Sexual violence systematically used as a weapon of war in the DR Congo

23 april 2025 - 19:51:10
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to have devastating consequences, [...] Full text...

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Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds

23 april 2025 - 05:11:55
New York, US (PANA) - Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of [...] Full text...

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Challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples, ‘an affront to dignity and justice’

22 april 2025 - 07:38:17
New York, US (PANA) - Too many Indigenous Peoples are still being excluded from decisions that directly affect their lands, [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Hundreds of thousands flee renewed violence in North Darfur

21 april 2025 - 08:37:39
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A mass wave of displacement in Sudan’s North Darfur state is pushing hundreds of thousands [...] Full text...

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Children are most affected by intensification of armed conflict in Burkina Faso: UN

18 april 2025 - 07:42:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Burkina Faso, children are victims of intense violence and serious human rights violations perpetrated [...] Full text...

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Rise in violence against civilians in South Sudan

18 april 2025 - 07:35:53
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The number of civilians in South Sudan harmed by conventional parties to the conflict and [...] Full text...

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Sudan: No respite for civilians amid unrelenting war and aid access barriers

18 april 2025 - 07:29:00
New York, US (PANA) - As Sudan’s civil war grinds on, millions of civilians remain trapped in a relentless cycle [...] Full text...

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Libya’s fragile transition plagued by deepening economic and political divides

17 april 2025 - 19:05:39
New York, US (PANA) - Libya’s prolonged political transition is facing renewed strain, with mounting economic pressures and tensions between [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief

17 april 2025 - 16:41:18
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in Sudan's El Fasher city

17 april 2025 - 05:58:40
New York, US (PANA) - Escalating violence and deteriorating humanitarian conditions in and around El Fasher in Sudan continue to [...] Full text...

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Security Council urged to support eastern DR Congo peace initiatives

17 april 2025 - 05:52:14
New York, US (PANA) - Despite numerous regional and international diplomatic initiatives, the security situation remains critical in the eastern [...] Full text...

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South Sudan on the brink as peace deal falters, UN warns

17 april 2025 - 05:44:53
New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan stands at a dangerous crossroads as rising political tensions threaten to derail a [...] Full text...

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UN: Families fleeing attacks in Sudan’s Zamzam camp arrive injured, traumatized, with nothing to eat

16 april 2025 - 16:08:26
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -Thousands of families have arrived injured, traumatized and with no food or water in the town [...] Full text...

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G7 Ministers denounce Sudan conflict

16 april 2025 - 12:29:03
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Foreign Minister of the  G7 countries and the High Representative of the European Union, [...] Full text...

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External flow of weapons into Sudan must end: Guterres

16 april 2025 - 07:09:55
New York, US (PANA) - Two years to the day since Sudan’s brutal war erupted between rival generals who rejected [...] Full text...

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Flooding displaces thousands amid ongoing unrest in eastern DR Congo

15 april 2025 - 20:09:32
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Recent severe flooding caused by torrential rains has displaced nearly 10,000 people in Tanganyika province [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges the world to stop 'ignoring' Sudan

15 april 2025 - 09:46:12
London, UK, (PANA) - On the second anniversary on Tuesday of the outbreak of Sudan’s civil war, a human rights [...] Full text...

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Sudan: 15 million children require humanitarian assistance after two years of war

15 april 2025 - 06:04:23
New York, US (PANA) - The number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan has doubled as the [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: UN responds to deteriorating security in Upper Nile state

15 april 2025 - 05:58:53
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Peacekeepers with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are stepping up patrols, and engaging [...] Full text...

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Millions displaced, health system in ruins as Sudan war fuels famine

15 april 2025 - 05:47:10
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - More than 12.4 million people have been forced from their homes across Sudan – including [...] Full text...

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UN forum on People of African Descent examines reparations and AI challenge

14 april 2025 - 20:31:58
New York, US (PANA) - The fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent opened on [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: ‘Darkest chapters’ ahead as Darfur massacre claims over 100 lives

14 april 2025 - 20:06:25
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan’s devastating war enters its third year, UN rights investigators are warning that its “darkest [...] Full text...

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No arrests in Mozambique post-election political killings – Police

14 april 2025 - 13:27:57
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambican authorities have failed to conduct credible investigations into the wave of political killings following the [...] Full text...

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UN condemns killing of over 100 civilians, including children and humanitarian workers, in RSF attacks

13 april 2025 - 07:09:59
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the killing of over a [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian organisations flag starvation and global failure in Sudan's bloody war

12 april 2025 - 05:21:13
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Several humanitarian organisations have again flagged the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Sudan as the bloody [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence

11 april 2025 - 18:30:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, [...] Full text...

