Kenya Airways secures three-year grace period on US$200 million state bailout repayment

30 june 2025 - 13:31:10
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Kenyan government has granted its national carrier, the Kenya Airways, known by its code KQ, [...] Full text...

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President of Libyan Council attends Fourth Conference on Financing for Development in Sevilla

30 june 2025 - 13:18:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, took part in the first day of [...] Full text...

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It’s time to finance our future and ‘change course’, Guterres tells world leaders in Sevilla

30 june 2025 - 13:10:24
Sevilla, Spain (PANA) - “We’re here in Sevilla to change course,” the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling [...] Full text...

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Most vulnerable nations call on FAO to develop strategy and action plan to transform agrifood systems

30 june 2025 - 11:35:17
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Small Developing States (SIDS), Least Developing Countries (LDCs) and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCS) have adopted a [...] Full text...

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IMF concludes 2025 Article IV consultation with Tanzania, approves $448.4 million disbursement

28 june 2025 - 08:12:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania has secured US$ 448.4 million as an immediate disbursement under both the Extended [...] Full text...

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World Bank’s PROGREEN Trust Fund extended to 2031

27 june 2025 - 07:40:13
Paris, France (PANA) - The World Bank and three development partners—Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom—announced on Thursday the extension [...] Full text...

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World Bank approves health resilience project to protect lives, strengthen emergency response in Mozambique

27 june 2025 - 07:14:17
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The World Bank has approved the Mozambique Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience Project, an initiative [...] Full text...

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World leaders recommit to immunisation amid global funding shortfall

26 june 2025 - 15:40:49
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Global Summit: Health & Prosperity through Immunization sees a record number of donors pledge towards [...] Full text...

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IMF concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Libya

26 june 2025 - 12:53:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya’s continued political division and widespread fragilities have hindered the authorities’ capacity to control public expenditure [...] Full text...

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Libyan Development Fund signs agreements with 98 Italian companies

26 june 2025 - 12:06:43
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Director-General of the Fund for Development and Reconstruction in Libya, Belgacem Khalifa Haftar, has signed [...] Full text...

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How the IMF finances itself and why it matters for the global economy: IMF Blog By Julie Kozack, Bernard Lauwers

26 june 2025 - 12:00:55
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The IMF may be best known for lending to crisis-hit countries. But what about [...] Full text...

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‘Fuel for Gaza is a matter of life and death,’ UN warns

26 june 2025 - 06:16:29
New York, US (PANA) - The rapid depletion of the remaining fuel stocks in the Gaza Strip is threatening efforts [...] Full text...

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‘A moral failure’: Security Council hears about grave violations against children caught in war

25 june 2025 - 19:47:08
New York, US (PANA) - When Sila, a young woman from Idlib in Syria, was three years-old, she woke up [...] Full text...

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IMF Board completes 4th review of Comoros ECF arrangement

25 june 2025 - 11:59:05
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the fourth review under [...] Full text...

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UN fast-tracks support for displaced people, host communities in Chad

25 june 2025 - 11:48:10
N’Djamena, Chad (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says US$8 million has been allocated from [...] Full text...

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Alitalia makes first flight to Benghazi since 2011

25 june 2025 - 10:38:05
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Benina international airport in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi has welcomed the first flight by Italian [...] Full text...

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Investments in aquaculture could create more than 20 million jobs by 2050

24 june 2025 - 08:03:07
Entebbe, Uganda (PANA) – Aquaculture could generate as many as 22 million jobs by 2050, according to a new report [...] Full text...

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UNICEF chief meets some of Sudan’s 700,000 child refugees crossing into Chad

24 june 2025 - 05:11:53
N'Djamema, Chad (PANA) - Since fighting erupted in Sudan in April 2023, more than two million children have been displaced [...] Full text...

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IMF reviews Burkina Faso’s ECF arrangement; states ‘policy framework remains strong’

21 june 2025 - 11:45:40
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board completed on Friday the third review under the [...] Full text...

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South Sudan, IMF agree Fund-monitored programme to lay foundation for economic stability

21 june 2025 - 08:05:40
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) IMF and the South Sudanese authorities have reached [...] Full text...

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Gaza horrors continue as the weakest succumb to injuries and disease

20 june 2025 - 16:25:13
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Death and suffering in Gaza are ever-present and the enclave's people now have little choice [...] Full text...

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OCHA kick-starts second phase of its Humanitarian Reset programme

20 june 2025 - 12:49:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on humanitarian affairs has paid tribute to the dignity and courage [...] Full text...

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Development is ‘the first line of defence against conflict,’ Guterres tells Security Council

20 june 2025 - 05:40:35
New York, US (PANA) - Of the 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty, 40 per cent live in [...] Full text...

