Protecting nature boosts growth and jobs, shows new report
04 september 2025 - 10:05:38Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Ninety percent of the world lives with either degraded land, unhealthy air, or water stress, [...] Full text...
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Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Ninety percent of the world lives with either degraded land, unhealthy air, or water stress, [...] Full text...
Facing rising risks, landlocked nations launch climate alliance at UN summit
08 august 2025 - 08:03:23Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) Countries agreed on Thursday to form a new climate negotiating bloc to advocate for the unique needs [...] Full text...
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‘Landlocked to landlinked’: UN summit seeks to turn geography into opportunity (By UN News)
07 august 2025 - 05:18:52Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) - For the world’s landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), geography isn’t just a challenge, it’s a costly barrier [...] Full text...
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A Moving History: IMF Finance & Development (By Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at Oxford University)
06 august 2025 - 10:46:10Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The history of migration is the story of humanity and its progress. It’s a story [...] Full text...
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Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns
03 august 2025 - 20:00:10Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Cholera is ripping through North Darfur, Sudan, threatening thousands of children already weakened by hunger and [...] Full text...
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UN migration agency highlights deepening climate and displacement crisis in Somalia
02 august 2025 - 05:30:23Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Climate shocks and mass displacement caused by conflict have uprooted some 3.6 million people in Somalia, [...] Full text...
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‘It is the Environment, Stupid’: Sudan’s war and its impact on local communities (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent, Khartoum)
27 july 2025 - 14:06:23Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The tip of the iceberg behind the causes of the current war in Sudan are political, [...] Full text...
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Pollution, melting microbes, undamming rivers, risks for elders: 4 key climate issues (By UN News)
27 july 2025 - 06:10:58New York, US (PANA) - In a world increasingly shaped by climate extremes, environmental experts are delivering a blunt warning: [...] Full text...
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WB expands financial coverage to save lives and livelihoods in Eastern and Southern Africa
25 july 2025 - 07:28:53Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More than 12 million people in Angola, Burundi, Malawi, Seychelles, and Zambia will benefit from [...] Full text...
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‘Perfect storm’ of global crises drove years of food price surges: FAO
23 july 2025 - 07:44:28New York, US (PANA) - The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Máximo Torero Cullen, previewed its [...] Full text...
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From Africa to Europe, drought is increasing hunger and shaking economies
22 july 2025 - 06:41:45New York, US (PANA) - Repeated droughts, exacerbated by climate change, are plunging a growing portion of the planet into [...] Full text...
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12 million Kenyans to benefit from new social protection project for strengthening human capital, economic inclusion
18 july 2025 - 07:59:47Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Directors approved the Second Kenya Social and Economic Inclusion Project [...] Full text...
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AU urges countries end to fragmented response to climate change
09 july 2025 - 12:26:32Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – Most African countries have developed early warning systems to climate change-induced disasters, such as floods although [...] Full text...
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UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan as displacement, hunger and disease escalate
08 july 2025 - 05:49:18New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians on Monday sounded the alarm over the worsening conditions in Sudan, as violence [...] Full text...
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Green Climate Fund, UNEP boost climate adaptation for Ghana, Mauritania
02 july 2025 - 11:04:42Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PANA) – The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved over US$ 120 million in new funding to [...] Full text...
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New WB project to help Djibouti respond to emergencies
02 july 2025 - 07:33:29Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a Contingent Emergency Response Project (CERP) for Djibouti, an instrument that [...] Full text...
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AU creates agency to advance space technologies in war against climate change
25 june 2025 - 16:04:52Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The African Union has created a new agency, whose mandate is to utilize space information to [...] Full text...
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The unseen frontline: Why social vulnerability must be at the heart of climate action: World Bank Blog By Ezgi Canpolat and Joanna de Berry
25 june 2025 - 07:20:50Beira, Mozambique (PANA) - In Beira, Mozambique, Cyclone Idai caused extensive damage to the city's infrastructure, including roads. When we talk [...] Full text...
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Africa looks towards enhanced climate services to end extreme poverty, water scarcity (Feature By Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
19 june 2025 - 16:53:37Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - The impact of climate change has been felt more severely in urban centres and remote villages [...] Full text...
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New World Bank financing to empower communities, improve conservation, generate economic opportunities in Tanzania
13 june 2025 - 09:00:03Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) —The World Bank has approved two new projects that will support Tanzania in enhancing the [...] Full text...
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Tanzanian farmers clear more land to expand coffee plantations
26 may 2025 - 12:59:22Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania's coffee sector is poised for expansion, with cultivated areas projected to grow from [...] Full text...
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Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries
12 may 2025 - 12:05:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Devastating floods in South Sudan in recent months left thousands of herders without their most precious [...] Full text...
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South Africa participates in Copenhagen Climate Ministerial
07 may 2025 - 11:20:10Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Dr Dion George, South Africa’s Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, will represent [...] Full text...
