UN hails DR Congo-Rwanda peace deal amid ongoing hostilities in the east

06 december 2025 - 06:53:12
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Friday welcomed a newly signed peace accord between the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa concludes trip to Mozambique

04 december 2025 - 07:47:54
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned to Pretoria after attending the 4th South [...] Full text...

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Meeting on Africa's Forestry and Wildlife opens in Banjul

03 december 2025 - 09:50:45
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambia on Monday reiterated its commitment to protecting its forests and wildlife as it hosts [...] Full text...

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Global economy ‘on the brink’: UNCTAD

03 december 2025 - 06:55:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global economic growth will slow to 2.6 per cent in 2025, down from 2.9 per cent [...] Full text...

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AU begins talks on cross-border continental data sharing regulations

02 december 2025 - 17:13:58
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) officially launched a crucial four-day Validation Workshop for the Continental [...] Full text...

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Landmine casualties hit four-year high as treaty setbacks deepen

01 december 2025 - 17:39:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest [...] Full text...

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Sudanese PM, UN envoy discuss security, humanitarian crisis

30 november 2025 - 15:34:21
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idriss and Ramtane Lamamra, the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, [...] Full text...

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UN rights office condemns ‘apparent summary execution’ of two men in the West Bank

28 november 2025 - 20:22:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR said on Friday that it was “appalled” by the “brazen [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: ECOWAS suspends Guinea-Bissau after coup

28 november 2025 - 12:19:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA)   - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all decision-making bodies [...] Full text...

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Guinea-Bissau's ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embaló arrives in Senegal

28 november 2025 - 08:41:16
Dakar, Senegal, (PANA) – Guinea-Bissau's ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embaló arrived "safe and sound" in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, on [...] Full text...

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UN envoy to press for Sudan dialogue

28 november 2025 - 07:40:16
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, is preparing to travel to Port [...] Full text...

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2ND UPDATE: AU condemns Guinea Bissau coup as military name new head of state

27 november 2025 - 14:41:12
Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has unequivocally condemned the military [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: Guinea-Bissau coup: Ghana slams 'unconstitutional act'

27 november 2025 - 09:43:13
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana has strongly condemned Wednesday's military coup in Guinea-Bissau, describing it as “an unconstitutional act” that [...] Full text...

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Top Sudanese General gives conditions for peace

27 november 2025 - 08:44:18
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A top Sudanese General has spelled out conditions to end the devastating war in the East [...] Full text...

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UN calls for calm in Guinea-Bissau as it plunges back into uncertainty

27 november 2025 - 07:33:21
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General , Antonio Guterres is calling for restraint in Guinea Bissau as a coup [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: Soldiers oust Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló - Reports

26 november 2025 - 18:16:15
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Soldiers in Guinea Bissau announced on Wednesday that they have ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, who [...] Full text...

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Amputee footballers reclaim hope amid Gaza’s ruins

25 november 2025 - 05:53:39
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Farah Youssef refused to let the loss of her leg four years ago during conflict [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN’s gradual move back to Khartoum ‘an important step’

25 november 2025 - 05:37:13
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Country Team in Sudan met in Khartoum on Monday – the first time it [...] Full text...

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How Europe can capture the AI growth dividend (IMF Blog By Florian Misch, Ben Park, Carlo Pizzinelli, Galen Sher)

21 november 2025 - 10:34:56
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Can artificial intelligence provide a much-needed boost to Europe’s economic productivity? Use of AI is spreading [...] Full text...

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Primate conservationists in Virunga Park upbeat over fresh effort to end cross-border biodiversity loss (By Kennedy Abwao PANA Correspondent)

20 november 2025 - 07:34:00
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – A sombre mood engulfed the small Island of Ngamba in Uganda as conservationists led a funeral [...] Full text...

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UN calls for legal safeguards for AI in healthcare

19 november 2025 - 16:35:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Use of artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating in healthcare – but basic legal safety nets that [...] Full text...

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More than 100,000 people forced to flee in one week in violence in northern Mozambique

19 november 2025 - 10:42:28
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - As coordinated attacks by non-state armed groups have intensified in some districts of Nampula province in [...] Full text...

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AU sustainable development chief calls for deepening of community-led conservation efforts in Botswana

18 november 2025 - 16:45:28
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – The sight of wild animals freely roaming the floodplains of the Chobe National Park in the [...] Full text...

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Intense violence, worsens food insecurity in conflict areas

18 november 2025 - 12:45:35
New York, USA (PANA) - Attacks harming civilians and civilian infrastructure leave fields abandoned, disrupt food ssissupply chains, drive up [...] Full text...

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Cabo Verde, Mauritius and Seychelles eliminate measles and rubella

18 november 2025 - 07:34:37
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - In a significant public health achievement, Cabo Verde, Mauritius and Seychelles have eliminated measles and rubella, [...] Full text...

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Conflict and hunger ‘two faces of the same crisis’, UN deputy chief tells Security Council

17 november 2025 - 19:55:58
 New York, US (PANA) - For millions of people worldwide caught up in conflict, “war and hunger are often two [...] Full text...

