CAF Cup: Dakar's Jaraaf draw 0-0 with Orapa United of Botswana
16 december 2024 - 05:11:44Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese side Jaraaf de Dakar drew 0-0 with Orapa United of Botswana on matchday 3 of [...] Full text...
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International Rescue Committee: ten percent of people in dire food assistance, globally, reside in Sudan
13 december 2024 - 14:24:29Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international organization has released a shocking report, saying one in each ten people in [...] Full text...
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Gaza: No evacuation order given before hospital strike, says WHO
06 december 2024 - 18:03:50Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - One of the last partially functional health centres in besieged northern Gaza was hit several [...] Full text...
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Sudan: US condemns 'in the strongest terms' RSF's attacks on Zamzam IDP camp
06 december 2024 - 05:02:33Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has condemned “in the strongest terms” this week's attacks by Sudan's paramilitary [...] Full text...
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305 million people need lifesaving help next year, says UN’s top aid official
04 december 2024 - 05:27:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Multiple unending conflicts, climate change and a glaring disregard for long-established international humanitarian law are set [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN condemns shelling of IDPs Zamzam camp
04 december 2024 - 04:37:50Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has condemned deadly shelling on Zamzam camp, the largest site for internally [...] Full text...
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Droughts: The ‘slow onset, silent killer’
03 december 2024 - 15:22:03Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - Droughts across the world are intensifying and have become a “slow onset, silent killer” to [...] Full text...
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South Africa mulls bidding for 2036 Olympic Games
27 november 2024 - 09:57:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Sport, Arts and Culture Minister returned to South Africa on Wednesday after meeting with [...] Full text...
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Putin ramps up production of Russia's 8,370mph hypersonic missiles Story by Abul Taher
24 november 2024 - 07:41:31Moscow, Russia (PANA) - Vladimir Putin has ramped up production of a new hypersonic missile he fired against Ukraine last [...] Full text...
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Families want justice, ‘blood money’ for AU peacekeeper killings in Somalia
15 november 2024 - 17:06:17Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - As African Union forces fighting al-Shabab plan to withdraw this year, Somalis seek accountability for civilian [...] Full text...
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'Aid restrictions and dismantling UNRWA will compound Gazans’ suffering'
05 november 2024 - 05:12:49Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Aid entering Gaza reached a new low in October, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency [...] Full text...
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Gaza polio vaccine campaign under fire
04 november 2024 - 04:52:22Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Attacks on a clinic and UN staff member were reported during a resumed polio vaccine [...] Full text...
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Sudan trapped in ‘nightmare of violence’, UN chief tells Security Council
29 october 2024 - 10:02:58New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a [...] Full text...
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UN alarmed by Israeli strike in southern Lebanon that killed journalists
27 october 2024 - 20:13:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Top UN officials in Lebanon expressed alarm on Friday over an Israeli strike that hit an [...] Full text...
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UN alarmed by Israeli strike in southern Lebanon that killed journalists
26 october 2024 - 07:56:40New York, United States (PANA) - Top UN officials in Lebanon expressed alarm on Friday over an Israeli strike that [...] Full text...
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Israeli army ‘deliberately demolished’ watchtower, fence at UN peacekeeping site in southern Lebanon
21 october 2024 - 06:19:24Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said that an Israeli army bulldozer demolished an [...] Full text...
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Freedom of expression also under fire in Gaza war, rights expert says
19 october 2024 - 06:18:05New York, US (PANA) - No conflict in recent times has threatened freedom of expression so far beyond its borders [...] Full text...
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Mandela’s funeral dome to serve as temporary Parliament
18 october 2024 - 07:44:37Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Plans are underway to use the dome structure that was constructed for Nelson Mandela’s [...] Full text...
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Lebanon: Security Council offers ‘unanimous support’ to UNIFIL peacekeepers
15 october 2024 - 05:00:29New York, US (PANA) - The head of UN Peace Operations on Monday said ambassadors in the Security Council had [...] Full text...
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UN: Over 2 million babies born into Sudan's devastating conflict
14 october 2024 - 16:56:29Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – An international charity organisation catering for children has said over 2 million babies are estimated [...] Full text...
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Gaza School set for polio vaccine campaign hit in deadly strike, says UNRWA
14 october 2024 - 11:49:22Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - A second round of polio vaccinations for thousands of children began in central Gaza on [...] Full text...
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Six dead in South Africa's Eastern Cape mass shooting
08 october 2024 - 10:19:49Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A large contingent of police officers has been deployed to the Eastern Cape province [...] Full text...
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UN official reports on electoral progress, ongoing security challenges in Somalia
04 october 2024 - 05:06:53New York, US (PANA) - Authorities in Somalia remain focused on national priorities, and the battle against Al-Shabaab terrorists is [...] Full text...