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UN refugee chief regrets flouting of international humanitarian law in conflicts
29 april 2025 - 07:54:00New York, US (PANA) - Thousands of lives have been “destroyed in the pursuit of supremacy”, as international humanitarian law [...] Full text...
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Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds
23 april 2025 - 05:11:55New York, US (PANA) - Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of [...] Full text...
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Local leaders raise temperature on action to fight climate change
23 april 2025 - 05:02:24New York, US (PANA) - City officials, state governors and other leaders across the world are ensuring their localities can [...] Full text...
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Aid data critical to crisis response threatened by funding cuts
08 april 2025 - 07:52:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The gathering of data which is essential for an effective response during a humanitarian crisis - [...] Full text...
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IMF approves 2-year US$4.5 billion Flexible Credit Line arrangement for Morocco
03 april 2025 - 10:39:28Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a successor two-year arrangement for Morocco under the Flexible [...] Full text...
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Solar mini grids, off-grid systems could bring electricity to 8.5 million Zambians by 2030
02 april 2025 - 07:03:36Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Access to electricity in Zambia has risen from 30% in 2017 to currently nearly 50%. Whilst [...] Full text...
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Connecting 300 million people to electricity and building a resilient future in Africa, World Bank Blog By Celine Ramstein and Stéphane Hallegatte
22 march 2025 - 09:50:58Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - One of the resounding messages of the recent Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit was [...] Full text...
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World Bank enhances commitment to human capital development in Morocco
20 march 2025 - 07:32:03Rabat, Morocco (PANA) — The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved a $600 million financing package for the third [...] Full text...
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Climate change: Paris Agreement goals still within reach, says UN chief
19 march 2025 - 07:30:30Geneva, 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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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2024 Article IV Consultation with South Africa
02 february 2025 - 08:26:03Washington, DC, US (PANA) - South Africa’s economy has continued to face challenges in recent years, the International Monetary Fund [...] Full text...
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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2024 Article IV Consultation with South Africa
02 february 2025 - 07:01:04Washington, DC, US (PANA) - South Africa’s economy has continued to face challenges in recent years, the International Monetary Fund [...] Full text...
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Dreaming of Tomorrow: Education as a lifeline in Burkina Faso (Feature by OCHA)
31 january 2025 - 12:31:56Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Burkina Faso, thousands of displaced people are demonstrating remarkable resilience in the face of [...] Full text...
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Nearly 250 million children’s schooling disrupted by climate crises in 2024
25 january 2025 - 17:56:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events [...] Full text...
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With IMF support Cape Verde aims to build climate resilience, grow strongly
25 january 2025 - 08:52:41Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the fifth review of [...] Full text...
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Aid partners seek $1.42 billion to help 4.6 million people in Somalia
23 january 2025 - 05:00:32Mogadishu, Somalia US (PANA) - A joint appeal was launched on Wednesday for $1.4 billion by the UN, aid partners [...] Full text...
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IMF Executive Board completes Fifth Review Under ECF arrangement for Cabo Verde
20 january 2025 - 05:57:08Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the IMF has completed the fifth review of Cabo Verde’s performance [...] Full text...
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As heat records fall, experts call for reductions in this often-overlooked greenhouse gas
17 january 2025 - 08:30:19Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Last week, several prominent scientific organisations confirmed what had been predicted for months: 2024 was the [...] Full text...
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Ambitious climate action to reap large dividends for Cape Verde
15 january 2025 - 12:44:16Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – Building resilience and accelerating a low-carbon transition are central to Cape Verde’s sustainable development strategy, [...] Full text...
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Hunger deepens in Arab region amid conflicts and economic struggle
19 december 2024 - 05:18:06New York, US (PANA) - Hunger in the Arab region has intensified amid escalating crises in 2023, according to a [...] Full text...
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Charting a path for global action on land and drought
15 december 2024 - 05:04:10Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The largest and most inclusive UN land conference wrapped up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on [...] Full text...
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IMF staff concludes visit to Djibouti
13 december 2024 - 13:06:11Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) - Djibouti’s maritime-dependent economy has demonstrated resilience to regional conflicts with growth in FY24 projected at [...] Full text...
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‘No life without land’ says campaigning athlete at UN desertification meeting
06 december 2024 - 15:13:22Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - There can be “no life without healthy land as we cannot survive”, according to an [...] Full text...
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How Kenya’s school meals programme feed minds and build resilience: World Bank Blog By Sergio Venegas Marin and Ruth Charo
06 december 2024 - 09:45:08Nakuru, Kenya (PANA) - Pupils at Mwariki Primary School in Nakuru County of Kenya enjoy fortified porridge provided to target [...] Full text...
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Private sector urged to act as world faces $23 trillion loss from land degradation
05 december 2024 - 17:21:41Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) -The private sector has been urged to make the sustainable management of land a key part [...] Full text...
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Droughts: The ‘slow onset, silent killer’
03 december 2024 - 15:22:03Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - Droughts across the world are intensifying and have become a “slow onset, silent killer” to [...] Full text...