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Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warn

11 april 2025 - 14:55:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two years since Sudan’s brutal conflict began, UN agencies warned that famine is spreading and civilians [...] Full text...

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Sudan faces unprecedented hunger and displacement as war enters third year

11 april 2025 - 06:44:34
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The conflict in Sudan has become one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Rights group flags 'horrific and widespread' use of sexual violence by paramilitary RSF

10 april 2025 - 10:58:27
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been fighting a bloody war with the [...] Full text...

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South African Minister slams acquittal of rape-accused Nigeria pastor

10 april 2025 - 08:02:17
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi on Thursday expressed her deep [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Conflict and hunger push millions to the brink

10 april 2025 - 07:46:59
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Hunger in South Sudan’s northeast has reached a critical tipping point, with nearly 7.7 million [...] Full text...

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‘Persistent violence’ driving displacement and disease outbreaks in DR Congo

10 april 2025 - 07:36:43
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The displacement of people and the outbreak of disease in the eastern Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: UHCHR chief stresses need to help refugee hosts in Chad

09 april 2025 - 15:54:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) -  As the brutal war in Sudan nears the two-year mark, thousands of people continue to flee [...] Full text...

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Suffering, destruction in Sudan continue as bloody war nears second year mark

09 april 2025 - 09:35:02
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan's bloody war between two military groups reaches its second anniversary, a humanitarian charity [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: 41,700 refugees have fled violence to Uganda

09 april 2025 - 08:15:14
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Some 41,000 refugees have crossed from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into Uganda since [...] Full text...

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Ukraine crisis: ‘Even wars have rules,’ UN relief chief tells Security Council

08 april 2025 - 20:28:07
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 13 million people in Ukraine urgently need humanitarian aid as displacement, psychological trauma and [...] Full text...

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Libyan political parties call for expediting political process and improving inclusion

08 april 2025 - 12:02:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirty representatives of Libyan political parties have expressed their concerns over the ongoing political stalemate and [...] Full text...

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UN reflects on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

08 april 2025 - 06:13:22
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General called on Monday for commitment to build a world of justice and [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Africa Children’s Summit 2025 concludes

08 april 2025 - 06:03:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Africa Children’s Summit 2025 which ended in Johannesburg on Monday brought together some of [...] Full text...

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Ukraine: Mine contamination is lethal legacy of Russia’s invasion

07 april 2025 - 18:52:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 100 million people in more than 60 countries and territories live under the threat [...] Full text...

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Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures – On World Health Day WHO calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

07 april 2025 - 18:15:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World Health Day, with the theme “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures,” the Gaza Strip continues to [...] Full text...

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World Health Day: Focusing on women’s physical and mental health around the world

06 april 2025 - 14:48:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monday’s World Health Day highlights a critical issue for global health: the particular vulnerabilities faced by women [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Suffering continues amid massive destruction across Khartoum

06 april 2025 - 05:43:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The people of Sudan are trapped in siege-like conditions “with no escape, no hope, and often [...] Full text...

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UN rolls out key initiative to combat antisemitism

06 april 2025 - 05:05:08
New York, US (PANA) - Amid rising concerns over antisemitism worldwide, the UN on Friday announced the roll out of [...] Full text...

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UN rights office calls for end to Israel's ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

04 april 2025 - 20:33:37
New York, US (PANA) - Amid reports of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, the UN rights office, OHCHR, [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza

04 april 2025 - 15:44:31
New York, US (PANA) - The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza raise further [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens

04 april 2025 - 05:41:35
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Ongoing violence in North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues [...] Full text...

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Talks underway to avert further escalation in South Sudan

04 april 2025 - 05:30:47
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - High-level talks are underway in South Sudan to try and prevent further escalation between forces [...] Full text...

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Sudan crisis: UN rights chief condemns extrajudicial killings in Khartoum

03 april 2025 - 17:14:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The fight for Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, likely involved widespread summary executions of civilians following its recent [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Sexual violence used as weapon of terror against women and girls

03 april 2025 - 08:09:23
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Amid alarming reports of sexual violence being used as a weapon of terror across Sudan, [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Surging violence as armed groups target civilians in the east, Human Rights Council hears

02 april 2025 - 08:15:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...

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AU Commission Chairperson to deploy Panel of the Wise for South Sudan mediation

01 april 2025 - 16:32:47
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Youssouf Ali, is dispatching a high-level [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges govts to pursue comprehensive justice for Sudan on 20th anniversary of Darfur ICC referral

31 march 2025 - 11:23:58
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – Ongoing atrocities fuelled by rampant impunity and an accountability gap across Sudan require comprehensive justice [...] Full text...

