UN chief deeply concerned over ‘possible intensification of instability’ in Venezuela

05 january 2026 - 17:08:53
New York, US (PANA) - Invoking the bedrock principle prohibiting the use of force against the territory and independence of [...] Full text...

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Europe: Alcohol is responsible for a third of injury-related deaths

25 december 2025 - 12:36:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With meals becoming longer and drinks flowing more quickly, alcohol is once again a central factor [...] Full text...

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Synthetic drug market disrupted in Syria after regime change

22 december 2025 - 17:47:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Past geopolitical tensions related to the synthetic drug “captagon” are now being mitigated with the Syrian [...] Full text...

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Constitutional order faltering in West Africa and the Sahel - UN official

19 december 2025 - 07:49:09
New York, US (PANA) - West Africa and the Sahel are moving forward in the open. Between successive coups d'état, [...] Full text...

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Traditional medicine: 100 countries mobilised to combine ancient knowledge and modern science

18 december 2025 - 06:22:49
New Delhi, India (PANA) - More than 100 countries have gathered for the second World Summit on Traditional Medicine, co-organized [...] Full text...

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UN calls for regulating AI to fight corruption

16 december 2025 - 09:23:44
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - The world's largest anti-corruption conference opened on Monday in Doha, amid growing concerns about the rise [...] Full text...

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Peace proves relative in Gaza with no let-up in deadly airstrikes

10 december 2025 - 18:07:47
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human [...] Full text...

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New tools saved a million lives from malaria last year but progress under threat as drug resistance rises

04 december 2025 - 13:37:19
Geneva, Switzerland ( PANA) - Wider use of new tools against malaria, including dual-ingredient nets and WHO-recommended vaccines helped to [...] Full text...

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Drug resistance, underfunding threaten progress towards eliminating malaria

04 december 2025 - 11:20:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) World Malaria Report, published on Thursday, shows that resistance to antimalarial [...] Full text...

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Women demonstrate against gender-based violence committed by men

30 november 2025 - 15:55:21
New York, US (PANA)  - For three years, thousands of angry messages poured into American actress Azie Tesfai’s phone from [...] Full text...

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Violence against women: UN sheds light on global femicide crisis, digital abuse

26 november 2025 - 07:28:14
New York, US (PANA) - For three years, thousands of angry messages poured into American  actress  Azie Tesfai’s phone from a [...] Full text...

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UNESCO fights against illicit trafficking of cultural property

15 november 2025 - 05:46:11
Paris, France (PANA) - The recent theft of eight French crown jewels from the Louvre by a four-person commando serves [...] Full text...

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Stolen Past: Inside the fight against illicit antiquities trafficking

14 november 2025 - 18:38:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The illicit trade in cultural property is one of the world’s oldest and most profitable forms [...] Full text...

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Obstetric violence deadly for Sierra Leone women, newborns - HRW

04 november 2025 - 09:24:54
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – Women giving birth in public healthcare facilities in the West African state of Sierra Leone face [...] Full text...

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Senior Libyan officials discuss plans to combat smuggling, drug trafficking networks

28 october 2025 - 12:40:47
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of the Interior of the Libyan eastern-based government, Major General Issam Abu Zriba, [...] Full text...

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Sixty-five nations sign first UN treaty to fight cybercrime, in milestone for digital cooperation

25 october 2025 - 12:06:02
Hanoi, Viet Nam (PANA) - Sixty-five nations on Saturday signed a landmark United Nations treaty in Hanoi aimed at tackling [...] Full text...

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One wrong letter: How new UN Convention will help prevent cybercrime (By Dina Neskorozhana, UN News)

24 october 2025 - 13:50:56
New York, US (PANA) - Imagine this: you visit the familiar website of your local hardware store. Everything looks the [...] Full text...

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Haiti is under a UN arms embargo: So why are 500,000 illegal weapons in circulation?

17 october 2025 - 20:46:09
Port-au-Prince (PANA) - Up to 500,000 illegal weapons ranging from handguns to battlefield-grade semi-automatic rifles are thought to be in [...] Full text...

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Antibiotic resistance surges globally, WHO warns

14 october 2025 - 06:58:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Common infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – to treat, the UN World Health [...] Full text...

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UN urges restraint as US strikes in southern Caribbean escalate tensions with Venezuela

11 october 2025 - 11:42:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN on Friday warned of mounting risks to regional peace after a series of US [...] Full text...

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French Navy ships seize 9.6 tons of cocaine off West African coast

25 september 2025 - 12:49:19
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Two French Navy vessels on Monday seized 9.6 tons of cocaine off the coast of West [...] Full text...

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WHO publishes new R&D landscape analyses highlighting gaps and inequities in cancer research

23 september 2025 - 06:35:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO has released a new landscape analysis that exposes critical gaps in global research and development (R&D) [...] Full text...

