World Bank Group, IAEA formalise partnership to collaborate on nuclear energy for development

26 june 2025 - 11:45:04
Paris, France (PANA) - The World Bank Group and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sealed an agreement on Thursday [...] Full text...

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AU creates agency to advance space technologies in war against climate change

25 june 2025 - 16:04:52
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The African Union has created a new agency, whose mandate is to utilize space information to [...] Full text...

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Hospital attack kills dozens in Sudan’s West Kordofan state

25 june 2025 - 11:53:44
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday that it was gravely [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Over 400 Palestinians killed around private aid hubs, UN rights office says

25 june 2025 - 05:58:03
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - At least 410 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to fetch [...] Full text...

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Africa's industrialisation through agricultural revolution shows mixed signals, says AU Commissioner

24 june 2025 - 07:55:46
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The industrialisation of Africa, through an agricultural revolution, premised on increased investment in agricultural productivity, has [...] 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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AU urges universal access to climate data to urgently enhance response

23 june 2025 - 17:41:18
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The African Union has urged countries in Africa to urgently seek for universal access to climate [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN warns of ‘weaponised hunger’ and growing death toll amid food chaos

23 june 2025 - 05:50:40
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The top UN humanitarian official in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has issued a stark warning [...] Full text...

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Gaza horrors continue as the weakest succumb to injuries and disease

20 june 2025 - 16:25:13
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Death and suffering in Gaza are ever-present and the enclave's people now have little choice [...] Full text...

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UN trade agency said global investment plunged last year

20 june 2025 - 05:45:57
New York, US (PANA) - Global investment fell a full 11 per cent to $1.5 trillion last year – it’s [...] Full text...

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Development is ‘the first line of defence against conflict,’ Guterres tells Security Council

20 june 2025 - 05:40:35
New York, US (PANA) - Of the 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty, 40 per cent live in [...] Full text...

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Gaza: As last fuel supplies run out, aid teams warn of catastrophe

19 june 2025 - 18:30:32
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than 100 days into Israel’s complete fuel blockade in Gaza, UN agencies still in [...] Full text...

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Africa looks towards enhanced climate services to end extreme poverty, water scarcity (Feature By Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)

19 june 2025 - 16:53:37
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - The impact of climate change has been felt more severely in urban centres and remote villages [...] Full text...

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IMF approves resilience and sustainability facility arrangement for Gambia

19 june 2025 - 10:25:55
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) –The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has approved a new 18-month arrangement under the Resilience and [...] Full text...

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Iran-Israel crisis - UN rights office appeals for urgent de-escalation

18 june 2025 - 19:14:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Iran-Israel crisis continued into a sixth day on Wednesday, the UN deputy human rights [...] Full text...

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Improved local production of maize in Zimbabwe expected to up human consumption by 6 percent in 2025/26

18 june 2025 - 11:54:06
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Following the challenging maize crop in the 2024/25 marketing year due to severe drought conditions, Zimbabwe's [...] Full text...

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UNHCR forced to make deep cuts, despite rising needs worldwide

16 june 2025 - 23:24:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by [...] 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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Societies grappling with a ‘silent but growing’ 'prison crisis'

15 june 2025 - 05:35:22
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor [...] Full text...

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UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments

14 june 2025 - 08:13:21
Nice, France (PANA) - Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a [...] Full text...

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Top UN officials in Libya continue consultations on recommendations of Advisory Committee

13 june 2025 - 11:23:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As part of the public consultations conducted by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) [...] Full text...

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WB approves $300 million to help Togo's agribusiness

13 june 2025 - 10:05:32
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) has approved $300 million to help Togo position itself as a [...] Full text...

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New World Bank financing to empower communities, improve conservation, generate economic opportunities in Tanzania

13 june 2025 - 09:00:03
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) —The World Bank has approved two new projects that will support Tanzania in enhancing the [...] Full text...

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UN humanitarian chief flags ‘indifference and impunity’ in Sudan

13 june 2025 - 07:35:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With over half of the Sudanese population in need of aid and lean season rapidly approaching, [...] 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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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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Fighting escalates in Sudan’s Kordofan region

11 june 2025 - 12:50:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Alarmed by intensifying violence in the greater Kordofan region of Sudan and the growing humanitarian impact [...] Full text...

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Thousands of people displaced by violence in Burkina Faso

11 june 2025 - 05:48:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Violence by jihadist groups has displaced nearly 230,000 people in Burkina Faso since the beginning [...] Full text...

