New year dawns amid rubble and resolve in Gaza
02 january 2026 - 08:27:08Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As 2026 begins, residents of the Gaza Strip are confronting life in displacement camps and [...] Full text...
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Representatives of schools of foreign communities meet Libyan Parliament officials
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Libya recorded highest average oil production in a decade in 2025
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Libya takes steps to halt land degradation
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Libyan society preserves women’s dignity and protects their rights, according to a Libyan Parliament official
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Health advances marked 2025 as wars and funding cuts strained systems
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Libya launches National Report on Progress under the AU 2063 Agenda
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Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As 2026 begins, residents of the Gaza Strip are confronting life in displacement camps and [...] Full text...
Deadly storms sweep South and Southeast Asia, leaving over 1,600 dead
05 december 2025 - 20:26:03New York, US (PANA) - From Sri Lanka’s central highlands to Indonesia’s flood-swollen river basins, a wave of climate-fuelled cyclones [...] Full text...
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‘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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Amputee footballers reclaim hope amid Gaza’s ruins
25 november 2025 - 05:53:39Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Farah Youssef refused to let the loss of her leg four years ago during conflict [...] Full text...
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From Haiti to Ethiopia: voices of climate displacement at COP30
14 november 2025 - 07:53:02Belém, Brazil (PANA) - Floods, heatwaves, droughts and storms are forcing millions from their homes every year. Most never cross [...] Full text...
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Refugee camps set to be uninhabitable by 2050 as extreme weather worsens
10 november 2025 - 14:44:45Belem, Brazil (PANA) - At least 117 million people have been displaced by war, violence and persecution, the UN refugee [...] Full text...
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Catch-up immunization campaign ‘a lifeline’ for Gaza’s children
05 november 2025 - 17:00:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A campaign for routine immunization, nutrition, and growth monitoring will be launched in the Gaza Strip [...] Full text...
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Half of Jamaica’s population reeling from Hurricane Melissa
05 november 2025 - 16:25:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1.5 million Jamaicans have been impacted by the devastation resulting from Hurricane Melissa, many [...] Full text...
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South Africa calls for support for Hurricane Melissa victims
05 november 2025 - 07:17:30Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government on Tuesday expressed its deepest condolences and solidarity with the [...] Full text...
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‘We want to get our lives back,’ Gaza children declare
02 november 2025 - 07:50:35Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - After two years of war that kept them out of classrooms, Gaza’s children are finally [...] Full text...
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UN aid push continues across Gaza despite Israeli airstrikes
01 november 2025 - 04:29:17New York, US (PANA) - The UN and partners are pushing ahead with aid deliveries across Gaza despite new Israeli [...] Full text...
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Caribbean nations receive life-saving support following devastation of Hurricane Melissa
31 october 2025 - 19:09:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Caribbean reels from the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, UN humanitarian agencies are stepping [...] Full text...
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Israel responsible for four genocidal acts in Gaza, inquiry chair tells General Assembly
29 october 2025 - 07:40:34New York, US (PANA) - The chair of an independent commission investigating alleged human rights abuses in the Occupied Palestinian [...] Full text...
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UN warns Gaza’s displaced face freezing nights and food shortages
25 october 2025 - 05:57:27New York, US (PANA) - The UN and its partners are accelerating deliveries of life-saving aid across Gaza, but relief [...] Full text...
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Climate science and early warnings key to saving lives - Guterres
22 october 2025 - 15:38:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - No country is safe from the devastating impacts of extreme weather — and saving lives means [...] Full text...
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UN releases $11 million for Gaza aid as ceasefire, hostage release bring ‘fragile hope’
14 october 2025 - 07:20:13Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - The UN is stepping up its emergency response in Gaza, releasing $11 million from its [...] Full text...
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Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries
03 october 2025 - 06:47:35Gaza 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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Intensifying threat looms large as UN highlights the world’s growing nuclear arsenals.
27 september 2025 - 06:12:47New 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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Gazans flee ‘death and devastation’ with no transportation or means of shelter
20 september 2025 - 07:58:58Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In the face of escalating Israeli military operations, thousands of Palestinian families continue to flee [...] Full text...
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‘No end’ expected to floods and storms as global heating continues
19 september 2025 - 04:43:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world’s water resources face growing pressure from climate change while emergencies involving the life-giving resource [...] Full text...
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People use bare hands to dig out victims of devastating landslide
07 september 2025 - 13:36:42Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The first international humanitarian organisation to reach the area hit by landslide one week ago [...] 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 - 20:33:50Jalalabad, Afghanistan (PANA) - The first jolt threw Dr. Abdul Mateen Sahak out of bed. The second sent him to [...] Full text...
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From outbreaks to sustainability: African ministers commit to accelerate polio endgame
30 august 2025 - 09:26:57Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – African health ministers have pledged renewed action to end all forms of polio and safeguard the [...] Full text...
