UN envoy to press for Sudan dialogue
28 november 2025 - 07:40:16Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, is preparing to travel to Port [...] Full text...
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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, is preparing to travel to Port [...] Full text...
Sudan: UN experts call for urgent action to combat trafficking in El Fasher
27 november 2025 - 16:44:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights experts on Thursday expressed concern about reports of trafficking of women and girls [...] Full text...
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Top Sudanese General gives conditions for peace
27 november 2025 - 08:44:18Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A top Sudanese General has spelled out conditions to end the devastating war in the East [...] Full text...
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US urges Sudan's warring parties to commit to humanitarian truce
26 november 2025 - 18:02:18Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US says it expects the warring parties in Sudan to commit to the humanitarian truce [...] Full text...
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Somalia declares drought emergency as millions face hunger after failed rains
26 november 2025 - 13:15:26Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia is facing a rapidly worsening drought emergency, with vast swaths of the country now parched [...] Full text...
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EU reaches position on law protecting children from online abuse
26 november 2025 - 12:39:36Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) is stepping up its efforts to fight child sexual abuse and today, [...] Full text...
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UN raises alarm over surge in mass kidnappings in Nigeria
25 november 2025 - 18:27:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Tuesday denounced a "shocking" surge in mass abductions in north-central [...] Full text...
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Gaza women are ‘last line of protection’ for their families amid attacks, hunger and harsh winter
25 november 2025 - 18:01:44Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Women in Gaza are ensuring their families’ survival “with nothing but courage and exhausted hands” [...] Full text...
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Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns
25 november 2025 - 17:46:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on [...] Full text...
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IMF concludes virtual mission on programme review with Mali
25 november 2025 - 10:31:28Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Malian authorities have concluded the virtual mission under [...] Full text...
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Security Council must seize ‘moment of renewed hope’ in Gaza
25 november 2025 - 05:45:10New York, US (PANA) - The ceasefire in Gaza is largely holding but recent violence by Israel and Palestinian militants [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN’s gradual move back to Khartoum ‘an important step’
25 november 2025 - 05:37:13Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Country Team in Sudan met in Khartoum on Monday – the first time it [...] Full text...
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One in five children living in poverty in developing countries
20 november 2025 - 16:24:56New York, US (PANA) - At least 417 million children — more than one in five — living in low- [...] Full text...
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UN mission in Libya clarifies 'disinformation' on political process funding
19 november 2025 - 11:09:12Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has clarified the public the financing of the [...] Full text...
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More than 100,000 people forced to flee in one week in violence in northern Mozambique
19 november 2025 - 10:42:28Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - As coordinated attacks by non-state armed groups have intensified in some districts of Nampula province in [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Diplomatic momentum must translate into urgent steps on the ground
19 november 2025 - 09:15:21New York, US (PANA) - The UN is prepared to play “any role” needed to advance the breakthrough Security Council [...] Full text...
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'Ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending'
19 november 2025 - 07:53:05Rome, Italy (PANA) - Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per [...] Full text...
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Guinea-Bissau's electoral umpire assures ECOWAS observers of readiness
19 november 2025 - 07:45:32Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - Guinea-Bissau’s National Electoral Commission, CNE, has assured the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Election [...] Full text...
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Intense violence, worsens food insecurity in conflict areas
18 november 2025 - 12:45:35New York, USA (PANA) - Attacks harming civilians and civilian infrastructure leave fields abandoned, disrupt food ssissupply chains, drive up [...] Full text...
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Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’
17 november 2025 - 15:02:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half [...] Full text...
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Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’
16 november 2025 - 18:21:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half [...] Full text...
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Sudan's military ruler sets conditions for talks
15 november 2025 - 06:19:04Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's military ruler Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has again set conditions for truce in the bloody [...] Full text...
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Ukraine: UN condemns latest deadly attack targeting civilians in Kyiv
14 november 2025 - 17:11:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Several civilians were killed and many others injured, including children, in a large-scale Russian attack on [...] Full text...
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Ending UNWRA services would imperil political way forward: Lazzarini
14 november 2025 - 08:01:20New York,US (PANA) - Lack of sufficient funds is jeopardizing the ability of the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees [...] Full text...
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Mali's fuel crisis stifles humanitarian operations
14 november 2025 - 07:46:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A severe fuel shortage caused by a jihadist blockade of several strategic roads is fuelling the [...] Full text...
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Families in Sudan ‘running out of time’ as hunger spreads
14 november 2025 - 07:28:16New York, US (PANA) - More than 21 million people in Sudan, 45 per cent of the population, are not [...] Full text...
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Gaza: War has made children violent, sad and bereft
13 november 2025 - 17:22:45Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than nine in 10 children in Gaza are displaying signs of aggressive behaviour linked [...] Full text...
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G7 condemns Sudanese militia's atrocities in Darfur
13 november 2025 - 11:00:37Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The G7 Foreign Ministers have strongly condemned the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accusing [...] Full text...
