Gaza is now a graveyard and there’s no escape, say UN aid teams

21 december 2024 - 07:48:19
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Hunger, dire living conditions made worse by heavy winter rains and ongoing hostilities continue to [...] Full text...

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Staggering scale of Sudan crisis ‘demands sustained and urgent attention’

20 december 2024 - 05:12:31
New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN humanitarian official on Thursday issued an urgent plea for international support to [...] Full text...

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Displaced women struggle to access land in Far North region of Cameroon

19 december 2024 - 10:18:19
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) – A decade of violence in the Lake Chad basin has resulted in half a million displaced [...] Full text...

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Tropical Cyclone Chido: Mozambican government assesses damage

19 december 2024 - 06:36:32
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - An estimated 182,000 people across the northern provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa were affected [...] Full text...

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Cyclone Chido: Around 90,000 children impacted in Mozambique

18 december 2024 - 05:26:46
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Chido struck northern Mozambique over the weekend, bringing torrential rains and powerful winds that [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: OCHA concerned about impact of Tropical Cyclone Chido in Mozambique

17 december 2024 - 12:51:52
Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCfHA) said on Tuesday it was concerned by [...] Full text...

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UN humanitarians alarmed at the rising civilian death toll in Sudan's Darfur

17 december 2024 - 04:54:37
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians expressed alarm on Monday at the rising numbers of civilian casualties in and [...] Full text...

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Tropical Cyclone Chido forecast to bring heavy rains, mudslides in Southern Africa

15 december 2024 - 13:24:42
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is closely monitoring the path of [...] Full text...

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Mozambique readies for intense tropical cyclone this weekend

13 december 2024 - 18:50:45
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Chido is expected to make landfall in Pemba (Cabo Delgado) province of Mozambique early [...] Full text...

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Aid pledges provide vital lifeline in humanitarian emergencies

11 december 2024 - 05:05:30
New York, US (PANA) - The UN held a high-level pledging conference on Tuesday for its Central Emergency Response Fund [...] Full text...

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Gaza: New evacuation order affects more than 2,000 in Khan Younis

04 december 2024 - 06:42:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 2,000 people have been impacted by a new Israeli evacuation order issued in Khan [...] Full text...

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305 million people need lifesaving help next year, says UN’s top aid official

04 december 2024 - 05:27:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Multiple unending conflicts, climate change and a glaring disregard for long-established international humanitarian law are set [...] Full text...

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General Assembly President urges collective action on Sudan as crisis deepens

27 november 2024 - 06:25:25
New York, US (PANA) - The President Philémon Yang  on Tuesday called for urgent collective action to address the humanitarian [...] Full text...

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Security Council urged to ensure greater protection of humanitarian workers

27 november 2024 - 06:05:50
New York, US (PANA) - With 2024 the deadliest year for aid workers on record, the Security Council must clearly [...] Full text...

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UN welcomes Sudanese govt's decision to open new corridors for aid delivery

26 november 2024 - 10:19:01
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) –The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian [...] Full text...

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2024 deadliest year ever for aid workers, UN humanitarian office reports

23 november 2024 - 05:02:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The death toll of humanitarian workers in 2024 has become the “deadliest on record”, with 281 [...] Full text...

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New UN relief chief, Tom Fletcher, takes office

18 november 2024 - 20:36:02
New York, US (PANA) - Tom Fletcher, UN’s new chief of humanitarian affairs, took office on Monday, pledging to defend [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Israeli war tactics condemned as aid still blocked from reaching north

14 november 2024 - 17:13:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Intense Israeli military operations have continued in Gaza as UN humanitarians reported that multiple attempts to [...] Full text...

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Middle East: Gaza food markets ‘in decay’ as starvation looms

14 november 2024 - 05:36:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports of ongoing bombardments, likely starvation and despair continue to emerge from Gaza where many basic [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Allies of warring generals ‘enabling the slaughter,’ Security Council hears

12 november 2024 - 18:29:44
New York, US (PANA) - The people of Sudan face an ever-deepening crisis as the relentless war between rival militaries [...] Full text...

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'Tragedy in the making in central Sudan'

11 november 2024 - 16:41:20
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A human tragedy is unfolding before the eyes of the world as bitter fighting 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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Gaza polio vaccine campaign under fire

04 november 2024 - 04:52:22
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Attacks on a clinic and UN staff member were reported during a resumed polio vaccine [...] Full text...

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Israeli Knesset vote on UNRWA set to deepen Palestinian suffering

29 october 2024 - 09:44:41
New York, US (PANA) - Monday’s vote by the Israeli Knesset banning the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) contradicts [...] Full text...