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Health and aid workers targeted in conflicts around the world, UN agency says
24 august 2025 - 06:26:17New York, US (PANA) - From Gaza to Sudan, wars are being waged on the very systems set up to [...] Full text...
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Monsoon floods kill more than 700 in Pakistan, with heavy rains set to continue
21 august 2025 - 19:45:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods have killed at least 739 people across Pakistan since late [...] Full text...
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‘Nuclear weapons have no place in our world’: UN chief
09 august 2025 - 08:03:44Nagasaki, Japan (PANA) - 80 years after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima [...] Full text...
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Hiroshima, 80 years on: ‘Real change’ needed to end existential nuclear threat
06 august 2025 - 20:16:45Hiroshima, Japan (PANA) - The world changed forever 80 years ago this Wednesday when the United States dropped an atomic [...] Full text...
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Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone
06 august 2025 - 06:03:50Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Famine was declared in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur one year ago. And since [...] Full text...
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Deadly floods show need for faster, wider warnings, UN agency says
22 july 2025 - 06:32:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From the Himalayas to rural Texas, deadly floods this month have killed hundreds and exposed dangerous [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN officials warn of unspeakable conditions as children bear the brunt
17 july 2025 - 07:58:14New York, US (PANA) - Conditions in Gaza have reached an unspeakable level of devastation with children paying the highest [...] Full text...
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‘Cooperation is humanity’s greatest innovation,’ UN chief declares at BRICS summit
07 july 2025 - 22:05:55Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday warned that the environment is being attacked on [...] Full text...
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‘A moral failure’: Security Council hears about grave violations against children caught in war
25 june 2025 - 19:47:08New York, US (PANA) - When Sila, a young woman from Idlib in Syria, was three years-old, she woke up [...] Full text...
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Nigerian environmental activist Saro-Wiwa, colleagues back on global spotlight posthumously
13 june 2025 - 12:43:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nine Nigerian environmental activists, known more popularly as the ‘Ogoni Nine’, have been posthumously pardoned and [...] Full text...
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UN humanitarian chief flags ‘indifference and impunity’ in Sudan
13 june 2025 - 07:35:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With over half of the Sudanese population in need of aid and lean season rapidly approaching, [...] Full text...
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An oral cholera vaccination campaign aims to reach more than 2.6 million people in Sudan’s Khartoum State
12 june 2025 - 17:31:23Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - vaccination campaign, launched on 10 June in 5 localities in Sudan’s Khartoum State, aims to [...] Full text...
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Rising hunger in Gaza highlights urgent need for ‘unfettered’ aid supplies
12 june 2025 - 08:06:18Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - People in the Gaza Strip are getting hungrier because of the “very limited” volume of [...] Full text...
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Another first for Liberia: showcasing the new World Bank Group engagement approach and jobs agenda: World Bank Blog by Ousmane Diagana, Vice President, Western and Central Africa
06 june 2025 - 08:33:44Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberia is a country of firsts – and contrasts. Founded in 1847, Liberia is Africa’s first [...] Full text...
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Deadly flooding in Nigeria displaces thousands
02 june 2025 - 21:11:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Flush flooding in western Nigeria at the weekend has caused devastation around the town of Mokwa [...] Full text...
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Gaza is the ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid
30 may 2025 - 21:22:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained [...] Full text...
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AU condemns attacks on Port Sudan
06 may 2025 - 10:04:06Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned attacks on Port Sudan in Sudan, that had [...] Full text...
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Sudan drone attacks raise fears for civilian safety and aid efforts
05 may 2025 - 21:30:01New York, US (PANA) - The UN is sounding the alarm over escalating violence in Sudan following drone strikes near [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN official warns of 'assault on dignity' as blockade cripples humanitarian response
27 april 2025 - 13:54:46Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The coming days in Gaza are set to be critical, the UN warned on Saturday, [...] Full text...
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Syria is ‘brimming with hope and opportunity’: Senior UN aid official
21 april 2025 - 21:48:09New York, US (PANA) - Now is the time to invest in Syria, and support people returning to the country [...] Full text...
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‘Every piece tells a story’: Bombs to beauty, from Gaza to Ukraine
04 april 2025 - 17:54:34Kiev. Ukraine (PANA) - What happens to bombs after they land? Some explode. Some don’t, leaving behind a deadly legacy [...] Full text...
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UN staff member killed in central Gaza blast, five others injured
19 march 2025 - 19:53:08Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - At least one UN staffer has been killed and at least five others injured – several [...] 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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Guterres urges Caribbean leaders to keep pushing for peace, climate action
20 february 2025 - 07:33:09Bridgetown, Barbados (PANA) – Addressing Caribbean leaders meeting in Barbados on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced a potential plan [...] Full text...
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‘No time to lose’ in Gaza, as ceasefire offers fragile respite
14 february 2025 - 05:29:10New York, US (PANA) - The UN is racing against time to expand humanitarian relief and prepare for the monumental [...] Full text...
