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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Effective partnerships can stop the next pandemic

21 july 2025 - 21:50:23
New York, US (PANA) - “There will be another pandemic, and it will not be 100 years from now,” UN [...] Full text...

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Forced transfer of Gaza population not acceptable, UN says

09 july 2025 - 09:47:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the war continues to rage in the Gaza Strip, pending a hypothetical ceasefire, the UN [...] Full text...

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Mali sees increase in sexual violence in displacement camps and conflict zones

02 july 2025 - 08:00:52
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - As insecurity and forced displacement continue in central and northern Mali, women are increasingly exposed to [...] Full text...

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Displacement doubles while funding shrinks, warns UNHCR

12 june 2025 - 07:14:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With 13.5 million people displaced by over 13 years of brutal civil conflict, Syria used to [...] Full text...

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Protection of Civilians week will work to address ‘culture of impunity’

20 may 2025 - 05:11:49
New York, US (PANA) - Over 50,000 civilians have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. In Sudan, the figure [...] Full text...

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Number of internally displaced breaks new record with no let-up in conflicts, disasters

13 may 2025 - 19:35:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record 83.4 million people have been forced from their homes around the world, fuelled by [...] Full text...

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Millions displaced, health system in ruins as Sudan war fuels famine

15 april 2025 - 05:47:10
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - More than 12.4 million people have been forced from their homes across Sudan – including [...] Full text...

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In just one month, intensifying violence has forced over 60,000 people to flee their homes in Haiti’s capital

19 march 2025 - 17:06:47
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (PANA) - In just one month, intensifying violence has forced over 60,000 people to flee their homes in [...] Full text...

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Climate change: Paris Agreement goals still within reach, says UN chief

19 march 2025 - 07:30:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The effects of human-driven climate change surged to alarming levels in 2024, with some consequences likely [...] Full text...

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Humanity’s fate can't be left to algorithms, UN chief tells Security Council

20 december 2024 - 05:21:06
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Thursday urged the Security Council to act decisively to establish international [...] Full text...

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Climate shocks, humanitarian crises and political division plague Central Africa

14 december 2024 - 07:08:04
New York, US (PANA) - Central African nations continue to grapple with multidimensional crises, including security threats, extreme weather events [...] Full text...

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Poverty, vulnerability remain endemic in South Sudan: World Bank report

11 december 2024 - 07:14:20
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Poverty is endemic, and vulnerability is almost universal in South Sudan following a decade of [...] Full text...

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Top UN official says ‘major milestone’ chalked in addressing internal displacement

05 december 2024 - 05:05:42
New York, US (PANA) - There have been significant advances in addressing the worldwide internal displacement crisis, but urgent action [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Israeli strikes delay polio vaccine campaign in the north

24 october 2024 - 05:45:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Intense bombardments, mass displacements and lack of access in northern Gaza have forced the postponement of [...] Full text...

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Intense bombardments, mass displacements and lack of access in northern Gaza force the postponement of polio vaccination campaign

23 october 2024 - 13:22:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) --Due to the escalating violence, intense bombardment, mass displacement orders, and lack of assured humanitarian pauses across [...] Full text...

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Lebanon crisis: Guterres urges parties to ‘step back from the brink’

29 september 2024 - 04:55:19
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed grave concern on Saturday over the dramatic escalation of events [...] Full text...

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Polio vaccines arrive in Gaza in boost to vaccination campaign: UNICEF

26 august 2024 - 18:40:55
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday the arrival of 1.2 million doses of [...] Full text...

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Aid teams cite huge challenges in tackling new Sudan cholera outbreak

23 august 2024 - 14:54:07
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Protecting war-weary people in Sudan from a second deadly cholera outbreak is proving a huge [...] Full text...

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‘Another day of horror’: UN rights office condemns Israeli strikes at Gazan school

11 august 2024 - 07:24:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office condemned on Saturday the increasing frequency of Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s displaced millions face escalating hardship amid war and floods

10 august 2024 - 05:35:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of displaced people in Sudan, already suffering from the devastating impact of a nearly 16-month-long [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian charity publishes on-the-record update on Gaza situation

06 august 2024 - 07:08:33
Deir al-Balah, Palestine (PANA) - It is a massive challenge to balance operational necessity and aid workers’ personal safety in [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Fresh evacuation orders compound misery for enclave’s displaced

30 july 2024 - 06:20:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New forced displacements have continued in Gaza as regional tensions escalate after a deadly strike in [...] Full text...

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‘Largest’ displacements so far in Gaza’s war of attrition: UN aid agencies

18 july 2024 - 18:39:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarians issued a fresh alert on Thursday about having to cut rations in Gaza where [...] Full text...