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‘We have failed the people of Gaza,’ Guterres tells ministers
27 september 2024 - 06:29:54New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency that supports Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is the only “outpost of hope” left [...] Full text...
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Youth lead the way ahead of UN Summit of the Future
21 september 2024 - 05:29:42New York, US (PANA) - Young people took centre stage at UN Headquarters on Friday in the lead-up to the [...] Full text...
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UN chief condemns death of 6 UNRWA staff, 12 others in Israeli strike, calls for independent probe
13 september 2024 - 05:34:11New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Thursday described the continued lack of effective protection for civilians in [...] Full text...
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Investing in clean air can saves lives and combat climate change - Guterres
07 september 2024 - 14:35:20New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General is marking ‘Clean Air Day’ with a call for global investment in [...] Full text...
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At least 16 school children killed in dormitory fire in Central Kenya
06 september 2024 - 08:38:10Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 16 school children were killed after their school dormitory caught fire on Thursday night, [...] Full text...
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UN strongly condemns ‘tragic death’ of Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei
05 september 2024 - 20:28:45New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has mourned the loss of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Little Justice for Goma Massacre Victims
31 august 2024 - 07:53:41Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) authorities to expand their [...] Full text...
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West Bank crisis: UN chief calls for immediate halt to Israeli strikes
29 august 2024 - 13:01:37New York, US (PANA) - As the crisis in the West Bank continues to escalate alongside the ongoing war in [...] Full text...
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UN food agency halts operations in Gaza after team attacked
29 august 2024 - 06:09:44New York, US (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday a pause in the movement of its [...] Full text...
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World War III: You’re playing with fire – Russia sends strong message to US
28 august 2024 - 19:05:10Moscow, Russia (PANA) - Russia has warned the United States of America that permitting Ukraine to launch Western missile strikes [...] Full text...
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West Bank strikes: UN rights office condemns Israeli military escalation
28 august 2024 - 14:04:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid further raids, airstrikes and settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, [...] Full text...
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Many people killed in terrorist attack in north-central Burkina Faso
26 august 2024 - 11:14:07Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Many people, mainly civilians, were killed on Saturday in a terrorist attack in the town [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: First polio case confirmed in war-shattered enclave
23 august 2024 - 14:54:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A 10-month-old girl paralyzed by polio in Gaza has become the first confirmed case of the [...] Full text...
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Libyan Presidential Council fires Governor of Central Bank
19 august 2024 - 12:37:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Presidential Council has announced that it has "unanimously" decided to fire the Governor of [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Clean water crisis adds to new displacement misery, say aid teams
12 august 2024 - 15:58:00Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid further evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military in Gaza, UN humanitarians issued a fresh [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Thousands on the run again following new evacuation order
09 august 2024 - 07:12:37Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Thousands of people in Gaza have been fleeing west toward Al Mawasi after the Israel military [...] Full text...
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South African firefighters deployed to Canada
02 august 2024 - 09:40:55Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Environment Minister Dion George has saluted hundreds of South African firefighters who have departed [...] Full text...
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Benin prisoners penned into overcrowded, dirty cells - Rights group
01 august 2024 - 08:29:15Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Prisoners in Benin were subjected to filthy, overcrowded cells and denied clean water and medical treatment [...] Full text...
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Guinean ex-president, ministers found guilty for stadium mass killings
01 august 2024 - 05:21:00Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – A court in Guinea on Wednesday, 31 July, convicted the country's former self-declared president Moussa Dadis [...] Full text...
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Judgement in Conakry Stadium massacre trial due on 31 July
26 july 2024 - 11:46:12Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – A court in Guinea is scheduled to deliver a verdict, including on reparations claims, on 31 [...] Full text...
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Libya warns against foreign interference in Sudan crisis
26 july 2024 - 11:27:48Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The acting Minister of the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Al-Taher Al-Baour, has [...] Full text...
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Gaza city-bound UN aid convoy comes under Israeli fire, says UNRWA
22 july 2024 - 16:16:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN convoy has been hit by “heavy shooting” from Israeli forces at a checkpoint while [...] Full text...
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Kenya's Ruto names half-Cabinet amid continuing anti-govt protests
19 july 2024 - 17:58:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's embattled President William Ruto named a partial Cabinet on Friday, five weeks after anti-government protests [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: There is no alternative to UNRWA, UN chief declares
13 july 2024 - 05:27:03New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres, standing alongside top officials in New York on Friday, underscored the [...] Full text...
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South Africa's President Ramaphosa mourns death of five soldiers
10 july 2024 - 10:54:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Five South African Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers have died in two separate incidents over [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Another UN school suffers Israeli as war passes ninth month
08 july 2024 - 15:15:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The war in Gaza passed the nine-month mark on Sunday with humanitarians left assessing the damage [...] Full text...
