‘Decisive action’ needed to end Israel-Palestine stalemate
03 december 2025 - 07:11:02New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for greater action to uphold [...] Full text...
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New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for greater action to uphold [...] Full text...
Global measles cases surge as 30 million children miss vaccines, UN health agency warns
28 november 2025 - 20:03:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Measles deaths have dropped by 88 percent since 2000 – yet an estimated 95,000 people, mostly [...] Full text...
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Guinea-Bissau's ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embaló arrives in Senegal
28 november 2025 - 08:41:16Dakar, Senegal, (PANA) – Guinea-Bissau's ousted president Umaro Sissoco Embaló arrived "safe and sound" in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, on [...] Full text...
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2ND UPDATE: AU condemns Guinea Bissau coup as military name new head of state
27 november 2025 - 14:41:12Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has unequivocally condemned the military [...] Full text...
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International Election Observers call for restoration of constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau
27 november 2025 - 07:57:27Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - African-led International Observation Missions to Guinea-Bissau’s 23 November legislative and presidential elections have condemned the “blatant [...] Full text...
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“One Partnership. One Future” (op-ed article by EU President António Costa and President Ursula von der Leyen)
24 november 2025 - 09:22:44Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - As Africa and Europe prepare for the 7th European Union–African Union Summit in Luanda, we stand [...] Full text...
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How Europe can capture the AI growth dividend (IMF Blog By Florian Misch, Ben Park, Carlo Pizzinelli, Galen Sher)
21 november 2025 - 10:34:56Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Can artificial intelligence provide a much-needed boost to Europe’s economic productivity? Use of AI is spreading [...] Full text...
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Primate conservationists in Virunga Park upbeat over fresh effort to end cross-border biodiversity loss (By Kennedy Abwao PANA Correspondent)
20 november 2025 - 07:34:00Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – A sombre mood engulfed the small Island of Ngamba in Uganda as conservationists led a funeral [...] Full text...
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AU sustainable development chief calls for deepening of community-led conservation efforts in Botswana
18 november 2025 - 16:45:28Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – The sight of wild animals freely roaming the floodplains of the Chobe National Park in the [...] 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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Sudan's FM commends US Secretary of State's condemnation of paramilitary group
13 november 2025 - 18:10:10Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Thursday welcomed statement by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that he would [...] 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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ICC: Sanctions threaten global fight against impunity
12 november 2025 - 07:34:12New York, US (PANA) - Coercion and sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) are “assaults on the very principles [...] 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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AU Environment ministers call for renewed focus on Maputo Protocol
05 november 2025 - 07:14:41Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – African ministers of environment and tourism attending the First Africa Biodiversity Summit have emphasised the need [...] Full text...
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AU Summit launches talks on US$800 million green conservation Trust Fund
03 november 2025 - 20:37:19Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Talks on the creation of a US$800 million environmental support facility to be funded from 1% [...] 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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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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National poliovirus sequencing capacity enhances Cameroon’s outbreak response - WHO
24 october 2025 - 09:36:29Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - For the first time ever, a circulating variant poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) was fully sequenced in [...] 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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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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Over one million return to Sudan's capital amid fragile recovery
22 october 2025 - 07:36:42Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - More than a million people have returned to Sudan’s war-ravaged capital in the past ten months, [...] Full text...
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Millions unprotected from dangerous weather events, warns WMO
21 october 2025 - 07:48:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of countries with life-saving early warning services has more than doubled in the past [...] Full text...
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AUC Chairperson mourns passing of former Kenyan PM Raila Odinga
15 october 2025 - 16:35:25Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has expressed his condolences [...] Full text...
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AUC Chairperson condemns bloody attack on police station in northern Benin
10 october 2025 - 11:07:49Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has strongly condemned an [...] Full text...
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Peace begins behind bars: A corrections officer’s fight for dignity inside Congo’s prisons (A MONUSCO Feature)
08 october 2025 - 22:02:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The offer sounded almost unreal. The UN was fishing around for someone with a knack for [...] Full text...
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Sand and dust storms: a global crisis
08 october 2025 - 08:03:26Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - Sand and dust storms are no longer a local phenomenon, but a global crisis that requires [...] 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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Libyan Parliament, UNSMIL meet on security situation in Tripoli and the west
25 september 2025 - 13:13:56Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Committee on Defence and National Security of the Libyan Parliament reviewed in a meeting with [...] Full text...
