Libya attends 17th meeting of Chiefs of Staff of Armed Forces of 5+5 Defence Initiative

04 october 2025 - 11:55:47
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Chief of Staff of the TRipoli-based Libyan Army, Lieutenant General Mohamed al-Haddad, has participated in [...] Full text...

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UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur

04 october 2025 - 06:17:39
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN’s top humanitarian official in Sudan has warned of an impending catastrophe in Darfur, [...] Full text...

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Fewer than one in 10 Somalis to receive life-saving aid in November, warns WFP

04 october 2025 - 06:15:18
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that millions in Somalia are at risk [...] Full text...

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Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries

03 october 2025 - 06:47:35
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict – [...] Full text...

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Rights group says former DRC President Kabila’s trial exposes country's democratic crisis

02 october 2025 - 07:56:41
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) military court’s conviction and death sentence imposed on former President Joseph [...] Full text...

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African Energy Commission to convene first continental energy efficiency conference

02 october 2025 - 07:30:32
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Energy Commission (AFREC) will host the inaugural African Energy Efficiency Conference (AfEEC) on [...] Full text...

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Human rights groups urged to ‘unite more than ever’ in efforts to end racism

02 october 2025 - 07:01:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The “colour line” still exists today – proof that more must be done to stamp out [...] Full text...

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‘Trust crisis’ impacts vaccine rollouts - WHO

02 october 2025 - 06:52:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Immunisation experts at the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) have warned that global protection against preventable [...] Full text...

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‘Hot debates about hot topics,’ a strength not a weakness, says UNGA80 president

02 october 2025 - 06:36:35
New York, US (PANA)  Over 190 world leaders spoke from the General Assembly podium during high-level week – underscoring the [...] Full text...

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World failing Gaza’s starving children, aid teams warn

01 october 2025 - 14:22:35
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As Israeli forces continued their push to take full control of Gaza City on Wednesday, [...] Full text...

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Uncertainty about Uncertainty (IMF Blog by Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, Davide Furceri)

01 october 2025 - 09:20:17
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Amid this year’s geopolitical rifts, one signal of uncertainty is flashing red; another, green; and [...] Full text...

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Breathless in Gaza: Health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel

01 october 2025 - 07:34:23
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Doctors in Gaza are warning of a surge in respiratory illnesses as families – cut [...] Full text...

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‘House of diplomacy and dialogue’: UN wraps up high-level week with calls for peace, climate action and reform

30 september 2025 - 05:52:27
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations remains “the house of diplomacy and dialogue” in a divided world, General [...] Full text...

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Explainer: Five megatrends shaping the rise of nonbank finance (IMF Blog by Jay Surti)

29 september 2025 - 16:23:33
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The global financial crisis of 2008 froze the financial system. Banks pulled back credit, families [...] Full text...

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French-speaking Africa calls on the UN to address its shortcomings

27 september 2025 - 08:37:53
New York, US (PANA) - The same refrain ran through the ranks of French-speaking Africa this week during the high-level [...] Full text...

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UN raises alarm over South Sudan’s worsening human rights crisis

27 september 2025 - 06:42:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday voiced deep concern over the rapidly [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Khartoum returnees face shelter crisis, warns IOM

27 september 2025 - 06:32:18
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The ongoing war between rival militaries in Sudan has left vast areas devastated and people returning [...] Full text...

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Intensifying threat looms large as UN highlights the world’s growing nuclear arsenals.

27 september 2025 - 06:12:47
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary General on Friday warned a high-level meeting in New York focused on [...] Full text...

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Libyan Council President reaffirms call for UN to play effective role in transition success

26 september 2025 - 16:00:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Manfi, said on Thursday that the North African [...] Full text...

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Youth to UN: ‘Listen to us. Invest in us. Partner with us’

26 september 2025 - 05:22:18
New York, US (PANA) - With nearly half the global population under 30, the UN continues to emphasise the indispensable [...] Full text...

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

26 september 2025 - 05:11:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 5,000 fleeing civilians have gathered in recent days around a UN peacekeepers base in the [...] Full text...

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Ghana president joins African leaders to demand permanent seat on UN Security Council

25 september 2025 - 19:21:03
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday joined African leaders who have, in their addresses to [...] Full text...

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UNICEF delivers vaccines, life-saving support as Ebola outbreak hits DRC's Kasai region

25 september 2025 - 11:21:59
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Nearly 45,000 doses of the Ebola vaccine are on their way to Kasai province as the [...] Full text...

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AUC chairperson calls for modernisation of African peace and security architecture

25 september 2025 - 06:42:52
New York, US (PANA) - Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, has said that by modernising the [...] Full text...

