Gaza: More than 38,000 women and girls killed between October 2023 and December 2025

18 april 2026 - 08:05:43
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December [...] Full text...

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Donors pledge more than $1.5 billion in humanitarian aid for Sudan at Berlin conference

16 april 2026 - 08:08:57
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Donor countries meeting on Wednesday in Berlin, Germany, at the third international conference on Sudan have [...] Full text...

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Shaping Nigeria’s future through early childhood development

08 april 2026 - 08:06:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has made meaningful progress in restoring macroeconomic stability, but inclusive growth must accelerate substantially to [...] Full text...

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‘We watched them die before our eyes’: Sudan health workers helpless amid medical shortages

03 april 2026 - 16:00:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As violence forces tens of thousands to flee Sudan’s South Kordofan state, doctors in a key [...] Full text...

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Middle East war: UN’s Türk decries ‘severe restrictions’ on free speech

01 april 2026 - 17:55:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From Iran to multiple nations in the Gulf and the wider Middle East, around 3,000 people [...] Full text...

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The image from Gaza that still haunts me: Palestine relief agency chief (By Daniel Johnson, UN News)

31 march 2026 - 07:16:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Asking the softly spoken, veteran humanitarian worker Philippe Lazzarini how he feels as he comes to [...] Full text...

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Middle East War: Humanitarian crisis deepens across the region

27 march 2026 - 19:02:38
Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - Sahar, a 28-year-old internally displaced Lebanese woman, holds her 4-year-old son Mohammad in a classroom where [...] Full text...

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One in six young people worldwide are not in school

26 march 2026 - 06:36:46
Paris, France (PANA) - The number of out-of-school children, adolescents and young people has started to rise again worldwide, reaching [...] Full text...

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Water, an invisible burden for women (By UN News)

20 march 2026 - 07:21:52
New York, US (PANA) - Every day, somewhere, a girl leaves school to fetch water. She walks, waits, carries, and [...] Full text...

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Progress in reducing child deaths slows as 4.9 million children die before age five

17 march 2026 - 20:28:47
New York, US (PANA) – An estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million [...] Full text...

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Gen Burhan visits site of recent drone attack, says will not shake hands with those carrying arms

14 march 2026 - 06:36:16
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese military leader Gen Abdul Fatah Al Burhan on Friday vowed he would not shake [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief appalled by devastating impact on civilians of Sudan drone attacks

13 march 2026 - 08:12:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Thursday he was appalled by the devastating impact [...] Full text...

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More than 2 dozen students, children and women killed or injured in drone attack in central Sudan

11 march 2026 - 13:15:24
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese medical charity has said that more than two dozen civilians including students, women [...] Full text...

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‘Toxic rain’ warning from oil depot strikes amid ongoing Middle East war

10 march 2026 - 17:43:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Toxic “black rain” linked to strikes on oil depots, mass displacement and continuing disruption to aid [...] Full text...

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Radio Begum: A rare public space for women in Afghanistan -UN News

08 march 2026 - 16:48:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every morning in Kabul, several cars make their way across the Afghan capital to pick up [...] Full text...

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Senegalese President chairs cabinet meeting on education, economic reforms

05 march 2026 - 12:02:30
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal’s Council of Ministers on Wednesday discussed the stability of the national education system, policies to [...] Full text...

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Iran crisis: Schoolgirls killed, thousands displaced and aid compromised

03 march 2026 - 14:54:53
 Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On the fourth day of Israeli and United States airstrikes against Iran and amid growing violence [...] Full text...

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Surge in Sudan fighting adds to ‘horrific’ humanitarian situation - UN warns

03 march 2026 - 08:33:44
New York, US (PANA) - Intensified fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in [...] Full text...

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Deadly bombing of Iran primary school ‘a grave violation of humanitarian law’: UNESCO

02 march 2026 - 19:24:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US [...] Full text...

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Iran crisis: Nuclear watchdog urges restraint amid ongoing strikes

02 march 2026 - 15:40:02
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - As the violent escalation in the Middle East entered a third day on Monday sparked by [...] Full text...

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World Bank unveils programme for job creation

01 march 2026 - 07:26:07
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Millions of young people across Eastern and Southern Africa stand to gain skills they need [...] Full text...

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Gambia outlaws public begging by students

26 february 2026 - 11:09:35
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has prohibited students from madrasas (Islamic schools) and [...] Full text...

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Ukraine’s women at breaking point after four years of war as attacks on energy, healthcare continue – UN humanitarians

20 february 2026 - 18:49:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, millions in Ukraine struggle to keep the lights on and [...] Full text...

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‘Alarming increase’ in recruitment of children into gangs in Haiti

20 february 2026 - 16:39:20
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (PANA) - There has been an “alarming increase” in the number of children being recruited into gangs in [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Thousands cling to a fragile hope in makeshift tents

16 february 2026 - 19:03:05
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Tawila camp for internally displaced in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region is home to more [...] Full text...

