Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has strongly condemned the grave and ongoing atrocities perpetrated by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), including following the seizure of the city of El Fasher.A press statement issued on Thursday by the EU stressed that deliberate targeting of civilians, ethnically [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Thursday expressed its deep concern over reports of the "alleged enforced disappearance" of several relatives of Guinean artist and opposition figure Elie Kamano.According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, armed men broke into the [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - At least 417 million children — more than one in five — living in low- or middle-income countries are living in poverty, according to a new report from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), released to mark World Children's Day.The UN agency fears that the [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - What was once hailed as a vehicle for empowerment has, for millions of women and girls, become a source of fear.Fuelled by artificial intelligence, anonymity, and weak accountability, online abuse is rapidly escalating. Yet, 1.8 billion women and girls still lack legal protection from online [...] Full text...
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) — To mark Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day on 19 November, the Africa Regional Office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched the AFRO Geodatabase (AFRO GDB) to enhance the use of trusted administrative boundary data to strengthen geospatial governance and empower data-driven health decisions across Africa. The platform [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the agreement on the Unified Development Programme announced on Tuesday by the Central Bank Governor. The agreement, signed by delegates of the eastern-based House Representatives and the Tripoli-based High Council of State, is intended to strengthen financial [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Trust Bank of Gambia.Currency Buying SellingUS Dollar [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Wednesday.According to new data from the WHO Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (EGASP), which monitors the spread of drug-resistant gonorrhea, resistance to ceftriaxone and cefixime, the main antibiotics [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Sport has always been more than a contest of strength or skill. At its best, it becomes a rare space where people meet as equals – a reminder, as the President of the UN General Assembly put it on Wednesday, that “even in times of [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When Salma (not her real name) was just 15, she was forced to get married, even though she wanted to stay in school and become a doctor someday. Instead, she found herself tied to a man who “changed from being kind to being a monster”. He would [...] Full text...
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government has welcomed US President Donald Trump's statement that he would initiate a peaceful resolution to the conflict in the East African country upon a request by the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohamed bin Salaman, who visited the White House this week.“The Government of [...] Full text...
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Since the G20’s foundational Pittsburgh conference in 2009, progress toward its goal of strong, sustainable, balanced, and inclusive growth has been modest.While G20 economies have shown remarkable resilience in navigating multiple shocks, medium-term growth prospects have moderated to just 2.9 percent, the weakest since the [...] Full text...
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – A sombre mood engulfed the small Island of Ngamba in Uganda as conservationists led a funeral procession for a 30-year-old chimpanzee on 6 November 2025.The female chimpanzee, named Ikuru, meaning the happy one, one of the 49 inhabitants of the Ngamba conservancy, succumbed to wounds inflicted [...] Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Thursday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency Buying SellingBurundi Franc 0.813 0.8211Euro [...] Full text...
