Sudan war leaves millions hungry and displaced as health system nears collapse

11 january 2026 - 17:13:19

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s protracted conflict has spiralled into one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, with hunger, displacement and the collapse of [...] Full text...

Sudan: After 1,000 days of war, millions of civilians still bearing brunt

10 january 2026 - 07:40:25

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Aid agencies marked 1,000 days of war in Sudan on Friday with a grim reminder that the conflict has created the [...] Full text...

Sudan: 1,000 days of war show devastating cost of ‘New World Disorder - IRC

08 january 2026 - 16:08:57

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)-  An international charity organization working in the Sudan has issued a report lamenting the deterioration of the situation as the war [...] Full text...

Sudanese Govt criticises AUC for 'biased' statement with UAE on Sudan war

08 january 2026 - 08:04:24

Port Sudan, Sudan, (PANA) - Sudan on Wednesday sharply criticised the African Union Commission (AUC) for adopting a joint statement with United Arab Emirates (UAE), [...] Full text...

Thirteen more lives lost in Sudan as 1,000th day of war looms

07 january 2026 - 08:10:20

New York, US (PANA) - Thirteen more lives – including children – were reportedly lost on Tuesday in another drone attack on Sudan’s North Kordofan [...] Full text...

Venezuela's people must be heard, insists UN human rights chief

06 january 2026 - 13:11:05

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Responding to the seizure of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro by the United States, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday [...] Full text...

South Africa condemns US aggression against Venezuela at UN meeting

06 january 2026 - 09:38:20

New York, US (PANA) – South Africa’s International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola says the US invasion of Venezuela undermined international law and the principles of [...] Full text...

South African political parties condemn US strike on Venezuela

05 january 2026 - 10:54:41

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African opposition parties have joined the chorus of condemnation over the US administration’s military strike against Venezuela and the [...] Full text...

South Africa calls for UN intervention over Venezuela crisis

04 january 2026 - 12:07:10

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government has urgently called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC'I truly pray that peace will [...] Full text...

Afghanistan to remain major crisis in 2026, UN, partners warn

31 december 2025 - 15:20:23

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Afghanistan is expected to remain one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises in 2026, UN agencies and humanitarian partners warned on [...] Full text...

US, Cote d'Ivoire sign $937 million bilateral health cooperation Mou

31 december 2025 - 09:14:06

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Tuesday signed a five-year, $937 million bilateral health cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic [...] Full text...

US slams position of Sudan's military leadership on ending devastating war

30 december 2025 - 06:34:11

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US says it is deeply concerned by rhetoric from Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) leadership calling for military solutions to [...] Full text...

South African opposition party condemns US strike in Nigeria

27 december 2025 - 10:03:38

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on Friday condemned the Christmas Day airstrikes by the United States against Islamist [...] Full text...

UN warns Sudan war entering deadlier phase as fighting spreads in Kordofan

23 december 2025 - 08:10:02

New York, US (PANA) - The war in Sudan is entering a deadlier phase, the United Nations has warned, as intensified fighting in the Kordofan [...] Full text...

AfDB grants São Tomé and Príncipe's $21.9 million to boost blue economy, strengthen food security

21 december 2025 - 07:11:03

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's Board of Directors has approved a $22 million grant to finance the Blue Economy [...] Full text...

US again flags support for Sudan's warring parties by regional countries

20 december 2025 - 14:48:33

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has again flagged the involvement of regional elements in Sudan's bloody war and said [...] Full text...

Troika on South Sudan concerned about widespread conflict across the country

18 december 2025 - 19:36:35

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Norway, the UK and US, which constitute the Troika on South Sudan, have expressed concern about the return to widespread [...] Full text...

South Africa: Pretoria condemns Sydney massacre

15 december 2025 - 14:49:34

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government on Monday extended its sincere condolences to Australia following Sunday’s deadly terrorist attacks in Sydney. At [...] Full text...

Fall of eastern DRC city to rebels puts civilians at risk - HRW

15 december 2025 - 09:35:27

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Rwandan forces and M23 armed group that captured the city of Uvira in South Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

AfDB report projects $1 trillion in additional GDP by 2035 with use of AI to enhance productivity

14 december 2025 - 07:37:31

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released a report establishing a strategic roadmap for unlocking the economic and social potential [...] Full text...

US slams Rwanda for escalation of war in eastern DRC

13 december 2025 - 12:27:09

New York, US (PANA) - The US has slammed Rwanda for the escalation of the war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as it [...] Full text...

Peace falters as fighting in eastern DR Congo raises fears of regional war

13 december 2025 - 08:21:26

New York, US (PANA) - Civilians across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are facing collapsing health services and mass displacement as fighting spreads, [...] Full text...

Sudan’s crisis deepens with communities trapped in ‘siege conditions’

04 december 2025 - 07:14:23

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Civilians across Sudan’s Kordofan region are facing extreme hardship as conflict intensifies, warned the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Wednesday.Communities [...] Full text...

EIB Global and AfDB invest US$275 million to modernise Mauritania’s main railway corridor

30 november 2025 - 08:36:05

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB Global) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) signed a joint financing package of US$ 275 [...] Full text...

Sudan's military ruler sets conditions for talks

15 november 2025 - 06:19:04

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has again set conditions for truce in the bloody war in the East African [...] Full text...