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Protecting children in war is key to lasting peace, top UN envoy warns (By Charlotte Frantz, UN News)

13 february 2026 - 07:09:20
New York, US (PANA) - After three decades of its mandate to protect children caught up in war, the UN’s [...] Full text...

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Civilians and aid operations under fire as Sudan airstrikes intensify

12 february 2026 - 07:46:23
New York, US (PANA) - Escalating aerial attacks in Sudan are killing children, damaging schools and striking United Nations facilities, [...] Full text...

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Protecting the right to childhood and education (By Alpha Diallo, UN News)

11 february 2026 - 09:07:44
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - At 14, Islam gets up before dawn to work in the fields of the Egyptian countryside, [...] Full text...

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Global conference seeks renewed push to end child labour

10 february 2026 - 06:45:26
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - An international effort to accelerate the elimination of child labour will get underway later this week [...] Full text...

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IMF management approves third review of Staff Monitored Programme with Equatorial Guinea

07 february 2026 - 07:05:39
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Management of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the completion of the Third Review [...] Full text...

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Keeping ‘hope alive for younger generations’ in Haiti as funding falters

06 february 2026 - 16:39:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Haiti is facing one of the world’s most acute humanitarian crises, driven by escalating gang violence, [...] Full text...

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UN calls for renewed action to end female genital mutilation in The Gambia

06 february 2026 - 12:47:47
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The United Nations has called for renewed and sustained collective action to end female genital mutilation [...] Full text...

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AI ‘moving at the speed of light’ warns Guterres, unveiling recommendations for UN expert panel

05 february 2026 - 09:03:29
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Wednesday announced the list of experts nominated to the General Assembly to [...] Full text...

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Western charity appeals to Sudan's warring parties to observe humanitarian ceasefire in South Kordufan

02 february 2026 - 09:12:57
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A Western charity has appealed to warring parties in Sudan to immediately observe a humanitarian [...] Full text...

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Reaching a child in Darfur is ‘hard-won and fragile’, says UNICEF

30 january 2026 - 17:25:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reaching a single child in Sudan’s Darfur region can take days of negotiations, security clearances and [...] Full text...

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Violence roiling Nigeria extends beyond religious lines, amid a deepening humanitarian crisis (By Fabrice Robinet, UN News)

30 january 2026 - 08:41:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - When the United States ordered airstrikes on Christmas Day against Islamist militants in northern Nigeria, officials [...] Full text...

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‘We children saw things that no one should ever have to see’ - Holocaust survivor tells UN

29 january 2026 - 17:35:55
New York, US (PANA) - Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, gave a harrowing and heart-rendering account of her childhood under [...] Full text...

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UN says Gaza crisis remains dire, children hardest hit

28 january 2026 - 14:29:13
New York, US (PANA) - Despite a modest increase in humanitarian assistance, the situation in Gaza remains “dire”, with children [...] Full text...

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DRC: UN peacekeepers protect fields and schools in Ituri

28 january 2026 - 05:48:48
New York, US (PANA) - As the security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to deteriorate, UN [...] Full text...

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WHO urges schools worldwide to promote healthy eating for children

27 january 2026 - 18:21:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Healthy food in schools can help children develop healthy dietary habits for life, according to the [...] Full text...

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From family farm to climate tech: How one Kenyan woman is helping farmers outsmart drought (By UN News)

26 january 2026 - 02:43:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - “Giving up is not an option - so many people depend on you,” the words of Maryanne [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief decries US treatment of migrants, as deaths in ICE custody rise

25 january 2026 - 18:19:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official has raised alarm over what he described as the growing [...] Full text...

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Syria: Renewed clashes risk derailing fragile transition

23 january 2026 - 15:10:45
New York, US (PANA) - A tense standoff between the Syrian Government and Kurdish-led forces in the country’s northeast risks [...] Full text...

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Syria: Renewed clashes risk derailing fragile transition

22 january 2026 - 18:57:32
New York, US (PANA) - A tense standoff between the Syrian Government and Kurdish-led forces in the country’s northeast risks [...] Full text...

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Because of war, Sudanese children have lost hundreds of schooling days , INGO says

22 january 2026 - 16:10:47
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Millions of children in Sudan have missed nearly 500 days of learning since the war [...] Full text...

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Malian president presents 17 billion FCFA to beneficiaries of soldiers killed at the battlefront

22 january 2026 - 10:57:44
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition of Mali, General Assimi Goïta, has presented a cheque for 17 [...] Full text...

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West and Central Africa: Millions of lives at risk due to violence and budget cuts

18 january 2026 - 07:22:32
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Budget cuts and escalating violence are plunging millions of people into a dramatic food emergency. The [...] Full text...