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Workshop on identifying victims of human trafficking and migrants in Libya ends

21 september 2025 - 11:57:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A training workshop on identifying victims of human trafficking and irregular migrants, aimed at strengthening the [...] Full text...

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African health ministers call for urgent action as progress against malaria stalls

30 august 2025 - 08:48:38
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Progress against malaria in the African region has significantly slowed down, with cases declining by just [...] Full text...

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Safe seas key to global prosperity, Security Council told

11 august 2025 - 20:01:40
New York, US (PANA) - Shipping is crucial to the global economy, with more than 100,000 vessels a day transporting [...] Full text...

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Human trafficking: Senegal to strengthen legal framework, improve cross-border cooperation (By Minielle Baro, United Nations Information Centre, Dakar)

01 august 2025 - 05:50:57
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In response to the scourge of human trafficking, Senegal has adopted a solid legal framework, the [...] Full text...

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Answering Africa’s call for private Investment in pharma manufacturing (A World Bank Feature)

29 july 2025 - 09:13:27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African governments are prioritising health security, targeting ambitious production goals for medicines and vaccines. Partnerships, collaborations, [...] Full text...

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Libya and Spanish embassy discuss creation of National Drugs Observatory

16 july 2025 - 12:33:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director of the Security Planning Department at the Libyan Ministry of the Interior of the [...] Full text...

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WHO urges roll-out of first long-acting HIV prevention jab

14 july 2025 - 13:08:26
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A breakthrough HIV drug that only needs to be injected twice a year to offer near-total [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Sharp rise in attacks on healthcare after two years of conflict

03 july 2025 - 17:22:32
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international humanitarian organisation operating in the Sudan has highlighted that attacks on hospitals and [...] Full text...

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Nearly 316 million people used drugs in 2023-UN

27 june 2025 - 06:06:26
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Amid growing global instability, the power of organised criminal groups has grown and drug use is [...] Full text...

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Societies grappling with a ‘silent but growing’ 'prison crisis'

15 june 2025 - 05:35:22
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor [...] Full text...

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Exponential rise in synthetic drug production and trafficking in the Golden Triangle

29 may 2025 - 07:52:16
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The Golden Triangle – the remote, jungle-covered border region where Thailand, Myanmar, and the Lao People’s [...] Full text...

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Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts 21

21 may 2025 - 17:49:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Southeast Asian nations should do more to protect people from being reeled into scam farms, top [...] Full text...

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90 days to economic collapse: UN and experts sound alarm over security at sea

21 may 2025 - 12:59:40
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday urged world powers to uphold international maritime law and overcome [...] Full text...

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Organised crime groups increasingly embedded in gold supply chain

21 may 2025 - 04:34:53
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The global drive for renewable energy technologies has sharply increased demand for so-called critical minerals, heightening [...] Full text...

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UN drugs and crime office warns of terror-crime link

20 may 2025 - 05:07:42
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) called on Monday for renewed [...] Full text...

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'Malaria is an African problem and Africa must find the solution'

23 april 2025 - 14:53:13
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Africa still bears the brunt of the global malaria burden—with 94% of cases occurring on the [...] Full text...

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Gaza-UN condemns Israeli plan for buffer zone

11 april 2025 - 15:40:18
11 April 2025 Peace and SecurityGeneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office said on Friday it fears that [...] Full text...

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Suspension of US funding puts millions of lives at risk, warns WHO

18 march 2025 - 05:46:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, measles: decades of progress on these fronts risk being wiped out in the [...] Full text...

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UN Commission approves WHO recommendations to place psychoactive substances under international control

13 march 2025 - 19:06:16
Geneva, Switerland (PANA) - Following recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) [...] Full text...

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Drug traffickers running routes through war zones, top UN official warns

11 march 2025 - 08:07:36
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - A “new black market” for synthetics and drug trafficking through war zones are fuelling instability around the world, [...] Full text...

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‘Rapid expansion’ of synthetic drugs reshaping illicit markets, UN anti-narcotics body warns

05 march 2025 - 07:16:39
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Synthetic drugs are rapidly transforming the global drug trade, fuelling an escalating public health crisis, according [...] Full text...

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US aid cuts will make world ‘less healthy, less safe and less prosperous’: Guterres

01 march 2025 - 05:29:36
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that severe cuts to humanitarian and development funding [...] Full text...

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UNICEF sounds alarm over child crisis in eastern DR Congo

13 february 2025 - 18:37:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday issued a stark warning over escalating violence in eastern [...] Full text...

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Security Council hears of persistent and evolving Da’esh threat

11 february 2025 - 06:53:10
New York, US (PANA) - The terrorist group Da’esh, also known as ISIL, remains a serious global security threat despite [...] Full text...

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Why does family planning save lives? (Feature by UNFPA)

09 february 2025 - 08:23:53
New York, US (PANA) - Sakina Sani was forced into marriage at the age of 12, amid war and food [...] Full text...