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French Navy ships seize 9.6 tons of cocaine off West African coast
25 september 2025 - 12:49:19Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Two French Navy vessels on Monday seized 9.6 tons of cocaine off the coast of West [...] 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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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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What you need to know about the 22 September summit on the question of Palestine (By UN News)
21 september 2025 - 04:39:49New York, US (PANA) - After two years of war in Gaza, the hell its residents are experiencing seems to [...] 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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WHO intensifies DRC Ebola outbreak response
12 september 2025 - 08:44:01Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Following the declaration of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s [...] Full text...
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Technology is reshaping capital flows and currency dominance; data integrity is essential for financial stability (IMF Blog by Hélène Rey, a professor at the London Business School)
11 september 2025 - 11:45:33Washington, DC, USA (PANA - Technology is reshaping capital flows and currency dominance; data integrity is essential for financial stability.Technology [...] Full text...
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Libya and Malta discuss ways to promote bilateral relations
10 september 2025 - 14:27:25Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan interim Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity, [...] Full text...
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Islamist armed group executes civilians, burns homes in Niger
10 september 2025 - 09:08:40Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Islamist armed group, Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel), has escalated attacks on [...] 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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Three years ago, Finance & Development devoted a full issue to anticipating “The Money Revolution,” driven by innovations in finance, such as crypto assets. That revolution, writes F&D editor-in-chief Gita Bhatt, is now unfolding
08 september 2025 - 10:48:33Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The September issue of F&D looks at the new frontiers of finance, where technology, [...] Full text...
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How stablecoins and other financial innovations may reshape the global economy (By Gitab Bhatt of IMF)
05 september 2025 - 13:30:33Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Three years ago, Finance & Development devoted a full issue to anticipating “The Money Revolution,” [...] Full text...
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IOM: Sudanese returning home despite war challenges
04 september 2025 - 17:54:28Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The UN International Organization for Migration said here Thursday that, despite the critical situation in the [...] Full text...
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Technology, payments, and the rise of stablecoins (By Gita Bhatt F&D Editor-in-Chief)
04 september 2025 - 10:08:28Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Technology, data, and changing societal values are reshaping how people and institutions move money [...] 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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Interpol African Regional Conference begins in Cape Town
27 august 2025 - 14:30:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The 27th Interpol African Regional Conference began in Cape Town on Wednesday with a focus [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses Mauritania of years of migration control abuses
27 august 2025 - 06:56:05Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Mauritanian security forces committed serious human rights violations between 2020 and early 2025 against largely West and [...] Full text...
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East African group calls for closer coordination to stave off deadly extremism
27 august 2025 - 06:37:02Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The threat of violent extremism has been a major obstacle in the Horn and East [...] Full text...
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Sudan: After ten months of blockade, a UNICEF convoy reaches South Kordofan
26 august 2025 - 06:15:39Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - For nearly a year, the people of Sudan's South Kordofan region have been isolated, besieged [...] Full text...
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African ministers kick off regional forum on health
25 august 2025 - 14:57:16Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - African ministers of health on Monday opened the Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] 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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Libya's delegate to UN Security Council calls for concrete measures to end political crisis
22 august 2025 - 10:03:12New York, US (PANA) - Libya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Taher El-Sonni, on Thursday stressed that the country [...] Full text...
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MSF: War fuels cholera outbreak across Sudan
14 august 2025 - 12:05:03Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - International medical and charity organisation, Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), says that war has fuelled cholera [...] Full text...
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WHO designates new WHO-Listed Authorities, strengthening global access to quality-assured medical products
07 august 2025 - 18:39:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially designated Health Canada, the Ministry of Health, Labour and [...] Full text...
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Landlocked nations ‘invisible to much of the world’: UN trade and development chief (By UN News)
07 august 2025 - 05:34:26Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) - Trapped by geography and squeezed by global market forces, the world’s 32 landlocked developing countries remain [...] Full text...
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‘Landlocked to landlinked’: UN summit seeks to turn geography into opportunity (By UN News)
07 august 2025 - 05:18:52Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) - For the world’s landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), geography isn’t just a challenge, it’s a costly barrier [...] Full text...
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A Moving History: IMF Finance & Development (By Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at Oxford University)
06 august 2025 - 10:46:10Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The history of migration is the story of humanity and its progress. It’s a story [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Security Council meets on hostage crisis amid ‘unbearable’ conditions facing Palestinian civilians
06 august 2025 - 06:53:26New York, US (PANA) - As conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel continue to deteriorate, a senior UN [...] Full text...
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WHO consultations bring urgency, hope to health worker migration crisis
05 august 2025 - 11:11:26Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – When health experts across the World Health Organisation (WHO) African region, logged into the virtual WHO [...] Full text...
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AU celebrates African Women's Day; Darfur gives a different version (By Mohamed Osman Adam)
01 august 2025 - 12:59:45Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Africa is celebrating Women's Day, but the occasion couldn’t be more tragic for Sudanese women.They [...] Full text...
