MSF: Children bear the burden of the current war in Sudan

18 november 2024 - 17:43:15
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- An international health charity organization has revealed that the majority of people wounded in the war in [...] Full text...

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Cholera, dengue fever hit war-torn Sudan

04 november 2024 - 12:47:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - War in Sudan has devastated towns and cities across the country and pushed the healthcare system [...] Full text...

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Medical charity MSF raises red flags about alarming trend in sexual violence in DRC

30 september 2024 - 10:18:09
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has in a disturbing report released on Monday [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN urges immediate action to stop fighting in El Fasher

19 september 2024 - 05:51:06
New York, US (PANA) - A sharp escalation in fighting in Sudan’s El Fasher, along with ongoing clashes between rival [...] Full text...

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Evacuation orders in Gaza threaten to uproot UN’s aid hub once again

27 august 2024 - 13:03:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The plight of Gaza’s people continues to worsen in the enclave where humanitarian operations are “ongoing [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Medical charity suspends delivery of care in Khartoum’s Turkish hospital

11 july 2024 - 09:06:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - After over a year of violent incidents both inside and outside the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Fighting in El Fasher remains incessant despite Security Council resolution

23 june 2024 - 14:04:33
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Some 10 days since the UN Security Council called for an end to the fighting [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Human Rights Watch expresses concern about unlawful attacks on civilians, infrastructure in Sudan

20 june 2024 - 08:59:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudan's warring parties’ recent unlawful attacks in North Darfur’s El Fasher have killed hundreds of civilians and [...] Full text...

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Sudan crisis: UN health agency alerts over attack on key hospital

10 june 2024 - 12:38:22
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Further deadly violence in Sudan's besieged Al Fasher city has forced a major hospital to shut [...] Full text...

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Obstructions, harassment force health charity to suspend essential support in Sudan's Wad Madani

09 may 2024 - 11:57:32
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Health charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says it has been forced to suspend work and [...] Full text...

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Health charity warns of catastrophic malnutrition crisis in Sudan's Zamzam camp

02 may 2024 - 06:56:56
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Health charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says in response to the escalating fighting in North [...] Full text...

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Gaza’s healthcare workers grapple with mental health impact of unyielding war, says health charity

29 april 2024 - 07:21:13
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - After over six months of relentless war, Gaza’s healthcare workers have had to face unprecedented challenges [...] Full text...

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Malaria on the rise in Madagascar as climate change leaves healthcare out of reach, says health charity

28 april 2024 - 05:33:08
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Madagascar, is one of the countries most affected by malaria. According to the Ministry of Public Health, [...] Full text...

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Urgent vaccination campaign needed to halt deadly measles outbreak in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state

01 april 2024 - 12:48:44
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A measles crisis is mounting in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, just as health authorities [...] Full text...

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Conflict driving hunger crisis in Sudan, UN officials tell Security Council

21 march 2024 - 05:27:10
New York, US (PANA) - Eleven months of brutal fighting is driving a hunger crisis in Sudan, with some areas [...] Full text...

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Medical charity tackles under-diagnosed TB among children

19 march 2024 - 10:15:55
Paris, France (PANA) - Tuberculosis (TB) in children is a silent scourge: one child dies of TB every three minutes [...] Full text...

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Medical charity flags spread of hepatitis E in Sudanese refugee camps in Chad

18 march 2024 - 10:10:08
N’djamena, Chad (PANA) – Hepatitis E is spreading through refugee camps in eastern Chad where more than 550,000 Sudanese fleeing [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Medical charity says its UK Board member killed in Gaza

06 march 2024 - 12:49:48
London, UK, (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says it is devastated about the death of Reem Abu [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Medical charity warns of 'potentially catastrophic consequences' of Israeli ground offensive in Rafah

13 february 2024 - 10:56:19
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Director-General of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Meinie Nicolai, is warning of the potentially catastrophic consequences [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Medical charity calls for urgent response amid high death rates, malnutrition crisis in North Darfur

05 february 2024 - 16:17:29
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is calling for the mass mobilization of the international community [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Restrictions, lack of medicines deprive people in Khartoum state of lifesaving care - MSF

23 january 2024 - 06:04:49
Paris, France (PANA) - Over the past few months, people in Khartoum State, Sudan, have become increasingly cut-off from healthcare, [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid mission denials are latest threat to Gaza’s hospitals: OCHA

10 january 2024 - 14:15:00
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to allow UN aid teams to deliver desperately needed humanitarian relief [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: UNHCR warns of deteriorating health conditions in Sudan

08 august 2023 - 20:22:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, issued a warning on Tuesday that health conditions are rapidly deteriorating [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Medical charity MSF says latest attack of its staff jeopardised its presence in Khartoum

21 july 2023 - 13:16:40
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - International medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) , said on Friday that the latest incidence of [...] Full text...