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‘The smell of death is everywhere’ in northern Gaza, UNRWA chief says

22 october 2024 - 15:49:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA appealed on Tuesday for an immediate truce in [...] Full text...

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Guterres ‘unequivocally condemns’ continued civilian deaths in Gaza

22 october 2024 - 05:25:35
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday condemned the “continued and widespread” loss of life [...] Full text...

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UN rights office raises alarm over relentless Israeli attacks in north Gaza

21 october 2024 - 17:40:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed growing alarm over Israel’s military operations in northern [...] Full text...

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Gaza at a ‘critical juncture’ as top UN officials call for a ceasefire now

19 october 2024 - 06:08:18
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has said the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar should lead to [...] Full text...

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West Bank Palestinians facing deadly ‘war-like tactics’, warns OCHA

19 october 2024 - 06:00:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Palestinians continue to face “war-like tactics” used against them by Israeli forces and settlers in the [...] Full text...

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Over 1.8 million in Gaza face extreme hunger - UN

18 october 2024 - 05:02:33
New York, US (PANA) - More than 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing “extremely critical” levels of hunger, with [...] Full text...

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OCHA deeply concerned over continued displacement crisis in Sudan

17 october 2024 - 05:22:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) expressed deep concern on Wednesday over the [...] Full text...

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UN: Over 2 million babies born into Sudan's devastating conflict

14 october 2024 - 16:56:29
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) –  An international charity organisation catering for children has said over 2 million babies are estimated [...] Full text...

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Gaza School set for polio vaccine campaign hit in deadly strike, says UNRWA

14 october 2024 - 11:49:22
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - A second round of polio vaccinations for thousands of children began in central Gaza on [...] Full text...

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Gaza food aid levels at ‘breaking point’

12 october 2024 - 06:59:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Aid entering the Gaza Strip is at its lowest level in months, and both the north [...] Full text...

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Gazans in the north trapped with nowhere to go, as fighting intensifies

08 october 2024 - 05:29:09
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians have warned that conditions in northern Gaza are deteriorating rapidly, with over 400,000 [...] Full text...

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UN agency expresses 'deep concern' over siege of Sudan's El Fasher city

08 october 2024 - 05:21:26
New York, US (PANA) - The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, voiced deep concern on Monday over the siege of [...] Full text...

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UN officials remember Hamas' 7 October attacks, reiterate need for peace

07 october 2024 - 16:25:30
New York, US (PANA) - Senior officials from across the UN system underscored the need for peace between Israelis and [...] Full text...

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UN condemns deadly West Bank airstrike, attacks on Gaza schools

05 october 2024 - 05:29:34
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief has strongly condemned the killing of several Palestinians, including women and children, [...] Full text...

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Desperation grows in Gaza: At least 11 schools hit this month, nearly 100 dead

28 september 2024 - 06:57:53
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - At least 11 schools being used as shelters by internally displaced Gazans have been hit so [...] Full text...

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Sudan crisis: Top ministers meet in New York in call for concerted action

26 september 2024 - 05:46:56
New York, US (PANA) - With war raging in Sudan and no end in sight to the catastrophic hunger crisis [...] Full text...

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UN calls for end of hostilities, protection of civilians, and unimpeded access

24 september 2024 - 12:58:12
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - At the time Sudan’s military leader Gen Abdul Fatah Al Burhan left the country for [...] Full text...

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UN continues polio vaccination in northern Gaza

12 september 2024 - 05:20:59
New York, US (PANA) - The UN says that health workers continue efforts to vaccinate young children in northern Gaza [...] Full text...

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Gaza war continues to shut hundreds of thousands out of class

10 september 2024 - 05:23:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monday would have marked the start of the new school year in Gaza, but the ongoing [...] Full text...

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Sudanese Government rejects UN fact-finding mission's recommendations

08 september 2024 - 18:32:59
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Sunday rejected a report by a UN Fact-Finding Commission, saying it was politically [...] Full text...

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160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza

07 september 2024 - 05:36:15
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - More than 160,000 children were vaccinated in southern Gaza on Thursday, the first day of a [...] Full text...

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Violence and insecurity closes 14,300 schools in West and Central Africa

06 september 2024 - 05:06:05
Dakar. Senegal (PANA) - More than 14,000 schools have had to close across West and Central Africa due to violence [...] Full text...

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UN demands hostage release, urges protection and aid for Gaza civilians

05 september 2024 - 05:46:57
New York, US (PANA) - Top UN political and humanitarian officials on Wednesday renewed urgent appeals for the unconditional release [...] Full text...

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At least 30 Palestinians killed in West Bank

05 september 2024 - 05:31:01
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - At least 30 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank in the week ending [...] Full text...

