Security and economic woes plague West Africa, as key elections loom
21 december 2024 - 07:39:24New York, US (PANA) - West Africa and the Sahel continue to grapple with a confluence of political, security and [...] Full text...
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Displaced women struggle to access land in Far North region of Cameroon
19 december 2024 - 10:18:19Douala, Cameroon (PANA) – A decade of violence in the Lake Chad basin has resulted in half a million displaced [...] Full text...
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Tropical Cyclone Chido: Mozambican government assesses damage
19 december 2024 - 06:36:32Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - An estimated 182,000 people across the northern provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa were affected [...] Full text...
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South Sudan electoral body settles for Dec 2026 election date
10 december 2024 - 21:29:23Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The South Sudanese electoral body has set December 2026 as the date for holding the [...] Full text...
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Takias: Community kitchens or the second half of the glass (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
06 december 2024 - 15:00:41Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - There is a filled half, to be considered, in the current Sudanese war, now over [...] Full text...
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Top UN official says ‘major milestone’ chalked in addressing internal displacement
05 december 2024 - 05:05:42New York, US (PANA) - There have been significant advances in addressing the worldwide internal displacement crisis, but urgent action [...] 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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US Envoy condemns reports of civilians being poisoned in Sudan’s war
12 november 2024 - 17:38:00Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The US Special Envoy to the Sudan, Tom Perriello, has condemned reports that civilians were [...] Full text...
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World Urban Forum focuses on housing, community support in war-torn cities
08 november 2024 - 07:22:40Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Delegates discussed a complicated urban development issue at the World Urban Forum on Tuesday: What is [...] Full text...
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Staggering 97 percent of Sudan’s internally displaced facing severe levels of hunger
18 october 2024 - 05:10:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A staggering 97 percent of Sudan’s internally displaced along with civilians who’ve remained, are facing severe [...] Full text...
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UN migration agency issues $18.5 million appeal to prepare for mpox ‘surge’
21 august 2024 - 13:12:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The spread of mpox across the Horn, eastern and southern Africa has increased the risk of [...] Full text...
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Cholera outbreak hits war victims in Sudan
18 august 2024 - 14:37:14Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A cholera outbreak has hit highly congested areas hosting people fleeing the fighting in Sudan with [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council: Africa deserves permanent seat at the table, says Guterres
13 august 2024 - 05:43:01New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for urgent reform of the Security Council, criticising [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s displaced millions face escalating hardship amid war and floods
10 august 2024 - 05:35:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of displaced people in Sudan, already suffering from the devastating impact of a nearly 16-month-long [...] Full text...
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UN rights office reports escalation in strikes on schools in Gaza
07 august 2024 - 05:47:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed horror at the escalating pattern of Israeli Defence [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State Blinken urges Sudan's military ruler to participate in ceasefire talks
06 august 2024 - 09:52:17Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken by phone with the Head of the [...] Full text...
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Sudan famine: Emergency response must include more than food, urges top UN aid official
06 august 2024 - 05:53:20Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The battle to prevent lives being lost in Sudan to famine must include a comprehensive [...] Full text...
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Famine now prevalent in parts of war-torn Sudan - Report
02 august 2024 - 05:35:15New York, US (PANA) - Famine is now prevalent in areas of war-torn Sudan and will continue through the next [...] Full text...
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War-weary Sudanese face new hardships as floods strike
31 july 2024 - 05:34:41Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Several thousand people, mostly internally displaced persons (IDPs), have been affected as heavy rains and [...] Full text...
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Sudan Crisis: WHO issues second Multi-country External Situation Report
17 july 2024 - 20:06:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since the start of the Sudan conflict in April 2023, over 10 million people have been [...] Full text...
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Record levels of displacement amid global conflict and natural disasters
22 june 2024 - 00:25:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There are twice as many internally displaced people todayas there were ten years ago - the [...] 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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Inter-Agency Standing Committee launches urgent appeal for aid as famine stalks millions in Sudan
31 may 2024 - 12:00:41New York, USA (PANA) - Time is running out for millions of people in Sudan who are at imminent risk [...] Full text...
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Conflicts drive new record of 75.9 million people living in internal displacement
14 may 2024 - 14:21:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflict and violence in Sudan, Palestine and elsewhere drove the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) [...] Full text...
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US condemns Rwanda, M23 rebels for bloody attack on IDP Camp in DRC
05 may 2024 - 05:53:55Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has strongly condemned the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) and rebel M23 for last [...] Full text...
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UN agencies warn of imminent starvation risk in Sudan’s Darfur region
03 may 2024 - 18:14:42Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - UN agencies issued a joint warning on Friday that time is running out to prevent [...] Full text...