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UNESCO fights against illicit trafficking of cultural property

15 november 2025 - 05:46:11
Paris, France (PANA) - The recent theft of eight French crown jewels from the Louvre by a four-person commando serves [...] Full text...

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Illicit weapons fuelling conflicts worldwide, officials warn

14 november 2025 - 16:10:40
New York, US (PANA)  -  The world is facing a cross-border “chain of violence” driven by small arms and light [...] Full text...

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From Haiti to Ethiopia: voices of climate displacement at COP30

14 november 2025 - 07:53:02
Belém, Brazil (PANA) - Floods, heatwaves, droughts and storms are forcing millions from their homes every year. Most never cross [...] Full text...

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Mali's fuel crisis stifles humanitarian operations

14 november 2025 - 07:46:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A severe fuel shortage caused by a jihadist blockade of several strategic roads is fuelling the [...] Full text...

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Palestinian passengers stranded in South Africa

14 november 2025 - 07:32:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – More than 150 Palestinian refugees, seeking asylum in South Africa, were stranded on an [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: UN supports response to potentially deadly virus outbreak

13 november 2025 - 20:08:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting Ethiopia as the country faces a suspected viral haemorraghic [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: UN supports response to potentially deadly virus outbreak

13 november 2025 - 17:17:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting Ethiopia as the country faces a suspected viral haemorraghic [...] Full text...

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Sudan: 89,000 civilians have fled El Fasher

11 november 2025 - 17:20:33
New York, US  (PANA) - The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Monday warned of a deepening crisis in Sudan’s [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Women endure starvation, rape and bombs fleeing El Fasher

11 november 2025 - 14:01:50
Geneva, Switzerland, Sudan (PANA) - In war-torn Sudan, rape is likely being used as a weapon of war and simply [...] Full text...

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Gazans continue heading home as ‘fragile ceasefire’ holds

11 november 2025 - 07:44:25
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - A month into the ceasefire in Gaza, families continue to slowly head back to their [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian crisis in North Darfur worsens as violence spreads - OCHA

11 november 2025 - 07:01:45
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that the crisis in Sudan’s [...] Full text...

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Illicit weapons fuelling conflicts worldwide, officials warn

10 november 2025 - 20:33:04
New York, US (PANA) - The world is facing a cross-border “chain of violence” driven by small arms and light [...] Full text...

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UNHCR fears halt to refugee returns in Africa due to lack of funding

09 november 2025 - 08:17:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - More than 42,000 refugees have been able to voluntarily return home this year in West and [...] Full text...

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Sudan crisis: UN agencies race to aid civilians as violence engulfs El Fasher

06 november 2025 - 16:32:08
New York, US ( PANA) - UN agencies are stepping up relief operations to help civilians fleeing the escalating violence [...] Full text...

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AU Chairman urges rich countries to concretise aid pledges to support conservation

06 november 2025 - 11:49:40
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco has called on the rich countries to make good on [...] Full text...

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Sudan war, political uncertainty block progress on Abyei peace talks

06 november 2025 - 07:47:38
New York, US (PANA) - The UN is ready to support Sudan and South Sudan in resuming talks on the [...] Full text...

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African Summit on environmental conservation opens in Gaborone

05 november 2025 - 11:24:20
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – The first of its kind African Summit on biodiversity conservation opened in Gaborone on Wednesday, banking [...] Full text...

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AU Summit launches talks on US$800 million green conservation Trust Fund

03 november 2025 - 20:37:19
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Talks on the creation of a US$800 million environmental support facility to be funded from 1% [...] Full text...

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‘Blood on the sand. Blood on the hands’: UN decries world’s failure as Sudan’s El Fasher falls (By Vibhu Mishra, UN News)

30 october 2025 - 19:21:31
New York, US (PANA) - El Fasher has “descended into an even darker hell”, senior UN officials warned on Thursday, [...] Full text...

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Libya’s security institutions agree location for joint border security centre

30 october 2025 - 10:57:47
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Representatives from military and security bodies from across Libya on Tuesday approved a location for a [...] Full text...

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UN chief condemns Gaza killings, urges full respect for ceasefire

30 october 2025 - 07:20:56
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned the killing of civilians, including children, in Israeli airstrikes [...] Full text...

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African leaders converge to 'unlock' trillion-dollar infrastructure investments at Luanda finance summit

29 october 2025 - 10:20:42
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - African leaders, global investors, and development partners have gathered in the Angolan capital, Luanda, for the [...] Full text...

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IOM steps up Ebola and mpox preparedness across Africa

28 october 2025 - 05:20:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is scaling up its health response across Africa, responding swiftly to [...] Full text...

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Forty migrants, including children, perish in Tunisia shipwreck

24 october 2025 - 06:46:18
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A shipwreck off Tunisia that claimed the lives of at least 40 African migrants has once [...] Full text...

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'Overwhelming’ demand for food aid in Gaza as fragile ceasefire holds

21 october 2025 - 14:46:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Gaza, the ceasefire is enabling UN humanitarians to reach more desperate people with life-saving food [...] Full text...