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Human trafficking: Senegal to strengthen legal framework, improve cross-border cooperation (By Minielle Baro, United Nations Information Centre, Dakar)
01 august 2025 - 05:50:57Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In response to the scourge of human trafficking, Senegal has adopted a solid legal framework, the [...] Full text...
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Guterres: ‘Breaking point’ reached in Israel-Palestine conflict, urgent action needed on two-State solution
28 july 2025 - 20:21:44New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has reached a breaking point, [...] Full text...
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Child malnutrition surges in Nigeria as foreign aid cuts bite
26 july 2025 - 10:26:01Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Deadly child malnutrition is rising in northern Nigeria against the background of widespread inflation, simmering conflict [...] Full text...
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Libyan lawmakers, military and security officials discuss strengthening legislative role in national security
24 july 2025 - 08:40:19Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Members of Libya's House of Representatives and senior military and security officials gathered in the Tunisian [...] Full text...
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UN official reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire as ‘nightmare of historic proportions’ unfolds
23 july 2025 - 19:18:09New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN official on Wednesday urged the Security Council to push for an immediate [...] Full text...
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Deep dive into the International Seabed Authority: Why it matters now (By UN News)
23 july 2025 - 07:30:11New York, US (PANA) - Protecting underwater ecosystems from the growing interest in rare mineral mining, framing deep-sea laws and [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN scales up response plan as humanitarian needs rise in Tawila
23 july 2025 - 05:56:19New York, US (PANA) - As the humanitarian crisis deepens in Sudan, the UN and partners have revised and scaled [...] Full text...
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Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic
21 july 2025 - 21:50:23New York, US (PANA) - “There will be another pandemic, and it will not be 100 years from now,” UN [...] Full text...
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European Council gives green light to progressive start of EU Entry/Exit system
18 july 2025 - 10:43:28Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Friday adopted a law that will make it possible to start the [...] Full text...
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Global demand for meat and dairy set to rise, but climate and nutrition gaps remain
16 july 2025 - 05:23:32Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global demand for meat, dairy and fish is projected to climb steadily over the next decade, [...] Full text...
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Overlooked and underestimated: Sand and dust storms wreak havoc across borders
13 july 2025 - 05:05:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There are three Great Pyramids at Giza in Egypt - but imagine if there were 307 [...] Full text...
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Gazans dying in search of food, ‘starkest illustration’ of their desperation
12 july 2025 - 07:12:11New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip “have never been higher” while the ability to assist [...] Full text...
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Greece describes dismissal of EU delegation from Benghazi as unprecedented event
09 july 2025 - 15:01:54Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis has said the eastern Libyan government's dismissal of the European ministerial [...] Full text...
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A different type of mistreatment of a journalist held by militias in Sudan’s war By Mohamed Osman Adam
08 july 2025 - 17:52:27Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For almost eleven months, I fought to restore self-esteem so that I could resume writing and [...] Full text...
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Deputy UN Secretary-General Amina Mohammed visits Gambia
08 july 2025 - 11:18:16Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed, on Monday met President Adama [...] Full text...
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Libyan coastguards rescue 39 illegal migrants off coast of Tripoli
06 july 2025 - 13:36:29Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan coastguards have rescued 39 illegal migrants of various nationalities at sea off the east [...] Full text...
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33 million lives at risk in Sudan's cholera epidemic
04 july 2025 - 09:50:34Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As fighting rages in Sudan, another threat is spreading through the country's stagnant waters and [...] Full text...
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Space is not the final frontier – it is the foundation of our future: UN deputy chief
02 july 2025 - 17:58:28New York, US (PANA) - Space technologies are no longer a distant frontier but a critical foundation for daily life [...] Full text...
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50 years of CITES: Protecting wildlife from trade-driven extinction
02 july 2025 - 07:40:21New York, US (PANA) - The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) marks [...] Full text...
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Every dollar invested in a girl's education generates three times more for the economy
29 june 2025 - 07:13:24Seville, Spain (PANA) - The equation is simple, the results compelling. Investing one dollar in a girl's education generates nearly [...] Full text...
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Europe’s elusive savings and investment union: IMF Finance & Development article By Ravi Balakrishnan. Chief European economist at JP Morgan, Mahmood Pradhan, Head of global macroeconomics at the Amundi Investment Institute.
28 june 2025 - 14:28:08Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - An integrated capital market must be accompanied by regulatory reforms to attract substantial investment.Europe has ample [...] Full text...
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EU extends Border Assistance Mission in Libya Extension to 2027
27 june 2025 - 10:11:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Council has extended the mandate of the European Union Border Assistance Mission in Libya [...] Full text...