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WFP calls for more help to prevent famine in Sudan

10 june 2025 - 12:22:08
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudan’s communities impacted by war, the [...] 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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Guterres calls for end to ocean ‘plunder’ as UN summit opens in France

09 june 2025 - 11:54:49
Nice, France (PANA) - With the Mediterranean glittering in the background, UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the third United Nations [...] 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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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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Humans can't survive without a healthy Ocean: UN envoy

06 june 2025 - 18:17:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Ocean is in deep crisis. Factors such as acidification, declining fish stocks, rising temperatures and [...] 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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The world’s oceans are dying. Can a UN summit in Nice turn the tide? (Feature by UN News)

05 june 2025 - 07:58:58
Nice, France (PANA) - As coral reefs bleach, fish stocks collapse, and sea temperatures break records, world leaders are heading [...] Full text...

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World Environment Day: UN sounds alarm on plastic pollution crisis

04 june 2025 - 22:57:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every year, 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide, according to the UN. Half 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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DRC's Inga 3 energy project to start with investments in local communities

04 june 2025 - 08:32:00
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $250 million credit from the [...] 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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UN says attacks on Sudanese civilians continue

03 june 2025 - 05:52:18
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - On May 29, the World Food Programme’s facility in Al Fasher was repeatedly shelled, resulting [...] 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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Deadly flooding in Nigeria displaces thousands

02 june 2025 - 21:11:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Flush flooding in western Nigeria at the weekend has caused devastation around the town of Mokwa [...] Full text...

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Cholera, conflict-driven displacement deepen needs in Sudan

30 may 2025 - 11:38:18
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Humanitarian needs in Sudan continue to grow, driven by the rapid spread of cholera and continued [...] Full text...

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Menstrual hygiene: a 'silent emergency' for women and girls in Gaza

30 may 2025 - 07:02:47
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As Palestinians in Gaza continue to fall deeper into the abyss on day 600 of [...] Full text...

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UN searches for solutions to global housing crisis

29 may 2025 - 21:37:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN’s urban development agency estimates that an astonishing 2.8 billion people worldwide lack access to [...] Full text...

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Reviving the two-state solution in the face of stalemate in Israeli-Palestinian conflict

29 may 2025 - 07:43:47
New York, US (PANA) - As Gaza descends into the abyss and the West Bank slides toward de facto annexation, [...] Full text...

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Over a million children at risk as cholera spreads in Sudan’s Khartoum State

28 may 2025 - 16:11:17
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The UN Children Fund (UNICEF) has claimed that more than 7,700 cholera cases - including over [...] Full text...

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UN aid teams plead for access amid reports Gazans shot collecting food

28 may 2025 - 11:59:49
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile concludes official visit to France

27 may 2025 - 07:20:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy President Paul Mashatile has concluded a successful working visit to France . The trip [...] Full text...

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Thousands flee homes in Mozambique as conflict and disasters fuel worsening crisis

25 may 2025 - 09:04:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Mozambique in recent [...] Full text...

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Guterres calls on Israel to accept UN’s ‘detailed, principled’ aid plan for Gaza

23 may 2025 - 17:24:10
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Friday outlined a five-stage plan to provide lifesaving aid to the [...] Full text...

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UN Relief Chief calls for action to protect civilians, recommit to international humanitarian law

23 may 2025 - 10:53:22
New York, United States (PANA) – UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has told 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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Civilians ‘trapped and terrorised’: UN sounds alarm over collapse of critical protections

23 may 2025 - 05:17:24
New York, US (PANA) - With more than 36,000 civilian deaths recorded in conflict zones in 2024 and sexual violence [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN says civilian suffering deepens amid drone strikes

23 may 2025 - 05:00:27
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The civil war in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces [...] Full text...

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As limited supplies enter Gaza, UN stresses need for more aid

22 may 2025 - 12:17:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that on Wednesday and Thursday, [...] 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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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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Benin: Developing a safe, reliable, less polluting public transport system in Grand-Nokoué

21 may 2025 - 08:52:52
Porto Novo, Benin (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $200 million in International Development Association (IDA) financing to help [...] Full text...

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UN relief chief welcomes limited Gaza aid resumption – but it’s a ‘drop in the ocean’

20 may 2025 - 05:19:23
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN humanitarian affairs chief has welcomed Israel’s decision to allow limited aid to cross [...] Full text...