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Troops ensure relative calm in Libyan city after armed clashes

24 september 2025 - 11:24:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Relative calm has returned to the Libyan city of Zaouia, 45 kms west of Tripoli, after [...] Full text...

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Climate Summit 2025: The path to COP30 (By UN News)

24 september 2025 - 05:50:57
New York, US (PANA) - Floods in South Asia, wildfires across North America, and record-breaking heat in Europe have underscored [...] Full text...

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Liberia's President calls for climate justice

24 september 2025 - 05:03:10
New York, US (PANA) - Liberia's President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has highlighted his country's upcoming Security Council term saying "while [...] Full text...

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UN’s Guterres to world leaders: Choose peace and cooperation over chaos

23 september 2025 - 15:28:55
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General opened the General Assembly high-level debate with a stark message: the world [...] 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 - 08:49:58
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - For more than 120 million forcibly displaced people around the world, including refugees and [...] Full text...

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Sudan crisis deepens: Violence, famine and cholera threaten millions in Darfur - UN

23 september 2025 - 05:17:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conditions are deteriorating rapidly in El Fasher, the besieged capital of Sudan's North Darfur State.Between 17 [...] Full text...

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UN marks 80th anniversary of its founding

22 september 2025 - 15:56:14
New York, US (PANA) - Music, memories and messages of peace filled the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday as [...] Full text...

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Stress tests can help determine how much capital Central Banks need (By Romain Veyrune, IMF)

22 september 2025 - 12:08:50
Washington, 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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UN chief sounds alarm over worsening crisis in Sudan’s besieged El Fasher city

21 september 2025 - 10:39:56
New 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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High Seas Treaty to enter force in January: 'A lifeline' for the ocean (By UN News)

21 september 2025 - 04:31:26
New York, US (PANA) - A discreet but decisive shift has just taken place at UN headquarters in New York. [...] Full text...

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Sudan crisis: Surge in summary executions by all warring parties

19 september 2025 - 18:48:03
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - At least 75 people have been killed, according to news reports, in a drone strike on [...] 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 - 18:17:21
Washington, 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 - 06:18:32
Khartoum, 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 - 05:11:32
Geneva, 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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US vetoes UN resolution on Gaza ceasefire

19 september 2025 - 05:04:12
New York, US (PANA) -  The United States once again vetoed a UN resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent [...] Full text...

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UN presses ahead with mission for a better world despite global headwinds

19 september 2025 - 04:48:46
New York, US (PANA) - During a year of escalating global turmoil – from widening wars and economic hardship to [...] Full text...

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Gaza City lifelines collapsing, UN aid agency warns

18 september 2025 - 20:48:30
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The last remaining lifelines for civilians in Gaza City are collapsing as Israel ramps up [...] Full text...

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UN must evolve to ‘stand strong’ for the next 80 years: General Assembly president

17 september 2025 - 21:25:05
New York, US (PANA) - As the United Nations marks 80 years of existence, it must adapt and evolve to [...] Full text...

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UN: World leaders should commit to human rights, international justice - HRW

17 september 2025 - 09:19:41
New York, US (PANA) – World leaders gathering at the United Nations General Assembly from 22-30 September should commit to protecting [...] Full text...

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Government corruption fuels human rights crisis in South Sudan, independent panel finds

17 september 2025 - 05:04:12
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - In South Sudan, “systemic government corruption” and “brazen predation” on the part of political elites [...] Full text...

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Thirsty and starving, Gazans face ‘inhumane’ evacuation

16 september 2025 - 15:37:41
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As bombs continue to fall on Gaza City as part of Israel’s intensifying military operation, [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Militias, army threaten South Kivu civilians

16 september 2025 - 06:31:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – DR Congo (DRC) military forces and a coalition of abusive militias are threatening the security of civilians [...] Full text...

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States should uphold ban treaty on cluster munitions

16 september 2025 - 06:22:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Governments should reinforce the global ban on cluster munitions and call upon those still using or [...] Full text...

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UN’s humanitarian work is ‘underfunded, overstretched, and under attack’

16 september 2025 - 06:12:19
New York, US (PANA) - “Underfunded, overstretched and under attack,” is how the United Nation’s top humanitarian aid official has [...] Full text...

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Deadly attacks and collapsing services push Sudan closer to catastrophe

16 september 2025 - 06:07:04
Port 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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AU,IGAD welcome QUAD outcome on Sudan

14 september 2025 - 17:04:55
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The African Union Commission, along with the Inter government Authority for Development IGAD, say they have [...] Full text...