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ICC investigation sought over South Sudanese conflict

20 february 2023 - 14:34:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A global law firm has requested the International Criminal Court (ICC) to begin an immediate inquiry [...] Full text...

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Two missing Médecins Sans Frontières employees have been found

09 february 2023 - 17:49:40
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two workers of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) who went missing on Wednesday in an attack [...] Full text...

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Two Médecins Sans Frontières employees killed in Burkina Faso

09 february 2023 - 13:54:01
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two employees of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) were killed on Wednesday in an attack by [...] Full text...

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UN must recognise ‘critical emergency’ malnutrition crisis in northwest Nigeria, says Medical charity

28 september 2022 - 11:43:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is calling on the humanitarian community to respond to the [...] Full text...

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Medical charity MSF closes two offices in Cameroon's South-West Region

02 august 2022 - 09:23:54
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Medical charity, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), has closed its offices in two bases in Cameroon's South-West [...] Full text...

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Bodies of 13 sub-Saharan migrants recovered off the Tunisian coast

10 april 2022 - 14:15:07
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The bodies of 13 illegal sub-Saharan migrants were recovered on Saturday off the Tunisian coast after [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s Defence Minister goes to Niger amid row over airstrikes killing 12 in Niger border village

21 february 2022 - 09:38:10
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Defence Minister, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd), on Monday travelled to Niamey, Niger, amid a row over [...] Full text...

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MSF collaborating on urgent measles vaccination in South Darfur, Sudan

10 august 2021 - 18:15:10
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The international charity organziations, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), said it was launching an urgent measles vaccination [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: Ethiopia suspends three humanitarian NGOs for three months

04 august 2021 - 11:29:35
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government on Wednesday announced the suspension for three months of three humanitarian NGOs [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian organization raises alarm as hepatitis E cases spread in Tigray refugee camps inside Sudan

26 july 2021 - 20:17:26
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An international charity organization on Monday warned of an increase in cases of the contagious hepatitis [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: UN chief, UN agencies heads condemn murder of 3 MSF humanitarian workers

27 june 2021 - 11:01:39
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and heads of several UN agencies have condemned the killing of three [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: US 'appalled, deeply saddened' by murder of three MSF staff

26 june 2021 - 07:04:30
Washington, US (PANA) - The US says it is "appalled and deeply saddened" about the horrific killings of three staff [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians appeal for resources to meet needs of people fleeing violence in northern Mozambique

01 april 2021 - 10:33:44
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following attacks by non-state armed groups and ongoing clashes in Palma district of northern [...] Full text...

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TB, a major public health problem in Guinea, says MSF

31 march 2021 - 11:45:11
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in Guinea, where 2,400 people died in 2019 [...] Full text...

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UN agencies, partners establish global Ebola vaccine stockpile

12 january 2021 - 07:02:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a major milestone in the fight against deadly diseases, United Nations agencies and humanitarian partners [...] Full text...

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UN shocked, outraged over horrific attack on Cameroon school

26 october 2020 - 16:59:21
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has strongly condemned Saturday’s attack on a school in southwestern Cameroon, which [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: UN says Sudan needs more assistance from the int'l community to combat COVID-19

18 june 2020 - 19:29:02
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday said despite concerted international assistance for the Sudan to combat COVID-19, [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: European Humanitarian Air Bridge arrives in Sudan as part of response to tackle coronavirus

11 june 2020 - 13:38:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The first flight of the European Humanitarian Air Bridge to support Sudan in tackling the impact of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Medecins Sans Frontières opens treatment centre in Niamey

15 may 2020 - 05:48:59
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has opened a treatment centre for COVID-19 patients in Niamey [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Mali's confirmed cases climb from 389 to 408 in 24 hours

27 april 2020 - 17:08:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection rose from 389 on Sunday to 408 in 24 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: MSF preparing hospitals, health centers in DR Congo to face rush of COVID-19 patients

02 april 2020 - 00:10:07
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)  -  Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which is operating in 16 provinces of DR Congo, including North-Kivu [...] Full text...

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Nearly 500 African migrants, rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, waiting to disembark

28 january 2020 - 15:52:13
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Nearly 500 migrants who fled the fighting in Libya and were rescued from two lifeboats are [...] Full text...

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Sudan scales up cholera response

15 november 2019 - 08:20:03
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday said the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has received US$3 million [...] Full text...

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France, Germany, Italy agree to take in 194 African migrants rescued in Mediterranean

30 october 2019 - 11:57:30
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - France, Germany and Italy have agreed to receive the 194 African migrants rescued off Libya, the [...] Full text...

