21 april 2024 - 05:14:01
New York, US (PANA) - Edem Wosornu, director of operations and advocacy at the UN Office for the Coordination of [...] Full text...
18 april 2024 - 13:07:24
Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) – Eswatini’s sugar production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast to rise on improved cane deliveries [...] Full text...
07 april 2024 - 18:46:45
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN’s overriding mission in Gaza to ‘flood the place with food’ and avert famine, has [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 18:35:42
New York, US (PANA) - Reparatory justice must tackle the grave human rights violations deeply entrenched in the legacy of [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 05:27:45
New York, US (PANA) - Racism is “an evil infecting countries and societies around the world”, the UN chief has [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 04:47:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday called for a funding boost in tuberculosis (TB) [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 05:52:58
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Monday that he would await the Supreme Court’s [...] Full text...
04 march 2024 - 14:29:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As the controversial the controversial anti-LGBTQI+ bill passed by Ghana's Parliament, which criminalises the promotion, advocacy, and funding [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 10:24:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Cervical cancer poses a significant burden in sub-Saharan Africa, with 120,000 cases annually out of the global [...] Full text...
29 february 2024 - 06:29:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The UN human rights chief and the US Department of State have slammed the passage by [...] Full text...
28 february 2024 - 18:21:46
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Parliament, after nearly three years, on Wednesday passed the controversial anti-LGBTQI+ bill which criminalizes the promotion, [...] Full text...
28 february 2024 - 10:00:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concern over attempts to repeal the law that [...] Full text...
22 february 2024 - 07:00:06
New York, US (PANA) – Governments across the globe are reaching beyond their borders and committing human rights abuses against [...] Full text...
23 january 2024 - 09:05:48
Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - Liphula (a pseudonym to protect the privacy of the student) is a 21-year-old young man enrolled [...] Full text...
06 january 2024 - 10:26:14
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With the beginning of a new calendar year, it’s all too familiar for people [...] Full text...
14 december 2023 - 09:31:55
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The UN's annual climate conference, COP28, finally acknowledged the need to transition away from fossil fuels [...] Full text...
14 december 2023 - 08:30:00
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Amnesty International is asking Tunisia’s authorities to immediately quash the "outrageous conviction" by a military court [...] Full text...
03 december 2023 - 15:23:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director-General of the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, Haider El-Saieh, has praised the role [...] Full text...
01 december 2023 - 06:58:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the [...] Full text...
23 november 2023 - 06:30:44
New York, US (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed has called for greater investment in preventing violence against women [...] Full text...
21 november 2023 - 15:48:36
Geneva/New York (PANA) -- Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, [...] Full text...
21 november 2023 - 08:01:08
New York, US (PANA) - Stronger action is needed to uphold children’s rights in a world where they are increasingly [...] Full text...
17 november 2023 - 06:24:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lack of fuel is jeopardising “the entire architecture of the humanitarian response” in Gaza, where raw [...] Full text...
14 november 2023 - 14:34:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN health agency, WHO, hailed on Tuesday the “heroic efforts” of staff at Gaza City’s besieged Al-Shifa [...] Full text...
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Washington, DC, US (PANA) – International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Director of the Office of Internal Audit and Inspection (OIA), Nancy [...] Full text...
14 october 2023 - 09:20:26
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank is bolstering its collaboration with nine Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to fasttrack solutions [...] Full text...
06 october 2023 - 05:39:26
New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials on Thursday reiterated the call for protection of children and ensuring their [...] Full text...
03 october 2023 - 20:16:53
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An African Union-convened talks on the meaningful engagement of the youth to advance democracy, human [...] Full text...
02 october 2023 - 19:30:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a four-year memorandum [...] Full text...
30 september 2023 - 19:05:55
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – Efforts to revive the trial of Joseph Kony, leader of the northern Uganda rebel group, the [...] Full text...
26 september 2023 - 15:42:07
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – At least 395 people were killed and 281 others injured in violent incidents in South [...] Full text...
22 september 2023 - 16:15:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The World Bank has approved additional financing of $700 million for Nigeria to scale up the [...] Full text...