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Libya's eastern-based govt protests to Greece over hydrocarbon exploration in disputed maritime zones
23 june 2025 - 11:57:12Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libya's eastern-based government has sent a formal protest to Greece over its steps to explore for [...] Full text...
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Can Africa claim the 21st century? World Bank Blog By Andrew Dabalen, Chief Economist, Africa, and Chorching Goh, Lead Economist, Africa
23 june 2025 - 09:13:04Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - In 2000, the World Bank published, “Can Africa Claim the 21st Century?” This landmark report [...] Full text...
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World Economic Forum selects 100 start-ups from 28 countries to join its Technology Pioneers community
23 june 2025 - 08:09:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Economic Forum on Monday announced the 2025 cohort of its Technology Pioneers community, a [...] Full text...
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Development is ‘the first line of defence against conflict,’ Guterres tells Security Council
20 june 2025 - 05:40:35New York, US (PANA) - Of the 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty, 40 per cent live in [...] Full text...
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Ghana closes embassy in Tehran as Israel-Iran tension escalates
16 june 2025 - 11:00:11Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Monday announced the immediate closure of its embassy in Tehran, Iran, as tension between [...] Full text...
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Libyan government appointed by Parliament denies involvement in Sudanese war
12 june 2025 - 11:16:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan government appointed by Parliament in the east of the country has denied any involvement [...] Full text...
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Displacement doubles while funding shrinks, warns UNHCR
12 june 2025 - 07:14:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With 13.5 million people displaced by over 13 years of brutal civil conflict, Syria used to [...] Full text...
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Fighting escalates in Sudan’s Kordofan region
11 june 2025 - 12:50:37Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Alarmed by intensifying violence in the greater Kordofan region of Sudan and the growing humanitarian impact [...] Full text...
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Funding shortfalls, cholera spread, conflict compound relief work in South Sudan and Sudan
06 june 2025 - 06:46:03Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is concerned about the impact of [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: AUC concerned about 'potential negative impact' of US travel ban on several African nations
05 june 2025 - 11:04:12Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) on Thursday expressed concern about the potential negative impact on [...] Full text...
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Regional humanitarian crisis deepens as displacement surges in South Sudan
04 june 2025 - 07:30:10Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Since a sharp escalation in fighting in South Sudan in late February, 165,000 people have [...] Full text...
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UN honours service and sacrifice of its peacekeepers
29 may 2025 - 16:30:37New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is honouring staff serving at its field missions through several events to [...] Full text...
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UN awards 2025 Mandela Prize to Brenda Reynolds and Kennedy Odede
29 may 2025 - 06:14:19New York, US (PANA) - An Indigenous social worker from Canada and a social entrepreneur from Kenya are the laureates of [...] Full text...
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UN aims to transform urgency into action at Nice Ocean Conference
28 may 2025 - 07:15:02New York, US (PANA) - Countries are uniting in the French city of Nice next month to save the marine [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict triggers regional health crisis, warns WHO
28 may 2025 - 07:05:13Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As the war between rival militaries in Sudan continues, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has [...] Full text...
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Sanctions relief for Syria offers ‘powerful message of hope,’ says UN migration agency
27 may 2025 - 21:19:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed recent decisions by the United States, the [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave
21 may 2025 - 15:53:13Gaza, Gaza City (PANA) - UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel [...] Full text...
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Organised crime groups increasingly embedded in gold supply chain
21 may 2025 - 04:34:53Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The global drive for renewable energy technologies has sharply increased demand for so-called critical minerals, heightening [...] Full text...
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IMF, DRC reach staff-level deal on first review under ECF
15 may 2025 - 12:58:47Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The economy of DR Congo (DRC) has been resilient, with growth reaching 6.5 percent in [...] Full text...
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As funding cuts bite, UN chief announces new dawn for peacekeeping
14 may 2025 - 05:28:32Berlin, Germany (PANA) - The future of peacekeeping took centre stage on Tuesday in Berlin as UN chief António Guterres [...] Full text...
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Gold exploration drilling programme to commence at Kouroussa in Guinea
08 may 2025 - 12:17:11Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Volt Resources Limited on Thursday announced that following a review of the results of the previous [...] Full text...
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Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees
03 may 2025 - 19:07:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees [...] Full text...
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Funding crisis increases danger and risks for refugees: UNHCR
02 may 2025 - 17:51:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday that a worsening funding crisis is placing refugees [...] Full text...
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Israel's restrictions on UN agencies in Gaza highlighted at world court
28 april 2025 - 15:42:32The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday into Israel’s continuing severe restrictions on [...] Full text...