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UN General Assembly adopts landmark convention on cybercrime

22 january 2025 - 17:24:49
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations General Assembly adopted Wednesday a new convention to prevent and combat cybercrime, [...] Full text...

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UN General Assembly adopts milestone cybercrime treaty

25 december 2024 - 05:50:20
New York, US (PANA) - The General Assembly on Tuesday adopted the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, a landmark global [...] Full text...

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Migration patterns continue to be shaped by conflicts, climate disasters, economic pressures

19 december 2024 - 05:11:50
New York, US (PANA) - Migration patterns continue to be shaped by conflicts, climate disasters, and economic pressures, with 2024 [...] Full text...

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Poverty, conflict and climate fuel spike in trafficking victims: UN report

11 december 2024 - 12:48:49
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The number of victims of human trafficking detected globally is rising again after falling off during [...] Full text...

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‘War on drugs has failed, completely and utterly’: UN human rights chief

06 december 2024 - 05:10:40
Warsaw, Poland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief has called on leaders and international stakeholders to radically rethink global [...] Full text...

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WHO approves ‘groundbreaking’ TB test

05 december 2024 - 17:27:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A potentially “groundbreaking” new test for tuberculosis (TB) has been endorsed by the UN World Health [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian aid reaches children in Blue Nile first time in almost two years

27 november 2024 - 18:45:23
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in nearly two years of bitter fighting in Sudan, a humanitarian [...] Full text...

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Trump ups the ante on tariffs, vowing massive taxes on goods from Mexico, Canada and China David Goldman, CNN

26 november 2024 - 14:34:35
Washington DC, US (PANA) - President-elect Donald Trump on Monday promised massive hikes in tariffs on goods coming from Mexico, [...] Full text...

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One woman killed every 10 minutes: The harrowing global reality of femicide

25 november 2024 - 06:49:49
New York, US (PANA) - A sobering report released by UN Women and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime [...] Full text...

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Antimicrobial Resistance conference closes with adoption of global pledges to tackle problem

17 november 2024 - 05:03:25
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The 4th Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) wrapped up on Saturday with [...] Full text...

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Antimicrobial resistance crisis ‘happening now,’ WHO chief stresses

16 november 2024 - 07:25:08
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The top UN health official gave a sobering reality check as the Fourth Global High-Level [...] Full text...

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Transnational organised crime: ‘It’s time we pull together to push back’

15 november 2024 - 06:37:32
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Marking the inaugural International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational [...] Full text...

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Cyberattacks on healthcare: A global threat that can’t be ignored

09 november 2024 - 06:41:08
New York, US (PANA) - An alarming surge in ransomware attacks is putting the world’s healthcare infrastructure at critical risk, [...] Full text...

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Tuberculosis resurges as top infectious disease killer

29 october 2024 - 22:20:42
Washington D.C., USA (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday published a new report on tuberculosis revealing that approximately [...] Full text...

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WHO supports South Sudan amid severe flooding

22 october 2024 - 05:00:47
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is working with authorities and partners in South Sudan as [...] Full text...

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Suspected South African drug mule arrested in Ethiopia

15 october 2024 - 07:42:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Police on Tuesday confirmed that a female South African drug trafficker was arrested [...] Full text...

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Brazil eliminates lymphatic filariasis as public health problem

01 october 2024 - 20:25:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  - The World Health Organization (WHO) has congratulated Brazil for having eliminated lymphatic filariasis as a public [...] Full text...

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Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South

07 september 2024 - 05:27:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As African countries grapple with a deadly mpox outbreak, the UN independent expert on the right [...] Full text...

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UN strongly condemns ‘tragic death’ of Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei

05 september 2024 - 20:28:45
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations has mourned the loss of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died [...] Full text...

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New WHO guidance takes aim at ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs

03 september 2024 - 16:50:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued its first-ever guidance aimed at curbing antibiotic pollution [...] 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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UN finalises new cybercrime treaty

10 august 2024 - 05:25:52
New York, US (PANA) - UN Member States have finalised a new treaty targeting cybercrime, the UN Office on Drugs [...] Full text...

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South Africa: South African police arrest suspected kidnappers

05 august 2024 - 17:06:05
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African police have rescued a businessman and arrested eight kidnappers, including three Tanzanian nationals [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for urgent action to curb alcohol consumption

26 july 2024 - 07:29:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - It seems that Europeans don’t want to give up booze. A UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...

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12 kg of cocaine seized at Bamako international airport

25 july 2024 - 11:17:01
Bamako, Mai (PANA) - The Central Narcotics Office (OCS) at Bamako's Modibo Keita Sénou International Airport seized 12 kg of [...] Full text...

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Out of 2.5 million migrants in Libya, almost 80% entered illegally -Interior Minister

11 july 2024 - 15:25:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Out of some 2.5 million foreigners in Libya, 70-80% of them entered the country without a [...] Full text...