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Top US diplomat lashes out at Sudan's RSF, calls for cut off of weapons supply
13 november 2025 - 08:02:21Hamilton, Canada (PANA) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has strongly criticised Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for [...] Full text...
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Millions of lives at risk, warn UN food agencies, as hunger crisis worsens
13 november 2025 - 07:03:40Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) warn of a major [...] Full text...
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Senior US official calls on Sudan's warring parties to 'immediately' accept humanitarian truce
13 november 2025 - 06:17:12Washington, DC, US (PANA) - A senior US official has called on parties to the conflict in Sudan to “immediately" [...] Full text...
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Hurricane Melissa: Relief efforts intensify as damage across Caribbean grows
12 november 2025 - 16:21:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean, governments and aid agencies are still struggling [...] Full text...
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IOM Chief warns of imminent catastrophe as displacement surges in North Darfur
11 november 2025 - 15:27:17Port Sudan,Sudan (PANA)- The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope has warned that extreme insecurity and appalling [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Women endure starvation, rape and bombs fleeing El Fasher
11 november 2025 - 14:01:50Geneva, Switzerland, Sudan (PANA) - In war-torn Sudan, rape is likely being used as a weapon of war and simply [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian crisis in North Darfur worsens as violence spreads - OCHA
11 november 2025 - 07:01:45Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that the crisis in Sudan’s [...] Full text...
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Somalia: UN expert calls for action to safeguard fragile human rights gains
10 november 2025 - 11:47:53New York, US (PANA) – Somali authorities and the international community must take concrete, coordinated action to consolidate progress and [...] Full text...
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AUC Chairperson calls for urgent international action as Mali's crisis escalates
10 november 2025 - 09:49:12Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has expressed deep [...] Full text...
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DR Congo hunger crisis worsening amid fighting and lack of aid funding
07 november 2025 - 16:30:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to worsen amid ongoing fighting [...] Full text...
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UN refugees chief calls for greater refugee protection and funding
07 november 2025 - 09:01:03New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees appealed on Thursday for more solutions to address forced [...] Full text...
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UN refugees chief calls for greater refugee protection and funding
07 november 2025 - 07:38:39New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees appealed on Thursday for more solutions to address forced [...] Full text...
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Sudan's paramilitary RSF agrees to humanitarian truce
06 november 2025 - 18:24:58El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has agreed to the humanitarian truce proposed by the [...] Full text...
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Half of Jamaica’s population reeling from Hurricane Melissa
05 november 2025 - 16:25:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1.5 million Jamaicans have been impacted by the devastation resulting from Hurricane Melissa, many [...] Full text...
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Potential Gaza stabilization force must have Security Council approval: Guterres
05 november 2025 - 14:51:28Doha, Qatar (PANA) - Any transition in Gaza must uphold unity with the West Bank and a two-State solution between [...] Full text...
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US 'actively engaged' in efforts to bring peace to Sudan
05 november 2025 - 12:34:52Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, says the US administration is actively engaged in [...] Full text...
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Famine tightens grip on Sudan, with civilians trapped and aid blocked
03 november 2025 - 20:17:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sudan’s hunger crisis has deepened further, with new UN-backed analysis confirming that famine is underway in [...] Full text...
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Nigerian, US presidents to meet over alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria
02 november 2025 - 17:05:56Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian presidency has hinted that President Bola Tinubu will meet US President Donald Trump “in [...] Full text...
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UN expert calls for urgent response on child trafficking in conflict situations
02 november 2025 - 07:31:29New York, US (PANA) – Child victims of trafficking in conflict situations require urgent and specialised protection measures, according to [...] Full text...
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Caribbean nations receive life-saving support following devastation of Hurricane Melissa
31 october 2025 - 19:09:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Caribbean reels from the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, UN humanitarian agencies are stepping [...] Full text...
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Tens of thousands fleeing on foot amid atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher
31 october 2025 - 18:09:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) = More details continued to emerge on Friday of atrocities committed during and after the fall of [...] Full text...
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Senior official from Darfur reacts to reported arrest of notorious RSF leader
31 october 2025 - 15:33:09Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Media outlets associated with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claimed on Friday the paramilutary group [...] Full text...
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UN launches appeal for solidarity in face of Great Lakes tragedy
31 october 2025 - 07:33:33Paris, France (PANA) - The international community gathered in the French capital on Thursday to try to raise funds for [...] Full text...
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Libya’s security institutions agree location for joint border security centre
30 october 2025 - 10:57:47Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Representatives from military and security bodies from across Libya on Tuesday approved a location for a [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian charity urges donor countries to support displaced people in DRC
29 october 2025 - 18:51:48Paris, France (PANA) - Ahead of Thursday's Great Lakes Conference in Paris, a humaniitarian charity, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), [...] Full text...
