Peace falters as fighting in eastern DR Congo raises fears of regional war

13 december 2025 - 08:21:26
New York, US (PANA) - Civilians across eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are facing collapsing health services and [...] Full text...

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Medical charity suspends activities in Mozambique's Mocímboa da Praia

28 september 2025 - 07:40:11
Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has temporarily suspended activities in the town and [...] Full text...

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Deadly attacks and collapsing services push Sudan closer to catastrophe

16 september 2025 - 06:07:04
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations has sounded the alarm over Sudan’s spiralling crisis, warning that deadly attacks [...] Full text...

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

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

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MSF's new international president Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim assumes work

03 september 2025 - 09:11:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has chosen Dr Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim as its new International [...] Full text...

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Sudan hospitals under fire

21 august 2025 - 06:35:07
New York, US (PANA) - In recent days, reported attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan’s Darfur State have forced some [...] Full text...

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Sudan: MSF suspends activities at Zalingei hospital following armed attack

20 august 2025 - 08:50:52
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has been forced to reduce its teams [...] Full text...

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MSF: War fuels cholera outbreak across Sudan

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

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

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

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US' plan to destroy US$9.7 million of contraceptives is unconscionable, says medical charity

30 july 2025 - 06:40:00
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States government’s plan to destroy US$9.7 million worth of contraceptives is a callous [...] Full text...

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MSF condemns abduction of Health Ministry staff in South Sudan; urges immediate protection of healthcare workers

28 july 2025 - 05:13:26
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has strongly condemnsed the abduction of a Ministry of [...] Full text...

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Child malnutrition surges in Nigeria as foreign aid cuts bite

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

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Study shows vaccine campaigns cut deaths by nearly 60 per cent

13 july 2025 - 05:02:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Emergency vaccination campaigns have slashed deaths from major infectious disease outbreaks by nearly 60 per cent [...] Full text...

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WHO supports Guinea restore vaccine capacity after fire damage

01 july 2025 - 11:05:40
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Following a fire accident at a vaccine depot in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, the World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

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Rights group again flags South Sudan’s man-made humanitarian catastrophe

19 june 2025 - 12:17:09
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan is once again on the brink of full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, propelled by conflict, [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council urged to renew, enforce arms embargo on South Sudan to protect civilians

14 may 2025 - 11:13:07
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) -  Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to renew the arms embargo on [...] Full text...

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Hospital bombing deepens bleak situation for war-weary South Sudanese

07 may 2025 - 07:23:22
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Aid teams in South Sudan warned on Tuesday that repeated attacks on healthcare including the [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: MSF 'strongly condemns' deliberate bombing of its hospital in Jonglei state

05 may 2025 - 10:59:21
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has strongly condemned the “deliberate bombing” of its hospital [...] Full text...

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Libya accuses international NGOs of working to resettle illegal migrants in the country

03 april 2025 - 15:58:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's internal security body has announced that it has detected “hostile foreign activity” aimed at resettling [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Children facing ‘unimaginable suffering’, warns UNICEF chief

14 march 2025 - 08:17:13
New York, US (PANA) - Sudan is now the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis, the head of the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN reports 'widespread' abuse of detainees in conflict

07 march 2025 - 11:32:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new United Nations report released on Thursday highlights a "widespread pattern" of arbitrary detention, torture [...] Full text...

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Sudan is a powder keg with growing risk of war crimes, UN warns

28 february 2025 - 06:18:34
Geneva, Switzerland US (PANA) - Sudan is a flashpoint, with a growing risk of atrocity crimes and mass starvation deaths, [...] Full text...

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Cholera cases soar in Sudan as fighting intensifies

27 february 2025 - 06:12:16
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As hostilities, insecurity and attacks on health facilities in Sudan continue to increase the risk [...] Full text...

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Sudan: MSF says forced to halt activities as violence engulfs Zamzam camp in North Darfur

25 february 2025 - 08:06:18
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -  Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says the current escalation of attacks and [...] Full text...

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DRC crisis: People trapped in climate of insecurity amidst clashes in Uvira - MSF

24 february 2025 - 09:33:11
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is flagging security around the city of Uvira, [...] Full text...

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Dozens dead, over 800 being treated for acute watery diarrhoea in Sudan's White Nile State

23 february 2025 - 07:36:31
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Dozens of people have died, and over 800 are being treated for symptoms of acute [...] Full text...

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MSF mourns worker killed in DRC

23 february 2025 - 07:26:19
Goma, DRC (PANA (PANA) - A worker of humanitarian and medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has died from gunshot [...] Full text...