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IFAD invested more than $3 billion in new projects in three years

19 june 2025 - 13:07:27
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) invested $3.3 billion in new projects at the end [...] 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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Djibouti implements enhanced General Data Dissemination System of IMF

19 june 2025 - 10:27:22
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - With the successful launch of the new data portal—the National Summary Data Page (NSDP)—Djibouti [...] Full text...

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IMF approves resilience and sustainability facility arrangement for Gambia

19 june 2025 - 10:25:55
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) –The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has approved a new 18-month arrangement under the Resilience and [...] Full text...

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IMF concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Mauritius

19 june 2025 - 10:21:43
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The Mauritian economy continues to exhibit resilience with growth at 4.7 percent in 2024 and [...] Full text...

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G7 launches action plan to secure critical minerals supply chains

18 june 2025 - 14:59:12
Kananaskis, Canada (PANA) - Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries have unveiled a minerals action plan aimed at [...] Full text...

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Details of budget for Libyan Development and Reconstruction Fund presented to the Speaker

18 june 2025 - 12:09:22
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) -The Director-General of the Libyan Development and Reconstruction Fund, Belgacem Haftar, gave the Speaker of Parliament, Aguila [...] Full text...

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IMF staff concludes visit to Liberia

18 june 2025 - 09:23:51
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Mr. Daehaeng Kim, Mission Chief for Liberia, [...] Full text...

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IMF Executive Board concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Namibia

18 june 2025 - 07:31:48
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Namibia’s economy faces challenges from heightened global trade policy tensions, increased weather shocks, a structural shift [...] Full text...

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IMF completes reviews of Seychelles economic performance

17 june 2025 - 08:47:33
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) -  The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday completed the fourth [...] Full text...

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DRC launches plan to eliminate HIV among children

17 june 2025 - 08:10:11
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As part of the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Félix [...] Full text...

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Want a debt swap to work? What Côte d’Ivoire got right: World Bank Blog By Marie-Chantal Uwanyiligira, Nathalie Picarelli, Markus Kitzmuller, Diego Rivetti, Hans Anand Beck

17 june 2025 - 07:48:38
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -  Can a country turn debt into opportunity? With the right approach, it can. If managed effectively, [...] Full text...

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DRC: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say

17 june 2025 - 07:22:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rwandan-backed rebels, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) troops, and allied militias have all committed human [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Aid teams appeal for support to help displaced communities left with nothing

15 june 2025 - 05:37:17
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As diplomatic efforts continue to end fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the [...] Full text...

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Despite challenges Mali’s economy shows resilience - IMF

14 june 2025 - 08:33:47
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali’s economy has shown some resilience despite significant headwinds. Economic growth is estimated at 4.7 per [...] Full text...

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New World Bank financing to empower communities, improve conservation, generate economic opportunities in Tanzania

13 june 2025 - 09:00:03
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) —The World Bank has approved two new projects that will support Tanzania in enhancing the [...] Full text...

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UN humanitarian chief flags ‘indifference and impunity’ in Sudan

13 june 2025 - 07:35:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With over half of the Sudanese population in need of aid and lean season rapidly approaching, [...] Full text...

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Unlocking finance for creative industries: World Bank Blog By Ivor Istuk, Senior Financial Sector Specialist and Juni Tingting Zhu, Senior Economist

12 june 2025 - 07:27:49
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Creative industries, such as film, music, fashion design and advertising are a growing important source [...] Full text...

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Thousands of people displaced by violence in Burkina Faso

11 june 2025 - 05:48:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Violence by jihadist groups has displaced nearly 230,000 people in Burkina Faso since the beginning [...] Full text...

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Israeli attacks on Gaza schools could be crimes against humanity: UN probe

10 june 2025 - 18:47:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Israeli military’s destruction of Gaza’s education and cultural infrastructure amount to war crimes and the [...] Full text...

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UN relief chief fast-tracks funding to fight malnutrition in Nigeria

10 june 2025 - 13:03:37
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has released US$6 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) [...] Full text...

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IMF staff conducts 2025 Article IV Consultation, reaches agreement on ECF fifth review with Zambia

10 june 2025 - 08:14:22
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Zambian authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff-level agreement on the [...] Full text...

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Social and economic barriers, not choice, driving global fertility crisis: UNFPA

10 june 2025 - 06:57:50
New York, US (PANA) - The global fertility slump isn’t down to young people turning their backs on parenthood – [...] Full text...

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Stigmatized for being deaf: Zénabou's story - A UN Feature

08 june 2025 - 15:40:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the Central African Republic, disability carries a deep-rooted stigma, and persons with disabilities often find [...] Full text...

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Ghana sues for stronger institutions to combat corruption in Africa

07 june 2025 - 07:31:16
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian Vice President Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang on Friday called for the strengthening of the institutions, [...] Full text...