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Three billion people globally impacted by land degradation
02 december 2024 - 15:54:11Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - Three billion people around the world are suffering the impact of poor and degraded land [...] Full text...
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Experts hopeful devastating trend of desertification can be reversed (Feature by UN News)
01 december 2024 - 05:18:42Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - An area the size of Egypt, around 100 million hectares, of healthy and productive land [...] Full text...
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COP29: Putting people at the centre of climate solutions: World Bank Blog By Mamta Murthi and Juergen Voegele
18 november 2024 - 08:36:22Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Climate change is an urgent human crisis. Since 2022, 400 million students worldwide have faced school [...] Full text...
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COP29: Will conference deliver the trillions needed to tackle the man-made climate crisis?
17 november 2024 - 04:52:20Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - The latest round of UN climate negotiations, COP29, opened this past Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, following [...] Full text...
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Families want justice, ‘blood money’ for AU peacekeeper killings in Somalia
15 november 2024 - 17:06:17Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - As African Union forces fighting al-Shabab plan to withdraw this year, Somalis seek accountability for civilian [...] 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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Why pastoralism matters more than ever for the Sahel and West Africa’s future: World Bank open editorial by Mohamed Ould El-Ghazaouani, President of Mauritania, Mahamat Idriss Déby, President of Chad and Ousmane Diagana, World Bank Vice-President for West and Central Africa
07 november 2024 - 09:12:09Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Today, more than ever, we must turn our attention to pastoralism across the Sahel and West [...] Full text...
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COP29: Leaders must commit to fair climate financing and fully phasing out fossil fuels
07 november 2024 - 07:48:37Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - Leaders at COP29 must listen to demands for climate justice by putting human rights at the [...] 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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Some 1.2 billion people at high risk from climate change worldwide - World Bank
01 november 2024 - 07:22:57Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Some 1.2 billion people face life-changing risks through exposure to at least one critical climate [...] Full text...
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South Africa represented at 9th Africa Water Week
16 october 2024 - 09:04:46Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pemmy Majodina, is participating in the 9th Africa [...] Full text...
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Nearly two million severely malnourished children at risk of death due to funding shortages for therapeutic food
15 october 2024 - 11:56:33New York, US (PANA) - Nearly two million children suffering from severe wasting, also known as severe acute malnutrition, are [...] Full text...
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EU urges action to combat desertification for a sustainable future
14 october 2024 - 14:39:11Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Council of the European Union has adopted conclusions addressing the urgent challenges posed by desertification, [...] Full text...
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2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers - WMO
07 october 2024 - 11:31:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The year 2023 marked the driest year in over three decades for rivers around the world, [...] Full text...
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Experts agree on African regional plan for health and climate change
27 september 2024 - 09:44:41Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - More than 80 health and climate change experts, partners and civil society representatives on Thursday agreed [...] Full text...
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Morocco: Strengthening climate resilience to safeguard and grow coastal tourism jobs: World Bank Blog By Kanako Hasegawa and Ulrike Lehr
25 september 2024 - 08:28:46Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - The blue economy holds significant potential to create jobs. Across Africa, the blue economy already generates [...] Full text...
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Somalia navigates progress amidst persistent challenges
25 september 2024 - 07:58:45Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia has made significant macroeconomic strides in recent years, but these gains have yet to translate [...] Full text...
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We must do more to keep the air we breathe clean: UN weather agency
05 september 2024 - 12:44:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unchecked climate change, wildfires and air pollution continue to have “a spiralling, negative impact on health, [...] Full text...
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More than 400 million students affected by climate-related school closures since 2022
05 september 2024 - 08:50:53Washington DC, United States (PANA) - A staggering 400 million students globally experienced school closures from extreme weather since 2022, [...] Full text...
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Mozambique makes great strides towards Early Warnings for All
23 august 2024 - 05:38:34Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambique is playing a leading role in a UN-led global initiative to ensure that all people [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe faces worsening food crisis due to El Niño droughts
08 august 2024 - 07:42:57Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A new report from the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) reveals that food insecurity levels in [...] Full text...
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Somalia taps World Bank support to promote economic resilience
31 july 2024 - 07:50:28Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved Development Policy Financing (DPF) that introduces for [...] Full text...
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The heat is on: We must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures, urges UN Chief
25 july 2024 - 17:58:39New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Thursday issued an urgent call to action to better protect billions [...] Full text...
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Malawi Economic Monitor calls for urgent, sustained reforms for faster, more inclusive growth
25 july 2024 - 07:40:09Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi’s current economic difficulties require a combination of immediate response measures and urgent reforms to address [...] Full text...
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Mozambican farmers get $2 million fertilizer financing boost
19 july 2024 - 06:27:16Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - With the planting season fast approaching, Mozambican farmers are busy preparing their fields. Fertilizer is crucial for [...] Full text...
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Getting back on track to meet the first Sustainable Development Goal: World Bank Blog By Luis Felipe López-Calva
16 july 2024 - 17:58:21Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Almost 10 years ago, countries worldwide adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 17 targets [...] Full text...