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UN chief strongly condemns killing of Kenyan peacekeeper in Central African Republic

30 march 2025 - 06:51:36
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Saturday strongly condemned an attack on peacekeepers serving with UN mission [...] Full text...

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DRC: Outbreaks of infectious diseases due to depletion of stocks due to budget cuts

30 march 2025 - 06:44:39
Goma, DRC (PANA) - The near-total depletion of medical supplies, due to budget cuts and blocked access, is leading to [...] Full text...

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Rights expert deplores the 'regime of terror' imposed by violent extremist groups in Mali

28 march 2025 - 15:53:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Mali on Friday expressed concern about the [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Acts of war bear hallmarks of atrocity crimes, warn UN humanitarians

28 march 2025 - 15:43:37
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) -  Lifesaving supplies in Gaza continue to run dangerously low, nearly four weeks into the total [...] Full text...

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From despair to resilience in Kwamouth, Democratic Republic of Congo: Story By Wassy Kambale for OCHA

28 march 2025 - 11:32:55
Kwamouth, Mai-Ndombe, DR Congo (PANA) - Tantine Moba's eyes, once radiant with life, now gaze vacantly into the distance, as [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief denounces a 'frightening proliferation of racist violence and hate crimes'

28 march 2025 - 08:06:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is facing a "frightening proliferation of racist violence and hate crimes," the UN human [...] Full text...

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UN rights body sounds alarm over South Sudan crisis

27 march 2025 - 20:22:44
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan issued an alert on Thursday over [...] Full text...

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Armed groups install ‘parallel administration’ in DR Congo, Security Council hears

27 march 2025 - 20:07:58
New York, US (PANA) - Armed groups affiliated with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...

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DRC: Record 28 million people face acute hunger

27 march 2025 - 15:24:55
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Conflicts and rising food prices are plunging the Congolese people into one of the worst food [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Nearly 400,000 displaced people return home despite insecurity and humanitarian crisis

27 march 2025 - 15:10:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) have returned to their homes in Sudan since last December [...] Full text...

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825,000 children trapped as conflict rages in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Zamzam internally displaced camp

27 march 2025 - 10:00:27
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Grave violations against children have surged across Sudan’s Darfur states since the start of the [...] Full text...

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DRC: Shadow of humanitarian catastrophe hangs over Ituri province

27 march 2025 - 08:04:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the M23 rebel offensive continues in the eastern Republic of Congo (DRC), in the provinces [...] Full text...

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UN Mission urges restraint as South Sudan crisis deepens

27 march 2025 - 07:05:41
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has called on all parties to exercise restraint [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe journalist held on baseless charges – Human Rights Watch

26 march 2025 - 13:06:58
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Zimbabwean authorities should immediately release and drop the groundless charges against a journalist for his [...] Full text...

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Crimes of the transatlantic slave trade ‘unacknowledged, unspoken and unaddressed’ (By Vibhu Mishra, UN News)

26 march 2025 - 10:28:15
New York, US (PANA) - The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, [...] Full text...

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Survivors of sexual violence in the Central African Republic affected by funding cuts (Feature by UN News)

26 march 2025 - 10:22:20
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - The United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) has said that US funding [...] Full text...

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Fostering community resilience: A lifeline for the Central African Republic: World Bank Blog By Laurent Corroyer

26 march 2025 - 08:27:56
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - When devastating floods swept through the Central Africa Republic (CAR) in August 2024, thousands [...] Full text...

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Niger: Mosque attack which killed 44 should be ‘wake-up call’, says rights chief

26 march 2025 - 08:25:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a [...] Full text...

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Sudanese uprooted by conflict drag themselves across Chad’s border

26 march 2025 - 08:17:19
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - UN teams say that a humanitarian emergency is underway on Sudan-Chad border, with the number of [...] Full text...

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WFP mobilises to help Congolese refugees in Burundi in a difficult financial context

25 march 2025 - 06:02:01
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has quickly mobilised additional aid to Burundi to support [...] Full text...

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Local UN staff ‘particularly vulnerable’ to detention, as UN calls for their release

25 march 2025 - 05:49:19
New York, US (PANA) - Staff members of the United Nations around the world who are recruited locally are “particularly [...] Full text...

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South Sudan on brink of civil war, top UN official warns

25 march 2025 - 05:26:32
New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan is teetering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as [...] Full text...

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AUC Chairperson commends Angolan president for efforts to bring peace to eastern DRC

24 march 2025 - 09:43:37
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, has commended the important [...] Full text...

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UN Support Mission in Libya 'alarmed' at wave of arbitrary arrests

23 march 2025 - 05:32:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) says it is “alarmed” at the wave of “arbitrary [...] Full text...