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UN urges opening of all Gaza crossings to deliver three-month food supply

18 october 2025 - 07:56:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned food aid cannot reach everyone in Gaza unless [...] Full text...

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Haiti is under a UN arms embargo: So why are 500,000 illegal weapons in circulation?

17 october 2025 - 20:46:09
Port-au-Prince (PANA) - Up to 500,000 illegal weapons ranging from handguns to battlefield-grade semi-automatic rifles are thought to be in [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN pushes to fire scale up aid delivery

16 october 2025 - 20:54:37
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As a fragile ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip, UN aid teams are intensifying efforts [...] Full text...

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UN welcomes Afghanistan-Pakistan ceasefire

16 october 2025 - 20:33:22
Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations called on Thursday for Afghanistan and Pakistan to permanently end recent deadly hostilities and [...] Full text...

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Gaza peace plan ‘at precarious moment’ as killings continue on both sides

15 october 2025 - 15:50:49
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN relief chief on Wednesday urged Israel and Hamas to honour their agreement to [...] Full text...

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Diplomatic 'stir' in DRC after months of stagnation

15 october 2025 - 09:57:17
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - After the disappointment caused by the continuation of fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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Growth of nonbanks is revealing new financial stability risks (IMF Blog By Tobias Adrian)

15 october 2025 - 09:10:20
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Stretched asset valuations and pressures in core sovereign bond markets are keeping financial stability risks [...] Full text...

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Opportunity in a time of change (IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva's curtain raiser speech for the 2025 World Bank, IMF Annual Meetings)

12 october 2025 - 11:56:40
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - As I look at the world over the decades, I see incredible progress, but also [...] Full text...

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In Africa’s Sahel, conflict and climate change force millions from their homes

10 october 2025 - 17:53:54
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Nearly four million people across Africa’s vast semi-arid Sahel region have been uprooted by a volatile [...] Full text...

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Sudan: El Fasher mosque and hospital attacks leave at least 20 dead

09 october 2025 - 18:37:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 20 civilians were reportedly killed this week in attacks targeting a mosque and a [...] Full text...

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The Stablecoin Balancing Act (IMF article by Darrell, Odunayo Olowookere, Andreas Veneris)

09 october 2025 - 12:12:40
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Legend has it that gangster Al Capone hid the illicit origins of his wealth by [...] Full text...

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Turning Tanzania’s farmers into agri- entrepreneurs. A unique international alliance helps smallholder farmers become more sustainable and profitable (By Caitríona Palmer and Birom Seck)

09 october 2025 - 07:36:35
Mwanza, Tanzania (PANA) - It is just past dawn in the village of Kasuguti, Tanzania, and as a golden pink [...] Full text...

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Peace begins behind bars: A corrections officer’s fight for dignity inside Congo’s prisons (A MONUSCO Feature)

08 october 2025 - 22:02:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  - The offer sounded almost unreal. The UN was fishing around for someone with a knack for [...] Full text...

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Sand and dust storms: a global crisis

08 october 2025 - 08:03:26
Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - Sand and dust storms are no longer a local phenomenon, but a global crisis that requires [...] Full text...

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One in ten people in Burundi faces acute food insecurity

07 october 2025 - 14:58:59
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Nearly 1.17 million people are in a situation of acute food insecurity in Burundi, or 10% [...] Full text...

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Nigeria launches largest integrated vaccination campaign in its history

07 october 2025 - 08:06:09
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Monday launched the largest integrated vaccination campaign in its history.This is part of its [...] Full text...

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Sudan and South Sudan renew commitment to cooperate on economic, peace and security domains

06 october 2025 - 15:46:18
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan's minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Samaya Mande on Monday concluded a [...] Full text...

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IMF Chief speaks on ‘Enhancing GCC Resilience to Global Shocks’

04 october 2025 - 08:10:31
Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) – IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva this week addressed the annual Meeting of the Ministers of [...] Full text...

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EU informed about new Libyan initiative to promote voluntary return of migrants

30 september 2025 - 11:16:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Head of the Border Guards and Chairman of the Technical Committee for the Surveillance of [...] Full text...

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AfDB approves $10 million trade finance guarantee to Exim Bank Tanzania

28 september 2025 - 05:56:53
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board of Directors has approved a $10 million trade [...] Full text...

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CAR: Thousands of civilians seek refuge with the UN on the Sudanese border

26 september 2025 - 05:11:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 5,000 fleeing civilians have gathered in recent days around a UN peacekeepers base in the [...] Full text...

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Senegalese president says multilateralism risks collapse

25 september 2025 - 05:34:53
New York, US (PANA) - Senegalese president Bassírou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, says the world is facing challenges, uncertainties, as multilateralism [...] Full text...

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US/Africa expulsion deals flout rights, says rights advocate

23 september 2025 - 05:39:27
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The United States' recent expulsions of third-country nationals to Eswatini, Ghana, Rwanda and South Sudan [...] Full text...