Top US diplomat lashes out at Sudan's RSF, calls for cut off of weapons supply

13 november 2025 - 08:02:21

Hamilton, Canada (PANA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has strongly criticised Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for the “terrible” things it has [...] Full text...

AUC Chairperson calls for urgent international action as Mali's crisis escalates

10 november 2025 - 09:49:12

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has expressed deep concern over the rapidly deteriorating [...] Full text...

South Africa calls for support for Hurricane Melissa victims

05 november 2025 - 07:17:30

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government on Tuesday expressed its deepest condolences and solidarity with the governments and peoples of the [...] Full text...

South Sudan at risk of return to war, UN investigators warn

30 october 2025 - 07:27:31

New York, US (PANA) - South Sudan faces a renewed slide into full-scale conflict unless urgent international action is taken, the UN-appointed independent investigative body [...] Full text...

Security, humanitarian reasons behind withdrawal from besieged city , says Sudan's military leader

28 october 2025 - 05:52:49

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese army chief, Lieutenant General Abdul Fatah Al Burhan, says security and humanitarian concerns dictated the withdrawal of his troops [...] Full text...

ADF approves $73 million to empower Kenyan youth through science, technology development

26 october 2025 - 04:30:40

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s concessional lending arm, has [...] Full text...

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

26 october 2025 - 04:26:48

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Fund (ADF), through its Climate Action Window, has approved an $8.6 million grant in additional financing to [...] Full text...

Sudanese govt slams EU Council for legitimising rival paramilitary group

23 october 2025 - 05:11:02

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Wednesday rejected to the conclusions of the European Union Council, which emphasise that the primary responsibility [...] Full text...

Sudan: RSF leader Hemetti accuses rival national army of ethnic cleansing, genocide

22 october 2025 - 08:27:23

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA - The leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, on Tuesday accused the Sudanese army of committing [...] Full text...

Take all necessary steps to end Sudan war, EU Council tells all parties to the conflict

21 october 2025 - 13:20:25

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union Council has strongly condemned the ongoing conflict in Sudan and called on all parties to the bloody war [...] Full text...

UN aid coordination office warns of health crisis in eastern DRC

21 october 2025 - 07:27:09

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Monday reported that health systems across North and South Kivu in the restive Democratic [...] Full text...

ECOWAS launches project to involve young people in electoral observation

20 october 2025 - 12:57:22

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in collaboration with the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC), is holding [...] Full text...

AfDB approves $2.25 million to boost agricultural productivity in Sierra Leone

19 october 2025 - 07:08:20

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - In a move set to boost Sierra Leone’s food security and crop yields, the African Development Bank Group’s Board of [...] Full text...

Rights group urges Ivorian authorities to stop stifling peaceful protests ahead of presidential election

16 october 2025 - 08:56:16

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian authorities must respect and protect the right to protest and allow peaceful rallies to take place, Amnesty International said [...] Full text...

2026 FIFA WC Qualifiers: Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal clinch final automatic qualifying spots

14 october 2025 - 21:11:42

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal clinched the final two automatic qualifying spots in the CAF qualifying series for the 2026 FIFA [...] Full text...

Europe’s health system under strain as doctors and nurses face mental health crisis

10 october 2025 - 15:16:51

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - One in 10 doctors and nurses in Europe experience suicidal thoughts, a new survey carried out by the World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

AfDB and IOM sign MoU to harness migration for peace, development

05 october 2025 - 06:53:11

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The sixth Africa Resilience Forum concluded in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between [...] Full text...

Denmark announces 40% increase in contribution to African Development Fund

05 october 2025 - 06:45:09

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Denmark has announced a planned 1.1 billion Danish krone pledge to the African Development Fund’s 17th replenishment (ADF-17), representing a [...] Full text...

DRC: UN envoy urges people eager for peace in the east ‘not to lose hope’

04 october 2025 - 06:21:12

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - For people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) exhausted by years of conflict, the United Nations envoy for the [...] Full text...

IMF reaches staff level deal with Côte d’Ivoire on EFF/ECF arrangements

01 october 2025 - 10:01:56

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian authorities and staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on the fifth review under [...] Full text...

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

28 september 2025 - 05:56:53

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board of Directors has approved a $10 million trade finance transaction guarantee facility for [...] Full text...

New AfDB review highlights inland fisheries as lifeline for millions of Africans

28 september 2025 - 05:55:13

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released a "Review of African Inland Fisheries," calling for urgent investment in restoring aquatic [...] Full text...

AUC chairperson reiterates urgent call for immediate ceasefire in Sudan

26 september 2025 - 07:33:57

New York, US (PANA) -  Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the AU Commission, has reiterated the urgent imperative of an immediate ceasefire as a prerequisite [...] Full text...

Civilians bear the brunt of ethnicization of Sudan conflict: UN

21 september 2025 - 04:33:56

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Sudanese conflict has intensified in recent months, according to a report by the UN Human Rights Office, which reports a [...] Full text...

Côte d'Ivoire strengthens polio eradication efforts with modern laboratory

19 september 2025 - 06:31:04

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d’Ivoire has taken a crucial  step in the efforts to protect children from the debilitating effects of poliovirus with [...] Full text...