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UN’s Guterres condemns gang attack in Haiti that killed at least 40

14 september 2025 - 15:27:16
Geneva, 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 - 19:15:06
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Saturday welcomed the principle of helping the country reach peace, but rejected any [...] Full text...

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‘Deadly floods’ displace over 100,000 in South Sudan

13 september 2025 - 05:54:49
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Over 100,000 people in South Sudan have been displaced by what the UN refugee agency, [...] Full text...

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Sudan Quad calls for peaceful solution to war

13 september 2025 - 05:48:22
Port 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 Security Council renews Sudan sanctions

13 september 2025 - 05:22:04
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Friday extended for another year Sudan's sanctions regime including an [...] Full text...

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Embracing climate-smart growth is a net win for Uganda

12 september 2025 - 09:59:54
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Without strong action, climate change could cut Uganda's economic growth by up to 3.1% by 2050, [...] Full text...

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Deadly attacks across Darfur leave nearly 100 wounded in MSF-supported facilities

12 september 2025 - 07:51:35
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Following a series of attacks by Sudan's warring parties – the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) [...] Full text...

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What is South-South cooperation, and can it be the gateway to a fairer world? (By UN News)

12 september 2025 - 07:23:35
New York, US (PANA) - Although developing countries often look to do deals with wealthy nations in order to help [...] Full text...

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Ghana has received 14 deported West Africans from US: President Mahama

11 september 2025 - 06:25:46
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana received 14 West African nationals deported from the US after it was approached to accept [...] Full text...

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‘Shift the narrative’ on suicide to prevent loss of 720,000 lives annually

11 september 2025 - 05:39:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it. Now the head [...] Full text...

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IOM resumes operations in Khartoum, over 2 million return amidst Sudan war

09 september 2025 - 15:13:14
Khartoum, 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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Tunisia denies drone attack on Soumoud flotilla

09 september 2025 - 14:30:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Interior Ministry denied, in a statement early Tuesday reports that one of the boats [...] Full text...

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Over 35 metric tonnes of WHO medical supplies arrive in Kabul to support earthquake survivors in eastern Afghanistan

08 september 2025 - 20:52:30
Kabul, Afghanistan (PANA) - A new consignment of more than 35 metric tonnes of life-saving medical supplies landed in Kabul [...] 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 - 10:48:33
Washington, 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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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence

07 september 2025 - 05:33:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...

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The night the mountains shook: A doctor on the front lines of Afghanistan’s earthquake (A UN Feature)

06 september 2025 - 20:33:50
Jalalabad, Afghanistan (PANA) - The first jolt threw Dr. Abdul Mateen Sahak out of bed. The second sent him to [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence

06 september 2025 - 17:16:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...

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The ‘unthinkable’ is underway in Gaza City, UNICEF warns

05 september 2025 - 20:08:10
New 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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The ‘unthinkable’ is underway in Gaza City, UNICEF warns

05 september 2025 - 07:23:16
Gaza 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 - 20:48:45
Khartoum, 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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IOM: Sudanese returning home despite war challenges

04 september 2025 - 17:54:28
Port 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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Protecting nature boosts growth and jobs, shows new report

04 september 2025 - 10:05:38
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Ninety percent of the world lives with either degraded land, unhealthy air, or water stress, [...] Full text...

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Funding cuts could push 6 million more children out of school, warns UNICEF

03 september 2025 - 06:34:17
New York, US (PANA) - Global education funding is facing sharp reductions that could leave an extra six million children [...] Full text...

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WHO sounds alarm as mental health conditions soar past one billion worldwide

02 september 2025 - 16:27:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than a billion people worldwide are living with mental health conditions, according to new data released [...] Full text...

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Sudan's paramilitary RSF 'seizes new ground' in besieged city

02 september 2025 - 07:07:40
El 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 - 07:49:52
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced on Sunday that more than a thousand families [...] Full text...

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Sudan's parallel government names Prime Minister

01 september 2025 - 07:27:35
Nyala, Sudan (PANA) - The Presidential Council of Sudan's parallel government declared by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in [...] Full text...

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AUC Chairperson welcomes new UN Roadmap for Libya

31 august 2025 - 16:07:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the United [...] Full text...

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Sudan's paramilitary RSF installs parallel government despite international rejection

31 august 2025 - 13:58:48
Nyala, Sudan (PANA) – Despite the rejection and condemnation by the international community of the declaration by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid [...] Full text...

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UNSMIL calls for peaceful dialogue, de-escalation in Tripoli

30 august 2025 - 15:32:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed concern the high levels of tension [...] Full text...

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African health ministers commit to strengthen emergency preparedness and response

30 august 2025 - 09:49:21
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Across the African continent, fragile health systems are often the first to falter when crisis strikes, [...] Full text...