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‘It is an elephant’: Ukraine’s unexploded mine problem

06 june 2025 - 19:17:54
New York, US (PANA) - In Ukraine, overnight attacks continued into Thursday morning, resulting in 45 casualties and significant damage [...] Full text...

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How to spur economic growth in Africa’s fragile and conflict-affected states: IMF Blog By Wenjie Chen, Michele Fornino, Hamza Mighri, Can Sever

06 june 2025 - 08:02:57
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - More than half of sub-Saharan Africa’s population lives in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS)—economies [...] Full text...

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Over 30 million children suffer from ‘wasting’ in 15 countries: WFP

06 june 2025 - 08:01:49
New York, US (PANA) - Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two UN agencies are uniting to tackle wasting - the deadliest [...] Full text...

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'Victims still waiting for justice, truth and reparations 25 years on from Kisangani war in DRC'

05 june 2025 - 11:36:04
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Twenty-five years since the six-day war in Kisangani in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in [...] Full text...

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Serious food insecurity lurks over Malawi’s population

05 june 2025 - 09:20:25
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – Over 20 percent of Malawi’s 25 million population faces high levels of food insecurity, up five [...] Full text...

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Coalition working for peace in Sudan condemns attack on UN humanitarian convoy

05 june 2025 - 07:31:22
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Members of a coalition working for peace in Sudan have strongly condemned the recent attack [...] Full text...

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Children targeted by armed groups in northern Mozambique

04 june 2025 - 07:37:46
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Children continue to bear the brunt of a worsening crisis in Mozambique, where over 1.3 million [...] Full text...

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Five humanitarians killed in ‘horrendous’ attack on aid convoy in Sudan

03 june 2025 - 21:14:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An aid convoy carrying life-saving assistance for the famine-affected area of North Darfur, Sudan, was attacked [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliament approves draft budget of Development and Reconstruction Fund

03 june 2025 - 10:46:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Parliament on Monday approved the draft budget of the Fund for the Development and [...] Full text...

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Bill Gates to direct majority of $200 million pledge toward Africa's future

03 june 2025 - 10:40:38
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chair of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, on Monday announced that the majority of [...] Full text...

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Education suffers in DRC amid violence

01 june 2025 - 05:21:36
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - In Ituri, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), intensifying [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian authorities, IMF mission reach staff-level deal on policies for ECF review

31 may 2025 - 11:55:33
Add Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Ethiopian authorities have reached staff-level agreement on economic [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian Sidi Ould Tah elected ninth president of AfDB Group

29 may 2025 - 15:14:34
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Dr. Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania was on Thursday elected President of the African Development [...] Full text...

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New project to boost Tunisia’s health system and pandemic response

29 may 2025 - 07:56:31
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Wednesday approved US$125.16 million in financing [...] Full text...

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Over a million children at risk as cholera spreads in Sudan’s Khartoum State

28 may 2025 - 16:11:17
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The UN Children Fund (UNICEF) has claimed that more than 7,700 cholera cases - including over [...] Full text...

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Sanctions relief for Syria offers ‘powerful message of hope,’ says UN migration agency

27 may 2025 - 21:19:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) has welcomed recent decisions by the United States, the [...] Full text...

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Gaza war leaves less than 5% of agricultural land usable, says FAO

27 may 2025 - 13:00:25
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Less than 5 percent of Gaza's agricultural land is now cultivable and/or accessible, further exacerbating the [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN agencies call for aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan begins

27 may 2025 - 12:52:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports indicated on Tuesday that Israel’s controversial aid distribution plan had begun in Gaza as the [...] Full text...

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Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes

26 may 2025 - 16:15:14
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on [...] Full text...

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Structural vulnerabilities weaken economic growth of Comoros - IMF

23 may 2025 - 11:50:47
Moroni, Comoros (PANA) - Comorian authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff have reached a staff-level agreement on economic [...] Full text...

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UN Relief Chief calls for action to protect civilians, recommit to international humanitarian law

23 may 2025 - 10:53:22
New York, United States (PANA) – UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has told the [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Strikes on houses and tents responsible for over half of deaths this week

23 may 2025 - 05:25:59
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than half the people killed in Gaza over the past week were in shelters [...] Full text...

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Emergency relief funds released for DR Congo

23 may 2025 - 05:04:53
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated new funds to crisis situations, from [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave

21 may 2025 - 15:53:13
Gaza, Gaza City (PANA) - UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel [...] Full text...

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Director-General’s Award for Global Health given to Professor Awa Marie Coll Seck and Professor Sir Brian Greenwood

20 may 2025 - 20:25:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -  In recognition of their lifetime achievements in global health, specifically in malaria elimination and beyond, WHO [...] Full text...

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Egypt, EC and European Parliament agree on macro-financial assistance

20 may 2025 - 09:12:46
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has reached a provisional agreement with the European Parliament about a decision to [...] Full text...