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Drought emergency in Zambia sets child marriage, HIV and hunger on the rise
12 july 2024 - 12:01:15Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - In Zambia’s drought-hit Southern, Western, Central and Lusaka Provinces, acute malnutrition is high among pregnant and [...] Full text...
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Earth’s hottest June on record
08 july 2024 - 20:08:14Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Last month was the hottest June since records began and the thirteenth month in a row to [...] Full text...
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UN chief to leaders of regional bloc: end wars, deal with existential crises
04 july 2024 - 15:15:26Astana, Kazakhstan (PANA) - Deep global divisions and conflicts must end to clear a path to tackling world’s two existential [...] Full text...
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Stop ‘vandalising’ Earth and help the planet thrive, UN chief urges
16 june 2024 - 07:12:52New York, US (PANA) - As nearly 40 per cent of land across the planet is degraded with more acres [...] Full text...
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IMF team, Kenya reach staff-level deal on reviews of EFF, ECF arrangements
12 june 2024 - 10:21:16Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s economic growth recovered in 2023 with real GDP growing by 5.6 percent, supported by a [...] Full text...
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Droughts and floods threaten ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ across southern Africa
23 may 2024 - 05:11:02Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Droughts and floods in southern Africa stemming from El Niño have left millions of people food [...] Full text...
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Water security is critical for poverty reduction, but billions will remain without water access unless urgent action is taken: WB report
20 may 2024 - 08:51:24Washington, DC, USA (PANA) – Over the past 20 years, the number of people lacking safe drinking water and basic [...] Full text...
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IMF team, Cape Verde reach staff-level deal on ECF, RSF review
11 may 2024 - 08:20:24Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund {IMF) team and the Cape Verdean authorities have reached staff-level agreement [...] Full text...
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New WB report calls for strong resilience of Ghana’s health system in response to climate change
01 may 2024 - 07:09:58Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A new World Bank report calls for urgent action to strengthen the resilience of Ghana’s health [...] Full text...
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World Bank provides additional support to food crisis response in Malawi
27 april 2024 - 13:46:15Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - The World Bank is providing immediate support for millions of Malawians severely affected by the ongoing [...] Full text...
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Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency
22 april 2024 - 12:06:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 [...] Full text...
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Geneva conference pledges $630 million in life-saving help for Ethiopia
17 april 2024 - 05:12:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ethiopia’s international partners convened in Geneva on Tuesday to address the urgent need for increased humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian donors meet amid concern over dwindling humanitarian support
16 april 2024 - 15:19:44Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – International financiers are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday, to pledge funding for humanitarian assistance [...] Full text...
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Algerian economy struggles with persistent inflation - IMF
30 march 2024 - 09:31:53Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria’s economy is estimated to have grown by 4.2 per cent in 2023, a robust performance [...] Full text...
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IDA provides $340 million to enhance livelihoods of 3 million Ethiopians drought prone lowlands
30 march 2024 - 08:47:18Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopians living in climate-affected lowlands of the country will receive new support, thanks to a [...] Full text...
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UN and partners support Malawi’s battle against severe drought
29 march 2024 - 05:24:46New York, US (PANA) - The UN and aid partners are assisting Malawi’s efforts to respond to a severe drought [...] Full text...
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With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste
27 march 2024 - 14:30:05New York, US (PANA) - While one-third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to [...] Full text...
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New WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest year on record
19 march 2024 - 14:57:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea [...] Full text...
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Tanzania can unlock important economic benefits by accelerating health and fertility improvements: WB report
12 march 2024 - 16:56:03Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania has made important strides in reducing infant and child mortality, but the authorities [...] Full text...
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Water and electricity ‘will save us from famine’ (A feature by WFP)
03 march 2024 - 07:56:05Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - An initiative to rapidly develop villages in some of the most drought-prone and poorest rural areas [...] Full text...
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UN chief appeals for greater support for small islands fighting climate change
03 march 2024 - 07:42:45New York, US (PANA) - More funding is needed to support Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on the frontlines of [...] Full text...
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Climate Action in Ethiopia: Acting now to build resilience and leverage opportunities
29 february 2024 - 13:05:30Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A new World Bank report finds that annual average losses to gross domestic product (GDP) [...] Full text...
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Zero waste, more hope in South Sudan (A UN feature)
18 february 2024 - 05:55:38Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Zero energy light bulbs and sturdy bricks for schools and homes. Some innovative communities in [...] Full text...
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World Bank boosts climate, community resilience in Senegal River valley
14 february 2024 - 07:43:51Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a significant initiative aimed at addressing urgent challenges [...] Full text...
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Rising hunger: UN chief identifies wars, climate chaos as aggravating factors
13 february 2024 - 18:36:24New York, US (PANA) - Countries must act now to break the deadly links between conflict, climate and food insecurity, [...] Full text...