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C'ttee responsible for implementation of Tripoli truce meets to defuse tension

29 august 2025 - 15:18:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chief of Staff of the Libyan Army in Western Libya, Lieutenant General Mohamed Al-Haddad, held [...] Full text...

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Sudan: A staggering 30 million are in need, as war grinds on

29 august 2025 - 06:53:37
New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarians continue to push for more support for Sudan amid ongoing conflict, rising malnutrition and [...] Full text...

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Committee to resolve electricity crisis in eastern Libya meets

28 august 2025 - 13:56:31
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - A committee charged with resolving the electriciy crisis in eastern Libya has met to discuss a [...] Full text...

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UN chief discusses situation in besieged Sudan city with PM

27 august 2025 - 09:32:27
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The UN Secretary General Antony Guterres has had a telephone conversation with Sudanese Prime Minister [...] Full text...

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Education is key to jobs, growth, and lifelong learning (World Bank Blog by Luis Benveniste, Global Director for Education at the World Bank)

27 august 2025 - 08:26:24
Washington, DC., USA (PANA) - Education equips learners with important foundational skills that are essential for work and life. Education is [...] Full text...

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Sudan: After ten months of blockade, a UNICEF convoy reaches South Kordofan

26 august 2025 - 06:15:39
Port 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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Cholera epidemic spreads in Sudanese refugee camps in Chad

26 august 2025 - 06:06:26
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Cholera, which is raging in Sudan, is spreading to Chad. As large numbers of Sudanese from [...] Full text...

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US aid cuts put pressure on health programs in Africa

26 august 2025 - 05:55:52
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Drastic budget cuts to international development aid by the US government will continue to put pressure [...] Full text...

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African ministers kick off regional forum on health

25 august 2025 - 14:57:16
Lusaka, 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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Sudanese groups launch campaign to extend UN fact-finding mission

25 august 2025 - 11:41:26
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A broad coalition of Sudanese civil society groups is preparing to launch a national campaign demanding [...] Full text...

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Senior UN migration agency official ends Nigeria visit

25 august 2025 - 11:17:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Deputy Director General for Operations, Ugochi Daniels, has concluded a [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa addresses Ukrainian crisis with European leaders

24 august 2025 - 14:46:21
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – European leaders have expressed appreciation in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s commitment to supporting efforts aimed [...] Full text...

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Pope calls for security, peace for people of Mozabique's Cabo Delgado province

24 august 2025 - 13:17:00
Vatican City, Vatican (PANA) - Pope Leo on Sunday expressed concern about violence for insecurity in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province [...] Full text...

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Sudan govt welcomes UN rights agency's condemnation of attacks on civilians by rival RSF

24 august 2025 - 06:56:35
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Saturday commended the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights for condemning the [...] Full text...

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Health and aid workers targeted in conflicts around the world, UN agency says

24 august 2025 - 06:26:17
New York, US (PANA) - From Gaza to Sudan, wars are being waged on the very systems set up to [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Scores die of malnutrition as thousands in need of nutrition in South Kordofan

23 august 2025 - 13:22:30
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan Doctors Network on Saturday said it had documented the death of 46 civilians in [...] Full text...

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Gaza humanitarian crisis continues as Israeli military offensive intensifies

23 august 2025 - 07:36:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Israeli military offensive in Gaza City intensifies, the UN and partners continue to warn [...] Full text...

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Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief

22 august 2025 - 19:07:15
Geneva,  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 - 14:37:24
New York, US (PANA) - More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread [...] Full text...

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Reclaiming a policy role for economists (IMF Blog by Karen Dynan, Professor of Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University and nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics)

22 august 2025 - 11:58:55
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Acknowledging missteps, listening well, defending data, and avoiding jargon will help the profession engageEconomists have [...] Full text...

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Libya's delegate to UN Security Council calls for concrete measures to end political crisis

22 august 2025 - 10:03:12
New 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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Libya: Security Council urged to back popular ‘yearning’ for national elections

22 august 2025 - 05:37:57
New York, US (PANA) - Recent elections in Libya are a sure sign of the people’s desire to choose their [...] Full text...

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WHO, WMO issue new report and guidance to protect workers from increasing heat stress

21 august 2025 - 20:31:52
(Embargoed until 08:00 AM CEST / 06:00 AM GMT on Friday, 22 August 2025)Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health [...] Full text...

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Sudanese army denies targeting WFP relief convoy

21 august 2025 - 12:20:49
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Thursday denied bombing a World Food Programme (WFP) relief [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Libya to brief Security Council on new roadmap for political process

21 august 2025 - 10:40:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, will brief the Security Council [...] Full text...