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More children back in school in Gaza

17 january 2026 - 09:22:19
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More children in war-ravaged Gaza are now back in the classroom, the UN aid coordination [...] Full text...

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At the heart of change: Spotlight Initiative highlights breakthroughs in tackling gender-based violence

11 january 2026 - 11:47:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When it comes to protecting women and girls from gender-based violence, change happens when they are [...] Full text...

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Ukraine: Massive overnight attack leaves millions in the dark

09 january 2026 - 19:22:04
Kyiv, Ukraine (PANA) - UN agencies are supporting efforts on Friday to get energy services up and running in Ukraine, [...] Full text...

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West Bank: UN report warns of ‘systematic asphyxiation’ of Palestinian rights

07 january 2026 - 18:52:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A sweeping UN human rights report released on Wednesday concludes that in the occupied West Bank, [...] Full text...

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Attacks on Nigeria schools undermine right to education - UN official

07 january 2026 - 08:03:11
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The top UN official in Nigeria called on Tuesday for stronger protection of civilians and schools [...] Full text...

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South African retailer Old School secures Liverpool FC partnership

07 january 2026 - 07:55:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South African retailer Old School has entered into a new long-term retail partnership [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Farmers flee their fields due to violence, exacerbating the food crisis

01 january 2026 - 03:15:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In northeastern Nigeria, worsening insecurity, fuelled by kidnappings, landmines, and attacks by armed groups, is severely [...] Full text...

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EU supports UN to help millions of people in West and Central Africa

31 december 2025 - 06:50:20
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In response to the worsening food crisis in West and Central Africa, the World Food Programme [...] Full text...

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Sexual violence against children ‘entrenched, systemic and widespread’ across DR Congo, UNICEF warns

31 december 2025 - 06:41:49
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Sexual violence against children has become entrenched, systemic and increasingly widespread across the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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Sexual violence against children ‘entrenched, systemic and widespread’ across DR Congo, UNICEF warns

30 december 2025 - 20:53:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence against children has become entrenched, systemic and increasingly widespread across the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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100,000 refugees from DRC flow into Burundi in nearly a month

30 december 2025 - 08:19:32
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - While massive and continuous population displacements are reported within the Congolese province of South Kivu, Burundi, [...] Full text...

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Sub-regional forum on citizenship education begins in Tripoli

29 december 2025 - 11:47:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A sub-regional forum of the Arab Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO) on Citizenship Education, aimed [...] Full text...

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UN celebrates 10 years of progress in youth, peace and security agenda

24 december 2025 - 08:08:14
New York, US (PANA) - The UN has long been at the forefront of efforts to involve young people in [...] Full text...

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Funding cuts impact assistance to millions affected by drought in Somalia

23 december 2025 - 08:18:46
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Brutal slashes to aid budgets are hampering efforts to assist millions of people in Somalia affected [...] Full text...

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Constitutional order faltering in West Africa and the Sahel - UN official

19 december 2025 - 07:49:09
New York, US (PANA) - West Africa and the Sahel are moving forward in the open. Between successive coups d'état, [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: World urged not to ignore ‘gruesome sexual violence’

18 december 2025 - 15:02:37
 Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Harrowing new details emerged on Thursday in a UN report detailing targeted sexual violence and summary [...] Full text...

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Rights group sees growing support for treaty to guarantee free education for every child

18 december 2025 - 09:55:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Discussions are advancing at the United Nations on a new global treaty to guarantee every child’s [...] Full text...

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Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs moves to support schools in Sudanese community

16 december 2025 - 15:46:57
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - A humanitarian initiative has been implemented in Ajdabiya (east) by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and [...] Full text...

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More than 60,000 Congolese have sought refuge in Burundi in ten days following M23 offensive in South Kivu

16 december 2025 - 09:08:21
Bujumbura, Buruni (PANA) - Following the M23 armed group's assault on the city of Uvira in South Kivu province, in [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian charity warns of alarming consequences of aid cuts as crisis in Mali spreads south

15 december 2025 - 12:32:53
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A poisonous cocktail of escalating conflict, blockades, increased displacement, and humanitarian funding cuts is pushing people [...] Full text...

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From farm to classroom: Feeding children and supporting farmers in Timor-Leste

14 december 2025 - 18:48:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – It’s a win-win recipe: schoolchildren eat a free, nutritious meal every day and local farmers gain [...] Full text...

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Hurricane Melissa: WFP calls for greater investment in preparedness, building resilience

12 december 2025 - 14:00:56
New York, US (PANA) - More than a month after Hurricane Melissa slammed the Caribbean, devastated communities still require assistance, [...] Full text...

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UNESCO urges a modern rethink of the right to learn

10 december 2025 - 19:36:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite major gains in access to schooling since 1960, widening inequalities driven by the climate crisis, [...] Full text...

