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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Sudan govt welcomes UN rights agency's condemnation of attacks on civilians by rival RSF

24 august 2025 - 06:56:35
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Saturday commended the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights for condemning the [...] Full text...

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UN agencies warn of rising heat stress risks for workers worldwide

24 august 2025 - 06:28:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Extreme heat is fast becoming one of the biggest threats to workers’ health and livelihoods, the [...] Full text...

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Health and aid workers targeted in conflicts around the world, UN agency says

24 august 2025 - 06:26:17
New York, US (PANA) - From Gaza to Sudan, wars are being waged on the very systems set up to [...] Full text...

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International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade: ‘Time to abolish exploitation once and for all’

23 august 2025 - 16:46:23
Paris, France (PANA) - Victims of atrocities and freedom fighters across history can inspire future generations to build just societies, [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Scores die of malnutrition as thousands in need of nutrition in South Kordofan

23 august 2025 - 13:22:30
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan Doctors Network on Saturday said it had documented the death of 46 civilians in [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Rising insecurity in the east impedes diplomatic progress, Security Council hears

23 august 2025 - 07:24:29
New York, US (PANA) - US and Qatari diplomatic efforts to bring a lasting peace to the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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Momentum builds towards marine biodiversity treaty, as experts convene in New York

22 august 2025 - 20:19:09
New York, US (PANA) - Delegates from around the world met at UN Headquarters in New York this week to [...] Full text...

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Guterres in Japan: ‘Humanity is strongest when we stand as one’

22 august 2025 - 19:57:37
Osaka, Japan (PANA) - World Expos are not just feel-good exhibitions, “they are invitations to tell our stories”, the UN [...] Full text...

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Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief

22 august 2025 - 19:07:15
Geneva,  Switzerland (PANA) - More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, [...] Full text...

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Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief

22 august 2025 - 14:37:24
New York, US (PANA) - More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread [...] Full text...

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Reclaiming a policy role for economists (IMF Blog by Karen Dynan, Professor of Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University and nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics)

22 august 2025 - 11:58:55
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Acknowledging missteps, listening well, defending data, and avoiding jargon will help the profession engageEconomists have [...] Full text...

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Gazans face a future of pain and prosthetics

22 august 2025 - 06:14:50
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Israeli airstrikes and shootings near aid hubs run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a [...] Full text...

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WHO, WMO issue new report and guidance to protect workers from increasing heat stress

21 august 2025 - 20:31:52
(Embargoed until 08:00 AM CEST / 06:00 AM GMT on Friday, 22 August 2025)Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health [...] Full text...

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Sudanese army denies targeting WFP relief convoy

21 august 2025 - 12:20:49
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Thursday denied bombing a World Food Programme (WFP) relief [...] Full text...

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

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

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Food for Gaza piled up in warehouses risks spoiling without Israel's green light

21 august 2025 - 07:04:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Israel's neighbouring countries, thousands of tons of food aid destined for Gaza are piling up [...] Full text...

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Sudan hospitals under fire

21 august 2025 - 06:35:07
New York, US (PANA) - In recent days, reported attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan’s Darfur State have forced some [...] Full text...

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ICC 'strongly rejects' new US sanctions on judges, prosecutors

21 august 2025 - 06:28:53
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has strongly rejected new sanctions announced by the United States [...] Full text...

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International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ on judicial independence

20 august 2025 - 21:03:35
 The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has strongly rejected new sanctions announced by the United States [...] 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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Amid ongoing Israeli attacks, ‘the systematic destruction of Gaza City is already underway’: UN rights office

20 august 2025 - 19:34:07
Geneva, Switzerland 9PANA) - In recent days, the Israeli military has escalated attacks across Gaza City, reportedly deciding to take [...] Full text...

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‘Africa is poised for progress’ Guterres tells development conference in Japan

20 august 2025 - 18:54:02
Yokohama, Japan (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday repeated his call for Africa to have a greater say in [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: Sudan’s coach Kwesi Appiah: From late start to rising contenders

20 august 2025 - 12:28:20
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tournament football is often defined by momentum, and for Sudan coach Kwesi Appiah, his [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses warring factions in eastern DRC of committing 'horrific abuses'

20 august 2025 - 09:33:26
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups [...] Full text...