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Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert

20 may 2025 - 04:53:14
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Repeated drone strikes over the past two weeks in Port Sudan have damaged key infrastructure [...] Full text...

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WHO validates Mauritania for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem

19 may 2025 - 22:20:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Mauritania as having eliminated trachoma as a public health [...] Full text...

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Police officer killed. three others injured in new night-time demonstrations in Tripoli

17 may 2025 - 14:52:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A police officer was killed and three demonstrators were injured during incidents that took place on [...] Full text...

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‘The world is failing its health checkup,’ says WHO

15 may 2025 - 18:58:00
New York, US (PANA) - In just two years, between 2019 and 2021, life expectancy worldwide fell by 1.8 years [...] 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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A historic course correction: how the world’s shipping sector is setting sail for net zero (Feature by UN News)

15 may 2025 - 07:45:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Long overlooked as a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping industry is now [...] 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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Gaza: Starvation looms for one in five people, say food security experts

12 may 2025 - 15:58:25
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Gazans remain at “critical risk of famine”, UN-backed food security experts warned on Monday, a [...] Full text...

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Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries

12 may 2025 - 12:05:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Devastating floods in South Sudan in recent months left thousands of herders without their most precious [...] Full text...

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Field of Dreams: Football Breathes Life into Yemen’s Camps

11 may 2025 - 15:11:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every summer in Ma’rib, Yemen, a place marked by loss and uncertainty, a football tournament offers [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges US not to 'forcibly transfer' migrants to Libya

10 may 2025 - 11:35:58
New York, US (PANA) – The United States should not forcibly transfer migrants to Libya, where inhumane detention conditions are well-documented, including [...] Full text...

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UN fund allocates over $4 million to support DRC refugees, Angola cholera outbreak

10 may 2025 - 07:56:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two new allocations from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will support DRC refugees in [...] Full text...

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UNRWA condemns ‘storming’ of schools in East Jerusalem

10 may 2025 - 06:32:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has strongly condemned the forced entry by Israeli security [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN agencies reject Israeli plan to use aid as ‘bait’

09 may 2025 - 14:52:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Israel’s plan to take control of relief assistance in Gaza would put civilian lives in danger [...] Full text...

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URNWA condemns ‘storming’ of schools in East Jerusalem

08 may 2025 - 19:53:43
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, has strongly condemned the forced entry by Israeli [...] Full text...

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UN chief warns attacking Sea Port complicates further humanitarian situation in Sudan

08 may 2025 - 12:35:40
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Secretary General has warned that attacking Sudan’s Sea port of Port Sudan by [...] Full text...

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Aid officials call for greater protection as drone attacks continue in Sudan's Port Sudan

08 may 2025 - 06:02:09
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN has renewed its call to end the brutal conflict in Sudan after a [...] Full text...

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South Africa participates in Copenhagen Climate Ministerial

07 may 2025 - 11:20:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Dr Dion George, South Africa’s Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, will represent [...] Full text...

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UN says drone attacks on Sea port, serious violations of international humanitarian law

06 may 2025 - 18:41:28
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The UN on Monday said drone attacks on Sudan’s sea port and provisional seat for the [...] Full text...

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Sudan drone attacks raise fears for civilian safety and aid efforts

05 may 2025 - 21:30:01
New York, US (PANA) - The UN is sounding the alarm over escalating violence in Sudan following drone strikes near [...] Full text...

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Guterres alarmed by Israeli plans to expand Gaza ground offensive

05 may 2025 - 20:16:19
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General is alarmed by reports of Israeli plans to expand ground operations and [...] Full text...

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Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation

04 may 2025 - 12:42:10
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Two months into a devastating aid blockade of Gaza food has run out and people [...] Full text...

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Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation

02 may 2025 - 17:44:37
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Two months into a devastating aid blockade of Gaza food has run out and people [...] Full text...

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WHO chief laments most disruptive cuts to global health funding ‘in living memory’

02 may 2025 - 08:12:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As sudden budget cuts severely impact global health funding, prolonged conflicts around the world are fuelling [...] Full text...

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Children in Gaza ‘going to bed starving’ amid blockade: UNRWA

29 april 2025 - 13:04:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The biggest UN aid agency in Gaza on Tuesday condemned the two-month Israeli blockade that has [...] Full text...