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New World Bank initiative aims to strengthen access to basic services, build resilience for Sudanese communities
16 april 2024 - 09:49:38Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Committed to stay engaged in Sudan and support the wellbeing of the people, in an effort [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges Nigerian govt to urgently address abductions in schools, IDP camps
14 march 2024 - 06:47:06Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has urged the Nigerian government to urgently address the spate of [...] Full text...
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UN 'strongly' condemns Boko Haram’s abduction of over 200 IDPs In Nigeria's Borno State
07 march 2024 - 07:34:07Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations on Wednesday “strongly” condemned Boko Haram terrorists’ abduction of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia appeals for US$3.2 billion for humanitarian response
01 march 2024 - 23:46:09Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Aid agencies in Ethiopia have put up a joint appeal for US$3.2 billion required in [...] Full text...
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Displaced women and girls in cities: World Bank Blog (By Sandra Joireman, Swati Sachdeva and Victoria Stanley)
21 february 2024 - 17:14:34Bangui, CAR (PANA) – One hundred and fourteen million people are forcibly displaced from their homes across the world, with [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia's Tigray region lags behind in post-conflict recovery
20 february 2024 - 14:58:28Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray is lagging behind in its efforts to recover from conflict, [...] Full text...
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Massive displacement as fighting surges in eastern DR Congo
15 february 2024 - 05:26:12Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) are once again bearing [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Civilians suffer as ‘perfect storm’ of war, disease and displacement grips Sudan
14 february 2024 - 05:47:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt as the war between rival militaries in Sudan spreads into [...] Full text...
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How data can inform policy to address challenges faced by internally displaced people in CAR: World Bank Blog (By Harriet Kasidi Mugera, Gervais Chamberlin Yama and Jonathan Lain)
07 february 2024 - 14:00:19Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Decades of division and conflict have left the Central African Republic (CAR) with severe development challenges [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UN migration agency, rights experts spotlight deepening crisis
06 february 2024 - 05:47:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A staggering 25 million people need humanitarian assistance in Sudan, 14 million of them children. That’s the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘We cannot abandon the people of Gaza’: chiefs of UN agencies and NGOs unite in appeal for UNRWA
31 january 2024 - 12:19:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deadly clashes and shelling continued in Khan Younis in southern Gaza overnight into Wednesday as top [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UNICEF warns against 'triple threat stalking' children in Gaza
13 january 2024 - 08:01:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has warned against the “triple threat” of conflict, disease and malnutrition [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Nearly 600 attacks on healthcare in Gaza, West Bank since war began: WHO
06 january 2024 - 04:46:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hospitals and other vital medical infrastructure in Gaza and the West Bank have been attacked nearly [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso junta leader promises to continue fight against terrorism
01 january 2024 - 13:04:19Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's junta leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has pledged to continue the fight against terrorism [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid access to north now entirely blocked amid escalating bombing in south
04 december 2023 - 16:54:02Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Reports of hundreds of fatalities from bombing in southern Gaza over the weekend heightened deep concerns [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: ‘Six days of terror’ in West Darfur: Ethnically-based attacks on the rise
17 november 2023 - 20:33:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has voiced alarm over reports of another ethnically motivated mass [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Sudanese Army accuses rival paramilitary RSF of committing ethnic cleansing
11 november 2023 - 09:18:23Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Friday accused its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing war [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Raging war turning ‘homes into cemeteries’: UNHCR
08 november 2023 - 06:44:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The war between rival militaries in Sudan is growing in scope and brutality, having driven almost [...] Full text...
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Middle East crisis: Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza
13 october 2023 - 06:16:00Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN [...] Full text...
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Breath-taking Burundi: A land of promise (A World Bank blog by Victoria Kwakwa, Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa)
29 september 2023 - 10:54:41Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - As the plane descended towards Burundi on my recent trip, the vibrant hues of emerald-green hills [...] 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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Sudan crisis: IGAD leaders regret Sudanese govt's failure to participate in Addis summit
10 july 2023 - 16:31:17Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Summit meeting of the East African Development Block (IGAD) has expressed regret that the government [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian cholera outbreak claims 156 lives
22 june 2023 - 09:24:21Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A cholera outbreak in some 79 districts in Ethiopia has killed 156 people, mostly children [...] Full text...
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Cameroon to improve infrastructure, climate resilience in the Far North Region
21 june 2023 - 18:34:47Yaoundé, Cdiameroon (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a $330 million project to support Cameroon’s efforts to enhance connectivity [...] Full text...
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Government of Burkina Faso validates Presidential Initiative for Agricultural Production 2023-2024
01 june 2023 - 13:33:33Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The government of Burkina Faso Wednesday approved the Presidential Initiative for Agricultural Production 2023-2024, involving [...] Full text...