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Record number of more than 8,900 people died on migration routes in 2024 - IOM

23 march 2025 - 05:18:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record number of more than 8,900 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2024, the [...] Full text...

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Libyan youth, officials discuss ways to reduce communal violence

22 march 2025 - 13:30:13
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Dozens of young people from Zaouia, Ajeilat, Sabratha and Jdeida in western Libya, and officials from [...] Full text...

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Mass displacement in DRC: Country and neighbours are on verge of humanitarian catastrophe

22 march 2025 - 07:36:47
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Faced with massive displacement caused by the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the [...] Full text...

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Children, refugees pay hefty price of global aid funding crisis

22 march 2025 - 07:07:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Children, refugees and displaced people worldwide are paying the price for the deep-seated funding crisis that [...] Full text...

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Sudanese Armed Forces announce major victory over paramilitary RSF in Khartoum

21 march 2025 - 09:39:04
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Friday announced a major victory over the rival paramilitary [...] Full text...

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DRC: More than two-thirds of child abuse committed by the M23

21 march 2025 - 08:37:58
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - M23 rebels were responsible for more than two-thirds of the grave violations committed against children in [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Civilians targeted as hostilities intensify in the capital

21 march 2025 - 08:12:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Dozens of civilians, including local humanitarian volunteers, have been killed by artillery shelling and aerial bombardment [...] Full text...

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UN welcomes Qatar's mediation between DRC and Rwanda

20 march 2025 - 07:30:22
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday thanked the Emir of Qatar for his mediation between [...] Full text...

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In just one month, intensifying violence has forced over 60,000 people to flee their homes in Haiti’s capital

19 march 2025 - 17:06:47
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (PANA) - In just one month, intensifying violence has forced over 60,000 people to flee their homes in [...] Full text...

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Libya denounces the resumption of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in Palestine

19 march 2025 - 14:49:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity has [...] Full text...

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DRC, Rwanda commit to 'immediate and unconditional ceasefire' after Qatar talks

19 march 2025 - 09:16:34
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have reaffirmed their commitment to [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Council focuses on Iran, Syria and Venezuela

18 march 2025 - 20:56:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Top independent experts reported to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, putting the [...] Full text...

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DRC: Nearly 100,000 people displaced by violence in Ituri

18 march 2025 - 06:03:38
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As continued fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese army forces thousands of civilians to flee [...] Full text...

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'Small arms weigh heavily on sustainable development'

18 march 2025 - 05:56:56
New York, US (PANA) - Among the many threats hindering sustainable development, small arms and light weapons are often overlooked. [...] Full text...

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UN chief affirms solidarity with Bangladesh amid political transition

16 march 2025 - 13:12:04
Dhaka, Bangladesh (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres underscored the pivotal moment the country is facing as it navigates a [...] Full text...

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‘Time for bold moves’: UN urges inclusive transition as Syria marks 14 years of conflict

16 march 2025 - 08:56:52
Damascus, Syria (PANA) - Marking 14 years since the start of the Syrian conflict, top UN officials raised alarm over [...] Full text...

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‘Without us, there is no future’: Youth take over UN Women’s Commission

15 march 2025 - 07:49:58
New York, US (PANA) - “Support us and include us” to achieve real progress on advancing equal rights for all, [...] Full text...

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Reject bigotry and discrimination, UN chief says, urging everyone to combat Islamophobia

15 march 2025 - 07:41:14
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has urged everyone to speak out against xenophobia and discrimination to combat [...] Full text...

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Fresh fighting in eastern DRC displaces tens of thousands of families

15 march 2025 - 07:20:42
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Fresh fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has displaced tens of thousands of [...] Full text...

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In Bangladesh, UN chief vows to prevent Rohingya suffering as aid cuts loom

14 march 2025 - 18:08:53
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres, during his visit to the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, [...] Full text...

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How sound economic policy can help prevent conflict: IMF Blog By Franck Bousquet, Paul M. Bisca, Christopher Rauh, Benjamin Seimon

14 march 2025 - 11:59:22
Washington, DC, United Sates (PANA) - Simulations that incorporate machine learning-based predictions of conflict suggest large payoffs from preventive policies, [...] Full text...

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Conflict, hunger, poverty impede children's early development: Rights chief

14 march 2025 - 08:27:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments everywhere are “letting children down instead of lifting them up” as conflict, hunger, poverty and [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Children facing ‘unimaginable suffering’, warns UNICEF chief

14 march 2025 - 08:17:13
New York, US (PANA) - Sudan is now the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis, the head of the [...] Full text...