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UN reports ‘lethal tactics’ by Israeli forces in West Bank

04 september 2024 - 05:17:33
New York, US (PANA) - Israeli forces continue to employ “lethal war-like tactics” in the West Bank, including airstrikes, with [...] Full text...

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UN provides emergency cash injection for global crisis hotspots

31 august 2024 - 07:37:39
New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top relief official on Friday allocated $100 million from the Organization’s Central Emergency [...] Full text...

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Crisis in Gaza: UN Security Council briefed on latest humanitarian situation

30 august 2024 - 06:16:06
New York, United States (PANA) – The UN Security Council met in emergency session in New York on the continuing [...] Full text...

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West Bank strikes: UN rights office condemns Israeli military escalation

28 august 2024 - 14:04:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid further raids, airstrikes and settler attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, [...] Full text...

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Flooding from Sudan dam collapse worsens humanitarian crisis

28 august 2024 - 04:51:51
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Around 20 villages in eastern Sudan have reportedly been “destroyed”, with 70 impacted overall, after [...] 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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Aid teams cite huge challenges in tackling new Sudan cholera outbreak

23 august 2024 - 14:54:07
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Protecting war-weary people in Sudan from a second deadly cholera outbreak is proving a huge [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Vital aid supplies running low as schools hit in further strikes

22 august 2024 - 16:00:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN aid teams have warned that vital chorine supplies that are essential for purifying water are [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian charity flags dire conditions for Burkinabe refugees in central Mali amid lean season

22 august 2024 - 05:04:14
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - As the lean season intensifies across Mali, the situation for thousands of people who have fled [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Latest evacuation orders leave civilians dangerously close to frontline

21 august 2024 - 19:58:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “Continuous” Israeli military evacuation orders in Gaza threaten already extremely vulnerable people in the enclave with [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UN warns of worsening humanitarian disaster as ceasefire talks continue

20 august 2024 - 06:06:55
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres is closely following negotiations in Doha focused on trying to end [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian aid to Sudan civilians stalled by floods and violence - UN

20 august 2024 - 05:40:54
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - UN authorities in Sudan on Monday confirmed that truckloads of food and supplies have been [...] Full text...

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UN, partners call for end of violence against aid workers

19 august 2024 - 05:23:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With the number of aid workers killed in the line of duty reaching record highs, the [...] Full text...

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UN rights office calls for accountability for latest ‘horrific’ West Bank killing

16 august 2024 - 14:53:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The perpetrators of a deadly rampage targeting a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank must [...] Full text...

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Most of Gaza 40,000 dead are women and children, says UN rights chief

15 august 2024 - 15:07:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza passes the dark milestone of 40,000, UN rights [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians report rise in children killed and injured in the West Bank

15 august 2024 - 07:32:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The killing, injury and displacement of Palestinians continues in the West Back against the backdrop of [...] Full text...

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No date yet for long-awaited South Sudan elections, UN Security Council told

15 august 2024 - 06:08:44
New York, US (PANA) - The UN continues to support an enabling environment for general elections in South Sudan, but [...] Full text...

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Security Council: Political affairs chief underlines ‘desperate need’ for Gaza ceasefire

14 august 2024 - 05:25:03
New York, US (PANA) - As civilian suffering intensifies in war-ravaged Gaza, senior UN officials on Tuesday called once more [...] Full text...

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UNRWA chief calls for protection of civilians, civilian infrastructure

13 august 2024 - 05:57:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, upheld the need to protect civilians, civilian [...] Full text...

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Evacuation orders this week affect thousands in north and south Gaza - UN

10 august 2024 - 05:41:15
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - At least 60,000 Palestinians have moved towards western Khan Younis in Gaza in the past 72 [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Thousands on the run again following new evacuation order

09 august 2024 - 07:12:37
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Thousands of people in Gaza have been fleeing west toward Al Mawasi after the Israel military [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe faces worsening food crisis due to El Niño droughts

08 august 2024 - 07:42:57
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A new report from the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) reveals that food insecurity levels in [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians urge Security Council to stop ‘freight train of suffering’ in Sudan

07 august 2024 - 05:36:12
New York, US (PANA) - Two senior UN officials appealed to the Security Council on Tuesday for more resources and [...] Full text...

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US Secretary of State Blinken urges Sudan's military ruler to participate in ceasefire talks

06 august 2024 - 09:52:17
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken by phone with the Head of the [...] Full text...

