12 november 2024 - 17:38:00
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The US Special Envoy to the Sudan, Tom Perriello, has condemned reports that civilians were [...] Full text...
08 november 2024 - 07:22:40
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Delegates discussed a complicated urban development issue at the World Urban Forum on Tuesday: What is [...] Full text...
18 october 2024 - 05:10:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A staggering 97 percent of Sudan’s internally displaced along with civilians who’ve remained, are facing severe [...] Full text...
21 august 2024 - 13:12:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The spread of mpox across the Horn, eastern and southern Africa has increased the risk of [...] Full text...
18 august 2024 - 14:37:14
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A cholera outbreak has hit highly congested areas hosting people fleeing the fighting in Sudan with [...] Full text...
13 august 2024 - 05:43:01
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for urgent reform of the Security Council, criticising [...] Full text...
10 august 2024 - 05:35:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of displaced people in Sudan, already suffering from the devastating impact of a nearly 16-month-long [...] Full text...
07 august 2024 - 05:47:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed horror at the escalating pattern of Israeli Defence [...] Full text...
06 august 2024 - 05:53:20
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The battle to prevent lives being lost in Sudan to famine must include a comprehensive [...] Full text...
02 august 2024 - 05:35:15
New York, US (PANA) - Famine is now prevalent in areas of war-torn Sudan and will continue through the next [...] Full text...
31 july 2024 - 05:34:41
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Several thousand people, mostly internally displaced persons (IDPs), have been affected as heavy rains and [...] Full text...
17 july 2024 - 20:06:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since the start of the Sudan conflict in April 2023, over 10 million people have been [...] Full text...
22 june 2024 - 00:25:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There are twice as many internally displaced people todayas there were ten years ago - the [...] Full text...
14 may 2024 - 14:21:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflict and violence in Sudan, Palestine and elsewhere drove the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) [...] Full text...
05 may 2024 - 05:53:55
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has strongly condemned the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) and rebel M23 for last [...] Full text...
16 april 2024 - 09:49:38
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Committed to stay engaged in Sudan and support the wellbeing of the people, in an effort [...] Full text...
14 march 2024 - 06:47:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has urged the Nigerian government to urgently address the spate of [...] Full text...
07 march 2024 - 07:34:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations on Wednesday “strongly” condemned Boko Haram terrorists’ abduction of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 23:46:09
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Aid agencies in Ethiopia have put up a joint appeal for US$3.2 billion required in [...] Full text...
21 february 2024 - 17:14:34
Bangui, CAR (PANA) – One hundred and fourteen million people are forcibly displaced from their homes across the world, with [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 14:58:28
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray is lagging behind in its efforts to recover from conflict, [...] Full text...
15 february 2024 - 05:26:12
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) are once again bearing [...] Full text...
14 february 2024 - 05:47:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt as the war between rival militaries in Sudan spreads into [...] Full text...
07 february 2024 - 14:00:19
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Decades of division and conflict have left the Central African Republic (CAR) with severe development challenges [...] Full text...
06 february 2024 - 05:47:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A staggering 25 million people need humanitarian assistance in Sudan, 14 million of them children.
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31 january 2024 - 12:19:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deadly clashes and shelling continued in Khan Younis in southern Gaza overnight into Wednesday as top [...] Full text...
13 january 2024 - 08:01:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has warned against the “triple threat” of conflict, disease and malnutrition [...] Full text...
06 january 2024 - 04:46:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hospitals and other vital medical infrastructure in Gaza and the West Bank have been attacked nearly [...] Full text...
01 january 2024 - 13:04:19
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's junta leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has pledged to continue the fight against terrorism [...] Full text...
04 december 2023 - 16:54:02
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Reports of hundreds of fatalities from bombing in southern Gaza over the weekend heightened deep concerns [...] Full text...
17 november 2023 - 20:33:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has voiced alarm over reports of another ethnically motivated mass [...] Full text...
11 november 2023 - 09:18:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Friday accused its rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing war [...] Full text...