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WFP runs out of food stocks in Gaza
25 april 2025 - 18:04:52New York, US (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has run out of food in the Gaza Strip as [...] Full text...
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Indigenous Peoples sidelined in global climate fight, UN warns (By Laura Quinones, UN News)
25 april 2025 - 05:28:18New York, US (PANA) - As the planet heats up and the push to decarbonise gathers pace, Indigenous Peoples – [...] Full text...
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Sudan: No respite for civilians amid unrelenting war and aid access barriers
18 april 2025 - 07:29:00New York, US (PANA) - As Sudan’s civil war grinds on, millions of civilians remain trapped in a relentless cycle [...] Full text...
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Ghana President invites Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger leaders to ECOWAS 50th anniversary launch
17 april 2025 - 13:23:23Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama, has invited to the military juntas in Mali, Burkina Faso, and [...] Full text...
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Countries finalise historic pandemic agreement after three years of negotiations
16 april 2025 - 13:09:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the early hours of Wednesday morning in Geneva, countries finalised a draft global agreement aimed [...] Full text...
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Tenth session of the Libyan-Tunisian Joint Consular Committee in Tripoli after more than a decade
15 april 2025 - 16:58:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The tenth session of the Libyan-Tunisian Joint Consular Committee began its work this morning, Tuesday, in [...] Full text...
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Sudan faces unprecedented hunger and displacement as war enters third year
11 april 2025 - 06:44:34Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The conflict in Sudan has become one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st [...] Full text...
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Syria’s political transition at risk due to Israeli military action, Security Council hears
10 april 2025 - 21:40:10New York, US (PANA) - Recent military actions by Israel are undermining Syria’s political transition and the chances of a [...] Full text...
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Chad and Libyan discuss cooperation in air transport, trade
09 april 2025 - 12:35:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and Chad have discussed issues of common interest, in particular cooperation in the field of [...] Full text...
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Africa's higher education centres of excellence celebrate decade of transformative journey
08 april 2025 - 09:51:05Accra, Ghana (PANA) - About 500 participants, including more than 80 Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence (ACEs), policy makers, [...] Full text...
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Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave
02 april 2025 - 08:32:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing of 15 colleagues on [...] Full text...
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DRC: Outbreaks of infectious diseases due to depletion of stocks due to budget cuts
30 march 2025 - 06:44:39Goma, DRC (PANA) - The near-total depletion of medical supplies, due to budget cuts and blocked access, is leading to [...] Full text...
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Tens of millions risk starvation as funding cuts deepen crises in DR Congo: WHO, WFP
30 march 2025 - 06:41:58Rome, Italy (PANA) - Sharply declining aid could force tens of millions across the globe who rely on food aid [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN humanitarians flag impact on children of return to war
28 march 2025 - 07:29:02Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a warning on Thursday over the terrible impact on [...] Full text...
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Libyan, UN hold meeting on illegal migration
26 march 2025 - 14:06:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's acting Minister of the Interior, General Imad al-Trabelsi, head of the High Committee for Monitoring [...] Full text...
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Economics of talent: IMF Blog By Ruchir Agarwal, cofounder of the Global Talent Fund and director of the Raj Center at Columbia University, and Patrick Gaule, cofounder of the Global Talent Fund and associate professor of economics at the University of Bristol
26 march 2025 - 11:18:38Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The new “economics of talent” field aims to identify and nurture exceptional problem-solvers at [...] Full text...
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Survivors of sexual violence in the Central African Republic affected by funding cuts (Feature by UN News)
26 march 2025 - 10:22:20Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - The United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) has said that US funding [...] Full text...
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Guterres to reduce UN aid ‘footprint’ inside Gaza following ceasefire collapse
25 march 2025 - 05:55:06New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Monday took the “difficult decision” to reduce the aid operation inside [...] Full text...
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UN peace missions strained, with trust ‘in short supply’ and widening divisions
25 march 2025 - 05:39:06New York, US (PANA) - United Nations peace operations are facing mounting challenges as conflicts become more protracted, geopolitical divisions [...] Full text...
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WBG hosts second annual global digital summit to bridge the digital divide and boost economic growth
19 march 2025 - 08:40:19Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank Group convened the second annual Global Digital Summit on Tuesday, bringing [...] Full text...
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AfCFTA, a call to action to unveil the African economy, according to the Ethiopian President
18 march 2025 - 18:27:24Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is a call to action to unveil the African [...] Full text...
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Libya reiterates its refusal to bear the burden of illegal immigration alone
18 march 2025 - 17:01:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's interim Minister of the Interior in the government of national unity, Major- General Imad Mustafa [...] Full text...