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‘We all have someone missing’: Families of the thousands of Syrians ‘disappeared’ by Assad regime share stories of loss
10 february 2025 - 18:22:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria during the Assad family’s rule, which stretches [...] Full text...
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UK High Court set to hear suit by Nigerian communities against Shell over pollution
10 february 2025 - 11:14:04Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - UK High Court will from 13 February to 10 March 2025 hear a case in a [...] Full text...
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UN chief condemns reported executions in Sudan as starvation risks rise
04 february 2025 - 07:41:51New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General expressed deep alarm on Monday over reports of summary executions of civilians [...] Full text...
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UN condemns deadly attack in Sudanese capital
03 february 2025 - 09:44:52Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, has strongly condemned a [...] 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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Gazans depend on us for ‘sheer survival’ - UNRWA
01 february 2025 - 05:48:44Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) The largest UN agency in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, UNRWA, said on Friday that its staff [...] Full text...
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DRC: Hospitals overwhelmed, food running out: Goma faces ‘devastation’
31 january 2025 - 05:09:12Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - After days of intense fighting, the humanitarian situation in Goma, capital of the eastern Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire puts life into Gaza humanitarian situation
23 january 2025 - 14:25:45Gaza, Palestine (PANA) - A surge of supplies has entered Gaza since the beginning of the ceasefire, enabling an increase [...] Full text...
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Gaza ceasefire must lead to lasting truce, trigger massive aid expansion - NRC
16 january 2025 - 09:00:23London, UK (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) says the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel must end [...] Full text...
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Guterres to conduct solidarity visit to Lebanon
14 january 2025 - 19:24:04New York (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres will travel to Lebanon later this week for a solidarity visit with [...] Full text...
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UN chief offers condolences amid devastating wildfires in California Santa Monica Pier in California, USA.
10 january 2025 - 16:06:16New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed sorrow over the fast-moving wildfires that have devastated the [...] Full text...
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Lebanon: Appeal for $371.4 million to boost life-saving support
08 january 2025 - 05:29:47Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - The UN and the Government of Lebanon unveiled a $371.4 million extension of the Lebanon Flash [...] Full text...
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‘Hospitals have become battlegrounds’: Gaza’s health system on brink of collapse
04 january 2025 - 08:06:14New York, US (PANA) - With seven per cent of the population killed or injured since October 2023, the health [...] Full text...
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UN News Champion: ‘Are you keeping up with the death?’ The grinding toll of war in Gaza By Louise Wateridge
24 december 2024 - 15:48:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As we near the end of another year of war and humanitarian crisis, UN News is [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Chido: Around 90,000 children impacted in Mozambique
18 december 2024 - 05:26:46Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Chido struck northern Mozambique over the weekend, bringing torrential rains and powerful winds that [...] Full text...
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Gaza death toll passes 45,000 as UN school suffers new deadly strike
17 december 2024 - 05:13:09Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The authorities in Gaza reported on Monday that more than 45,000 people have been killed [...] Full text...
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Gaza: ‘Sickening normalization’ of suffering, amid attacks on people and aid convoys
14 december 2024 - 07:20:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ongoing military operations by Israeli forces in Gaza continue to cause devastation for civilians trying to [...] Full text...
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The nightmare in Gaza must stop, urges UN deputy chief
03 december 2024 - 04:41:53Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Describing the situation in Gaza as “appalling and apocalyptic” the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed on [...] Full text...
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Devastating 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ends, marked by record-setting storms
30 november 2024 - 07:26:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially concludes this weekend, leaving a trail of destruction, loss of [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Israeli war tactics condemned as aid still blocked from reaching north
14 november 2024 - 17:13:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Intense Israeli military operations have continued in Gaza as UN humanitarians reported that multiple attempts to [...] Full text...
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COP29: World Bank expands lifeline to small States hit by disasters
13 november 2024 - 08:16:53Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - The World Bank Group has expanded its lifeline to countries struggling to rebuild from disasters, allowing [...] Full text...
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COP29: Push for agreement on new climate finance deal ‘right from the start’
11 november 2024 - 13:13:55Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - Following another year of record-high global heat and extreme weather events, UN climate chief Simon Stiell [...] 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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UN chief stresses role of education in protecting, empowering youth for disaster-free future
13 october 2024 - 06:19:13New York, US (PANA) - As the world marks International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction on Sunday, UN Secretary-General Antonio [...] Full text...
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US sanctions Sudanese Senior Rapid Support Forces leader
09 october 2024 - 05:10:26Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions against a senior leader of the Rapid Support [...] Full text...
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UN agencies urge Security Council to stop ‘mass graves for migrants’
01 october 2024 - 06:15:08New York, US (PANA) - Action is needed now to stop the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea from “becoming mass [...] Full text...