20 september 2023 - 16:32:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - France and the United States were two countries that championed so-called international condemnation of and outrage [...] Full text...
09 september 2023 - 09:57:28
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is joining hands with "Mission 89", an international research, education [...] Full text...
05 september 2023 - 18:05:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There has been a dramatic increase in the number of civilians killed by cluster munitions, according [...] Full text...
22 august 2023 - 10:40:04
Stockholm, Sweden (PANA) – In a major stride to ensure universal access to water and sanitation, the governments of Malawi and [...] Full text...
16 august 2023 - 16:00:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African economies should seize the opportunity to better integrate into technology-intensive global supply chains and boost [...] Full text...
16 august 2023 - 05:38:31
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday spoke with Rwandan President Paul Kagame as [...] Full text...
10 august 2023 - 13:08:54
Pte-aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, on Thursday highlighted the importance of regional cooperation to the effective response [...] Full text...
05 august 2023 - 05:55:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two senior UN humanitarian officials have called for more funding and less bureaucratic impediments to support [...] Full text...
21 july 2023 - 06:19:48
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Pandemic Fund’s Governing Board has approved grants under its first round of funding [...] Full text...
18 july 2023 - 06:39:39
Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - Many Middle East and North African countries still prevent women from moving freely in their own country [...] Full text...
18 july 2023 - 06:08:45
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Tunisia and the European Union (EU) to deter Europe-bound migration would [...] Full text...
17 july 2023 - 18:48:47
Geneva/New York (PANA) - Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as [...] Full text...
17 july 2023 - 07:16:23
Auckland, New Zealand (PANA) - The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off on Thursday night, the first football World [...] Full text...
22 june 2023 - 09:17:19
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Global development financiers who attended this year’s Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund’s forum in [...] Full text...
21 june 2023 - 08:47:46
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - At least 216 million African children suffer from stunting and malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa, where [...] Full text...
16 june 2023 - 18:16:15
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - At least 405 people have been killed in persistent violence against civilians across South Sudan, [...] Full text...
09 june 2023 - 14:46:18
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The Global Coalition Against Daech adopted the Action Plan of its "Africa Focus Group", co-chaired [...] Full text...
08 june 2023 - 15:57:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the [...] Full text...
02 june 2023 - 10:21:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch has said the United Nations Security Council should take stronger steps to reverse the rapidly [...] Full text...
18 may 2023 - 13:35:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government on Wednesday adopted a plan to support populations vulnerable to food insecurity [...] Full text...
11 may 2023 - 15:08:45
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Morocco was elected Wednesday at the headquarters of the United Nations Office in Vienna to the [...] Full text...
03 may 2023 - 17:58:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As Libya prepares to establish electoral laws, women members of the consultative High State Council and [...] Full text...
24 april 2023 - 07:12:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – An estimated 33 million children will need to be vaccinated in Africa between 2023 and 2025 [...] Full text...
16 april 2023 - 17:37:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs, Walid Al-Lafi, chaired a meeting to discuss [...] Full text...
13 april 2023 - 12:26:54
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has disclosed in its 2022 activity report on the state of [...] Full text...
07 april 2023 - 07:37:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese military and civilians, currently engaged in hammering out a final political agreement, have failed to [...] Full text...
27 march 2023 - 14:56:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba kicked off activities of the [...] Full text...
22 march 2023 - 05:17:19
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Around 44% of the population in the African region suffer from oral diseases.
And while the region [...] Full text...
19 march 2023 - 06:01:47
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Four human rights organisations are urging the European Union foreign affairs ministers to publicly press the Tuniaian authorities [...] Full text...
14 march 2023 - 13:35:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday released an updated WHO health workforce support and safeguards [...] Full text...
17 february 2023 - 17:15:40
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea are in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the [...] Full text...
17 february 2023 - 08:21:27
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The number of civilians affected by violence in South Sudan increased sharply at the end [...] Full text...
10 february 2023 - 15:39:34
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Slain Eswatini human rights defender Thulani Maseko has inspired Botswana’s civil society to gear up its [...] Full text...