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Sudan famine: Emergency response must include more than food, urges top UN aid official

06 august 2024 - 05:53:20
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The battle to prevent lives being lost in Sudan to famine must include a comprehensive [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: ‘Frightening increase’ in Hepatitis A cases

03 august 2024 - 07:25:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies warned on Friday of the high risk of the further spread of infectious diseases [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians' efforts ‘nowhere near where they should be’ 300 days into Gaza war

02 august 2024 - 05:47:56
New York, US (PANA) (PANA) - Scaling up aid delivery remains a challenge in Gaza as the war reaches the [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UNRWA programme aims to get children ‘back to learning’

02 august 2024 - 05:35:31
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, launched a programme on Thursday to get boys and girls [...] Full text...

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Gazans need polio vaccines amid ‘deadly cycle’ of hunger, heat and disease, say UN aid agencies

30 july 2024 - 14:02:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a bid to prevent a polio epidemic in Gaza, UN humanitarians on Tuesday repeated continuing [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Fresh evacuation orders compound misery for enclave’s displaced

30 july 2024 - 06:20:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New forced displacements have continued in Gaza as regional tensions escalate after a deadly strike in [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Evacuation orders displace thousands, disrupt aid operations

27 july 2024 - 06:05:36
New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarians estimate that more than 190,000 Palestinians were displaced this week in Khan Younis and [...] Full text...

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Libya warns against foreign interference in Sudan crisis

26 july 2024 - 11:27:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The acting Minister of the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Al-Taher Al-Baour, has [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia landslides: Death toll rises as UN supports response

26 july 2024 - 06:54:20
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A UN inter-agency humanitarian team has reached the area affected by deadly landslides in Ethiopia [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Hunger fears persist as Israeli operations further harm enclave’s farmers

25 july 2024 - 12:18:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As President Biden on Thursday prepared to meet Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss progress on [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Exodus from Khan Younis compounds pressure on meagre resources

24 july 2024 - 18:41:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - About 150,000 people fled Khan Younis in a single day on Monday following evacuation orders issued [...] Full text...

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At least 157 people killed in landslides in southern Ethiopia

24 july 2024 - 10:52:14
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 157 people have reportedly died and more than 14,000 affected by landslides on [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Nearly 26 million going hungry due to rising food prices, access challenges

24 july 2024 - 05:17:06
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 26 million people in war-torn Sudan are not getting enough to eat, the UN [...] Full text...

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Gaza city-bound UN aid convoy comes under Israeli fire, says UNRWA

22 july 2024 - 16:16:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN convoy has been hit by “heavy shooting” from Israeli forces at a checkpoint while [...] Full text...

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‘Largest’ displacements so far in Gaza’s war of attrition: UN aid agencies

18 july 2024 - 18:39:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarians issued a fresh alert on Thursday about having to cut rations in Gaza where [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Multiple strikes kill dozens near UN aid hub as thousands flee fighting

17 july 2024 - 07:26:12
New York, US (PANA) - Multiple strikes have killed dozens of people in central Gaza, landing just 100 metres from [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: More than 800,000 still trapped in El Fasher with supplies running out, warns WHO

16 july 2024 - 13:05:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hunger and fear of famine stalk Sudan where a staggering 800,000 people still remain trapped in [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: fresh airstrikes reported in centre, south, as conflict intensifies

15 july 2024 - 13:27:58
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - New Israeli airstrikes reportedly struck southern and central areas of Gaza on Monday as UN humanitarians [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Concern mounts over fate of besieged El Fasher city

12 july 2024 - 05:27:08
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians “remain gravely concerned” over the daily fighting that continues to rage in and [...] Full text...

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UN humanitarians warn against Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza City

11 july 2024 - 06:04:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Israel’s order for people to leave Gaza City on Wednesday “will only fuel mass suffering for [...] Full text...

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Gazans reeling from closed hospitals, malnutrition and heat risks, warns UN health agency

09 july 2024 - 15:37:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Gaza, overwhelmed hospitals, soaring temperatures, hunger and a lack of even basic sanitation present an [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Another UN school suffers Israeli as war passes ninth month

08 july 2024 - 15:15:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The war in Gaza passed the nine-month mark on Sunday with humanitarians left assessing the damage [...] Full text...

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Tens of thousands displaced as fighting intensifies in southeast Sudan

06 july 2024 - 09:12:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Fresh fighting in southeast Sudan is exacerbating civilian suffering, with reports that over 136,000 people have [...] Full text...

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Gaza war grinds on as forcibly displaced run out of space to shelter

05 july 2024 - 07:22:53
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Bombing continued overnight into Thursday in Gaza where some of the tens of thousands of people [...] Full text...

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Gaza ‘split in two’ as civilians, humanitarians reset lives, aid efforts

04 july 2024 - 05:48:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Gaza Strip is virtually “split in two”, with blockades not only restricting the movement of [...] Full text...