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Gazans face hunger crisis as aid blockade nears two months

29 april 2025 - 08:12:27
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Surviving on one meal a day and stretching out rapidly dwindling food rations have become [...] Full text...

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UN warns Sudan’s humanitarian crisis deepening

29 april 2025 - 07:23:57
New York,US (PANA) - Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is deepening as escalating violence blocks aid deliveries and forces thousands more civilians [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN official warns of 'assault on dignity' as blockade cripples humanitarian response

27 april 2025 - 13:54:46
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The coming days in Gaza are set to be critical, the UN warned on Saturday, [...] Full text...

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WFP runs out of food stocks in Gaza

25 april 2025 - 18:04:52
New York, US (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has run out of food in the Gaza Strip as [...] Full text...

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Italy increases IDA commitment, launches Africa Partnership with World Bank

25 april 2025 - 12:36:11
Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - The World Bank and Italy have signed an agreement to advance sustainable development in Africa, [...] Full text...

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Indigenous Peoples sidelined in global climate fight, UN warns (By Laura Quinones, UN News)

25 april 2025 - 05:28:18
New York, US (PANA) - As the planet heats up and the push to decarbonise gathers pace, Indigenous Peoples – [...] Full text...

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Hundreds killed in Sudan’s camps for displaced people

24 april 2025 - 20:26:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hundreds of civilians, including at least 12 humanitarian workers, have been killed in recent artillery shelling [...] Full text...

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Economic growth speeding up in Africa, but uncertainty clouds outlook

24 april 2025 - 07:05:03
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is showing some resilience despite uncertainty in the global economy [...] Full text...

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Sewage, trash and disease overwhelm displaced communities in Gaza

23 april 2025 - 19:28:39
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Amid sweltering heat, raw sewage and overflowing trash, displaced families in southern Gaza are facing [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Destruction of vital lifting gear halts search for thousands buried under rubble

23 april 2025 - 16:12:17
New York, US (PANA) - Families in Gaza were holding on to the slim chance of finding loved ones buried [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa undertakes official visit to Lesotho

23 april 2025 - 07:25:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday departed  to Maseru to co-chair the second [...] Full text...

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Gaza aid crisis deepens as border closure stretches into 50th day

23 april 2025 - 05:16:34
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, with more than two million people [...] Full text...

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Local leaders raise temperature on action to fight climate change

23 april 2025 - 05:02:24
New York, US (PANA) - City officials, state governors and other leaders across the world are ensuring their localities can [...] Full text...

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Club Med's spectacular new South African resort to open in 2026

21 april 2025 - 08:58:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Club Med says it is on track to complete its new US$106 million resort [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Hundreds of thousands flee renewed violence in North Darfur

21 april 2025 - 08:37:39
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A mass wave of displacement in Sudan’s North Darfur state is pushing hundreds of thousands [...] Full text...

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Myanmar: Thousands remain in crisis weeks after deadly earthquakes

18 april 2025 - 19:59:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thousands of families in Myanmar remain without shelter, water, or medical care three weeks after deadly [...] Full text...

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Children are most affected by intensification of armed conflict in Burkina Faso: UN

18 april 2025 - 07:42:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Burkina Faso, children are victims of intense violence and serious human rights violations perpetrated [...] Full text...

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Sudan: No respite for civilians amid unrelenting war and aid access barriers

18 april 2025 - 07:29:00
New York, US (PANA) - As Sudan’s civil war grinds on, millions of civilians remain trapped in a relentless cycle [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief

17 april 2025 - 16:41:18
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 [...] Full text...

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IMF, Gambia reach Staff-Level agreement on RSF arrangement and Third review under ECF arrangement

17 april 2025 - 10:56:31
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Gambian authorities and a team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in Sudan's El Fasher city

17 april 2025 - 05:58:40
New York, US (PANA) - Escalating violence and deteriorating humanitarian conditions in and around El Fasher in Sudan continue to [...] Full text...

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Security Council urged to support eastern DR Congo peace initiatives

17 april 2025 - 05:52:14
New York, US (PANA) - Despite numerous regional and international diplomatic initiatives, the security situation remains critical in the eastern [...] Full text...

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Partnerships, increased climate investment crucial for sustainable transition, says UN deputy chief

17 april 2025 - 05:35:53
New York, US (PANA) - Addressing the opening of an international forum in Hanoi on partnerships for green growth, UN [...] Full text...