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More than 125,227 internally displaced people back to places of origin in Burkina Faso - PM
30 may 2023 - 14:36:18Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The security crisis in Burkina Faso since 2015 displaced thousands of people but as of [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso adopts plan to support populations vulnerable to food insecurity
18 may 2023 - 13:35:25Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government on Wednesday adopted a plan to support populations vulnerable to food insecurity [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Displacement doubles in one week, says IOM
09 may 2023 - 16:53:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of internally displaced (IDPs) in Sudan has more than doubled in just the last [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Keep Sudan borders open, UNHCR urges, amid alarming rise in child deaths
06 may 2023 - 06:36:59Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday urged States to keep borders open to people fleeing [...] Full text...
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Desperate situation facing millions displaced by armed violence in DR Congo
06 may 2023 - 06:35:22Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Recurring attacks by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) continue [...] Full text...
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Burundi requires US$ 194.2 million for 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan
03 april 2023 - 15:39:39Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi office of the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), on behalf of 72 [...] Full text...
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Libyan military leaders from east and west agree to unite and support elections in 2023
16 march 2023 - 14:03:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Joint Military Commission and a number of commanders of military and security units from [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State Blinken arrives in Ethiopia
15 march 2023 - 07:21:00Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Addis Ababa on Tuesday night for a [...] Full text...
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Sudan peace deal revisited to avoid spillover in the region (News analysis by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
19 february 2023 - 13:31:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese military leader, Lieutenant-General Abdul Fatah Al Burhan, has gone to Juba, the capital of South [...] Full text...
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AU leaders condemn armed attacks on UN peacekeepers in DRC
18 february 2023 - 11:49:31Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) meeting at the level [...] Full text...
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Fighting in Puntland, Somaliland leaves scores dead
17 february 2023 - 08:16:00Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Heavy fighting continued to be reported in Laas Caanood in the disputed Sool Region in South [...] Full text...
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Pope to hold open-air mass to wind up South Sudan visit
05 february 2023 - 05:34:30Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Pope Francis winds up his three-day visit to South Sudan on Sunday with an open-air [...] Full text...
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Conference calls for stronger political will to implement Sudan peace agreement
04 february 2023 - 15:36:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A weeklong conference seeking to act as impetus for the implementation of the Juba Peace Agreement [...] Full text...
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UN human rights expert confers with senior Sudanese official
02 february 2023 - 14:44:24Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The visiting United Nations Expert on Human Rights in the Sudan, Radhouane Nouicer, on Thursday called [...] Full text...
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Key Sudanese players fail to attend conference on implementation of Juba Peace Agreement
01 february 2023 - 16:49:39Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A conference on why the Juba Peace agreement signed between Sudanese has failed to find solutions [...] Full text...
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Escalating violence leaves hundreds dead, hundreds of thousands on the move in eastern DRC
24 january 2023 - 13:27:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has expressed deep concern at the escalation of brutal attacks on [...] Full text...
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EU helps WFP provide life-saving food assistance to displaced people in Niger
31 december 2022 - 09:56:35Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing life-saving food assistance to an increasing number [...] Full text...
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EU gives WFP 7.2 million Euro to help crisis-affected people in Burkina Faso
31 december 2022 - 09:46:28Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received 7.2 million Euro in funding from the [...] Full text...
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UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya calls on Govt to support vulnerable in Tawergha
30 december 2022 - 12:28:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya, Georgette Gagnon, has called on the [...] Full text...
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Terrorist' attack targets security infrastructure in northwest Burkina Faso
01 december 2022 - 13:34:15Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Unidentified armed individuals have attacked the gendarmerie and police stations in the town of Tougan, [...] Full text...
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Sudan hosts 48th IGAD Council of Ministers meeting
01 december 2022 - 13:00:31Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - East Africa's foreign ministers have concluded two days of deliberations in Khartoum focussing on security, economic [...] Full text...
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Numbers forced to flee passes 100 million; many displaced for decades: UNDP
30 november 2022 - 06:13:06New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarian aid alone cannot overcome record levels of internal displacement globally, the UN Development Programme [...] Full text...
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UN condemns deadly attack on IDP camp in Mali's Gao region
25 november 2022 - 11:33:57Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday condemned a deadly attack by suspected jihadists on Monday against [...] Full text...
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More than 4,000 children deprived of families placed in care centres in 2021 in Burkina Faso
20 november 2022 - 13:55:04Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Burkina Faso the number of children deprived of families placed in reception centres and [...] Full text...
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Former Kenyan President Kenyatta appalled by misery of DRC IDPs
16 november 2022 - 20:08:59Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta, who arrived Tuesday in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Mass displacements in eastern DR Congo threaten young lives: UNICEF
08 november 2022 - 04:39:56Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The lives of thousands of children in overcrowded, unsanitary camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in [...] Full text...