09 february 2023 - 06:04:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Calling for a swift crackdown on infant formula corporations’ exploitative marketing tactics, a leading World Health [...] Full text...
30 january 2023 - 05:29:19
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will in 2023 implement a progressive shift to needs-based [...] Full text...
26 january 2023 - 07:32:59
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has appointed Ghanaian diplomat, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, as the AU [...] Full text...
24 january 2023 - 06:22:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite recent progress towards eliminating trans fat from food, some five billion people remain unprotected from [...] Full text...
11 january 2023 - 09:30:49
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Amnesty International has asked the Ethiopian authorities to "immediately and unconditionally" release four human rights [...] Full text...
11 january 2023 - 05:24:48
New York, US (PANA) - Although West Africa and the Sahel continue to face unprecedented security challenges, it is still [...] Full text...
07 january 2023 - 05:29:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The heads of many of the world’s biggest social media platforms were urged on Friday to [...] Full text...
05 january 2023 - 05:24:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Arbitrary detention must end “once and for all”, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on [...] Full text...
16 december 2022 - 04:28:35
New York, US (PANA) - Communities must be empowered and appropriately resourced to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS and other [...] Full text...
08 december 2022 - 05:35:43
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The signing of a political framework agreement in Sudan could signal a way out of the [...] Full text...
04 december 2022 - 18:50:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba announced here Sunday the adoption [...] Full text...
01 december 2022 - 19:58:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A UN body responsible for working to bring Sudanese political and social rivals together to agree [...] Full text...
26 november 2022 - 13:50:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Mission of Support in [...] Full text...
10 november 2022 - 05:13:28
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Climate change is forcing nearly half of young Africans to rethink their plans to have children [...] Full text...
08 november 2022 - 16:20:25
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Overwhelming flooding has affected at least 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide, with the number [...] Full text...
08 november 2022 - 09:34:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are urging [...] Full text...
02 november 2022 - 09:32:57
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Countries and advocates attending the 27th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt beginning on [...] Full text...
07 october 2022 - 05:35:58
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Africa has the highest suicide rate in the world and to reverse that worrying statistic, the UN World, [...] Full text...
05 october 2022 - 05:43:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dementia is one of the greatest health challenges of our generation, according to the World Health [...] Full text...
04 october 2022 - 14:34:18
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - The United States government should stand with victims of civil wars-era crimes in Liberia by signaling its [...] Full text...
26 september 2022 - 05:34:14
Praia, Cabo Verde (PANA) - A week after schools reopened in Cabo Verde, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and [...] Full text...
12 september 2022 - 07:55:03
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A human rights group on Monday criticised the Egyptian government for severely curtailing environmental groups’ ability to [...] Full text...
12 september 2022 - 06:20:31
New York, US (PANA) - In this era of unprecedented challenge and upheaval, “solutions lie in solidarity,” the UN chief [...] Full text...
09 september 2022 - 05:11:09
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - With the COVID-19 pandemic delaying meningitis vaccination campaigns for more than 50 million children in Africa, [...] Full text...
25 august 2022 - 05:21:43
Lome, Togo (PANA) - African health ministers have launched a campaign to ramp up awareness, bolster prevention and care to [...] Full text...
24 august 2022 - 11:49:23
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) has committed to enhanced and continued collaboration [...] Full text...
01 august 2022 - 11:34:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The outgoing Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Libya, Mrs. Stephanie Williams, has reiterated her belief [...] Full text...
25 july 2022 - 17:42:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The results of vaccination against coronavirus (COVID-19) are far below expectation in Mali, said the president [...] Full text...
20 july 2022 - 05:27:18
New York, US (PANA) - The best way to protect children and prevent violations against them during armed conflict is [...] Full text...
19 july 2022 - 05:31:31
New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top official advocating for children caught up in armed conflict issued new guidance on [...] Full text...
17 july 2022 - 05:19:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) have signed [...] Full text...
28 june 2022 - 19:46:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A “staggering” average of 71 verified grave violations a day, are committed against children by parties [...] Full text...