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Sudan army, allies repel 'major attack' by paramilitary RSF on besieged El Fasher

21 august 2025 - 08:09:26
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese army and allied armed groups say they repelled a major, multi-pronged attack by [...] Full text...

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Food for Gaza piled up in warehouses risks spoiling without Israel's green light

21 august 2025 - 07:04:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Israel's neighbouring countries, thousands of tons of food aid destined for Gaza are piling up [...] 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 - 19:34:07
Geneva, Switzerland 9PANA) - In recent days, the Israeli military has escalated attacks across Gaza City, reportedly deciding to take [...] Full text...

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Disease spreads in Somalia as funding cuts leave 300,000 without safe water

20 august 2025 - 11:59:07
Mogadisu, Somalia (PANA) - More than 300,000 people – mostly displaced families living in overcrowded settlements and rural communities across [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council hears about rising conflict-related sexual violence amid falling resources

20 august 2025 - 07:40:35
New York, US (PANA) - Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, briefed the Security Council’s open debate [...] Full text...

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Sudanese PM uses non-conventional method to address the West about the country’s woes (Report by Mohamed Osman Adam)

19 august 2025 - 15:42:43
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s new civilian Prime Minister has made an emotional appeal to the UN Secretary General [...] Full text...

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World Humanitarian Day 2025: Aid workers mull record toll of their own

19 august 2025 - 11:37:34
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - With the news on Tuesday that a record 383 aid workers were confirmed killed in [...] Full text...

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UN calls for protection of aid workers in Sudan

19 august 2025 - 09:54:49
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations says that more than 120 humanitarian personnel have been killed in Sudan [...] Full text...

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Hundreds of health, nutrition centres closed in Somalia due to suspension of US aid

19 august 2025 - 07:46:37
Geneva, 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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South Sudanese ‘are counting on us’, top UN official tells Security Council

19 august 2025 - 07:25:34
New 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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42% of respondents in online poll by UN mission in Libya prioritise elections to end political crisis

18 august 2025 - 11:54:46
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Forty-two per cent of people polled online by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) [...] Full text...

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Surge in flow of Burkinabe refugees into Mali

18 august 2025 - 06:40:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - In barely a week, the small town of Koro in central Mali has seen an influx [...] Full text...

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UN warns Gaza crisis could worsen without safe, unrestricted aid flow

17 august 2025 - 14:55:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Without an urgent and unrestricted flow of aid, Gaza’s already dire humanitarian crisis could deteriorate further, [...] Full text...

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UN warns Gaza crisis could worsen without safe, unrestricted aid flow

16 august 2025 - 06:09:36
New York, US (PANA) - Without an urgent and unrestricted flow of aid, Gaza’s already dire humanitarian crisis could deteriorate [...] Full text...

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A two-way street: Reversing brain drain in Somalia (By By Naima Sawaya, UN News)

16 august 2025 - 06:04:14
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - For many countries in crisis, brain drain can feel like an unbreakable loop. Armed conflict, climate [...] Full text...

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Peacekeepers find weapons trove in southern Lebanon, as drought threatens millions

15 august 2025 - 16:44:12
New York, US (PANA) - UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have uncovered rocket launchers, mortar rounds and other unauthorized weapons, [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Libya joins Youth Dialogue Forum meeting to discuss political process

15 august 2025 - 16:19:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary General for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, this week joined 40 youth [...] Full text...

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Sudan welcomes UN Security Council's rejection of plan by paramilitary group to establish rival govt in the west

14 august 2025 - 12:41:22
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has welcomed the UN Security Council's rejection of the announcement by the paramilitary Rapid Support [...] Full text...

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MSF: War fuels cholera outbreak across Sudan

14 august 2025 - 12:05:03
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - International medical and charity organisation, Médecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), says that war has fuelled cholera [...] Full text...

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South Africa rejects 'deeply flawed' US human rights report

14 august 2025 - 10:26:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  Pretoria has rejected a report published by President Donald Trump’s administration that said the [...] Full text...

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Malnutrition deaths mark ‘latest in the war on children’ in Gaza: UNRWA chief

14 august 2025 - 05:58:47
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger, prompting humanitarians to [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council rejects creation of rival government in Sudan

14 august 2025 - 05:27:37
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has rejected the Rapid Support Forces’ (RSF) declaration last month of [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International says thousands killed, hundreds forcibly disappeared in two years in south-east Nigeria

13 august 2025 - 08:49:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities’ persistent failure to address the security crisis in the country’s south-east region has [...] Full text...