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CAR implements the Enhanced General Data Dissemination System of IMF

20 may 2025 - 08:47:27
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - With the successful launch of the new data portal—the National Summary Data Page (NSDP) [...] Full text...

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Debt transparency is a public good: IMF Blog By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director

18 may 2025 - 12:02:54
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) -  This topic that you discussed at the IMF Conference on Public Debt Transparency—Aligning the [...] Full text...

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Somalia, IMF reach staff-level deal on review of ECF arrangement

17 may 2025 - 09:38:57
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia has continued steadfast reform implementation and programme performance has been strong, the International Monetary Fund [...] Full text...

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Zambia’s economic recovery gaining pace: IMF

17 may 2025 - 09:36:40
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has completed discussions with the Zambian authorities on economic performance [...] Full text...

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IMF reaches staff-level agreement with Cape Verde on ECF review

15 may 2025 - 14:20:19
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and Cape Verdean authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on [...] Full text...

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IMF, DRC reach staff-level deal on first review under ECF

15 may 2025 - 12:58:47
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The economy of DR Congo (DRC) has been resilient, with growth reaching 6.5 percent in [...] Full text...

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IMF staff find a deteriorating outlook posing risks in Angola

15 may 2025 - 09:05:14
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola’s economic growth for 2024 was strong, but the outlook has deteriorated posing risks, according to [...] Full text...

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Eight million teens in world's wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF

15 may 2025 - 08:06:01
New York, US (PANA) - Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw marked declines in their academic performance, [...] Full text...

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A historic course correction: how the world’s shipping sector is setting sail for net zero (Feature by UN News)

15 may 2025 - 07:45:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Long overlooked as a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, the shipping industry is now [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeeping receives broad backing as global threats mount

15 may 2025 - 07:17:18
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - More than 130 countries and international partners threw their weight behind UN peacekeeping at a high-level [...] Full text...

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UNICEF calls for action after deaths of migrant children at sea

13 may 2025 - 06:40:18
Tripoli, Libya Libya (PANA) - Two young children, aged 3 and 4, have died from dehydration aboard a rubber dinghy [...] Full text...

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Climate change takes increasingly extreme toll on African countries

12 may 2025 - 12:05:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Devastating floods in South Sudan in recent months left thousands of herders without their most precious [...] Full text...

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Steering through the Fog: The Art and Science of Monetary Policy in Emerging Markets: Statement By Gita Gopinath, IMF First Deputy Managing Director

10 may 2025 - 10:35:12
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Since early April, the US effective tariff rate has increased to levels last seen [...] Full text...

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IMF, Mauritania reach staff-level deal on ECF, EFF, RSF supported programmes

10 may 2025 - 10:23:55
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Felix Fischer, visited Nouakchott and Nouadhibou [...] Full text...

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UNFPA calls on US to reconsider ban on future funding

10 may 2025 - 08:20:52
New York, US (PANA) - The United States’ decision to halt future funding to the UN sexual and reproductive health [...] Full text...

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UN fund allocates over $4 million to support DRC refugees, Angola cholera outbreak

10 may 2025 - 07:56:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two new allocations from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will support DRC refugees in [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN agencies reject Israeli plan to use aid as ‘bait’

09 may 2025 - 14:52:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Israel’s plan to take control of relief assistance in Gaza would put civilian lives in danger [...] Full text...

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Bill Gates-supported fund aims at maternal, newborn health in Africa

09 may 2025 - 12:26:03
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A new Bill Gates-backed fund targets maternal and newborn health in Africa, the Gates [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council extends South Sudan mission amid rising instability

09 may 2025 - 07:27:07
New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) [...] Full text...

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IMF Board allows extensions of ECF, RSF arrangements with Cape Verde

08 may 2025 - 10:22:42
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) —The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the Cape Verdean authorities’ [...] Full text...

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IMF welcomes resilience of WAEMU financial system but notes the sovereign‑bank nexus poses risks to stability

07 may 2025 - 11:14:36
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Economic growth continues to be strong in the West African Economic and Monetary UNION (WAEMU) member [...] Full text...

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Millions will die from funding cuts, says UN aid chief

30 april 2025 - 16:45:01
New York, US (PANA) - Lifesaving operations everywhere continue to be shut down by sweeping funding cutbacks which will result [...] Full text...

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UN trust fund supports over 4,300 victims of sexual exploitation and abuse

29 april 2025 - 07:27:26
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Spokesperson also reported on Monday that more than 4,300 victims and community members [...] Full text...

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UN warns of $4 trillion shortfall threatening global development goals

29 april 2025 - 07:17:39
New York, US (PANA) - Facing a staggering $4 trillion annual financing gap for development and mounting trade wars, top [...] Full text...