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UN chief lauds ‘strong’ new recommendations to limit proliferation of light weapons
30 june 2024 - 06:33:00New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Saturday praised the adoption of a “strong outcome document” at the [...] Full text...
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Businesses resume in Kenyan capital after Tuesday's bloody violence
26 june 2024 - 16:26:04Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Businesses resumed on Wednesday in tense Nairobi after Tuesday's bloody violence in which protesters raided Parliament [...] Full text...
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Death toll in Kenya tax protests up to 13, according to medics
26 june 2024 - 11:46:56Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least 13 people were killed when police clashed with protesters who stormed Parliament against a [...] Full text...
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Kenya deploys military to deal with tax protests
25 june 2024 - 21:26:45Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has been deployed to respond to a national tax protest, which [...] Full text...
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Kenyan President vows 'full, expeditious' response to protests that claim at least five lives
25 june 2024 - 19:36:31Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President William Ruto on Tuesday vowed a “full, expeditious response” to Tuesday's protests in the [...] Full text...
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2nd Update: At least five killed in Kenya protests against tax hikes, military deployed
25 june 2024 - 18:04:37Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Police on Tuesday shot dead at least five people as protesters stormed Parliament in Nairobi against [...] Full text...
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Update: Kenya Gen Z protesters storm Parliament after tax hike bill passed
25 june 2024 - 16:34:11Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Protesters, mainly the youth, on Tuesday stormed Parliament and set a section of the House on [...] Full text...
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Kenya Gen Z protesters storm Parliament after bill passed
25 june 2024 - 15:39:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Youth protestors stormed Parliament on Tuesday after a heavy battle with the Police, shortly after the [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: President Traore gives details of rocket fire incident
20 june 2024 - 18:56:07Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, visited Télévision Nationale on Thursday to encourage [...] Full text...
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Libyan Prime Minister condoles Chadian President over victims of explosion at ammunition warehouse in N'Djamena
20 june 2024 - 18:46:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - During a telephone conversation with the Chadian President, Mahamat Idriss Déby, the Libyan Prime Minister of [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Laws of war likely 'consistently violated' in Israeli strikes on Gaza: UN rights office
19 june 2024 - 15:17:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN probe into the Israeli military’s bombing of Gaza has pointed to the laws of [...] Full text...
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Several people killed in fire at munitions depot in Chadian capital
19 june 2024 - 10:34:51Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A fire in an ammunition depot on Tuesday night in the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, has [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: ‘Nowhere is safe’ for civilians as war descends further into chaos
19 june 2024 - 06:45:01New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday focused on the worsening crisis in [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN rights chief slams ‘unconscionable death and suffering’
18 june 2024 - 15:06:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the war drags on in Gaza, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned [...] Full text...
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Guterres highlights ‘unique level of destruction’ in Gaza ahead of G7 summit
13 june 2024 - 06:18:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his solidarity with the people of Gaza and the global body’s [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Security Council adopts US resolution calling for ‘immediate, full and complete ceasefire’
11 june 2024 - 06:36:02New York, United States (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution aimed at reaching a comprehensive [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: UN health agency alerts over attack on key hospital
10 june 2024 - 12:38:22Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Further deadly violence in Sudan's besieged Al Fasher city has forced a major hospital to shut [...] Full text...
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Zambia fire hat-trick, beat Morocco in U-17 qualifier
09 june 2024 - 12:54:28Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia made a resounding statement in the first leg of the fourth and final round of [...] Full text...
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Amid Gaza war, children work so families can survive: ILO
08 june 2024 - 06:27:43Geneva, Switzerland {PANA) - Eight months to the day since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza, the UN labour agency, [...] Full text...
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War in Gaza: Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school
07 june 2024 - 07:30:13New York, United States (PANA) - Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight [...] Full text...
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War in Gaza: Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school
07 june 2024 - 06:22:04New York, United States (PANA) - Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight [...] Full text...
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Ongoing war destroying social fabric in Gaza, UN aid official says
04 june 2024 - 06:16:52New York, USA (PANA) - The narrowing space left for civilians in the Gaza Strip is becoming increasingly limited and [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Rafah aid situation increasingly desperate, UN teams warn
22 may 2024 - 16:13:01Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Hostilities across Gaza reportedly continued on Wednesday, fuelling already alarming aid access problems and dire food [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN agency reports fresh arson attempt at UNRWA’s East Jerusalem office
15 may 2024 - 05:25:03Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A fresh arson attempt was made late Monday on the headquarters of the UN agency for [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: We must prevent a large-scale offensive in Rafah, UN pleads
13 may 2024 - 06:15:31New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General and the human rights chief again reiterated on Sunday that a large-scale [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UNRWA staff ‘not going anywhere’ despite forced closure of East Jerusalem compound
11 may 2024 - 06:33:09Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Two arson attacks and growing protests forced UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA to temporarily close its [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: ‘Outrageous’ arson attack forces UNRWA to temporarily shutter East Jerusalem compound
10 may 2024 - 06:09:47Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The head of the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) has temporarily closed its headquarters in occupied [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Human Rights Watch flags 'ethnic cleansing' in Sudan's West Darfur
09 may 2024 - 09:48:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Attacks by Sudan's paramilitary the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias in El Geneina, the [...] Full text...