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Alarming drop in global funding to people in war and crisis: Humanitarian charity

03 july 2024 - 12:20:52
Oslo, Norway (PANA) - Halfway into 2024, only 18 percent of the funding needed for humanitarian assistance globally has been [...] Full text...

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Tens of thousands displaced in fresh violence in DR Congo

03 july 2024 - 05:49:32
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Millions of displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are suffering amid one [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s cocktail of war and flooding leaves people trapped, unable to flee

03 july 2024 - 05:38:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of people have been forced out of Sudan as the brutal civil war continues to [...] Full text...

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IOM says more than 700,000 migrants in Libya

30 june 2024 - 14:33:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 725,304 migrants are present in Libya, according to data collected from March to [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso desperately needs aid supplies - UN

29 june 2024 - 06:01:12
New York, US (PANA) - Resources are desperately needed to ramp up aid supplies for Burkina Faso, a landlocked country [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Aid constraints and health issues persist amid ongoing conflict

28 june 2024 - 07:10:40
New York, US (PANA) - Delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza remains a difficult and frustrating task for UN and [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Famine risk is real for 14 areas of Sudan amid ongoing fighting

27 june 2024 - 15:31:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The risk of widespread famine in Sudan caused by war there was confirmed on Thursday by [...] Full text...

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New famine alert for Gaza where families go days without food

25 june 2024 - 13:03:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza remains on famine alert after food security experts warned on Tuesday that more than one [...] Full text...

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Gaza is 'a world of devastation' UN agencies

22 june 2024 - 00:38:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is “a world of devastation” and still in the grip of war after nearly nine [...] Full text...

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Gaza is more than two million stories of loss: UN agencies

21 june 2024 - 17:59:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is “a world of devastation” and still in the grip of war after nearly nine [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza

20 june 2024 - 12:06:12
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza have left the enclave’s most vulnerable individuals struggling to carry [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Women doing ‘inspirational’ work in Gaza

20 june 2024 - 07:28:27
New York, US (PANA) - UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Wednesday that Gazans continue to be displaced due [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: ‘Nowhere is safe’ for civilians as war descends further into chaos

19 june 2024 - 06:45:01
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday focused on the worsening crisis in [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UN rights chief slams ‘unconscionable death and suffering’

18 june 2024 - 15:06:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the war drags on in Gaza, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned [...] Full text...

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Gaza: 8,000 children diagnosed with malnutrition amid ongoing shelling

14 june 2024 - 07:03:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heavy shelling reported in the so-called safe zone of Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza on Thursday came [...] Full text...

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Amid Gaza war, children work so families can survive: ILO

08 june 2024 - 06:27:43
Geneva, Switzerland {PANA) - Eight months to the day since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza, the UN labour agency, [...] Full text...

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War in Gaza: Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school

07 june 2024 - 07:30:13
New York, United States (PANA) - Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight [...] Full text...

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War in Gaza: Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school

07 june 2024 - 06:22:04
New York, United States (PANA) - Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight [...] Full text...

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War in Gaza: Continuing restrictions hamper humanitarian access inside Gaza

05 june 2024 - 07:13:28
New York, United States (PANA) - The UN humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) on Tuesday warned that lifesaving aid for [...] Full text...

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Ongoing war destroying social fabric in Gaza, UN aid official says

04 june 2024 - 06:16:52
New York, USA (PANA) - The narrowing space left for civilians in the Gaza Strip is becoming increasingly limited and [...] Full text...

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Inter-Agency Standing Committee launches urgent appeal for aid as famine stalks millions in Sudan

31 may 2024 - 12:00:41
New York, USA (PANA) - Time is running out for millions of people in Sudan who are at imminent risk [...] Full text...

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Amid ongoing Israeli incursions into Gaza, aid facilities shut ‘one after another’

31 may 2024 - 06:38:11
New York, US (PANA) - With no let-up in reported street battles and Israeli bombardment across Gaza on Thursday, UN [...] Full text...

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Gaza War: Medics struggling in face of ‘overwhelming disaster’ as vital supplies run low - WHO

30 may 2024 - 05:31:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Vital medical supplies are fast running out in Gaza’s remaining hospitals, the UN health agency warned [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Mass casualties reported in Israeli attack on camp for displaced

27 may 2024 - 13:21:17
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Dozens of people are believed to have died in an Israeli overnight attack on a camp [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UN relief chief repeats call for ceasefire

25 may 2024 - 10:24:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global uproar calling for an end to the Israeli incursion in Rafah “has grown too loud [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Increasing disease and humanitarian strain in Gaza amid aid shortages

24 may 2024 - 05:29:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Living conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate, with reports of an increase in diarrhoea and suspected [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Rafah aid situation increasingly desperate, UN teams warn

22 may 2024 - 16:13:01
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Hostilities across Gaza reportedly continued on Wednesday, fuelling already alarming aid access problems and dire food [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: WHO chief calls for end to latest hospital siege

21 may 2024 - 12:26:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As bombardments by the Israeli military reportedly continued overnight across Gaza, along with ground incursions and [...] Full text...