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UN issues Public Health Situation Analysis (PHSA) on Hostilities in occupied Palestinian territory
28 september 2024 - 08:00:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although Gaza has suffered previous escalations, the current war stands out as unprecedented in the scale [...] Full text...
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EU warns Iran on transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia
13 september 2024 - 12:57:45Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union has strongly condemned the recent transfer of Iranian-made ballistic missiles to Russia.A statement [...] Full text...
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Catastrophic hunger doubles in 2024; Gaza and Sudan worst hit
06 september 2024 - 05:18:22New York, US (PANA) - The number of people experiencing catastrophic hunger has surged more than twofold in 2024, due [...] Full text...
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Guterres appeals for ‘Polio Pause’ in Gaza
17 august 2024 - 06:55:23New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Friday for warring parties in Gaza to lay down [...] Full text...
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Security Council: Political affairs chief underlines ‘desperate need’ for Gaza ceasefire
14 august 2024 - 05:25:03New York, US (PANA) - As civilian suffering intensifies in war-ravaged Gaza, senior UN officials on Tuesday called once more [...] Full text...
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Sexual violence, famine stalk Sudan’s displaced
13 august 2024 - 16:53:01Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s deepening humanitarian crisis caused by nearly 16 months of war has left countless women [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State Blinken urges Sudan's military ruler to participate in ceasefire talks
06 august 2024 - 09:52:17Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken by phone with the Head of the [...] Full text...
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Humanitarians' efforts ‘nowhere near where they should be’ 300 days into Gaza war
02 august 2024 - 05:47:56New York, US (PANA) (PANA) - Scaling up aid delivery remains a challenge in Gaza as the war reaches the [...] Full text...
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Famine now prevalent in parts of war-torn Sudan - Report
02 august 2024 - 05:35:15New York, US (PANA) - Famine is now prevalent in areas of war-torn Sudan and will continue through the next [...] Full text...
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Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn
19 july 2024 - 16:04:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To add to the devastation of war and the complete breakdown of law and order, Gazans [...] Full text...
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No end in sight to the ‘war on women’ in Gaza
19 july 2024 - 05:41:29Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Wars are never gender neutral and Gaza is further evidence of this as some one million [...] Full text...
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Security Council says regional crisis deepens as Gaza war grinds on
26 june 2024 - 05:53:11New York, US (PANA) - While the situation in Gaza remains catastrophic, ongoing Israeli settlement expansion and escalating violence in [...] Full text...
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Gaza is 'a world of devastation' UN agencies
22 june 2024 - 00:38:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is “a world of devastation” and still in the grip of war after nearly nine [...] Full text...
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Gaza is more than two million stories of loss: UN agencies
21 june 2024 - 17:59:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is “a world of devastation” and still in the grip of war after nearly nine [...] Full text...
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Adequate healthcare crucial to support survivors of sexual violence
20 june 2024 - 07:10:15New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Wednesday commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence [...] Full text...
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Amid Gaza war, children work so families can survive: ILO
08 june 2024 - 06:27:43Geneva, Switzerland {PANA) - Eight months to the day since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza, the UN labour agency, [...] Full text...
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War in Gaza: Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school
07 june 2024 - 07:30:13New York, United States (PANA) - Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight [...] Full text...
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War in Gaza: Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school
07 june 2024 - 06:22:04New York, United States (PANA) - Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight [...] Full text...
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WHA reaches agreement on wide-ranging, decisive package of amendments to improve the International Health Regulations
03 june 2024 - 06:12:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In an historic development, the World Health Assembly, the annual meeting of its 194 member countries, [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: ‘Time is running out’ to address crisis in Sudan
16 may 2024 - 06:40:30New York, US (PANA) - The international community must give greater attention and resources to war-ravaged Sudan, where millions are [...] Full text...
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Conflicts drive new record of 75.9 million people living in internal displacement
14 may 2024 - 14:21:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflict and violence in Sudan, Palestine and elsewhere drove the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN chief reiterates call for 'immediate humanitarian ceasefire'
12 may 2024 - 12:18:24Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the [...] Full text...
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Targeting Rafah could lead to slaughter, warns UN aid agency
04 may 2024 - 07:25:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An Israeli military operation in Rafah “could lead to a slaughter” and cripple lifesaving humanitarian work [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Humanitarians locked in aid delivery ‘dance’ to avert famine in Gaza
17 april 2024 - 05:44:43Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Scaling up assistance in Gaza remains a challenge in the face of continued access denials, delays [...] Full text...