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Sudan launches cholera vaccination campaign in Blue Nile, Sinnar states

11 october 2019 - 15:11:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Friday launched an “oral cholera vaccination campaign” in response to the ongoing outbreak of [...] Full text...

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Global fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's replenishment conference to open in Lyon

09 october 2019 - 10:14:36
Paris, France (PANA) - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's 6th replenishment conference opens on Wednesday in [...] Full text...

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Medical charity raises red flags on international funding decline for HIV, TB

08 october 2019 - 05:18:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After a decade of strong commitments to fight the twin epidemics of HIV and tuberculosis (TB), a [...] Full text...

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WHO: Decrease in number of Ebola cases in eastern DRC should be interpreted with 'caution'

27 september 2019 - 10:57:26
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has decreased [...] Full text...

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Signs DR Congo Ebola outbreak finally ‘on the retreat’ but risk of international spread, ‘still high’: WHO

26 september 2019 - 05:09:18
New York, US (PANA) - The second worst Ebola outbreak in history is “on the retreat” said the UN’s health [...] Full text...

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Second Ebola vaccine to complement 'ring vaccination' given green light in DRC, says WHO

23 september 2019 - 11:56:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have announced plans to introduce [...] Full text...

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MSF says WHO 'tightly controlling' Ebola vaccine supplies, access

23 september 2019 - 09:44:14
Paris, France (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is accusing the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) of "tightly [...] Full text...

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82 African migrants rescued off Libya by Ocean Viking land in Lampedusa

15 september 2019 - 11:39:37
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - A humanitarian vessel, Ocean Viking, with 82 African migrants on board, rescued in the open Mediterranean [...] Full text...

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Ocean Viking rescued 50 Sub-Saharan migrants in the Mediterranean

09 september 2019 - 18:13:27
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The rescue boat, Ocean Viking, on Sunday rescued 50 migrants, including 38 adults and 12 minors, [...] Full text...

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DRC gives 800,000 US dollars for measles epidemic response

04 september 2019 - 21:36:19
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA)   -  The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has given 843,717 US dollars to [...] Full text...

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MSF says Cameroon facing cholera outbreak

22 august 2019 - 05:36:44
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - The north of Cameroon is facing an outbreak of cholera, with an increase in the number of [...] Full text...

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Niger needs more humanitarian aid in Diffa, says MSF

21 august 2019 - 23:41:22
Niamey, Niger (PANA)   -   The security situation remains very volatile in the Lake Chad region and more humanitarian aid is [...] Full text...

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MSF: DR Congo's deadly measles outbreak is 'spreading like wildfire'

18 august 2019 - 09:30:39
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is warning that DR Congo's deadly measles outbreak is "spreading [...] Full text...

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Medical charity looking for 'place of safety' for 356 vulnerable people rescued in Mediterranean

14 august 2019 - 10:15:31
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says after four consecutive days of lifesaving search and rescue [...] Full text...

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Medical charity says needs in northeast Nigeria remain dire after decade of conflict

13 august 2019 - 10:05:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Ten years after an insurgency began in northeast Nigeria, with armed opposition groups fighting the Nigerian [...] Full text...

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US research organisation announces 'favourable results' of two Ebola trial drugs

13 august 2019 - 06:26:10
New York, US (PANA) - The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is recommending the use of [...] Full text...

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Third fatality of Ebola patient in Goma as fears rise of a regional spread

01 august 2019 - 21:13:41
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A third death of an Ebola patient has been confirmed in the DR Congo city [...] Full text...

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DR Congo Ebola outbreak response struggling one year on, says MSF

01 august 2019 - 11:03:42
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - As the worst Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo's history enters its second year, the number [...] Full text...

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MSF helps Liberia improve psychiatric care

25 july 2019 - 05:47:13
Monrovia. Liberia (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is expanding its free treatment programme for people with mental [...] Full text...

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MSF justifies resumption of search and rescue operations in Central Mediterranean

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

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MSF to resume search and rescue amid deteriorating conditions in Libya

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

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NGO warns about outcomes of renewed violence in eastern Niger

09 april 2019 - 09:25:01
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A resurgence of violence in  Diffa region eastern Niger since the beginning of this year, has [...] Full text...

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North-east Nigeria displacement crisis continues, warns UN

06 february 2019 - 06:04:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday that an upsurge in violent attacks in crisis-riven [...] Full text...

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Rights group says satellite imagery shows 'horrific aftermath' of Boko Haram attack

19 january 2019 - 12:34:16
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International says new satellite images it has analysed show the horrific aftermath of a Boko [...] Full text...