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UN envoy highlights alarming violence and neglected humanitarian crisis in DR Congo

09 july 2024 - 05:36:33
New York, US (PANA) - The security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has resulted in [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Another UN school suffers Israeli as war passes ninth month

08 july 2024 - 15:15:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The war in Gaza passed the nine-month mark on Sunday with humanitarians left assessing the damage [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia rights body reports fresh conflict in Afar, Somali regions

14 june 2024 - 19:18:49
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Fresh conflict has erupted in Afar and Somali regions, leading to displacements and the destruction [...] Full text...

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UNHCR warns against apathy, inaction amid spike in forced displacement

14 june 2024 - 12:02:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Forced displacement surged to historic new levels across the globe last year and this, according to [...] Full text...

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Experts warn of serious health impacts from climate change for pregnant women, children, and older people

05 june 2024 - 19:12:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Pregnant women, newborns, children, adolescents and older people are facing serious health complications due to climate [...] Full text...

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Conflicts drive new record of 75.9 million people living in internal displacement

14 may 2024 - 14:21:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflict and violence in Sudan, Palestine and elsewhere drove the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) [...] Full text...

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More than 100,000 people displaced in escalation of armed violence in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado

14 march 2024 - 07:15:55
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Nearly 100,000 people, more than half of them children, have been displaced in one month due [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia appeals for US$3.2 billion for humanitarian response

01 march 2024 - 23:46:09
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Aid agencies in Ethiopia have put up a joint appeal for US$3.2 billion required in [...] Full text...

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UN Commission warns South Sudan's repressive regime may fail to restore stability

01 march 2024 - 16:16:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unchecked mass violence and entrenched repression in South Sudan threaten the prospects of durable peace and [...] Full text...

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AfFB signs MoU to develop Lake Chad Basin

26 february 2024 - 05:21:55
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank  (AfDB) Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to rehabilitate [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Medical charity warns of 'potentially catastrophic consequences' of Israeli ground offensive in Rafah

13 february 2024 - 10:56:19
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Director-General of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Meinie Nicolai, is warning of the potentially catastrophic consequences [...] Full text...

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IMF approves US$183.4 million for Cameroon to mitigate climate change impact

30 january 2024 - 08:02:34
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon, highly vulnerable to climate change, with risks from recurrent droughts, floods, landslides, and coastal erosion, [...] Full text...

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Impunity fuelling abuses in Horn of Africa, says Human Rights Watch

11 january 2024 - 05:14:55
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Horn of Africa governments grappled with rampant wartime atrocities and humanitarian crises throughout 2023 with meager [...] Full text...

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US urges warring parties to cease spreading war to other areas in Sudan

17 december 2023 - 13:54:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States has warned the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against continuing their attack against [...] Full text...

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COP28: Our voices, needs must be put first in climate talks, young people declared

08 december 2023 - 16:51:18
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Young climate advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Friday said they will not sit idly by [...] Full text...

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COP28: President of Burundi to attend conference

30 november 2023 - 13:21:21
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The President of Burundi, Evariste Ndayishimiye, leaves for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday to [...] Full text...

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Sanctions regime complicates Sudan humanitarian crisis response

28 november 2023 - 17:54:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The sanctions against Sudan following the military coup on 21 October 2021 and an ongoing war [...] Full text...

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IGAD conference confronts forced displacements in Eastern Africa

27 november 2023 - 22:47:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Government representatives and experts responsible for developing refugee resettlement policies in Eastern Africa are meeting in [...] Full text...

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Displaced families uprooted by severe floods across Horn of Africa

18 november 2023 - 05:28:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Severe floods in the Horn of Africa have affected tens of thousands of displaced families in [...] Full text...

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Some 6.5 million Nigerians face food insecurity In 2024 - Report

10 november 2023 - 12:09:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – About 26.5 million Nigerians are expected to grapple with high levels of food insecurity in 2024, [...] Full text...

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Weather-related disasters displace 43.1 million children in six years: UNICEF

06 october 2023 - 05:54:41
New York, US (PANA) - Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past [...] Full text...

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Burundi among 20 countries most vulnerable to climate change in the world

20 september 2023 - 14:20:16
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi is one of the 20 countries in the world most vulnerable to climate change, the [...] Full text...

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Insecurity forces closure of 13,000 schools for upcoming school year in Central and West Africa

14 september 2023 - 10:35:39
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Over the past four years, the number of school closures due to insecurity has almost [...] Full text...

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African children bearing the brunt of climate change impacts

02 september 2023 - 05:34:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Children in Africa are among the most at risk from climate change impacts but are being [...] Full text...

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Niger coup: Humanitarian charity warns against military escalation

14 august 2023 - 06:18:54
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is warning that military escalation must not push Niger and [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict displaces nearly four million: UN migration agency

02 august 2023 - 17:49:29
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Conflict in Sudan has forced nearly four million people to flee their homes in a little [...] Full text...

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WFP funding crisis leaves millions stranded without aid in West Africa

06 july 2023 - 05:53:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Funding constraints mean that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to limit emergency [...] Full text...

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UN earmarks US$43 million for Somalia drought response

05 july 2023 - 19:07:27
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) has allocated US$25 million to provide life-saving assistance to communities affected [...] Full text...