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Uncertainty around US aids freeze puts millions of people at risk: MSF

15 february 2025 - 08:32:18
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) — The decision by the US government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Medical charity renews call for immediate action to prevent death, starvation

04 february 2025 - 12:51:18
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is urging international donors, the UN, Sudan’s [...] Full text...

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DRC: Hospitals overwhelmed, food running out: Goma faces ‘devastation’

31 january 2025 - 05:09:12
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - After days of intense fighting, the humanitarian situation in Goma, capital of the eastern Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges warring parties in eastern DR Congo to prioritise civilian protection and humanitarian access

28 january 2025 - 07:53:48
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of Congo's regional and international partners must exert pressure on all parties [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Civilians at risk as M23 approaches Goma, says rights group

26 january 2025 - 05:23:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are at increasing risk as the abusive M23 [...] Full text...

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Gaza crisis: Lack of fuel threatens critical humanitarian services

15 january 2025 - 08:26:25
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Critical water, sanitation and hygiene facilities and activities are at risk of grinding to a [...] Full text...

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Medical charity suspends work in Khartoum hospital following attacks by militia

10 january 2025 - 13:47:54
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -  Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Friday strongly condemned ongoing violent attacks on patients and [...] Full text...

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More Palestinians displaced by home demolitions across the West Bank - OCHA

10 january 2025 - 08:57:48
Gaza, West Bank (PANA) - According to initial information, five Palestinians, including at least three children aged eight, 10 and [...] Full text...

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MSF: Children bear the burden of the current war in Sudan

18 november 2024 - 17:43:15
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- An international health charity organization has revealed that the majority of people wounded in the war in [...] Full text...

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Cholera, dengue fever hit war-torn Sudan

04 november 2024 - 12:47:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - War in Sudan has devastated towns and cities across the country and pushed the healthcare system [...] Full text...

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Gaza after a year of conflict

07 october 2024 - 13:14:44
Gaza City, Palestine (PANA) – Monday, 7 October, 2024 marks the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel that killed [...] Full text...

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Medical charity MSF raises red flags about alarming trend in sexual violence in DRC

30 september 2024 - 10:18:09
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PANA) - Medical and humanitarian charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has in a disturbing report released on Monday [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN urges immediate action to stop fighting in El Fasher

19 september 2024 - 05:51:06
New York, US (PANA) - A sharp escalation in fighting in Sudan’s El Fasher, along with ongoing clashes between rival [...] Full text...

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Evacuation orders in Gaza threaten to uproot UN’s aid hub once again

27 august 2024 - 13:03:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The plight of Gaza’s people continues to worsen in the enclave where humanitarian operations are “ongoing [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Medical charity suspends delivery of care in Khartoum’s Turkish hospital

11 july 2024 - 09:06:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - After over a year of violent incidents both inside and outside the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Fighting in El Fasher remains incessant despite Security Council resolution

23 june 2024 - 14:04:33
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Some 10 days since the UN Security Council called for an end to the fighting [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Human Rights Watch expresses concern about unlawful attacks on civilians, infrastructure in Sudan

20 june 2024 - 08:59:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudan's warring parties’ recent unlawful attacks in North Darfur’s El Fasher have killed hundreds of civilians and [...] Full text...

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Two missing Médecins Sans Frontières employees have been found

09 february 2023 - 17:49:40
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two workers of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) who went missing on Wednesday in an attack [...] Full text...

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Two Médecins Sans Frontières employees killed in Burkina Faso

09 february 2023 - 13:54:01
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Two employees of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) were killed on Wednesday in an attack by [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s Defence Minister goes to Niger amid row over airstrikes killing 12 in Niger border village

21 february 2022 - 09:38:10
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Defence Minister, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd), on Monday travelled to Niamey, Niger, amid a row over [...] Full text...

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109 illegal migrants rescued off Libya

22 january 2022 - 13:46:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- Some 109 illegal migrants, mostly Eritreans, were Friday rescued off the coast of Libya by a ship [...] Full text...

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Tunisia loses one place in world press freedom ranking

20 april 2021 - 23:06:58
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia moved from the 72nd to the 73rd position out of 180 countries in the world [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Medecins Sans Frontières opens treatment centre in Niamey

15 may 2020 - 05:48:59
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has opened a treatment centre for COVID-19 patients in Niamey [...] Full text...

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Buhari says despite criticisms, his govt is making "substantial progress" in tackling Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorism

21 february 2020 - 17:32:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday admitted the growing criticisms of his administration’s handling of the [...] Full text...

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79 journalists arrested in Sudan, says RSF

14 february 2019 - 21:11:59
Paris, France (PANA) – At least 79 journalists, including those covering the protest by demonstrators over hike in the price [...] Full text...