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Over 200,000 need humanitarian aid following Madagascar cyclone
10 april 2024 - 05:47:15Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - About 220,000 people require immediate humanitarian assistance due to the catastrophic impact of Tuesday’s tropical cyclone [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: ‘Systematic dismantling of healthcare must end’ says WHO
07 april 2024 - 06:14:50Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare has [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: ‘No protection’ for civilians, aid workers, Security Council hears
05 april 2024 - 17:38:54New York, US (PANA) - Aid officials called on the Security Council on Friday to step in to stop the [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight
26 march 2024 - 16:18:01Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a “double-digit number [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: 'UN resolution must pave way for enduring ceasefire to alleviate mass suffering in Gaza'
26 march 2024 - 08:45:49New York, US (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has called for the immediate implementation of Monday's UN Security [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: We must push for lasting peace in Gaza, UN chief insists, as starvation threat nears
25 march 2024 - 11:14:49Amman, Jordan (PANA) - With “starvation bearing down” on Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday repeated his call for [...] Full text...
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Tackle methane emissions now, to slow global warming
21 march 2024 - 05:33:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tackling emissions of methane now, is essential to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International deplores lack of investigation into Libya's Derna floods
13 march 2024 - 14:32:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan authorities have failed to investigate the responsibility of powerful military and political actors in [...] Full text...
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African health ministers commit to end malaria deaths
08 march 2024 - 12:13:58Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) — Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria have committed to accelerated action [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza
29 february 2024 - 05:51:16Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - No communications, no medicine and little hope. That’s what operating a hospital in a war zone [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: UN appeals for $4.1 billion in aid for war-torn Sudan and refugee-hosting countries
07 february 2024 - 19:26:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations on Wednesday urged countries not to forget millions of people caught up in [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: Sudan war ‘a living nightmare for children’: UNICEF Representative
25 january 2024 - 18:05:57Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The raging war in Sudan is putting the future of its 24 million youngest citizens at [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: End the war and recognise Palestine, Security Council urged
25 january 2024 - 07:25:28New York, US (PANA) - Work harder to end the war in Gaza and recognise the State of Palestine were [...] Full text...
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Former Sierra Leone President Koroma arrives in Nigeria in exile under ECOWAS-brokered accord (By Paul Ejime)
19 january 2024 - 22:27:43Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Sierra Leone's former President Ernest Bai Koroma, accused of treason by the government of his country [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza aid obstacles continue to delay vital relief
18 january 2024 - 16:17:47Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Medicines for Israeli hostages were reportedly allowed into Gaza for the first time on Thursday along [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Amnesty International says Security Council resolution 'woefully insufficient'
23 december 2023 - 09:50:03London, UK (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, says Friday's UN Security Council resolution calling for “urgent steps to [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Humanitarian ceasefire only way to end Gaza 'nightmare': Guterres
22 december 2023 - 21:07:47New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed the hope that a Security Council resolution to get [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Security Council postpones vote on draft ceasefire resolution
20 december 2023 - 07:03:47New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council on Tuesday postponed a vote on a draft resolution calling for [...] Full text...
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Global Refugee Forum ends with bold pledges, solutions for displaced
15 december 2023 - 18:32:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While some of the world’s poorest countries are welcoming refugees “with great hospitality”, the international community [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid access to north now entirely blocked amid escalating bombing in south
04 december 2023 - 16:54:02Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Reports of hundreds of fatalities from bombing in southern Gaza over the weekend heightened deep concerns [...] Full text...
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COP28: World Bank Group doubles down on financial ambition to drive climate action, build resilience
01 december 2023 - 19:37:50Dubai, UAE (PANA) - With an ambitious financing package announced at COP28, the World Bank Group is helping people in [...] Full text...
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Needs rise as flooding spreads in Somalia
01 december 2023 - 07:08:14Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Deadly torrential rains and floods have affected more than two million people in several areas of [...] Full text...
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COP28: Talks open in Dubai with breakthrough deal on loss and damage fund
01 december 2023 - 06:44:58Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Delegates meeting in Dubai agreed on Thursday on the operationalization of a fund that would help [...] Full text...
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COP28: Conference gets underway with call for ‘terminal decline’ of the fossil fuel era
30 november 2023 - 14:46:59Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The latest round of UN-facilitated climate talks opened on Thursday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with [...] Full text...
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COP28: President of Burundi to attend conference
30 november 2023 - 13:21:21Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The President of Burundi, Evariste Ndayishimiye, leaves for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday to [...] Full text...
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COP 28: Leaders at summit must protect human rights by agreeing to phase out fossil fuels, press the hosts for reforms
28 november 2023 - 06:27:23London, UK (PANA) - Leaders at the COP28 climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must place human rights [...] Full text...
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Libya strives to modernise its fiscal, monetary policy frameworks with IMF support
21 november 2023 - 09:33:36Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visiting Libya has expressed the Fund’s deepest condolences to the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Lack of fuel threatening to shut down entire humanitarian operation
17 november 2023 - 06:24:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lack of fuel is jeopardising “the entire architecture of the humanitarian response” in Gaza, where raw [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza
14 november 2023 - 07:14:10Cairo, Egypt, US (PANA) - Trucks transporting desperately needed aid into Gaza could stop rolling on Tuesday due to a [...] Full text...