22 june 2022 - 05:54:46
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International on Tuesday called for the protection of civilians in the fighting between the Movement [...] Full text...
21 june 2022 - 05:27:35
New York, US (PANA) - With eight months remaining, the window of opportunity is closing for South Sudan to meet [...] Full text...
30 may 2022 - 10:55:12
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Ministers responsible for child protection have shared experiences on cross-border cooperation on [...] Full text...
24 may 2022 - 04:53:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African Union (AU) member countries should use their upcoming summit to commit to addressing human rights [...] Full text...
24 may 2022 - 04:15:58
New York, US (PANA) - While digital technologies have offered “boundless opportunities” for sustainable development, education and inclusion, the UN [...] Full text...
31 march 2022 - 13:35:29
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Human Rights Advancement, Development and Advocacy Centre (HURIDAC) and the Network for Human Rights Journalists, [...] Full text...
26 march 2022 - 13:22:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Members of the Libyan "Haraket Attenwir" (Enlightenment Movement) have been detained on the orders of Libya's [...] Full text...
07 february 2022 - 18:22:25
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberian President George Weah's administration is on an international spotlight after the authors of a controversial [...] Full text...
06 february 2022 - 05:43:55
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - In Somalia, over 90 per cent or more of girls and women, have been subjected to [...] Full text...
04 february 2022 - 09:34:45
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Senegalese President Macky Sall should ensure that civilian protection, human rights, and justice and accountability [...] Full text...
03 february 2022 - 05:22:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN partnership announced on Wednesday aims to raise awareness about the environmental and health [...] Full text...
05 january 2022 - 11:55:13
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Ethiopian government has lifted the suspension it slapped on humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), [...] Full text...
12 december 2021 - 17:00:50
Cotonou, Benin PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will Tuesday in Ouagadougou officially install the new [...] Full text...
03 december 2021 - 14:40:01
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Human Rights Advancement, Development and Advocacy Centre (HURIDAC) in Nigeria and the Network of Human [...] Full text...
03 december 2021 - 13:43:19
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Human Rights Advancement, Development and Advocacy Centre (HURIDAC) in Nigeria and the Network of Human [...] Full text...
17 november 2021 - 12:03:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Kenya on Wednesday on an official visit to [...] Full text...
16 november 2021 - 06:45:08
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Children in the Central African Republic (CAR) have suffered a spike in grave violations since the [...] Full text...
10 november 2021 - 13:38:12
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)-The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is set to launch a 5-year, $7.9 million activity to [...] Full text...
09 november 2021 - 21:01:33
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Treaty for the Establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) entered into force with [...] Full text...
28 october 2021 - 20:16:13
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Federal Government of Nigeria has vowed to join collaborative efforts to see to an end the [...] Full text...
15 october 2021 - 05:53:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Up to five million premature deaths a year could be prevented if the global population was more active, but many people live in areas [...] Full text...
14 october 2021 - 15:42:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO Thursday called on decision-makers across the health, sport, education and transport sectors to urgently [...] Full text...
10 october 2021 - 21:00:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The conflict between the government of national unity and the House of Representatives (Parliament) in Libya [...] Full text...
08 october 2021 - 07:02:29
London, UK (PANA) - Women on death row have, in many cases, been denied justice for the prolonged physical and [...] Full text...
05 october 2021 - 06:49:10
New York, US (PANA) - For the education system to recover from the COVID pandemic, it requires more investment in [...] Full text...
30 september 2021 - 13:05:04
Milan, Italy (PANA) - With the climate crisis already devastating lives and incomes, young people will be critical to driving [...] Full text...
28 september 2021 - 16:05:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners on Tuesday launched the first ever global strategy [...] Full text...
20 september 2021 - 13:00:06
New York, US (PANA) - Small-scale farmers and other rural people are development actors in their own right, with a [...] Full text...
18 september 2021 - 17:32:46
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Zimbabwe has become the 11th. member-state of the African Union to deposit its instrument of [...] Full text...