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North-east Nigeria displacement crisis continues, warns UN

06 february 2019 - 06:04:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday that an upsurge in violent attacks in crisis-riven [...] Full text...

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Eight NGOs call on French President Macron to demand human rights in Egypt

28 january 2019 - 17:05:06
Paris, France (PANA) – Eight NGOs on Monday called on French President Emmanuel Macron, who began an official visit to [...] Full text...

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Rights group says satellite imagery shows 'horrific aftermath' of Boko Haram attack

19 january 2019 - 12:34:16
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International says new satellite images it has analysed show the horrific aftermath of a Boko [...] Full text...

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EU takes tough measures to end migrant smuggling networks from Libya

12 december 2018 - 11:27:51
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union on Tuesday announced tough operational measures to intensify the fight against smuggling networks, [...] Full text...

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Medical charity forced to end operations of search and rescue vessel in Mediterranean

07 december 2018 - 03:50:38
Marseille, France (PANA) – Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and its partner SOS Mediterranee, have been forced to terminate [...] Full text...

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Media watchdog condemns assassination attempt on chairman Somalia journalists

06 december 2018 - 12:04:44
Paris, France (PANA) - Media watchdog Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) has condemned the attempted assassination of Ismail Sheikh Khalifa, the [...] Full text...

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RSF protests insults and threats to newsmen by SA opposition figure

29 november 2018 - 19:02:52
Paris, France (PANA) - Reporters sans frontières (RSF) has strongly condemned the incitement of hate against journalists in recent weeks [...] Full text...

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'More than 5,000 people sheltering in MSF-supported hospital after violent CAR clashes'

15 november 2018 - 05:15:48
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Fighting between two armed groups in Batangafo, in the north of the Central African Republic (CAR), [...] Full text...

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HIV, TB treatment at risk as countries gradually lose Global Fund support - MSF

14 november 2018 - 08:58:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on the Board of the Global Fund to [...] Full text...

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More than 10,000 seek refuge in medical charity's hospital in CAR

03 november 2018 - 04:15:14
Batangafo, CAR (PANA) - Following clashes between armed groups that took place last Wednesday in the north and centre of [...] Full text...

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Medical charity denounces sexual violence committed by armed men in DRC's Kasai region

02 november 2018 - 00:48:39
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says between May 2017 and September 2018, it treated [...] Full text...

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High prices restrict access to best drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment - MSF

24 october 2018 - 09:07:03
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - People with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) continue to be deprived of today’s best-possible treatment in part [...] Full text...

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MSF resumes operations in South Sudan county

08 october 2018 - 03:26:52
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says it has resumed the full range of medical [...] Full text...

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UNHCR warns over Mediterranean rescue capacity

01 october 2018 - 10:06:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has expressed gratitude to Malta for its decision to allow 58 [...] Full text...

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Medical charity reports 'alarming' mortality rates among children in south Niger

26 september 2018 - 07:49:09
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Paediatric teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have reported alarming mortality rates among children aged under [...] Full text...

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Global leaders urged to make bold commitments at first-ever UN tuberculosis summit

26 september 2018 - 07:48:32
New York, US (PANA) - As global leaders gather for the first-ever United Nations tuberculosis (TB) Summit in New York [...] Full text...

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Italy 'forces' Panama to revoke licence of Aquarius migrant rescue ship

24 september 2018 - 06:30:33
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Italian government is pressuring Panama to stop MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship in the [...] Full text...

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More than 100 drowned on shipwreck off Libyan coast a week ago, survivors say

11 september 2018 - 06:45:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - More than a hundred people have reportedly died after a shipwreck off the Libyan coast one [...] Full text...

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Medical charity calls for urgent evacuation of migrants, refugees from Libya

10 september 2018 - 06:08:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Thousands of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers arbitrarily held in Libyan detention centres must be immediately [...] Full text...

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MSF treats 65 Ebola patients in first month in North Kivu

10 september 2018 - 05:56:55
Beni, DRC (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says it has treated 65 patients confirmed to be diagnosed [...] Full text...

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UNHCR moves detained refugees out of harm's way in volatile Libyan capital

02 september 2018 - 06:54:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in a joint effort with International Organisation for Migration (IOM), United [...] Full text...

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Conflict in Tripoli puts lives in danger, says MSF

02 september 2018 - 06:37:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - For one week now, following clashes in Tripoli, the lives of Libyans and an already vulnerable [...] Full text...

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Medical charity assists northern Mali village attacked by armed groups

29 august 2018 - 07:15:35
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is providing emergency medical care after an attack on Tindinbawen [...] Full text...