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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup brand launched in vibrant ceremony
05 may 2024 - 08:15:37Victoria, Seychelles (PANA) - The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2025 brand was revealed on Saturday at a vibrant, colourful [...] Full text...
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South African judge hits a nerve with race ruling
23 april 2024 - 08:34:12Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Pretoria judge has come under fire for highlighting the deep-seated racial divisions still [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN experts decry ‘systemic obliteration’ of education system
19 april 2024 - 05:25:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN independent human rights experts on Thursday raised alarm over the “systematic destruction” of the Palestinian [...] Full text...
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Kenya's highest ranking military officer, eight others killed in chopper crash
18 april 2024 - 21:03:22Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's topmost ranking officer, the Chief of Defense Forces General Francis Ogolla, and eight others were [...] Full text...
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Six detained for murder of South African football star
10 april 2024 - 09:54:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Six people have been arrested in connection with last week’s murder and hijacking of [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: ‘Systematic dismantling of healthcare must end’ says WHO
07 april 2024 - 06:14:50Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare has [...] Full text...
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Senegal celebrates 64th anniversary of independence
04 april 2024 - 13:39:36Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, Thursday presided over the flag-raising ceremony to mark [...] Full text...
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South African football star Luke Fleurs shot dead
04 april 2024 - 08:07:32Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Kaizer Chiefs football star Luke Fleurs was shot dead in a hijacking on the [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to end
29 march 2024 - 05:14:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’ after more than five months of Israeli bombardment, the head [...] Full text...
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UN's DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’
28 march 2024 - 05:28:11New York, US (PANA) - Insecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the [...] Full text...
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Two police officers killed in terrorist attack in central Mali
27 march 2024 - 16:16:51Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two police officers were killed and another wounded this Monday in a terrorist attack on a [...] Full text...
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UN leaders galvanise action for reparations for people of African descent
21 march 2024 - 18:35:42New York, US (PANA) - Reparatory justice must tackle the grave human rights violations deeply entrenched in the legacy of [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa reflects on apartheid-era Sharpeville massacre
21 march 2024 - 07:46:32Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa will address this year Human Rights commemoration which coincides with significant [...] Full text...
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Malian army neutralises 'several terrorists'
20 march 2024 - 17:01:35Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian army has neutralised several terrorists in Zouera, in the Goundam circle, in the Timbuktu [...] Full text...
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Fire injures 12 at Libyan electricity company warehouses in Tripoli
11 march 2024 - 12:42:32Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Twelve people were injured when fire broke out on Sunday evening at warehouses of the Libyan [...] Full text...
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Gaza war may fuel much wider Middle East crisis, warns UN rights chief
04 march 2024 - 16:57:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza continued in Egypt for a second day on Monday as [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN chief appalled by ‘tragic human toll’ of Gaza war
29 february 2024 - 19:29:38New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General said on Thursday he was “appalled by the tragic human toll of the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza
29 february 2024 - 05:51:16Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - No communications, no medicine and little hope. That’s what operating a hospital in a war zone [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Frustration mounts as UN convoy is blocked outside stricken hospital
27 february 2024 - 15:26:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN relief agencies operating in war-torn Gaza voiced deep frustration on Tuesday over continuing aid access [...] Full text...
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Fighting continues in DR Congo, says UN
27 february 2024 - 05:36:58New York, US (PANA) - Fighting between Government forces and the M23 rebel group has flared up again in eastern [...] Full text...
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UN committed to help Somalia deliver ‘for its people’
20 february 2024 - 05:46:24New York, US (PANA) - Somalia remains resilient and strongly committed to state-building but more is needed to sustain the gains [...] Full text...
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Fighting in DR Congo puts Goma at risk of lockdown, warns humanitarian charity
16 february 2024 - 10:19:18Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Immediate action to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Medical charity warns of 'potentially catastrophic consequences' of Israeli ground offensive in Rafah
13 february 2024 - 10:56:19Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Director-General of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Meinie Nicolai, is warning of the potentially catastrophic consequences [...] Full text...
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Isarel-Gaza crisis: UN health agency warns over continuing attacks on healthcare
09 february 2024 - 16:41:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The unrelenting war in Gaza hasn’t spared hospitals, their staff or the people sheltering there, the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gazans ‘have no homes – and they have no hope’: UN chief
09 february 2024 - 05:30:53New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday expressed deep concerns over the situation in Gaza, reiterating [...] Full text...