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WFP pledges humanitarian assistance to Burkina Faso
04 november 2022 - 18:53:10Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Prime Minister Appolinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela granted an audience on Friday to the Deputy [...] Full text...
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UNHCR welcomes Malian government's commitment to allow refugees to participate in upcoming elections
26 october 2022 - 21:09:21Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The resident representative of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Mali, Mohamed Askia [...] Full text...
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DRC: Over 23,000 people displaced by fighting in North Kivu
24 october 2022 - 18:50:11Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 23,000 people have been displaced by the latest round of violence between the [...] Full text...
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Number of IPDs due to terrorism rises sharply in Burkina Faso
19 october 2022 - 12:01:59Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The number of internally displaced persons in Burkina Faso due to terrorism has risen from [...] Full text...
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Mali's situation demands sustained international attention, senior UN official says
19 october 2022 - 05:02:17New York, US (PANA) - The situation in Mali continues to justify sustained international attention and engagement, the top UN [...] Full text...
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Mali: Armed groups complicate humanitarian access in the north-east
12 october 2022 - 16:22:16Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The activities of armed terrorist groups are further complicating humanitarian access in the Ménaka region [...] Full text...
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Restoring stability in West Darfur is prelude for full implementation of Juba Peace Agreement (A PANA News Analysis by Mohamed Osman)
09 october 2022 - 14:57:26Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The situation in Sudan's Darfur states -- West Darfur in particular -- was heading towards total [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Humanitarian organisations come to aid of population of Djibo (UN)
08 october 2022 - 16:17:51Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Faced with the "complex humanitarian situation in Djibo", humanitarian organizations are mobilizing to provide rapid [...] Full text...
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Half of Sudan’s most vulnerable children could die without aid - UNICEF
23 september 2022 - 13:49:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely [...] Full text...
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WFP welcomes Japanese support to provide emergency food for displaced families in Sudan
30 august 2022 - 10:38:28Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$4.5 million from the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria, Cameroon launch fresh partnership to repatriate refugees to Nigerian State
24 august 2022 - 16:31:09Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria and Cameroon have launched a fresh partnership for the repatriation of thousands of Internally Displaced Persons [...] Full text...
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US to provide Mali with 20.5 billion CFA francs for food security
04 august 2022 - 18:43:54Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide Mali with US$32 million or 20.5 [...] Full text...
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Japan partners with WFP to strengthen food security in Cameroon
09 july 2022 - 05:32:30Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$1.2 million contribution from the Government [...] Full text...
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UN plan calls for real progress towards ending internal displacement crisis
25 june 2022 - 09:29:05New York, US (PANA) - With record numbers of people uprooted within their homelands due to conflict, disasters, the climate [...] Full text...
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Japan hands over 120 tonnes of fish and food to Mali to combat food insecurity
21 june 2022 - 22:44:36Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japan has handed over to Mali, through the World Food Programme (WFP), a large quantity of [...] Full text...
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Najla al-Mangouch recalls responsibility to achieve stability in all countries on World Refugee Day
20 june 2022 - 16:24:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla al-Mangouch said on World Refugee Day that [...] Full text...
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Top UN envoy urges support for Mali reforms
14 june 2022 - 05:23:30New York, US (PANA) - Long-term uncertainty related to the length of the transition period in Mali has made it [...] Full text...
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UNHCR 'deeply concerned' by renewed violence displacing thousands in DRC's North Kivu
27 may 2022 - 13:14:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is deeply concerned about the urgent and large-scale needs of [...] Full text...
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Violence in Ethiopia's Benishangul Gumuz region hits humanitarian response
06 may 2022 - 16:19:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Metekel zone in Benishangul Gumuz regional state remains complex requiring an [...] Full text...
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168,000 Libyans internally displaced by violence, says UNHCR
03 may 2022 - 16:18:30Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 168,000 people remain internally displaced (IDPs) across Libya as a result of the [...] Full text...
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WFP provides emergency food assistance to displaced people in Gambia affected by Casamance conflict
28 april 2022 - 06:14:18Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday launched cash transfers to assist internally displaced [...] Full text...
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'This is the worst drought in forty years’: Millions of Ethiopians at risk from failed rains
26 april 2022 - 09:39:50Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, worsening the [...] Full text...
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UNHCR supports peaceful end to conflict between herders, farmers in South Sudan
20 april 2022 - 10:51:09Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Semi-nomadic cattle herders blamed for a spate of deadly clashes with settled farmers in South [...] Full text...
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More than 11,000 Libyan IDPs returned home between December 2021 and January 2022 - IOM
15 april 2022 - 13:21:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 11,661 IDPs in Libya returned to their homes between December 2021 and January [...] Full text...