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‘Horrific’ violence as thousands flee Sudan's El Fasher
29 october 2025 - 07:28:03Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - After 500 days of siege, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have taken control of [...] Full text...
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Funding cuts undermining development, says top UN rights official
28 october 2025 - 05:14:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sharp declines in global aid are undermining decades of human rights and development progress, the UN [...] Full text...
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Risk of large-scale atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher grows ‘by the day’
28 october 2025 - 05:07:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Grave atrocities, including summary executions are reportedly being carried out in Sudan's Darfuri regional capital of [...] Full text...
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Rights advocates say momentum builds for crimes against humanity treaty
27 october 2025 - 13:04:15New York, US (PANA) – Developing an effective International Convention to Prevent and Punish Crimes against Humanity will require ambitious [...] Full text...
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UN humanitarian office decries escalating drone strikes in Sudan
25 october 2025 - 12:51:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is warning that escalating violence [...] Full text...
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Sixty-five nations sign first UN treaty to fight cybercrime, in milestone for digital cooperation
25 october 2025 - 12:06:02Hanoi, Viet Nam (PANA) - Sixty-five nations on Saturday signed a landmark United Nations treaty in Hanoi aimed at tackling [...] Full text...
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Nearly one million affected by South Sudan floods
25 october 2025 - 05:59:39Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Nearly one million people have been impacted by devastating floods in South Sudan, the Office [...] Full text...
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UN warns Gaza’s displaced face freezing nights and food shortages
25 october 2025 - 05:57:27New York, US (PANA) - The UN and its partners are accelerating deliveries of life-saving aid across Gaza, but relief [...] Full text...
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One wrong letter: How new UN Convention will help prevent cybercrime (By Dina Neskorozhana, UN News)
24 october 2025 - 13:50:56New York, US (PANA) - Imagine this: you visit the familiar website of your local hardware store. Everything looks the [...] Full text...
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Nigeria takes action on behalf of internally displaced
24 october 2025 - 07:13:33Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has risen to the challenge and taken action to realise the UN Secretary-General’s Action Agenda on [...] Full text...
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Fragile Gaza ceasefire marks ‘a momentous but precarious juncture’, UN envoy tells Security Council
23 october 2025 - 17:37:39New York, US (PANA) - The Gaza ceasefire provides a rare opportunity to end one of the most destructive phases [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Millions pushed to ‘brink of survival’
23 october 2025 - 17:30:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 900 days of brutal conflict, widespread human rights violations, famine, and the collapse of essential [...] Full text...
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UN chief urges Israel to respect its obligations reaffirmed by the ICJ
23 october 2025 - 16:07:49New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Israel to respect its obligations regarding the presence and activities [...] Full text...
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Libya's 5+5 Joint Military Committee reaffirms 'full commitment' to ceasefire agreement
23 october 2025 - 15:04:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's 5+5 Joint Military Committee has reaffirmed its “full commitment” to the terms of the country's [...] Full text...
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Israel obliged to let aid flow into Occupied Palestinian Territory, says World Court
22 october 2025 - 18:22:21The Hague,Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says that Israel must uphold its responsibilities as the “occupying [...] Full text...
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Mine clearance in Gaza: beneath the ruins of the enclave, the war continues
22 october 2025 - 07:57:27Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Less than two weeks after a fragile ceasefire took effect in Gaza, UN deminers are [...] Full text...
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Mine clearance in Gaza: beneath the ruins of the enclave, the war continues
22 october 2025 - 07:57:05Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Less than two weeks after a fragile ceasefire took effect in Gaza, UN deminers are [...] Full text...
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UN sounds alarm over spike in sexual violence against women in DRC
22 october 2025 - 07:22:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are trapped in one of [...] Full text...
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'Overwhelming’ demand for food aid in Gaza as fragile ceasefire holds
21 october 2025 - 14:46:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Gaza, the ceasefire is enabling UN humanitarians to reach more desperate people with life-saving food [...] Full text...
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People in Sudan's besieged El Fasher city remain trapped - UN
21 october 2025 - 07:18:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - People in Sudan's besieged El Fasher city in the west of the war-torn country remain trapped [...] Full text...
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African Development Bank President pledges deeper cooperation with key constituency
19 october 2025 - 06:53:59Washington, DC, US (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President Sidi Ould Tah has met with the finance ministers [...] Full text...
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UN urges opening of all Gaza crossings to deliver three-month food supply
18 october 2025 - 07:56:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned food aid cannot reach everyone in Gaza unless [...] Full text...
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Haiti is under a UN arms embargo: So why are 500,000 illegal weapons in circulation?
17 october 2025 - 20:46:09Port-au-Prince (PANA) - Up to 500,000 illegal weapons ranging from handguns to battlefield-grade semi-automatic rifles are thought to be in [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN pushes to fire scale up aid delivery
16 october 2025 - 20:54:37Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As a fragile ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip, UN aid teams are intensifying efforts [...] Full text...