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Nearly one million displaced people in urgent need of assistance in Ethiopia - MSF

24 august 2018 - 08:43:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Over 900,000 people in Ethiopia have been displaced along the border between Gedeo zone (in [...] Full text...

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Health expert says Sierra Leone regions see progress in water and sanitation

23 august 2018 - 06:32:57
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - A water and sanitation (WATSAN) expert of the medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says [...] Full text...

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MSF applauds WHO's recommendation of improved TB treatment options

18 august 2018 - 05:49:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a medical charity, has welcomed the new World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations [...] Full text...

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Critical humanitarian situation unfolding among IPDs in Nigerian town - MSF

18 august 2018 - 05:40:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has started emergency nutritional and paediatric activities in Bama, Borno [...] Full text...

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

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

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European gov'ts urged to assign place of safety after rescues on Mediterranean

13 august 2018 - 09:29:04
Paris, France (PANA) - Responding to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Central Mediterranean, a total of 141 people were [...] Full text...

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Medical charity launches emergency response to treat severely malnourished children in Chadian capital

12 august 2018 - 07:25:39
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Endemic in the region, acute malnutrition affects not only the rural provinces of the Sahel strip. [...] Full text...

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Some 17 million people live in areas affected by conflict areas in Lake Chad region - MSF

05 august 2018 - 03:29:10
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Around 17 million people live in areas affected by the violent conflict between non-state armed groups [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian rescue ship Aquarius returns to Mediterranean

02 august 2018 - 05:23:32
Marseille, France (PANA) - The rescue ship Aquarius, run in partnership between SOS Mediterranee and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a [...] Full text...

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Medical charity opens emergency nutrition programme in Chadian capital

28 july 2018 - 07:56:17
N’Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has opened a therapeutic feeding centre in partnership with the [...] Full text...

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MSF calls for end to arbitrary detention of refugees, migrants disembarked in Libya

25 july 2018 - 10:38:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for an end to the arbitrary detention of refugees, asylum-seekers and [...] Full text...

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Medical charity raises raises red flag on children missing vaccinations in CAR

22 july 2018 - 05:40:47
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - A medical charity is warning that children in the Central African Republic (CAR) are missing out [...] Full text...

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Eritrea must improve human rights after peace with Ethiopia - Rights group charges

14 july 2018 - 06:54:34
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Eritrea’s improved relationship with neighbouring Ethiopia presents a good opportunity to advance the protection of [...] Full text...

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Drowning skyrockets as European gov'ts block humanitarian assistance on Central Mediterranean - MSF

13 july 2018 - 09:55:39
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PANA) - Over 600 people attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean have drowned or are presumed drowned in [...] Full text...

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MSF hands over Ebola response activities in DRC

04 july 2018 - 06:55:22
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says after a two-month emergency intervention in Equator Province of [...] Full text...

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Catholic priest returns home after surviving Ebola in DR Congo (Feature by WHO)

14 june 2018 - 06:42:02
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Rev. Father Lucien Ambunga, Catholic Priest and Pastor for the remote rural community of Itipo [...] Full text...

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Medical charity lauds South Africa's landmark step for access to medicines

04 june 2018 - 04:58:56
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has lauded the move by the South African government [...] Full text...

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MSF says thousands of people caught in intense fighting in northern S. Sudan

31 may 2018 - 11:31:29
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says since the end of April, the conflict-ravaged counties [...] Full text...

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Ebola vaccine provides protection, hope for high-risk communities in DRC (Feature by WHO Africa Region)

31 may 2018 - 07:08:33
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - It’s been ten days since Jean René (not his real name) lost his brother to Ebola [...] Full text...

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Medical charity begins Ebola vaccination in DRC

31 may 2018 - 07:02:20
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Medical NGO, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says it has started vaccinating Ebola frontline workers in Bikoro, [...] Full text...

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WHO supports Ebola vaccination of high risk populations in DR Congo

21 may 2018 - 15:07:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the support of the World Health [...] Full text...

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Emergency meeting called as Ebola spreads to Congolese city – WHO

17 may 2018 - 20:20:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening an emergency meeting on Friday to “consider the international [...] Full text...

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WHO concerned as one Ebola case is confirmed in urban area of DR Congo

17 may 2018 - 15:31:07
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - One new case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been confirmed in Wangata, one of [...] Full text...

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Rights group slams 'shameful EU policies' fuelling surge in detention of migrants, refugees in Libya

16 may 2018 - 04:26:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Human rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday that a surge in migrants and refugees intercepted [...] Full text...

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WHO chief visits Ebola affected area in DR Congo

14 may 2018 - 08:36:33
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday visited the town of [...] Full text...