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

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

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Gaza: Looming offensive and restrictions on humanitarians

20 august 2025 - 07:54:01
New York, US (PANA) - Hostilities between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza are intensifying as a devastating [...] Full text...

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UN honours fallen aid workers on World Humanitarian Day

19 august 2025 - 20:42:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN on Tuesday honoured fallen colleagues and reminded the world that aid workers should never [...] Full text...

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Sudanese PM uses non-conventional method to address the West about the country’s woes (Report by Mohamed Osman Adam)

19 august 2025 - 15:42:43
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s new civilian Prime Minister has made an emotional appeal to the UN Secretary General [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs discuss national reconciliation with German, Swiss officials

19 august 2025 - 11:59:16
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Libyan House of Representatives have discussed [...] Full text...

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World Humanitarian Day 2025: Aid workers mull record toll of their own

19 august 2025 - 11:37:34
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - With the news on Tuesday that a record 383 aid workers were confirmed killed in [...] Full text...

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'Immediate concrete steps' needed to protect humanitarian aid workers

19 august 2025 - 10:14:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) — An international humanitarian charity on Tuesday called on all states, parties to conflict and global leaders [...] Full text...

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UN calls for protection of aid workers in Sudan

19 august 2025 - 09:54:49
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations says that more than 120 humanitarian personnel have been killed in Sudan [...] Full text...

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South Sudanese ‘are counting on us’, top UN official tells Security Council

19 august 2025 - 07:25:34
New York, US (PANA) - Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, briefed the Security Council on the deteriorating security and [...] 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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Cholera cases spreading around the world: WHO

16 august 2025 - 05:48:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The preventable but often deadly waterborne disease – cholera – continues to spread around the world, [...] Full text...

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Trapped in Gaza: Palestinians with disabilities cannot reach aid

15 august 2025 - 19:38:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When Israeli forces in Gaza issue a new displacement order ahead of an incursion into a [...] Full text...

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Plastic pollution talks adjourn, but countries want to stay engaged: UNEP chief

15 august 2025 - 14:55:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The international push for consensus on a legally binding deal to end plastic pollution proved beyond [...] Full text...

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Hunger and a heatwave plague the Gaza Strip

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

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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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WHO recommends spatial emanators for malaria vector control and prequalifies first two products

14 august 2025 - 13:16:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a new recommendation supporting the use of spatial [...] Full text...

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Second batch of women community leaders in Lbya pass out from UN Programme

14 august 2025 - 11:47:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA )- Thirty-four young Libyan women have graduated from the UN’s "Ra'edat" (Trailblazers) training programme in Libya.Coming from [...] Full text...

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

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

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Burkina Faso: Blast hits near UN aid helicopter

14 august 2025 - 05:32:46
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A UN chartered helicopter delivering food aid to the town of Solle in northwest Burkina [...] Full text...

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INGOs condemn international humanitarian law violations in Darfur

13 august 2025 - 15:15:11
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - International Non-governmental Organisations (INGOs) operating in Sudan have denounced recent attacks on the besieged town [...] Full text...

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US condemns attack against civilians in Darfur

13 august 2025 - 10:41:49
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The US has condemned an attack on Al Fashir, the besieged main town in Sudan's [...] Full text...

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Record starvation, malnutrition in Gaza; more West Bank displacement

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

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Gaza: UNESCO condemns ‘unacceptable’ killing of journalists

12 august 2025 - 20:07:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN organization which champions culture and education, UNESCO, has strongly condemned the targeted killing of [...] Full text...

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Gaza health system ‘catastrophic’ with hospitals overwhelmed and medicines running out, WHO warns

12 august 2025 - 17:31:32
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA)  - Public health conditions in Gaza are “catastrophic”, with hospitals operating far beyond capacity. Some life-saving medicines [...] Full text...

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Young people take the lead for a more sustainable future (Feature by UN News)

12 august 2025 - 05:51:22
New York, US (PANA) - More than half the world’s population is under 30, and young people are leading grassroots [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s civilians continue to face attacks, starvation

12 august 2025 - 05:41:36
New York, US (PANA) - Across war-torn Sudan, civilians continue to face ongoing attacks, starvation and cholera outbreaks. The Director of [...] Full text...