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IMF Spring Meetings: Navigating an uncertain world

26 april 2025 - 11:36:26
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - High economic uncertainty may be an overarching theme of the IMF Spring Meetings. But [...] Full text...

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s fragile recovery tested by global policy uncertainty

26 april 2025 - 10:51:19
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects growth in sub-Saharan Africa to ease to 3.8 percent in 2025 [...] Full text...

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IMF must focus on core mandate, encourage growth and stability – IMFC

26 april 2025 - 10:10:43
Washington, DC. USA (PANA) . The International Monetary Fund (IMF) must continue to focus on its core mandate, including supporting [...] Full text...

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Achieving parity in internet usage would add trillions of dollars to global GDP: UN

25 april 2025 - 13:11:49
New York, US (PANA) - Globally, far more men than women use the internet, and closing this gap in low- [...] Full text...

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IMF chief calls for balanced growth in global policy agenda

25 april 2025 - 07:31:27
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Countries must work constructively to resolve trade tensions, safeguard economic and financial stability, and double [...] Full text...

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Hundreds killed in Sudan’s camps for displaced people

24 april 2025 - 20:26:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hundreds of civilians, including at least 12 humanitarian workers, have been killed in recent artillery shelling [...] Full text...

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Largely eradicated diseases at risk of returning due to budget cuts: WHO

24 april 2025 - 07:11:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Vaccines have saved around 150 million lives over the past 50 years, but that progress is [...] Full text...

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World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30

23 april 2025 - 20:16:52
New York, US PANA) - At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz [...] 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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Stopping child marriage is key to curbing deadly teen pregnancies: WHO

23 april 2025 - 12:17:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Teenage pregnancy remains the leading cause of death among 15-19-year-old girls which countries could help prevent [...] Full text...

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Enhancing financial stability for resilience during uncertain times: IMF Blog By Tobias Adrian

23 april 2025 - 11:01:38
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Capital markets are essential for driving economic activity, providing mechanisms for raising funds and [...] Full text...

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IMF scales down growth in Africa by 0.3 percentage points to 3.9 percent for 2025

23 april 2025 - 05:33:01
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Chairman of the African Caucus at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr. Hervé Ndoba, [...] Full text...

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Syria is ‘brimming with hope and opportunity’: Senior UN aid official

21 april 2025 - 21:48:09
New York, US (PANA) - Now is the time to invest in Syria, and support people returning to the country [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Hundreds of thousands flee renewed violence in North Darfur

21 april 2025 - 08:37:39
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A mass wave of displacement in Sudan’s North Darfur state is pushing hundreds of thousands [...] Full text...

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Constant movement of civilians fleeing attacks in Sudan complicating humanitarian assistance delivery: UN

20 april 2025 - 15:03:54
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The United Nations on Saturday again complained that repeated attacks on displaced civilian populations in Darfur [...] Full text...

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IMF team says Nigerian authorities taken important steps to stabilise economy

18 april 2025 - 17:06:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities have taken important steps to stabilise the economy, enhance resilience, and support growth, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania set to access US$441 million in IMF financing

18 april 2025 - 08:09:20
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached staff-level agreement on the [...] Full text...

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Children are most affected by intensification of armed conflict in Burkina Faso: UN

18 april 2025 - 07:42:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Burkina Faso, children are victims of intense violence and serious human rights violations perpetrated [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief

17 april 2025 - 16:41:18
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 [...] Full text...

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IMF, Gambia reach Staff-Level agreement on RSF arrangement and Third review under ECF arrangement

17 april 2025 - 10:56:31
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Gambian authorities and a team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a [...] Full text...

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IMF Executive Board approves disbursement of US $129 million under Rapid Credit Facility for Mali

17 april 2025 - 10:34:16
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved a disbursement of [...] Full text...

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IMF, Libya complete Article IV Mission

17 april 2025 - 10:17:48
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The dispute over the leadership of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) last August and [...] Full text...

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Security Council urged to support eastern DR Congo peace initiatives

17 april 2025 - 05:52:14
New York, US (PANA) - Despite numerous regional and international diplomatic initiatives, the security situation remains critical in the eastern [...] Full text...

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IMF, Malagasy officials reach staff-level deal on reviews of ECF and RSF plans

16 april 2025 - 10:10:29
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) – Malagasy authorities and the International Monetary Fund staff have reached a staff-level agreement on policies to [...] Full text...

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UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent

16 april 2025 - 07:22:48
New York, US (PANA) - The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the fourth session [...] Full text...

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UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent

15 april 2025 - 20:29:49
New York, US (PANA) - The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the fourth session [...] Full text...

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UN members gather to discuss the international pact on protection of the high seas

15 april 2025 - 14:20:02
New York. USA (PANA) - This week, delegates from around the world gather in New York to discuss what has [...] Full text...