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UN welcomes Afghanistan-Pakistan ceasefire
16 october 2025 - 20:33:22Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations called on Thursday for Afghanistan and Pakistan to permanently end recent deadly hostilities and [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian funding cuts pushing millions into hunger: WFP
15 october 2025 - 16:37:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 14 million people could face severe hunger by the end of the year, the World [...] Full text...
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IOM repatriates 165 migrants from southern Libya to Burkina Faso
15 october 2025 - 13:10:57Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 165 migrants, including 17 families, were repatriated on a flight organised the International [...] Full text...
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Growth of nonbanks is revealing new financial stability risks (IMF Blog By Tobias Adrian)
15 october 2025 - 09:10:20Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Stretched asset valuations and pressures in core sovereign bond markets are keeping financial stability risks [...] Full text...
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UN releases $11 million for Gaza aid as ceasefire, hostage release bring ‘fragile hope’
14 october 2025 - 07:20:13Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - The UN is stepping up its emergency response in Gaza, releasing $11 million from its [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Hostages released, aid scale-up has begun, say aid agencies
13 october 2025 - 12:11:28Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As the UN Secretary-General on Monday welcomed the release of all living hostages from Gaza, [...] Full text...
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IMF staff completes deal on fourth review of ECF for Somalia
13 october 2025 - 08:56:51Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somali authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff have reached a staff-level agreement on the 4th [...] Full text...
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Sudan denounces 'international silence' over crimes in Darfur
12 october 2025 - 12:13:42Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Sunday condemned what it described as the “silence" of the international [...] Full text...
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Opportunity in a time of change (IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva's curtain raiser speech for the 2025 World Bank, IMF Annual Meetings)
12 october 2025 - 11:56:40Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - As I look at the world over the decades, I see incredible progress, but also [...] Full text...
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In Africa’s Sahel, conflict and climate change force millions from their homes
10 october 2025 - 17:53:54Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Nearly four million people across Africa’s vast semi-arid Sahel region have been uprooted by a volatile [...] Full text...
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IOM facilitates first voluntary humanitarian return flight for Syrian migrants in Libya
10 october 2025 - 05:44:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has facilitated the voluntary return of 152 vulnerable Syrians from [...] Full text...
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Sudan: El Fasher mosque and hospital attacks leave at least 20 dead
09 october 2025 - 18:37:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 20 civilians were reportedly killed this week in attacks targeting a mosque and a [...] Full text...
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Gaza deal: UN and humanitarian partners ‘prepared to move – now,’ says Guterres Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the press at the UN Headquarters, in New York.
09 october 2025 - 17:30:27New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Israel and Hamas to “fully abide” by the ceasefire [...] Full text...
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Jubilation in Gaza as news of possible ceasefire deal sinks in (By UN News)
09 october 2025 - 12:22:42Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As Gazans and Israelis celebrated the news that a potential ceasefire deal had been reached [...] Full text...
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Playing and games put thousands of Sudanese children back on the track of healing and recovery (PANA Feature) By Mohamed Osman Adam
07 october 2025 - 16:05:39Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - In Sudan's war, sports and games have shown that they are not only entertainment and [...] Full text...
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One in ten people in Burundi faces acute food insecurity
07 october 2025 - 14:58:59Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Nearly 1.17 million people are in a situation of acute food insecurity in Burundi, or 10% [...] Full text...
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Sub-Saharan Africa maintains resilient growth but faces urgent jobs challenge
07 october 2025 - 08:54:55Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy remains resilient, with growth projected to reach 3.8 percent in 2025, up [...] Full text...
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Rights group stresses need to protect civilians
06 october 2025 - 07:11:00Gaza City , Gaza (PANA) – United States President Donald Trump’s “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict,” announced on 29 [...] Full text...
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Activists urge UN to renew mandate of Sudan atrocity investigators
05 october 2025 - 13:43:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Human rights advocates are urging the United Nations Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of [...] Full text...
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Fewer than one in 10 Somalis to receive life-saving aid in November, warns WFP
04 october 2025 - 06:15:18Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that millions in Somalia are at risk [...] Full text...
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Germany must deliver reparatory justice for its 'brutal' colonial past in Namibia - Amnesty International
02 october 2025 - 09:17:06Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, said on Thursday that Germany must fully acknowledge its legal responsibility [...] Full text...
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IMF Board concludes 2025 Article IV consultation with Liberia
02 october 2025 - 08:14:38Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Following a strong post-pandemic recovery, Liberia’s economic activity moderated somewhat in 2024, according to the International [...] Full text...
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Insecurity in northern Mozambique continues to force thousands to flee
01 october 2025 - 07:32:56Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - More than 20,000 people, including 10,000 children, have been displaced by escalating conflict and violence in [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Peace still elusive despite ‘progress we see on paper’, UN official says
01 october 2025 - 07:30:46New York, US (PANA) - Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is still mostly a promise”, the [...] Full text...