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

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

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Safe seas key to global prosperity, Security Council told

11 august 2025 - 20:01:40
New York, US (PANA) - Shipping is crucial to the global economy, with more than 100,000 vessels a day transporting [...] Full text...

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Hospitals overflowing in Gaza, as malnutrition surges

11 august 2025 - 15:40:38
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, UN officials warned on Monday, describing overflowing [...] Full text...

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Improving access to maternal health care in Burkina Faso (Feature by WHO)

11 august 2025 - 10:02:06
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – "During my first pregnancy three years ago, I had to travel 45 km just to [...] Full text...

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‘There is no military solution’ to end Israel-Palestine conflict, Security Council hears, as starvation stalks the Gaza Strip

10 august 2025 - 20:34:56
New York, US (PANA) - It’s essential to work towards a two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict as the international [...] Full text...

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Indigenous Peoples Day highlights AI’s risks and opportunities

10 august 2025 - 08:16:37
New York, US (PANA) - In honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, the [...] Full text...

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Aid blockade deepens Gaza crisis as malnutrition deaths rise, warns UNRWA

09 august 2025 - 20:03:26
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has warned that the Gaza Strip faces a “catastrophic” [...] Full text...

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Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem

09 august 2025 - 11:08:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or [...] Full text...

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‘Nuclear weapons have no place in our world’: UN chief

09 august 2025 - 08:03:44
Nagasaki, Japan (PANA) - 80 years after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima [...] Full text...

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Africa’s ‘land-linked’ economies poised to drive continent’s prosperity

09 august 2025 - 07:57:44
Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) - By leveraging their central location, expanding regional connectivity and embracing transformative technologies, Africa’s landlocked developing countries [...] Full text...

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

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

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UN rights chief slams Israeli plan to take military control of Gaza; says it must stop now

08 august 2025 - 13:00:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official insisted on Friday that the Israeli Government must not pursue [...] Full text...

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Facing rising risks, landlocked nations launch climate alliance at UN summit

08 august 2025 - 08:03:23
Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA)  Countries agreed on Thursday to form a new climate negotiating bloc to advocate for the unique needs [...] Full text...

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Extreme heat is breaking records worldwide: UN weather agency

08 august 2025 - 07:48:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Extreme heat is breaking records around the world, with wildfires and poor air quality compounding the [...] Full text...

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Abuse during and after childbirth persists globally, WHO warns

08 august 2025 - 07:46:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New evidence suggests mistreatment remains common in maternal and newborn care, with new research across four [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Acute malnutrition among children hits record high

08 august 2025 - 07:42:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Acute malnutrition among children in Gaza has reached the highest levels to date as hunger continues [...] 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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Gaza: Hospitals ‘at near-total collapse’, staff overwhelmed by the injured

07 august 2025 - 19:06:42
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) -  Exhausted UN aid workers in Gaza on Thursday continued to report a lack of food [...] Full text...

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WHO designates new WHO-Listed Authorities, strengthening global access to quality-assured medical products

07 august 2025 - 18:39:59
 Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially designated Health Canada, the Ministry of Health, Labour and [...] Full text...

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

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

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WFP runs out of funds as hunger worsens in northeast Nigeria

07 august 2025 - 05:20:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As hunger rages in northeast Nigeria, funds for food delivery are running out, the World Food [...] Full text...

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

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

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Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo

07 august 2025 - 05:15:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hopes for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been shaken by a [...] Full text...

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Just 1.5 percent of Gaza’s agricultural land remains accessible and undamaged

06 august 2025 - 20:57:51
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - UN data published on Wednesday underscores the tiny amount of cultivable land that remains in [...] Full text...

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Hiroshima, 80 years on: ‘Real change’ needed to end existential nuclear threat

06 august 2025 - 20:16:45
Hiroshima, Japan (PANA) - The world changed forever 80 years ago this Wednesday when the United States dropped an atomic [...] Full text...