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EU takes tough measures to end migrant smuggling networks from Libya

12 december 2018 - 11:27:51
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union on Tuesday announced tough operational measures to intensify the fight against smuggling networks, [...] Full text...

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

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

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'More than 5,000 people sheltering in MSF-supported hospital after violent CAR clashes'

15 november 2018 - 05:15:48
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Fighting between two armed groups in Batangafo, in the north of the Central African Republic (CAR), [...] Full text...

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HIV, TB treatment at risk as countries gradually lose Global Fund support - MSF

14 november 2018 - 08:58:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on the Board of the Global Fund to [...] Full text...

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More than 10,000 seek refuge in medical charity's hospital in CAR

03 november 2018 - 04:15:14
Batangafo, CAR (PANA) - Following clashes between armed groups that took place last Wednesday in the north and centre of [...] Full text...

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Medical charity denounces sexual violence committed by armed men in DRC's Kasai region

02 november 2018 - 00:48:39
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says between May 2017 and September 2018, it treated [...] Full text...

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High prices restrict access to best drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment - MSF

24 october 2018 - 09:07:03
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - People with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) continue to be deprived of today’s best-possible treatment in part [...] Full text...

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MSF resumes operations in South Sudan county

08 october 2018 - 03:26:52
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says it has resumed the full range of medical [...] Full text...

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UNHCR warns over Mediterranean rescue capacity

01 october 2018 - 10:06:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has expressed gratitude to Malta for its decision to allow 58 [...] Full text...

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Medical charity reports 'alarming' mortality rates among children in south Niger

26 september 2018 - 07:49:09
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Paediatric teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have reported alarming mortality rates among children aged under [...] Full text...

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Global leaders urged to make bold commitments at first-ever UN tuberculosis summit

26 september 2018 - 07:48:32
New York, US (PANA) - As global leaders gather for the first-ever United Nations tuberculosis (TB) Summit in New York [...] Full text...

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Italy 'forces' Panama to revoke licence of Aquarius migrant rescue ship

24 september 2018 - 06:30:33
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Italian government is pressuring Panama to stop MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship in the [...] Full text...

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More than 100 drowned on shipwreck off Libyan coast a week ago, survivors say

11 september 2018 - 06:45:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than a hundred people have reportedly died after a shipwreck off the Libyan coast one [...] Full text...

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Medical charity calls for urgent evacuation of migrants, refugees from Libya

10 september 2018 - 06:08:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Thousands of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers arbitrarily held in Libyan detention centres must be immediately [...] Full text...

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MSF treats 65 Ebola patients in first month in North Kivu

10 september 2018 - 05:56:55
Beni, DRC (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says it has treated 65 patients confirmed to be diagnosed [...] Full text...

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Conflict in Tripoli puts lives in danger, says MSF

02 september 2018 - 06:37:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - For one week now, following clashes in Tripoli, the lives of Libyans and an already vulnerable [...] Full text...

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IOM and humanitarian actors respond to needs in Tripoli

31 august 2018 - 08:58:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has responded to the urgent humanitarian needs of hundreds of displaced [...] Full text...

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Medical charity assists northern Mali village attacked by armed groups

29 august 2018 - 07:15:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing emergency medical care after an attack on Tindinbawen [...] Full text...

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Nearly one million displaced people in urgent need of assistance in Ethiopia - MSF

24 august 2018 - 08:43:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Over 900,000 people in Ethiopia have been displaced along the border between Gedeo zone (in [...] Full text...

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Health expert says Sierra Leone regions see progress in water and sanitation

23 august 2018 - 06:32:57
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - A water and sanitation (WATSAN) expert of the medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says [...] Full text...

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MSF applauds WHO's recommendation of improved TB treatment options

18 august 2018 - 05:49:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a medical charity, has welcomed the new World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations [...] Full text...

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Critical humanitarian situation unfolding among IPDs in Nigerian town - MSF

18 august 2018 - 05:40:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has started emergency nutritional and paediatric activities in Bama, Borno [...] Full text...

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Medical charity opens Ebola treatment centre in DR Congo's North Kivu region

17 august 2018 - 07:44:13
Mangina, DR Congo (PANA) - Taking a new step in its response to the current Ebola outbreak in North Kivu, [...] Full text...

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Mediterranean migrant arrivals to Europe hit this year 61,000 - IOM

14 august 2018 - 12:50:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the UN Migration Agency, reports that 61,517 migrants and refugees entered [...] Full text...

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European gov'ts urged to assign place of safety after rescues on Mediterranean

13 august 2018 - 09:29:04
Paris, France (PANA) - Responding to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Central Mediterranean, a total of 141 people were [...] Full text...