08 november 2023 - 06:44:12
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The war between rival militaries in Sudan is growing in scope and brutality, having driven almost [...] Full text...
13 october 2023 - 06:16:00
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN [...] Full text...
29 september 2023 - 10:54:41
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - As the plane descended towards Burundi on my recent trip, the vibrant hues of emerald-green hills [...] Full text...
04 august 2023 - 05:59:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Satellite data shows massive fire destruction in the town of Sirba in Sudan's West Darfur state, in [...] Full text...
10 july 2023 - 16:31:17
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Summit meeting of the East African Development Block (IGAD) has expressed regret that the government [...] Full text...
22 june 2023 - 09:24:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A cholera outbreak in some 79 districts in Ethiopia has killed 156 people, mostly children [...] Full text...
21 june 2023 - 18:34:47
Yaoundé, Cdiameroon (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a $330 million project to support Cameroon’s efforts to enhance connectivity [...] Full text...
01 june 2023 - 13:33:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The government of Burkina Faso Wednesday approved the Presidential Initiative for Agricultural Production 2023-2024, involving [...] Full text...
30 may 2023 - 14:36:18
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The security crisis in Burkina Faso since 2015 displaced thousands of people but as of [...] Full text...
18 may 2023 - 13:35:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government on Wednesday adopted a plan to support populations vulnerable to food insecurity [...] Full text...
09 may 2023 - 16:53:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of internally displaced (IDPs) in Sudan has more than doubled in just the last [...] Full text...
06 may 2023 - 06:36:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday urged States to keep borders open to people fleeing [...] Full text...
06 may 2023 - 06:35:22
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Recurring attacks by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) continue [...] Full text...
03 april 2023 - 15:39:39
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi office of the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), on behalf of 72 [...] Full text...
16 march 2023 - 14:03:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Joint Military Commission and a number of commanders of military and security units from [...] Full text...
15 march 2023 - 07:21:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Addis Ababa on Tuesday night for a [...] Full text...
19 february 2023 - 13:31:12
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese military leader, Lieutenant-General Abdul Fatah Al Burhan, has gone to Juba, the capital of South [...] Full text...
18 february 2023 - 11:49:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) meeting at the level [...] Full text...
17 february 2023 - 08:16:00
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Heavy fighting continued to be reported in Laas Caanood in the disputed Sool Region in South [...] Full text...
05 february 2023 - 05:34:30
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Pope Francis winds up his three-day visit to South Sudan on Sunday with an open-air [...] Full text...
04 february 2023 - 15:36:32
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A weeklong conference seeking to act as impetus for the implementation of the Juba Peace Agreement [...] Full text...
02 february 2023 - 14:44:24
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The visiting United Nations Expert on Human Rights in the Sudan, Radhouane Nouicer, on Thursday called [...] Full text...
01 february 2023 - 16:49:39
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A conference on why the Juba Peace agreement signed between Sudanese has failed to find solutions [...] Full text...
24 january 2023 - 13:27:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has expressed deep concern at the escalation of brutal attacks on [...] Full text...
31 december 2022 - 09:56:35
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing life-saving food assistance to an increasing number [...] Full text...
31 december 2022 - 09:46:28
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received 7.2 million Euro in funding from the [...] Full text...
30 december 2022 - 12:28:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya, Georgette Gagnon, has called on the [...] Full text...
01 december 2022 - 13:34:15
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Unidentified armed individuals have attacked the gendarmerie and police stations in the town of Tougan, [...] Full text...
01 december 2022 - 13:00:31
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - East Africa's foreign ministers have concluded two days of deliberations in Khartoum focussing on security, economic [...] Full text...
30 november 2022 - 06:13:06
New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarian aid alone cannot overcome record levels of internal displacement globally, the UN Development Programme [...] Full text...
25 november 2022 - 11:33:57
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday condemned a deadly attack by suspected jihadists on Monday against [...] Full text...
20 november 2022 - 13:55:04
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Burkina Faso the number of children deprived of families placed in reception centres and [...] Full text...