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WHO flags unprecedented cholera spike in Africa
07 february 2024 - 05:57:43Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Cholera cases are surging globally, and there’s been an unprecedented spike in Africa, the World Health [...] Full text...
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IMF approves US$183.4 million for Cameroon to mitigate climate change impact
30 january 2024 - 08:02:34Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon, highly vulnerable to climate change, with risks from recurrent droughts, floods, landslides, and coastal erosion, [...] Full text...
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What we’re reading about climate and jobs: World Bank Blog By Ulrike Lehr and Kevwe Pela
19 january 2024 - 07:04:48Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Climate change is one of the biggest risks to global development, as high temperatures, [...] Full text...
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Challenges to democracy compound instability in West Africa: Top envoy
12 january 2024 - 05:28:12New York, US (PANA) - West Africa has seen shifting political sands throw up contrasting challenges over the past six [...] Full text...
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UN flagship economic report highlights why global cooperation is key
05 january 2024 - 05:55:25New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report for 2024 projects a slowdown in [...] Full text...
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World Bank increases support for human capital programme in Morocco
20 december 2023 - 08:56:19Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a new US$500 million loan aimed at improving [...] Full text...
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Kenya’s economic performance strengthened in 2023 despite continued challenges
20 december 2023 - 08:49:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s economic performance strengthened in 2023 despite continued challenges, with real GDP growth accelerating from 4.8% [...] Full text...
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Nexus of food, water & energy: A Key element to Egypt’s climate efforts: World Bank report
19 december 2023 - 07:16:06Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt’s nexus of water, food and energy (NWFE) programme, launched a year ago to leverage partnerships [...] Full text...
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IMF completes 2023 Article IV Consultation with Rwanda, approves US$268.05 million for Stand-by Credit Facility
15 december 2023 - 10:42:09Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Despite the challenging environment, including the floods in May 2023, Rwandan authorities are to be commended [...] Full text...
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IMF sees near-term prospects for Algerian economy as favourable though inflation still high
15 december 2023 - 09:23:14Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria’s economic growth is projected to reach 4.2 percent in 2023, supported by robust activity in [...] Full text...
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COP28: Bring the vulnerable to ‘front of the line’ for climate funding
04 december 2023 - 13:45:18Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Advocates showcased the devastating impacts of climate upheaval on their communities at COP 28 on Monday [...] Full text...
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COP28: Guterres presses for accelerated climate action to help mountainous and landlocked developing countries
02 december 2023 - 15:10:41Dubai, UAE (PANA) - On second and final day of the World Climate Action Summit – the ministerial-level segment of [...] Full text...
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COP28: 'Unprecedented drought emergency demands urgent action'
02 december 2023 - 05:56:44Dubai, UAE (PANA) - A new report by the UN team combatting desertification reveals alarming trends over the past two [...] Full text...
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Somalia’s economy resilient amid climatic and global shocks: WB report
30 november 2023 - 14:12:22Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Recurrent shocks, including a prolonged 2020/23 drought, disrupted Somalia's growth, devastating crops, livestock, and exports. Many fled [...] Full text...
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COP28: Science points to ‘climate collapse’ as UN chief calls COP28 to action
30 november 2023 - 11:17:44Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The world is heating up at an unprecedented pace, new climate data shows, and leaders gathered [...] Full text...
thread Environment
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...
thread Environment
Growing against the odds: Three reasons why irrigated agriculture is critical in a changing climate: World Bank Blog By Regassa Ensermu Namara. Lauren Nicole Core and Amal Talbi
24 november 2023 - 12:39:30Expo City, Dubai (PANA) - It's a hot, scorching day. The earth beneath your feet is parched, and your once-green [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
UN agencies urge action to safeguard maternal, child health amidst climate crisis
21 november 2023 - 19:44:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies on Tuesday issued an urgent call for action, emphasizing the severe health risks faced [...] Full text...
thread Health
Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children
21 november 2023 - 15:48:36Geneva/New York (PANA) -- Pregnant women, babies and children face extreme health risks from climate catastrophes that warrant urgent attention, [...] Full text...
thread Health
‘Close the climate ambition gap’ says UN chief ahead of COP28
15 november 2023 - 06:54:35New York, US (PANA) - The COP28 climate conference to be held in Dubai later this month “must be the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
One in three children live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity: UNICEF
14 november 2023 - 11:48:35New York, US (PANA) - Some 739 million children worldwide – or one in three - already live in areas exposed to [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Boosting opportunities for the most vulnerable: Productive social safety net toolbox for Africa: World Bank Blog
06 november 2023 - 07:41:54Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Africa is not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of eradicating extreme poverty. While many [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Smallholder farmers embrace integrated pest and disease management in Malawi, saving ecosystems* (World Bank Blog By Mercy Chimpokosera-Mseu)
02 november 2023 - 14:33:20Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Pest and diseases are a global challenge when it comes to turning food and nutrition security [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
IMF, Rwanda reach staff-level deal on policy coordination instrument
31 october 2023 - 18:27:32Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s economy registered strong post-pandemic growth, though it was accompanied by domestic and external imbalances including [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Three priorities to turn natural capital into wealth for people of the Congo Basin: World Bank Blog By Cheick Fantamady Kanté
27 october 2023 - 07:07:04Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The question “top-of-mind” for most leaders and climate champions who will be gathering this week in [...] Full text...