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Claver Gatete of the ECA calls for national resources to be mobilised for the industrialisation of Africa
17 march 2025 - 16:41:22Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Gatete Claver, has called for [...] Full text...
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UN chief affirms solidarity with Bangladesh amid political transition
16 march 2025 - 13:12:04Dhaka, Bangladesh (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres underscored the pivotal moment the country is facing as it navigates a [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM rejects resettling migrants in the country
14 march 2025 - 12:10:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, has denied his government's intention to settle migrants in [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Children facing ‘unimaginable suffering’, warns UNICEF chief
14 march 2025 - 08:17:13New York, US (PANA) - Sudan is now the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis, the head of the [...] Full text...
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Media watchdog refers case of Burundian journalist to Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression in Africa
12 march 2025 - 11:57:05Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As the appeal hearing of Burundian journalist Sandra Muhoza has been postponed again, media watchdog, [...] Full text...
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Drug traffickers running routes through war zones, top UN official warns
11 march 2025 - 08:07:36Vienna, Austria (PANA) - A “new black market” for synthetics and drug trafficking through war zones are fuelling instability around the world, [...] Full text...
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UN report reveals brutal attacks targeting Muslims, refugees in Central African Republic
05 march 2025 - 20:44:25New York, US (PANA) - A UN report released on Wednesday has uncovered a pattern of grave human rights violations [...] Full text...
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DRC: Almost 80,000 flee amid fighting, sexual violence: UNHCR
04 march 2025 - 15:09:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Insecurity and horrific sexual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have left tens [...] Full text...
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‘Naked struggle for power and resources’ leaves civilians paying unbearable price: UN human rights chief
04 march 2025 - 07:30:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan to [...] Full text...
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Banking for a better world: Catalysing local solutions for global impact: World Bank Blog By Akihiko Nishio, World Bank Vice President of Development Finance and Ed Mountfield, Vice President, Operations Policy and Country Services
04 march 2025 - 07:19:05Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The world is grappling with a collective action problem. Tackling global challenges like biodiversity loss [...] Full text...
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‘Naked struggle for power and resources’ leaves civilians paying unbearable price: UN human rights chief
03 march 2025 - 20:22:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan [...] Full text...
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WHO strengthens support for grassroots crowdsourcing campaign: a global movement of unity and solidarity
26 february 2025 - 20:56:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA - What started as a grassroots initiative by a WHO staff member has grown into a global [...] Full text...
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Sudanese Army ends RSF’s two-year siege of El Obeid in North Kordofan
24 february 2025 - 10:11:01Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese army said on Sunday that it had broken a nearly two-year siege imposed by [...] Full text...
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CAR: Challenges multiply as elections approach, says senior UN official
23 february 2025 - 07:11:17New York, US (PANA) - The recent attack on a United Nations patrol in the Central African Republic (CAR), in [...] Full text...
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Thousands arrive in Burundi within days, fleeing rising tension and violence in eastern DRC: UNHCR
19 february 2025 - 09:45:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Between 10,000 and 15,000 people have crossed into Burundi over the last few days, fleeing escalating [...] Full text...
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UN environment agency calls for urgent action on ‘triple planetary crisis’
18 february 2025 - 18:06:26Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) called on Tuesday for urgent action to combat climate change, biodiversity [...] Full text...
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African ministers discuss visa-free movement to spur regional unity
18 february 2025 - 15:37:16Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African ministers discussed obstacles to the continent’s economic integration, underscoring visa-free movement as a precondition [...] Full text...
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CAR takes steps to protect remote communities from polio
18 february 2025 - 10:54:33Bangui, CAR (PANA) – In the ongoing efforts to eradicate polio, the Central African Republic (CAR) has placed a special [...] Full text...
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Sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine paramount, Security Council hears
17 february 2025 - 21:37:04New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN political affairs official on Monday reaffirmed that any peace deal in Ukraine [...] Full text...
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UN launches $6 billion Sudan appeal, as famine takes hold
17 february 2025 - 18:52:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than one in two people in war-torn Sudan have too little to eat, famine “is [...] Full text...
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UN urges global action to protect and support civilians devastated by Sudan’s war
17 february 2025 - 08:58:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly two years of conflict have fuelled a catastrophic protection crisis and displaced a staggering 12 [...] Full text...
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AU Summit: DRC, Sudan at the heart of discussions in Addis Ababa
15 february 2025 - 19:16:44Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At the start of the 38th annual summit of the African Union (AU) in Addis [...] Full text...
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Guterres: World must not turn its back on Sudan’s deepening crisis
15 february 2025 - 05:26:43Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on the international community to urgently scale up funding [...] Full text...