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UNICEF aid trucks robbed at gunpoint in Gaza City

19 september 2025 - 19:56:36
New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarian aid in Gaza must be protected, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, [...] Full text...

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Kenya bolsters polio and measles surveillance with cutting-edge laboratory

17 september 2025 - 10:59:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya on Tuesday inaugurated a newly upgraded World Health Organisation (WHO)-accredited polio laboratory at the Kenya [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Militias, army threaten South Kivu civilians

16 september 2025 - 06:31:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – DR Congo (DRC) military forces and a coalition of abusive militias are threatening the security of civilians [...] Full text...

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States should uphold ban treaty on cluster munitions

16 september 2025 - 06:22:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Governments should reinforce the global ban on cluster munitions and call upon those still using or [...] Full text...

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Deadly attacks and collapsing services push Sudan closer to catastrophe

16 september 2025 - 06:07:04
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has sounded the alarm over Sudan’s spiralling crisis, warning that deadly attacks [...] Full text...

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What is South-South cooperation, and can it be the gateway to a fairer world? (By UN News)

12 september 2025 - 07:23:35
New York, US (PANA) - Although developing countries often look to do deals with wealthy nations in order to help [...] Full text...

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Technology is reshaping capital flows and currency dominance; data integrity is essential for financial stability (IMF Blog by Hélène Rey, a professor at the London Business School)

11 september 2025 - 11:45:33
Washington, DC, USA (PANA - Technology is reshaping capital flows and currency dominance; data integrity is essential for financial stability.Technology [...] Full text...

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Libya and Malta discuss ways to promote bilateral relations

10 september 2025 - 14:27:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan interim Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity, [...] Full text...

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Islamist armed group executes civilians, burns homes in Niger

10 september 2025 - 09:08:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Islamist armed group, Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel), has escalated attacks on [...] Full text...

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Libya sees 'strong growth' in investment

08 september 2025 - 12:44:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Libyan General Authority for Investment Promotion and [...] Full text...

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Three years ago, Finance & Development devoted a full issue to anticipating “The Money Revolution,” driven by innovations in finance, such as crypto assets. That revolution, writes F&D editor-in-chief Gita Bhatt, is now unfolding

08 september 2025 - 10:48:33
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The September issue of F&D looks at the new frontiers of finance, where technology, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia set to inaugurate historic dam (By Gezahagn Degefu, Ethiopian News Agency)

07 september 2025 - 16:42:16
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At the beginning of the Ethiopian New Year (September 2025), Ethiopians are set to celebrate [...] Full text...

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Sudan's paramilitary group accused of killing, forcibly drawing blood from civilians fleeing besieged city

07 september 2025 - 07:43:04
El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias are killing, kidnapping, and forcibly drawing blood [...] Full text...

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The night the mountains shook: A doctor on the front lines of Afghanistan’s earthquake (A UN Feature)

06 september 2025 - 20:33:50
Jalalabad, Afghanistan (PANA) - The first jolt threw Dr. Abdul Mateen Sahak out of bed. The second sent him to [...] Full text...

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How stablecoins and other financial innovations may reshape the global economy (By Gitab Bhatt of IMF)

05 september 2025 - 13:30:33
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Three years ago, Finance & Development devoted a full issue to anticipating “The Money Revolution,” [...] Full text...

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Technology, payments, and the rise of stablecoins (By Gita Bhatt  F&D Editor-in-Chief)

04 september 2025 - 10:08:28
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Technology, data, and changing societal values are reshaping how people and institutions move money [...] Full text...

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Sudan to keep vital crossing border point with Chad open for humanitarian aid

02 september 2025 - 18:16:31
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Government of Sudan on Tuesday said it is extending the opening of a crossing [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: Fireworks at Kasarani as star-studded closing ceremony lights up Nairobi (By CAF Online)

30 august 2025 - 16:00:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) closed in spectacular fashion at Nairobi’s Moi International Sports Centre, [...] Full text...

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From outbreaks to sustainability: African ministers commit to accelerate polio endgame

30 august 2025 - 09:26:57
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – African health ministers have pledged renewed action to end all forms of polio and safeguard the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: A staggering 30 million are in need, as war grinds on

29 august 2025 - 06:53:37
New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarians continue to push for more support for Sudan amid ongoing conflict, rising malnutrition and [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses Mauritania of years of migration control abuses

27 august 2025 - 06:56:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against largely West and [...] Full text...

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East African group calls for closer coordination to stave off deadly extremism

27 august 2025 - 06:37:02
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The threat of violent extremism has been a major obstacle in the Horn and East [...] Full text...

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Africa steps up malaria fight with new commitments and accountability scorecard

26 august 2025 - 06:37:24
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Ministers of Health, partners, and global health leaders convening on the sidelines of the Seventy Fifth [...] Full text...

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Sudan: After ten months of blockade, a UNICEF convoy reaches South Kordofan

26 august 2025 - 06:15:39
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - For nearly a year, the people of Sudan's South Kordofan region have been isolated, besieged [...] Full text...