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UN says ready for 'all scenarios' in DR Congo Ebola outbreak

11 may 2018 - 18:28:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The chances of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) spreading [...] Full text...

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New Ebola outbreak confirmed in DR Congo

08 may 2018 - 20:35:21
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Two new cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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Medical charity concerned about migrants, refugees in Libya detention centre

04 may 2018 - 11:08:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has expressed concerns about the fate of around 800 migrants [...] Full text...

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MSF stops operating clinics around South Sudan's Mundri town

01 may 2018 - 05:38:50
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says it has stopped operating clinics in remote areas [...] Full text...

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MSF slams European gov'ts for obstructing lifesaving rescues in Mediterranean

22 march 2018 - 06:29:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has lashed out at Italian and other European governments for [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council condemns attack on education workers in CAR

07 march 2018 - 06:51:25
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday denounced an attack against education workers that killed [...] Full text...

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Violent clashes in CAR displace thousands of people - MSF

09 january 2018 - 16:25:10
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - About 30,000 people have fled violent clashes between two groups in the the Paoua [...] Full text...

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Governments given deadline to increase testing and treatment for TB

16 november 2017 - 07:57:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of the first-ever Global Ministerial Conference on ‘Ending TB’ in Moscow, international medical charity, Médecins [...] Full text...

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Madagascar plague: Mitigating the risk of regional spread (A WHO Feature)

05 november 2017 - 06:06:55
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - This year plague came early to Madagascar and spread quickly. When it began to move out [...] Full text...

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Congo: Media watchdogs appeal to Congo to free detained Editor

19 september 2017 - 11:19:44
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Two media watchdogs, Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Sans Frontières, have appealed to Congolese President [...] Full text...

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DRC: South Kivu cholera outbreak threatens to spread out of control - MSF

30 august 2017 - 11:13:05
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A recently declared cholera outbreak in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, threatens to spread out [...] Full text...

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US: World Humanitarian Day - UN urges protection for civilians in armed conflict

18 august 2017 - 19:55:19
New York, US (PANA) – Civilians in conflict are not a target, top United Nations officials stressed at [...] Full text...

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DRC: Medical charity vaccinates over one million children against measles in DRC

30 july 2017 - 06:37:10
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - With measles sweeping across Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), more than one million children have [...] Full text...

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France: Sub-Saharan Africa has 'unacceptably high' AIDS-related deaths - MSF

27 july 2017 - 09:47:32
Paris, France (PANA) – An unacceptably high number of people continue to develop and die of AIDS-related diseases across sub-Saharan [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: CAR violence driving more refugees into northern DRC - UNHCR

18 july 2017 - 11:09:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recent violence in southern border areas of Central African Republic is driving more people to flee, [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: MSF warns malaria preparedness vital as rains begin in S. Sudan

13 july 2017 - 09:53:55
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan are at risk of contracting malaria in [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: MSF sees tenfold increase in children with malnutrition in Ethiopia's Somali region

27 june 2017 - 09:52:22
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An acute humanitarian emergency is unfolding in Doolo zone, in Ethiopia’s Somali region, as malnutrition [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: DR Congo approves Ebola vaccine to counter outbreak

31 may 2017 - 05:21:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To contain the latest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Research funders accept WHO standards on reporting clinical trial results

18 may 2017 - 12:57:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some of the world’s largest funders of medical research and international non-governmental organizations on Thursday agreed [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: DRC announces Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Bas-Uélé Province

12 may 2017 - 16:37:11
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - An outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD was reported Friday when Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...

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Guinea: High-level meeting on Ebola vaccines underway in Conakry

05 may 2017 - 05:28:15
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, and the Director-General of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: WHO, partners provide vaccines to control meningitis C in Nigeria

15 april 2017 - 07:45:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - A vaccination campaign is underway in Nigeria to contain an outbreak of meningitis C, a strain [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Rights bodies demand end to media crackdown in Kenya, return of UK journalist

08 february 2017 - 14:17:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government must halt its crackdown on media freedom and allow Jerome Starkey to return [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Final trial results confirm Ebola vaccine provides protection

23 december 2016 - 13:32:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An experimental Ebola vaccine was highly protective against the deadly virus in a major trial in [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Millions protected in Africa's largest-ever emergency yellow fever jabbing campaign

03 september 2016 - 10:16:42
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A major part of the largest emergency vaccination campaign against yellow fever ever attempted in [...] Full text...