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With Gaza on the brink, hostage talks must resume, Security Council hears

21 may 2024 - 06:55:04
New York, US (PANA) - Gaza stands at “yet another precipice of further catastrophe” as the latest round of hostage [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Aid delivery via floating dock welcomed, but land routes ‘more important’

18 may 2024 - 07:21:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Trucks carrying desperately needed aid into Gaza have started moving ashore on the temporary floating dock [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: UN’s rights chief says horrified by escalation in fighting as famine draws nearer

18 may 2024 - 06:58:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official has personally intervened to try to stop spiralling violence in Sudan that’s [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle

16 may 2024 - 13:05:06
Manama, Bahrain (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres reiterated his warning on Thursday against a full-scale assault on Rafah, just as [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Underweight babies, heavy fighting and a hospital reopening

15 may 2024 - 17:43:20
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid some of the fiercest reported fighting in Gaza yet, UN humanitarians on Wednesday repeated warnings [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: 7 million may face high levels of food insecurity

15 may 2024 - 06:27:47
New York, US (PANA) - More than seven million people in South Sudan risk experiencing high levels of food insecurity [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Guterres deplores Rafah escalation

14 may 2024 - 18:56:46
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guteres is appalled by the escalation of Israeli military activity in and [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UN humanitarians say 450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues

14 may 2024 - 12:43:03
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Large parts of the city of Rafah are now a “ghost town”, with UN humanitarians reporting on [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Rafah exodus reaches 360,000 as UN underscores $2.8 billion aid appeal for Gaza, West Bank

13 may 2024 - 14:34:53
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nearly 360,000 people have fled Rafah in the last week amid continuing Israeli bombardment that has [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Countless lives at stake in Sudan’s El Fasher, warn UN aid teams

13 may 2024 - 12:59:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN teams are flagging reports that a hospital in Sudan’s North Darfur has been damaged in a [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: As exodus from Rafah continues, ceasefire calls grow

10 may 2024 - 11:09:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With no let-up in the Israeli military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah into Friday [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: 80,000 displaced from Rafah as Israeli bombardment intensifies, say UN aid teams

09 may 2024 - 11:24:03
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Some 80,000 people have left Rafah since Monday amid continuing Israeli bombardment in and around Gaza’s [...] Full text...

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'Israeli forces bringing war to the West Bank', warns UN rights office

09 may 2024 - 05:41:43
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - As war rages in Gaza, violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have also increased [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Patients in Rafah ‘afraid to seek services’, WHO reports

08 may 2024 - 06:47:52
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has taken “crucial steps” in the event of a large-scale Israeli [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Uncertainty in Gaza amplified by closure of key border crossings

07 may 2024 - 11:44:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid ongoing uncertainty about a ceasefire in Gaza and an escalation of the military operation in Rafah, UN [...] Full text...

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Deadly rains continue pounding East Africa

07 may 2024 - 05:21:32
Dar es Salaam (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of lives have been impacted by recent heavy rainfall and massive floods [...] Full text...

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Targeting Rafah could lead to slaughter, warns UN aid agency

04 may 2024 - 07:25:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An Israeli military operation in Rafah “could lead to a slaughter” and cripple lifesaving humanitarian work [...] Full text...

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UN agencies warn of imminent starvation risk in Sudan’s Darfur region

03 may 2024 - 18:14:42
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - UN agencies issued a joint warning on Friday that time is running out to prevent [...] Full text...

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Gaza’s new terror: Booby-trapped cans of food for the unwary

02 may 2024 - 13:16:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Almost seven months into the devastating war in the enclave, Gazans face a new threat: booby-trapped [...] Full text...

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Libyan and international demining experts call for end to suspension of demining operations in Libya

01 may 2024 - 15:23:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan and international demining partners have stressed the urgent need to facilitate the work of mine [...] Full text...

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Gazans on tenterhooks awaiting news of ceasefire call

01 may 2024 - 15:03:19
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid growing international calls for restraint from Israel in Gaza and reports on Wednesday of further [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: ‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Gaza over feared Rafah attack

01 may 2024 - 05:55:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ordinary Gazans remain in a “constant state of trauma” over an impending full-scale Israeli attack on [...] Full text...

