PANA) - The rescue ship Aquarius, run in partnership between SOS Mediterranee and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a [...] Full text...

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Drowning skyrockets as European gov'ts block humanitarian assistance on Central Mediterranean - MSF

13 july 2018 - 09:55:39
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PANA) - Over 600 people attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean have drowned or are presumed drowned in [...] Full text...

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'At least 2.5 million migrants were smuggled in 2016' - UN report says

14 june 2018 - 05:53:03
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - According to the first ever Global Study on Smuggling of Migrants, released by the UN Office [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to ban disposal of plastic at sea

08 june 2018 - 10:58:11
Reduit, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius is finalising a regulation that will ban the disposal of all forms of plastic into [...] Full text...

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Despite drop in numbers, desperate migrants to Europe face greater perils - UNHCR

12 april 2018 - 06:49:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While the number of migrants and refugees reaching Europe declined last year, the dangers they faced [...] Full text...

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Rights group says EU gov'ts complicit in horrific abuse of refugees, migrants in Libya

12 december 2017 - 06:36:18
London, UK (PANA) - Human rights group, Amnesty International, says European governments are knowingly complicit in the torture and abuse [...] Full text...

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UN agency to fly 15,000 migrants home from Libya in wake of reported abuses

02 december 2017 - 12:52:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations migration agency plans to fly 15,000 more migrants home from detention centres in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria sets up panel on death of 26 women found dead in Mediterranean

18 november 2017 - 15:38:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – After ignoring news of the death of 26 teenage Nigerian migrant girls found dead in the [...] Full text...

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US: Ghana's President says world leaders must be courageous to undertake massive reforms of UN

21 september 2017 - 19:04:51
New York, US (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday called on world leaders to be courageous [...] Full text...

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US: UN Refugee Agency marks two-year anniversary of drowning of Syrian toddler

31 august 2017 - 19:52:36
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly two years after the lifeless body of three-year-old Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi was found [...] Full text...

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Yemen: Smugglers force migrants into the sea for second successive day - IOM

10 august 2017 - 12:07:28
Aden, Yeman (PANA) – For a second successive day, migrants have been forced by smugglers into the sea off the [...] Full text...

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Italy: Angry activists threaten to sink migrant traffickers’ ships

21 july 2017 - 06:11:56
Sicily, Italy (PANA) - As Italy becomes increasingly frustrated with the number of African migrants reaching its shores, activists are [...] Full text...

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France: Migration crisis dominates proceedings at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize award

28 june 2017 - 15:38:08
Paris, France (PANA) - Migration crisis took the centre stage at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize award ceremony on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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UK: Amnesty International slams European gov'ts for latest migrants drowning

26 march 2017 - 05:30:57
London, UK (PANA) - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has lashed out at European governments for last week's drowning of [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: WHO says polluted environment causes 1.7 million child deaths a year

06 march 2017 - 11:24:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of age are attributable to [...] Full text...

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UN: Refugees, migrants still face risks to reach Europe - UN agency

28 february 2017 - 07:32:00
New York, US (PANA) - Increased border restrictions and lack of accessible legal ways to reach Europe have caused refugees [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Govt launches nine-year basic education programme in Mauritius

13 february 2017 - 17:48:31
Beau-Bassin, Mauritius (PANA) – A National Water Safety Council will be set up in Mauritius with the aim to sensitise [...] Full text...

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UN: UNICEF report says 28 million children uprooted by conflicts

07 september 2016 - 14:20:49
New York, US (PANA) - Millions of children driven from their homes due to violence and conflict or in the [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO names Michael Bloomberg Global Ambassador on Non-Communicable Diseases

18 august 2016 - 15:10:24
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has named former New York Mayor and philanthropist, Michael Bloomberg, [...] Full text...

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UN: Functional govt. answer to Libya's humanitarian situation - UN envoy

07 june 2016 - 05:31:34
New York, US (PANA) - UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, [...] Full text...

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UN: UN urges safety measures for those fleeing conflict

19 february 2016 - 21:56:27
New York, US (PANA) - Two children have drowned every day on average since September 2015 as their families try [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: AU decides to hold emergency summit on migration

31 january 2016 - 15:14:32
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union leaders ended their 26th Ordinary Session here Sunday agreeing to hold an emergency [...] Full text...

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Malawi: IOM assists stranded Ethiopian migrants to return home from Malawi

06 november 2015 - 13:54:48
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Fifty Ethiopian irregular migrants who were stranded in Malawi returned home this week under the facilitation [...] Full text...

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UN: Dismantle safe havens for corruption proceeds, Buhari tells world leaders

29 september 2015 - 08:41:50
New York, UN (PANA) - Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has called on the international community to strengthen the mechanism aimed [...] Full text...