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Leading African scientists meet in Johannesburg

10 december 2025 - 08:05:42
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Department of Science, Technology and Innovation is hosting a cohort of young [...] Full text...

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UNESCO calls for modernising right to learning

10 december 2025 - 08:01:39
Paris, France (PANA) - Despite significant progress in access to education, educational inequalities are widening due to the climate crisis, [...] Full text...

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Rights group flags 'ruthless attack' by Sudan's paramilitary RSF on Zamzam camp as war crimes

03 december 2025 - 09:40:19
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deliberately killed civilians, took hostages, pillaged and destroyed mosques, schools, and [...] Full text...

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COP30: African negotiators see mixed signals

01 december 2025 - 09:54:51
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), [...] 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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Over 600 million children exposed to violence at home, UNICEF warns

26 november 2025 - 07:19:13
New York, US (PANA) - More than one in four children globally – around 610 million – live with mothers [...] Full text...

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AUC chairperson 'strongly' condemns abduction of school children in Nigeria

23 november 2025 - 05:28:54
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has expressed deep concern [...] Full text...

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Silenced women in South Sudan now making their voices heard (By UN News)

23 november 2025 - 05:26:47
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Reprimanded for wanting to go to school as a young girl, then ignored and despised [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Schools should be ‘sanctuaries not targets’ says deputy UN chief following latest mass abduction

22 november 2025 - 18:30:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN Deputy Secretary-General voiced deep alarm on Saturday over the latest mass abduction from a [...] Full text...

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One in five children living in poverty in developing countries

20 november 2025 - 16:24:56
New York, US (PANA) - At least 417 million children — more than one in five — living in low- [...] Full text...

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AI and anonymity fuel surge in digital violence against women (By Ana Carmo, UN News)

20 november 2025 - 16:21:11
New York, US (PANA) - What was once hailed as a vehicle for empowerment has, for millions of women and [...] Full text...

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Ending violence against women ‘a matter of dignity, equality and human rights’

20 november 2025 - 08:59:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When Salma (not her real name) was just 15, she was forced to get married, even [...] 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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UNICEF condemns deadly Nigeria school attack, demands urgent protection for students

18 november 2025 - 18:55:38
New York, US (PANA) - UNICEF has strongly condemned a deadly attack on a school in Kebbi State, northwest Nigeria, [...] Full text...

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UNICEF condemns deadly Nigeria school attack, demands urgent protection for students

18 november 2025 - 18:37:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNICEF has strongly condemned a deadly attack on a school in Kebbi State, northwest Nigeria, which [...] Full text...

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Flower of Srebrenica takes root at the United Nations

18 november 2025 - 13:53:46
New York, US (PANA) - A 12-year-old boy and his grandmother cut the ribbon at UN Headquarters on Monday to [...] 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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Fight continues for dignity, education and sexuality of young girls around the world

09 november 2025 - 08:15:06
New York, US (PANA) - The dignity of girls and their sexual health were at the heart of the International [...] Full text...

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Holding on to home, as the ocean engulfs the Solomon Islands UN Feature

08 november 2025 - 18:27:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Morning light spreads over Sikaiana, a remote atoll in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific [...] Full text...

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Newly-elected New York mayor's African heritage celebrated

06 november 2025 - 07:33:18
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Incoming New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has made history by being the first [...] Full text...

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Doha Social Summit: Path to fairer societies begins in the classroom

05 november 2025 - 08:00:44
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - Education took centre stage on the opening day of the Second World Summit for Social Development [...] Full text...

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Syria’s future under threat from acute funding shortages

04 november 2025 - 19:01:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hopes for a peaceful future in post-war Syria are at risk as funding for basic services [...] Full text...

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Surviving the next pandemic could depend on where you live

04 november 2025 - 07:44:14
New York, US (PANA) - A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making [...] Full text...

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Around 224 million women still don’t access family planning

04 november 2025 - 07:34:45
New York, US (PANA) - Since 1990, the number of people using modern contraception methods has doubled globally but despite [...] Full text...

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‘We want to get our lives back,’ Gaza children declare

02 november 2025 - 07:50:35
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - After two years of war that kept them out of classrooms, Gaza’s children are finally [...] Full text...

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UN aid push continues across Gaza despite Israeli airstrikes

01 november 2025 - 04:29:17
New York, US (PANA) - The UN and partners are pushing ahead with aid deliveries across Gaza despite new Israeli [...] Full text...

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UN launches appeal for solidarity in face of Great Lakes tragedy

31 october 2025 - 07:33:33
Paris, France (PANA) - The international community gathered in the French capital on Thursday to try to raise funds for [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian charity urges donor countries to support displaced people in DRC

29 october 2025 - 18:51:48
Paris, France (PANA) - Ahead of Thursday's Great Lakes Conference in Paris, a humaniitarian charity, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), [...] Full text...