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Angola: Millions to be vaccinated against yellow fever in Angola, DR Congo

16 august 2016 - 09:48:28
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - One of the largest emergency vaccination campaigns ever attempted in Africa will start in Angola and [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO, partners step up measures to control yellow fever epidemic in Angola, DRC

09 august 2016 - 22:35:45
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners are continuing their programmes against yellow fever [...] Full text...

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UN: UN ramp up support for South Sudan's battle against cholera outbreak

27 july 2016 - 15:04:18
New York, US (PANA) - The UN and its partners are ramping up support for South Sudan's fight to contain [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO to launch new hepatitis testing guidelines

25 july 2016 - 19:08:32
New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of World Hepatitis Day observed annually on 28 July, the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

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UN: UN delivers food aid, relief items to IDPs in northeast Nigeria

22 july 2016 - 18:47:28
New York, US (PANA) - In a cross-border humanitarian operation, a total of 31 metric tonnes of food and some [...] Full text...

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US: US expresses concern about increase of violence in CAR

22 june 2016 - 05:53:46
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has expressed deep concern about a recent increase in violence in the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN relief officer concerned over attacks on aid vehicles in CAR

21 june 2016 - 07:13:27
New York, US (PANA) - The interim UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic (CAR), Dr. Michel Yaa, has [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO raises alarm on global yellow fever vaccine stockpile

17 june 2016 - 16:41:13
New York, US (PANA) - The global stockpile of the yellow fever vaccine may not be sufficient if simultaneous outbreaks [...] Full text...

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Senegal: UN urged to appoint Special Representative for safety of journalists

02 may 2016 - 16:37:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Some 35 freedom of expression groups have urged United Nations (UN) General Assembly to appoint a [...] Full text...

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Angola: Angola hit by worst yellow fever outbreak in 30 years - WHO

25 march 2016 - 06:03:00
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola has been hit by a yellow fever outbreak, which has infected more than 450 people [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: UNHCR welcomes Malawi’s decision to reopen former camp for Mozambique refugees

16 march 2016 - 06:36:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday welcomed a decision by the Malawian Government to reopen [...] Full text...

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UN: UN refugee agency condemns attack IDP camp in CAR

12 november 2015 - 01:24:43
New York, US (PANA) - Following the killing and revenge attack on a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in [...] Full text...

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Malawi: IOM assists stranded Ethiopian migrants to return home from Malawi

06 november 2015 - 13:54:48
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Fifty Ethiopian irregular migrants who were stranded in Malawi returned home this week under the facilitation [...] Full text...

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UN: UNHCR says 300,000 migrants crossed Mediterranean Sea to Europe this year

28 august 2015 - 19:41:37
New York, US (PANA) - The number of refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean to reach Europe has surpassed 300,000 [...] Full text...

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UN: UN health agency ramps up efforts to tackle cholera outbreak in South Sudan

13 august 2015 - 20:52:24
New York, US (PANA) - As the battle against cholera outbreak continues in South Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: WHO, partners successfully battling cholera outbreak in South Sudan

12 august 2015 - 15:17:42
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are battling South Sudan’s on-going cholera outbreak, providing [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Ebola mission concludes duty in West Africa, as Ebola vaccine makes waves

31 july 2015 - 20:20:33
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER)on Friday officially concluded its duty in the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN agencies, partners warn on 'acute shortage' of meningitis vaccines in West Africa

28 july 2015 - 21:08:56
New York, US (PANA) - The UN and leading public health organizations have warned that West Africa is at risk [...] Full text...

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Libya: 2,700 migrants rescued off Libyan coast

16 july 2015 - 11:26:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Italian navy on Wednesday rescued about 2,700 migrants on board of 13 boats near the [...] Full text...

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WHO: Phase III trial of Ebola vaccine starts in Guinea Saturday

05 march 2015 - 13:24:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Based on promising data from initial clinical trials in late 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...

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Sudan: MSF stops operations in Sudan over 'systematic denial of access'

29 january 2015 - 11:35:20
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Brussels-based charity organisation Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said it had stopped its operations in the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN humantarian official urges more relief action for CAR IDPs

27 january 2015 - 19:52:48
New York, US (PANA) - UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Central African Republic, Ms. Claire Bourgeois, has called for increased protection [...] Full text...

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Sudan: MSF says hospital in war zone in south Kordufan bombed

23 january 2015 - 11:02:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A French humanitarian medical organization operating in Kordufan region, South West Khartoum, has claimed that Sudanese [...] Full text...

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South Africa: SA military to assist Mozambique's flood victims

15 january 2015 - 11:27:38
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that it will send troops [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: First Ebola centre for pregnant women opens in Freetown

15 january 2015 - 09:42:17
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The first Ebola Centre for Pregnant Women has opened in Freetown, Sierra Leone, one of [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: How Kailahun district kicked Ebola out (WHO FEATURES)

30 december 2014 - 11:25:56
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Kailahun district borders the area of Guinea where the first cases of Ebola were confirmed [...] Full text...