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Gaza health system ‘catastrophic’ with hospitals overwhelmed and medicines running out, WHO warns

12 august 2025 - 17:31:32
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA)  - Public health conditions in Gaza are “catastrophic”, with hospitals operating far beyond capacity. Some life-saving medicines [...] Full text...

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Myanmar: Rights investigators reveal ‘systematic torture’, sexual violence

12 august 2025 - 15:35:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-mandated independent investigators have uncovered “systematic torture” in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities – including beatings, electric [...] Full text...

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Hospitals overflowing in Gaza, as malnutrition surges

11 august 2025 - 15:40:38
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, UN officials warned on Monday, describing overflowing [...] 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 - 20:34:56
New 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 - 16:38:43
Port 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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Aid blockade deepens Gaza crisis as malnutrition deaths rise, warns UNRWA

09 august 2025 - 20:03:26
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has warned that the Gaza Strip faces a “catastrophic” [...] Full text...

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Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City would mark ‘a dangerous escalation’: Guterres

08 august 2025 - 20:35:05
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed grave concern over Israel’s decision to “take control of [...] Full text...

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Extreme heat is breaking records worldwide: UN weather agency

08 august 2025 - 07:48:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Extreme heat is breaking records around the world, with wildfires and poor air quality compounding the [...] Full text...

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UN officials warn of starvation amid ‘gender emergency’ in war-torn Sudan

08 august 2025 - 07:44:17
New York, US (PANA) - Hungry civilians are reportedly eating animal feed as women and girls face a “gender emergency” [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Acute malnutrition among children hits record high

08 august 2025 - 07:42:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Acute malnutrition among children in Gaza has reached the highest levels to date as hunger continues [...] Full text...

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Erasure or empowerment? In Africa’s Sahel, women confront a stark choice

07 august 2025 - 20:29:34
New York, US (PANA) - In Africa’s Sahel region, deepening violence and poverty – driven by displacement, hunger and terrorism [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Hospitals ‘at near-total collapse’, staff overwhelmed by the injured

07 august 2025 - 19:06:42
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) -  Exhausted UN aid workers in Gaza on Thursday continued to report a lack of food [...] Full text...

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WFP runs out of funds as hunger worsens in northeast Nigeria

07 august 2025 - 05:20:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As hunger rages in northeast Nigeria, funds for food delivery are running out, the World Food [...] 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 - 10:46:10
Washington, 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 - 06:53:26
New York, US (PANA) - As conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel continue to deteriorate, a senior UN [...] Full text...

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Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone

06 august 2025 - 06:03:50
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Famine was declared in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur one year ago. And since [...] Full text...

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The world is demanding action over plastic pollution: UN environment chief

06 august 2025 - 06:01:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - High stakes negotiations got under way at the UN Geneva on Tuesday to agree on a [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister welcomes BCL decision to grant licences to official currency exchange offices

05 august 2025 - 16:26:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbaiba, says the granting of licences [...] Full text...

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UNICEF Warns: We are at the verge of irreversible damage to an entire generation of children in Sudan

05 august 2025 - 15:10:14
Port Sudan, Sudan, (PANA)- Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Sudan Representative, has described seeing children ‘reduced to skin and bones’ during a [...] Full text...

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Malian PM attends 3rd Conference on Landlocked Countries in Turkmenistan

05 august 2025 - 12:00:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian Prime Minister Major General Abdoulaye Maïga is taking part in the 3rd United Nations Conference [...] Full text...

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WHO consultations bring urgency, hope to health worker migration crisis

05 august 2025 - 11:11:26
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – When health experts across the World Health Organisation (WHO) African region, logged into the virtual WHO [...] Full text...

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UNHCR flags Uganda’s refugee funding crisis

05 august 2025 - 06:01:49
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Since the beginning of 2025, 600 refugees have arrived in Uganda each day, bringing the total [...] Full text...

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Mounting civilian casualties in Sudan as fighting intensifies

05 august 2025 - 05:55:24
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As conflict intensifies between rival militaries in Sudan, the UN humanitarian wing (OCHA) expressed alarm [...] Full text...

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The final straw? Plastic pollution talks get underway in Geneva

04 august 2025 - 21:55:01
 Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Efforts are getting underway in Geneva to finalize a global agreement to tackle the staggering and growing [...] Full text...

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Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns

03 august 2025 - 20:00:10
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Cholera is ripping through North Darfur, Sudan, threatening thousands of children already weakened by hunger and [...] Full text...