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IMF mission, Ghanaian authorities reach staff-level agreement on Fourth Review of Extended Credit Facility

15 april 2025 - 10:08:02
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Mr. Stéphane Roudet, Mission Chief for Ghana, and [...] Full text...

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Sudan: 15 million children require humanitarian assistance after two years of war

15 april 2025 - 06:04:23
New York, US (PANA) - The number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan has doubled as the [...] Full text...

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

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

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UN forum on People of African Descent examines reparations and AI challenge

14 april 2025 - 20:31:58
New York, US (PANA) - The fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent opened on [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: ‘Darkest chapters’ ahead as Darfur massacre claims over 100 lives

14 april 2025 - 20:06:25
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan’s devastating war enters its third year, UN rights investigators are warning that its “darkest [...] Full text...

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Resilience in the face of thirst: Trucking water in war-ravaged Gaza

13 april 2025 - 10:50:55
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, where lack of access to water is an existential threat, Ibrahim Alloush stands [...] Full text...

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Countries reach historic deal to cut shipping emissions

12 april 2025 - 06:25:41
London, UK (PANA) - After years of intense negotiations, countries on Friday reached a landmark deal to cut greenhouse gas [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian organisations flag starvation and global failure in Sudan's bloody war

12 april 2025 - 05:21:13
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Several humanitarian organisations have again flagged the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Sudan as the bloody [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence

11 april 2025 - 18:30:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, [...] Full text...

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IMF Staff completes mission to Guinea Bissau

11 april 2025 - 13:14:43
Washington, D.C, US (PANA) - A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Niko Hobdari visited Bissau [...] Full text...

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IMF Staff completes 2025 Article IV Mission to Mauritius

11 april 2025 - 13:00:33
Washington, DC, US (PANA) -  Real GDP of Mauritius grew by a robust 4.7 percent in 2024, driven by services, [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: UHCHR chief stresses need to help refugee hosts in Chad

09 april 2025 - 15:54:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) -  As the brutal war in Sudan nears the two-year mark, thousands of people continue to flee [...] Full text...

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Aid data critical to crisis response threatened by funding cuts

08 april 2025 - 07:52:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The gathering of data which is essential for an effective response during a humanitarian crisis - [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Africa Children’s Summit 2025 concludes

08 april 2025 - 06:03:14
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Africa Children’s Summit 2025 which ended in Johannesburg on Monday brought together some of [...] Full text...

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Ukraine: Mine contamination is lethal legacy of Russia’s invasion

07 april 2025 - 18:52:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 100 million people in more than 60 countries and territories live under the threat [...] Full text...

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With aid blockade into its second month, misery deepens for Gazans

07 april 2025 - 17:24:54
7 April 2025 Humanitarian AidGaza Cit, Gaza (PANA) - Amid the ongoing Israeli aid blockade and bombardment of Gaza, aid [...] Full text...

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Guinea to increase access to water, sanitation with WBG support

07 april 2025 - 08:15:22
 Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) has approved a $200 million credit from the International Development Association [...] Full text...

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Aid cuts threaten to roll back progress in ending maternal mortality

07 april 2025 - 07:27:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unprecedented aid cuts are putting global progress to end maternal deaths at risk, three UN agencies [...] Full text...

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More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month: UNICEF

06 april 2025 - 14:30:54
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The blockade of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is having dire consequences for more [...] Full text...

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IMF staff, Rwandan authorities agree on fifth review of Policy Coordination Instrument

05 april 2025 - 12:05:34
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff and the Rwandan authorities have reached staff-level agreement on policies [...] Full text...

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Report looks at the governance of artificial intelligence for health in Africa

03 april 2025 - 11:47:01
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A report on the Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Global Health in Africa, examining national perspectives [...] Full text...

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IMF approves 2-year US$4.5 billion Flexible Credit Line arrangement for Morocco

03 april 2025 - 10:39:28
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a successor two-year arrangement for Morocco under the Flexible [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Sexual violence used as weapon of terror against women and girls

03 april 2025 - 08:09:23
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Amid alarming reports of sexual violence being used as a weapon of terror across Sudan, [...] Full text...

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Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave

02 april 2025 - 08:32:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing of 15 colleagues on [...] Full text...

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Some 47 million health workers and advocates call for cleaner air to curb pollution deaths

29 march 2025 - 05:23:57
Cartagena, Colombia (PANA) - Over 50 countries, cities, and organisations pledged new commitments on Thursday to tackle air pollution, protect [...] Full text...

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From despair to resilience in Kwamouth, Democratic Republic of Congo: Story By Wassy Kambale for OCHA

28 march 2025 - 11:32:55
Kwamouth, Mai-Ndombe, DR Congo (PANA) - Tantine Moba's eyes, once radiant with life, now gaze vacantly into the distance, as [...] Full text...