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Guinea: UN Secretary General arrives in Conakry

20 december 2014 - 13:04:25
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in the Guinean capital, Conakry, on Saturday where he was [...] Full text...

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UN: Fire guts UN warehouse in Guinea with Ebola Response supplies

19 december 2014 - 04:53:37
New York, US (PANA) - Fire on Thursday engulfed a UN warehouse in Guinea that contained medicines and laboratory materials [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO, UNAIDS top officials visit Mali for Ebola response

24 november 2014 - 21:37:12
New York, US (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, and Executive Director of Joint [...] Full text...

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Belgium: Spouses of African diplomats in Brussels raise funds for Ebola-hit countries

21 november 2014 - 18:17:09
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – Wives of African ambassadors accredited to Belgium are organizing a gala party on 12 December in [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO steps up Ebola response in Mali

18 november 2014 - 22:08:10
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) says it is intensifying efforts to keep the Ebola [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Uganda free of Marburg disease

14 november 2014 - 10:56:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Uganda has been declared free of the Marburg virus disease that was discovered in September 2014, [...] Full text...

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Belgium: US envoy says Ebola will be eradicated

31 october 2014 - 11:27:19
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – After visiting the West African countries hit by the deadly Ebola virus disease, the US ambassador [...] Full text...

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US: New York records first Ebola case

24 october 2014 - 05:37:11
New York, US (PANA) - A US medical doctor, Craig Spencer, who recently returned from Guinea, has tested positive for [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: WHO declares Senegal Ebola-free

17 october 2014 - 14:48:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday formally declared Senegal Ebola-free, representing a rare ray of hope [...] Full text...

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Uganda: Ebola-like disease, Marburg, breaks out in Uganda

10 october 2014 - 12:16:45
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced the outbreak of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) [...] Full text...

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Libya: Libyan radio announcer gunned down in Benghazi

09 october 2014 - 19:00:27
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) – A Libyan national radio announcer was killed Thursday in the eastern city of Benghazi by unidentified [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Ebola mission begins work with visits to Liberia, Sierra Leone

03 october 2014 - 17:45:49
New York, US (PANA) - Despite "good results" in the fight against the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, much still [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU donates extra 50 million euros to fight Ebola

26 september 2014 - 21:12:31
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union has released an extra amount of 50 million euros to help countries affected [...] Full text...

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Congo: Police deport Cameroonian journalist

26 september 2014 - 20:13:29
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Congo on Friday deported Elie Smith, a Cameroonian journalist working for the private pro-government TV channel [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban tells South Sudan leaders to 'heal suffering they caused'

25 september 2014 - 23:00:38
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday in New York blamed the dire humanitarian situation in [...] Full text...

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Congo: Congolese police expel journalist to Mali

24 september 2014 - 13:50:29
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Congolese Police on Wednesday announced they had expelled, to Mali, Journalist Sadio Kanté because she did [...] Full text...

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US: UN constitutes joint assessment Ebola response team

19 september 2014 - 22:07:02
New York, US (PANA) - The UN has constituted a joint assessment and coordination team on Ebola to assess the [...] Full text...

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Congo: "Reporters sans frontières" denounces attack against journalist in Congo

13 september 2014 - 12:53:01
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The media defence NGO, Reporters sans frontières (RSF) has said it is “indignant” at the attack [...] Full text...

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Belgium: Brussels to host int'l coordination meeting on Ebola disease

12 september 2014 - 11:53:11
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – An international high-level meeting on the coordination of the deadly Ebola virus disease will be held [...] Full text...

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Senegal: African Media Leaders Forum postponed due to Ebola crisis

09 september 2014 - 18:29:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Due to the Ebola virus disease epidemic in West African countries, the African Media Initiative (AMI) [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Medical Doctor dies from Ebola in Guinea

31 august 2014 - 15:54:59
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A medical doctor working at the Donka National Hospital in the Guinean capital, Conakry, has died [...] Full text...

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Ghana: ECOWAS health ministers appeal to end of flight ban to Ebola-affected countries

29 august 2014 - 05:18:13
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Health ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have made a passionate appeal [...] Full text...

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Ghana: WHO issues roadmap to scale up international response to West Africa Ebola crisis

28 august 2014 - 16:04:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday released a roadmap to scale up international response to [...] Full text...

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Ghana: West African Health Ministers open meeting on Ebola

28 august 2014 - 14:02:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A one-day meeting of West African Health Ministers on the Ebola crisis opened in Accra, Ghana's [...] Full text...