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Violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee, straining aid efforts

03 august 2025 - 07:43:03
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Recent attacks by armed groups in northern Mozambique displaced tens of thousands in July alone, deepening [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Libya engages public on way forward to elections

02 august 2025 - 17:22:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Libya, Ms. Hanna Tetteh, on Friday engaged [...] Full text...

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UN migration agency highlights deepening climate and displacement crisis in Somalia

02 august 2025 - 05:30:23
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Climate shocks and mass displacement caused by conflict have uprooted some 3.6 million people in Somalia, [...] Full text...

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Gaza: ‘No one should ever be forced to risk their life to find food,’ says UN humanitarian agency

02 august 2025 - 05:25:58
New York, US (PANA) - As Gaza faces famine-like conditions, large numbers of people reportedly continue to be killed and [...] Full text...

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Gaza Strip: Humanitarians warn of worsening famine conditions, attacks on civilians

01 august 2025 - 17:27:11
 Gaza, Gazza City (PANA) - Famine conditions are tightening their grip on the Gaza Strip, as the latest UN humanitarian [...] Full text...

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AU celebrates African Women's Day; Darfur gives a different version (By Mohamed Osman Adam)

01 august 2025 - 12:59:45
Port 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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New Standards for Economic Data Aim to Sharpen View of Global Economy (IMF Blog by Vladimir Klyuev, James Tebrake)

01 august 2025 - 08:38:55
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The updated System of National Accounts better captures digitalisation, intangible assets, and global production—helping [...] Full text...

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Trade critical to ending plastic pollution - UNCTAD

01 august 2025 - 05:15:23
New York, US (PANA) - Trade must be part of the solution to end plastic pollution – a global problem [...] Full text...

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On brink of famine, Gazans forced to scour dirt for food

01 august 2025 - 05:13:32
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, UN aid teams continued their efforts on Thursday to help people of the [...] Full text...

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With Gaza smouldering, ministers renew push for two-State solution at UN

31 july 2025 - 05:16:32
New York, US (PANA) - With Gaza in ruins and the two-State solution in jeopardy, ministers convened at the United [...] Full text...

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Sudan gripped by deadly crisis as hunger, disease and heat intensify

31 july 2025 - 05:07:23
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) raised the alarm on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Gaza children starving despite Israeli ‘tactical pauses’, UN says

31 july 2025 - 05:01:09
New York, US (PANA) - Despite daily “tactical pauses” declared by Israeli forces, humanitarian conditions in Gaza remain catastrophic, with [...] Full text...

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Cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa poses crisis for children

31 july 2025 - 04:58:58
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Some 80,000 children are estimated to be at high risk of cholera in West and Central [...] Full text...

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Libya: 6+6 Commission and Advisory Committee on constitutional framework for elections holds meeting

30 july 2025 - 12:32:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's 6+6 Commission and the Advisory Committee met on Tuesday to exchange ideas on possible amendments [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Attacks in Kordofan states cause hundreds of deaths, mass displacement and the collapse of essential services

30 july 2025 - 08:18:58
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Attacks on civilians and essential infrastructure in Sudan’s Kordofan states — including hospitals, markets and residential [...] Full text...

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Deputy UN chief urges bold action to transform food systems at global summit in Addis Ababa

30 july 2025 - 07:10:18
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed on Tuesday called on countries to double down on [...] Full text...

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Tech’s Winner-Take-All Trap (IMF Finance & Development Feature, By Bruce Edwards)

30 july 2025 - 06:25:42
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - When controlled by a select few, tech innovation can be self-serving and undermine the institutions [...] Full text...

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Medical group says dozens of children die of hunger in IDP camp

29 july 2025 - 14:09:10
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- A Sudanese Medical group, the Sudanese Doctors Network, has reported that at least 13 children have [...] Full text...

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In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation

29 july 2025 - 12:56:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza,” UN-backed food security experts said [...] Full text...

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

29 july 2025 - 10:56:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The death last Thursday of Burkinabe activist Alain Christophe Traoré, alias Alino Faso, while being [...] Full text...

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Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger ‘as a weapon of war

29 july 2025 - 05:25:58
New York, US (PANA) - As starvation worsens in war-torn Gaza, UN agencies repeated warnings on Monday that Israel’s decision [...] Full text...

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Besieged city appeals for lifting siege, says situation ‘’ unbearable’’ ; Report

28 july 2025 - 17:10:13
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- While UN and international organisations launch appeal after appeal, and the government in Port Sudan and [...] Full text...

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Sudanese diplomatic delegation arrives in Libya ahead of reopening of consulate in Kufra

28 july 2025 - 11:38:57
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - A consular mission from Sudan on Sunday arrived in Kufra, in the far south of Libya, [...] Full text...