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UN force steps up patrols after weekend of bloodshed in Abyei
05 february 2024 - 18:17:23Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) has heightened ground and aerial patrols to [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Food convoy in Gaza hit by shelling - UN humanitarians
05 february 2024 - 12:32:46Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN humanitarians reported on Monday that a food convoy in Gaza had been hit by shelling [...] Full text...
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Peacekeepers injured in attack on UN helicopter in DR Congo
03 february 2024 - 05:57:13Goma, DR Congo (PANA) - Two South African peacekeepers were injured, one seriously, in an attack on a UN helicopter [...] Full text...
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Three killed, over 280 hospitalised after Nairobi gas plant explosion
02 february 2024 - 13:32:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least three people have been killed and up to 280 others hospitalised after an explosion [...] Full text...
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Peacekeepers and civilians killed during clashes in disputed Abyei region
29 january 2024 - 20:23:55Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Continuing intercommunal clashes in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan have left [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, warn UN humanitarians
29 january 2024 - 14:51:44Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Ongoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip have been “particularly intense” in the southern city of Khan [...] Full text...
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European Council greenlights new rules to reduce harmful emissions
29 january 2024 - 11:41:28Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday has adopted two regulations to phase down fluorinated gases (F-gases) and [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso gendarmerie says several terrorists neutralised in Sahel region
25 january 2024 - 13:23:58Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Gendarmerie detachment of Arbinda (Sahel) and the Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland [...] Full text...
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Gaza-Israel crisis: Top UN aid official calls for end to attacks on sites sheltering civilians
25 january 2024 - 11:44:03Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Attacks on buildings in Gaza where terrified civilians are sheltering are “abhorrent and must stop immediately”, [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: More than a dozen leading human rights groups call for halt to arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian armed groups
25 january 2024 - 08:29:51Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - More than a dozen leading humanitarian and human rights organisations have called on all States to [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Displacement misery continues for Gazans, UN humanitarians warn
24 january 2024 - 14:11:11New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council will hold a second day of debate on Wednesday in search [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Rejection of two-State solution by Israeli leadership 'unacceptable', says Guterres
23 january 2024 - 20:37:03New York, US (PANA) - Many of the world’s top diplomats are debating the deepening crisis in the Gaza Strip [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: 25,000 killed as humanitarian needs rise
22 january 2024 - 12:54:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “Intense” Israeli bombardment in Gaza continued on Monday along with rocket fire into Israel by Palestinian [...] Full text...
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Ten die in Abidjan road accident
19 january 2024 - 11:42:28Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 10 people have died and 10 others are injured in a road accident [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza aid obstacles continue to delay vital relief
18 january 2024 - 16:17:47Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Medicines for Israeli hostages were reportedly allowed into Gaza for the first time on Thursday along [...] Full text...
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WHO appeals for $1.5 billion to deliver healthcare in crises
16 january 2024 - 05:06:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday launched a $1.5 billion emergency appeal to provide care [...] Full text...
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Palestine-Gaza crisis: UN chief reiterates Gaza ceasefire call, condemns ‘collective punishment’ of Palestinians
15 january 2024 - 19:50:11New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasised the imperative of establishing “basic conditions” to facilitate safe [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza conflict: UN urges radical change to aid relief access in Gaza amid fresh famine fears
15 january 2024 - 13:33:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After more than 100 days of war in Gaza and no let-up in sight, senior UN [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: South Africa levels accusations of ‘genocidal conduct’ against Israel at world court
11 january 2024 - 17:14:27The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - South Africa addressed the UN's highest court on Thursday in a bid to end the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid mission denials are latest threat to Gaza’s hospitals: OCHA
10 january 2024 - 14:15:00Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to allow UN aid teams to deliver desperately needed humanitarian relief [...] Full text...
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Gaza crisis: another hospital facing dire shortages, warns WHO
08 january 2024 - 12:57:24Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - On day 93 of the war in Gaza, amid reports of relentless and heavy Israeli bombardment, [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza war: Crisis deepens as UN aid convoys face delays, obstacles
04 january 2024 - 16:53:49Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of continued Israeli airstrikes overnight in southern and central Gaza and more rocket fire [...] Full text...
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Three terrorists 'neutralised' in northern Mali
04 january 2024 - 13:46:19Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Armed Forces (FAMAs) neutralised three terrorists who were attempting to attack the town of [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Security Council meets over Red Sea attacks amid growing threat of spillover from Gaza war
04 january 2024 - 06:14:25New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday held its first open meeting on the continuing attacks [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Intense ground battles’ reported, hospital hit kills five
03 january 2024 - 14:03:14Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Continuing airstrikes were reported across Gaza on Wednesday with “intense ground battles” between Israeli forces and [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN Secretary-General ‘gravely concerned’ over further spillover of war in entire region
29 december 2023 - 20:23:36New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "gravely concerned" over further spillover of the Israel-Gaza war on [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN Security Council to meet on situation in Middle East
29 december 2023 - 17:11:10New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council is set to meet in New York on the situation in [...] Full text...