16 november 2022 - 20:08:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta, who arrived Tuesday in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
08 november 2022 - 04:39:56
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The lives of thousands of children in overcrowded, unsanitary camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in [...] Full text...
04 november 2022 - 18:53:10
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Prime Minister Appolinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela granted an audience on Friday to the Deputy [...] Full text...
26 october 2022 - 21:09:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The resident representative of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Mali, Mohamed Askia [...] Full text...
24 october 2022 - 18:50:11
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 23,000 people have been displaced by the latest round of violence between the [...] Full text...
19 october 2022 - 12:01:59
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The number of internally displaced persons in Burkina Faso due to terrorism has risen from [...] Full text...
19 october 2022 - 05:02:17
New York, US (PANA) - The situation in Mali continues to justify sustained international attention and engagement, the top UN [...] Full text...
12 october 2022 - 16:22:16
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The activities of armed terrorist groups are further complicating humanitarian access in the Ménaka region [...] Full text...
09 october 2022 - 14:57:26
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The situation in Sudan's Darfur states -- West Darfur in particular -- was heading towards total [...] Full text...
08 october 2022 - 16:17:51
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Faced with the "complex humanitarian situation in Djibo", humanitarian organizations are mobilizing to provide rapid [...] Full text...
23 september 2022 - 13:49:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely [...] Full text...
30 august 2022 - 10:38:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$4.5 million from the [...] Full text...
24 august 2022 - 16:31:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria and Cameroon have launched a fresh partnership for the repatriation of thousands of Internally Displaced Persons [...] Full text...
04 august 2022 - 18:43:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide Mali with US$32 million or 20.5 [...] Full text...
09 july 2022 - 05:32:30
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$1.2 million contribution from the Government [...] Full text...
25 june 2022 - 09:29:05
New York, US (PANA) - With record numbers of people uprooted within their homelands due to conflict, disasters, the climate [...] Full text...
21 june 2022 - 22:44:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japan has handed over to Mali, through the World Food Programme (WFP), a large quantity of [...] Full text...
20 june 2022 - 16:24:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla al-Mangouch said on World Refugee Day that [...] Full text...
14 june 2022 - 05:23:30
New York, US (PANA) - Long-term uncertainty related to the length of the transition period in Mali has made it [...] Full text...
27 may 2022 - 13:14:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is deeply concerned about the urgent and large-scale needs of [...] Full text...
06 may 2022 - 16:19:37
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Metekel zone in Benishangul Gumuz regional state remains complex requiring an [...] Full text...
03 may 2022 - 16:18:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 168,000 people remain internally displaced (IDPs) across Libya as a result of the [...] Full text...
28 april 2022 - 06:14:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday launched cash transfers to assist internally displaced [...] Full text...
26 april 2022 - 09:39:50
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, worsening the [...] Full text...
20 april 2022 - 10:51:09
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Semi-nomadic cattle herders blamed for a spate of deadly clashes with settled farmers in South [...] Full text...
15 april 2022 - 13:21:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 11,661 IDPs in Libya returned to their homes between December 2021 and January [...] Full text...
13 april 2022 - 22:30:14
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a US$300 million International Development Association (IDA) grant for the [...] Full text...
13 april 2022 - 06:45:30
Washington, US (PANA) - US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, David Satterfield and Deputy Special Envoy, Payton Knopf, [...] Full text...
08 april 2022 - 13:18:28
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The overall situation in northern Ethiopia remains fragile and unpredictable days after the government declared [...] Full text...
29 march 2022 - 10:32:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Officials of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) have expressed deep concern [...] Full text...
29 march 2022 - 05:18:18
Mogdishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Horn of Africa is experiencing the worst drought since 1981, and a shortfall in aid [...] Full text...
22 march 2022 - 12:00:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), alongside Mozambique’s government and humanitarian partners, is rushing to assist thousands [...] Full text...
14 march 2022 - 05:38:05
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The flooding of Lake Albert, in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, has caused huge economic losses on [...] Full text...
04 march 2022 - 12:01:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is appealing for US$205 million to deliver life-saving assistance and [...] Full text...