16 september 2021 - 22:47:34
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Risk Capacity (ARC) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment [...] Full text...
14 september 2021 - 05:21:52
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) has announced the appointment of Maura K. Leary to the position of Director of Communications.
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20 august 2021 - 21:13:43
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A United States delegation Friday joined their Nigerian counterparts in an advocacy visit to Benue State, [...] Full text...
16 august 2021 - 20:51:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Six Police officers who arrested and later dumped bodies of two brothers in Embu, Eastern Kenya, [...] Full text...
16 august 2021 - 17:30:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The mass movement by Boko Haram/Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists from their enclaves [...] Full text...
13 august 2021 - 05:04:10
New York, US (PANA) - Political strides are breathing new hope into Somalia's fragile state-building process, driven by an electoral [...] Full text...
04 august 2021 - 05:50:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 700 health care workers and patients have died, and more than 2,000 have been [...] Full text...
31 july 2021 - 07:59:26
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Developing Countries on Friday launched [...] Full text...
28 july 2021 - 07:01:15
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's next government after the 12 August elections should urgently clean up lead pollution that has affected [...] Full text...
20 july 2021 - 23:19:45
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - African leaders have called on the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group to [...] Full text...
13 july 2021 - 17:38:47
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) have signed an agreement to [...] Full text...
06 july 2021 - 16:57:49
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia has been nominated to Chair the Africa Group of Permanent Representatives at the United Nations [...] Full text...
05 july 2021 - 20:50:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced multiple commitments to drive change for gender equality and [...] Full text...
29 june 2021 - 15:47:25
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved $130 million additional financing for the [...] Full text...
10 june 2021 - 18:12:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A regional forum against slavery in the G5 Sahel region was held in Bamako, the Malian [...] Full text...
09 june 2021 - 23:48:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) will Thursday launch the Polio Eradication Strategy 2022 titled "Delivering on [...] Full text...
24 may 2021 - 18:01:09
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Uganda's Makerere University has awarded Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, with an [...] Full text...
10 may 2021 - 05:15:37
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Human Rights Watch on Monday asked Governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to outlaw [...] Full text...
29 april 2021 - 19:37:25
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a grant of [...] Full text...
27 april 2021 - 05:41:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has condemned Monday's execution of of nine people in Egypt as [...] Full text...
26 april 2021 - 15:21:09
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has saluted the directors of South Africa's documentary, My Octopus Teacher, [...] Full text...
04 april 2021 - 10:25:46
New York, US (PANA) – As nations marked the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action on [...] Full text...
02 april 2021 - 06:35:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines continues to be a major concern, the UN health [...] Full text...
31 march 2021 - 09:46:41
Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan Ministry of Education and a non-governmental organisation, Tibu Maroc, have announced the holding of [...] Full text...
30 march 2021 - 22:58:24
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tuesday launched a new activity that promises to [...] Full text...
25 march 2021 - 12:44:23
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General has called on all countries to support the international treaty protecting UN [...] Full text...
19 march 2021 - 05:31:35
London, UK (PANA) - Prisoners around the world have been forgotten during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report [...] Full text...
11 march 2021 - 16:42:37
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – A two-day virtual multi-stakeholder conference on the theme, “Strengthening collaboration between the media and civil society [...] Full text...
20 february 2021 - 10:37:47
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A four-day national immunization campaign against polio in Guinea was launched on Friday in Upper Guinea, [...] Full text...
08 february 2021 - 20:50:45
Banjul, The Gambia (PANA) - A surge in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is feared in The Gambia as COVID-19 disrupts [...] Full text...
03 february 2021 - 13:54:02
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic gained momentum across the world with many countries, including Nigeria going on [...] Full text...
22 january 2021 - 06:00:13
New York, US (PANA) - The first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty in more than two decades, came into force on Friday, [...] Full text...
14 january 2021 - 15:05:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Foreign Minister of the Government of National Accord, Mohamed Taher Siala, on Thursday highlighted the [...] Full text...
24 december 2020 - 07:06:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International has condemned the killing of at least 100 people by armed assailants in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz Region on Wednesday morning.