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'Interruption of US aid to HIV response in DRC could cost thousands of lives'

13 march 2025 - 08:28:49
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN is concerned about the fate of thousands of citizens of Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...

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UN launches gender equality plan: ‘We’re at a turning point’

13 march 2025 - 07:34:03
New York, US (PANA) - The UN launched a bold new action agenda to boost rights and achieve gender equality [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Council: Significant increase in child victims of trafficking

12 march 2025 - 19:17:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Children make up almost four in 10 victims of trafficking worldwide, but the true number of [...] Full text...

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Cape Town to host EU-South Africa summit on Thursday

12 march 2025 - 11:05:27
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The eighth summit between the leaders of the EU and South Africa will take place in [...] Full text...

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‘Furious kickback against equality’ must end, UN chief tells women activists, as conference adopts landmark declaration

12 march 2025 - 07:38:04
New York, US (PANA) - At a time of growing backlash against women’s rights, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a stark [...] Full text...

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WHO injects fresh support into DR Congo vaccination drive

12 march 2025 - 07:17:55
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has stepped up efforts to improve vaccination coverage in the Democratic [...] Full text...

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Bangladesh: Rohingya children’s acute hunger surges amid funding cuts

11 march 2025 - 20:01:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk [...] Full text...

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Women, girls bear brunt of cyberbullying against persons with disabilities

11 march 2025 - 15:54:15
New York, US (PANA) - States must do more to prevent cyberbullying and overcome unequal access to assistive technology which [...] Full text...

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US Embassy in South Sudan orders departure of non-emergency employees; Uganda deploys troops to Juba

11 march 2025 - 11:41:02
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The US Department of State ordered the departure of non-emergency government employees from South Sudan [...] Full text...

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Gender expert flags increased risk of forced sterilization of disabled women

11 march 2025 - 08:26:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Women and girls with disabilities are at increased risk of abuse, including forced sterilization, sexual exploitation [...] Full text...

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Commission on the Status of Women: 'The poison of patriarchy is back'

11 march 2025 - 08:20:02
New York, US (PANA) - As the new session of the Commission on the Status of Women opens, meeting at [...] Full text...

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Building a healthier world by women and for women is key to achieving gender equality

10 march 2025 - 18:38:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action on [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Libya urges parties to promote status of women

09 march 2025 - 13:14:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has called on all Libyan [...] Full text...

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Women in war zones: “Having worked in humanitarian work for 22 years, I was the one who needed help” (By Nathalie Minard, UN News)

09 march 2025 - 13:03:24
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - “In 22 years of humanitarian work, I could not imagine that I was the one who [...] Full text...

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South Sudan’s leaders must avert another deadly crisis and uphold peace agreement, urges UN Commission

08 march 2025 - 16:04:25
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The surge in violence in Upper Nile State, escalating political tensions in Juba, and other [...] Full text...

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Why investing in women and girls benefits everyone

08 march 2025 - 09:22:20
New York, USA (PANA) – The right to go to school. To join the workforce. The right to vote. To [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeepers, South Sudan soldiers killed after helicopter came under fire

07 march 2025 - 19:09:18
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A United Nations helicopter conducting an evacuation process in Nasir, in Upper Nile State, came [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi

07 march 2025 - 16:53:50
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN reports 'widespread' abuse of detainees in conflict

07 march 2025 - 11:32:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new United Nations report released on Thursday highlights a "widespread pattern" of arbitrary detention, torture [...] Full text...

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Gender equality in employment would take nearly two centuries, says ILO

07 march 2025 - 11:05:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty years after the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which set ambitious [...] Full text...

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One in four countries report backlash against women’s rights in 2024

07 march 2025 - 10:25:28
New York, US (PANA) - The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Israeli aid cut threatens care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEF

06 march 2025 - 16:42:05
Gava City, Gaza (PANA) - The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday [...] Full text...

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Access to stricken Sudan's Zamzam camp ‘is nearly impossible’ - UN official

06 march 2025 - 15:32:25
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Civilians sheltering in the vast Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region are now [...] Full text...

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Ghana's President stresses self-reliance on 68th independence anniversary

06 march 2025 - 12:48:46
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Thursday marked her 68th independence anniversary with the President of the West African country, [...] Full text...

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UN releases US$110 million to shore up life-saving assistance in neglected humanitarian crises

06 march 2025 - 12:43:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With global humanitarian funding being scaled back precipitously, the United Nations on Thursday allocated US$110 million [...] Full text...

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DRC: Human rights defenders threatened, UN expert warns

06 march 2025 - 08:53:20
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - An independent UN expert said on Wednesday she was extremely concerned about the safety of human [...] Full text...