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Gaza City: 'Babies dying in hospital amid scenes of devastation'
13 november 2023 - 15:58:15Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - More patients, including premature babies, have reportedly died in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital which has gone [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN agencies make plea for international action to end hospital attacks
12 november 2023 - 19:05:06Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN agencies issued an urgent call for international action on Sunday to end the ongoing attacks on [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Environmental degradation a serious challenge facing government now and when war is over (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA Correspondent)
30 october 2023 - 19:51:12Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese environmentalists and poeliticians have warned that every possible ingredient for environmental catastrophe is now fermenting [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gazans ‘left with nothing but impossible choices’
26 october 2023 - 12:49:57Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Day 19 of the Gaza conflict comes on the heels of the deadliest 24 hours so [...] Full text...
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Nigeria to vaccinate 7.7 million girls against leading cause of cervical cancer
25 october 2023 - 06:05:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria introduced the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its routine immunisation system on Tuesday, aiming to [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN agency urges Israel to protect all civilians sheltering in Gaza
15 october 2023 - 07:39:28Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) issued an urgent call on Saturday for Israeli Authorities to [...] Full text...
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WHO works to strengthen mental health services in Libya in the aftermath of Storm Daniel
10 october 2023 - 19:29:08Tripoli, Libya PANA) - Following the devastation wrought by Storm Daniel, hundreds of thousands of people in eastern Libya are [...] Full text...
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Only way to end nuclear risk ‘is to eliminate nuclear weapons’: Guterres
26 september 2023 - 06:28:51New York, US (PANA) - When “geopolitical mistrust and competition” have pushed the nuclear risk to Cold War levels, total [...] Full text...
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Storm Daniel tragedy gives Libya an international dimension
21 september 2023 - 19:31:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The damage and losses caused by the Mediterranean storm Daniel that hit eastern Libya on 10 [...] Full text...
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Libya storm: AUC reiterates appeals for Libya support to address humanitarian needs
18 september 2023 - 05:46:28Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, has reiterated his appeal to [...] Full text...
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Libya storm: More than 11,000 dead, 10,000 missing, according to UN agency
17 september 2023 - 17:25:07Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 11,300 people have died while 10,100 others are missing when Storm Daniel ripped through [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Picture of devastation emerges as storm wreaks havoc in eastern Libya
12 september 2023 - 13:15:28Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As the picture of the devastation caused by Storm Daniel in eastern Libya last Sunday begins [...] Full text...
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Morocco earthquake: AfDB President bemoans devastation
12 september 2023 - 10:38:25Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, has extended deepest condolences [...] Full text...
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3RDUPDATE: Huge outpouring of solidarity and compassion for the victims of the Daniel storm in Libya
11 september 2023 - 20:10:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A vast outpouring of solidarity and compassion has been expressed by foreign countries, as well as [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Morocco earthquake: Death toll climbs to 2,122 as rescue teams reach some badly hit areas
10 september 2023 - 17:01:18Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The death toll from last Friday's earthquake in Morocco has climbed again to 2,122 as rescuers [...] Full text...
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Morocco wakes up in fear of more grim news as death toll in earthquake climbs to 2,012
10 september 2023 - 05:58:24Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Mooccans are waking up on Sunday to more grim news as the scale of the devastation [...] Full text...
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4TH UPDATE: Morocco declares three days of national mourning for earthquake victims
09 september 2023 - 20:44:44Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco has declared three days of national mourning after a deadly earthquake on Friday night caused [...] Full text...
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3RD UPDATE: Death toll in Morocco earthquake now 1,037
09 september 2023 - 15:56:42Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The death toll on the earthquake that struck Morocco on Saturday is now 1,037, the Ministry [...] Full text...
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2ND UPDATE: Death toll in Morocco earthquake crosses 1,000-mark
09 september 2023 - 13:37:24Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The death toll in the earthquake that hit Morocco on Friday night is now over 1,000, [...] Full text...
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UPDATE: Death toll in Morocco earthquake rises to 'at least 820' - Interior ministry
09 september 2023 - 10:56:49Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The death toll in the earthquake that hit Morocco on Friday night has climbed to "at [...] Full text...
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G20 leaders urged to 'substantially' increase assistance to vulnerable states to deliver climate justice
08 september 2023 - 06:39:17London, UK (PANA) - World leaders attending the G20 summit in New Delhi which starts on Saturday must substantially increase [...] Full text...
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Malawi, South Sudan announce Presidential Compacts on Water and Sanitation
22 august 2023 - 10:40:04Stockholm, Sweden (PANA) – In a major stride to ensure universal access to water and sanitation, the governments of Malawi and [...] Full text...
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Scorching ‘new normal’ as world buckles under extreme heat: WMO
19 august 2023 - 05:33:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heatwaves sweeping large parts of the world offer yet another reminder that extreme weather events boosted [...] Full text...