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Landmines killed 17 people in Libya in 2023, according to UNMAS

29 april 2024 - 10:45:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) says 17 people, including 14 children, died in incidents [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Civilians trapped in El Fasher as UN warns of imminent attack

27 april 2024 - 05:05:23
New York, US (PANA) - Escalating violence in Sudan’s North Darfur state has left dozens dead and people trapped in [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Heatwave brings new misery and disease risk to Rafah

26 april 2024 - 04:37:52
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Unexpected blistering temperatures across Gaza have added to the daily misery faced by the enclave’s people [...] Full text...

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Somalia floods kill four people; expected to impact 770,000

24 april 2024 - 04:46:52
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Seasonal rains in Somalia, which come between April and June – referred to as the “Gu” [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: UN agency again flags dire humanitarian situation in Sudan

21 april 2024 - 05:14:01
New York, US (PANA) - Edem Wosornu, director of operations and advocacy at the UN Office for the Coordination of [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: $2.8 billion appeal for three million people in Gaza, West Bank launched

17 april 2024 - 20:53:10
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN and partner agencies insisted on Wednesday that “critical changes” are needed to improve aid access [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Humanitarians locked in aid delivery ‘dance’ to avert famine in Gaza

17 april 2024 - 05:44:43
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Scaling up assistance in Gaza remains a challenge in the face of continued access denials, delays [...] Full text...

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UNICEF: Nine children killed in 2023 by landmines in Libya

15 april 2024 - 11:09:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nine Libyan children lost their lives to mines and explosive devices during 2023, the United Nations [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Paris conference on Sudan should jump-start new approach to humanitarian funding

15 april 2024 - 10:54:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the [...] Full text...

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

14 april 2024 - 07:07:30
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan was plunged into an ongoing, devastating war one year ago on 15 April 2023, [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UN continues to face aid access denials in Gaza

09 april 2024 - 17:19:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-coordinated food convoys are three times more likely to be denied access to north Gaza than [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: ‘No protection’ for civilians, aid workers, Security Council hears

05 april 2024 - 17:38:54
New York, US (PANA) - Aid officials called on the Security Council on Friday to step in to stop the [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions

04 april 2024 - 20:10:02
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN officials launched assessment visits to Gaza and its agencies will resume night-time aid deliveries on [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark

04 april 2024 - 05:30:57
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians in Gaza have suspended operations at night for at least 48 hours in response to [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Israel continues to block aid into northern Gaza

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

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Gaza war: Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to end

29 march 2024 - 05:14:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’ after more than five months of Israeli bombardment, the head [...] Full text...

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UN's DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’

28 march 2024 - 05:28:11
New York, US (PANA) - Insecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight

26 march 2024 - 16:18:01
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a “double-digit number [...] Full text...

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UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths steps down

26 march 2024 - 06:19:37
New York, US (PANA) - The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, announced on Monday that he is stepping down [...] Full text...

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Deadly cholera infections spreading fast in Somalia, warn UN aid teams

26 march 2024 - 06:15:03
Mogadidhu, Somalia (PANA) - Cholera has killed nine people in the last week across Somalia and more than 50 in [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease, hunger

22 march 2024 - 13:54:10
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of ongoing bombardment across Gaza on Friday, UN humanitarians highlighted “shocking levels of disease [...] Full text...

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Amid ongoing strife in Gaza and Ukraine, UN chief reiterates peace call

21 march 2024 - 15:54:23
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres doubled down on his call for a ceasefire in Gaza and peace [...] 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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Gaza war: Less than 1 in 2 UN aid missions allowed into northern zones this month

20 march 2024 - 13:33:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Less than half of the UN aid convoys planned for Gaza’s hunger-ravaged north have made it [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Children of Gaza spread joy for Ramadan, despite the war (Feature by UN News)

20 march 2024 - 05:29:43
Deir Al-Balah camp, Gaza (PANA) - Clusters of tents are cobbled together with any available fabric, plastic and wood, as [...] Full text...

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UN relief chief calls for overhaul in humanitarian assistance delivery

19 march 2024 - 04:40:56
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The UN’s emergency relief chief on Monday outlined the need for a fundamental shift in how [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: 23 million tonnes of debris ‘will take years to clear’

18 march 2024 - 07:07:42
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The war in Gaza has left a staggering almost 23 millions tonnes of rubble and unexploded [...] Full text...

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Gaza War: 23 million tonnes of debris ‘will take years to clear’; acute malnutrition doubles in a month

16 march 2024 - 08:39:20
New York, US (PANA) - The war in Gaza has left a staggering almost 23 million tonnes of rubble and [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Number of children killed higher than from four years of world conflict

13 march 2024 - 13:22:34
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of fresh Israeli airstrikes in Gaza overnight into Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian [...] Full text...