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WFP restricts activities in eastern DRC due to 'unprecedented' budget cuts

06 august 2025 - 12:54:12
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Although acute hunger has reached a record level in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), [...] 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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A Moving History: IMF Finance & Development (By Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at Oxford University)

06 august 2025 - 10:46:10
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The history of migration is the story of humanity and its progress. It’s a story [...] Full text...

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World Bank Group joins African Development Bank Group and Mastercard as co-chair of Mobilising Access to the Digital Economy

06 august 2025 - 07:49:28
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group has signed on as co-chair of the Mobilising Access to the [...] 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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The world is demanding action over plastic pollution: UN environment chief

06 august 2025 - 06:01:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - High stakes negotiations got under way at the UN Geneva on Tuesday to agree on a [...] Full text...

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Dozens more migrants die after boat capsizes off the coast of Yemen

05 august 2025 - 17:12:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported that 56 people had died and 132 were missing [...] Full text...

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UNICEF Warns: We are at the verge of irreversible damage to an entire generation of children in Sudan

05 august 2025 - 15:10:14
Port Sudan, Sudan, (PANA)- Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Sudan Representative, has described seeing children ‘reduced to skin and bones’ during a [...] Full text...

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ExxonMobil signs MOU with NOC and resumes activities in Libya after decade-long interruption

05 august 2025 - 14:44:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC), has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the American [...] Full text...

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Ways to promote political process in Libya at centre of meeting between President of Libyan Council and António Guterres

05 august 2025 - 14:28:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, discussed with UN Secretary-General, António Guterres ways [...] Full text...

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Geography shouldn't define destiny: UN summit on landlocked nations opens

05 august 2025 - 12:20:55
Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) - Breaking down barriers and restoring fairness in global development should be the goal of the Third [...] Full text...

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WHO consultations bring urgency, hope to health worker migration crisis

05 august 2025 - 11:11:26
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – When health experts across the World Health Organisation (WHO) African region, logged into the virtual WHO [...] Full text...

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Gates Foundation announces catalytic funding to spark new era of women-centered research and Innovation

05 august 2025 - 10:02:53
Seattle, US (PANA) - The Gates Foundation has announced a $2.5 billion commitment through 2030 to accelerate research and development [...] 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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Mounting civilian casualties in Sudan as fighting intensifies

05 august 2025 - 05:55:24
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As conflict intensifies between rival militaries in Sudan, the UN humanitarian wing (OCHA) expressed alarm [...] Full text...

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The final straw? Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva

04 august 2025 - 21:55:01
 Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize a global agreement to tackle the staggering and growing [...] Full text...

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UN urges MPs to deliver on development promises for 600 million in landlocked nations

04 august 2025 - 21:27:23
Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) - At a major UN forum opening in Awaza, Turkmenistan, this week, parliamentarians from around the world [...] Full text...

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Awaza gears up to host UN conference on landlocked developing countries

03 august 2025 - 19:08:12
Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) -  In the city of Awaza, where the Caspian Sea meets the desert, UN and Turkmen flags [...] Full text...

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Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’ (By UN News)

03 august 2025 - 08:08:47
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In western Gaza City, displaced people live crammed into cramped tents, and a human tragedy [...] Full text...

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Hunger lines in Gaza: ‘Food is not enough’ (By UN News)

03 august 2025 - 07:32:10
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In western Gaza City, displaced people live crammed into cramped tents, and a human tragedy [...] Full text...

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Eswatini’s digital transformation crucial to unlocking growth, jobs, and economic resilience

02 august 2025 - 08:14:00
Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) - Eswatini needs to digitalise, strengthen public finances and address structural economic constraints to sustain growth, according [...] Full text...

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Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines

02 august 2025 - 05:34:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced [...] Full text...

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World Breastfeeding Week: Invest in health systems and policies to benefit mums and babies - WHO

02 august 2025 - 05:32:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Friday, 1 August, marked the start of World Breastfeeding Week and this year’s theme calls for [...] Full text...

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Gaza Strip: Humanitarians warn of worsening famine conditions, attacks on civilians

01 august 2025 - 17:27:11
 Gaza, Gazza City (PANA) - Famine conditions are tightening their grip on the Gaza Strip, as the latest UN humanitarian [...] Full text...