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UN: Families fleeing attacks in Sudan’s Zamzam camp arrive injured, traumatized, with nothing to eat

16 april 2025 - 16:08:26
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -Thousands of families have arrived injured, traumatized and with no food or water in the town [...] Full text...

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IMF, Malagasy officials reach staff-level deal on reviews of ECF and RSF plans

16 april 2025 - 10:10:29
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) – Malagasy authorities and the International Monetary Fund staff have reached a staff-level agreement on policies to [...] Full text...

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External flow of weapons into Sudan must end: Guterres

16 april 2025 - 07:09:55
New York, US (PANA) - Two years to the day since Sudan’s brutal war erupted between rival generals who rejected [...] Full text...

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Flooding displaces thousands amid ongoing unrest in eastern DR Congo

15 april 2025 - 20:09:32
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Recent severe flooding caused by torrential rains has displaced nearly 10,000 people in Tanganyika province [...] Full text...

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UN members gather to discuss the international pact on protection of the high seas

15 april 2025 - 14:20:02
New York. USA (PANA) - This week, delegates from around the world gather in New York to discuss what has [...] Full text...

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Sudan: 15 million children require humanitarian assistance after two years of war

15 april 2025 - 06:04:23
New York, US (PANA) - The number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan has doubled as the [...] Full text...

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Resilience in the face of thirst: Trucking water in war-ravaged Gaza

13 april 2025 - 10:50:55
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, where lack of access to water is an existential threat, Ibrahim Alloush stands [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian organisations flag starvation and global failure in Sudan's bloody war

12 april 2025 - 05:21:13
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Several humanitarian organisations have again flagged the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Sudan as the bloody [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence

11 april 2025 - 18:30:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, [...] Full text...

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Gaza-UN condemns Israeli plan for buffer zone

11 april 2025 - 15:40:18
11 April 2025 Peace and SecurityGeneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office said on Friday it fears that [...] Full text...

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Sudan war has created suffering of ‘industrial proportions’, aid agencies warn

11 april 2025 - 14:55:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two years since Sudan’s brutal conflict began, UN agencies warned that famine is spreading and civilians [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Conflict and hunger push millions to the brink

10 april 2025 - 07:46:59
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Hunger in South Sudan’s northeast has reached a critical tipping point, with nearly 7.7 million [...] Full text...

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‘Persistent violence’ driving displacement and disease outbreaks in DR Congo

10 april 2025 - 07:36:43
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The displacement of people and the outbreak of disease in the eastern Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

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Fear and uncertainty are daily staples for Gaza’s most vulnerable

09 april 2025 - 17:21:57
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, ongoing Israeli military operations and the aid blockade have continued to add to [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: UHCHR chief stresses need to help refugee hosts in Chad

09 april 2025 - 15:54:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) -  As the brutal war in Sudan nears the two-year mark, thousands of people continue to flee [...] Full text...

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Children die while walking long distances in South Sudan to seek medical treatment for cholera

09 april 2025 - 11:16:04
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - At least five children with cholera in South Sudan have died on an arduous journey [...] Full text...

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Africa's higher education centres of excellence celebrate decade of transformative journey

08 april 2025 - 09:51:05
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - About 500 participants, including more than 80 Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence (ACEs), policy makers, [...] Full text...

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Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures – On World Health Day WHO calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

07 april 2025 - 18:15:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World Health Day, with the theme “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures,” the Gaza Strip continues to [...] Full text...

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Guinea to increase access to water, sanitation with WBG support

07 april 2025 - 08:15:22
 Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) has approved a $200 million credit from the International Development Association [...] Full text...

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More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month: UNICEF

06 april 2025 - 14:30:54
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The blockade of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is having dire consequences for more [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Suffering continues amid massive destruction across Khartoum

06 april 2025 - 05:43:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The people of Sudan are trapped in siege-like conditions “with no escape, no hope, and often [...] Full text...

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World Bank approves action plan for Tanzania’s natural resource management for tourism growth project

05 april 2025 - 10:02:32
Dares Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) -The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a management report, including a Management Action [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief warns of increasing risk of atrocity crimes in Gaza

04 april 2025 - 15:44:31
New York, US (PANA) - The recent killings of 15 medical personnel and humanitarian aid workers in Gaza raise further [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Armed violence displaces thousands as cholera outbreak worsens

04 april 2025 - 05:41:35
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Ongoing violence in North and South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues [...] Full text...