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UN an ‘unsinkable compass’ for humanity, says top EU official

13 march 2024 - 06:55:05
New York, US (PANA) - A top European Union (EU) official on Tuesday emphasised the crucial role of the United [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: For the first time in weeks, UN aid teams reach Gaza City

13 march 2024 - 05:51:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Enough aid for 25,000 people has reached Gaza City for the first time in weeks, the [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza war: Gazans on verge of famine need ‘exponential’ aid boost, says UN

12 march 2024 - 13:14:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN aid officials welcomed the news on Tuesday that an aid ship had left Cyprus for [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Rafah ground assault would increase risk of atrocity crimes

08 march 2024 - 17:13:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Any assault by Israeli forces on the densely populated city of Rafah where 1.5 million have [...] Full text...

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North Gaza aid mission reveals more infants may die from hunger

05 march 2024 - 19:19:34
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A rare opportunity to deliver desperately needed supplies to hospitals in northern Gaza for the first [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia appeals for US$3.2 billion for humanitarian response

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...

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Israel-Gaza: Worst famine fears realised as 10th child reportedly ‘starves to death’

01 march 2024 - 17:55:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Repeated warnings from humanitarians over desperate food insecurity and imminent famine in Gaza came into focus [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN chief appalled by ‘tragic human toll’ of Gaza war

29 february 2024 - 19:29:38
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General said on Thursday he was “appalled by the tragic human toll of the [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza

29 february 2024 - 05:51:16
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - No communications, no medicine and little hope. That’s what operating a hospital in a war zone [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Frustration mounts as UN convoy is blocked outside stricken hospital

27 february 2024 - 15:26:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN relief agencies operating in war-torn Gaza voiced deep frustration on Tuesday over continuing aid access [...] Full text...

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Israel not complying with World Court order in genocide case

27 february 2024 - 05:59:21
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – The Israeli government has failed to comply with at least one measure in the legally binding [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid delivery to Gaza falls by half since January: UNRWA

27 february 2024 - 05:16:24
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Very little humanitarian aid has entered besieged Gaza this month, with a 50 per cent reduction [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UNRWA warns of lack of functioning health centres in Gaza

25 february 2024 - 05:23:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said just seven of its 23 health centres [...] Full text...

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UN allocates $100 million for underfunded emergencies

21 february 2024 - 06:50:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top relief official on Tuesday released $100 million from the Organisation’s core humanitarian emergency [...] Full text...

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Gazans ‘hanging by a thread’, warns WFP

20 february 2024 - 17:21:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN emergency food relief agency (WFP) has warned that Gaza is “hanging by a thread”, [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Israeli advance on Rafah would have ‘dire humanitarian consequences’

20 february 2024 - 05:39:14
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - An extension of Israel’s military operation in Rafah, where over a million internally displaced Palestinians have [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Lifesaving medical care collapsing under assault in Gaza: WHO

17 february 2024 - 05:41:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The largest remaining hospital in southern Gaza is “barely functional”, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Civilians suffer as ‘perfect storm’ of war, disease and displacement grips Sudan

14 february 2024 - 05:47:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt as the war between rival militaries in Sudan spreads into [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: It's nearly impossible to protect civilians in event of ground attacks in Rafah

10 february 2024 - 07:34:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The unprecedented population density in Rafah in southern Gaza makes it nearly impossible to protect civilians [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: War leaves 700,000 children facing life-threatening malnutrition

09 february 2024 - 17:02:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A staggering 700,000 children in Sudan face the worst and most life-threatening form of hunger after [...] Full text...

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Isarel-Gaza crisis: UN health agency warns over continuing attacks on healthcare

09 february 2024 - 16:41:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The unrelenting war in Gaza hasn’t spared hospitals, their staff or the people sheltering there, the [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gazans ‘stalked by hunger, disease and death’ warns UN’s top aid official

08 february 2024 - 18:10:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid further fighting across Gaza on Thursday, including reports of deadly airstrikes in Rafah governorate, the UN’s [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: UN appeals for $4.1 billion in aid for war-torn Sudan and refugee-hosting countries

07 february 2024 - 19:26:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations on Wednesday urged countries not to forget millions of people caught up in [...] Full text...

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Gaza-Israel crisis: War enters fifth month amid reports of potential ceasefire deal

07 february 2024 - 13:48:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the devastating Gaza-Israel war entered its fifth month on Wednesday leaving a reported 27,585 Palestinians [...] Full text...

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