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Multilateralism can survive the loss of consensus (Danny Quah, Professor of Economics at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, writes for F&D Magazine)

29 october 2025 - 07:44:05
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Can adversarial nations work together for the common good? It’s natural to despair over prospects [...] Full text...

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Switzerland returns rare South African artefacts

29 october 2025 - 07:16:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Swiss town of Neuchatel on Tuesday returned three rare South African artefacts, ahead of [...] Full text...

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Rights advocates say momentum builds for crimes against humanity treaty

27 october 2025 - 13:04:15
New York, US (PANA) – Developing an effective International Convention to Prevent and Punish Crimes against Humanity will require ambitious [...] Full text...

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ADF approves additional $8.6 million grant for Burundi clean water supply

26 october 2025 - 04:26:48
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Fund (ADF), through its Climate Action Window, has approved an $8.6 million [...] Full text...

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UN sounds alarm over spike in sexual violence against women in DRC

22 october 2025 - 07:22:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are trapped in one of [...] Full text...

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Finance changed, risks didn’t (By Yao Zeng for F&D Magazine, an assistant professor of finance and the Cynthia and Bennett Golub Faculty Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania)

22 october 2025 - 07:16:02
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More than 15 years after the global financial crisis, the banking and financial system looks [...] Full text...

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Central African Republic: ‘3R’ combatants in the northwest lay down their arms (By Maria Kabatanya (By Maria Kabatanya, UN News)

18 october 2025 - 07:21:42
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - As the disarmament team approached, combatants from the Retour, Réclamation et Réhabilitation (3R) armed [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Hostages released, aid scale-up has begun, say aid agencies

13 october 2025 - 12:11:28
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As the UN Secretary-General on Monday welcomed the release of all living hostages from Gaza, [...] Full text...

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Can AI create a fairer future for persons with disabilities? (By Anshu Sharma, UN News)

12 october 2025 - 06:44:59
New York, US (PANA) - For millions of persons living with disabilities worldwide, artificial intelligence could be a game changer. [...] Full text...

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Dozens of civilians, including children and toddlers killed in RSF Bombing of an IDPS camp

11 october 2025 - 16:52:31
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - At least 60 civilians were killed and dozens more injured in a shelling carried out [...] Full text...

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The girl I am, the change I lead

11 october 2025 - 14:33:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Shaped through consultations with girls organizations, UN partners and, most importantly, girls themselves, the 2025 International [...] Full text...

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Bold, diverse and unstoppable: Girls speak out amid a world in crisis

11 october 2025 - 07:32:52
New York, US (PANA) - Adults were in the back seat at UN Headquarters on Friday as girls and young [...] Full text...

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'I will not go hungry again': Hope reborn in Gaza after ceasefire agreement (By UN News)

10 october 2025 - 18:09:17
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - "What makes me even happier is that I will no longer suffer from hunger." Like [...] Full text...

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Gaza deal: UN and humanitarian partners ‘prepared to move – now,’ says Guterres Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the press at the UN Headquarters, in New York.

09 october 2025 - 17:30:27
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Israel and Hamas to “fully abide” by the ceasefire [...] 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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Playing and games put thousands of Sudanese children back on the track of healing and recovery (PANA Feature) By Mohamed Osman Adam

07 october 2025 - 16:05:39
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - In Sudan's war, sports and games have shown that they are not only entertainment and [...] Full text...

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Libyan University, Malaysian academic institutions sign MoUs

07 october 2025 - 14:17:13
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Omar Mokhtar University, based in Benghazi in the east, has signed three Memoranda of Understanding [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International calls for investigations into deadly force used against Gen Z protesters in Madagascar

03 october 2025 - 08:56:10
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Amnesty International has called on the authorities in Madagascar to launch a “thorough and efective” investigation [...] Full text...

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Calls grow louder for more age-inclusive societies

02 october 2025 - 06:44:00
New York, US (PANA) - Member States, UN officials and civil society came together on Wednesday to shift the global [...] Full text...

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South Africa nominated for five Emmy Awards

29 september 2025 - 06:46:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has confirmed that South Africa has [...] Full text...

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Offensive shutters nearly half of all malnutrition centres in and around Gaza City

23 september 2025 - 05:23:48
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Hostilities between Israeli forces and Hamas have led to the shuttering of almost half of [...] Full text...

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High-level week opens with celebration of women’s empowerment

22 september 2025 - 19:25:12
New York, US (PANA) - Annalena Baerbock, only the fifth woman to preside over the UN General Assembly in its [...] Full text...

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UN report finds Nigeria failed to protect women and girls

18 september 2025 - 05:19:56
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has failed to do enough to prevent targeted attacks on schools, fallen short on criminalising [...] Full text...