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UN report reveals brutal attacks targeting Muslims, refugees in Central African Republic

05 march 2025 - 20:44:25
New York, US (PANA) - A UN report released on Wednesday has uncovered a pattern of grave human rights violations [...] Full text...

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Syrians’ hopes for a better future depend on justice for the Syrians’ hopes for a better future depend on justice for the disappeared, Human Rights Council hears

05 march 2025 - 19:19:49
New York, US (PANA) - The people of Syria’s painful search for a peaceful future took centre stage at the [...] Full text...

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UN steps in to help survivors of sexual violence in DRC to recover economically

05 march 2025 - 07:41:58
Goma, DRC (PANA) - Before the recent escalation of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which caused an [...] Full text...

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Gaza’s recovery must be built on more than steel and concrete: Guterres

04 march 2025 - 19:40:27
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday stressed that the “true foundation” of recovery and reconstruction in Gaza [...] Full text...

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DRC: Almost 80,000 flee amid fighting, sexual violence: UNHCR

04 march 2025 - 15:09:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Insecurity and horrific sexual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have left tens [...] Full text...

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'Children as young as one reported among survivors of rape during Sudan’s violent conflict' - UNICEF

04 march 2025 - 08:41:33
New York, US (PANA) - Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including infants as young as one, amid [...] Full text...

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‘Naked struggle for power and resources’ leaves civilians paying unbearable price: UN human rights chief

04 march 2025 - 07:30:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan to [...] Full text...

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DRC: UNICEF, partners provide clean water to 700,000 people a day in Goma

04 march 2025 - 07:14:20
Goma, DRC (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

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‘Naked struggle for power and resources’ leaves civilians paying unbearable price: UN human rights chief

03 march 2025 - 20:22:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan [...] Full text...

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Guterres urges parties to find a way forward on next phase of Gaza ceasefire

02 march 2025 - 10:12:22
New York, US (PANA) - As the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal concludes, UN Secretary-General [...] Full text...

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UN probe nails South Sudanese leaders for fuelling war

01 march 2025 - 08:12:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - South Sudan’s political leaders must address the impunity and corruption that fuels gross human rights violations, [...] Full text...

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Children already dying in Sudan’s stricken Zamzam camp: WFP

01 march 2025 - 05:27:29
Rome, Italy (PANA) - UN humanitarians on Friday warned again that thousands of families could starve in the coming weeks [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Unified Arab position will ‘help guide the way forward’

01 march 2025 - 05:18:00
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday stressed that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza must hold, [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Unified Arab position will ‘help guide the way forward’

28 february 2025 - 16:44:20
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday stressed that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza must hold, [...] Full text...

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ICC prosecutor intensifies probe into DRC war crimes

28 february 2025 - 16:05:16
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has concluded his second visit to the Democratic [...] Full text...

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US funding cuts confirmed, ending lifesaving support for women and girls

28 february 2025 - 15:29:32
New York, US (PANA) - The United States has cut $377 million worth of funding to the UN reproductive and [...] Full text...

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UN deplores continuation of indefinite military service in Eritrea

28 february 2025 - 06:22:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Eritrea continues to subject its citizens to indefinite military service, in violation of international human rights [...] Full text...

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Sudan is a powder keg with growing risk of war crimes, UN warns

28 february 2025 - 06:18:34
Geneva, Switzerland US (PANA) - Sudan is a flashpoint, with a growing risk of atrocity crimes and mass starvation deaths, [...] Full text...

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US funding cuts confirmed, ending lifesaving support for women and girls

28 february 2025 - 06:10:14
New York, US (PANA) - The United States has cut $377 million worth of funding to the UN reproductive and [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians launch $2.5 billion plan to deliver aid to 11 million people in DR Congo

28 february 2025 - 06:05:32
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Humanitarians are calling for $2.54 billion to support operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...

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Police units need strong support says UN peacekeeping chief

28 february 2025 - 05:56:50
New York, US (PANA) - The head of UN peacekeeping operations on Thursday called for more investment in the UN [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for peace and justice as Ramadan begins

28 february 2025 - 05:47:00
New York, US (PANA) - As Muslims around the world prepare to mark the beginning of the Holy Month of [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Council: Türk calls out ‘dehumanizing’ narratives on Gaza

27 february 2025 - 21:24:29
New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday called for an end to the “abhorrent, [...] Full text...

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UNICEF: Reports of serious violations against children in DRC have tripled in one month

27 february 2025 - 06:21:19
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The number of reports of grave violations against children in parts of eastern Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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Conflict has turned parts of Sudan ‘into a hellscape,’ Security Council hears

26 february 2025 - 19:20:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A senior UN aid official has called on the Security Council to ensure better protection for [...] Full text...