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Children facing worst cholera outbreak in six years in DR Congo
19 august 2023 - 05:06:10Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is [...] Full text...
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Rights group reports new attacks in Sudan's Darfur region
04 august 2023 - 05:59:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Satellite data shows massive fire destruction in the town of Sirba in Sudan's West Darfur state, in [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Human Rights Watch accuses RSF of abuses in Darfur
11 july 2023 - 06:41:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militias summarily executed at least 28 ethnic [...] Full text...
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UNHCR calls for concerted action as forced displacement hits new high
14 june 2023 - 05:23:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflicts, persecution and climate-driven upheaval meant more people than ever remained uprooted from their homes last [...] Full text...
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Senior UN official urges international community not to forget South Sudan's refugee crisis
08 june 2023 - 11:20:26Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Raouf Mazou, has urged the international [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspaper sums up G7 Declaration as "constant nuclear terror and false peace".
26 may 2023 - 19:36:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan newspaper "Alsabaaah" said here Friday the Declaration of the Summit of the Group of [...] Full text...
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World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief
22 may 2023 - 16:30:17Geneva, Swtzerland (PANA) - Although COVID-19 may no longer be a global public health emergency, countries must still strengthen response [...] Full text...
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Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost $4 trillion over last 50 years - WMO
22 may 2023 - 13:20:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over two million deaths and $4.3 trillion in economic losses. That’s the impact of a half-century [...] Full text...
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On second thought: What is really going on here? A reflection by Sudanese journalists about ongoing fighting in the country (A Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA, correspondent)
30 april 2023 - 16:35:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - It all started with a comment from a South African radio station presenter: “How come you [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspaper highlights impact of armed conflict in Sudan on Libya
28 april 2023 - 19:42:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The deteriorating security situation in Sudan arising from the ongoing power struggles that have started to [...] Full text...
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Malawi: Rights experts offer ‘heartfelt support and solidarity’, in wake of Cyclone Freddy
05 april 2023 - 11:03:33Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Independent human rights experts expressed their solidarity with the people of Malawi on Tuesday, following the [...] Full text...
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Southern Africa: Cyclone Freddy aftermath brings diseases, healthcare gaps
24 march 2023 - 05:17:54Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Southern African countries hit hard by tropical Cyclone Freddy are reeling from disease outbreaks, with health services [...] Full text...
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UN ramps up aid as millions affected in cyclone Freddy’s wake
21 march 2023 - 05:25:16Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - UN agencies on Monday were scrambling to reach millions affected by the deadly tropical cyclone Freddy, [...] Full text...
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New study finds that 43 000 “excess deaths” may have occurred in 2022 from the drought in Somalia
20 march 2023 - 16:29:49Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A new report released Monday by the Federal Ministry of Health & Human Services, WHO and [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Lavish lifestyles of South African lawmakers flagged
27 february 2023 - 16:57:45Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The mansions occupied by governing party ministers and deputy ministers in Cape Town and [...] Full text...
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UK, US criticised for expulsion of Chagos Islands’ indigenous people
15 february 2023 - 11:45:25London, UK (PANA) – The forced displacement of the entire Chagossian people by the United Kingdom and the United States governments and [...] Full text...
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Ecumenical leaders tell South Sudan’s rulers to act for peace now
04 february 2023 - 05:26:51Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the [...] Full text...
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Libya targets compltion of 285 schools and 120 health facilities in development plan
09 january 2023 - 20:02:43Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Agency for the Planning and Development of Administrative Centres, Ibrahim Takita, revealed [...] Full text...
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UN appeals for record $51.5 billion to help 230 million on the brink in 2023
01 december 2022 - 05:16:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record $51.5 billion is needed to help 230 million of the world’s most vulnerable people in [...] Full text...
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45th ACP-EU Council of Ministers underlines geopolitical cooperation
30 november 2022 - 12:44:45Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - In its first meeting after the COVID-19 pandemic, the 45th African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) – [...] Full text...
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UNICEF launches new child-focused climate initiative to head off disasters
16 november 2022 - 05:21:48New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday launched a new climate financing initiative designed to [...] Full text...
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COP27: Over 27 million children at risk from devastating record-setting floods: UNICEF
08 november 2022 - 16:20:25Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Overwhelming flooding has affected at least 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide, with the number [...] Full text...
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Millions at risk in flood-hit Nigeria; relief chief highlights hunger in Burkina Faso
22 october 2022 - 04:59:36New York, US (PANA) - More than 2.8 million people have been impacted by Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade, [...] Full text...
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1.5 degree climate pledge ‘on life support’, Guterres tells leaders
22 september 2022 - 05:23:16New York, US (PANA) - During a private meeting of Heads of State and Government held on Wednesday at UN [...] Full text...
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UN chief tells world leadrrs: This year’s General Debate must be about providing hope
14 september 2022 - 17:39:22New York, US (PANA) - As hundreds of Heads of State and Government prepare to fly into New York for [...] Full text...