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A mandate for change: UN releases proposals for streamlining of tasks as part of major reform agenda

01 august 2025 - 16:35:24
New York, US ( PANA) - Millions of lives have been improved by the mandates assigned to the UN. Yet [...] Full text...

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Malian PM attends 2025 World Expo in Japan

01 august 2025 - 11:21:31
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister, Major-General Abdoulaye Maïga, arrived on Thursday in Osaka, Japan, to participate in the [...] Full text...

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South African to continue negotiation with the US after 30% tariff imposed - Ramaphosa

01 august 2025 - 11:05:39
Pretoria, South Africa (PAA) - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa says his country will continue to negotiate tariffs with the [...] Full text...

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

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

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

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

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‘Delivering better’: New ECOSOC president emphasises climate action, food security

01 august 2025 - 05:18:48
New York, US (PANA) - The Ambassador of Nepal to the United Nations, Lok Bahadur Thapa, was on Thursday elected [...] Full text...

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Trade critical to ending plastic pollution - UNCTAD

01 august 2025 - 05:15:23
New York, US (PANA) - Trade must be part of the solution to end plastic pollution – a global problem [...] Full text...

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On brink of famine, Gazans forced to scour dirt for food

01 august 2025 - 05:13:32
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, UN aid teams continued their efforts on Thursday to help people of the [...] Full text...

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‘Delivering better’: New ECOSOC president emphasizes action on climate, food security

31 july 2025 - 19:50:42
New York, US (PANA) - The Ambassador of Nepal to the United Nations, Lok Bahadur Thapa, was on Thursday elected [...] Full text...

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UN mission in Libya and Italy convene first mine action support group meeting to chart mine-free Libya

31 july 2025 - 18:35:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the Government of Italy on this week brought [...] Full text...

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IFAD supports growth of aquaculture in Tanzania

31 july 2025 - 12:07:51
Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - Fisheries and aquaculture are a vital source of food for billions of people and play a [...] Full text...

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South Africa's macadamia industry grows despite export uncertainty

31 july 2025 - 11:44:28
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Yields of macadamia nuts in South Africa, the world’s leading producer and exporter of the [...] Full text...

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UN chief appoints experts to help countries create tax policies that advance sustainable development

31 july 2025 - 05:25:34
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed 25 experts to a UN committee to help countries [...] 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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South Africa secures major energy loan

30 july 2025 - 06:33:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Germany’s KFW Development Bank on Tuesday concluded a €500 million loan for the implementation [...] Full text...

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Reassessing tax incentives can assist growth, equity in DR Congo

30 july 2025 - 06:28:47
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Rationalising tax incentives in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could improve effectiveness of tax policies, and [...] 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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Over One million Zambians to be connected to electricity by 2030

30 july 2025 - 06:20:19
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved a $200 million International Development Association (IDA) [...] Full text...

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‘By women, for women’: 15 years of the UN agency championing gender equality

29 july 2025 - 20:46:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -Fariba, a young Afghan woman, had just begun a university degree in 2021 when the Taliban returned to [...] Full text...

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

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

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In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation

29 july 2025 - 12:56:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza,” UN-backed food security experts said [...] Full text...

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Answering Africa’s call for private Investment in pharma manufacturing (A World Bank Feature)

29 july 2025 - 09:13:27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African governments are prioritising health security, targeting ambitious production goals for medicines and vaccines. Partnerships, collaborations, [...] Full text...

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UN health agency calls for urgent action on hepatitis

29 july 2025 - 05:29:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging governments and partners to step up efforts to eliminate [...] Full text...

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Guterres: ‘Breaking point’ reached in Israel-Palestine conflict, urgent action needed on two-State solution

28 july 2025 - 20:21:44
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has reached a breaking point, [...] Full text...

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Global hunger declines, but rises in Africa and western Asia: UN report

28 july 2025 - 19:17:24
 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -  An estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger [...] Full text...

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Besieged city appeals for lifting siege, says situation ‘’ unbearable’’ ; Report

28 july 2025 - 17:10:13
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- While UN and international organisations launch appeal after appeal, and the government in Port Sudan and [...] Full text...