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Cholera epidemic spreads in Sudanese refugee camps in Chad

26 august 2025 - 06:06:26
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Cholera, which is raging in Sudan, is spreading to Chad. As large numbers of Sudanese from [...] Full text...

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Drone strike destroys UN food aid trucks in Sudan’s North Darfur

21 august 2025 - 08:22:35
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A drone strike by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) destroyed three trucks in a World [...] Full text...

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Terror threat posed by ISIL ‘remains volatile and complex,’ Security Council hears

21 august 2025 - 06:51:15
New York, US (PANA) - The threat posed by the terrorist group ISIL – known more widely in the Middle [...] Full text...

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“I had to be there”: The doctor who healed Goma’s wounds (By Fabrice Robinet, UN News)

20 august 2025 - 08:29:04
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - In late January, when Goma fell to the M23 rebels, Dr. Thierno Baldé was one of [...] Full text...

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‘Beauty and Beast’: Story of the Sudanese IDPs and the Gash River

19 august 2025 - 19:13:39
Kassala, Sudan (PANA) - Huge volumes of thick reddish torrents of water dash from the Ethiopian plateau and mountainous heights [...] Full text...

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Earthquake measuring 5.8 hits eastern Algeria

18 august 2025 - 13:00:36
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An earthquake measuring 5.8 has hit the Algerian Wilaya of Tebessa, on the border with Tunisia.Several [...] Full text...

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Surge in flow of Burkinabe refugees into Mali

18 august 2025 - 06:40:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In barely a week, the small town of Koro in central Mali has seen an influx [...] Full text...

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Hunger and a heatwave plague the Gaza Strip

14 august 2025 - 20:01:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As hunger and malnutrition deepen in the Gaza Strip, humanitarian missions continue to face delays and [...] Full text...

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Malnutrition deaths mark ‘latest in the war on children’ in Gaza: UNRWA chief

14 august 2025 - 05:58:47
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger, prompting humanitarians to [...] Full text...

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Record starvation, malnutrition in Gaza; more West Bank displacement

13 august 2025 - 07:33:05
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The United Nations continues to draw attention to the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza [...] Full text...

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Myanmar: Rights investigators reveal ‘systematic torture’, sexual violence

12 august 2025 - 15:35:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-mandated independent investigators have uncovered “systematic torture” in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities – including beatings, electric [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killing of journalists, as child malnutrition deaths rise

11 august 2025 - 21:18:35
New York US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of six Palestinian journalists in Gaza this [...] Full text...

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You can run – but we will find you, militias tell terrified civilians

08 august 2025 - 15:09:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Help is needed urgently to halt a deadly cholera outbreak that is sweeping across Sudan, UN [...] Full text...

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Erasure or empowerment? In Africa’s Sahel, women confront a stark choice

07 august 2025 - 20:29:34
New York, US (PANA) - In Africa’s Sahel region, deepening violence and poverty – driven by displacement, hunger and terrorism [...] Full text...

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Landlocked nations ‘invisible to much of the world’: UN trade and development chief (By UN News)

07 august 2025 - 05:34:26
Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) - Trapped by geography and squeezed by global market forces, the world’s 32 landlocked developing countries remain [...] Full text...

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Several Somali regions hit by severe drought

07 august 2025 - 05:22:51
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - About 2.5 million people in Somalia are living in drought-affected areas, warn UN agencies currently conducting [...] Full text...

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‘Landlocked to landlinked’: UN summit seeks to turn geography into opportunity (By UN News)

07 august 2025 - 05:18:52
Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) - For the world’s landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), geography isn’t just a challenge, it’s a costly barrier [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns "proxy war" in Darfur undermines regional and continental peace

05 august 2025 - 11:39:16
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has officially claimed that mercenaries from a number of countries are involved in the [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: Tanzania vs Burkina Faso as hosts launch tournament in style against fearless Stallions (By CAF Online)

02 august 2025 - 05:54:23
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) kicks off on Saturday, 2 August with [...] Full text...

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AU celebrates African Women's Day; Darfur gives a different version (By Mohamed Osman Adam)

01 august 2025 - 12:59:45
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Africa is celebrating Women's Day, but the occasion couldn’t be more tragic for Sudanese women.They [...] Full text...

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New Standards for Economic Data Aim to Sharpen View of Global Economy (IMF Blog by Vladimir Klyuev, James Tebrake)

01 august 2025 - 08:38:55
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The updated System of National Accounts better captures digitalisation, intangible assets, and global production—helping [...] Full text...

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Human trafficking: Senegal to strengthen legal framework, improve cross-border cooperation (By Minielle Baro, United Nations Information Centre, Dakar)

01 august 2025 - 05:50:57
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In response to the scourge of human trafficking, Senegal has adopted a solid legal framework, the [...] Full text...

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Cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa poses crisis for children

31 july 2025 - 04:58:58
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Some 80,000 children are estimated to be at high risk of cholera in West and Central [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeeping can work in a fractured world – if there is political will

29 july 2025 - 20:24:15
New York, US (PANA) - In an era marked by geopolitical fragmentation and rising global tensions, United Nations peace operations [...] Full text...