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2023 AFCON: Ghana reveal New Year plans for AFCON quest
26 december 2023 - 07:10:43Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Black Stars will kick off their TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cote d'Ivoire 2023 preparations [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Starvation must never be allowed to happen, says UN rights chief
22 december 2023 - 17:28:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the UN Security Council prepared to meet once again in New York on Friday for [...] Full text...
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US urges warring parties to cease spreading war to other areas in Sudan
17 december 2023 - 13:54:28Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States has warned the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against continuing their attack against [...] Full text...
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Over 700 a day dying from small arms fire; main ‘weapons of choice’ for criminals and terrorists
16 december 2023 - 07:18:25New York, US (PANA) - Amidst a multitude of global crises and escalating of armed conflicts, small arms and light [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens as fighting rages on across the Strip
11 december 2023 - 14:14:47Doha, Qatar (PANA) - UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths reiterated deep concerns for the people of Gaza on Monday. This is [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: US says both sides to conflict committed war crimes
06 december 2023 - 20:08:52Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US administration says the two parties to the conflict in Sudan have committed war crimes. It [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN chief calls on Israel to ‘spare civilians from more suffering’ in Gaza
05 december 2023 - 05:50:10New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has reiterated his call for a sustained humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza [...] Full text...
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2023 FIFA U-17 WC: Germany beat France 4-3 on penalties to lift Cup
02 december 2023 - 15:20:41Surakarta, Indonesia (PANA) - Germany have lifted the FIFA U-17 World Cup for the first time following a dramatic penalty [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso criticises UN rights officer for 'equating terrorists with subject of international law'
01 december 2023 - 13:15:45Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has protested against a statement issued by an official of the UN High [...] Full text...
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UN rights office 'appalled' by killing of dozens of civilians in northern Burkina Faso
28 november 2023 - 20:02:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, says it is appalled by the recent killing of dozens [...] Full text...
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2023 FIFA U-23 WC: Germany beat spirited USA in Bandung thriller
21 november 2023 - 10:56:29Bandung, Indonesia (PANA) - Bilal Yalcinkaya hit an 87th-minute winner as Germany beat USA 3-2 in a breathless Round of [...] Full text...
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Libyan army arrests smugglers, 120 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa
20 november 2023 - 11:58:30Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Several smugglers and 120 illegal migrants of African nationalities, lost in the middle of the Libyan [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Lawmakers debate whether to close Israel's embassy
16 november 2023 - 15:25:48Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for [...] Full text...
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2023 FIFA U-17 WC: Five-star Mali book Round of 16 place; Spain take top spot
16 november 2023 - 11:47:35Jakarta, Indonesia (PANA) - Mali recorded an emphatic 5-1 win over Canada to secure their Round of 16 spot in [...] Full text...
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2023 CAF WCL: Sundowns through to third successive CAF Women’s Champions League final
16 november 2023 - 07:20:38Korogho, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Mamelodi Sundowns will play their third consecutive CAF Women’s Champions League final following their dispatching [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: UN emergency relief chief unveils 10-point plan ‘to rein in the carnage’
15 november 2023 - 15:34:56Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN’s top emergency relief official unveiled a 10-point plan “to rein in the carnage” in [...] Full text...
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WB, Algeria collaborate to strengthen sustainability, climate resilience of forests
14 november 2023 - 09:40:30Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The World Bank and the Algerian government, through the General Directorate of Forests and the National [...] Full text...
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Gazans struggle for survival; north sealed off
08 november 2023 - 15:22:27Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians still in northern Gaza face unprecedented hardship after being isolated by [...] Full text...
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2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: Guinea captain, Keita, returns
08 november 2023 - 14:59:47Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea captain Naby Keita has been named in the country's 23-man squad for this month's 2026 [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ANC lauds Pretoria's decision to withdraw country's diplomats from Israel
07 november 2023 - 11:19:36Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Tuesday saluted the government on its [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Enough is enough’, say UN humanitarians
06 november 2023 - 15:08:14Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With the deepening Israel-Palestine crisis about to enter its second month, a dozen UN agencies have [...] Full text...
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Fire, explosion hit ammunition depot in Libyya, but no casualties reported
02 november 2023 - 18:02:33Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A fire following an explosion at an ammunition depot in a military headquarters in the town [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Malian armed forces, Islamist armed groups of killing, abusing civilians
02 november 2023 - 08:01:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Malian armed forces and Islamist armed groups have killed and otherwise abused numerous civilians in central [...] Full text...