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Libyan Health Minister pledges to facilitate establishment of pharmaceutical industries

07 july 2024 - 14:34:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ramadan Boujnah, Libya's deputy prime minister and acting health minister, said on Saturday that technical, financial [...] Full text...

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UN launches global campaign to enhance road safety

02 july 2024 - 06:04:16
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Monday launched a new global road safety campaign to improve traffic [...] Full text...

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World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking

26 june 2024 - 13:11:39
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on [...] Full text...

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International Working Group on Rule of Law and Judicial Reform in Libya meets

24 june 2024 - 11:18:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Justice, Halima Ibrahim, on Sunday chaired the first coordination meeting of the [...] Full text...

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WHO warns on falsified medicines used for diabetes treatment and weight loss

21 june 2024 - 18:46:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a medical product alert on falsified semaglutides, the type of [...] Full text...

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Import of alcoholic beverages up in Ghana

21 june 2024 - 12:10:51
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Alcoholic beverages imported into Ghana increased from $56 million in 2019 to $87 million in 2023.Due [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa sworn in for second term

19 june 2024 - 12:25:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as President of South Africa for the second term [...] Full text...

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WHO reports major increase in sexually transmitted infections

22 may 2024 - 04:40:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as syphilis are on the rise in most regions of the [...] Full text...

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'Largest number of regulatory agencies for medical products approved as WHO Listed Authorities'

20 may 2024 - 18:47:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The world’s specialised health agency on Monday announced its largest number of regulatory authorities for medical [...] Full text...

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Crimes against nature: UN agency puts environmental legislation under scrutiny

18 may 2024 - 07:10:34
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Global efforts to prevent crimes against nature and bring offenders to justice are being hampered by [...] Full text...

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WHO updates list of drug-resistant bacteria most threatening to human health

17 may 2024 - 18:51:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, featuring [...] Full text...

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African countries to collaborate in disease surveillance under new plan

15 may 2024 - 17:36:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African countries, including Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya and Sao Tome and Principe [...] Full text...

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Tunisian police foil entry of large quantity of drugs into Tunisia

13 may 2024 - 14:52:31
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - On Saturday evening, units of the Tunisian judicial police foiled an attempt to smuggle into the [...] Full text...

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‘Untold harm to nature’ from wildlife trafficking, warns UN crime agency

13 may 2024 - 13:11:00
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Despite two decades of worldwide efforts, more than 4,000 precious wildlife species still fall prey to [...] Full text...

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Trafficking in the Sahel: Cracking down on illicit drugs (Feature by UN News)

06 may 2024 - 05:29:35
 Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Cocaine, cannabis and opioids are getting easier to buy as criminal networks and armed groups capitalise [...] 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 - 07:09:58
Accra, 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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Drug trafficking undermining stability and development in Sahel region: UN drug agency

21 april 2024 - 05:13:41
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Drug trafficking in the Sahel region – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and the Niger – [...] Full text...

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Libya, international partners work to fight organised crime

18 april 2024 - 11:08:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A meeting of Libyan officials from the Ministry of the Interior with international officials has agreed [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM stresses objective of joint military force to secure Ras Jedir border crossing with Tunisia

28 march 2024 - 15:44:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister and Minister of Defence in the government of national unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbaiba, [...] Full text...

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African island states take fresh step towards joint medicines procurement

28 march 2024 - 09:34:37
Victoria, Seychelles (PANA) ‒ In a further move towards pooled procurement of essential medicines and medical products, Ministers of Health from [...] Full text...

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Workshop in Cotonou on maritime governance

25 march 2024 - 12:50:58
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A workshop to build the capacity of maritime law enforcement agencies to optimise a governance system [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM calls for construction of medical supply warehouses in three cities

21 march 2024 - 13:16:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, on Wednesday stressed the need to construct public warehouses for [...] Full text...

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WHO study shows $39 return for each dollar invested in fight against TB

19 march 2024 - 04:47:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday called for a funding boost in tuberculosis (TB) [...] Full text...

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More than 6,600 cancer patients identified in Libya

18 march 2024 - 12:44:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 6,659 cancer patients have been registered in Libya out of a total of [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Number of children killed higher than from four years of world conflict

13 march 2024 - 13:22:34
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of fresh Israeli airstrikes in Gaza overnight into Wednesday, the UN agency for Palestinian [...] Full text...

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South African child repatriated from Senegal

13 march 2024 - 09:13:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African authorities have repatriated a two-year-old baby from a prison in Dakar, Senegal. The [...] Full text...

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Ceasefire in Gaza, urges UN chief, on first day of Ramadan

11 march 2024 - 15:34:24
New York, US (PANA) - A Ramadan ceasefire for Gaza must be implemented immediately, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on [...] Full text...

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Libyan and Maltese Home Affairs Ministers discuss cooperation in the fight against illegal immigration

07 march 2024 - 16:59:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The acting Libyan Minister of the Interior in the government of national unity, Imad Mustafa Trabelsi, [...] Full text...