03 march 2022 - 16:21:14
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has registered 1,741,655 internally displaced persons (IDPs) as of 31 January 2022, the [...] Full text...
01 march 2022 - 14:12:43
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Tuesday projected that 1.8 million people in Burundi [...] Full text...
24 february 2022 - 05:07:56
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The United Nations will work together with the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...
21 february 2022 - 09:46:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Force Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Major General Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim, has called for a [...] Full text...
18 february 2022 - 19:59:50
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Increasing levels of military hostilities in Tigray region, which include an airstrike reported on Atsbi [...] Full text...
16 february 2022 - 13:10:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Ministry of Health and Social Development on Tuesday launched a registration campaign for internally [...] Full text...
10 february 2022 - 21:01:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The United Nations has warned that malnutrition rates among children and pregnant and lactating women in [...] Full text...
09 february 2022 - 04:27:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must ensure civilian protection in the wake [...] Full text...
04 february 2022 - 11:22:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Sahel region, already plagued by political instability, widespread violence, food shortages and disproportionately impacted by [...] Full text...
03 february 2022 - 15:00:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Following weeks of unrest and inter-communal fighting in the Darfur region, the Khartoum government has massively [...] Full text...
02 february 2022 - 14:02:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari pledged on Wednesday in Abuja that Nigerians in the North East region would in the [...] Full text...
01 february 2022 - 12:38:08
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has given 4 million euros to support the local office of the [...] Full text...
14 january 2022 - 12:48:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refuges (UNHCR), is calling for concerted international action to end armed [...] Full text...
12 january 2022 - 05:47:56
New 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...
10 january 2022 - 09:23:12
New York, US (PANA) - The UN children's fund, UNICEF, has expressed outrage at the recent airstrikes on camps for internally [...] Full text...
20 december 2021 - 08:07:50
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Intercommunal clashes that erupted in Cameroon’s Far North region in the past two weeks have driven [...] Full text...
10 december 2021 - 00:34:26
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN humanitarian workers are continuing to provide support to communities affected by the war [...] Full text...
10 december 2021 - 00:17:07
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The situation in northern Ethiopia continues to be highly fluid and unpredictable, with ongoing fighting [...] Full text...
07 december 2021 - 18:05:29
Geneva, 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...
01 december 2021 - 06:05:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee Agency (UNHCR) is “appalled by a series of deadly attacks” on displaced people [...] Full text...
15 november 2021 - 19:56:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Deputy Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Abdallah Al-Lafi, Monday welcomed the importance of a [...] Full text...
01 november 2021 - 21:24:42
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Fighting and hostilities in the northern Ethiopia towns of Dessie and Kombolcha in Amhara has [...] Full text...
28 october 2021 - 20:35:04
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Japanese government, through its embassy in Mali, and the World Food Programme (WFP) Thursday signed [...] Full text...
30 september 2021 - 04:54:50
New York, US (PANA) - Nationally-owned solutions must be found for more than 55 million people displaced within their own [...] Full text...
03 september 2021 - 23:01:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Northeast Development Commission (NEDC) has handed over 1,000 units of two-bedroom bungalows to Internally Displaced [...] Full text...
03 september 2021 - 22:18:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Federal Government Friday announced the implementation of its new national policy on Internally Displaced [...] Full text...
01 september 2021 - 20:29:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved a national policy on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in [...] Full text...
26 august 2021 - 05:11:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Finding solutions based on peace and development is crucial for the future of the nearly seven [...] Full text...
24 august 2021 - 07:06:55
Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) - Eritrea has rejected the "utterly baseless allegations" by the US in which it sanctions the Chief [...] Full text...
23 august 2021 - 20:42:02
Washington, US (PANA) - Eritrean military chief, Gen. Filipos Woldeyohannes, has been slammed with economic sanctions over the human rights [...] Full text...
22 july 2021 - 13:38:45
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The World Bank on Thursday approved the Improving Healthcare Services in Somalia Project, known as ‘Damal [...] Full text...