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IMF concludes 2025 Article IV consultation with Eswatini
30 september 2025 - 08:41:43Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) – Eswatini’s economic growth is expected to strengthen in the near term, up to 4.6 percent in [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian situation in Sudan's besieged city growing 'more dire'
30 september 2025 - 05:35:36New York, US (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur [...] Full text...
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Explainer: Five megatrends shaping the rise of nonbank finance (IMF Blog by Jay Surti)
29 september 2025 - 16:23:33Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The global financial crisis of 2008 froze the financial system. Banks pulled back credit, families [...] Full text...
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Medical charity suspends activities in Mozambique's Mocímboa da Praia
28 september 2025 - 07:40:11Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has temporarily suspended activities in the town and [...] Full text...
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IMF encourages Botswana to streamline public spending
27 september 2025 - 08:29:27Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s economic activity is expected to contract by about 1 percent in 2025, owing primarily to [...] Full text...
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AUC chairperson reiterates urgent call for immediate ceasefire in Sudan
26 september 2025 - 07:33:57New York, US (PANA) - Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the AU Commission, has reiterated the urgent imperative of an [...] Full text...
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IMF staff says Tanzania's economic activity 'robust'
25 september 2025 - 10:17:04Washington, DC, US (PANA) - A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mr. Nicolas Blancher, which [...] Full text...
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Seventeen African govts commit to reforms, actionable plans to expand electricity
24 september 2025 - 18:24:50New York, US (PANA) - Seventeen African governments on Wednesday committed to reforms and actionable plans to expand electricity access [...] Full text...
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Senior officials of 10 countries, UN meet on Libya
24 september 2025 - 06:58:59New York, US (PANA) - Senior oficials of 10 countries and the United Nations have met on the margins of [...] Full text...
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Morocco PM urges peaceful solutions to conflicts in Middle East, Africa
24 september 2025 - 05:23:22New York, US (PANA) - Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch has called for peaceful solutions to conflicts in Middle East [...] Full text...
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Parliament's committee to monitor conditions of detention of Libyans abroad meets
23 september 2025 - 12:28:23Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Parliament's committee responsible for monitoring and evaluating the conditions of detention of Libyan prisoners abroad has [...] Full text...
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All 11 West Africans deported to Ghana from US sent back home -Lawyer
23 september 2025 - 12:19:35Accra, Ghana (PANA) - All 11 West Africans who had filed a legal action against the Ghana government to halt [...] Full text...
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Why digitalisation for displaced people and host communities can’t wait (World Bank Blog by Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi, Global Practice Manager, Digital Economy & Society, Digital Vice Presidency; Johan Bjurman Bergman, Digital Development Specialist and Anne Schuchardt, Consultant, World Bank Digital Vice Presidency)
23 september 2025 - 08:49:58Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - For more than 120 million forcibly displaced people around the world, including refugees and [...] Full text...
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EU renews support for WHO’s Universal Health Coverage Partnership
23 september 2025 - 06:50:21New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Union (EU) have renewed their collaboration on [...] Full text...
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US/Africa expulsion deals flout rights, says rights advocate
23 september 2025 - 05:39:27Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The United States' recent expulsions of third-country nationals to Eswatini, Ghana, Rwanda and South Sudan [...] Full text...
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Stress tests can help determine how much capital Central Banks need (By Romain Veyrune, IMF)
22 september 2025 - 12:08:50Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Central banks pride themselves on being data-driven and consensus-based. Surprisingly, though, there is little consensus [...] Full text...
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Workshop on identifying victims of human trafficking and migrants in Libya ends
21 september 2025 - 11:57:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A training workshop on identifying victims of human trafficking and irregular migrants, aimed at strengthening the [...] Full text...
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UN chief sounds alarm over worsening crisis in Sudan’s besieged El Fasher city
21 september 2025 - 10:39:56New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Saturday voiced grave alarm at the rapidly deteriorating situation in El [...] Full text...
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New IMF Blog: Stress tests can help determine much capital central banks need by Romain Veyrune
19 september 2025 - 18:17:21Washington, DC USA (PANA) - Central banks pride themselves on being data-driven and consensus-based. Surprisingly, though, there is little consensus [...] Full text...
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'Sudan faces worst cholera outbreak in years as war devastates infrastructure'
19 september 2025 - 06:18:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Amid Sudan’s devastating conflict, which has already caused tens of thousands of casualties and displaced millions, [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN relief chief welcomes progress towards three-month truce
19 september 2025 - 05:11:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN relief chief Tom Fletcher has highlighted recent diplomatic progress made towards a three-month pause [...] Full text...
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UN presses ahead with mission for a better world despite global headwinds
19 september 2025 - 04:48:46New York, US (PANA) - During a year of escalating global turmoil – from widening wars and economic hardship to [...] Full text...