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Investing in nutrition is smart economics: World Bank Blog By Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Senior Managing Director

02 april 2025 - 12:57:18
Porto-Novo, Benin (PANA) - Felicienne Soton is part of a women's group that produces gari (cassava flour). She and her [...] Full text...

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DRC: Outbreaks of infectious diseases due to depletion of stocks due to budget cuts

30 march 2025 - 06:44:39
Goma, DRC (PANA) - The near-total depletion of medical supplies, due to budget cuts and blocked access, is leading to [...] Full text...

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Tens of millions risk starvation as funding cuts deepen crises in DR Congo: WHO, WFP

30 march 2025 - 06:41:58
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Sharply declining aid could force tens of millions across the globe who rely on food aid [...] Full text...

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Fast fashion fuelling global waste crisis, UN chief warns (By By Vibhu Mishra, UN News)

28 march 2025 - 07:45:50
New York, US (PANA) - Fast fashion is accelerating an environmental catastrophe, with the equivalent of one garbage truck’s worth [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Nearly 400,000 displaced people return home despite insecurity and humanitarian crisis

27 march 2025 - 15:10:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) have returned to their homes in Sudan since last December [...] Full text...

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825,000 children trapped as conflict rages in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Zamzam internally displaced camp

27 march 2025 - 10:00:27
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Grave violations against children have surged across Sudan’s Darfur states since the start of the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe journalist held on baseless charges – Human Rights Watch

26 march 2025 - 13:06:58
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Zimbabwean authorities should immediately release and drop the groundless charges against a journalist for his [...] Full text...

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Global Talent and Economic Success: IMF Blog By William Kerr, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School

26 march 2025 - 13:01:00
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Countries that attract the world’s most talented people will be the most successful at [...] Full text...

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Fostering community resilience: A lifeline for the Central African Republic: World Bank Blog By Laurent Corroyer

26 march 2025 - 08:27:56
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - When devastating floods swept through the Central Africa Republic (CAR) in August 2024, thousands [...] Full text...

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Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns

25 march 2025 - 16:00:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record [...] Full text...

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WFP mobilises to help Congolese refugees in Burundi in a difficult financial context

25 march 2025 - 06:02:01
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has quickly mobilised additional aid to Burundi to support [...] Full text...

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3-week Gaza aid ban ‘collective punishment’: UNRWA chief

24 march 2025 - 07:36:32
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The tight Israeli blockade of humanitarian supplies is pushing Gaza closer to an acute hunger [...] Full text...

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Connecting 300 million people to electricity and building a resilient future in Africa, World Bank Blog By Celine Ramstein and Stéphane Hallegatte

22 march 2025 - 09:50:58
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - One of the resounding messages of the recent Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit was [...] Full text...

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Mass displacement in DRC: Country and neighbours are on verge of humanitarian catastrophe

22 march 2025 - 07:36:47
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Faced with massive displacement caused by the ongoing conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the [...] Full text...

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Sudanese Armed Forces announce major victory over paramilitary RSF in Khartoum

21 march 2025 - 09:39:04
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Friday announced a major victory over the rival paramilitary [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Civilians targeted as hostilities intensify in the capital

21 march 2025 - 08:12:52
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Dozens of civilians, including local humanitarian volunteers, have been killed by artillery shelling and aerial bombardment [...] Full text...

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In just one month, intensifying violence has forced over 60,000 people to flee their homes in Haiti’s capital

19 march 2025 - 17:06:47
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (PANA) - In just one month, intensifying violence has forced over 60,000 people to flee their homes in [...] Full text...

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DRC, Rwanda commit to 'immediate and unconditional ceasefire' after Qatar talks

19 march 2025 - 09:16:34
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have reaffirmed their commitment to [...] Full text...

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AfCFTA, a call to action to unveil the African economy, according to the Ethiopian President

18 march 2025 - 18:27:24
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a call to action to unveil the African [...] Full text...

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Conflict, weather events drive food insecurity in many countries: WB report

18 march 2025 - 10:08:21
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Conflict and weather-related events continue to drive food insecurity in different countries, says the [...] Full text...

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DRC: Nearly 100,000 people displaced by violence in Ituri

18 march 2025 - 06:03:38
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As continued fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese army forces thousands of civilians to flee [...] Full text...

