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...

Results expected on 5 January after landmark elections in Central African Republic

01 january 2026 - 02:56:49

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 [...] 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...

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...

Historic vote looms in Central African Republic as UN urges peaceful participation

25 december 2025 - 07:27:13

New York, US (PANA) - With Central Africans set to vote in presidential, legislative, regional and long-delayed municipal elections this weekend, the United Nations has [...] Full text...

UN peacekeepers targeted in Sudan, Central African Republic targeted

16 december 2025 - 08:26:19

Bangui, CAR (PANA) - In two days, six UN peacekeepers were killed and eleven others wounded in attacks in Sudan and the Central African Republic, [...] 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...

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...

CAR: Head of peace operations warns against premature withdrawal of UN peacekeepers

02 december 2025 - 07:46:43

Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - During a visit to Bangui, the UN peacekeeping chief on Saturday praised the "positive trajectory" of the Central African [...] 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...

Revival of peace process in CAR threatened by regional instability

29 october 2025 - 07:57:06

New York, US (PANA) - With two months to go before the general elections scheduled for 28 December, the Central African Republic (CAR) seems to [...] 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...

Central African Republic: ‘3R’ combatants in the northwest lay down their arms (By Maria Kabatanya (By Maria Kabatanya, UN News)

18 october 2025 - 07:21:42

Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - As the disarmament team approached, combatants from the Retour, Réclamation et Réhabilitation (3R) armed group stood in two orderly [...] Full text...

Rights group calls for urgent financial support to prevent catastrophic closure of Special Criminal Court for CAR

17 october 2025 - 09:13:33

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty Internationl on FRiday called for urgent financial support to prevent the “catastrophic" closure of Special Criminal Court (SCC) for Central [...] 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...

Maximizing national wealth for sustainable prosperity in the Central African Republic

26 september 2025 - 09:57:37

Bangui, Central African Republic - After two years of weak growth, the Central African Republic (CAR) is experiencing a moderate recovery, with growth estimated at 1.5% [...] Full text...

CAR: Thousands of civilians seek refuge with the UN on the Sudanese border

26 september 2025 - 05:11:18

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 5,000 fleeing civilians have gathered in recent days around a UN peacekeepers base in the Central African Republic (CAR), near [...] Full text...

Tunisia denies drone attack on Soumoud flotilla

09 september 2025 - 14:30:44

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Interior Ministry denied, in a statement early Tuesday reports that one of the boats in the ‘’Semmoud'' flotilla bound [...] Full text...

Gaza: Security Council meets on hostage crisis amid ‘unbearable’ conditions facing Palestinian civilians

06 august 2025 - 06:53:26

New York, US (PANA) - As conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel continue to deteriorate, a senior UN official upheld the need for [...] Full text...

Death of Burkinabe activist in detention in Côte d'Ivoire reignites tensions

29 july 2025 - 10:56:05

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The death last Thursday of Burkinabe activist Alain Christophe Traoré, alias Alino Faso, while being held in prison in Côte [...] Full text...

Two ex-militia leaders in Central African Republic sentenced for war crimes, crimes against humanity

25 july 2025 - 04:42:42

The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Two former leaders of the predominantly Christian Anti-Balaka militia in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been convicted of multiple [...] Full text...

Tunisia welcomes Doha peace agreement signed by DRC and AFC/M23 rebels

22 july 2025 - 12:36:48

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia on Monday welcomed the peace agreement signed on 19 July in Doha, Qatar, between the government of the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

Sudan: Crisis worsens as cholera and floods drive needs higher

22 july 2025 - 05:41:26

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The humanitarian crisis in Sudan continues to deepen as cholera spreads, flooding displaces communities, and thousands of people return to [...] Full text...

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 location where people escaping from [...] Full text...

EC extends military training mission in CAR

08 july 2025 - 11:50:53

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Tuesday extended the mandate of the European Union Military Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM [...] Full text...

CAR: one in three people in acute food insecurity

02 july 2025 - 18:42:58

Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Around 2.2 million people in the Central African Republic (CAR) – or one in three – are currently facing “high levels [...] Full text...