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World Bank supports Ethiopians affected by conflict
13 april 2022 - 22:30:14Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a US$300 million International Development Association (IDA) grant for the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Senior US diplomats expected in Ethiopia for talks on humanitarian, security issues
13 april 2022 - 06:45:30Washington, US (PANA) - US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, David Satterfield and Deputy Special Envoy, Payton Knopf, [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Tigray region's humanitarian crisis persists despite ceasefire
08 april 2022 - 13:18:28Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The overall situation in northern Ethiopia remains fragile and unpredictable days after the government declared [...] Full text...
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UN humanitarian agency deeply concerned about security deterioration in DRC's Uturi province
29 march 2022 - 10:32:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Officials of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) have expressed deep concern [...] Full text...
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Growing risk of Somalia famine, as drought famine worsens (A UN feature)
29 march 2022 - 05:18:18Mogdishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Horn of Africa is experiencing the worst drought since 1981, and a shortfall in aid [...] Full text...
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UNHCR, partners rush aid to thousands in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Gombe
22 march 2022 - 12:00:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), alongside Mozambique’s government and humanitarian partners, is rushing to assist thousands [...] Full text...
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Lake Albert flooding wreaks ‘devastating’ economic effects on Ugandans
14 march 2022 - 05:38:05Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The flooding of Lake Albert, in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, has caused huge economic losses on [...] Full text...
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UNHCR seeks US$205 million for life-saving assistance to over 1.6 million people affected by Ethiopia conflict
04 march 2022 - 12:01:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is appealing for US$205 million to deliver life-saving assistance and [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso registers 1,741,655 IDPs as of 31 January 2022
03 march 2022 - 16:21:14Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has registered 1,741,655 internally displaced persons (IDPs) as of 31 January 2022, the [...] Full text...
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Nearly two million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Burundi
01 march 2022 - 14:12:43Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Tuesday projected that 1.8 million people in Burundi [...] Full text...
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UN pledges more support for internally displaced persons in DR Congo’s Ituri province
24 february 2022 - 05:07:56Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The United Nations will work together with the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...
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Security situation In Lake Chad region improving, says military Commander
21 february 2022 - 09:46:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Force Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Major General Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim, has called for a [...] Full text...
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Tigray military hostilities hampering aid distribution in northern Ethiopia
18 february 2022 - 19:59:50Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Increasing levels of military hostilities in Tigray region, which include an airstrike reported on Atsbi [...] Full text...
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Mali launches campaign to register internally-displaced persons
16 february 2022 - 13:10:02Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Ministry of Health and Social Development on Tuesday launched a registration campaign for internally [...] Full text...
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UN report paints bleak picture of food situation in Ethiopian regions formerly affected by conflict
10 february 2022 - 21:01:01Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The United Nations has warned that malnutrition rates among children and pregnant and lactating women in [...] Full text...
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UN rights office warns of risk of further attacks on displaced camps in DR Congo
09 february 2022 - 04:27:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must ensure civilian protection in the wake [...] Full text...
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Insecurity drives more Burkinabe into exile - UNHCR
04 february 2022 - 11:22:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Sahel region, already plagued by political instability, widespread violence, food shortages and disproportionately impacted by [...] Full text...
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Sudan: top military leaders move to Darfur to re-impose stability
03 february 2022 - 15:00:08Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Following weeks of unrest and inter-communal fighting in the Darfur region, the Khartoum government has massively [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: President Buhari predicts massive shift from insurgency to peace, stability in Nigeria's Northeast region
02 february 2022 - 14:02:58Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari pledged on Wednesday in Abuja that Nigerians in the North East region would in the [...] Full text...
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EU gives 4 million euros to Burundi for reintegration of former refugees
01 february 2022 - 12:38:08Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has given 4 million euros to support the local office of the [...] Full text...
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UNHCR says decade of Sahel conflict leaves 2.5 million people displaced
14 january 2022 - 12:48:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refuges (UNHCR), is calling for concerted international action to end armed [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council warned of 'endless cycle of instability' in Mali
12 january 2022 - 05:47:56New York, US (PANA) - A decade after civil conflict erupted in Mali, hopes for an early resolution to insurgency and strife have not materialised, the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: UNICEF outraged at airstrikes on IPD camps in Tigray
10 january 2022 - 09:23:12New York, US (PANA) - The UN children's fund, UNICEF, has expressed outrage at the recent airstrikes on camps for internally [...] Full text...
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Clashes in Cameroon’s Far North displace more than 100,000 people
20 december 2021 - 08:07:50Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Intercommunal clashes that erupted in Cameroon’s Far North region in the past two weeks have driven [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian workers continuing to deliver aid to troubled Ethiopian communities
10 december 2021 - 00:34:26Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN humanitarian workers are continuing to provide support to communities affected by the war [...] Full text...
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Displacements worsening humanitarian needs in Ethiopia
10 december 2021 - 00:17:07Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The situation in northern Ethiopia continues to be highly fluid and unpredictable, with ongoing fighting [...] Full text...