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US: 'Spreading anti-migrant sentiment endangers lives,' IOM chief warns world leaders

28 september 2015 - 17:12:57
New York , US (PANA) – At the opening of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, International [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: IOM, Libyan authorities rescue desperate migrants as deaths at sea soar

28 august 2015 - 13:13:11
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – After rescuing 100 migrants - nine of them women and two girls – the [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Seven school boys drown at sea in Kenya's coast

13 august 2015 - 17:33:57
Kwale, Kenya (PANA) - School authorities and government officials were late Thursday identifying bodies of seven pupils who drowned at [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: UNHCR explains growing number of refugees, migrants from Africa

01 july 2015 - 14:54:01
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The large majority of the 137,000 people who crossed the Mediterranean Sea into Europe during the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Security Council condemns violence against journalists, urges end to impunity

27 may 2015 - 20:20:26
New York, US (PANA) - Deeply concerned by the frequency of acts of violence in many parts of the world [...] Full text...

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UN: UN human rights chief says 'callous' EU politics on migrants costing lives

20 april 2015 - 21:52:33
New York, US (PANA) - Following the loss of some 700 lives after a boat carrying migrants capsized and sank [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Road accidents claimed 578 lives in 2014 in Senegal

02 march 2015 - 15:11:43
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A report from the Directorate of Civil Protection, published here Sunday, on the Word Civil Protection [...] Full text...

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Senegal: AI criticises Spain over drowning of 14 African migrants

06 february 2015 - 18:41:36
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) Friday said the Spanish authorities’ failure to properly investigate the drowning of 14 [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: 70 Ethiopian migrants die in tragic Yemeni shipwreck

08 december 2014 - 14:14:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia is mourning 70 migrants, who drowned after the boat in which they were traveling [...] Full text...

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Libya: 110 illegal migrants arrested in Tobruk

01 december 2014 - 14:27:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Some 110 illegal migrants of different nationalities were arrested on Sunday in the Libyan eastern city [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: New Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria force thousands to flee to Niger

28 november 2014 - 13:27:05
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The regular influx of Nigerian refugees and returning Niger nationals are placing a heavy [...] Full text...

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Libya: Italian navy rescues 691 illegal migrants off Libyan coast

23 november 2014 - 11:15:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan coast guards rescued 691 illegal migrants from drowning off the Libyan territorial waters over [...] Full text...

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UN: 'Over 370,000 people die from drowning every year'

17 november 2014 - 18:50:38
New York, US (PANA) - Over 372,000 people die from drowning each year, with those under five years at greatest [...] Full text...

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UN: UNHCR raises alarm on high casualties among migrants to Europe

03 october 2014 - 09:14:50
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has said new data on irregular crossings of the Mediterranean [...] Full text...

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Ghana: IMF talks, anger at assault of journalists, opposition politics played up by media

20 september 2014 - 06:35:40
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week fed on the commencement of talks between the International Monetary Fund [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: Dozens of illegal migrants rescued off Tunisian coast

09 august 2014 - 14:25:13
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian marine forces on Saturday rescued dozens of illegal migrants of different African nationalities on [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU condemns human traffickers

01 july 2014 - 20:14:08
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union on Tuesday condemned human traffickers whose activities continue to put the lives of [...] Full text...

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Ghana: One confirmed dead in Accra floods

06 june 2014 - 12:51:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - One person was confirmed dead on Friday after heavy rains caused havoc in the Ghanaian [...] Full text...

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UN: Officials urge Brazzaville to halt expulsion of DR Congo nationals

26 may 2014 - 22:11:45
New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials on Monday urged the Republic of the Congo to immediately stop expelling [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Controversial Iran flight, rumours of VAT on bank deposits reported in the media

26 april 2014 - 07:01:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A controversial flight by a Ghanaian delegation in a US registered plane leased by the company [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Bodies of nine holiday makers washed ashore

23 april 2014 - 22:18:59
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nine bodies have been washed ashore on two beaches around the Ghanaian capital, Accra, following the [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Rains wreak havoc on transport, homes and factories

14 april 2014 - 11:11:15
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanians were Monday assessing the damage caused by downpours over the weekend which have [...] Full text...

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Ghana: GMO controversy, resurgence of illegal mining played up in Ghana media

01 february 2014 - 07:05:38
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A raging controversy over Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the resurgence of illegal mining, called “galamsey” [...] Full text...

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UK diplomat says drowning kills more than Malaria

16 december 2013 - 17:45:38
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The British High Commissioner to The Gambia, George Sherriff, has said that an estimated 1.2 million [...] Full text...

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Afro-Arab Summit: Kenya sues for better job deals for Africans

19 november 2013 - 17:42:39
Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) - The poor treatment of migrant African workers in most Arab states was top on the [...] Full text...

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Africa mourns its drowned migrants

21 october 2013 - 12:14:55
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Touched by the drowning of African migrants off the coast of the southern Italian island [...] Full text...

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165 illegal African immigrants rescued off Libyan coast

17 june 2013 - 12:25:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 165 illegal immigrants from various African countries were on Sunday rescued by Libyan coast guards, [...] Full text...

