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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Use of artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating in healthcare – but basic legal safety nets that protect patients and health workers are lacking.The warning comes in a report by the UN World Health Organisation’s (WHO) office in Europe, where AI is already helping doctors to spot [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has clarified the public the financing of the UN generally and UNSMIL’s operations, including the implementation of the roadmap. In a press release, it noted that the UN is funded both through its regular budget made up of assessed [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Trust Bank of Gambia.Currency                     Buying                SellingUS Dollar                    [...]

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Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - As coordinated attacks by non-state armed groups have intensified in some districts of Nampula province in northern Mozambique since 10 November, 80% of the population of Lúrio and Mazula (approximately 128,000 people) have fled into the bush or to other districts, according to United Nations humanitarian [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Forty-five per cent of the 8.2 billion people on the planet live in cities, which is only going to increase as the world becomes increasingly urban. In 1950, the global population stood at 2.5 billion and just 20 per cent were city dwellers. By 2050, two-thirds [...]

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New York, US (PANA) – The United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories warned on Tuesday that Israel’s genocidal practices in Gaza have inflicted unimaginable pain and suffering.Presenting its latest report to the UN [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN is prepared to play “any role” needed to advance the breakthrough Security Council resolution endorsing the United States-led Gaza peace plan.That’s according to Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq, who told journalists in New York that it was “essential now to translate the diplomatic momentum [...]

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Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Over the past six months the realignment of global priorities and increasingly turbulent external conditions have continued to test sub-Saharan Africa. Yet the region’s economies are proving resilient. As our recent economic outlook for the region shows, economic growth is projected to hold steady at 4.1 [...]

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Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Elders, an independent group of global leaders working for peace, justice, human rights and a sustainable planet, founded by the late South African president Nelson Mandela in 2007, have condemned the ongoing human suffering in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In a [...]

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Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP). By 2026 a staggering 318 million people would face crisis [...]

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Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - Guinea-Bissau’s National Electoral Commission, CNE, has assured the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Election Observation Mission (EOM) of its readiness to deliver credible and transparent Presidential and Legislative elections on 23 November.A press release by ECOWAS said receiving an EOM team at the Commission’s headquarters [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, David Mahlobo is leading a government delegation to the World Toilet Summit (WTS) in New Delhi, India, from Wednesday to Friday.The WTS is an annual event organised by the World Toilet Organisation and hosted by the [...]

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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Wednesday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania,Currency                   Buying               SellingBurundi Franc           0.8117               0.8198Euro        [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Expanding terrorist networks, mass displacement and the collapse of essential services in West Africa and the Sahel are a growing concern worldwide.That’s according to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres who told the Security Council on Monday that the growth in terrorist groups was “not only [...]

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