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‘Political courage’ needed to end war in the Middle East: Top UN

26 february 2025 - 17:51:13
New York, US (PANA) - A sustainable resolution to the war in Gaza and the broader Israel-Palestine conflict relies on [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN calls on Israel and Hamas to begin second phase of ceasefire

26 february 2025 - 07:56:26
New York, US (PANA) - As the first phase of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas expires, the UN [...] Full text...

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‘We’re afraid to return home’: Uprooted again, Congolese civilians face hunger and more insecurity (Feature by UN News)

26 february 2025 - 07:48:47
Goma, DRC (PANA) - Around 700,000 people were forced to leave Goma, one of the biggest cities in the Democratic [...] Full text...

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DRC fighting has claimed more lives, forced families from their homes

26 february 2025 - 07:26:50
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Ongoing fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and [...] Full text...

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Sudan: MSF says forced to halt activities as violence engulfs Zamzam camp in North Darfur

25 february 2025 - 08:06:18
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -  Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says the current escalation of attacks and [...] Full text...

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90% of victims of conflict-related sexual abuse in DRC are women and girls

25 february 2025 - 06:41:40
New York, US (PANA) - Independent UN experts on Monday expressed grave concern over the scale of conflict-related sexual violence [...] Full text...

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Kenyan police officer killed in Haiti anti-gang operation

25 february 2025 - 06:23:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A Kenyan police officer serving with the Security Council-backed Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti [...] Full text...

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UN chief 'deeply concerned' by Sudan's paramilitary RSF to form rival govt

25 february 2025 - 06:17:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concern on Monday following the announcement by Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces [...] Full text...

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DRC crisis deepens as crime, insecurity surge

25 february 2025 - 06:09:14
New York, US (PANA) - The humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is worsening as M23 [...] Full text...

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World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists

24 february 2025 - 12:02:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With no end to numerous protracted conflicts - not least in Ukraine, three years to the [...] Full text...

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Sudanese Army ends RSF’s two-year siege of El Obeid in North Kordofan

24 february 2025 - 10:11:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese army said on Sunday that it had broken a nearly two-year siege imposed by [...] Full text...

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DRC crisis: People trapped in climate of insecurity amidst clashes in Uvira - MSF

24 february 2025 - 09:33:11
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is flagging security around the city of Uvira, [...] Full text...

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MSF mourns worker killed in DRC

23 february 2025 - 07:26:19
Goma, DRC (PANA (PANA) - A worker of humanitarian and medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has died from gunshot [...] Full text...

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US, Kenya call for immediate ceasefire in eastern DRC war

23 february 2025 - 06:53:32
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US and Kenya have called for an immediate ceasefire in the war in eastern [...] Full text...

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UN in Ukraine prepares for the worst, hopes for the best

22 february 2025 - 16:26:36
New York, US (PANA) - As the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches its third year, a flurry of diplomatic [...] Full text...

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Nearly 148,000 in Gaza receive cash aid

22 february 2025 - 12:10:07
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Aid operations in the Gaza Strip continue to reach people from north to south with [...] Full text...

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Security Council urges Rwanda to stop supporting M23 in eastern DR Congo

22 february 2025 - 11:45:26
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday that strongly condemned the ongoing [...] Full text...

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Parties to DR Congo conflict must treat dead bodies with dignity – UN experts

21 february 2025 - 10:00:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Parties to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must ensure bodies of the [...] Full text...

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Thousands of people flee from eastern DR Congo into Burundi.

21 february 2025 - 06:30:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people [...] Full text...

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DR Congo violence has pushed 35,000 to Burundi, says UN refugee agency

20 february 2025 - 18:15:56
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands [...] Full text...

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What is social justice and how is the UN helping make it a reality?

20 february 2025 - 15:54:19
New York, US (PANA) - In recent years, the term "social justice" has become a significant part of public discourse, [...] Full text...

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Ukraine: Three years of war reverses progress for women and girls

19 february 2025 - 23:15:54
Geneva, Switzerland( PANA) - Three years of war in Ukraine have reversed decades of progress for women and girls, leaving [...] Full text...

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Thousands arrive in Burundi within days, fleeing rising tension and violence in eastern DRC: UNHCR

19 february 2025 - 09:45:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Between 10,000 and 15,000 people have crossed into Burundi over the last few days, fleeing escalating [...] Full text...

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UN concerned about armed clashes in South Sudan

19 february 2025 - 07:43:03
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The top UN official in South Sudan on Tuesday expressed grave concern over clashes in [...] Full text...

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DRC: Children reportedly killed in summary executions by M23 fighters

18 february 2025 - 16:29:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The humanitarian emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deteriorated sharply with serious [...] Full text...