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Afghanistan: Ban on secondary education for girls marks four long years

17 september 2025 - 16:53:00
  Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - For millions of girls in Afghanistan, it has been four long years since the ban on [...] Full text...

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Palestinian children denied education for third year in a row

17 september 2025 - 05:19:41
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The denial of access to education for Palestinian children for three consecutive academic years, combined [...] Full text...

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UN Women calls for political will and accelerated global action

16 september 2025 - 06:50:01
New York, US (PANA) - More than 351 million women and girls could still be living in extreme poverty by [...] Full text...

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UN’s humanitarian work is ‘underfunded, overstretched, and under attack’

16 september 2025 - 06:12:19
New York, US (PANA) - “Underfunded, overstretched and under attack,” is how the United Nation’s top humanitarian aid official has [...] 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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Nearly 80 million more children benefiting from school meals: WFP

11 september 2025 - 05:30:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - School meals are a crucial way out of poverty into “a new world of learning and opportunity”, according [...] Full text...

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‘No ordinary session’: Baerbock opens UN General Assembly with call for courage and reform

10 september 2025 - 08:01:15
New York, US (PANA) - As the UN General Assembly opened its 80th session on Tuesday, new President Annalena Baerbock [...] Full text...

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Attacks on schools surge by ‘staggering’ 44 per cent over the past year

10 september 2025 - 07:53:00
New York, US (PANA) - Attacks on schools in conflict zones around the world have increased by a “staggering 44 [...] Full text...

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Child obesity level surpasses underweight cases worldwide for the first time, UNICEF warns

10 september 2025 - 07:45:15
New York, US (PANA) - For the first time in history, obesity has surpassed those underweight as the most common [...] Full text...

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Military spending worldwide hits record $2.7 trillion

10 september 2025 - 07:35:13
New York, US (PANA) - Global military spending reached an unprecedented $2.7 trillion in 2024 amid intensifying wars and rising [...] 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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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence

07 september 2025 - 05:33:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] 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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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence

06 september 2025 - 17:16:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] 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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MSF's new international president Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim assumes work

03 september 2025 - 09:11:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has chosen Dr Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim as its new International [...] Full text...

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Gaza: With a suitcase for a school bag, classrooms have become shelters (By UN News)

03 september 2025 - 07:24:27
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - “Instead of studying in school, we’re living in it,” said Diana, summing up the conditions [...] Full text...

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Daily malnutrition deaths continue as Israeli forces push further into Gaza City

03 september 2025 - 06:45:17
New York, US (PANA) - Conditions in Gaza are worsening for Palestinians trapped amid spiralling hunger as Israel continues to [...] Full text...

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Funding cuts could push 6 million more children out of school, warns UNICEF

03 september 2025 - 06:34:17
New York, US (PANA) - Global education funding is facing sharp reductions that could leave an extra six million children [...] Full text...

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Education is key to jobs, growth, and lifelong learning (World Bank Blog by Luis Benveniste, Global Director for Education at the World Bank)

27 august 2025 - 08:26:24
Washington, DC., USA (PANA) - Education equips learners with important foundational skills that are essential for work and life. Education is [...] Full text...

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How two Ethiopian farmers turned rocky land into a fruitful future: World Bank Blog by Hayalsew Yilma, Senior Irrigation Specialist

26 august 2025 - 14:21:44
Welkite, South Ethiopia (PANA) - If you’ve ever wondered how farmers are adapting to climate and economic challenges in rural [...] Full text...

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UN Chief appoints Zambia Chaloka Beyani as Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide

24 august 2025 - 14:40:47
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Dr. Chaloka Beyani of Zambia as Special Adviser [...] Full text...

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It’s time to end physical punishment of kids once and for all, WHO says

20 august 2025 - 20:08:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - 1.2 billion children worldwide endure corporal punishment each year. Over half of all children under-18 worldwide continue [...] Full text...

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Indigenous youth meet trailblazers ahead of Nelson Mandela Day

18 august 2025 - 18:49:28
New York, US (PANA) - A group of Indigenous youth from the United States, some as young as seven, visited [...] Full text...

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Guinea introduces malaria vaccine into routine immunization

14 august 2025 - 13:27:50
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, and with the support of [...] 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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The Debate over Falling Fertility: IMF Finance & Development (By David E. Bloom, Professor of Economics and Demography at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health)

06 august 2025 - 12:21:08
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - A decline in global population later this century may threaten human progress, or it may [...] Full text...

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Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone

06 august 2025 - 06:03:50
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Famine was declared in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur one year ago. And since [...] Full text...

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UNHCR flags Uganda’s refugee funding crisis

05 august 2025 - 06:01:49
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Since the beginning of 2025, 600 refugees have arrived in Uganda each day, bringing the total [...] Full text...