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Israel-Palestine crisis: Rise in intimidation, settler violence in the West Bank, warns OCHA
01 november 2023 - 18:27:57Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - More than 820 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been displaced amid settler violence and [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Guterres blasts ‘completely inadequate’ levels of aid for Gaza civilians
01 november 2023 - 06:47:27New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Tuesday said levels of aid allowed into the stricken Gaza Strip [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Environmental degradation a serious challenge facing government now and when war is over (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
30 october 2023 - 19:51:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese environmentalists and poeliticians have warned that every possible ingredient for environmental catastrophe is now fermenting [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crsis: ‘History is judging us all,’ Guterres says in fresh appeal for Gaza aid access
28 october 2023 - 07:45:20New York, US (PANA) - With the humanitarian system in Gaza on the verge of "total collapse", UN Secretary-General António [...] Full text...
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FIFA chartsfootball path for girl-child in Botswana
24 october 2023 - 10:24:26Tsabong, Botswana (PANA) - Adorned in bright orange and white kit bustling with youthful energy and singing in bright high [...] Full text...
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UN peacekeepers in Mali withdraw from northern bases
23 october 2023 - 05:53:41New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) completed its accelerated withdrawal of [...] Full text...
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Peacekeepers in Mali begin withdrawing from restive Kidal region
17 october 2023 - 05:56:18New York, US (PANA) - UN peacekeepers from the Mali mission MINUSMA announced on Monday that they have begun withdrawing [...] Full text...
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Middle East on ‘verge of the abyss’ UN warns, as Israel-Hamas conflict deepens Gaza crisis
16 october 2023 - 06:58:44Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Sunday appealed to Hamas to immediately release all hostages and to Israel [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN agency urges Israel to protect all civilians sheltering in Gaza
15 october 2023 - 07:39:28Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) issued an urgent call on Saturday for Israeli Authorities to [...] Full text...
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Middle East crisis: UN engages parties ahead of Security Council meeting
08 october 2023 - 18:16:53New York, US (PANA) - Top UN officials engaged key actors amid the spiraling Israeli-Palestinian conflict while UN peacekeepers detected [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Epidemics hit Sudanese already exasperated by war (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
29 september 2023 - 10:00:47Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - While warplanes and mortars are hitting Khartoum inhabitants with fire from above, environmental degradation, brought by [...] Full text...
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Dead bodies from natural disasters, conflict do not generally pose health risks - Red Cross, WHO
15 september 2023 - 16:13:57Geneva, Swtzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and two other sister organizations dismissed here Friday, amid devastating loss [...] Full text...
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Friendlies: Algeria stun Senegal in Dakar, friendlies round-up
14 september 2023 - 14:29:59Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Algeria's victory over African champions, Senegal, is the highlight of friendlies as national teams were in [...] Full text...
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53 killed in the Burkina Faso army, ECOWAS condemns
06 september 2023 - 18:30:48Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the attack that left 53 [...] Full text...
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Fifty-three members of Burkina Faso's defence and security forces killed in attack
05 september 2023 - 17:46:57Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Fifty-three fighters, comprising 17 soldiers and 36 six Volunteers for the Defence of the Homeland [...] Full text...
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Death toll from Johannesburg fire rises to 77
05 september 2023 - 11:27:51Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The death toll following last week’s deadly blaze in the Johannesburg city centre has increased [...] Full text...
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UN ready to assist people affected by deadly blaze in South Africa - Guterres
01 september 2023 - 15:26:58New York, US (PAMA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined support for South Africa in the wake of the [...] Full text...
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South African officials 'sweep' Johannesburg fire disaster building
01 september 2023 - 12:33:41Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South African officials on Friday deployed police dogs to help "sweep the building" in Johannesburg [...] Full text...
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South African officials update death toll in devastating building fire
31 august 2023 - 17:04:33Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South African officials have given an update on fatalities in Thursday's devastating fire in a residential [...] Full text...
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South African President expresses 'deep sadness' at 'significant loss' in Johannesburg building fire
31 august 2023 - 13:02:27Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his deep sadness at the significant loss of [...] Full text...
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2ND LEAD: Death toll in Johannesburg building fire climbs to 73
31 august 2023 - 11:15:58Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The death toll in the fire disaster at a five-story building in Johannesburg’s central business district on [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Dozens of fatalities in Johannesburg fire
31 august 2023 - 07:54:38Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – At least 63 people have died and at least 43 others were injured after [...] Full text...
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BREAKING NEWS: More than 60 killed in Johannesburg fire
31 august 2023 - 07:48:07Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - At least 63 people have died in a fire at a five-storey block of flats [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM suspends Foreign Minister over Israel 'meeting'
28 august 2023 - 11:43:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Aldabaiba, has temporarily suspended Foreign Minister Najla El-Mangoush whose "meeting" with the [...] Full text...