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WBG supports Cameroon’s economic resilience, domestic revenue mobilisation, and transparency of public finances

17 march 2025 - 13:06:54
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank Group has announced approval of two operations for Cameroon for a [...] Full text...

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Fresh fighting in eastern DRC displaces tens of thousands of families

15 march 2025 - 07:20:42
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Fresh fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has displaced tens of thousands of [...] Full text...

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In Bangladesh, UN chief vows to prevent Rohingya suffering as aid cuts loom

14 march 2025 - 18:08:53
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres, during his visit to the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh, [...] Full text...

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Sudan suspends 'all imports' from Kenya following meeting of paramilitary RSF in Nairobi

14 march 2025 - 13:26:06
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has suspended “all imports” from Kenya after it hosted a meeting of the paramilitary [...] Full text...

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Conflict, hunger, poverty impede children's early development: Rights chief

14 march 2025 - 08:27:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments everywhere are “letting children down instead of lifting them up” as conflict, hunger, poverty and [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Children facing ‘unimaginable suffering’, warns UNICEF chief

14 march 2025 - 08:17:13
New York, US (PANA) - Sudan is now the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis, the head of the [...] Full text...

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'Interruption of US aid to HIV response in DRC could cost thousands of lives'

13 march 2025 - 08:28:49
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN is concerned about the fate of thousands of citizens of Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...

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Is Artificial Intelligence the future of farming? Exploring opportunities and challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa: World Bank Blog By Chakib Jenane, Regional Director for Sustainable Development, West and Central Africa, World Bank

13 march 2025 - 07:33:43
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Across Sub-Saharan Africa, a quiet revolution is underway. Smallholder farmers are increasingly leveraging Artificial [...] Full text...

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Bangladesh: Rohingya children’s acute hunger surges amid funding cuts

11 march 2025 - 20:01:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk [...] Full text...

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Women in war zones: “Having worked in humanitarian work for 22 years, I was the one who needed help” (By Nathalie Minard, UN News)

09 march 2025 - 13:03:24
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - “In 22 years of humanitarian work, I could not imagine that I was the one who [...] Full text...

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South Sudan Community leaders call for peace between cattle herders and farmers (By Surur Ali Ayile, UN News)

09 march 2025 - 05:18:16
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The land in Lainya County in South Sudan is rich and fertile, with a long [...] Full text...

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Up to 1mln Syrians living in camps, displacement sites intend to return home

08 march 2025 - 09:04:31
7 March 2025 Migrants and RefugeesDamascus, Syria (PANA) - Up to one million desperate Syrians living in camps and displacement [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN reports 'widespread' abuse of detainees in conflict

07 march 2025 - 11:32:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new United Nations report released on Thursday highlights a "widespread pattern" of arbitrary detention, torture [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Israeli aid cut threatens care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEF

06 march 2025 - 16:42:05
Gava City, Gaza (PANA) - The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday [...] Full text...

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Famine looms in Somalia without funding boost - WFP

05 march 2025 - 07:09:22
Rome, Italy (PAA) - “The time to step up is now” for the people of Somalia, where drought threatens 1.7 [...] Full text...

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Oceans of opportunity squeezed dry by unsustainable use

04 march 2025 - 07:43:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The booming ocean economy sustains hundreds of millions of people, but it is being squeezed dry [...] Full text...

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Banking for a better world: Catalysing local solutions for global impact: World Bank Blog By Akihiko Nishio, World Bank Vice President of Development Finance and Ed Mountfield, Vice President, Operations Policy and Country Services

04 march 2025 - 07:19:05
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The world is grappling with a collective action problem. Tackling global challenges like biodiversity loss [...] Full text...

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DRC: UNICEF, partners provide clean water to 700,000 people a day in Goma

04 march 2025 - 07:14:20
Goma, DRC (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

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'Suspension of humanitarian aid to Gaza will lead to more suffering' - Humanitarian charity

03 march 2025 - 09:06:17
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) -  Humanitarian charity, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), has warned that Israel halting all entry of [...] Full text...

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DRC deepens investigation on cluster of illnesses, community deaths in Equateur province

03 march 2025 - 08:23:07
Kinshasa. DRC (PANA) - Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and experts from World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

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UN Feature: ‘This is our land’ – Building Gaza’s future from the wreckage of war

02 march 2025 - 20:17:00
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) -  At night he sleeps under a tarpaulin sheet on the ruins of his family home. [...] Full text...