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Fragile progress in Syria, at risk from exclusion and foreign interference, UN warns
18 september 2025 - 20:05:07New York, US (PANA) - Syria’s tentative steps towards recovery could quickly unravel without inclusive politics, sustained aid and respect [...] Full text...
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WHO sounds alarm on rising number of suicides in Eswatini
18 september 2025 - 12:27:47Mbabane, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sounded the alarm on the rising number of suicides in [...] Full text...
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Islamist armed groups massacre civilians in Burkina Faso
16 september 2025 - 06:37:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Two Islamist armed groups have killed several dozen civilians in three separate attacks in northern Burkina Faso [...] Full text...
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States should uphold ban treaty on cluster munitions
16 september 2025 - 06:22:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Governments should reinforce the global ban on cluster munitions and call upon those still using or [...] Full text...
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Deadly attacks and collapsing services push Sudan closer to catastrophe
16 september 2025 - 06:07:04Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has sounded the alarm over Sudan’s spiralling crisis, warning that deadly attacks [...] Full text...
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UN’s Guterres condemns gang attack in Haiti that killed at least 40
14 september 2025 - 15:27:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned a deadly gang attack in Haiti that left at [...] Full text...
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Sudan rejects 'attempts to impose peace from outside'
13 september 2025 - 19:15:06Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Saturday welcomed the principle of helping the country reach peace, but rejected any [...] Full text...
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Sudan Quad calls for peaceful solution to war
13 september 2025 - 05:48:22Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Quad on Sudan's war – Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the [...] Full text...
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UN envoy for Sudan heads to region in call for dialogue towards peace
12 september 2025 - 06:50:08New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, Ramtane Lamamra, has travelled to East Africa to [...] Full text...
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Gisma: The story of brutal death of woman in the wilderness of Darfur
11 september 2025 - 19:09:42Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - This time the death was not caused by hanging or pulling the victim chained to [...] Full text...
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Tax revenues are catalyst for more inclusive growth in Côte d'Ivoire – WB
11 september 2025 - 09:02:12Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d'Ivoire's economic growth is solid and remarkably resilient in the face of global shocks, [...] Full text...
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Sudanese doctors: Seven dead, 350 others Infected in cholera outbreak in Kassala State
10 september 2025 - 15:20:56Kassala, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan Doctors Network has announced that an outbreak of cholera in Kassala State, eastern Sudan, [...] Full text...
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UN reveals besieged city goes without food assistance since beginning of the year
10 september 2025 - 14:09:53Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The United Nations has reiterated that for nine months running, humanitarian and UN organisations are unable [...] Full text...
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Girls as young as 10 kidnapped, raped in eastern DRC
10 september 2025 - 10:08:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In North and South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), women and girls [...] Full text...
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‘No ordinary session’: Baerbock opens UN General Assembly with call for courage and reform
10 september 2025 - 08:01:15New York, US (PANA) - As the UN General Assembly opened its 80th session on Tuesday, new President Annalena Baerbock [...] Full text...
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Military spending worldwide hits record $2.7 trillion
10 september 2025 - 07:35:13New York, US (PANA) - Global military spending reached an unprecedented $2.7 trillion in 2024 amid intensifying wars and rising [...] Full text...
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IOM resumes operations in Khartoum, over 2 million return amidst Sudan war
09 september 2025 - 15:13:14Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The International Organization for Migration (IOM), which has just relocated its office to Khartoum, central Sudan, has [...] Full text...
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UN migration agency returns to Khartoum
09 september 2025 - 10:44:41Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has become the first UN agency to resume operations [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence
07 september 2025 - 05:33:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence
06 september 2025 - 17:16:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...
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A fourth generation nuclear survivor’s push for justice
06 september 2025 - 14:12:08New York, US (PANA) - Standing behind the United Nations rostrum on the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, Oemwa Johnson, [...] Full text...
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The ‘unthinkable’ is underway in Gaza City, UNICEF warns
05 september 2025 - 20:08:10New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) called on Thursday for the international community to do everything [...] Full text...
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Sudan civilians deliberately targeted - UN Fact-Finding Mission reports
05 september 2025 - 18:11:33Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An independent fact-finding mission for the human rights situation in the Sudan published its report [...] Full text...
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Sudan civilians deliberately targeted, UN Fact-Finding Mission reports
05 september 2025 - 15:04:13Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An independent fact-finding mission for the human rights situation in the Sudan published its report [...] Full text...
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Save the Children aid workers travelling on donkeys deliver first emergency assistance to landslide victims
05 september 2025 - 14:30:52Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international humanitarian organisation, Save the Children, aid workers travelling on a herd of donkeys [...] Full text...
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The ‘unthinkable’ is underway in Gaza City, UNICEF warns
05 september 2025 - 07:23:16Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) called on Thursday for the international community to do everything [...] Full text...
