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Banjul, Gambia (PANA)– The Gambian government has confirmed a tragic maritime incident involving a boat reportedly carrying more than 200 migrants, which capsized around midnight on 31 December 2025 near Jinack Village in the country’s North Bank Region.According to a statement from the Ministry of Defence, the incident was reported [...]

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) on Thursday reaffirmed its “full readiness” to work closely with all Sudanese stakeholders, as well as regional and international partners, including the InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the United Nations, and the League of Arab States, to support efforts toward a [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Amir of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in The Gambia, Baba F. Trawally, has called on Gambians to uphold unity, peace, and tolerance as the country enters 2026 and prepares for presidential election scheduled for December 2026.In a New Year message, Amir Trawally expressed gratitude to [...]

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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian President Adama Barrow has called for peace, unity, and restraint ahead of the 2026 presidential election, as he highlighted his government’s development achievements and acknowledged key national and global challenges in his New Year message.In his New Year address, President Barrow described 2025 as a [...]

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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese civil society organisations (CSOs) have expressed their unhappiness with the African Union Commission (AUC) for welcoming a peace initiative proposed by the government, calling it a “dangerous shift” from regional consensus and a sign of institutional bias.The Chairperson of the AUC, Mahmoud Ali Youssef, on [...]

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New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has condemned amendments adopted by Israel’s Knesset to a law aimed at ceasing the operations of the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA), saying the measures must be immediately repealed.The amendments, adopted on 29 December, to the Law to Cease URNWA Operations “seek [...]

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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Christians on Thursday welcomed the New Year with hope for peace and prosperity.Christians thronged churches and open air spaces where prayers were said for peace, economic prosperity, concrete development, God's guidance and protection for the government.There were many social gatherings where revellers celebrated the arrival of [...]

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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The following is the line-up of the Round of 16 matches in the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Morocco.Saturday, 3 January 2026Senegal vs Sudan (Venue: Grand Stade de Tangier)Mali vs Tunisia (Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca)Sunday, 4 January 2026Morocco vs Tanzania (Venue: Stade Prince Moulay Abdellah, Rabat)South Africa vs Cameroon [...]

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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - In northeastern Nigeria, worsening insecurity, fuelled by kidnappings, landmines, and attacks by armed groups, is severely disrupting agricultural harvests. In the states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe, farmers are fleeing their fields, traders are abandoning markets, and rural roads, now too dangerous, are being deserted, humanitarian agencies [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From eliminating deadly infections to expanding access to lifesaving vaccines, 2025 delivered meaningful progress for global health, according to the UN World Health Organisation (WHO), offering cautious optimism at the close of a year marked by both breakthroughs and strain.Even as funding cuts, conflict and climate [...]

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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Up-to-date vaccination remains the most effective way to prevent severe COVID-19 illness, new research from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows, even as the pandemic has officially ended.Although COVID-19 no longer causes the widespread disruption seen during the global health emergency, the virus continues to hospitalise [...]

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Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Voting proceeded largely as planned in the Central African Republic’s first-ever combined presidential, legislative, regional and municipal elections, and ballot counting is now complete, the UN peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA) said on Wednesday, with results expected to be announced on 5 January.According to MINUSCA, preliminary [...]

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