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Drugs online: UN-backed body offers solutions to counter narcotics surge

06 march 2024 - 07:01:52
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Drug dealers have continued to use cutting-edge digital technology, social media platforms and disinformation to sell [...] Full text...

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New report documents increase in HIV drug resistance to dolutegravir

05 march 2024 - 18:41:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest HIV Drug Resistance (HIVDR) Report tells us where drug resistance [...] Full text...

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UN crime prevention chief pledges enhanced cooperation in Somalia

05 march 2024 - 06:28:44
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Ghada Waly has highlighted [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM chairs meeting to monitor management of oncology patients

01 february 2024 - 14:01:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, Wednesday chaired a [...] Full text...

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WHO assists South Sudan to fight neglected tropical diseases

31 january 2024 - 10:45:25
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) says 19 of the 20 neglected tropical diseases are [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Nine killed in direct hit on UNRWA shelter in Gaza - UN

25 january 2024 - 06:21:34
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nine people were killed and 75 injured on Wednesday in a direct hit on a training centre turned [...] Full text...

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MRCG at LSHTM's integral role in the development RTS,S malaria vaccine

24 january 2024 - 20:05:19
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Researchers at The Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and [...] Full text...

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Over 400 kg of drugs seized by police in Burkina Faso

05 january 2024 - 13:08:04
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Anti-Drugs Unit of Burkina Faso's National Police announced on Friday that it had seized [...] Full text...

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14 Libyan officials jailed after investigation into Derna floods

03 january 2024 - 16:01:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prosecutor General, Councillor Al-Seddik Al-Sour, says 14 Libyan officials have been remanded in custody [...] Full text...

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Libyan Minister of the Interior reaffirms the control and supervision of the Ras Jedir border crossing by his services

26 december 2023 - 19:00:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Imad Trabelsi, acting Libyan Minister of the Interior in the government of national unity, has stated [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Injured patients ‘waiting to die’ in northern Gaza as last hospital shuts down: WHO

21 december 2023 - 15:18:25
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - There are no functioning hospitals in the north of Gaza and injured patients who need surgery [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN workers delivering aid to Gaza hospital describe ‘bloodbath’ in overflowing emergency department

17 december 2023 - 06:51:58
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN workers delivering medical supplies to the Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza on 16 December have [...] Full text...

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‘Illegal betting is the number one factor fuelling corruption in sports’, UN conference hears

16 december 2023 - 07:40:46
Atlanta, US (PANA) - The global problem of illegal sports betting, the fraudulent manipulation of competitions, and the involvement of [...] Full text...

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Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption opens

12 december 2023 - 05:40:00
Atlanta, US (PANA) - Corruption not only robs resources, it robs people of hope, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, as nations [...] Full text...

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Global cooperation critical to combat transnational organised crime

07 december 2023 - 19:24:30
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General called for stronger action to fight the growing challenge of transnational organized [...] Full text...

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World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease

01 december 2023 - 06:58:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the [...] Full text...

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World Bank, Global Fund collaborate to tackle impact of climate change on health

22 november 2023 - 16:05:37
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (the [...] Full text...

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30-year-old Bolivian woman arrested in Mauritius with 2 kgs of heroin

14 november 2023 - 09:37:16
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A Bolivian woman, Ercilia Parada Saucedo, 30, was arrested on Monday with a little over two [...] Full text...

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More action needed to write ‘final chapter’ of TB

07 november 2023 - 17:19:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tuberculosis (TB) response is bouncing back from disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but more effort [...] Full text...

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Libya attends 7th Interpol meeting in France to fight against terrorism and drugs

03 november 2023 - 17:08:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of the Interior of the Government of National Unity took part in the [...] Full text...

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Libyan, Tunisian officials discuss cooperation customs issues

28 october 2023 - 17:02:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the Libyan Customs Authority met with Tunisian customs officials in Djerba, an island [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister inaugurates Radiation Oncology Centre in Tripoli

26 october 2023 - 19:02:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, Thursday inaugurated a [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to establish biopharma industry

21 october 2023 - 06:56:15
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The European Union (EU) is to help Mauritius establish a pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, the Mauritius [...] Full text...

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South African gets 20 years for importing drug to Mauritius

11 october 2023 - 07:40:12
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A South African national, Gareth Gruen, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for importing [...] Full text...

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South African surgeon implants world's smallest pacemaker

04 october 2023 - 09:24:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A South African cardiologist has successfully implanted the world’s smallest pacemaker into a patient [...] Full text...

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WHO, WADA sign MOU to collaborate on clean, drug-free sport

02 october 2023 - 19:30:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a four-year memorandum [...] Full text...

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46 terrorists killed by the Malian Army in the north of the country

13 september 2023 - 16:30:12
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Armed Forces (FAMAs) announced that they had "vigorously retaliated against a complex terrorist attack [...] Full text...