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AU's special envoy to Sahel region urged to address rights issues

28 july 2025 - 09:15:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The African Union's (AU) appointment of Burundi’s president as its special envoy for the Sahel region [...] Full text...

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2024 WAFCON: Seoposenwe calls it a day, leaves legacy (By CAF Online)

27 july 2025 - 15:54:31
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Tears of relief can be a thing. For Jermaine Seoposenwe, the end of the penalty [...] Full text...

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2024 WAFCON: Tournament showcases growth of women’s football in Africa (By CAF Online)

27 july 2025 - 06:16:50
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - In an era of unprecedented growth and development, the TotalEnergies WAFCON 2024 in Morocco, which ended [...] 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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Syria: Deadly sectarian violence displaces thousands in Sweida; healthcare attacked

26 july 2025 - 16:31:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As deadly sectarian violence continues to displace hundreds of thousands of civilians in Syria’s Sweida Governorate, [...] Full text...

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Child malnutrition surges in Nigeria as foreign aid cuts bite

26 july 2025 - 10:26:01
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Deadly child malnutrition is rising in northern Nigeria against the background of widespread inflation, simmering conflict [...] Full text...

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Boosting growth with Inclusive financial development crucial to unlock Angola’s poverty alleviation efforts

26 july 2025 - 09:44:53
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola recorded the highest economic expansion since 2014, with real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth reaching [...] Full text...

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In hard-hitting human rights address, Guterres calls for urgent action on Gaza, authoritarianism and climate justice

26 july 2025 - 07:33:25
New York, US (PANA) - The world is facing a “moral crisis” marked by rising authoritarianism, deepening inequality and a [...] Full text...

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1.3 million Sudanese return home, offering fragile hope for recovery

25 july 2025 - 17:11:32
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - With pockets of relative safety emerging in Sudan, over 1.3 million Sudanese people — including one [...] Full text...

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WB expands financial coverage to save lives and livelihoods in Eastern and Southern Africa

25 july 2025 - 07:28:53
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More than 12 million people in Angola, Burundi, Malawi, Seychelles, and Zambia will benefit from [...] Full text...

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UN forum affirms stronger commitment to achieve sustainable development

25 july 2025 - 05:36:26
New York, US (PANA) - The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) has concluded at United Nations Headquarters in [...] Full text...

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Deep-sea must not turn into ‘Wild West’ of rare minerals exploitation, agency head says

25 july 2025 - 05:32:15
New York, US (PANA) - Nations are pursuing underwater exploration for highly sought-after rare earth minerals, but the head of [...] Full text...

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2024 WAFCON: CAF names match officials for final

25 july 2025 - 05:27:35
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Namibian Antsino has been appointed by CAF to referee the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of [...] Full text...

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

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

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UN forum affirms stronger commitment to achieve sustainable development

24 july 2025 - 16:43:16
New York, US (PANA) - The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) concluded on Wednesday following a week-and-a-half of [...] 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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Nigeria: Amid record hunger and surging insecurity, emergency food assistance to stall entirely

24 july 2025 - 06:21:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - At a time of escalating violence and record levels of hunger in Nigeria, critical funding shortfalls [...] Full text...

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2024 WAFCON: Morocco vs Nigeria: Dreaming of One, Chasing 10 (By CAF Online)

24 july 2025 - 05:39:40
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The TotalEnergies WAFCON 2024 has reached the business end with hosts Morocco booking their spot in [...] Full text...

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

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

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Rights group calls for release of ousted Niger president Bazoum two years after coup

23 july 2025 - 08:20:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Authorities in Niger should immediately release former President Mohamed Bazoum, who remains arbitrarily detained two [...] 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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‘Perfect storm’ of global crises drove years of food price surges: FAO

23 july 2025 - 07:44:28
New York, US (PANA) - The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Máximo Torero Cullen, previewed its [...] 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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Deep dive into the International Seabed Authority: Why it matters now (By UN News)

23 july 2025 - 07:30:11
New York, US (PANA) - Protecting underwater ecosystems from the growing interest in rare mineral mining, framing deep-sea laws and [...] Full text...

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CAR innovates with nature-based solutions, reaffirms commitment to urban climate resilience

23 july 2025 - 07:12:31
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - The World Bank has approved an additional grant financing of $9.175 million (just over CFAF 5.3 [...] Full text...