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Somalia in danger of losing hard-won gains, Security Council hears

23 june 2023 - 05:57:54
New York, US (PANA) - Despite gains made in tackling terrorism and advancing the electoral process in Somalia, top UN [...] Full text...

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Somalia: Aid agencies alarmed at massive population displacements over conflict, climate change

25 may 2023 - 10:35:07
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - One million people have fled their homes in Somalia due to a mix of conflict, severe [...] Full text...

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IOM says 'ambitious, concrete action' needed to avoid the worst climate impacts

18 may 2023 - 16:16:52
New York, US (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is calling for concrete action to prevent, avert and [...] Full text...

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EU blames political instability for Sudan's worst food crisis in a decade

02 april 2023 - 09:20:43
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The European Union (EU) is blaming political, security and economic instability, combined with a poor harvest, [...] Full text...

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Financial services gradually resume in Tigray

24 february 2023 - 23:55:39
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Financial services including banking, telecommunication and energy supply services have gradually resumed in Ethiopia's northern [...] Full text...

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UNHCR chief urges support for refugees and displaced in Ethiopia after peace deal

08 february 2023 - 10:04:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Wednesday reaffirmed his commitment to [...] Full text...

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EU helps WFP provide life-saving food assistance to displaced people in Niger

31 december 2022 - 09:56:35
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing life-saving food assistance to an increasing number [...] Full text...

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Amidst ‘unimaginable suffering’ in South Sudan, over 260,000 in need slated for humanitarian support

23 december 2022 - 05:56:38
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths  on Thursday released from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) [...] Full text...

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‘Just Transition’ policies needed to create 20 million green jobs: UN report

11 december 2022 - 06:32:56
Montreal, Canada (PANA) - Some 20 million jobs could be created by investing in policies that support nature and address climate [...] Full text...

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Four Western countries condemn continuing advance of rebel M23 forces in DRC

19 november 2022 - 04:57:43
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States and the Great Lakes Special Envoys of Belgium, France and the UK [...] Full text...

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Former Kenyan President Kenyatta appalled by misery of DRC IDPs

16 november 2022 - 20:08:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta, who arrived Tuesday in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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Mass displacements in eastern DR Congo threaten young lives: UNICEF

08 november 2022 - 04:39:56
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The lives of thousands of children in overcrowded, unsanitary camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in [...] Full text...

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DRC: Over 23,000 people displaced by fighting in North Kivu

24 october 2022 - 18:50:11
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - At least 23,000 people have been displaced by the latest round of violence between the [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: Humanitarian organisations come to aid of population of Djibo (UN)

08 october 2022 - 16:17:51
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Faced with the "complex humanitarian situation in Djibo", humanitarian organizations are mobilizing to provide rapid [...] Full text...

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Blaise Compaoré apologises to Sankara family

26 july 2022 - 16:53:47
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Former President Blaise Compaoré Tuesday asked for forgiveness from the family of the late Captain [...] Full text...

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Japan partners with WFP to strengthen food security in Cameroon

09 july 2022 - 05:32:30
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$1.2 million contribution from the Government [...] Full text...

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UN warns millions of south Sudanese face dire humanitarian situation

04 july 2022 - 20:22:49
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The United Nations on Monday warned that urgent funding was needed as "multiple interconnected shocks plight the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia still in grip of spreading violence, hate speech and aid - Rights experts

01 july 2022 - 05:23:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-appointed rights investigators announced on Thursday that they’ve launched a probe into an alleged massacre of [...] Full text...

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Record 37 million children displaced worldwide: UNICEF

17 june 2022 - 05:25:15
New York, US (PANA) - Conflict, violence and other crises left a record 36.5 million children displaced from their homes [...] Full text...

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Gambian leader welcomes AU's collective undertaking to examine continental initiatives

30 may 2022 - 10:44:29
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian leader Adama Barrow has welcomed the African Union's humanitarian collective undertaking to examine and re-define [...] Full text...

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Libyan Presidential Council chairman calls for sustainable solutions to immigration and humanitarian crises in Africa

27 may 2022 - 20:07:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council and Second Vice-Chairman of the African Union (AU), Mohamed [...] Full text...

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Record 100 million people forcibly displaced worldwide: UNHCR

23 may 2022 - 05:10:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Wars around the world have pushed the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human [...] Full text...

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More than 59 million internally displaced in 2021

20 may 2022 - 05:17:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record 59.1 million people were displaced within their homelands last year, or four million more [...] Full text...

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US condemns increase of violence in Sudan

24 march 2022 - 04:26:14
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has strongly condemned the recent marked increase in violence in Sudan, particularly [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso registers 1,741,655 IDPs as of 31 January 2022

03 march 2022 - 16:21:14
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso has registered 1,741,655 internally displaced persons (IDPs) as of 31 January 2022, the [...] Full text...