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Better data on corruption can reduce its impact, support sustainable development

01 september 2023 - 05:31:45
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Improved measurement of corruption could boost efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a senior [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Truck drivers learn about risks of human trafficking (A UN feature)

27 august 2023 - 05:52:56
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Truck drivers in southern Africa who have been recruited to traffic or smuggle people illegally are [...] Full text...

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UN, partners providing aid for vulnerable across Ethiopia as 1.2 million children suffer acute malnutrition

19 august 2023 - 05:10:20
New York, US (PANA) - The UN and partners are responding to disease outbreaks and an ongoing food insecurity crisis [...] Full text...

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WHO summit aims to unlock power of traditional medicine through science

18 august 2023 - 06:43:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first global Traditional Medicine Summit convened by UN World Health Organisation (WHO) got underway on Thursday [...] Full text...

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WHO convenes first high-level global summit on traditional medicine

10 august 2023 - 14:14:41
Geneva, Switzrland (PANA)  -  The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening the Traditional Medicine Global Summit on 17 and 18 [...] Full text...

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Meeting of Eastern and Southern Africa Commission on Drugs opens in Mauritius

10 august 2023 - 13:08:54
Pte-aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, on Thursday highlighted the importance of regional cooperation to the effective response [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches campaign against drug dealers

09 august 2023 - 07:58:58
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday launched a National Campaign Against Drugs with the objectives [...] Full text...

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European Court of Human Rights upholds South African athlete Semenya's case on female testosterone levels

11 july 2023 - 11:29:59
Strasbourg, France (PANA) - The European Court of Human Rights has by 4-3 majority decision ruled that the rights of South [...] Full text...

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Libya approves drugs of narcotic compounds

07 july 2023 - 13:14:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministers of Justice, Halima Abderrahman, and of the Interior, Imad Trabelsi, have approved a [...] Full text...

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Libyan government sectors meet to discuss UNODC document on drug control programme

03 july 2023 - 18:56:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Organizations, Omar Ketti, held a [...] Full text...

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Top UN official for Africa calls for added action to stop piracy’s spread

22 june 2023 - 06:36:57
New York, US (PANA) - International cooperation is making waves in combatting piracy in West Africa, but addressing its root [...] Full text...

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Poverty, inequality and exclusion fuelling terrorism, warns UN chief

20 june 2023 - 05:15:06
New York, US (PANA) - With terrorism posing a complex, constantly evolving and multi-faceted threat, law-enforcement agencies gathered at United [...] Full text...

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Abdoulaye Bathily welcomes 6+6 Commission's draft electoral laws despite inadequacy for resolving situation in Libya

19 june 2023 - 18:11:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, believes that the announcement [...] Full text...

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Trafficking in the Sahel: Smugglers ‘will take you anywhere’ (Feature by UN News)

18 june 2023 - 05:38:36
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Call a friend with a connection, get a passport in 24 hours, and hand over some [...] Full text...

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Trafficking in the Sahel: Muzzling the illicit arms trade (Feature by UN News)

11 june 2023 - 07:06:00
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Shoppers in Mali’s Gao, Timbuktu, and Ménaka regions in Mali can snap up AK-pattern assault rifles [...] Full text...

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Trafficking in the Sahel undermining rule of law (Feature by UN News)

04 june 2023 - 06:38:17
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Kourou/Koualou, a tiny village in a neutral zone straddling Benin and Burkina Faso, was the [...] Full text...

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Heads of Counter-Terrorism and Security Agencies in Africa meett in Tangiers, Morocco

03 june 2023 - 16:01:54
Tanger, Morocco (PANA) - The second high-level meeting of heads of counter-terrorism and security agencies in Africa, known as the [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister justifies security operation launched in western Libya

02 june 2023 - 14:09:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister and Minister of Defence in the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, [...] Full text...

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Top Libyan govt, seurity offiials meet to monitor security situation in Libya's west coast regions

30 may 2023 - 18:02:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Top government and security offiials met here Tuesday' to monitor the situation in the west coast regions, [...] Full text...

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Malian customs seize 5.2 kg of cocaine

29 may 2023 - 13:06:45
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali Customs Mobile Intervention Brigade (BMI) last week seized packets of cocaine weighing a total [...] Full text...

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Trafficking in the Sahel: Killer cough syrup and fake medicine (By UN News)

27 may 2023 - 14:14:52
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In the summer of 2022, 70 Gambian babies and young children died from kidney failure after [...] Full text...

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UN agencies call for protection of children on the move from violence

25 may 2023 - 05:20:59
New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top advocate on ending violence against children joined UN agencies on Wednesday in [...] Full text...

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Trafficking in the Sahel: Guns, gas and gold

21 may 2023 - 05:48:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Chili peppers, fake medicine, fuel, gold, guns, humans, and more are being trafficked via millennia-old trade [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to set up Regional Drug Observatory

19 may 2023 - 16:37:31
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius is to set up a Regional Drug Observatory which would collect drug related data from [...] Full text...

