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Afghanistan to remain major crisis in 2026, UN, partners warn
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 slams position of Sudan's military leadership on ending devastating war
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
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...
Diphtheria spreading in Mali against backdrop of persistent humanitarian crisis
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The disease is progressing rapidly. Since mid-September, Mali has been facing a rapid outbreak of diphtheria, an infection that is preventable, [...] Full text...
Faso President Traoré appointed head of Coalition of Alliance of Sahel States
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The president of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has been appointed current president of the Confederation of the Alliance of Sahel [...] Full text...
UN warns Sudan war entering deadlier phase as fighting spreads in Kordofan
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...
US again flags support for Sudan's warring parties by regional countries
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...
IMF management approves first review of staff-monitored programme with Mali
Washington, DC (PANA) - Management of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on 15 December the first review of Mali’s Staff Monitored Programe (SMP). The 11-months [...] Full text...
Troika on South Sudan concerned about widespread conflict across the country
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
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...
Humanitarian charity warns of alarming consequences of aid cuts as crisis in Mali spreads south
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A poisonous cocktail of escalating conflict, blockades, increased displacement, and humanitarian funding cuts is pushing people in Mali to the brink. Families [...] Full text...
Fall of eastern DRC city to rebels puts civilians at risk - HRW
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...
US slams Rwanda for escalation of war in eastern DRC
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
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...
UN warns of ‘regional conflagration’ as DR Congo violence uproots 500,000
New York, US (PANA) - More than half a million people have now been uprooted by escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
Sudan’s crisis deepens with communities trapped in ‘siege conditions’
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...
IMF concludes virtual mission on programme review with Mali
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Malian authorities have concluded the virtual mission under the First Review of the [...] Full text...
Intense violence, worsens food insecurity in conflict areas
New York, USA (PANA) - Attacks harming civilians and civilian infrastructure leave fields abandoned, disrupt food ssissupply chains, drive up prices and destroy livelihoods, said [...] Full text...
Sudan's military ruler sets conditions for talks
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...
Mali's fuel crisis stifles humanitarian operations
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A severe fuel shortage caused by a jihadist blockade of several strategic roads is fuelling the humanitarian crisis in Mali. This [...] Full text...
Top US diplomat lashes out at Sudan's RSF, calls for cut off of weapons supply
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
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...
AUC Chairperson calls for urgent international action as Mali's crisis escalates
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
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
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...
Rights group urges Malian authorities to immediately release former PM, others
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The conviction and sentencing of Mali’s former Prime Minister Moussa Mara to two years in prison, one of which is mandatory, [...] Full text...
Security, humanitarian reasons behind withdrawal from besieged city , says Sudan's military leader
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...
Sudanese govt slams EU Council for legitimising rival paramilitary group
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
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
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
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...
Europe’s health system under strain as doctors and nurses face mental health crisis
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...
DRC: UN envoy urges people eager for peace in the east ‘not to lose hope’
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...
AUC chairperson reiterates urgent call for immediate ceasefire in Sudan
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...
Rights group urges Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger not to leave ICC
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Human rights advocate. Amnesty International, on Tuesday described the decision of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to withdraw from the International [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger withdraw from International Criminal Court
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, 0n Monday announced their withdrawal from the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), saying it has [...] Full text...
Civilians bear the brunt of ethnicization of Sudan conflict: UN
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...
Tunisia denies drone attack on Soumoud flotilla
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...
UN rights chief denounces Mali's authoritarian drift, growing repression
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief sounded the alarm on Thursday over the deteriorating political situation in Mali, where the democratic process [...] Full text...
Sudan's paramilitary RSF 'seizes new ground' in besieged city
El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Monday they have “seized new ground” in El Fasher, the last stronghold [...] Full text...
ICRC: Conflict in Sudan drives missing persons cases in Africa
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A huge increase in missing persons in Africa, has been attributed mainly to the current Sudan war and its impact [...] Full text...
AU chief 'strongly condemns' terrorist attacks in Mali
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Mali.A press release [...] Full text...
UN calls for decisive steps to end conflict as Gaza and West Bank crises deepen
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly two years of war in Gaza along with continued violence and settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank - [...] Full text...
Sudan army, allies repel 'major attack' by paramilitary RSF on besieged El Fasher
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese army and allied armed groups say they repelled a major, multi-pronged attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces [...] Full text...
International coalition urges Sudanese warring parties to take action to improve humanitarian situation
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international coalition that groups five governments beside the United Nations and the African Union on Wednesday issued a joint [...] Full text...
Mali's Supreme Court opens investigation into 'massive' embezzlement case involving former Prime Minister Maiga
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A judicial investigation into “massive” embezzlement of public funds, forgery, money laundering and complicity was opened by the Attorney General's Office [...] Full text...
Mali, UAE sign 11 agreements in strategic areas of development
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The second meeting of the Joint Cooperation Commission for Mali and United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday in Abu Dhabi [...] Full text...
Surge in flow of Burkinabe refugees into Mali
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In barely a week, the small town of Koro in central Mali has seen an influx of more than 8,000 Burkinabe [...] Full text...
Several soldiers arrested in Mali for attempting to 'destabilise state institutions'
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Several Malian military officers, including General Abbas Dembélé, former governor of Mopti, and Brigadier General Niéma Sagara, have been arrested and [...] Full text...