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Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger ‘as a weapon of war

29 july 2025 - 05:25:58
New York, US (PANA) - As starvation worsens in war-torn Gaza, UN agencies repeated warnings on Monday that Israel’s decision [...] Full text...

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Sudanese diplomatic delegation arrives in Libya ahead of reopening of consulate in Kufra

28 july 2025 - 11:38:57
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - A consular mission from Sudan on Sunday arrived in Kufra, in the far south of Libya, [...] Full text...

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'Famine silently begins to unfold’ in Gaza, UNRWA chief says

25 july 2025 - 05:07:48
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - People in Gaza are neither dead nor alive, they are walking corpses.” Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General for [...] Full text...

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Libyan lawmakers, military and security officials discuss strengthening legislative role in national security

24 july 2025 - 08:40:19
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Members of Libya's House of Representatives and senior military and security officials gathered in the Tunisian [...] Full text...

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'Catastrophic birth outcomes’ in Gaza threaten a whole generation, warns UN agency

24 july 2025 - 06:29:34
New York, US (PANA) - Pregnant women and newborns in Gaza face “catastrophic” conditions, including a dysfunctional healthcare system, psychological [...] Full text...

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Global current account balances widen, reversing narrowing trend (IMF Blog By Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas)

23 july 2025 - 12:26:04
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Global current account balances widened by a sizable 0.6 percentage points of world GDP [...] Full text...

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Food lifeline fading for millions in South Sudan hit by conflict and climate shocks

22 july 2025 - 18:06:23
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan’s dramatic hunger crisis is worsening and millions of people there could miss out [...] Full text...

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Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic

21 july 2025 - 21:50:23
New York, US (PANA) - “There will be another pandemic, and it will not be 100 years from now,” UN [...] Full text...

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IMF First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath’s statement at the conclusion of the Third Meeting of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors

19 july 2025 - 06:37:40
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (PANA) - International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath delivered the following remarks at the [...] Full text...

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AU, EU to promote circular economy investment in Africa

18 july 2025 - 12:13:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) have embarked on a joint plan [...] Full text...

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European Council gives green light to progressive start of EU Entry/Exit system

18 july 2025 - 10:43:28
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Friday adopted a law that will make it possible to start the [...] Full text...

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EC adopts new rules simplifying tax collection for imports

18 july 2025 - 10:40:45
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Friday formally adopted new value added tax (VAT) rules for distance sales [...] Full text...

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Benin can mobilize more domestic resources to drive inclusive growth and equity

17 july 2025 - 19:14:33
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - More inclusive growth path, taxation and spending adaptedz to vulnerable populations could further accelerate efforts to [...] Full text...

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Children miss out on vaccines as diseases spread in Sudan

17 july 2025 - 18:54:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies warn that childhood immunization rates in Sudan have plummeted to their lowest level in [...] Full text...

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IGAD and Germany expand partnership on regional migration

17 july 2025 - 16:27:29
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)-The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has announced signing a landmark Euro 8 million Grant Agreement with [...] Full text...

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Surge in traditional gold mining in Sudan exposes communities to dangerous chemicals (Feature by By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)

17 july 2025 - 11:29:22
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Scores of villagers gathered on Thursday for the sixth day running, in Hilat Younis, a remote [...] Full text...

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5 dead after RSF bombs churches in Sudan

16 july 2025 - 07:14:37
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An International Christian charity has accused Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), currently in war [...] Full text...

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Greece refuses to be corridor to Europe, warns Prime Minister

12 july 2025 - 15:38:43
Athens, Greece (PAN ) - In a statement to the press on Friday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said “Greece [...] Full text...

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EC appoints new head of EU advisory mission in Iraq

12 july 2025 - 11:11:29
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has appointed Ralf Schröder as new head of mission for the European Union [...] Full text...

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Libya, EU officials discuss mechanisms for border management

11 july 2025 - 11:27:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Technical Committee for Migration and Border Security on Thursday held a meeting with a [...] Full text...

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War crimes, systematic sexual violence ongoing in Darfur: ICC

11 july 2025 - 05:20:16
New York, US (PANA) - Systematic rape and sexual violence are being used as weapons of war in Darfur, the [...] Full text...

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UN calls for support to SMEs through agricultural trade facilitation

09 july 2025 - 18:04:54
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has urged governments to scale up support for [...] Full text...

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EC extends Sahel regional advisory, coordination cell until 31 January 2026

08 july 2025 - 11:41:49
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Tuesday extended the mandate of the regional advisory and coordination cell (RACC), [...] Full text...

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Former Nigerian President Obasanjo urges ECOWAS to reassess crisis response

04 july 2025 - 10:15:30
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday urged the Economic Community of West African States [...] Full text...

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Iran crisis: UN stays and delivers

01 july 2025 - 20:31:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A clearer picture of needs across Iran is beginning to emerge after the conflict this month [...] Full text...

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IMF completes second review of Togo’s ECF arrangement

01 july 2025 - 12:44:12
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the second review of the [...] Full text...