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Mali: More than 1.8 million people need food, nutritional assistance

22 february 2022 - 20:20:08
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Prime Minister, Choguel Kokalla Maiga, indicated on Monday in Bamako, at the opening of [...] Full text...

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Tigray military hostilities hampering aid distribution in northern Ethiopia

18 february 2022 - 19:59:50
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Increasing levels of military hostilities in Tigray region, which include an airstrike reported on Atsbi [...] Full text...

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UNHCR alarmed by rising violence against displaced civilians in eastern DR Congo

18 february 2022 - 13:00:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Militia groups across eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are continuing to [...] Full text...

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Mali junta rejects ECOWAS' 'illegal, illegitimate' sanctions

10 january 2022 - 09:52:04
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Colonel Assimi Goita-led interim authority has rejected as "illegal and illegitimate," the economic and financial [...] Full text...

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Mali junta leader stresses peace, unity, stability in the country

01 january 2022 - 13:47:23
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The President of the Transition in Mali, Colonel Assimi Goita, has stressed the need for peace, [...] Full text...

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Displacements worsening humanitarian needs in Ethiopia

10 december 2021 - 00:17:07
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The situation in northern Ethiopia continues to be highly fluid and unpredictable, with ongoing fighting [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian crisis: $40 million in aid relief for victims ‘living on knife-edge'

15 november 2021 - 19:03:19
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As the humanitarian crisis grows in Ethiopia’s conflict-affected north, the UN announced on Monday that $40 million in funds had been made [...] Full text...

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Violence, insecurity and climate change drive 84 million people from their homes

12 november 2021 - 09:26:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number forcibly displaced [...] Full text...

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Disruptions of aid distribution in Ethiopia continues

28 october 2021 - 20:27:01
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The overall situation in Northern Ethiopia remains unpredictable, volatile, and highly tense, UN aid agencies [...] Full text...

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UNHCR, IGAD host special session on displacements in Sudan, South Sudan

05 october 2021 - 12:54:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The sub-regional trade grouping, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), on [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia crisis: Premier Abiy responds to US sanctions over Tigray situation

17 september 2021 - 20:33:33
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday wrote an open letter to US President Joseph [...] Full text...

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IGAD welcomes Obasanjo's appointment to lead peace effort in Eastern Africa

01 september 2021 - 20:45:51
Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has welcomed the recent appointment of former Nigerian President, Olusegun [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council approves national policy on IDPs

01 september 2021 - 20:29:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday approved a national policy on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in [...] Full text...

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IGAD welcomes Obasanjo's appointment to lead peace effort in Eastern Africa

01 september 2021 - 18:03:41
Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has welcomed the recent appointment of former Nigerian President Olusegun [...] Full text...

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More children than ever before live as migrants or refugees, outside their birth countries – UNICEF

28 august 2021 - 05:48:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More girls and boys than ever are on the move, with 35.5 million having lived outside [...] Full text...

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IOM Director General calls for enhanced support for northern Mozambique

18 august 2021 - 11:22:04
Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) - International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General António Vitorino is calling for more humanitarian support for hundreds of thousands of [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: Satellite images reveal devastation in Anglophone regions - rights group

28 july 2021 - 13:28:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International says new research has revealed the scale of destruction caused by the ongoing conflict [...] Full text...

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UNICEF warns of grave consequences for children witnessing ‘appalling violence’ in DRC

25 june 2021 - 06:17:01
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) appealed on Thursday for urgent resources to support thousands of people [...] Full text...

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Nearly 6,000 people flee brutal attacks on displacement sites in eastern DRC: UNHCR

04 june 2021 - 11:17:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deadly attacks by the armed group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) have forced some 5,800 people to [...] Full text...

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Nearly 370,000 children now internally displaced in CAR amidst ongoing violence

28 april 2021 - 06:34:37
Bangui, CAR (PANA) – An estimated 738,000 people, half of whom are children, are now internally displaced across the Central African [...] Full text...

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Somalia drought leads to new population displacements

21 april 2021 - 16:46:15
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia is bracing for record levels of population displacement due to drought, which is affecting parts [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: PM Abiy says soldiers who committed atrocities in Tigray to be held accountable

23 march 2021 - 18:00:32
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday that soldiers found to have committed "atrocities" [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopia says US' statement on its internal affairs 'regrettable'

01 march 2021 - 06:03:44
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia says a statement by the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the reported [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Crisis: US 'gravely concerned' about reported atrocities in Tigray region

28 february 2021 - 13:58:15
Washington, DC , US (PANA) - The United States has expressed grave concern over reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating [...] Full text...

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Violence in South Sudan engulfs country, 10 years after independence - UN

19 february 2021 - 15:47:10
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Extreme violence and attacks involving thousands of fighters at a time have engulfed more than [...] Full text...

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Mali-Algeria Joint Military Cooperation Committee meets in Bamako

11 february 2021 - 13:23:52
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali-Algeria Joint Committee in charge of monitoring military and technical cooperation started its 14th session [...] Full text...