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UN warns of escalating human toll in Ukraine amid relentless aerial attacks, mounting aid shortfall

26 july 2025 - 16:12:06
New York, US (PANA) - Russian aerial attacks continue to intensify across Ukraine, exacting a rising toll on civilians and [...] Full text...

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Child malnutrition surges in Nigeria as foreign aid cuts bite

26 july 2025 - 10:26:01
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Deadly child malnutrition is rising in northern Nigeria against the background of widespread inflation, simmering conflict [...] Full text...

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In hard-hitting human rights address, Guterres calls for urgent action on Gaza, authoritarianism and climate justice

26 july 2025 - 07:33:25
New York, US (PANA) - The world is facing a “moral crisis” marked by rising authoritarianism, deepening inequality and a [...] Full text...

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1.3 million Sudanese return home, offering fragile hope for recovery

25 july 2025 - 17:11:32
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - With pockets of relative safety emerging in Sudan, over 1.3 million Sudanese people — including one [...] Full text...

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WB expands financial coverage to save lives and livelihoods in Eastern and Southern Africa

25 july 2025 - 07:28:53
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More than 12 million people in Angola, Burundi, Malawi, Seychelles, and Zambia will benefit from [...] Full text...

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UN forum affirms stronger commitment to achieve sustainable development

25 july 2025 - 05:36:26
New York, US (PANA) - The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) has concluded at United Nations Headquarters in [...] Full text...

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Torture, threats and arbitrary arrests: UN warns of ‘serious abuses’ against Afghans forced to return

24 july 2025 - 19:00:37
New York, US (PANA) - Afghans returning to their country face “serious violations” of their human rights committed by the [...] Full text...

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UN forum affirms stronger commitment to achieve sustainable development

24 july 2025 - 16:43:16
New York, US (PANA) - The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) concluded on Wednesday following a week-and-a-half of [...] Full text...

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AU holds special session on Libya on Thursday

24 july 2025 - 12:22:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) will hold an extraordinary session in Addis Ababa, [...] Full text...

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Madagascar to boost learning outcomes for 4.7 million students

24 july 2025 - 07:26:40
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Around 4.7 million Malagasy students in pre-primary and primary education, 135,000 teachers, and 27,000 public primary [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Amid record hunger and surging insecurity, emergency food assistance to stall entirely

24 july 2025 - 06:21:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - At a time of escalating violence and record levels of hunger in Nigeria, critical funding shortfalls [...] Full text...

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UN official reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire as ‘nightmare of historic proportions’ unfolds

23 july 2025 - 19:18:09
New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN official on Wednesday urged the Security Council to push for an immediate [...] Full text...

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ICJ affirms states have 'an obligation to prevent significant harm to the environment'

23 july 2025 - 18:37:08
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - This is a turning point for international law, with considerable political repercussions. In a highly [...] Full text...

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Global current account balances widen, reversing narrowing trend (IMF Blog By Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas)

23 july 2025 - 12:26:04
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Global current account balances widened by a sizable 0.6 percentage points of world GDP [...] Full text...

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France temporarily closes Consulate in Burkina Faso capital

23 july 2025 - 11:40:21
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The French Embassy in Burkina Faso announced on that it is temporarily closing its Consulate [...] Full text...

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Housing crisis: UN fears a future of cities transformed into slums

23 july 2025 - 07:57:23
New York, US (PANA) - A bed, four walls, a safe place to breathe. These are the most basic aspects [...] Full text...

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‘Perfect storm’ of global crises drove years of food price surges: FAO

23 july 2025 - 07:44:28
New York, US (PANA) - The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Máximo Torero Cullen, previewed its [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN scales up response plan as humanitarian needs rise in Tawila

23 july 2025 - 05:56:19
New York, US (PANA) - As the humanitarian crisis deepens in Sudan, the UN and partners have revised and scaled [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained

22 july 2025 - 18:42:40
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from [...] Full text...

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Food lifeline fading for millions in South Sudan hit by conflict and climate shocks

22 july 2025 - 18:06:23
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan’s dramatic hunger crisis is worsening and millions of people there could miss out [...] Full text...

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

22 july 2025 - 12:36:48
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia on Monday welcomed the peace agreement signed on 19 July in Doha, Qatar, between the [...] Full text...

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IMF's First Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath quits to rejoin Harvard economics faculty

22 july 2025 - 08:45:20
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has announced the departure of Gita Gopinath, [...] Full text...

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From Africa to Europe, drought is increasing hunger and shaking economies

22 july 2025 - 06:41:45
New York, US (PANA) - Repeated droughts, exacerbated by climate change, are plunging a growing portion of the planet into [...] Full text...

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