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UN rights office warns of ‘dangerous tipping point’ as abuses surge in Sudan

18 february 2025 - 15:43:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday sounded the alarm over escalating rights abuses in [...] Full text...

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DRC: UN peacekeepers repel night attacks in Ituri province

18 february 2025 - 07:21:46
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - While the capitals of South Kivu and North Kivu are now under the control of the [...] Full text...

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Sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine paramount, Security Council hears

17 february 2025 - 21:37:04
New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN political affairs official on Monday reaffirmed that any peace deal in Ukraine [...] Full text...

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UN launches $6 billion Sudan appeal, as famine takes hold

17 february 2025 - 18:52:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than one in two people in war-torn Sudan have too little to eat, famine “is [...] Full text...

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HRW reports dire humanitarian situation in Eastern DR Congo

17 february 2025 - 16:33:11
Bukavu, DR Congo) – On Sunday, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels announced the capture of the city of Bukavu, in eastern Democratic [...] Full text...

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DRC crisis: WFP condemns looting in Bukavu after M23 rebels move in

17 february 2025 - 16:24:36
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the looting of thousands of tonnes of relief [...] Full text...

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UN urges global action to protect and support civilians devastated by Sudan’s war

17 february 2025 - 08:58:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly two years of conflict have fuelled a catastrophic protection crisis and displaced a staggering 12 [...] Full text...

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African Union warns against territorial break-up of DR Congo

16 february 2025 - 15:04:19
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union warned Sunday against the break-up of the Democratic Republic of Congo, two [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa leads SA delegation at AU summit

16 february 2025 - 08:04:26
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa is leading a South African delegation at the 38th Ordinary Session [...] Full text...

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AU Summit: DRC, Sudan at the heart of discussions in Addis Ababa

15 february 2025 - 19:16:44
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At the start of the 38th annual summit of the African Union (AU) in Addis [...] Full text...

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Sudan, ‘the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crises in the world’ (By UN News)

15 february 2025 - 05:53:32
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s ruinous civil war is approaching its third year, leaving a legacy of malnutrition, massive population [...] Full text...

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UN rights office condemns continuing Israeli military operation in West Bank

15 february 2025 - 05:41:31
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the intensifying Israeli military operation in [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis worsens amid dwindling aid access

15 february 2025 - 05:34:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A dire displacement crisis is escalating in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as [...] Full text...

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Reinforcing pastoralism in the Sahel and West Africa: a decade of progress and the path forward: World Bank Blog By Chakib Jenane, Boutheina Guermazi and Olivier Buyoya

14 february 2025 - 11:26:35
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Pastoralism has long been a hallmark of the cultural, social, and economic landscapes of the Sahel [...] Full text...

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‘No time to lose’ in Gaza, as ceasefire offers fragile respite

14 february 2025 - 05:29:10
New York, US (PANA) - The UN is racing against time to expand humanitarian relief and prepare for the monumental [...] Full text...

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UNICEF sounds alarm over child crisis in eastern DR Congo

13 february 2025 - 18:37:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday issued a stark warning over escalating violence in eastern [...] Full text...

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Attempted assassination in Tripoli of Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs condemned

13 february 2025 - 12:22:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The attempted assassination of Libya's Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Adel Jumaa, in Tripoli has [...] Full text...

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Youth, Violence and Therapy: World Bank Blog By Lelys Dinarte-Diaz, Human Development Research Economist

13 february 2025 - 07:43:02
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - There is often a disproportionate concentration of violence and crime among young people in low-income urban [...] Full text...

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Peacekeeping, relief efforts, continue to face challenges in DR Congo

13 february 2025 - 05:38:30
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Wednesday called on the M23 armed group to allow the unimpeded [...] Full text...

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US funding cuts threaten global health response, WHO chief warns

13 february 2025 - 05:37:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed deep concern over the impact of US funding cuts [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians uphold commitment to support civilians in eastern DR Congo

12 february 2025 - 05:07:58
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Despite significant challenges, humanitarians “plan to stay and deliver” in the eastern Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

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Two mass graves of migrants uncovered in Libya

10 february 2025 - 17:17:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two mass graves likely containing the bodies of migrants have been discovered in Libya, highlighting the [...] Full text...

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Save the Children: violence in increase especially against children in Sudan

10 february 2025 - 16:07:39
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- An international charity organization operating in the Sudan has charged that violence is on the increase [...] Full text...

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UN official accuses all parties to Mali conflict of violations against children

10 february 2025 - 07:16:44
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Children in Mali are experiencing high levels of violence and serious violations by all parties involved [...] Full text...

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