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Clashes displace thousands in Darfur; 6.2 million will need assistance next year
07 december 2021 - 18:05:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With escalating violence displacing thousands of people since November, the humanitarian situation in Sudan’s Darfur is getting worse and around 6.2 million people will [...] Full text...
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UNHCR appalled by series of appalling deadly attacks on displaced people in DR Congo
01 december 2021 - 06:05:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee Agency (UNHCR) is “appalled by a series of deadly attacks” on displaced people [...] Full text...
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Senior Libyan official stresses importance of IDP return in national reconciliation
15 november 2021 - 19:56:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah Al-Lafi, Monday welcomed the importance of a [...] Full text...
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UN says intense fighting in Northern Ethiopia halts humanitarian supplies
01 november 2021 - 21:24:42Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Fighting and hostilities in the northern Ethiopia towns of Dessie and Kombolcha in Amhara has [...] Full text...
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Japan gives CFAF 1 billion to finance food assistance programme for vulnerable populations in Mali
28 october 2021 - 20:35:04Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Japanese government, through its embassy in Mali, and the World Food Programme (WFP) Thursday signed [...] Full text...
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UN report highlights problems of internally displaced persons
30 september 2021 - 04:54:50New York, US (PANA) - Nationally-owned solutions must be found for more than 55 million people displaced within their own [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: IDPs in Borno State receive 1,000 housing units from Nigeria’s Northeast Development Commission
03 september 2021 - 23:01:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) has handed over 1,000 units of two-bedroom bungalows to Internally Displaced [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria begins implementation of new national policy on IDPs
03 september 2021 - 22:18:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Federal Government Friday announced the implementation of its new national policy on Internally Displaced [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approves national policy on IDPs
01 september 2021 - 20:29:03Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved a national policy on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in [...] Full text...
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‘Solutions must be found’ for millions displaced from Sudan and South Sudan: UNHCR chief
26 august 2021 - 05:11:52Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Finding solutions based on peace and development is crucial for the future of the nearly seven [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Eritrea rejects US' 'utterly baseless allegations' against its Defence Forces chief
24 august 2021 - 07:06:55Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) - Eritrea has rejected the "utterly baseless allegations" by the US in which it sanctions the Chief [...] Full text...
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Eritrean military chief lands on US blacklist over Tigray violence
23 august 2021 - 20:42:02Washington, US (PANA) - Eritrean military chief, Gen. Filipos Woldeyohannes, has been slammed with economic sanctions over the human rights [...] Full text...
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Somalia’s women, children to benefit from IDA financed healthcare services project
22 july 2021 - 13:38:45Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The World Bank on Thursday approved the Improving Healthcare Services in Somalia Project, known as ‘Damal [...] Full text...
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Nigeria's relief agency begins distribution of food items to 35,508 displaced persons in Northeast Nigeria
12 july 2021 - 18:20:37Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has kicked off the distribution of food items to [...] Full text...
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Libyan government focuses on social programmes for IDPs
07 july 2021 - 13:46:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- An expanded ministerial meeting of the Libyan government has stressed the need for social programmes for the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari orders rescue of 140 Bethel students as mass abduction of students undermines school enrolment
06 july 2021 - 23:05:31Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari Monday lamented the mass kidnapping of students by bandits in northwest region of [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Senate confirms General Yahaya as Army Chief
22 june 2021 - 19:00:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya as the Chief of [...] Full text...
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Mines kill 99 people in Libya between April 2020 and May 2021, says EU
22 june 2021 - 10:21:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 99 people died in mine explosions in Libya and 147 others were injured [...] Full text...
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UNHCR urges world leaders to act to reverse trend of soaring displacement
18 june 2021 - 06:05:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday urged world leaders to step up their [...] Full text...
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"I’ll fight terrorism to the end, return IDPs back to normal lives", says Buhari
17 june 2021 - 18:30:49Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, assured citizens of the Federal Government's [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspapers focus on resurgence of terrorist threats
13 june 2021 - 12:56:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers have questioned the significance of the resurgence of terrorist threat in the country after [...] Full text...
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Some 217,000 people displaced in Libya by conflict, says EU
11 june 2021 - 09:16:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 217,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in Libya, the European Union (EU) Mission [...] Full text...
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UNHCR condemns 'deadliest attack in Burkina Faso in years'
08 june 2021 - 10:30:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has strongly condemned the latest attack by armed groups that killed [...] Full text...
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ICC prosecutor warmly welcomed by marginalised IDPs in Darfur
01 june 2021 - 15:46:16Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)-In an unprecedented visit of its kind, the Prosecutor General of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda, [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 behind unprecedented changes in number of migrants across East and Horn of Africa - IOM Report
26 may 2021 - 12:56:48Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – At least 300,000 migrants across the East and Horn of Africa have been affected by COVID-19 in 2020, according to the International Organization [...] Full text...