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IMF chief sets up Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship and Growth

28 march 2025 - 10:54:01
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - As part of the International Monetary Fund’s efforts to help its 191 member countries [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN humanitarians flag impact on children of return to war

28 march 2025 - 07:29:02
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a warning on Thursday over the terrible impact on [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Nearly 400,000 displaced people return home despite insecurity and humanitarian crisis

27 march 2025 - 15:10:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) have returned to their homes in Sudan since last December [...] Full text...

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IMF mission welcomes Senegal’s commitment to fiscal transparency

27 march 2025 - 11:56:51
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visited Senegal to review findings of the audit report by [...] Full text...

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825,000 children trapped as conflict rages in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Zamzam internally displaced camp

27 march 2025 - 10:00:27
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Grave violations against children have surged across Sudan’s Darfur states since the start of the [...] Full text...

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New World Bank financing set to revamp Dodoma’s urban mobility, generate more than 10,000 Jobs

27 march 2025 - 08:33:24
Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - A new World Bank-financed investment will enhance mobility and accessibility in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma, unlocking economic [...] Full text...

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‘Renewables are renewing economies’, UN chief tells top climate forum

26 march 2025 - 19:12:53
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Ministers from 40 countries met on Wednesday at the first major climate forum of 2025 to [...] Full text...

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Libyan, UN hold meeting on illegal migration

26 march 2025 - 14:06:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's acting Minister of the Interior, General Imad al-Trabelsi, head of the High Committee for Monitoring [...] Full text...

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Economics of talent: IMF Blog By Ruchir Agarwal, cofounder of the Global Talent Fund and director of the Raj Center at Columbia University, and Patrick Gaule, cofounder of the Global Talent Fund and associate professor of economics at the University of Bristol

26 march 2025 - 11:18:38
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The new “economics of talent” field aims to identify and nurture exceptional problem-solvers at [...] Full text...

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Fostering community resilience: A lifeline for the Central African Republic: World Bank Blog By Laurent Corroyer

26 march 2025 - 08:27:56
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - When devastating floods swept through the Central Africa Republic (CAR) in August 2024, thousands [...] Full text...

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Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns

25 march 2025 - 16:00:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record [...] Full text...

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UN agency warns of ‘surge’ in AIDS deaths without US funding

25 march 2025 - 05:33:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid continuing uncertainty about the impact of deep US funding cuts to humanitarian work worldwide, the [...] Full text...

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UNICEF condemns looting of life-saving supplies for children from Khartoum hospital

21 march 2025 - 14:00:02
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday condemned in the strongest possible terms the looting [...] Full text...

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Sudanese Armed Forces announce major victory over paramilitary RSF in Khartoum

21 march 2025 - 09:39:04
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Friday announced a major victory over the rival paramilitary [...] Full text...

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East Africa leads regional growth in Africa, says report

20 march 2025 - 15:32:56
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Growth in East Africa is expected to be stronger than in other sub-regions, reaching 6% in [...] Full text...

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World Bank enhances commitment to human capital development in Morocco

20 march 2025 - 07:32:03
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) — The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved a $600 million financing package for the third [...] Full text...

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DRC, Rwanda commit to 'immediate and unconditional ceasefire' after Qatar talks

19 march 2025 - 09:16:34
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have reaffirmed their commitment to [...] Full text...

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FAO warns of ‘unprecedented’ avian flu spread, in call for global action

18 march 2025 - 05:22:19
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The rapid spread of the highly infectious avian flu virus H5N1 has reached an “unprecedented” scale, [...] Full text...

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New project to strengthen communities, support vulnerable groups in Djibouti

15 march 2025 - 08:14:41
Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) - The World Bank approved on Friday a US$31 million project aimed at strengthening the socio-economic foundations [...] Full text...

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Fresh fighting in eastern DRC displaces tens of thousands of families

15 march 2025 - 07:20:42
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Fresh fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has displaced tens of thousands of [...] Full text...

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Sudan suspends 'all imports' from Kenya following meeting of paramilitary RSF in Nairobi

14 march 2025 - 13:26:06
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has suspended “all imports” from Kenya after it hosted a meeting of the paramilitary [...] 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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IMF Board completes review of Cong’s ECF arrangement

13 march 2025 - 09:49:10
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the sixth and final review of the [...] Full text...

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'Interruption of US aid to HIV response in DRC could cost thousands of lives'

13 march 2025 - 08:28:49
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN is concerned about the fate of thousands of citizens of Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...

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Countries spend more money paying off debt than fighting climate change

12 march 2025 - 07:50:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some developing countries are spending more money on repaying their external debt than on combating climate [...] Full text...