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Libyan women call for inclusive security sector reform alongside the political process

29 june 2025 - 14:38:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has met over 20 women [...] Full text...

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Europe’s elusive savings and investment union: IMF Finance & Development article By Ravi Balakrishnan. Chief European economist at JP Morgan, Mahmood Pradhan, Head of global macroeconomics at the Amundi Investment Institute.

28 june 2025 - 14:28:08
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - An integrated capital market must be accompanied by regulatory reforms to attract substantial investment.Europe has ample [...] Full text...

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Sudan: ‘Fighting shows no signs of abating,’ senior UN official tells Security Council

28 june 2025 - 07:27:22
New York, US (PANA) - Three years into the conflict in Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed [...] Full text...

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Rwanda, DRC sign peace agreement to end three decades of war

28 june 2025 - 05:58:43
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday signed a peace agreement in [...] Full text...

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Rwanda, DRC sign peace agreement to end three decades of war

27 june 2025 - 22:31:53
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday signed a peace agreement in [...] Full text...

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EU extends Border Assistance Mission in Libya Extension to 2027

27 june 2025 - 10:11:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Council has extended the mandate of the European Union Border Assistance Mission in Libya [...] Full text...

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Nearly 316 million people used drugs in 2023-UN

27 june 2025 - 06:06:26
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Amid growing global instability, the power of organised criminal groups has grown and drug use is [...] Full text...

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Upcoming elections ‘crucial opportunity’ for Central African Republic, UN top official tells Security Council

27 june 2025 - 05:57:18
New York, US (PANA) - As the Central African Republic (CAR) prepares for upcoming elections, the country continues to grapple [...] Full text...

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NOC and TPAO sign agreement to study 4 offshore oil fields

25 june 2025 - 15:43:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Turkish Petroleum [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council condemns attack on UN mission in CAR

25 june 2025 - 06:08:38
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Security Council has condemned an attack on the UN mission in the [...] Full text...

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UNICEF chief meets some of Sudan’s 700,000 child refugees crossing into Chad

24 june 2025 - 05:11:53
N'Djamema, Chad (PANA) - Since fighting erupted in Sudan in April 2023, more than two million children have been displaced [...] Full text...

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Guterres condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers in Central African Republic

22 june 2025 - 18:35:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned a deadly attack on peacekeepers serving with the UN peacekeeping [...] Full text...

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Nearly a thousand new Sudanese refugees arrive in Libya

19 june 2025 - 10:37:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 1,000 Sudanese have taken refuge in Libya following recent clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces [...] Full text...

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IMF concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Mauritius

19 june 2025 - 10:21:43
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The Mauritian economy continues to exhibit resilience with growth at 4.7 percent in 2024 and [...] Full text...

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UN rights office ‘horrified’ by deadly violence at Gaza food distribution sites

19 june 2025 - 05:52:35
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As the pall of starvation hangs over Gaza, UN agencies have sounded the alarm over [...] Full text...

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FDI flows to developing economies drop to lowest level since 2005 EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025, AT 1:30 PM UTC

16 june 2025 - 12:54:10
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) into developing economies—a key propellant of economic growth and [...] Full text...

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Eastern Chad ‘reaching a breaking point’ as Sudan war refugees continue to arrive

15 june 2025 - 05:38:46
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Aid teams in eastern Chad have warned that host communities are reaching breaking point because of [...] Full text...

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UN General Assembly adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution by overwhelming majority

13 june 2025 - 07:18:48
New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly, meeting in emergency session on Thursday in New York, overwhelmingly adopted [...] Full text...

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Tripoli gives popular welcome to caravan heading for Gaza

12 june 2025 - 18:36:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - On Wednesday, the Libyan capital played host to the ‘Al Soumoud’ (Resistance in Arabic) caravan, which [...] Full text...

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An oral cholera vaccination campaign aims to reach more than 2.6 million people in Sudan’s Khartoum State

12 june 2025 - 17:31:23
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - vaccination campaign, launched on 10 June in 5 localities in Sudan’s Khartoum State, aims to [...] Full text...

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Libyan government appointed by Parliament denies involvement in Sudanese war

12 june 2025 - 11:16:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government appointed by Parliament in the east of the country has denied any involvement [...] Full text...

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Rising hunger in Gaza highlights urgent need for ‘unfettered’ aid supplies

12 june 2025 - 08:06:18
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - People in the Gaza Strip are getting hungrier because of the “very limited” volume of [...] Full text...

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Sudanese Armed Forces evacuate from Sudan-Egypt-Libya Triangle

11 june 2025 - 13:04:10
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Wednesday said it pulling all its troops from the [...] Full text...

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Most of the developing world is turning into a development-free zone: World Bank Blog By Indermit Gill, Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics and M. Ayhan Kose, Deputy Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Director of the Prospects Group, Development Economics

11 june 2025 - 07:45:28
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Only six months ago, a “soft landing” appeared to be in sight: the global economy [...] Full text...