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Thousands of Burkinabe march to demand explanation of activist's death in Côte d'Ivoire jail

30 july 2025 - 12:47:29
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Thousands of Burkinabe on Wednesday poured into the streets of the capital, Ouagadougou, to demand [...] Full text...

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Deputy UN chief urges bold action to transform food systems at global summit in Addis Ababa

30 july 2025 - 07:10:18
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Tuesday called on countries to double down on [...] Full text...

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Tech’s Winner-Take-All Trap (IMF Finance & Development Feature, By Bruce Edwards)

30 july 2025 - 06:25:42
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - When controlled by a select few, tech innovation can be self-serving and undermine the institutions [...] Full text...

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Death of Burkinabe activist in detention in Côte d'Ivoire reignites tensions

29 july 2025 - 10:56:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The death last Thursday of Burkinabe activist Alain Christophe Traoré, alias Alino Faso, while being [...] Full text...

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Pollution, melting microbes, undamming rivers, risks for elders: 4 key climate issues (By UN News)

27 july 2025 - 06:10:58
New York, US (PANA) - In a world increasingly shaped by climate extremes, environmental experts are delivering a blunt warning: [...] Full text...

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Two ex-militia leaders in Central African Republic sentenced for war crimes, crimes against humanity

25 july 2025 - 04:42:42
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Two former leaders of the predominantly Christian Anti-Balaka militia in the Central African Republic (CAR) [...] Full text...

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‘The UN is here to do the right things’: Envoy Colin Stewart bids farewell but keeps the faith

24 july 2025 - 21:39:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After nearly three decades on the frontlines of UN’s peace operations – from Timor-Leste’s turbulent independence [...] Full text...

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Madagascar to boost learning outcomes for 4.7 million students

24 july 2025 - 07:26:40
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Around 4.7 million Malagasy students in pre-primary and primary education, 135,000 teachers, and 27,000 public primary [...] Full text...

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Housing crisis: UN fears a future of cities transformed into slums

23 july 2025 - 07:57:23
New York, US (PANA) - A bed, four walls, a safe place to breathe. These are the most basic aspects [...] Full text...

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Financing agreements to strengthen Education in Mauritania and Chad

23 july 2025 - 07:36:02
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Governments of Mauritania and Chad on Tuesday signed funding agreements for the Regional Engagement for [...] Full text...

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From Africa to Europe, drought is increasing hunger and shaking economies

22 july 2025 - 06:41:45
New York, US (PANA) - Repeated droughts, exacerbated by climate change, are plunging a growing portion of the planet into [...] Full text...

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‘Bet on youth’ to realise Africa’s digital potential, UN deputy chief says

22 july 2025 - 06:09:00
New York, US (PANA) - Digital innovation and technology remain underfunded and underdeveloped across Africa, according to a report on [...] Full text...

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Mandela’s legacy ‘is now our responsibility’, Guterres says on International Day

19 july 2025 - 06:09:09
New York, US (PANA) - In honour of Nelson Mandela International Day on Friday, the United Nations celebrated a public [...] Full text...

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Global gas flaring hits highest level since 2007, undermining energy security, access, and emissions goals

18 july 2025 - 14:34:03
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Global gas flaring surged for a second year in a row, wasting about $63 billion [...] Full text...

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From crisis to classroom: How the UN supports education in conflict zones

17 july 2025 - 16:20:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From makeshift furniture in Gaza to metro classrooms in Ukraine and solar-powered tablets in Sudan, the [...] Full text...

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Libyan govt says more than 600 projects completed

17 july 2025 - 13:04:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 658 projects have been fully implemented, while 801 others are still underway in [...] Full text...

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From diamonds to dirt: Sierra Leone youth bring land back to life (Feature by UN News)

17 july 2025 - 08:20:44
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Craters filled with muddy water pocket the landscape of the Kono district in Sierra Leone [...] Full text...

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Scores killed in Sudan’s Kordofan region as fighting intensifies

16 july 2025 - 05:11:54
Port Sudan (PANA) - Intensifying clashes in Sudan’s Kordofan region between rival militaries have killed hundreds and wounded many more [...] Full text...

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World Bank report highlights gender dynamics and opportunities in Botswana

15 july 2025 - 07:37:13
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The World Bank on Tuesday released a comprehensive report, “Trends and Opportunities to Advance Gender Equality [...] Full text...

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‘A compass towards progress’ – but key development goals remain way off track

14 july 2025 - 20:13:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global life expectancy increased by an astonishing five years between 2000 and 2019. And then since [...] Full text...

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Gaza: More than 15,000 students killed since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas

10 july 2025 - 12:14:44
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than 15,000 students have been killed since the start of the war between Israel [...] Full text...

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Aminata’s path: How partnerships are making schools safer for girls in Sierra Leone (World Bank Blog By Mokhlesur Rahman, Senior Education Specialist)

09 july 2025 - 08:55:56
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Imagine a young girl in Sierra Leone—we’ll call her Aminata. Each morning, she slips into [...] Full text...