12 july 2021 - 18:20:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has kicked off the distribution of food items to [...] Full text...
07 july 2021 - 13:46:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- An expanded ministerial meeting of the Libyan government has stressed the need for social programmes for the [...] Full text...
06 july 2021 - 23:05:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Muhammadu Buhari Monday lamented the mass kidnapping of students by bandits in northwest region of [...] Full text...
22 june 2021 - 19:00:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya as the Chief of [...] Full text...
18 june 2021 - 06:05:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday urged world leaders to step up their [...] Full text...
17 june 2021 - 18:30:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, assured citizens of the Federal Government's [...] Full text...
13 june 2021 - 12:56:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan newspapers have questioned the significance of the resurgence of terrorist threat in the country after [...] Full text...
11 june 2021 - 09:16:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 217,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in Libya, the European Union (EU) Mission [...] Full text...
08 june 2021 - 10:30:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has strongly condemned the latest attack by armed groups that killed [...] Full text...
01 june 2021 - 15:46:16
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)-In an unprecedented visit of its kind, the Prosecutor General of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda, [...] Full text...
26 may 2021 - 12:56:48
Nairobi, 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...
17 may 2021 - 10:32:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The explosion of mines and explosive remnants of war killed 93 people and injured 143 others [...] Full text...
04 may 2021 - 14:27:45
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warns that more than 800,000 people in South Sudan [...] Full text...
30 april 2021 - 15:37:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the lives of thousands of migrants, internally displaced persons (IDPs) [...] Full text...
23 april 2021 - 05:24:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Weather-related crises have triggered more than twice as much displacement as conflict and violence in the [...] Full text...
09 april 2021 - 11:30:05
Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) – Hundreds of people displaced by recent attacks in Palma, northern Mozambique, have found temporary shelter this week [...] Full text...
04 april 2021 - 09:42:26
Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply concerned about reports of continuing violence in northern [...] Full text...
23 march 2021 - 05:57:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Senior leaders with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Monday of the urgent need to [...] Full text...
12 march 2021 - 13:22:52
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Japanese Ambassador to Mali, Daisuké Kuroki, and the World Food Programme (WFP) Resident Representative, Ms Sally [...] Full text...
11 march 2021 - 14:36:31
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union on Thursday urged all parties involved in the armed conflict in northern Ethiopia’s [...] Full text...
10 march 2021 - 05:57:37
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Over 131,000 people are displaced in 39 accessible locations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and neighbouring Afar [...] Full text...
20 february 2021 - 11:58:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 278,177 Libyans have been internally displaced by violence and conflict, the International Organization [...] Full text...
10 february 2021 - 17:10:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso on Tuesday launched a Humanitarian Response Plan for the year 2021 which needs [...] Full text...
29 january 2021 - 14:00:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- As insecurity in the Central African Republic (CAR) has uprooted, in less than two months, more [...] Full text...
24 january 2021 - 06:08:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for an end to the unrelenting violence in Africa’s [...] Full text...
19 january 2021 - 11:05:32
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - More than 14 million people are acutely food insecure in the Sahel, twice as many [...] Full text...
08 january 2021 - 06:50:31
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Despite increased insecurity and limited funding, the UN food relief agency is continuing to supply food [...] Full text...
24 december 2020 - 13:35:30
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Chadian National Assembly on Wednesday adopted the first law for the protection of refugees [...] Full text...
21 december 2020 - 12:47:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency - UNHCR - has helped 3,000 Malian refugees move back into [...] Full text...
15 december 2020 - 11:57:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, condemns an attack by armed assailants on Toumour, a town in [...] Full text...
11 december 2020 - 12:00:03
Mogadishu, Kenya (PANA) – The UN humanitarian response in Somalia was heavily affected by insecurity on the ground in Somalia [...] Full text...
09 december 2020 - 07:52:01
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - With weeks left to the end of the mandate of the peacekeeping mission in Darfur [...] Full text...
08 december 2020 - 18:01:57
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has finalised a distribution of cash assistance for more than [...] Full text...