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UN independent experts urge Sudan to protect civilians

02 february 2021 - 06:23:02
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Recent inter-communal violence and deadly attacks in Darfur have prompted two independent UN human rights experts [...] Full text...

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Tens of thousands of displaced live in appalling conditions in CAR - UNHCR

29 january 2021 - 14:00:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)- As insecurity in the Central African Republic (CAR) has uprooted, in less than two months, more [...] Full text...

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IFAD joins partners to build resilience, boost development in the Sahel

10 december 2020 - 18:45:45
Rome, Italy (PANA) – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has joined the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [...] Full text...

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Political tensions, armed attacks, displacement and COVID threats continue in DRC

08 december 2020 - 05:26:44
New York, US (PANA) - There is a critical need for State institutions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia-based aid workers fear worsening humanitarian crisis in Tigray

03 december 2020 - 18:47:29
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN and humanitarian partners on Thursday expressed deep concern about the plight of nearly [...] Full text...

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UNHCR says clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region force thousands to flee to Sudan

13 november 2020 - 15:40:24
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The UN Refugee Agency estimates over 7,000 Ethiopian refugees have registered as entering the Sudan after two [...] Full text...

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UN chief expresses shock at ‘wanton brutality’ in northern Mozambique

11 november 2020 - 20:35:31
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday called on the authorities in Mozambique to investigate brutal [...] Full text...

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Mauritius trains women on climate change actions

22 october 2020 - 12:46:20
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Climate change has adverse impacts on people but d it affects women and men differently, [...] Full text...

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Violence leaves more than 300,000 ‘completely reliant’ on assistance in northern Mozambique - WFP

22 september 2020 - 12:24:50
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) -Worsening conflict, combined with a precarious humanitarian situation, has forced more than 300,000 people to flee their homes [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian charity says some 67,000 children at risk of dying from hunger in sub-Saharan Africa

01 september 2020 - 07:09:10
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An estimated 67,000 children are at risk of dying from extreme hunger across sub-Saharan Africa before [...] Full text...

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UN censures ‘heinous attacks’ in Lake Chad Basin

04 august 2020 - 20:19:16
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday strongly condemned “heinous attacks” against civilians in the Lake Chad [...] Full text...

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Heavy rains hit most part of Sudan leaving people without shelter

03 august 2020 - 20:46:54
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) -  Heavy rains and flash floods have levelled hundreds of houses across the country, leaving many families [...] Full text...

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Endless conflict extends suffering of Libyans (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)

10 july 2020 - 22:25:25
 Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Security chaos, suffering and impoverishment of Libyans remain among the most visible characteristics of life in [...] Full text...

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Oil interests in Libyan conflict resurface with presence of mercenaries in oil sites (News analysis by Youssef BA, PANA correspondent)

28 june 2020 - 20:30:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya’s huge oil resources which are at the origin of foreign interference have brought to the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: CERF allocates $18.6 million to Niger to support humanitarian aid

12 june 2020 - 18:43:51
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated more than US$ 18.6 million or 11.2 billion [...] Full text...

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UN welcomes commitment of two Libyan belligerents to military talks

10 june 2020 - 20:55:33
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The third round of military talks between the two main actors of the Libyan conflict within [...] Full text...

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Fayez al-Sarraj congratulates governmental forces for taking control of Tripoli airport

03 june 2020 - 23:18:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the presidential council of the government of national accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj, Wednesday [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS at 45 and the dream of its founding fathers (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest writer)

29 may 2020 - 13:41:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - After almost five decades of existence, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), arguably Africa’s [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 in Africa: Challenges and opportunities (By Paul Ejime (PANA Guest Writer)

12 may 2020 - 10:47:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - That the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the world to the extent of defining how humans [...] Full text...

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UNICEF reports record child displacement figures due to conflict and violence in 2019

05 may 2020 - 05:16:09
New York, US (PANA) - A new UN report finds that some 19 million children were displaced within their own [...] Full text...

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HCR takes assistance to flood victims in eastern DRC

21 april 2020 - 22:14:32
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) -  The UN Hight Commission for Refugees (HCR) Tuesday presented assorted emergency items to flood victims [...] Full text...

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UN raises alarming bell on humanitarian situation in Tripoli, nearby zones

20 april 2020 - 22:25:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed ‘concern’ over the deterioration in the humanitarian [...] Full text...

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UN denounces bombardments against civilians in Tripoli and exactions against inhabitants in western Libya

15 april 2020 - 23:14:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Wednesday expressed deep concern over the recent killings of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Burkina Faso’s immediate challenge is to contain pandemic spread - IMF

15 april 2020 - 10:19:06
Washington, US (PANA) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of US$115.3 million [...] Full text...

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UN worried about increasing abductions, forced disappearances in Libya

18 march 2020 - 21:22:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed deep concern with the increasing ‘’abductions, acts [...] Full text...