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UN laments US withdrawal from educational and cultural agency

23 july 2025 - 07:09:36
Paris, France (PANA) - The United States announced on Tuesday that it will leave the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural [...] Full text...

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‘Peace is a choice’: UN chief urges diplomacy as wars spread from Gaza to Ukraine

22 july 2025 - 20:40:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Warning that the world is failing to uphold international law as wars stretch from Gaza to [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained

22 july 2025 - 18:42:40
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from [...] Full text...

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

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

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UN’s Guterres declares fossil fuel era fading; presses nations for new climate plans before COP30 summit

22 july 2025 - 17:43:12
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary‑General António Guterres declared the world has “passed the point of no return” on [...] Full text...

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IMF's First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath quits to rejoin Harvard economics faculty

22 july 2025 - 08:45:20
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has announced the departure of Gita Gopinath, [...] Full text...

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Gaza: WHO's operations compromised following attacks on warehouse and facility sheltering staff and families in Deir al Balah

22 july 2025 - 08:37:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has condemned in the strongest terms the attacks on a [...] Full text...

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Deadly floods show need for faster, wider warnings, UN agency says

22 july 2025 - 06:32:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From the Himalayas to rural Texas, deadly floods this month have killed hundreds and exposed dangerous [...] Full text...

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Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic

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

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Salvaging SDGs still possible, but countries must act now: Guterres

21 july 2025 - 18:41:59
New York, US (PANA) - Citing new global agreements on pandemic preparedness, ocean protection and development financing, UN Secretary‑General António [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile concludes working trip to China

21 july 2025 - 08:26:20
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile this weekend concluded a trip to China which [...] Full text...

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Global health in decline: UN warns of glaring inequalities

19 july 2025 - 08:22:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite significant progress since the beginning of the century, a new UN assessment indicates that improvements [...] Full text...

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UN80 initiative should be ‘inclusive and transparent’, recognises General Assembly

19 july 2025 - 07:42:00
New York, US (PANA) - The General Assembly on Friday adopted by consensus a resolution on the Secretary‑General’s UN80 Initiative [...] Full text...

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

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

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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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12 million Kenyans to benefit from new social protection project for strengthening human capital, economic inclusion

18 july 2025 - 07:59:47
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Directors approved the Second Kenya Social and Economic Inclusion Project [...] Full text...

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UNESCO inscribes 26 new World Heritage sites: Africa in the spotlight

18 july 2025 - 07:45:00
Paris, France (PANA) - The annual session of the World Heritage Committee has concluded in Paris with 26 new inscriptions [...] Full text...

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2024 WAFCON: Nigeria vs Zambia - Veteran giants meet rising force in blockbuster quarterfinal (Preview by CAF Online)

18 july 2025 - 07:34:15
Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - Two of Africa’s most exciting and ambitious women’s football nations, Nigeria and Zambia, are set for [...] Full text...

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New York Forum: Ocean under pressure, Nice's hopes remain to be realised (By UN News)

18 july 2025 - 07:15:26
New York, US (PANA) - The promises made in June at the Ocean Conference in Nice are barely concealing the [...] Full text...

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

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

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Children miss out on vaccines as diseases spread in Sudan

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

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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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We need to value women in sport, UN rights chief says

17 july 2025 - 15:16:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the midst of the Women’s Euro football championship in Switzerland, Volker Türk, the UN human [...] Full text...

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Research institute slams South Africa's ties with Iran

17 july 2025 - 09:45:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Middle East Africa Research Institute (MEARI) has warned that South Africa’s foreign policy [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UN officials warn of unspeakable conditions as children bear the brunt

17 july 2025 - 07:58:14
New York, US (PANA) - Conditions in Gaza have reached an unspeakable level of devastation with children paying the highest [...] Full text...

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Cameroon needs to harness forests, natural wealth for sustainable growth: WB report

16 july 2025 - 08:39:28
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The World Bank Group has launched the 2025 Cameroon Economic Update, titled ‘’Cameroon’s Green Gold: Unlocking [...] Full text...