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Mines killed 93 people between May 2020 and March 2021 in Libya
17 may 2021 - 10:32:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The explosion of mines and explosive remnants of war killed 93 people and injured 143 others [...] Full text...
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800,000 South Sudanese may face reduced access to fife-saving primary health care soon, IOM warns
04 may 2021 - 14:27:45Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warns that more than 800,000 people in South Sudan [...] Full text...
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IOM seeks $87 million to support equitable vaccine access, mitigate effects of COVID-19 in East and Horn of Africa
30 april 2021 - 15:37:01Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the lives of thousands of migrants, internally displaced persons (IDPs) [...] Full text...
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Climate change link to displacement of most vulnerable is clear: UNHCR
23 april 2021 - 05:24:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Weather-related crises have triggered more than twice as much displacement as conflict and violence in the [...] Full text...
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Violence victims in northern Mozambique offered assistance at new transit centre
09 april 2021 - 11:30:05Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) – Hundreds of people displaced by recent attacks in Palma, northern Mozambique, have found temporary shelter this week [...] Full text...
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IOM denounces reprehensible attacks on civilians in northern Mozambique
04 april 2021 - 09:42:26Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply concerned about reports of continuing violence in northern [...] Full text...
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Displacement in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado could reach one million, UN officials warn
23 march 2021 - 05:57:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Senior leaders with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Monday of the urgent need to [...] Full text...
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Japan grants 1.5 billion CFAF in food assistance to vulnerable people in Mali
12 march 2021 - 13:22:52Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japanese Ambassador to Mali, Daisuké Kuroki, and the World Food Programme (WFP) Resident Representative, Ms Sally [...] Full text...
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EU wants constructive dialogue with Ethiopian government - EC
11 march 2021 - 14:36:31Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union on Thursday urged all parties involved in the armed conflict in northern Ethiopia’s [...] Full text...
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5,000 Nigerian refugees return from Cameroon
10 march 2021 - 16:05:05Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – There was joy on Wednesday as 5,000 Nigerians who fled to Cameroon due to the Boko [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: UN migration agency says over 131,000 displaced in Tigray, Afar, Amhara regions
10 march 2021 - 05:57:37Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Over 131,000 people are displaced in 39 accessible locations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and neighbouring Afar [...] Full text...
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Over 278,000 Libyans internally displaced, says IOM
20 february 2021 - 11:58:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 278,177 Libyans have been internally displaced by violence and conflict, the International Organization [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso launches Humanitarian Response Plan for 2021
10 february 2021 - 17:10:05Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Tuesday launched a Humanitarian Response Plan for the year 2021 which needs [...] Full text...
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Tens of thousands of displaced live in appalling conditions in CAR - UNHCR
29 january 2021 - 14:00:25Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- As insecurity in the Central African Republic (CAR) has uprooted, in less than two months, more [...] Full text...
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UNHCR: Grim milestone as Sahel violence displaces two million inside their countries
24 january 2021 - 06:08:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for an end to the unrelenting violence in Africa’s [...] Full text...
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'More than 14 million acutely food insecure in the Sahel'
19 january 2021 - 11:05:32Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than 14 million people are acutely food insecure in the Sahel, twice as many [...] Full text...
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Food for Mozambicans struggling amidst violence and COVID-19, ‘will be compromised’ without more funding: WFP
08 january 2021 - 06:50:31Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Despite increased insecurity and limited funding, the UN food relief agency is continuing to supply food [...] Full text...
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UNHCR welcomes Chad's adoption of asylum law
24 december 2020 - 13:35:30Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Chadian National Assembly on Wednesday adopted the first law for the protection of refugees [...] Full text...
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UNHCR says new safety measures allow Malian refugees to return to camp in Burkina Faso
21 december 2020 - 12:47:05Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency - UNHCR - has helped 3,000 Malian refugees move back into [...] Full text...
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UNHCR condemns Boko Haram attack on Niger town hosting forcibly displaced people
15 december 2020 - 11:57:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, condemns an attack by armed assailants on Toumour, a town in [...] Full text...
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UN agencies mark end of yearlong aid deliveries in the line of fire
11 december 2020 - 12:00:03Mogadishu, Kenya (PANA) – The UN humanitarian response in Somalia was heavily affected by insecurity on the ground in Somalia [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges UN Security Council to extend mandate of peacekeeping force in Darfur
09 december 2020 - 07:52:01Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - With weeks left to the end of the mandate of the peacekeeping mission in Darfur [...] Full text...