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Rights group decries spike in killings in Cameroon ahead of parliamentary poll

07 february 2020 - 05:31:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A surge in violence by the Cameroon military in recent weeks has led to dozens of [...] Full text...

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Botswana parliament speaker attends speakers’ conference

06 january 2020 - 21:37:09
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana parliament speaker is scheduled to attend the 25th Conference of Speakers’ and Presiding Officers [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian and UN organizations say tens of thousands displaced because of communal clashes in West Darfur state

05 january 2020 - 19:58:48
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)  -  The United Nations Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) in Sudan and partners estimate that some 40,000 people [...] Full text...

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Tripoli war has led to deterioration of living conditions of Libyans

02 december 2019 - 14:16:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As a result of bloody clashes raging on the outskirts of Tripoli for the eight months, [...] Full text...

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As violence spikes in DRC, UNHCR concerned for trapped civilians

29 november 2019 - 12:50:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency and its humanitarian partners remain extremely concerned for the safety and security [...] Full text...

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Fayez al-Sarraj warns Non-Aligned Summit against Libya's move to civil war

26 october 2019 - 11:55:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -  The chairman of the presidential council in Libya, Fayez al-Sarraj, has warned against the development of [...] Full text...

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Red Cross highlights "peak of displacement" in Burkina Faso due to terrorism

23 october 2019 - 23:18:45
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA)  -  The number of people forced to leave their homes this year as a result of [...] Full text...

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ICRC calls for Kampala Convention ratification to curb spike in African IDPs

23 october 2019 - 22:15:33
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday called on States to take more [...] Full text...

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ICRC calls for Kampala Convention ratification to curb spike in African IDPs

23 october 2019 - 15:31:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday called on States to take more concrete measures [...] Full text...

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Conflict, drought displace 300,000 in Somalia so far this year, says humanitarian charity

23 october 2019 - 05:54:38
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Over 300,000 people have been displaced due to drought and conflict in Somalia so far this [...] Full text...

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Niger: Humanitarian situation worsened by food insecurity, malnutrition and population displacements

21 october 2019 - 22:50:43
  Niamey, Niger (PANA)   -   The humanitarian situation in Niger continues to be characterized by food insecurity, malnutrition, population displacements, floods [...] Full text...

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Emergencies and displacement hinder civil registration in Africa

18 october 2019 - 11:43:17
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Emergencies and displacement are a hindrance to the proper registration of civil registration in Africa, according [...] Full text...

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Burkinabe minister recognizes that the country's security situation is difficult

02 october 2019 - 19:35:45
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe Minister of State for Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Social Cohesion, Simeon Sawadogo, on [...] Full text...

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In ‘world of disquiet’, UN must deliver for the people, Guterres tells General Assembly

25 september 2019 - 06:26:46
New York, US (PANA) - We are living in “a world of disquiet”, the United Nations chief told the High-level [...] Full text...

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Number of migrants now growing faster than world population, new UN figures show

17 september 2019 - 21:26:22
New York, US (PANA) - The growing number of international migrants has now reached 272 million, outpacing the growth rate [...] Full text...

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Generous Africa needs new partners, innovation to help forcibly displaced – UN refugee chief

31 august 2019 - 07:53:06
Yokohama, Japan (PANA0 - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has said financial support remains vital for helping the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's Community Based Organizations condemn government for denying national protests

17 august 2019 - 19:47:45
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Alliance of Community Based Organizations (ACBOs) has strongly condemned what it alleges are increasing efforts [...] Full text...

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Libya: Government of national accord accepts truce proposed by UN on four conditions

10 august 2019 - 00:01:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)     -   The presidential council of the Libyan government of national accord announced here Friday “it accepted a [...] Full text...

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Speaker of Burundi Senate leaves for ordinary session of Pan-African Parliament in South Africa

04 august 2019 - 17:32:44
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)   -   The speaker of Burundi’s senate, Révérien Ndikuriyo, left here Sunday for Midrand, South Africa, to take [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian charity says 300,000 displaced following fresh violence in DR Congo

27 june 2019 - 04:52:52
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Up to 300,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in DR Congo after [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia tops list of highest number of people displaced since World War II

20 june 2019 - 07:44:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has the highest number of new displacements globally, as new figures reveal over 70 [...] Full text...

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Worldwide displacement tops 70 million, UNHCR urges greater solidarity in response

19 june 2019 - 13:21:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million in 2018, the UN [...] Full text...

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Fayez al-Sarraj says Tripoli offensive is attempt to compromise political process

10 june 2019 - 22:55:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)    -   The chairman of the Libyan presidential council, Fayez al-Sarraj, has said the Tripoli attack is a [...] Full text...

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Buhari blames widespread insecurity in Northwest Nigeria on “failure of local leadership"

10 june 2019 - 18:02:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday described as “unfortunate”, the widespread insecurity in Northwest Nigeria, blaming [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: G5 Sahel welcomes OIC assistance in fight against terrorism

01 june 2019 - 15:54:43
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, speaking on behalf of the G5 Sahel member [...] Full text...