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Medical charity launches emergency response to treat severely malnourished children in Chadian capital

12 august 2018 - 07:25:39
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Endemic in the region, acute malnutrition affects not only the rural provinces of the Sahel strip. [...] Full text...

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Some 17 million people live in areas affected by conflict areas in Lake Chad region - MSF

05 august 2018 - 03:29:10
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Around 17 million people live in areas affected by the violent conflict between non-state armed groups [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian rescue ship Aquarius returns to Mediterranean

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

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Medical charity opens emergency nutrition programme in Chadian capital

28 july 2018 - 07:56:17
N’Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has opened a therapeutic feeding centre in partnership with the [...] Full text...

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MSF calls for end to arbitrary detention of refugees, migrants disembarked in Libya

25 july 2018 - 10:38:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for an end to the arbitrary detention of refugees, asylum-seekers and [...] Full text...

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Medical charity raises raises red flag on children missing vaccinations in CAR

22 july 2018 - 05:40:47
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - A medical charity is warning that children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are missing out [...] Full text...

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

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

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MSF hands over Ebola response activities in DRC

04 july 2018 - 06:55:22
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says after a two-month emergency intervention in Equator Province of [...] Full text...

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Catholic priest returns home after surviving Ebola in DR Congo (Feature by WHO)

14 june 2018 - 06:42:02
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Rev. Father Lucien Ambunga, Catholic Priest and Pastor for the remote rural community of Itipo [...] Full text...

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Medical charity lauds South Africa's landmark step for access to medicines

04 june 2018 - 04:58:56
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has lauded the move by the South African government [...] Full text...

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MSF says thousands of people caught in intense fighting in northern S. Sudan

31 may 2018 - 11:31:29
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says since the end of April, the conflict-ravaged counties [...] Full text...

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Medical charity begins Ebola vaccination in DRC

31 may 2018 - 07:02:20
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Medical NGO, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says it has started vaccinating Ebola frontline workers in Bikoro, [...] Full text...

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WHO supports Ebola vaccination of high risk populations in DR Congo

21 may 2018 - 15:07:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the support of the World Health [...] Full text...

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Emergency meeting called as Ebola spreads to Congolese city – WHO

17 may 2018 - 20:20:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening an emergency meeting on Friday to “consider the international [...] Full text...

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WHO concerned as one Ebola case is confirmed in urban area of DR Congo

17 may 2018 - 15:31:07
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - One new case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been confirmed in Wangata, one of [...] Full text...

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UN says ready for 'all scenarios' in DR Congo Ebola outbreak

11 may 2018 - 18:28:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The chances of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) spreading [...] Full text...

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Medical charity concerned about migrants, refugees in Libya detention centre

04 may 2018 - 11:08:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has expressed concerns about the fate of around 800 migrants [...] Full text...

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MSF stops operating clinics around South Sudan's Mundri town

01 may 2018 - 05:38:50
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says it has stopped operating clinics in remote areas [...] Full text...

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Medical charity moves to vaccinate some 10,000 children in Mali

10 april 2018 - 09:46:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Being vaccinated against diseases like diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, meningitis, pneumonia, yellow fever, and other potentially [...] Full text...

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MSF slams European gov'ts for obstructing lifesaving rescues in Mediterranean

22 march 2018 - 06:29:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has lashed out at Italian and other European governments for [...] Full text...

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'UK army officer, a role model for women seeking military career'

10 february 2018 - 13:00:15
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Lieutenant Colonel Katie Hislop of the United Kingdom said she is happy to serve as [...] Full text...

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Violent clashes in CAR displace thousands of people - MSF

09 january 2018 - 16:25:10
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - About 30,000 people have fled violent clashes between two groups in the the Paoua [...] Full text...

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Governments given deadline to increase testing and treatment for TB

16 november 2017 - 07:57:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of the first-ever Global Ministerial Conference on ‘Ending TB’ in Moscow, international medical charity, Médecins [...] Full text...

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Madagascar plague: Mitigating the risk of regional spread (A WHO Feature)

05 november 2017 - 06:06:55
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - This year plague came early to Madagascar and spread quickly. When it began to move out [...] Full text...

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DRC: South Kivu cholera outbreak threatens to spread out of control - MSF

30 august 2017 - 11:13:05
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A recently declared cholera outbreak in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, threatens to spread out [...] Full text...

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DRC: Medical charity vaccinates over one million children against measles in DRC

30 july 2017 - 06:37:10
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - With measles sweeping across Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), more than one million children have [...] Full text...