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UNHCR assists more than 43,000 IDPs, host families in DRC's Grand Kasai
08 december 2020 - 18:01:57Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has finalised a distribution of cash assistance for more than [...] Full text...
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Violence, insecurity continue to plague South Sudan communities: UN
19 november 2020 - 05:40:42Juba, South Sudan - Over 1,000 people have been killed and more than 400 abducted in the past six months [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso registers 1,049,767 internally displaced persons as of November 10
18 november 2020 - 18:05:46Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso recorded 1,049,767 internally displaced persons (IDPs) as of November 10, an increase of [...] Full text...
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Civilians continue to flee insecurity in northern Mozambique
17 november 2020 - 13:40:07Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) - Tens of thousands of people are continuing to flee insecurity in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, challenging [...] Full text...
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Nigeria begins digital registration of IDPs
11 november 2020 - 18:48:42Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria is set to conduct the digital registration of about three million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) [...] Full text...
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Displaced persons want to return home: Deputy UN chief
11 november 2020 - 10:18:52Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, who is on a trip to West Africa and the Sahel [...] Full text...
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UNHCR assists displaced and flood-affected families in the Sahel
25 september 2020 - 12:38:37Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is stepping up efforts to help uprooted families [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UNHCR, WFP jointly tackle food rising needs in Libya
22 september 2020 - 12:58:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are expanding their [...] Full text...
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UN agencies support flood response in Sudan
02 september 2020 - 05:44:11Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN and its partners are supporting the Sudanese Government as it responds to recent severe [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Buhari delighted at deepening of Nigerian-Norwegian relations
28 august 2020 - 18:00:34Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday expressed delight at the progress made in Nigeria-Norwegian relations in [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: Military kills 8 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Kukawa community in Northeast region
20 august 2020 - 16:45:32Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Thursday said that it lost three soldiers while eight Boko Haram/Islamic [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso's Internally-Displaced Persons pass one-million-mark
18 august 2020 - 11:40:20Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As of 17 August, Burkina Faso had a total of 1,013,234 internally displaced persons (IDPs), [...] Full text...
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UN censures ‘heinous attacks’ in Lake Chad Basin
04 august 2020 - 20:19:16New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday strongly condemned “heinous attacks” against civilians in the Lake Chad [...] Full text...
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Heavy rains hit most part of Sudan leaving people without shelter
03 august 2020 - 20:46:54Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Heavy rains and flash floods have levelled hundreds of houses across the country, leaving many families [...] Full text...
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UNAMID condemns violent attacks on protesters, civilians and IDPs in Darfur
29 july 2020 - 14:42:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The African Union/United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has expressed deep concern over recent violence in [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Rights group says overcrowding among Somalia IDPs increases pandemic risk
21 july 2020 - 05:54:57Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Incessant fighting, recurrent droughts and floods, and the worst locust invasion in more than 25 years [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UNAMID deeply concerned about violent incidents in North Darfur
14 july 2020 - 20:53:17Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN peace-keeping mission in Darfur(UNAMID) said here Tuesday it was deeply concerned about the violent [...] Full text...
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EU funds 13 million euro natural disasters project linking IOM, Oxfam in Burundi
11 july 2020 - 15:29:15Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Oxfam have joined forces to launch a European Union (EU) [...] Full text...
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Nigerian Penticostal church says 8,370 of its members, eight pastors killed by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists
02 july 2020 - 17:57:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The EYN Church says it lost over 8,370 members to Boko Haram/Islamic State in West Africa [...] Full text...
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COVID-19: IOM appeals for US$ 37.8 million to continue lifesaving assistance to vulnerable people in Central Sahel region
23 june 2020 - 14:07:21Dakar, Senegal - A rise in violence and the multi-layered humanitarian crisis in the Central Sahel region have resulted in [...] Full text...
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UNAMID calls for calm following clash in IDPs camp in Darfur
12 june 2020 - 13:08:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) has called for calm in South [...] Full text...
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GNA splashes $70 million on families of victims of the Libyan war
11 june 2020 - 17:49:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: AfDB’s intervention helps to curb COVID-19 in vulnerable communities
11 june 2020 - 17:03:36Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - With 2.6 million internally-displaced persons in Somalia, the outbreak of COVID-19 poses an additional challenge [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses soldiers in Sahel of killing people under guise of anti-terror operations
10 june 2020 - 05:58:40Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Human rights advocate Amnesty International is accusing soldiers in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso of rampaging [...] Full text...
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Red Cross worker killed in attack on humanitarian convoy in north-central Burkina Faso
01 june 2020 - 14:58:35Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least ten people including five Burkinabe gendarmes were killed on Saturday in an attack [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso crisis, coronavirus concerns highlight pressure on Sahel food security
03 april 2020 - 06:10:04Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Food insecurity levels in the Sahel region are “spiralling out of control”, the World Food [...] Full text...
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