19 november 2020 - 05:40:42
Juba, South Sudan - Over 1,000 people have been killed and more than 400 abducted in the past six months [...] Full text...
18 november 2020 - 18:05:46
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso recorded 1,049,767 internally displaced persons (IDPs) as of November 10, an increase of [...] Full text...
17 november 2020 - 13:40:07
Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) - Tens of thousands of people are continuing to flee insecurity in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, challenging [...] Full text...
11 november 2020 - 18:48:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria is set to conduct the digital registration of about three million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) [...] Full text...
11 november 2020 - 10:18:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, who is on a trip to West Africa and the Sahel [...] Full text...
25 september 2020 - 12:38:37
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is stepping up efforts to help uprooted families [...] Full text...
22 september 2020 - 12:58:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are expanding their [...] Full text...
02 september 2020 - 05:44:11
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN and its partners are supporting the Sudanese Government as it responds to recent severe [...] Full text...
28 august 2020 - 18:00:34
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday expressed delight at the progress made in Nigeria-Norwegian relations in [...] Full text...
20 august 2020 - 16:45:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Thursday said that it lost three soldiers while eight Boko Haram/Islamic [...] Full text...
18 august 2020 - 11:40:20
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As of 17 August, Burkina Faso had a total of 1,013,234 internally displaced persons (IDPs), [...] Full text...
04 august 2020 - 20:19:16
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday strongly condemned “heinous attacks” against civilians in the Lake Chad [...] Full text...
03 august 2020 - 20:46:54
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Heavy rains and flash floods have levelled hundreds of houses across the country, leaving many families [...] Full text...
29 july 2020 - 14:42:12
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The African Union/United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has expressed deep concern over recent violence in [...] Full text...
21 july 2020 - 05:54:57
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Incessant fighting, recurrent droughts and floods, and the worst locust invasion in more than 25 years [...] Full text...
14 july 2020 - 20:53:17
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN peace-keeping mission in Darfur(UNAMID) said here Tuesday it was deeply concerned about the violent [...] Full text...
11 july 2020 - 15:29:15
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Oxfam have joined forces to launch a European Union (EU) [...] Full text...
02 july 2020 - 17:57:41
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The EYN Church says it lost over 8,370 members to Boko Haram/Islamic State in West Africa [...] Full text...
23 june 2020 - 14:07:21
Dakar, Senegal - A rise in violence and the multi-layered humanitarian crisis in the Central Sahel region have resulted in [...] Full text...
12 june 2020 - 13:08:12
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) has called for calm in South [...] Full text...
11 june 2020 - 17:49:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, on [...] Full text...
11 june 2020 - 17:03:36
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - With 2.6 million internally-displaced persons in Somalia, the outbreak of COVID-19 poses an additional challenge [...] Full text...
10 june 2020 - 05:58:40
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Human rights advocate Amnesty International is accusing soldiers in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso of rampaging [...] Full text...
01 june 2020 - 14:58:35
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least ten people including five Burkinabe gendarmes were killed on Saturday in an attack [...] Full text...
03 april 2020 - 06:10:04
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Food insecurity levels in the Sahel region are “spiralling out of control”, the World Food [...] Full text...
01 april 2020 - 15:42:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - States must immediately step-up their measures to protect the 40 million internally displaced people worldwide from [...] Full text...
19 march 2020 - 23:28:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday said that the Federal Government will ensure that permanent peace [...] Full text...
16 march 2020 - 11:07:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Boko Haram terrorists continued their spate of violence by killing six Nigerian Army soldiers in an [...] Full text...
18 february 2020 - 18:20:13
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it was "deeply saddened [...] Full text...
14 february 2020 - 17:45:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has sounded the alarm about the negative impact [...] Full text...
14 february 2020 - 15:42:51
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Global human rights group, Amnesty International (AI) on Friday accused the Nigerian Army of burning down [...] Full text...
09 february 2020 - 02:03:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first round of UN-brokered talks between military representatives in Geneva aimed at forging a lasting ceasefire [...] Full text...