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‘Furious kickback against equality’ must end, UN chief tells women activists, as conference adopts landmark declaration

12 march 2025 - 07:38:04
New York, US (PANA) - At a time of growing backlash against women’s rights, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a stark [...] Full text...

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Bangladesh: Rohingya children’s acute hunger surges amid funding cuts

11 march 2025 - 20:01:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding risk [...] Full text...

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Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official

07 march 2025 - 10:34:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Israeli aid cut threatens care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEF

06 march 2025 - 16:42:05
Gava City, Gaza (PANA) - The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday [...] Full text...

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Access to stricken Sudan's Zamzam camp ‘is nearly impossible’ - UN official

06 march 2025 - 15:32:25
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Civilians sheltering in the vast Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region are now [...] Full text...

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UN releases US$110 million to shore up life-saving assistance in neglected humanitarian crises

06 march 2025 - 12:43:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With global humanitarian funding being scaled back precipitously, the United Nations on Thursday allocated US$110 million [...] Full text...

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‘Humanity’s future depends on investing in the machinery of peace’: UN chief

06 march 2025 - 08:29:41
New York, US (PANA) - “Humanity’s future depends on investing in the machinery of peace, not the machinery of war,” [...] Full text...

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Rights group warns that mining in toxic lead waste poisons children in Zambia

05 march 2025 - 09:39:18
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's government is facilitating hazardous mining and processing of toxic lead waste in the city of Kabwe [...] Full text...

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Economic diversification is crucial for unlocking new sources of growth in Equatorial Guinea, says new report

05 march 2025 - 07:22:26
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) -  Economic diversification away from oil, investing in its people and strengthening institutions are crucial for [...] Full text...

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Banking for a better world: Catalysing local solutions for global impact: World Bank Blog By Akihiko Nishio, World Bank Vice President of Development Finance and Ed Mountfield, Vice President, Operations Policy and Country Services

04 march 2025 - 07:19:05
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The world is grappling with a collective action problem. Tackling global challenges like biodiversity loss [...] Full text...

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DRC: UNICEF, partners provide clean water to 700,000 people a day in Goma

04 march 2025 - 07:14:20
Goma, DRC (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

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High level delegation visits Nigeria in effort to halt transmission of type 2 variant of polio

03 march 2025 - 08:00:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - As Nigeria intensifies efforts to halt the transmission of type 2 variant poliovirus, a high-level delegation [...] Full text...

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Global biodiversity agreement mobilises $200 billion boost for nature

01 march 2025 - 05:24:09
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Governments on Friday reached agreement on a strategy to raise an additional $200 billion each year [...] Full text...

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Packed with promise: Wisam’s journey back to school in Sudan

27 february 2025 - 19:45:45
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Wisam sits in her classroom, absorbed in her work, her fingers gripping a blue-coloured pencil, [...] Full text...

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Libyan delegation visits Chad to promote cooperation

27 february 2025 - 11:54:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the Libyan Ministry of Social Affairs has begun an official visit to Chad [...] Full text...

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UNICEF: Reports of serious violations against children in DRC have tripled in one month

27 february 2025 - 06:21:19
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The number of reports of grave violations against children in parts of eastern Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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Somalia faces escalating crisis amid drought, conflict and price hikes

27 february 2025 - 06:05:20
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Somalia is worsening as drought, conflict and soaring food prices push millions [...] Full text...

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IMF concludes 2024 Article IV Consultation with Angola

25 february 2025 - 09:09:01
Luanda, Angola (PANA} - Angola’s economy recovered in 2024 as the oil sector rebounded. GDP growth is estimated to have [...] Full text...

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AfDB, Interpol partner to combat financial crime, strengthen anti-corruption efforts in Africa

23 february 2025 - 06:56:55
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group has taken a major step forward in its fight against [...] Full text...

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New round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza

22 february 2025 - 20:32:27
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The latest round of a large-scale polio vaccination campaign in Gaza targeting nearly 600,000 young [...] Full text...

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Nearly 148,000 in Gaza receive cash aid

22 february 2025 - 12:10:07
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Aid operations in the Gaza Strip continue to reach people from north to south with [...] Full text...

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Full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has sown ‘psychological terror’, warns top aid coordinator

22 february 2025 - 09:58:23
Kiev, Ukraine (PANA) - In the nearly three years since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the country’s people have [...] Full text...

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Powering Madagascar's future: Unleashing private investment to achieve energy goals: World Bank Blog By Atou Seck (Country Manager), Koffi Koménan and Tsiry Andriantahina

20 february 2025 - 08:00:59
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Madagascar is endowed with significant renewable energy resources and yet has one of the largest energy [...] Full text...

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Guterres urges Caribbean leaders to keep pushing for peace, climate action

20 february 2025 - 07:33:09
Bridgetown, Barbados (PANA) – Addressing Caribbean leaders meeting in Barbados on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced a potential plan [...] Full text...

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