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2023 WAC: South African Wayde van Niekerk eyes third global title
24 august 2023 - 07:32:02Budapest, Hungary (PANA) - South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk will have a shot at a third global title when he [...] 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 - 10:20:33Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - It was early March of 2023 in Dar es Salaam, and the Tanzania Meteorological [...] Full text...
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South African man accused of torching Parliament 'unfit to stand trial'
10 august 2023 - 12:40:28Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Western Cape High Court on Thursday heard that alleged arsonist Zandile Mafe is [...] Full text...
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Rights group reports new attacks in Sudan's Darfur region
04 august 2023 - 05:59:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Satellite data shows massive fire destruction in the town of Sirba in Sudan's West Darfur state, in [...] Full text...
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South Africa marks 30th anniversary of church massacre
26 july 2023 - 12:09:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa is marking the 30th anniversary of the St James Church Massacre which [...] Full text...
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Rights group asks Nigerian authorities to disclose identities of #EndSARS protesters due for mass burial
25 july 2023 - 07:38:01Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has asked the Nigerian authorities to urgently halt plans to carry [...] Full text...
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Rights group slams DRC militia for deadly raid on Ituri’s displaced camp
24 july 2023 - 06:46:18Goma, DRC (PANA) – Militia fighters killed at least 46 civilians, half of them children, and pillaged and burned a [...] Full text...
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Mali's transitional government promulgates new constitution
23 july 2023 - 13:45:40Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's transitional government on Saturday promulgated the country's new Constitution, which is seen as a key step [...] Full text...
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2023 FIFA WWC: Nigeria will be ‘on fire’, says skipper Onome Ebi
18 july 2023 - 13:40:55Brisbane, Australia (PANA) - With two days to go until the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off in Australia [...] Full text...
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Suspect accused of torching South Africa's Parliament confesses in court
13 july 2023 - 09:59:01Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The man accused of causing millions of dollars of damage by setting fire to [...] Full text...
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WAFU-B U-20 Cup: Burkina Faso reach Wafu-B U-20 semi-finals, Cote d'Ivoire redeem themselves
11 july 2023 - 18:52:46Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Burkina Faso became the first side to qualify for the semi-finals of the WAFU-B U-20 [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Human Rights Watch accuses RSF of abuses in Darfur
11 july 2023 - 06:41:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militias summarily executed at least 28 ethnic [...] Full text...
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Trucks torched on second anniversary of former South African Zuma's arrest
10 july 2023 - 10:07:06Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tensions are running high in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces after several trucks [...] Full text...
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Fears of Sudan slipping into civil war grow with new tribal killings (News analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent )
07 july 2023 - 06:34:11Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A bomb shell was thrown at the already boiling Sudanese war scene as a group of [...] Full text...
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‘Bold and resolute’ action needed to protect children affected by war, UN Security Council told
06 july 2023 - 06:44:41New York, US (PANA) - Last year, 27,180 grave violations were committed against children caught up in war – the [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Joy of Eid Al-Adha lost as fighting continues (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
28 june 2023 - 11:27:18Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - This day is supposed to be one of joy and happiness for the Muslim community in [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Sierra Leone Elections: One person 'critically wounded' at opposition party's headquarters
26 june 2023 - 12:29:00Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - One person has been "critically wounded" at the headquarters of Sierra Leone's opposition All People's [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: FM welcomes human rights reports, calls for wider condemnation
25 june 2023 - 15:51:41Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan on Sunday welcomed the statement issued by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemning [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UN rights commission raises alarm on killings of people fleeing into Chad
24 june 2023 - 16:21:08Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Commission has said it is raising alarm on the killings of people [...] Full text...
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World Bank approves funding to help Niger improve its education system
24 june 2023 - 08:05:28Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Friday approved US$230 million in additional financing [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Heavy fighting resumes after 72-hour ceasefire ends
21 june 2023 - 09:43:04Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Heavy fighting has resumed in Sudan's capital and Omdurman after a 72-hour ceasefire brokered by the [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: ICRC says violations of ceasefire hinder transfer of wounded soldiers for treatment
19 june 2023 - 20:03:55artoum, Sudan (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Sudan Armed Forces have entered into [...] Full text...
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Investigation underway into deaths of two people during Benin-Senegal match
19 june 2023 - 17:16:47Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin's Public Prosecutor has launched an investigation into the deaths of two people during last Saturday's [...] Full text...
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Trafficking in the Sahel: Smugglers ‘will take you anywhere’ (Feature by UN News)
18 june 2023 - 05:38:36Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Call a friend with a connection, get a passport in 24 hours, and hand over some [...] Full text...
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