thread Environment
World Bank chief explains global fight against poverty
13 october 2023 - 10:57:19Marrakech, Morocco (PANA - The world is fraught with profound forces and rapid changes as nations face declining progress in [...] Full text...
thread Society
Global stocktake of water resources needed - World weather agency warns
12 october 2023 - 16:56:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The hydrological cycle is spinning out of balance as a result of climate change and human [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Weather-related disasters displace 43.1 million children in six years: UNICEF
06 october 2023 - 05:54:41New York, US (PANA) - Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Guterres leads call to make Africa ‘a renewable energy superpower’
05 september 2023 - 17:57:37Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The flame of injustice is “scorching hopes and possibilities” across Africa as the world grapples with [...] Full text...
thread Environment
African leaders to attend Africa Climate Week in Kenya
03 september 2023 - 14:47:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African leaders and top officials from the world will gather in Nairobi, Kenya, this week for [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Financial inclusion builds resilience of pastoralists to drought (World Bank feature)
02 september 2023 - 11:56:52Washington DC, US (PANA) - Until recent rain fell in the Horn of Africa, more than 9.5 million animals died [...] Full text...
thread Environment
African leaders urged to pursue ambitious action at Africa Climate Summit
02 september 2023 - 10:38:12Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African leaders convening in Nairobi for the African Climate week and inaugural Climate Summit must pursue [...] Full text...
thread Environment
African children bearing the brunt of climate change impacts
02 september 2023 - 05:34:18Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Children in Africa are among the most at risk from climate change impacts but are being [...] Full text...
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Africa's fragile states are greatest climate change casualties: IMF Blog
30 august 2023 - 16:08:51/Washington DC, US (PANA) - Climate change poses grave threats to countries across Africa—but especially fragile and conflict-affected states. As the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
New UN guidance affirms children’s right to a clean, healthy environment
28 august 2023 - 15:02:20New York, US (PANA) - The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued new guidance on Monday that [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Urbanisation, climate change exacerbate the risk of flooding in Mauritania: WB report
03 august 2023 - 16:08:37Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritania continues to recover from the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with economic [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Dar es Salaam Declaration: African leaders commit to investing in human capital
03 august 2023 - 07:21:04Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - African leaders from 43 countries agreed to step up efforts to strengthen the quantity, [...] Full text...
thread Society
Niger coup: Military authorities asked to ensure respect for fundamental human rights
28 july 2023 - 09:42:20Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday asked military forces responsible for the coup in Niger to [...] Full text...
thread Society
Despite sanctions, climate shocks - Mali’s economy showed signs of resilience: World Bank
27 july 2023 - 08:33:20Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali’s economy showed signs of resilience despite Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sanctions, high [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Madagascar receives $100 million WBG assistance for reforms, resilient growth
10 june 2023 - 11:00:38Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) Board of Directors has approved a $100 million credit for a [...] Full text...
thread Economy
UN and partners seek $7 billion to prevent catastrophe in the Horn of Africa
24 may 2023 - 15:27:30New York, US (PANA) - With “crisis atop of crisis” threatening millions in the Horn of Africa, the international community [...] Full text...
thread Society
Horn of Africa: Over 7 million children under the age of 5 remain malnourished
23 may 2023 - 05:53:56Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, [...] Full text...
thread Society
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...
thread Environment
IOM says 'ambitious, concrete action' needed to avoid the worst climate impacts
18 may 2023 - 16:16:52New York, US (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is calling for concrete action to prevent, avert and [...] Full text...
thread Environment
GERD: Time to make controversial dam work for greater good of all - Think-tank
04 may 2023 - 13:26:17Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - With the fourth annual filling looming in June and construction abicaout 90% complete, the contentious [...] Full text...
thread Environment
New temperature records, food security threats likely as El Niño looms
04 may 2023 - 06:17:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The development of an El Niño climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean this year is more [...] Full text...
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IMF approves $5 billion credit line for Morocco
04 april 2023 - 09:13:33Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco’s very strong macroeconomic policies and institutional framework have allowed its economy to remain resilient to [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Water security is key for development, stability in South Sudan: WB report
28 march 2023 - 06:39:21Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The dramatic flood events of the past four years are a stark reminder of the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
WB supports Congo to address climate change to build resilient economy
24 march 2023 - 05:57:54Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) — The World Bank has approved US$82 million to support the Climate-Resilient and Inclusive Livelihoods Project (ProClimat [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Climate change making Earth ‘uninhabitable’ Guterres warns
23 march 2023 - 16:30:08New York, US (PANA) - Humanity is facing a “difficult truth”, the UN chief has said just ahead of World Meteorological [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN Conference seeks solutions to global water crisis
23 march 2023 - 05:34:22New York, US (PANA) - The world’s precious water resources are “in deep trouble” and leaders are meeting at UN [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Flagship UN report extolls win-win water partnerships to avert global crisis
22 march 2023 - 05:53:50New York, US (PANA) - Water starts wars, puts out fires, and is key to human survival, but ensuring access [...] Full text...