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23 december 2020 - 12:05:01
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International (TI), has urged the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to make detailed [...] Full text...
22 december 2020 - 20:37:44
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has raised alarm over the security [...] Full text...
15 december 2020 - 14:18:35
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A), a unique platform for African financial sector development research, [...] Full text...
15 december 2020 - 10:45:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim has been announced as the joint winner of [...] Full text...
15 december 2020 - 06:12:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch says South Sudanese authorities have failed to stem or investigate the appalling abuses by [...] Full text...
15 december 2020 - 05:55:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A human rights group has asked the Nigerian government to comply with new United Nations Security Council [...] Full text...
29 november 2020 - 14:08:21
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian minister of justice, Dawda Jallow, has said the Myanmar-Rohingya case at the International Court [...] Full text...
24 november 2020 - 10:48:24
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Land inequality in most countries around the world, is threatening the livelihoods of the world's poorest, [...] Full text...
20 november 2020 - 09:30:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Kenya and telco firm Safaricom have signed a new partnership to help [...] Full text...
06 november 2020 - 08:13:34
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The pan-African body, Trust Africa, will host the 8th Pan African Conference on Illicit Financial Flows [...] Full text...
06 november 2020 - 07:23:36
New York (PANA) - The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and UN Development Programme (UNDP) have teamed up to strengthen [...] Full text...
29 october 2020 - 17:12:27
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere (CIC-MAB) of UNESCO approved, [...] Full text...
21 october 2020 - 06:24:10
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International has slammed African governments for "grossly undermining regional human rights bodies".
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12 october 2020 - 19:10:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Federal Government on Monday in Abuja inaugurated a high-level committee for the development of [...] Full text...
06 october 2020 - 06:33:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global pandemic has disrupted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of the countries [...] Full text...
05 october 2020 - 15:11:56
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Executive Secretariat of the G5 Sahel needs reform to enable the strengthening of the organization [...] Full text...
30 september 2020 - 11:13:38
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) in Zambia has said that the 2021 National Budget [...] Full text...
23 september 2020 - 09:05:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every year, 1.9 million people die from tobacco-induced heart disease, according to a new brief released [...] Full text...
15 september 2020 - 18:19:52
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) have unveiled a position paper calling upon African Heads [...] Full text...
08 september 2020 - 13:40:55
Mombasa, Kenya (PANA) - In what is being called a positive milestone for environmental justice, a settlement in Kenya has [...] Full text...
04 september 2020 - 20:59:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African housing development financier, Shelter Afrique, has received US$$9.4 million from Nigeria, the first tranche of [...] Full text...
01 september 2020 - 13:00:59
Paris, France (PANA) - Classes for more than 450 million students starting the new academic year are expected to be [...] Full text...
28 august 2020 - 20:38:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet Friday condemned death threats against Congolese Nobel Prize [...] Full text...
29 july 2020 - 19:12:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The World Bank has approved a US$500 million credit for the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning [...] Full text...
25 july 2020 - 06:28:50
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Health and Wellness Ministry is to launch different activities to control and reduce [...] Full text...
27 june 2020 - 06:23:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Over $31 billion is needed during the next 12 months to develop medicines that will be [...] Full text...
24 june 2020 - 18:17:53
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - President Adama Barrow of Gambia on Wednesday told a virtual meeting of Commonwealth leaders on Covid 19 [...] Full text...
18 june 2020 - 17:13:48
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Thursday said that his Ministry is [...] Full text...
13 june 2020 - 13:33:46
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has embarked on mainstreaming initiatives to ensure inclusivity of persons with disabilities, including those with [...] Full text...
12 june 2020 - 18:43:51
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated more than US$ 18.6 million or 11.2 billion [...] Full text...
09 june 2020 - 14:22:56
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's High Council for Communication (CSC), with the support of UNICEF, launched on Tuesday the third [...] Full text...
05 june 2020 - 18:57:00
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The whole world is celebrating June 5, World Environment Day as it has been since [...] Full text...