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Global forum suggests fresh ideas for 21st century UN peacekeeping
08 february 2025 - 08:26:23Jakarta, Indonesia (PANA) - UN peacekeeping must be fit for purpose as the nature of conflict evolves in the 21st [...] Full text...
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Palestinians’ rights matter, says UNRWA chief
07 february 2025 - 22:23:33Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA underscored its commitment to assist a population [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Rights chief warns crisis could worsen, without international action
07 february 2025 - 15:32:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation [...] Full text...
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Libya, Tunisia discuss strengthening strategic partnership
04 february 2025 - 12:26:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and Tunisia have discussed how to strengthen the strategic partnership between them with a focus [...] Full text...
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Summary executions, sexual violence reported in eastern DRC war
01 february 2025 - 05:59:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the humanitarian situation "rapidly deteriorates" in Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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War in Sudan: Nearly one million people forcibly displaced to Chad
29 january 2025 - 10:59:50Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - More than twenty international charity organisations have again flagged the appalling conditions in which about [...] Full text...
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Joint military technical team for Libya discusses border security
26 january 2025 - 15:37:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The joint technical coordination team composed of the Eastern and Western military and security institutions in [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Civilians at risk as M23 approaches Goma, says rights group
26 january 2025 - 05:23:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at increasing risk as the abusive M23 [...] Full text...
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Medical charity suspends work in Khartoum hospital following attacks by militia
10 january 2025 - 13:47:54Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Friday strongly condemned ongoing violent attacks on patients and [...] Full text...
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Ghana's President Akufo-Addo mourns former US President Jimmy Carter
31 december 2024 - 10:14:25Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed sadness at the passing of former United States [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifies
21 december 2024 - 06:55:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee [...] Full text...
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Poverty, conflict and climate fuel spike in trafficking victims: UN report
11 december 2024 - 12:48:49Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The number of victims of human trafficking detected globally is rising again after falling off during [...] Full text...
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Update: Voting progressing 'smoothly', say EC officials
07 december 2024 - 14:19:46Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Voting is progressing smoothly in Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, the Electoral Commission said.In [...] Full text...
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Polls open in Ghana's presidential, parliamentary elections
07 december 2024 - 07:03:18Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Voting started in Ghana on Saturday to elect a president and 276 parliamentarians as the West [...] Full text...
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Sudanese Foreign Minister: AU office to reopen in Port Sudan shortly
29 november 2024 - 20:25:44Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Friday said the African Union Representative will shortly reopen his office in Port [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian aid reaches children in Blue Nile first time in almost two years
27 november 2024 - 18:45:23Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in nearly two years of bitter fighting in Sudan, a humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Trump ups the ante on tariffs, vowing massive taxes on goods from Mexico, Canada and China David Goldman, CNN
26 november 2024 - 14:34:35Washington DC, US (PANA) - President-elect Donald Trump on Monday promised massive hikes in tariffs on goods coming from Mexico, [...] Full text...
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One woman killed every 10 minutes: The harrowing global reality of femicide
25 november 2024 - 06:49:49New York, US (PANA) - A sobering report released by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International slams abduction of Ugandan opposition leader Besigye in Kenya
21 november 2024 - 09:09:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights advocate Amnesty International has expressed deep concern about the abduction of Ugandan opposition leader [...] Full text...
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ICRC: Community kitchens bring vital food relief to thousands in North Darfur as humanitarian conditions worsen
19 november 2024 - 16:14:35Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Thousands of people in North Darfur, Sudan, have started to receive hot meals as hostilities [...] Full text...
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Antimicrobial resistance crisis ‘happening now,’ WHO chief stresses
16 november 2024 - 07:25:08Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The top UN health official gave a sobering reality check as the Fourth Global High-Level [...] Full text...
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Transnational organised crime: ‘It’s time we pull together to push back’
15 november 2024 - 06:37:32Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Marking the inaugural International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational [...] Full text...
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IMF reaches staff-level deal with DRC on ECF, RSF for US$ 1.77 billion
14 november 2024 - 08:35:29Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and a mission of the International Monetary [...] Full text...
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Cyberattacks on healthcare: A global threat that can’t be ignored
09 november 2024 - 06:41:08New York, US (PANA) - An alarming surge in ransomware attacks is putting the world’s healthcare infrastructure at critical risk, [...] Full text...
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Time to dismantle legacies of slavery and colonialism impacting African diaspora
09 november 2024 - 05:49:08New York, US (PANA) - Despite progress over the past 10 years to promote and protect the human rights of [...] Full text...