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Airtel reconsiders its African market approach

14 february 2013 - 10:28:45
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Three years since Bharti Airtel, one of the world’s top telecommunications companies by subscribers, [...] Full text...

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Sudanese university closed as students protest fee increases

08 december 2012 - 19:22:21
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Authorities in Central Sudan have shut the main university there following students' protest over a hike [...] Full text...

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SA marks International Vulture Awareness Day

31 august 2012 - 12:38:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The Birds of Prey Programme (EWT-BoPP) of the Endangered Wildlife Trust, its partners and [...] Full text...

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47 bodies of suspected illegal migrants recovered from Lake Malawi

21 june 2012 - 18:41:36
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Three Malawians, believed to be part of an international ring of human traffickers, were arrested Thursday [...] Full text...

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Angolan family of 4 perish in fire disaster

23 january 2012 - 11:41:56
Luanda, Angola (PANA) ) – Four members of the same family died early Monday following a fire incident in their [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia rebuffs Amnesty’s call for Bush arrest as illegitimate

04 december 2011 - 10:50:36
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government does not take Amnesty International’s call to arrest former US President, George [...] Full text...

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375 houses collapse in Angola

27 september 2011 - 18:10:28
Dundo, Angola (PANA) - No fewer than 375 residential building collapsed between January and July this year, in the eastern [...] Full text...

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Tanzania mourns victims of capsized ferryboat

11 september 2011 - 10:52:19
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania Sunday commenced a three-day national mourning, following the drowning of 240 people after [...] Full text...

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187 killed in road accidents in Angola

04 july 2011 - 14:37:36
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - No fewer than 187 people have been killed in over 700 accidents since the beginning of [...] Full text...

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WHO Assembly adopts major global health priorities

24 may 2011 - 18:05:47
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Assembly on Tuesday wrapped up its annual policy session by [...] Full text...

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WHO Assembly adopts resolutions on child injury, NCDs

23 may 2011 - 18:40:25
New York, US (PANA) - Delegates at the 64th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday adopted resolutions on [...] Full text...

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UNHCR seeks better rescue mechanisms after Mediterranean drownings

11 may 2011 - 19:44:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN refugee agency Wednesday lamented the latest drowning deaths of people fleeing Libya by boat [...] Full text...

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Tragedies, crime, politics dominate Ghana newspaper headlines

30 april 2011 - 08:10:06
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A series of tragedies, heinous crimes and political manoeuvres dominated Ghanaian newspapers this week. “Holiday jam turns [...] Full text...

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Tragic incidents, politics feature in Ghana media

23 april 2011 - 07:39:53
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghanaian media this week featured a number of tragic incidents that drew the sympathy of [...] Full text...

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SA Minister seeks probe of cadet's death

17 march 2011 - 10:35:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele Thursday called on the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe faces flooding

19 january 2011 - 09:55:45
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Wednesday put its emergency services on alert to evacuate people threatened by flooding in low-lying [...] Full text...

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Accidents claim 10 lives in Angola last weekend

13 december 2010 - 15:55:45
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Ten people died while 15 were injured in 42 accidents across Angola over the weekend, the [...] Full text...

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Gambian govt. opens investigations into journalist’s drowning

07 december 2010 - 16:06:15
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has ordered the Major Crime Unit of the Gambian Police Force to [...] Full text...

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DEVELOPING STORY: Nigerian Presidency denies ex-militant leader's claims

05 october 2010 - 17:36:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Presidency Tuesday described as "outright l ie", a statement by incarcerated former leader of [...] Full text...

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14 deaths, 9 injuries in Angola accidents last weekend

29 june 2010 - 14:21:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- At least 14 persons died and nine were injured following 21 road accidents, fire and drowning [...] Full text...

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Torrential rains submerge parts of Lome

21 june 2010 - 16:17:00
Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The Torrential rains of early Sunday in Lome have led to a serious flooding in parts [...] Full text...

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Heavy rains kill one in Angola

23 march 2010 - 15:15:00
Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- One person died, several tree were uprooted, while some roads and houses were flooded following heavy [...] Full text...

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Japanese Crown Prince's visit, concerns over illegal mining highlighted by Ghana

13 march 2010 - 07:54:00
media Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The four-day visit to Ghana of the Japanese Crown Prince, his first to sub-Saharan Africa, [...] Full text...

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Four fishermen drown off Nouadhibou coast in Mauritania

22 january 2010 - 14:28:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- All four members of a group of Mauritanian and S enegalese fishermen drowned early Thursday off [...] Full text...

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Mugabe slams West for spoiling climate

17 december 2009 - 12:40:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, a traditional ferr y critic of the West, Wednesday took a sharp [...] Full text...

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Belgian marines rescue 38 shipwrecked Somalis in Gulf of Aden

16 september 2009 - 13:44:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- A frigate of the Belgian marines rescued 38 Somalis whose boat capsized in the Gulf of [...] Full text...

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