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UN chief Antonio Guterres welcomes UN-AU partnership

25 may 2019 - 13:21:27
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)   -   The UN Secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, has welcomed the strengthening of partnership between the international organisation he [...] Full text...

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UN condemns closure of potable water station supplying Tripoli, other regions

21 may 2019 - 04:58:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The UN humanitarian coordinator in Libya, Maria Ribeiro, has strongly condemned the closure of a water pumping [...] Full text...

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UN agencies appeal for US$1.3 billion for humanitarian response in Ethiopia

20 may 2019 - 21:35:52
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A humanitarian crisis is building up in Ethiopia after months of communal violence, drought and [...] Full text...

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EU gives 200,000 euros to Niger for displaced people in Diffa

17 may 2019 - 11:56:00
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has allocated  extra 200,000 euros to respond to new displacements in the [...] Full text...

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More people displaced inside their own countries than ever before, says NRC

10 may 2019 - 05:21:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – A record 41.3 million people are displaced inside their own countries because of conflict and violence, [...] Full text...

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UNHRC calls for creation of humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians stranded near Tripoli

30 april 2019 - 21:45:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -  The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC), Michelle Bachelet, Tuesday expressed dismay that civilians were [...] Full text...

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France gives Mali 2 million dollars for vulnerable populations of Mopti, Timbuktu

13 april 2019 - 14:44:20
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – France has given Mali one billion CFAF (about 2 million dollars) to make food available to [...] Full text...

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Elephants on the loose in DR Congo villages

19 march 2019 - 19:25:31
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Wandering elephants were on the loose at the weekend in DR Congo, emerging menacingly in [...] Full text...

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UN pledges to do its ‘utmost to prevent and mitigate any risk of violence’ in DR Congo

19 march 2019 - 07:17:48
New York, US (PANA) - Despite the relatively peaceful passage of December’s presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

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Libyan women commemorate International Women’s Day

08 march 2019 - 16:59:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Women in Libya, like other women in the world, on Friday celebrated International Women’s Day at [...] Full text...

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AU Summit ends with renewed resolve to comprehensively address refugee crisis

11 february 2019 - 19:42:48
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government ended on Monday with a [...] Full text...

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UN chief warns human rights abuses at the core of Africa refugee crisis

10 february 2019 - 18:33:58
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that human rights abuses, the impact of [...] Full text...

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AU Summit renews emphasis on ending conflicts, forced displacements

10 february 2019 - 14:54:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African leaders attending the 32nd session of the Heads of State and Government Assembly have [...] Full text...

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Somalia lobbies AU Summit for US$4.6 billion international debt cancellation

09 february 2019 - 20:04:20
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Somali government officials, international development partners and civil society organisations engaged in humanitarian operations in [...] Full text...

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AU Summit urged to approve fund against climate hostilities

09 february 2019 - 19:00:24
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ahead the formal opening of the African Union Summit on Sunday, heads of three major [...] Full text...

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AU appeals to foreign actors to jointly combat climate change disasters

08 february 2019 - 17:22:06
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has launched a universal appeal to foreign actors to join African [...] Full text...

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AU vows robust conflict prevention strategies to slow forced displacements

08 february 2019 - 16:41:17
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has pledged to intensify measures to reduce the scourge of conflicts [...] Full text...

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AU urges countries to tap huge potential of refugees to enrich poor communities

07 february 2019 - 17:04:37
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union (AU) Commissioner for Trade and Industry Albert Muchanga Thursday urged countries to tap [...] Full text...

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AU Executive Council calls for decisive steps to end deadly African conflicts

07 february 2019 - 16:13:23
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union’s Executive Council, which comprises foreign ministers from the continent’s 55 member states, [...] Full text...

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Armed conflict in Nigeria continues to uproot thousands, driving up humanitarian need

23 january 2019 - 05:14:02
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN humanitarian coordination office (OCHA) said on Tuesday that since November, more than 80,000 Nigerians [...] Full text...

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Somalia, aid agencies seek US$1 bln for humanitarian crisis response in 2019

21 january 2019 - 18:46:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Aid agencies operating in Somalia and the government have launched a humanitarian crisis response appeal for [...] Full text...

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Newly displaced fleeing attacks in northeast Nigeria, top 2,000

28 december 2018 - 04:25:56
Maiduguri, Nigeria (PANA) - More than 2,000 newly displaced Nigerians have arrived in an already over-stretched camp known as Teacher’s [...] Full text...

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New UN rights report paints bleak picture in eastern DR Congo

20 december 2018 - 04:34:55
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A new United Nations human rights report has documented “hundreds” of extra-judicial killings and cases of [...] Full text...

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Let peace prevail, NRC urges South Sudan leaders

13 december 2018 - 15:12:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Norwegian Refugee Council has called for a full implementation of the revitalized peace agreement in [...] Full text...

