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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global temperatures rises are projected to surpass 1.5°C (2.7°F) within the next decade, underscoring the urgency of the climate crisis.As the world moves to slow climate change and create a more sustainable future, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) named five new climate visionaries on Wednesday as [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland ( PANA) - Gaza’s health system for mothers and newborns has been “decimated”, the UN said on Thursday.This follows Israeli attacks destroying almost all hospitals, cutting off medical supplies and driving sharp rises in maternal deaths, miscarriages and newborn fatalities amid mass displacement and hunger.According to the UN [...]

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Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  -The theme for this year's Human Rights Day, ‘'Human Rights – at the heart of our daily lives'’, resonates deeply with the reality in Libya, where years of conflict and division have eroded trust and weakened institutions, according to the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)."We [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Israeli authorities have apologised following the deportation of three Ghanaian nationals.“The Israeli authorities have now apologised for the action they carried out and have called for de-escalation because we made it clear that if they deported 10 Ghanaians, we will deport 10; 20 will deport [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has expressed “deep concern” about the violence in eastern DR Congo and the Cibitoke Province in Burundi, and called for restraint.A statement isued by the AU on Thursday said the Chairperson is following with [...]

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Washington, DC, USA (PANA) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Ethiopian authorities have reached staff-level agreement on economic policies to conclude the fourth review of the four-year US$ 3.4 billion Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. Once approved, Ethiopia will gain access to about US$261 million. Progress under Ethiopia’s Homegrown [...]

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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                    [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As human rights violations in conflict-affected areas around the world increase, the UN Office of Human Rights is in "survival mode" due to significant budget cuts from international donors."Our resources have been reduced, as has the funding for human rights organisations, including at the local level, [...]

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Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Wednesday signed five-year bilateral health cooperation Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with the governments of Uganda and Lesotho to advance the American First Global Health Strategy and build resilient, self-reliant, and durable health systems in both countries.The US State Department said in [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Donors have pledged just over $300 million to support a fund that serves as a first lifeline for millions affected by conflict and disasters, the UN announced on Wednesday.The contributions to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) were made during a pledging event at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, according to UN News. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - Children caught in conflict, disasters, economic turmoil and other  emergencies face unprecedented dangers as funding shortfalls force lifesaving projects to close.The warning comes from UN Children’s Fund  (UNICEF), which appealed on Wednesday for more than $7 billion to support 73 million vulnerable  boys and girls in the coming year.UNICEF noted that rising attacks on schools and hospitals, coupled with record levels [...]

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Kinshasa, DEC (PANA) - Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian lives, displaced over 200,000 people and cut thousands off from food assistance, prompting UN warnings of a rapidly expanding humanitarian emergency spilling across borders.The UN Office for the Coordination of [...]

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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer, this week celebrated a landmark achievement in South Africa’s wine industry – the official opening of Klein Goederust Wine Cellar, the country’s first Black-owned wine cellar near Cape Town.Meyer hailed the opening as “a triumph [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The vast majority of World Health Organisation (WHO) member States say 40 to 90 per cent of their populations now use traditional medicine.  That’s according to Shyama Kuruvilla, director of WHO's Global Traditional Medicine Centre, established in 2022 to tap into the potential of these systems [...]

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Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - A proliferating set of international standards—covering everything from food labelling to the specifications of 5G cellular networks—is steadily reshaping the global economic order, delivering hefty benefits to the wealthy nations and large multinational companies that set them while leaving many developing countries on the sidelines, [...]

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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           0.815                 0.8231Euro        [...]

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