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UN: UNMISS confirms three dead in helicopter crash near Bentiu

26 august 2014 - 18:10:43
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has confirmed that three crew members died and [...] Full text...

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US: UN says flight restrictions hamper ability to battle Ebola

25 august 2014 - 21:48:44
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Monday cautioned against flight restrictions into and out of Ebola-affected countries in [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: East African Court allows NGOs to take part in Burundi Journalists Association case

18 august 2014 - 20:35:23
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice on Monday allowed [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Ebola, national confab reported in Nigeria

16 august 2014 - 15:54:27
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The continuing battle by the federal government to limit or even contain the spread of the [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO says 1m people affected by Ebola outbreak

14 august 2014 - 07:39:31
New York US (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said more than one million people are affected by [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU releases extra 2 million euros for Ebola epidemic

30 july 2014 - 16:49:13
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union has released an extra two million euros for containing the Ebola epidemic which [...] Full text...

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Kenya: WHO opens regional Ebola response centre

25 july 2014 - 10:41:59
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In response to continuing reports of new cases and deaths attributable to Ebola virus disease [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Oxfam appeals for world attention to Africa’s worst crisis in South Sudan

09 july 2014 - 14:59:18
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Civilians caught up in the Southern Sudan crisis need generous international help to avert [...] Full text...

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Ghana: WHO convenes meeting to tackle Ebola menace

02 july 2014 - 13:29:36
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A two-day meeting called by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to tackle the growing Ebola virus [...] Full text...

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Libya: Journalists denounce murder of newspaper editor

26 may 2014 - 20:30:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Dozens of journalists demonstrated on Monday in Tripoli to protest against the killing of the chief [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN, US, EU call for immediate action on South Sudan

13 april 2014 - 07:56:55
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) have called for support for millions of [...] Full text...

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Guinea/WHO: WHO steps up efforts to battle Ebola

10 april 2014 - 09:10:10
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - As the Ebola haemorrhagic disease continues to ravage Guinea, where it has claimed 101 lives in [...] Full text...

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Guinea: At least 20 'cured' of Ebola fever in Guinea

08 april 2014 - 22:36:17
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – At least 21 people, who suffered from Ebola fever in Guinea, have been cured in Conakry [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde: Cape Verde in red alert against Ebola virus

02 april 2014 - 20:58:15
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – The Cape Verdian health services are maintaining the maximum alert to prevent a possible spread [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Ebola fever grips Guineans

02 april 2014 - 13:00:50
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guineans have been gripped by the fever of Ebola Virus Disease which has hit some parts [...] Full text...

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Sudan: First rains increase risk of disease in IDP camps in South Sudan

21 march 2014 - 15:20:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The international humanitarian organziation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has complained that the first rains in South [...] Full text...

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Belgium: Humanitarian aircraft flies relief items to Bangui

20 march 2014 - 22:06:48
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – A humanitarian aircraft carrying 100 tonnes of basic foodstuff and relief items on Thursday left the [...] Full text...

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Sudan: MSF reveals scenes of horror during rebel-govt clashes in South Sudan

26 february 2014 - 12:13:26
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - An international medical charity operating in South Sudan has raised the alarm that hundreds of thousands [...] Full text...

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Switzerland:140,000 to be vaccinated against cholera in South Sudan

23 february 2014 - 11:24:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some 140,000 people living in temporary camps in South Sudan, which has been wracked by internecine [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Insecurity forces MSF doctors to treat patients in the bush

31 january 2014 - 14:53:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Doctors without Borders (MSF) on Friday said ongoing insecurity in Unity State has forced thousands of [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Hundreds wounded in recent fighting in 3 states

15 january 2014 - 18:35:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Heavy fighting in South Sudan’s Upper Nile, Unity and Jonglei States has left thousands of people [...] Full text...

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South Sudan: Borderless doctors condemn looting of facilities in Bentiu

10 january 2014 - 19:19:16
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Doctors without Borders or Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has issued a statement, condemning what it called [...] Full text...

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MSF raises alarm over catastrophic conditions in South Sudanese state

31 december 2013 - 11:56:12
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - International charity organisation Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said tens of thousands of South Sudanese are [...] Full text...

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UN, partners assist thousands affected by floods in Sudan

27 august 2013 - 21:14:22
New York, US (PANA) – The UN and its partners in Sudan are providing emergency support for hundreds of [...] Full text...

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Gunmen kill 44 in Nigerian village

24 august 2013 - 08:41:55
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic sect Boko Haram on Tuesday night killed 44 [...] Full text...

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