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Global education is in crisis: Human Rights Watch

08 july 2025 - 12:27:51
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – With nearly 200 million children and youth missing out on secondary school worldwide while [...] Full text...

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Swiss company, Novartis, receives approval for first malaria medicine for newborn babies and young infants

08 july 2025 - 12:18:39
Basel, Switzerland (PANA) – Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, announced on Tuesday that Coartem Baby has been approved by Swissmedic [...] Full text...

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PM of Libya's eastern-based government ends Belarus visit

05 july 2025 - 16:54:38
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Prime Minister of the Libyan government appointed by the eastern-based Parliament, Osama Hamad, has arrived [...] Full text...

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Girls, women under constant threat in South Sudan, says Human Rights Watch

02 july 2025 - 11:49:28
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Recent attacks on girls and young women in South Sudan illustrate how they are at [...] Full text...

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EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2025, AT 9:1:30 PM UTC. Extreme poverty rising fast in economies hit by conflict, instability – World Bank report

27 june 2025 - 08:16:11
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Conflict and instability are taking a devastating toll on the 39 economies afflicted by them, [...] 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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More than 128,000 candidates set to take the Baccalauréat this Sunday in Libya

22 june 2025 - 12:50:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -A total of 128,307 candidates across all regions of Libya began sitting the final exams for the [...] Full text...

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‘We are at a point of no return’: grave violations against children surge for third year

20 june 2025 - 06:10:45
New York, US (PANA) - Last year, 41,370 grave violations against children were documented and verified by the United Nations, [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM promises compensation for municipality in Tripoli damaged by recent fighting

18 june 2025 - 12:57:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, has stressed the need to speed up the work [...] Full text...

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Israeli actions in Palestinian territories constitute war crimes, Human Rights Council hears

18 june 2025 - 06:59:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing crises in the Occupied Palestinian Territory was in the spotlight this week at the [...] Full text...

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Insufficient domestic funding hinders education progress, says rights watchdog

16 june 2025 - 08:20:10
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Most African governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality [...] Full text...

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Israeli attacks on Gaza schools could be crimes against humanity: UN probe

10 june 2025 - 18:47:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Israeli military’s destruction of Gaza’s education and cultural infrastructure amount to war crimes and the [...] 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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Stigmatized for being deaf: Zénabou's story - A UN Feature

08 june 2025 - 15:40:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the Central African Republic, disability carries a deep-rooted stigma, and persons with disabilities often find [...] Full text...

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How to spur economic growth in Africa’s fragile and conflict-affected states: IMF Blog By Wenjie Chen, Michele Fornino, Hamza Mighri, Can Sever

06 june 2025 - 08:02:57
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - More than half of sub-Saharan Africa’s population lives in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS)—economies [...] 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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Education suffers in DRC amid violence

01 june 2025 - 05:21:36
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - In Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), intensifying [...] Full text...

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UN’s lifesaving programmes under threat as budget crisis hits hard

31 may 2025 - 09:46:12
New York, US (PANA) - The UN is facing a deepening budget crisis that threatens lifesaving operations worldwide. From refugee aid [...] Full text...

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UN awards 2025 Mandela Prize to Brenda Reynolds and Kennedy Odede

29 may 2025 - 06:14:19
New York, US (PANA) - An Indigenous social worker from Canada and a social entrepreneur from Kenya are the laureates of [...] Full text...

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‘We are women like you’: UN honours peacekeepers for work in gender empowerment

28 may 2025 - 21:25:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In early summer 2024, Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana ventured into sector North of [...] Full text...

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Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes

26 may 2025 - 16:15:14
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on [...] Full text...

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Escalating violence drives food crisis across eastern DR Congo, warns WFP

24 may 2025 - 07:23:24
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As violence intensifies in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Food Programme (WFP) warned [...] Full text...

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Number of migrants in Libya increases by 4 per cent in 2025: IOM

22 may 2025 - 12:13:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 858,604 migrants were registered during the period January to February 2025 in Libya, [...] Full text...

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Director-General’s Award for Global Health given to Professor Awa Marie Coll Seck and Professor Sir Brian Greenwood

20 may 2025 - 20:25:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  In recognition of their lifetime achievements in global health, specifically in malaria elimination and beyond, WHO [...] Full text...

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CAF and European Commission conclude historic partnership

19 may 2025 - 07:05:15
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation African Football (CAF) and the European Commission (EC) on Sunday concluded a historic agreement [...] Full text...

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Pandemic heroes stepped up in 2020 – now they’re asking world leaders to do the same

17 may 2025 - 18:49:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As world leaders meet in Geneva to negotiate a new UN-brokered agreement on pandemic preparedness, we [...] Full text...

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