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Morocco elected to head International Narcotics Control Board

11 may 2023 - 15:08:45
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Morocco was elected Wednesday at the headquarters of the United Nations Office in Vienna to the [...] Full text...

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Communications Minister courts public media in breast cancer screening and early detection campaigns in Libya

09 may 2023 - 16:45:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of State for Communication and Political Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Walid [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Majority of medical, health services impacted by fighting (By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)

03 may 2023 - 09:10:53
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - “Please help us, please help save the lives of those innocent people.”  This was Sudanese kidney [...] Full text...

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Mauritian PM calls for neighbourhood watch on illegal activities Western Indian Ocean region

27 april 2023 - 09:24:48
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Wednesday called for the setting up of a neighbourhood watch [...] Full text...

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Kenyan woman arrested for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth US$300,000

18 april 2023 - 13:06:00
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) annouced here Monday the arrest of a 35-year-old Kenyan woman who [...] Full text...

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Ghana’s livestock products demand rises but domestic production slumps

30 march 2023 - 10:45:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) -  Due to high input and maintenance costs in recent years, production in Ghana’s livestock sector is [...] Full text...

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Mauritius PM to 'disable' drug trafficking network

29 march 2023 - 08:02:47
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday reiterated the Government’s commitment to "demolish and disable" the [...] Full text...

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Cocaine trafficking surges following COVID-19-related slowdown: Report

16 march 2023 - 07:35:34
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Routed through new hubs and expanded criminal networks, cocaine trafficking has made a dramatic comeback following [...] Full text...

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Libyan, Algerian officials meet on resumption of activities at joint border post

15 march 2023 - 12:21:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The technical commission in charge of assessing the readiness of the components operating at the Ghadames [...] Full text...

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Legalising cannabis fails to address health risks: UN drugs control board

10 march 2023 - 05:22:54
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Moves by a small number of governments to legalise the non-medical use of cannabis have led [...] Full text...

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Organised crime infecting African and global supply chain

28 february 2023 - 12:29:53
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Africa’s fishing and cocoa industries are good examples of how multinational logistics systems present [...] Full text...

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Libyan-Italian Technical Security Committee hold first meeting

21 february 2023 - 20:22:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan-Italian Joint Technical Committee held its first meeting on Tuesday in the Italian capital, Rome, [...] Full text...

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Fake medicines kill almost 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans a year: Report

02 february 2023 - 05:43:02
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Trafficked medical products kill almost half a million sub-Saharan Africans every year, and action is needed [...] Full text...

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Libyan official paints bleak picture of health sector in the Arab world

31 january 2023 - 11:50:37
Tripoli Libya (PANA) - The member of the executive board of the Union of Arab Hospitals, Dr. Ali Abu Krine, [...] Full text...

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Libyan, Italian officials meet to discuss Libya's Interior Minister's security plan

29 january 2023 - 16:04:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Interior Minister Imad Trabelsi presented on Saturday in Tripoli to his Italian counterpart Matteo Piantedosi [...] Full text...

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Libyan newspaper highlights marginalisation of silent majority in Libya in search for a solution

15 january 2023 - 13:46:26
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)  - The problem in Libya lies in the marginalization of 90% of Libyans who represent the overwhelming [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Global Fund provides Mali with batch of materials and medicines for the fight against epidemic

13 january 2023 - 15:47:06
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Global Fund handed over last week a batch of equipment and drugs to the Malian [...] Full text...

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Gambia Parliament releases report on acute kidney injuries that killed 70 children

20 december 2022 - 17:56:57
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia National Assembly Select Committee on Health has released its forty-three (43) page report of an [...] Full text...

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Report signals increasing resistance to antibiotics in bacterial infections in humans and need for better data

09 december 2022 - 16:02:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Health Organization (WHO) report reveals high levels of resistance in bacteria, causing life-threatening [...] Full text...

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WHO: Despite continued impact of COVID-19, malaria cases, deaths remained stable in 2021

08 december 2022 - 12:20:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries around the world largely held the line against further setbacks to malaria prevention, testing and [...] Full text...

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Two Mauritians jailed for drug trafficking

07 december 2022 - 08:05:06
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Supreme Court of Mauritius has jaild two Mauritians after finding them guilty of drug trafficking [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister launches project to organize cancer treatment in Libya

23 november 2022 - 14:05:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, on Tuesday launched an [...] Full text...

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'Stronger action required to address changing dynamics of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea'

23 november 2022 - 06:05:23
New York, US (PANA) - Although the past decade has seen a steady decline in piracy in the Gulf of [...] Full text...

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Mali, Russia sign cooperation agreement on security

22 november 2022 - 13:23:08
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian and Russian ministers in charge of security have signed a cooperation agreement between their [...] Full text...