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France: Sub-Saharan Africa has 'unacceptably high' AIDS-related deaths - MSF

27 july 2017 - 09:47:32
Paris, France (PANA) – An unacceptably high number of people continue to develop and die of AIDS-related diseases across sub-Saharan [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: CAR violence driving more refugees into northern DRC - UNHCR

18 july 2017 - 11:09:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recent violence in southern border areas of Central African Republic is driving more people to flee, [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: MSF warns malaria preparedness vital as rains begin in S. Sudan

13 july 2017 - 09:53:55
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan are at risk of contracting malaria in [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: MSF sees tenfold increase in children with malnutrition in Ethiopia's Somali region

27 june 2017 - 09:52:22
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An acute humanitarian emergency is unfolding in Doolo zone, in Ethiopia’s Somali region, as malnutrition [...] Full text...

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Uganda: Uganda, UN convene 'solidarity summit' amid fast-growing refugee emergency

22 june 2017 - 05:41:26
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Facing a fast-growing refugee crisis, Uganda is set to host in its capital, Kampala, a 'Solidarity [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: DR Congo approves Ebola vaccine to counter outbreak

31 may 2017 - 05:21:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To contain the latest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Research funders accept WHO standards on reporting clinical trial results

18 may 2017 - 12:57:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some of the world’s largest funders of medical research and international non-governmental organizations on Thursday agreed [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: WHO, partners provide vaccines to control meningitis C in Nigeria

15 april 2017 - 07:45:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A vaccination campaign is underway in Nigeria to contain an outbreak of meningitis C, a strain [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Mistaken Nigeria Air Force bombing of IPD camp killed at least 236 people

24 january 2017 - 12:05:11
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – At least 236 people were killed after a Nigerian Air Force fighter jet mistakenly bombed an [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Dozens killed in military airstrike in northeastern Nigeria

17 january 2017 - 19:33:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A military airstrike targeting Boko Haram location in the northeastern part of Nigeria has mistakenly killed [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Millions protected in Africa's largest-ever emergency yellow fever jabbing campaign

03 september 2016 - 10:16:42
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A major part of the largest emergency vaccination campaign against yellow fever ever attempted in [...] Full text...

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Italy: IOM says 6,908 migrants rescued Monday in Channel of Sicily

30 august 2016 - 12:18:03
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The Rome spokesperson of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM Rome) Flavio Di Giacomo says that [...] Full text...

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Angola: Millions to be vaccinated against yellow fever in Angola, DR Congo

16 august 2016 - 09:48:28
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - One of the largest emergency vaccination campaigns ever attempted in Africa will start in Angola and [...] Full text...

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Italy: IOM says more than 4,000 migrants, refugees have died so far this year

03 august 2016 - 09:46:14
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that its Missing Migrants Project has totaled 4,027 migrant [...] Full text...

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UN: UN ramp up support for South Sudan's battle against cholera outbreak

27 july 2016 - 15:04:18
New York, US (PANA) - The UN and its partners are ramping up support for South Sudan's fight to contain [...] Full text...

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UN: UN delivers food aid, relief items to IDPs in northeast Nigeria

22 july 2016 - 18:47:28
New York, US (PANA) - In a cross-border humanitarian operation, a total of 31 metric tonnes of food and some [...] Full text...

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US: US expresses concern about increase of violence in CAR

22 june 2016 - 05:53:46
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has expressed deep concern about a recent increase in violence in the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN relief officer concerned over attacks on aid vehicles in CAR

21 june 2016 - 07:13:27
New York, US (PANA) - The interim UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic (CAR), Dr. Michel Yaa, has [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO raises alarm on global yellow fever vaccine stockpile

17 june 2016 - 16:41:13
New York, US (PANA) - The global stockpile of the yellow fever vaccine may not be sufficient if simultaneous outbreaks [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: UNHCR welcomes Malawi’s decision to reopen former camp for Mozambique refugees

16 march 2016 - 06:36:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday welcomed a decision by the Malawian Government to reopen [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN Secretary-General to visit South Sudan

20 february 2016 - 12:59:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will pay a short visit to South Sudan, at [...] Full text...

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UN: UNHCR says clashes in Mozambique send civilians fleeing to Malawi

15 january 2016 - 21:32:18
New York, US (PANA) - Clashes between Mozambique government forces and the opposition Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) have forced an [...] Full text...

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

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

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UN: UNHCR condemns suicide attacks in Chad, pledges continued support

13 october 2015 - 18:19:38
New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday deplored the violent and fatal suicide [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Over 100 killed, dozens wounded in South Sudan blast

18 september 2015 - 18:26:58
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least 170 civilians have been killed and many others wounded Thursday in South Sudan following [...] Full text...

