Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Jürg Lauber, on Monday announced the appointment of a three-member Commission of Inquiry into the human rights situation in the provinces of South Kivu and North Kivu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).They [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) - Funding cuts are dismantling the frontline organisations working to end violence against women and girls, the UN’s gender equality agency warned on Monday.A new UN Women report, At Risk and Underfunded, based on a global survey of 428 women’s rights and civil society groups, finds [...] Full text...
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claims to have taken “complete control” of the 6th Infantry Division command in the besieged city of El Fasher, the Sudanese army’s main base in North Darfur state, following fierce battles, a senior US official is calling for [...] Full text...
New York, US (PANA) – Developing an effective International Convention to Prevent and Punish Crimes against Humanity will require ambitious and forward-looking diplomacy, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Columbia Law School’s Prevention of Crimes Against Humanity Project said on Monday in a new briefing paper outlining 25 recommendations for delegations at [...] Full text...
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) The East African Community (EAC) has officially launched its Election Observation Mission (EOM) to observe Wedensday's General Elections in Tanzania.A press release by the Community said this follows an invitation by the Government, adding that this is in line with a directive of the EAC Council of [...] Full text...
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The following are Monday's exchange rates for the Gambian Dalasi as published by the Trust Bank of Gambia.Currency Buying SellingUS Dollar [...] Full text...
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support MIssion in Libya's (UNSMIL) Mine Action Programme (UNMAS) and the Libyan Mine Action Centre (LibMAC) have jointly conducted quality assurance procedures on the safe demolition of two tonnes of explosive remnants of war carried out by national and international partners in the Kararim [...] Full text...
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) As Sudan’s destructive war – now in its third year – grinds on, the challenges to health systems are immense and women giving birth have been particularly impacted.In the heart of Sudan’s White Nile State, to the south of the country’s capital, Khartoum, Kosti Maternity Hospital [...] Full text...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The following are the exchange rates for the Tanzania Shilling on Monday as issued by the Bank of Tanzania.Currency Buying SellingBurundi Franc 0.8266 0.8349Euro [...] Full text...
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top humanitarian official has called for an immediate ceasefire in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur region, amid reports of significant civilian deaths, attacks on hospitals and the city’s reported capture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).Tom Fletcher, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, [...] Full text...