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Some 190 million children at risk from water-related crises: UNICEF
20 march 2023 - 05:28:24New York, US (PANA) - A new analysis from the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, shows that some 190 million children in [...] Full text...
thread Environment
UN deputy chief warns of faltering progress towards SDGs
15 march 2023 - 06:17:07Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - Multiple interconnected global crises are putting achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at risk - [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Mastercard Foundation pushes financial services to 5.3 million in Africa
13 march 2023 - 14:17:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – At least 5.3 million more people in rural areas in Africa have accessed credit, savings and [...] Full text...
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Refugee agency appeals for $137 million to help displaced in Horn of Africa
28 february 2023 - 17:53:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lifesaving aid is needed urgently to help millions of people enduring one of the longest and [...] Full text...
thread Society
Mozambique targets 720,000 people in cholera vaccination drive
28 february 2023 - 05:39:48Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Mozambique on Monday kicked off a cholera vaccination campaign targeting around 720,000 people in eight districts as [...] Full text...
thread Health
Mauritania can reduce impact of climate disasters on its economy
18 february 2023 - 10:06:58Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Climate-related natural disasters are becoming more frequent and severe in Mauritania, exacerbating longstanding challenges like land [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Food crisis looms in Malawi due to failure to protect farming against climate hazards
26 january 2023 - 12:39:30Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi faces another food crisis on the back of a series of climate events, after drought, [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Water is a ‘dealmaker’ for multilateral cooperation and the SDGs: UN
14 january 2023 - 05:33:16New York, US (PANA) - Water can be a “dealmaker” for stability and cooperation as well as for the implementation [...] Full text...
thread Environment
EU helps WFP provide life-saving food assistance to displaced people in Niger
31 december 2022 - 09:56:35Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is providing life-saving food assistance to an increasing number [...] Full text...
thread Society
Peace needed now, ‘more than ever’: Guterres says in New Year message
29 december 2022 - 05:10:25New York, US (PANA) - After a year of brutal warfare from Afghanistan to Ukraine, forcing record numbers to flee [...] Full text...
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2022 Year in Review: Amid global turmoil, UN doggedly pursues international climate agreements
28 december 2022 - 05:47:18New York, US (PANA) - Despite strong evidence that human activity played a role in catastrophic weather events, and the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO
17 december 2022 - 05:51:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Climate change has driven an “unprecedented” number of larger and more deadly cholera outbreaks around the [...] Full text...
thread Health
WB grants $70 million for water, agriculture, livestock, and environmental services delivery in Somalia
16 december 2022 - 10:17:59Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a $70 million International Development Association (IDA) grant to develop resilient [...] Full text...
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UN reproductive health agency appeals for $1.2 billion to support crisis-affected women and girls
14 december 2022 - 08:10:47New York, US (PANA) - Amid rising humanitarian needs worldwide, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, on Tuesday [...] Full text...
thread Health
UN taps potential for trust-building on shared water resources
09 december 2022 - 05:56:23Paris, France (PANA) - A UN-led push for greater cross-border cooperation over increasingly finite water resources, made significant progress on [...] Full text...
thread Environment
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...
thread Society
Large parts of world drier than normal in 2021: WMO
30 november 2022 - 06:02:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Most of the globe was drier than normal in 2021, with “cascading effects on economies, ecosystems [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Libya aspires to role for LCBC countries in securing its borders to promote democracy - Al-Manfi
29 november 2022 - 19:13:44Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, said here Tuesday Libya aspires, within the [...] Full text...
thread Politics
UN warns of worsening conflict, displacement in Sahel without immediate climate action
16 november 2022 - 12:38:35Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed [...] Full text...
thread Environment
COP27: Adapt or starve: Conference spotlights agriculture challenges and solutions in the face of climate change
13 november 2022 - 11:47:31Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Small-scale farmers from developing countries produce one-third of the world’s food, yet they only receive 1.7 [...] Full text...