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UN: UN health agency ramps up efforts to tackle cholera outbreak in South Sudan

13 august 2015 - 20:52:24
New York, US (PANA) - As the battle against cholera outbreak continues in South Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: WHO, partners successfully battling cholera outbreak in South Sudan

12 august 2015 - 15:17:42
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are battling South Sudan’s on-going cholera outbreak, providing [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Ebola mission concludes duty in West Africa, as Ebola vaccine makes waves

31 july 2015 - 20:20:33
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER)on Friday officially concluded its duty in the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN agencies, partners warn on 'acute shortage' of meningitis vaccines in West Africa

28 july 2015 - 21:08:56
New York, US (PANA) - The UN and leading public health organizations have warned that West Africa is at risk [...] Full text...

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Libya: 2,700 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

16 july 2015 - 11:26:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Italian navy on Wednesday rescued about 2,700 migrants on board of 13 boats near the [...] Full text...

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WHO: Phase III trial of Ebola vaccine starts in Guinea Saturday

05 march 2015 - 13:24:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Based on promising data from initial clinical trials in late 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

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UN: UNICEF tasks humanitarian community on haltng cholera spread in Malawi

28 february 2015 - 17:29:07
New York, US (PANA) - With 39 cases of cholera in the last two weeks, including two deaths, the UN [...] Full text...

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Malawi: 2 dead as cholera outbreak threatens Malawi flood camps

27 february 2015 - 15:25:53
Nsanje, Malawi (PANA) - Two people have been confirmed dead following a cholera outbreak that hit Malawi's southern border district [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: MSF fighting against measles in Yida refugee camp

13 february 2015 - 14:00:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The charity organization, Doctors without Border (MSF), has said its teams have admitted 93 patients with [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Sudan denies bombing MSF-run hosptial in South Kordufan

11 february 2015 - 14:23:06
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has denied an allegation by Doctors without Borders (MSF) that its planes bombarded an MSF-run [...] Full text...

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Sudan: MSF stops operations in Sudan over 'systematic denial of access'

29 january 2015 - 11:35:20
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Brussels-based charity organisation Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said it had stopped its operations in the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: MSF says hospital in war zone in south Kordufan bombed

23 january 2015 - 11:02:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A French humanitarian medical organization operating in Kordufan region, South West Khartoum, has claimed that Sudanese [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: Over 2.5m reached in emergency anti-malaria campaign - WHO

22 january 2015 - 13:01:25
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Two successive emergency response campaigns in Sierra Leone to distribute anti-malarial drugs to people living [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UNICEF calls for end to Sudan conflict

20 january 2015 - 22:16:28
KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA) - The UN has expressed “grave concern” that children are increasingly becoming victims in the recent spike [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA military to assist Mozambique's flood victims

15 january 2015 - 11:27:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that it will send troops [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: First Ebola centre for pregnant women opens in Freetown

15 january 2015 - 09:42:17
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The first Ebola Centre for Pregnant Women has opened in Freetown, Sierra Leone, one of [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: How Kailahun district kicked Ebola out (WHO FEATURES)

30 december 2014 - 11:25:56
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Kailahun district borders the area of Guinea where the first cases of Ebola were confirmed [...] Full text...

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Guinea: UN Secretary General arrives in Conakry

20 december 2014 - 13:04:25
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Guinean capital, Conakry, on Saturday where he was [...] Full text...

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UN: Fire guts UN warehouse in Guinea with Ebola Response supplies

19 december 2014 - 04:53:37
New York, US (PANA) - Fire on Thursday engulfed a UN warehouse in Guinea that contained medicines and laboratory materials [...] Full text...

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Belgium: Spouses of African diplomats in Brussels raise funds for Ebola-hit countries

21 november 2014 - 18:17:09
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Wives of African ambassadors accredited to Belgium are organizing a gala party on 12 December in [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO steps up Ebola response in Mali

18 november 2014 - 22:08:10
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) says it is intensifying efforts to keep the Ebola [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Uganda free of Marburg disease

14 november 2014 - 10:56:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Uganda has been declared free of the Marburg virus disease that was discovered in September 2014, [...] Full text...

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Belgium: US envoy says Ebola will be eradicated

31 october 2014 - 11:27:19
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – After visiting the West African countries hit by the deadly Ebola virus disease, the US ambassador [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Health Minister, US CDC congratulate Nigeria on becoming Ebola-free

20 october 2014 - 15:20:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Outgoing Nigerian Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Monday poured encomiums on Nigerian health workers, [...] Full text...

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Uganda: Ebola-like disease, Marburg, breaks out in Uganda

10 october 2014 - 12:16:45
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced the outbreak of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU donates extra 50 million euros to fight Ebola

26 september 2014 - 21:12:31
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union has released an extra amount of 50 million euros to help countries affected [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban tells South Sudan leaders to 'heal suffering they caused'

25 september 2014 - 23:00:38
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday in New York blamed the dire humanitarian situation in [...] Full text...