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Deadly weather events show cost of climate inaction
08 november 2024 - 06:04:47Baku, Azerbailan (PANA) - Record-breaking floods in Spain, violent storms in Florida and wildfires in South America – these are [...] Full text...
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Why pastoralism matters more than ever for the Sahel and West Africa’s future: World Bank open editorial by Mohamed Ould El-Ghazaouani, President of Mauritania, Mahamat Idriss Déby, President of Chad and Ousmane Diagana, World Bank Vice-President for West and Central Africa
07 november 2024 - 09:12:09Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Today, more than ever, we must turn our attention to pastoralism across the Sahel and West [...] Full text...
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Sudan war keeps reaching across borders, Security Council hears
06 november 2024 - 05:14:23New York, US (PANA) - In addition to driving a regional refugee crisis, the brutal war in Sudan is exacerbating [...] Full text...
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Cholera, dengue fever hit war-torn Sudan
04 november 2024 - 12:47:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - War in Sudan has devastated towns and cities across the country and pushed the healthcare system [...] Full text...
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COP 29: Richer countries must commit to pay at COP29 as climate change forcibly displaces millions across Africa
04 november 2024 - 11:31:56Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - With millions of people already displaced by climate change disasters in Africa, the richer countries most [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s ‘living nightmare’ continues as 11 million flee war, mass killings
30 october 2024 - 06:10:39Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Escalating violence and new atrocities in Sudan have pushed the humanitarian crisis to unprecedented levels, with [...] Full text...
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US, Angola sign Open Skies agreement
22 october 2024 - 04:44:20Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The US and Angola have signed an Open Skies Air Transport Agreement in Luanda to advance [...] Full text...
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Gambian President urged to drop defamation charges against journalists
21 october 2024 - 11:25:00Banjul, Gambia (PANA) — Veteran Gambian journalist Alagi Yorro Jallow has appealed to President Adama Barrow to drop charges of [...] Full text...
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Egypt certified malaria-free by WHO
20 october 2024 - 19:52:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Egypt as malaria-free, marking a significant public health milestone [...] Full text...
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Freedom of expression also under fire in Gaza war, rights expert says
19 october 2024 - 06:18:05New York, US (PANA) - No conflict in recent times has threatened freedom of expression so far beyond its borders [...] Full text...
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WHO issues travel advice in context of Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Rwanda
11 october 2024 - 18:59:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO on 10 October issued advice against travel and trade restrictions with Rwanda in the [...] Full text...
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UN agency expresses 'deep concern' over siege of Sudan's El Fasher city
08 october 2024 - 05:21:26New York, US (PANA) - The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, voiced deep concern on Monday over the siege of [...] Full text...
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Gaza after a year of conflict
07 october 2024 - 13:14:44Gaza City, Palestine (PANA) – Monday, 7 October, 2024 marks the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel that killed [...] Full text...
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Rights expert urges universities to respect pro-Palestinian protests
06 october 2024 - 05:51:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Universities must respect peaceful activism and revise repressive policies targeting the pro-Palestinian solidarity movement on their [...] Full text...
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Strengthening coastal resilience in Senegal: Vital issue for the people of Saint-Louis: World Bank Blog By Sokhna Ba and Seydina Alioune Djigo
03 october 2024 - 07:50:28Saint-Louis, Senegal (PANA) - Khady Beye Sene cannot hide her satisfaction: after losing her home to coastal erosion in 2018, [...] Full text...
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UN calls for end of hostilities, protection of civilians, and unimpeded access
24 september 2024 - 12:58:12Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - At the time Sudan’s military leader Gen Abdul Fatah Al Burhan left the country for [...] Full text...
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Sahel, Lake Chad Basin countries coordinate joint polio eradication plan
17 september 2024 - 08:01:52Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In a significant move to combat the ongoing challenge of variant poliovirus transmission in Central and [...] Full text...
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Half the world lacks social protection amid climate crisis, ILO warns
13 september 2024 - 05:49:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Social protection is essential to safeguard people from shocks, but half the world is without any [...] Full text...
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How to Awaken Europe's Private Sector and Boost Economic Growth: IMF Blog By Diego Cerdeiro, Gee Hee Hong, and Alfred Kammer
12 september 2024 - 10:09:07Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - In the European Union, income per person, one of the main gauges of living [...] Full text...
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Addressing insecurity in road construction in conflict-prone areas: Lessons from the Horn of Africa: World Bank Blog By Kennedy Mkutu Agade, Josphat Sasia, Lilian Kahindo and Benard Mitto
12 september 2024 - 09:12:25Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - While all development projects call for care and deftness during the implementation phase, these requirements become [...] Full text...
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