Athens responds to Ankara over the maritime agreement between Turkey and Libya

30 june 2025 - 14:12:38

Athens, Greece  (PANA) -  Greek diplomatic sources reacted on Sunday to statements by the Turkish Foreign Ministry criticizing the position of Greece and Cyprus in [...] Full text...

Upcoming elections ‘crucial opportunity’ for Central African Republic, UN top official tells Security Council

27 june 2025 - 05:57:18

New York, US (PANA) - As the Central African Republic (CAR) prepares for upcoming elections, the country continues to grapple with a fragile security and [...] Full text...

UN Security Council condemns attack on UN mission in CAR

25 june 2025 - 06:08:38

New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Security Council has condemned an attack on the UN mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on [...] Full text...

Tunisia calls for an end to aggression against Iran

23 june 2025 - 17:50:35

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has expressed its ‘clear and unequivocal condemnation of Zionist aggression’ against the Islamic Republic of Iran and the US strikes [...] Full text...

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 themselves excluded from almost every [...] Full text...

South Africa condemns latest Gaza atrocity

04 june 2025 - 09:02:41

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  The South African government on Wednesday said it is gravely alarmed by reports confirming that at least 31 Palestinians [...] Full text...

Sudan conflict triggers regional health crisis, warns WHO

28 may 2025 - 07:05:13

Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As the war between rival militaries in Sudan continues, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised alarm over the escalating [...] Full text...

CAR implements the Enhanced General Data Dissemination System of IMF

20 may 2025 - 08:47:27

Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - With the successful launch of the new data portal—the National Summary Data Page (NSDP) — the Central African Republic [...] Full text...

Tunisia says it is ready to host a UN-sponsored inter-Libyan dialogue

17 may 2025 - 13:37:21

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia is ready to host an inter-Libyan dialogue on its territory under the aegis of the United Nations Mission in Libya, [...] Full text...

Mali closes airspace to all aircraft from Algeria

08 april 2025 - 12:17:47

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  Mali on Monday announced the closure of its airspace to all civil and military aircraft flying to or from Algeria [...] Full text...

South AfricaEarthexpresses concern over Thailand and Myanmar earthquake

04 april 2025 - 07:44:27

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Government on Thursday expressed its deepest condolences to the peoples of Thailand and Myanmar following the [...] Full text...

UN chief strongly condemns killing of Kenyan peacekeeper in Central African Republic

30 march 2025 - 06:51:36

New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Saturday strongly condemned an attack on peacekeepers serving with UN mission MINUSCA in the Central African [...] Full text...

UN chief says rapidly deteriorating crisis in South Sudan demands urgent action

29 march 2025 - 05:20:52

New York, US (PANA) - Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday of a rapidly deteriorating crisis in South Sudan, and called for urgent dialogue, the [...] Full text...

Eastern DRC: UN envoy calls for all efforts to be directed towards "an unconditional ceasefire"

27 march 2025 - 15:18:43

New York, US (PANA) - As the resurgence of conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since January has displaced hundreds of thousands [...] Full text...

UN Mission urges restraint as South Sudan crisis deepens

27 march 2025 - 07:05:41

Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has called on all parties to exercise restraint and uphold the peace agreement [...] Full text...

Survivors of sexual violence in the Central African Republic affected by funding cuts (Feature by UN News)

26 march 2025 - 10:22:20

Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - The United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) has said that US funding that supported life-saving programmes in [...] Full text...

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 of families lost their homes [...] Full text...

Libya denounces the resumption of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip in Palestine

19 march 2025 - 14:49:29

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity has condemned in the strongest possible [...] Full text...

Voter registration starts in Central African Republic

15 march 2025 - 07:32:20

New York, US (PANA) - The second and third phases of voter registrations are underway in the Central African Republic (CAR), supported by the UN [...] Full text...

DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi

07 march 2025 - 16:53:50

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is literally buckling”, the UN [...] Full text...

UN report reveals brutal attacks targeting Muslims, refugees in Central African Republic

05 march 2025 - 20:44:25

New York, US (PANA) - A UN report released on Wednesday has uncovered a pattern of grave human rights violations committed by armed groups in [...] Full text...

UN steps in to help survivors of sexual violence in DRC to recover economically

05 march 2025 - 07:41:58

Goma, DRC (PANA) - Before the recent escalation of conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which caused an explosion of sexual violence, the [...] Full text...