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'Large scale influx of weapons to conflict-affected zones raises many concerns'
09 september 2022 - 05:22:38New York, US (PANA) -A large-scale influx of weapons to conflict-affected zones raises many concerns, including the potential for diversion, [...] Full text...
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Food insecurity threatens societies, exacerbates conflicts
20 may 2022 - 05:40:41New York, US (PANA) - “When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New pandemic death toll is 'a wake up call for action', says Human Rights Watch
06 may 2022 - 06:06:51Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Human Rights Watch, says new figures that indicate that nearly 15 million people [...] Full text...
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UN meets to help reverse ‘precipitous drop’ in tourism
05 may 2022 - 05:52:36New York, US (PANA) - As part of the “long journey” to recover from the ravages of COVID-19, UN General [...] Full text...
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AI report says conflict contagious in face of perilously weak international responses in 2021
29 march 2022 - 18:21:11Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Amnesty International said in its latest report that in 2021, new and unresolved conflicts erupted or [...] Full text...
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AI reports says political leaders and corporate titans put profit and power ahead of people
29 march 2022 - 16:26:20Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Amnesty International (AI) says political leaders and corporate titans have put profit and power ahead of [...] Full text...
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US Secretary of State Blinken commends Malawi's 'strong democratic foundation'
19 march 2022 - 08:26:28Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Friday lauded Malawi’s strong democratic foundation and [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Batsirai leaves at least 10 dead, thousands displaced in Madagascar
08 february 2022 - 05:32:46Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Batsirai wrought havoc across Madagascar over the weekend, the second deadly storm to batter [...] Full text...
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Madagascar braces for another cyclone as it struggles to recover from a recent one
05 february 2022 - 08:54:29Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Lives, livelihoods, and vital crops are at risk across Madagascar with Tropical Cyclone Batsirai expected to [...] Full text...
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Mali National Conference recommends between 6 months and five years transition
31 december 2021 - 12:34:44Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A National Conference organized by Mali's military-dominated transition government has ended in Bamako with a recommendation [...] Full text...
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Rights group raises red flag about new wave of attacks in Sudan's Darfur region
15 december 2021 - 05:59:27Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A new wave of attacks on civilians in Darfur since mid-November 2021 highlights the urgent need [...] Full text...
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‘Wake-up call’ to assist DR Congo battle food insecurity
11 november 2021 - 06:54:14Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - UN agencies raised the alarm on Wednesday over the growing food crisis in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for bold action to end 'suicidal war with nature'
12 october 2021 - 10:25:12New York, US (PANA) - With more than a million species at risk of extinction, countries must work now to achieve a sustainable future for [...] Full text...
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UN expert cites South Sudanese elite for looting oil revenue
23 september 2021 - 14:41:24Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan’s leaders are undermining human rights and endangering security, the Commission on Human Rights in [...] Full text...
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Innovation continued despite COVID-19: New UN report
21 september 2021 - 06:07:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite the economic devastation wrought by COVID-19, the new technology sector continued to thrive and prosper [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Global charity sees worst case scenario averted in fighting pandemic, poverty to worsen
17 september 2021 - 17:21:23Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - New data reveals the world stepped up to prevent worst-case scenarios from happening following the global [...] Full text...
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UNICEF says schools still closed for nearly 77 million students 18 months into pandemic
16 september 2021 - 10:38:33New York, US (PANA) – Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, schools for nearly 77 million students in six countries continue [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian Crisis: ‘Heartbreaking’ devastation in Tigray, says UN humanitarian chief
04 august 2021 - 16:58:15Mekelle, Ethiopia (PANA) - The new UN Emergency Relief Coordinator ended a six-day mission to Ethiopia with a fresh push to get badly needed food and other supplies [...] Full text...
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Helen Clark brief Member States at the UN General Assembly on pandemic response
28 july 2021 - 22:48:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former president of Liberia, and Helen Clark, former prime minister of New Zealand, Wednesday [...] Full text...
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Cameroon: Satellite images reveal devastation in Anglophone regions - rights group
28 july 2021 - 13:28:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International says new research has revealed the scale of destruction caused by the ongoing conflict [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN welcomes landmark 870 million G7 vaccine doses pledge
14 june 2021 - 06:44:06New York, US (PANA) - A senior UN official on Sunday welcomed the Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized nations’ [...] Full text...
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UN chief kicks off 100-day countdown to International Day of Peace
13 june 2021 - 05:20:17New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Sunday kicked off the 100-day countdown to the International Day of Peace. Every [...] Full text...
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South Africa to attend G7 Summit
08 june 2021 - 17:55:18Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa will this week travel to the UK to attend the G7 [...] Full text...
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Ghana: President Akufo-Addo stokes illegal mining debate, describing it as evil activity.
27 may 2021 - 23:36:54Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed his resolve to stop illegal mining dubbed 'galamsey', [...] Full text...
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