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COP27: Young people reconsidering parenthood due to climate change, UNICEF poll reveals
10 november 2022 - 05:13:28Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Climate change is forcing nearly half of young Africans to rethink their plans to have children [...] Full text...
thread Environment
COP 27: Last eight years warmest on record - WMO
07 november 2022 - 05:06:10Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - The latest report from the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), released on Sunday, shows that the last [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Step up investment to deliver safe drinking water to all: UN agencies, World Bank
24 october 2022 - 16:52:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments must invest more in building safe drinking water systems, both to ensure greater access to [...] Full text...
thread Health
COP 27: Climate adaptation solutions needed to halt global food crisis, says WFP
24 october 2022 - 12:05:07Rome, Italy (PANA) – As world leaders gather at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt next month, the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Cholera vaccine shortage forces shift to one-dose regimen
19 october 2022 - 16:33:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A lack of global supply has prompted the international body which distributes oral cholera vaccines during [...] Full text...
thread Health
Floods claimed 41 lives in 2021 in Burkina Faso, according to humanitarian officials
14 october 2022 - 11:53:43Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Floods in the West African state of Burkina Faso in 2021 affected about 130,500 people [...] Full text...
thread Environment
WMO report urges faster action on transition to clean energy
12 october 2022 - 06:13:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN weather agency issued an urgent appeal on Tuesday for governments everywhere to switch to [...] Full text...
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77th UNGA: Somalia committed to tackling twin threats of looming famine and terrorism, President tells UN Assembly
23 september 2022 - 06:14:33New York, US (PANA) - Despite efforts to move past decades of drought and conflict, Somalia is facing some of [...] Full text...
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Kenya calls for better African representation at the UN
22 september 2022 - 20:11:08New York, US (PANA) - President William Ruto has called for urgent reform of the global decision-making system that will [...] Full text...
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‘Tsunami of hunger’ could trigger multiple famines, Security Council warned
16 september 2022 - 05:14:33New York, US (PANA) - As risks of conflict-induced famine and widespread food insecurity continue to rise, the UN Emergency [...] 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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Climate change impacts ‘heading into uncharted territory’, warns UN chief
14 september 2022 - 05:15:53New York, US (PANA) - “Climate science is clear: we are heading in the wrong direction,” declares a major, multi-agency [...] Full text...
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UN agencies say catastrophic hunger levels leave 500,000 children at risk of dying in Somalia
13 september 2022 - 17:46:08New York, US (PANA) - Catastrophic hunger levels in Somalia have left more than 513,000 children at risk of dying, [...] Full text...
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WMO: Climate change in Africa can destabilize ‘countries and entire regions’
09 september 2022 - 10:09:44Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Water stress and hazards like withering droughts and devastating floods are hitting African communities, economies and [...] Full text...
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Wildfire, floods don’t need to turn into disasters: UN risk report
31 august 2022 - 05:55:25New York, US (PANA) - Hazards such as earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, [...] Full text...
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Japan supports WFP's response to food insecurity and malnutrition in Mali
20 august 2022 - 05:38:09Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Government of Japan has provided an additional US$2 million contribution to the United Nations World [...] Full text...
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WFP scales up assistance as historic drought raises famine threat in Horn of Africa
19 august 2022 - 19:12:58Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding assistance in the Horn of Africa as levels [...] Full text...
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UN chief slams ‘immoral’ profiteering amid global energy crisis
04 august 2022 - 07:46:01New York, US (PANA) - As the war in Ukraine continues to rage, skyrocketing energy prices are compounding an existential [...] Full text...
thread Economy
Funding shortfall forces UNHCR to cut vital programmes in DRC
03 august 2022 - 06:31:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Due to insufficient funding, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is unable to adequately respond [...] Full text...
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Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decades, warns WHO
02 august 2022 - 19:26:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that the Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing [...] Full text...
thread Health
World Bank gives US$100 million for critical emergency cash, food assistance in Sudan
27 july 2022 - 11:44:08Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan has received US$ 100 million from the [...] Full text...
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Communities in Horn of Africa struggle with cumulative shocks in face of starvation
13 june 2022 - 14:49:11Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Communities in the Horn of Africa are facing the threat of starvation following four [...] Full text...
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AfDB grants Malawi of $9.25 million for rollout of Climate Disaster Risk Financing
08 june 2022 - 12:55:23Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved two grants of $9.25 million to implement the [...] Full text...
thread Environment
Horn of Africa braces for ‘explosion of child deaths’ as hunger crisis deepens
08 june 2022 - 05:16:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - An “explosion of child deaths” is likely and imminent in the Horn of Africa unless the [...] Full text...
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UN food agencies warn of looming widespread food crisss as hunger threatens stability in dozens of countries
07 june 2022 - 12:54:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - UN food agencies -- the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food [...] Full text...
thread Agriculture
Monkeypox transmission may have gone undetected ‘for some time’ - WHO chief
02 june 2022 - 06:30:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty non-endemic countries have reported more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the head of the [...] Full text...
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‘Think resilience’ to protect against climate and other catastrophes: UN
28 may 2022 - 07:48:06New York, US (PANA) - More countries must “think resilience” and urgently adopt and improve early warning systems to reduce [...] Full text...
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African nations leading the way on ‘food systems transformation’: Guterres
27 may 2022 - 05:23:34New York, US (PANA) - African countries are at the vanguard of a vital transformation of food systems to simultaneously [...] Full text...
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World ‘at a crossroads’ as droughts increase nearly a third in a generation - UN
13 may 2022 - 05:16:36Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and accelerating ways of [...] Full text...
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