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Ukraine: Civilians under fire in record numbers as attacks surge

15 july 2025 - 16:09:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Relentless missile and drone strikes by Russian forces have killed and injured hundreds of civilians in [...] Full text...

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EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2025, AT 9:30 AM EDT, WHICH IS 1:30 PM UTC Mobile-phone technology powers saving surge in developing economies

15 july 2025 - 11:00:55
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More adults than ever in low- and middle-income countries now have bank or other financial [...] 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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State-of-the-art laboratory enhances Madagascar’s polio response

15 july 2025 - 05:31:23
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) – A new state-of-the-art laboratory has bolstered Madagascar’s efforts to survey and detect polioviruses and effectively respond [...] Full text...

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Health leaders commit to accelerate action against severe chronic diseases in Africa

15 july 2025 - 05:25:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Health leaders, policymakers and development partners across Africa have renewed commitment to accelerate the implementation of the [...] 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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WHO urges roll-out of first long-acting HIV prevention jab

14 july 2025 - 13:08:26
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A breakthrough HIV drug that only needs to be injected twice a year to offer near-total [...] Full text...

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High-level South African delegation attends Chinese expo

14 july 2025 - 09:36:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  South Afria's Deputy President Paul Mashatile on Monday departed for Beijing to participate in [...] Full text...

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AI in the service of traditional medicine: the UN shows the way

14 july 2025 - 07:59:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Traditional medicine is entering a new era. The World Health Organisation (WHO), the International Telecommunication Union [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM hails AfCFTA as 'a continental breakthrough' despite challenges

13 july 2025 - 18:55:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) represents a historic step forward that strengthens economic integration [...] Full text...

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Libya, Nigeria discuss cooperation on gas projects and pipelines to European markets

13 july 2025 - 15:15:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and Nigeria have dscussed the possibilities of developing a gas pipeline project linking the two [...] Full text...

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Overlooked and underestimated: Sand and dust storms wreak havoc across borders

13 july 2025 - 05:05:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There are three Great Pyramids at Giza in Egypt - but imagine if there were 307 [...] Full text...

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Study shows vaccine campaigns cut deaths by nearly 60 per cent

13 july 2025 - 05:02:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Emergency vaccination campaigns have slashed deaths from major infectious disease outbreaks by nearly 60 per cent [...] Full text...

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Libya chairs 119th ministerial session of Council for Arab Economic Unity

12 july 2025 - 13:14:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya chaired the 119th ministerial session of the Council for Arab Economic Unity, attended by ministers [...] Full text...

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Sudan appeals for lifting siege on Fashir and ending famine

12 july 2025 - 11:06:25
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan’s Prime Minister Dr. Kamil Idris, still working to form a civilian cabinet, has launched an [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire moves to formalize vast informal gold mining sector

12 july 2025 - 10:48:55
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Facing significant losses from illicit gold trade and seeking to formalize a vital, yet often [...] Full text...

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Gazans dying in search of food, ‘starkest illustration’ of their desperation

12 july 2025 - 07:12:11
New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip “have never been higher” while the ability to assist [...] Full text...

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Celebrating the potential and promise of the largest youth generation ever

12 july 2025 - 05:37:56
New York, US (PANA) - Young people are shaping the future and demanding a world that is just, inclusive and [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Surge in Darfur displacement pushes Tawila into full-scale crisis, cholera spreading

11 july 2025 - 15:19:25
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international charity organization has rung the alarm bell about an imminent catastrophe in a new Darfur [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Number of children with severe acute malnutrition doubles in Darfur

11 july 2025 - 13:12:12
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Alarming new data released by the UN Children's Fund UNICEF reveals a 46 percent increase [...] Full text...

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Fight to end AIDS: ‘This is not just a funding gap – it’s a ticking time bomb’

11 july 2025 - 05:41:31
New York, US (PANA) - Devastating funding cuts from international donors are hitting countries hardest affected by HIV — but [...] Full text...

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War crimes, systematic sexual violence ongoing in Darfur: ICC

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

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Building trust through effective service delivery in Africa – WB Report

10 july 2025 - 14:22:15
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The World Bank's annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report for Sub-Saharan Africa, released Thursday, [...] Full text...

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