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Libyan intelligence and counter-terrorism officers conclude training

19 november 2022 - 12:40:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union Border Assistance Mission to Libya (EUBAM) on Friday concluded a specialised intelligence and [...] Full text...

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Chad: Emergency declared after floods (WHO)

17 november 2022 - 19:11:23
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - An emergency situation has been declared in Chad because of floods, which have affected 18 [...] Full text...

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Tackling emerging antimalarial drug resistance in Africa

17 november 2022 - 17:56:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO is launching Thursday a new strategy to respond to the urgent problem of antimalarial drug [...] Full text...

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France donates equipment to Benin's security sector

12 november 2022 - 13:42:27
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - France has donated equipment estimated at 122 million CFAF to support Benin in the security sector, [...] Full text...

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Rise in TB deaths another fallout from the pandemic, WHO report reveals

28 october 2022 - 04:55:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tuberculosis (TB) deaths and infections rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted access to treatment and [...] Full text...

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Libyan delegation attends workshop in Spain on Arab counternarcotics strategy

19 october 2022 - 19:12:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the Libyan Ministry of Interior of the Government of National Unity participated in [...] Full text...

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Nearly half of world’s terror victims are African, with organised crime increasingly entrenched

07 october 2022 - 05:24:10
New York, US (PANA) - The threat of terrorism and organised crime is becoming increasingly entrenched across Africa, the head [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to authorise use of medical cannabis soon - Health minister

06 october 2022 - 09:46:07
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, said on Wednesday that his ministry will [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Build momentum to ‘finish the job’ and end COVID-19 pandemic - Guterres

24 september 2022 - 11:52:32
New York, US (PANA) - Senior UN officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, took part in a High-Level event at UN [...] Full text...

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Libyan delegation in France for sixth meeting of Interpol Chiefs of Police in Middle East and North Africa

21 september 2022 - 18:35:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- A delegation from the Ministry of Interior, headed by Major General Bashir Al-Amin, Deputy Minister for Security [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches Patient Identification Wristband project

17 september 2022 - 08:59:58
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian health authorities on Friday launched a pilot Patient Identification Wristband that will provide the name, [...] Full text...

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Tunisia wants to promote strategic partnership with Côte d'Ivoire

16 september 2022 - 20:01:49
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Agriculture, industry, building and public works (BTP), health and land transport are the most promising sectors [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Child rights body calls for swift investigation amid news of reported deaths of over 40 children

08 september 2022 - 17:24:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Child Protection Alliance, The Gambia, has described  the death of over 40 children and sixty [...] Full text...

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Drugs seized at Johannesburg airport

29 august 2022 - 12:18:12
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police have confirmed that customs officials seized drugs worth US$14 million at OR Tambo International [...] Full text...

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Ugandan arrested with drugs in Mauritius

27 august 2022 - 09:57:33
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A Ugandan, Yusuf Kayiwa Sseluyange, was arrested on 21 August, 2022 with 536 grams of heroin, [...] Full text...

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Externally sourced consumables dominate Ghana’s market

19 august 2022 - 11:47:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s agricultural and related imports were valued at US $3.3 billion in 2021, an increase of [...] Full text...

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British national gets 24 years in prison for drug trafficking in Mauritius

19 august 2022 - 07:39:16
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A British national, Neil Hilton, has been sentenced by a Port-Louis court to 24 years in [...] Full text...

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Guinea security forces seize large quantity of cocaine

04 august 2022 - 12:48:40
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Five Sierra Leoneans and one Guinean have been charged with possession of cocaine and belonging to an [...] Full text...

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Mauritius calls for inter-state collaboration to tackle drug trafficking in SADC region

02 august 2022 - 08:36:49
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, on Monday said that drug trafficking recognises no boundaries and it [...] Full text...

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Four Malawian, Zimbabwean women arrested with drugs in Mauritius

21 july 2022 - 07:28:07
Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) – Two Malawian and two Zimbabwean women were arrested last week at Mauritius' international airport after pellets [...] Full text...

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Libyan rival PM Bachagha says citizens not satisfied with country's bad situation

13 july 2022 - 06:44:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Prime Minister designated by Parliament, Fathi Bachagha, says that the citizens are not satisfied with [...] Full text...

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Guinean, Mauritian arrested for alleged drug smuggling in Mauritius

06 july 2022 - 08:29:53
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Anti-Drug Squad and Mauritian customs officers on Monday arrested a 41-year-old Guinean and a [...] Full text...

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Half of prisoners in Mauritius linked to drugs

05 july 2022 - 08:07:49
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Annually, some 3,400 out of 7,000 prisoners, are linked to drugs due to a rise in [...] Full text...

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Mali burns drugs worth 140 million CFA francs

28 june 2022 - 20:04:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali Central Narcotics Office (OCS) on Monday burned drugs valued at 140 million CFA francs [...] Full text...

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