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Ukrainians continue to flee frontline, as war stretches into fourth year

02 march 2025 - 14:52:43
New York, US (PANA) - Communities on the frontline of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are being killed, injured and [...] Full text...

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Head of peacekeeping defends the territorial integrity of the DRC

01 march 2025 - 05:15:05
Beni, DRC (PANA) - The head of UN peace operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, went to Beni, in the province of North [...] Full text...

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What is business ready and what does it mean for Botswana? World Bank Blog By Michael Ehst, Smita Kuriakose and Liang Wang

28 february 2025 - 07:57:11
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - In his maiden budget speech, Botswana’s Vice President and Minister of Finance, Ndaba Nkosinathi Gaolathe, mentioned [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians launch $2.5 billion plan to deliver aid to 11 million people in DR Congo

28 february 2025 - 06:05:32
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Humanitarians are calling for $2.54 billion to support operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: WHO tracks deadly mysterious illness

27 february 2025 - 20:10:09
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are carrying [...] Full text...

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Packed with promise: Wisam’s journey back to school in Sudan

27 february 2025 - 19:45:45
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Wisam sits in her classroom, absorbed in her work, her fingers gripping a blue-coloured pencil, [...] Full text...

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Cholera cases soar in Sudan as fighting intensifies

27 february 2025 - 06:12:16
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As hostilities, insecurity and attacks on health facilities in Sudan continue to increase the risk [...] Full text...

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Somalia faces escalating crisis amid drought, conflict and price hikes

27 february 2025 - 06:05:20
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Somalia is worsening as drought, conflict and soaring food prices push millions [...] Full text...

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Bridging the productivity divide needed to unlock Madagascar's economic potential needs

26 february 2025 - 09:05:23
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA} - Madagascar's economy is recovering, but growth remains insufficient and uneven to significantly improve living standards.According to [...] Full text...

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‘We’re afraid to return home’: Uprooted again, Congolese civilians face hunger and more insecurity (Feature by UN News)

26 february 2025 - 07:48:47
Goma, DRC (PANA) - Around 700,000 people were forced to leave Goma, one of the biggest cities in the Democratic [...] Full text...

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Farmers must be at the heart of biodiversity action - FAO chief

26 february 2025 - 07:39:06
Rome, Italy (PANA) - “Without the farmers, it is only political policy without implementation” – that was the stark message [...] Full text...

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WHO marks 20 years of its lifesaving tobacco control treaty.

25 february 2025 - 20:24:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN treaty that addresses the global tobacco epidemic has saved millions of lives over the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: MSF says forced to halt activities as violence engulfs Zamzam camp in North Darfur

25 february 2025 - 08:06:18
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -  Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says the current escalation of attacks and [...] Full text...

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DRC: UN concerned by worsening cholera epidemic in Goma

25 february 2025 - 06:51:19
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - While the security situation in the city of Goma remains worrying and a "precarious calm" is [...] Full text...

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World’s ‘warmongers’ must end disdain for global order, UN chief insists

24 february 2025 - 12:02:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With no end to numerous protracted conflicts - not least in Ukraine, three years to the [...] Full text...

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Dozens dead, over 800 being treated for acute watery diarrhoea in Sudan's White Nile State

23 february 2025 - 07:36:31
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Dozens of people have died, and over 800 are being treated for symptoms of acute [...] Full text...

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AfDB, Interpol partner to combat financial crime, strengthen anti-corruption efforts in Africa

23 february 2025 - 06:56:55
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group has taken a major step forward in its fight against [...] Full text...

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Nearly 148,000 in Gaza receive cash aid

22 february 2025 - 12:10:07
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Aid operations in the Gaza Strip continue to reach people from north to south with [...] Full text...

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Security Council urges Rwanda to stop supporting M23 in eastern DR Congo

22 february 2025 - 11:45:26
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Friday that strongly condemned the ongoing [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Occupation blocks UN mission from protecting civilians

22 february 2025 - 09:12:21
New York, US (PANA) - The continued occupation of North Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

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New World Bank photobook "Shades of Libya: Contrasts, Hope, and Resilience" launched in Tripoli

21 february 2025 - 06:51:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Bank has launched a photobook dedicated to showcasing Libya's diverse landscapes, rich culture, and [...] Full text...

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Thousands of people flee from eastern DR Congo into Burundi.

21 february 2025 - 06:30:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people [...] Full text...

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