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US: UN constitutes joint assessment Ebola response team

19 september 2014 - 22:07:02
New York, US (PANA) - The UN has constituted a joint assessment and coordination team on Ebola to assess the [...] Full text...

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Belgium: Brussels to host int'l coordination meeting on Ebola disease

12 september 2014 - 11:53:11
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – An international high-level meeting on the coordination of the deadly Ebola virus disease will be held [...] Full text...

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Senegal: African Media Leaders Forum postponed due to Ebola crisis

09 september 2014 - 18:29:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Due to the Ebola virus disease epidemic in West African countries, the African Media Initiative (AMI) [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: Paramount chief's householshit by Ebola

01 september 2014 - 21:32:54
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The household of the Sierra Leonean paramount chief, who last week caused a stir by [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Medical Doctor dies from Ebola in Guinea

31 august 2014 - 15:54:59
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A medical doctor working at the Donka National Hospital in the Guinean capital, Conakry, has died [...] Full text...

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Ghana: ECOWAS health ministers appeal to end of flight ban to Ebola-affected countries

29 august 2014 - 05:18:13
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Health ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have made a passionate appeal [...] Full text...

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Ghana: WHO issues roadmap to scale up international response to West Africa Ebola crisis

28 august 2014 - 16:04:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday released a roadmap to scale up international response to [...] Full text...

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Ghana: West African Health Ministers open meeting on Ebola

28 august 2014 - 14:02:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A one-day meeting of West African Health Ministers on the Ebola crisis opened in Accra, Ghana's [...] Full text...

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UN: UNMISS confirms three dead in helicopter crash near Bentiu

26 august 2014 - 18:10:43
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has confirmed that three crew members died and [...] Full text...

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US: UN says flight restrictions hamper ability to battle Ebola

25 august 2014 - 21:48:44
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Monday cautioned against flight restrictions into and out of Ebola-affected countries in [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO says 1m people affected by Ebola outbreak

14 august 2014 - 07:39:31
New York US (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said more than one million people are affected by [...] Full text...

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Kenya: WHO opens regional Ebola response centre

25 july 2014 - 10:41:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In response to continuing reports of new cases and deaths attributable to Ebola virus disease [...] Full text...

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Ghana: WHO convenes meeting to tackle Ebola menace

02 july 2014 - 13:29:36
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A two-day meeting called by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to tackle the growing Ebola virus [...] Full text...

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Guinea/WHO: WHO steps up efforts to battle Ebola

10 april 2014 - 09:10:10
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - As the Ebola haemorrhagic disease continues to ravage Guinea, where it has claimed 101 lives in [...] Full text...

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Guinea: At least 20 'cured' of Ebola fever in Guinea

08 april 2014 - 22:36:17
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – At least 21 people, who suffered from Ebola fever in Guinea, have been cured in Conakry [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Ebola fever grips Guineans

02 april 2014 - 13:00:50
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guineans have been gripped by the fever of Ebola Virus Disease which has hit some parts [...] Full text...

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Sudan: First rains increase risk of disease in IDP camps in South Sudan

21 march 2014 - 15:20:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The international humanitarian organziation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has complained that the first rains in South [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Unidentified epidemic wreaks havoc in Guinea

17 march 2014 - 21:31:37
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - An unidentified disease, which is accompanied by diarrhea, vomiting and bleeding, has killed nine people since [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyatta visits Juba in peace pursuit

26 february 2014 - 18:44:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, has kicked off a one-day tour of troubled South Sudan, a day [...] Full text...

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Sudan: MSF reveals scenes of horror during rebel-govt clashes in South Sudan

26 february 2014 - 12:13:26
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An international medical charity operating in South Sudan has raised the alarm that hundreds of thousands [...] Full text...

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Switzerland:140,000 to be vaccinated against cholera in South Sudan

23 february 2014 - 11:24:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some 140,000 people living in temporary camps in South Sudan, which has been wracked by internecine [...] Full text...

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Sudan: 'Hundreds of South Sudanese injured in violence in Malakal'

20 february 2014 - 18:46:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Hundreds of civilians have been injured as a result of the fighting in and around Malakal, [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Insecurity forces MSF doctors to treat patients in the bush

31 january 2014 - 14:53:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Doctors without Borders (MSF) on Friday said ongoing insecurity in Unity State has forced thousands of [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Hundreds wounded in recent fighting in 3 states

15 january 2014 - 18:35:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Heavy fighting in South Sudan’s Upper Nile, Unity and Jonglei States has left thousands of people [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Borderless doctors condemn looting of facilities in Bentiu

10 january 2014 - 19:19:16
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Doctors without Borders or Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has issued a statement, condemning what it called [...] Full text...

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