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Luanda to host heads of state-level infrastructure financing summit under AU chairmanship

10 june 2025 - 11:57:51
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with Government [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Search for food puts lives on the line

09 june 2025 - 21:57:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip has reached “unprecedented levels of despair,” the UN [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Women and girls struggle to manage their periods amid crisis

08 june 2025 - 11:28:40
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Whether it’s their first time or a routine part of their life, menstruation has become [...] Full text...

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Funding shortfalls, cholera spread, conflict compound relief work in South Sudan and Sudan

06 june 2025 - 06:46:03
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is concerned about the impact of [...] Full text...

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A better place to learn: Supporting refugee students through clean water and hygiene in Ethiopia: World Bank Feature Story

04 june 2025 - 09:28:12
Asosa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Through its dual focus on service harmonisation and integration, the World Bank-supported GEQIP-E helped align refugee [...] Full text...

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Regional humanitarian crisis deepens as displacement surges in South Sudan

04 june 2025 - 07:30:10
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Since a sharp escalation in fighting in South Sudan in late February, 165,000 people have [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Rise in people fleeing to Chad as violence surges

03 june 2025 - 17:11:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of Sudanese refugees in Chad has more than tripled in just over two years [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killings at food distribution sites

02 june 2025 - 21:55:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has condemned the reported killing and injury of Palestinians seeking food aid in [...] Full text...

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As AI evolves, pressure mounts to regulate ‘killer robots’ (By Conor Lennon, UN News)

01 june 2025 - 15:30:59
New York, US (PANA) - A world in which algorithms determine the fate of soldiers and civilians alike is no [...] Full text...

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Kenya modernises electricity grid to enhance power trade in Eastern Africa

30 may 2025 - 21:49:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya is pursuing the modernisation of its national electricity power grid through an Euros 82 million [...] Full text...

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Gaza is the ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid

30 may 2025 - 21:22:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained [...] Full text...

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Exponential rise in synthetic drug production and trafficking in the Golden Triangle

29 may 2025 - 07:52:16
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The Golden Triangle – the remote, jungle-covered border region where Thailand, Myanmar, and the Lao People’s [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN agencies call for aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan begins

27 may 2025 - 12:52:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports indicated on Tuesday that Israel’s controversial aid distribution plan had begun in Gaza as the [...] Full text...

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Rights group calls for investigation into torture, forcible deportation of Kenyan and Ugandan activists by Tanzania

26 may 2025 - 06:11:42
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has asked the Tanzanian authorities to investigate the arbitrary arrest, torture, [...] Full text...

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Detained Ugandan lawyer dumped near border after diplomatic storm

23 may 2025 - 12:35:25
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan human rights lawyer and journalist, Agather Atuhaire, has been found after being dumped near the [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Strikes on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths this week

23 may 2025 - 05:25:59
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than half the people killed in Gaza over the past week were in shelters [...] Full text...

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Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts 21

21 may 2025 - 17:49:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Southeast Asian nations should do more to protect people from being reeled into scam farms, top [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave

21 may 2025 - 15:53:13
Gaza, Gaza City (PANA) - UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel [...] Full text...

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Addressing transportation inefficiencies in Africa crucial to reducing food

21 may 2025 - 08:43:31
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - A new World Bank report reveals that transportation inefficiencies are causing significant food losses in [...] Full text...

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UN life-saving aid allowed to trickle into Gaza as needs mount

21 may 2025 - 05:23:40
New York, US (PANA) - Aid is trickling into Gaza after nearly three months of blockade, but it remains far [...] Full text...

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‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out

16 may 2025 - 17:58:53
New York, US (PANA) - Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken [...] Full text...

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Sudan: More than 40,000 refugees have flocked to Chad in one month - UNHCR

15 may 2025 - 09:57:43
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - More than 40,000 Sudanese, the majority of them women and children, have fled the ongoing fighting [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian situation in Sudan deteriorating after more than two years of war: UN

14 may 2025 - 11:56:01
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - With several locations in Sudan still gripped by fierce fighting between the army and paramilitaries, [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council urged to renew, enforce arms embargo on South Sudan to protect civilians

14 may 2025 - 11:13:07
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) -  Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to renew the arms embargo on [...] Full text...

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Gaza: 57 children reported dead from malnutrition, says WHO

13 may 2025 - 17:38:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -- In the aid desert of Gaza, malnourished children are dying while survivors can now expect a [...] Full text...

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Plant pests continue to threaten global food supplies

13 may 2025 - 07:13:21
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Protecting crops from pests is key to ensuring everyone has enough to eat, said the head [...] Full text...

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Steering through the Fog: The Art and Science of Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets: Statement By Gita Gopinath, IMF First Deputy Managing Director

10 may 2025 - 10:35:12
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Since early April, the US effective tariff rate has increased to levels last seen [...] Full text...

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Exhausted Sudanese flee into Chad as fighting escalates: UNHCR

06 may 2025 - 12:49:19
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Thousands of exhausted Sudanese refugees continue to flee fighting in search of safety in neighbouring Chad, aid [...] Full text...

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