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Downpours stymy aid teams following deadly landslide in war-torn Sudan
04 september 2025 - 20:48:45Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - War-torn Sudan continues to face “a horrific humanitarian situation” as UN colleagues scramble to help communities [...] Full text...
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Funding cuts hampering the work of the Human Rights Council, says President
04 september 2025 - 07:50:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Human Rights Council is set to meet on Monday in Geneva – an opportunity for [...] Full text...
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IGAD consoles Sudan following devastating landslide in Darfur
03 september 2025 - 12:35:35Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The East African grouping, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has consoled the Sudanese people and [...] Full text...
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Funding cuts could push 6 million more children out of school, warns UNICEF
03 september 2025 - 06:34:17New York, US (PANA) - Global education funding is facing sharp reductions that could leave an extra six million children [...] Full text...
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Sudan to keep vital crossing border point with Chad open for humanitarian aid
02 september 2025 - 18:16:31Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Government of Sudan on Tuesday said it is extending the opening of a crossing [...] Full text...
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AU sympathises with Sudan on disastrous landslide
02 september 2025 - 14:35:47Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The African Union on Tuesday expressed “deep compassion” following the tragic landslide in North Darfur, [...] Full text...
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Landslide wipes out entire town in Darfur killing hundreds
02 september 2025 - 12:25:54Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Heavy rains and flooding have caused a landslide in the mountainous region of Jebal Marra, [...] Full text...
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Sudan's paramilitary RSF 'seizes new ground' in besieged city
02 september 2025 - 07:07:40El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Monday they have “seized new ground” in [...] Full text...
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IOM: More than 1,000 families flee Sudan's besieged El Fasher city
01 september 2025 - 07:49:52Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced on Sunday that more than a thousand families [...] Full text...
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UN chief 'regrets' Burkina Faso's declaration of UN Coordinator persona non grata
30 august 2025 - 07:44:04New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief has expressed regret of the decision by authorities in Burkina Faso to [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN chief calls for immediate ceasefire in besieged El Fasher
29 august 2025 - 14:26:57New York, US (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North [...] Full text...
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Sudan: A staggering 30 million are in need, as war grinds on
29 august 2025 - 06:53:37New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarians continue to push for more support for Sudan amid ongoing conflict, rising malnutrition and [...] Full text...
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Israel’s plan to take over Gaza City marks ‘new and dangerous phase’: Guterres
28 august 2025 - 14:20:30New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza, greater [...] Full text...
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African health ministers endorse framework to accelerate progress on oral health
26 august 2025 - 06:40:44Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa on [...] Full text...
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African health ministers endorse framework to accelerate progress on oral health
26 august 2025 - 06:26:05Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa on [...] Full text...
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Investigation into Ghana helicopter crash begins
25 august 2025 - 18:14:35Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Investigation Board established to inquire into the 6 August military helicopter crash in Ghana, with [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Rising insecurity in the east impedes diplomatic progress, Security Council hears
23 august 2025 - 07:24:29New York, US (PANA) - US and Qatari diplomatic efforts to bring a lasting peace to the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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Guterres in Japan: ‘Humanity is strongest when we stand as one’
22 august 2025 - 19:57:37Osaka, Japan (PANA) - World Expos are not just feel-good exhibitions, “they are invitations to tell our stories”, the UN [...] Full text...
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Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief
22 august 2025 - 19:07:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, [...] Full text...
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Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief
22 august 2025 - 14:37:24New York, US (PANA) - More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread [...] Full text...
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Monsoon floods kill more than 700 in Pakistan, with heavy rains set to continue
21 august 2025 - 19:45:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods have killed at least 739 people across Pakistan since late [...] Full text...
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UN calls for probe into WFP convoy attack in Darfur
21 august 2025 - 16:01:09Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday called for a probe into the attack on a relief convoy [...] Full text...
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Sudanese army denies targeting WFP relief convoy
21 august 2025 - 12:20:49Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Thursday denied bombing a World Food Programme (WFP) relief [...] Full text...
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Sudan hospitals under fire
21 august 2025 - 06:35:07New York, US (PANA) - In recent days, reported attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan’s Darfur State have forced some [...] Full text...
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International coalition urges Sudanese warring parties to take action to improve humanitarian situation
20 august 2025 - 21:24:50Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international coalition that groups five governments beside the United Nations and the African Union [...] Full text...
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Amid ongoing Israeli attacks, ‘the systematic destruction of Gaza City is already underway’: UN rights office
20 august 2025 - 19:34:07Geneva, Switzerland 9PANA) - In recent days, the Israeli military has escalated attacks across Gaza City, reportedly deciding to take [...] Full text...
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Libya's eastern-based govt signs MoU for green hydrogen production
20 august 2025 - 13:05:53Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libya's eastern-based government has signed a memorandm of understanding (MoU) for a green hydrogen production project. The [...] Full text...