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Mogadishu most crowded city in Africa as Somalis flee conflict - Report

11 december 2018 - 11:18:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Mogadishu has become the most crowded city in Africa as Somali families running away from conflict [...] Full text...

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NRC raises red flag on funds for emergency relief in Mali

21 november 2018 - 11:34:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanitarian agencies, having run out of funds, are unable to provide emergency relief to starving women [...] Full text...

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Ethnic violence in Oromia-Somali region displaces 200,000 people in Ethiopia

20 november 2018 - 09:13:10
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethnic conflict along the Oromia-Somali region provincial boundaries in Ethiopia, has displaced over 200,000 [...] Full text...

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'Reasons to hope’ for sustainable peace in Central African Republic – UN Mission chief

23 october 2018 - 19:22:02
New York, US (PANA) - The top United Nations official in the Central African Republic (CAR), said on Tuesday he [...] Full text...

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Nigerian President calls for global action on climate change, Lake Chad crisis

26 september 2018 - 07:21:44
New York, US (PANA) - A variety of “festering” causes and effects surround crises around the world, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu [...] Full text...

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As children in Ebola-affected areas of DR Congo head back to school, UNICEF ramps up support

29 august 2018 - 06:41:28
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gears up for the upcoming academic year [...] Full text...

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Medical charity opens Ebola treatment centre in DR Congo's North Kivu region

17 august 2018 - 07:44:13
Mangina, DR Congo (PANA) - Taking a new step in its response to the current Ebola outbreak in North Kivu, [...] Full text...

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UN underscores need to celebrate indigenous peoples, not confine them

10 august 2018 - 05:48:46
New York, US (PANA) - Celebrating some 370 million indigenous people across 90 countries, marches, ceremonies and a host of [...] Full text...

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Over 1 million forcibly displaced by violence in south-west Ethiopia get humanitarian aid

05 august 2018 - 03:24:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To address the urgent needs of more than a million displaced by inter-communal violence in southwestern [...] Full text...

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UN releases $15 million to help Ethiopians affected by inter-communal violence

13 july 2018 - 06:00:48
New York, US (PANA) - A United Nations emergency fund on Thursday released $15 million to urgently scale up humanitarian [...] Full text...

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Violence in Ethiopia fueling displacements - ICRC

12 july 2018 - 15:36:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Inter-communal clashes in southern Ethiopia are fueling a rapidly swelling humanitarian crisis in which more than [...] Full text...

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Sudanese gov't condemns rebel operations in Darfur's Jebel Mara

23 june 2018 - 11:14:32
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry has condemned what it called "criminal" attacks and "plundering" by rebel elements [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian NGOs say 30.6 million people displaced inside their country in 2017

16 may 2018 - 03:50:06
London, UK (PANA) - Conflict and disasters displaced 30.6 million people within their own countries last year, with 5.5 million [...] Full text...

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IOM chief says root cause of internal displacements must be tackled

18 april 2018 - 07:39:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 40 million people are displaced by conflict and another 25 million annually by disaster [...] Full text...

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UN allocates $9 million to help thousands of people displaced in north-east Nigeria

27 march 2018 - 22:40:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 60,000 people displaced by ongoing hostilities in Nigeria’s crisis-torn Borno state will receive life-saving aid [...] Full text...

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2017 costliest year ever for extreme weather and climate events, says UN

22 march 2018 - 20:20:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hurricanes, monsoon floods and continuing severe drought made 2017 the costliest year ever for severe weather [...] Full text...

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EU accents access to safe drinking water as essential human right

22 march 2018 - 12:29:50
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Recalling that the right to safe drinking water is a human right essential for the full [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeeping review urges emphasis on supporting South Sudan's political process

28 february 2018 - 06:13:38
New York, US (PANA) - A latest review of the United Nations peacekeeping operation in South Sudan has found that [...] Full text...

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Security Council urged to support South Sudan's peace process revitalization

29 november 2017 - 06:49:05
New York, USA (PANA) – The arrival of the dry season in South Sudan could lead to more fighting that [...] Full text...

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Italy: Pope Francis urges action on climate change, conflict to address migration

16 october 2017 - 11:09:11
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Pope Francis on Monday called for governments around the world to collaborate to make migration a [...] Full text...

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Mali: UNICEF warns of nutrition crisis affecting 165,000 children in Mali

09 october 2017 - 17:19:53
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A nutrition crisis, exacerbated by continuing violence, instability and displacement, is threatening the lives and futures [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Somalia minister warns severe hunger still major humanitarian concern

03 october 2017 - 15:37:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Somali humanitarian affairs Minister, Maryam Qasim, warned on Tuesday that severe malnutrition and hunger remained a [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Over 600,000 displaced by floods in Greater Horn of Africa in 2016 - Report

27 september 2017 - 09:37:22
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sudden onset natural hazards, primarily floods, caused more than 600,000 new displacements in 2016 in the [...] Full text...

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