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Disease spreads in Somalia as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water
20 august 2025 - 11:59:07Mogadisu, Somalia (PANA) - More than 300,000 people – mostly displaced families living in overcrowded settlements and rural communities across [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses M23 rebels of mass killings near DRC's Virunga National Park
20 august 2025 - 10:46:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Rwandan-controlled M23 armed group summarily executed over 140 civilians, largely ethnic Hutu, in at least [...] Full text...
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World Humanitarian Day 2025: Aid workers mull record toll of their own
19 august 2025 - 11:37:34Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - With the news on Tuesday that a record 383 aid workers were confirmed killed in [...] Full text...
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Hundreds of health, nutrition centres closed in Somalia due to suspension of US aid
19 august 2025 - 07:46:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The realisation is painful. More than six months after the U.S. government decided to suspend its [...] Full text...
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Funding cuts exacerbate Somalia drought: OCHA
19 august 2025 - 07:29:59Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Severe drought in and funding cuts are undermining lifesaving assistance in Somalia, the UN aid coordination [...] Full text...
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South Sudanese ‘are counting on us’, top UN official tells Security Council
19 august 2025 - 07:25:34New York, US (PANA) - Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Pobee, briefed the Security Council on the deteriorating security and [...] Full text...
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UN warns of steep rise in sexual violence during conflict
14 august 2025 - 21:14:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence in conflict zones rose sharply in 2024, increasing by a quarter compared to the [...] Full text...
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Malnutrition deaths mark ‘latest in the war on children’ in Gaza: UNRWA chief
14 august 2025 - 05:58:47Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger, prompting humanitarians to [...] Full text...
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Burkina Faso: Blast hits near UN aid helicopter
14 august 2025 - 05:32:46Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A UN chartered helicopter delivering food aid to the town of Solle in northwest Burkina [...] Full text...
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US condemns attack against civilians in Darfur
13 august 2025 - 10:41:49Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The US has condemned an attack on Al Fashir, the besieged main town in Sudan's [...] Full text...
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Record starvation, malnutrition in Gaza; more West Bank displacement
13 august 2025 - 07:33:05Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The United Nations continues to draw attention to the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killing of journalists, as child malnutrition deaths rise
11 august 2025 - 21:18:35New York US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of six Palestinian journalists in Gaza this [...] Full text...
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‘There is no military solution’ to end Israel-Palestine conflict, Security Council hears, as starvation stalks the Gaza Strip
10 august 2025 - 20:34:56New York, US (PANA) - It’s essential to work towards a two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict as the international [...] Full text...
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Over 2,500 cholera cases, 103 deaths recorded in Sudan's North Darfur town
10 august 2025 - 16:38:43Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A grouping of professional doctors has said that over 2,500 cholera cases with 103 deaths — [...] Full text...
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AfDB approves grant of over $5 million to four countries to strengthen public-private partnerships
10 august 2025 - 06:12:20Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AFDB) has approved a grant [...] Full text...
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Swedish national Ingeborg Richardson appointed Deputy Special Representative of UNSMIL in Libya
09 august 2025 - 11:59:31Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Ingeborg Ulrika Ulfsdotter Richardson of Sweden as Deputy Special Representative [...] Full text...
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IMF staff completes 2025 Article IV mission to Eswatini
08 august 2025 - 11:45:11Mbabane, Eswatini (PANA) – Regardless of the risks that include heightened global uncertainty and potential delays in project execution, Eswatini’s [...] Full text...
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UN officials warn of starvation amid ‘gender emergency’ in war-torn Sudan
08 august 2025 - 07:44:17New York, US (PANA) - Hungry civilians are reportedly eating animal feed as women and girls face a “gender emergency” [...] Full text...
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Erasure or empowerment? In Africa’s Sahel, women confront a stark choice
07 august 2025 - 20:29:34New York, US (PANA) - In Africa’s Sahel region, deepening violence and poverty – driven by displacement, hunger and terrorism [...] Full text...
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Several Somali regions hit by severe drought
07 august 2025 - 05:22:51Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - About 2.5 million people in Somalia are living in drought-affected areas, warn UN agencies currently conducting [...] Full text...
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WFP runs out of funds as hunger worsens in northeast Nigeria
07 august 2025 - 05:20:36Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As hunger rages in northeast Nigeria, funds for food delivery are running out, the World Food [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo
07 august 2025 - 05:15:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hopes for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been shaken by a [...] Full text...
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Syria: Ceasefire under strain as violence and aid access issues persist in Sweida
06 august 2025 - 20:40:43Damascus, Syria (PANA) - Hostilities have continued in Sweida, Syria, despite a ceasefire agreement, the UN Office for the Coordination [...] Full text...
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WFP restricts activities in eastern DRC due to 'unprecedented' budget cuts
06 august 2025 - 12:54:12Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Although acute hunger has reached a record level in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...
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