Antibiotics 'overused' among hospitalised COVID-19 patients - WHO

26 april 2024 - 11:11:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office

23 april 2024 - 13:34:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly stripped [...] Full text...

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UN envoy concerned about increased West Bank violence

23 april 2024 - 05:38:24
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Middle East envoy has expressed concern about increased levels of violence in the [...] Full text...

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Barrow, Faye expresses satisfaction with Senegambia's relationship

20 april 2024 - 19:03:49
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye and host counterpart President Adama Barrow have expressed great satisfaction with [...] Full text...

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Transform landmark Indigenous rights declaration into reality: UN General Assembly President

18 april 2024 - 05:51:56
New York, US (PANA) - Despite important achievements over the past decade to improve the well-being of Indigenous Peoples, safeguard [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: $2.8 billion appeal for three million people in Gaza, West Bank launched

17 april 2024 - 20:53:10
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN and partner agencies insisted on Wednesday that “critical changes” are needed to improve aid access [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Humanitarians locked in aid delivery ‘dance’ to avert famine in Gaza

17 april 2024 - 05:44:43
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Scaling up assistance in Gaza remains a challenge in the face of continued access denials, delays [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering

16 april 2024 - 16:00:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since war erupted six months ago and one [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Humanitarian charity calls for more funds for Sudan, neighbours

16 april 2024 - 07:25:49
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), has noted that funds pledged at Sudan's humanitarian summit [...] Full text...

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Sudan catastrophe must not be allowed to continue: UN rights chief

15 april 2024 - 11:57:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A full year of conflict in Sudan has already caused immense suffering and death but the [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: No improvement in aid access to north, insists senior UN aid official

12 april 2024 - 21:50:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The situation for Gazans remains dire despite hopes stemming from recent commitments by Israel to boost [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Widespread destruction across Khan Younis as Gazans ‘struggle to survive’

12 april 2024 - 04:53:28
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - People in Gaza are struggling to survive, said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian [...] Full text...

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ICJ begins proceedings brought by Nicaragua to halt Germany’s military aid to Israel

08 april 2024 - 16:10:33
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The UN’s top court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Monday began proceedings brought [...] Full text...

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Mother makes 200km emergency trip across rural Madagascar to save baby (A UN News feature)

07 april 2024 - 16:53:05
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - A young mother in Madagascar has been describing how she was forced to make a 200km [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: ‘Systematic dismantling of healthcare must end’ says WHO

07 april 2024 - 06:14:50
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare has [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: 231 cases of Dengue Fever detected

06 april 2024 - 08:16:47
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) -  Mauritius reported 231 active cases of Dengue Fever in the island as at 4 April 2024, [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: ‘No protection’ for civilians, aid workers, Security Council hears

05 april 2024 - 17:38:54
New York, US (PANA) - Aid officials called on the Security Council on Friday to step in to stop the [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel

05 april 2024 - 12:31:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights body adopted a resolution on Friday condemning the alleged “use of starvation [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions

04 april 2024 - 20:10:02
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN officials launched assessment visits to Gaza and its agencies will resume night-time aid deliveries on [...] Full text...

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‘Shocking’ increase in children denied aid in conflicts

04 april 2024 - 11:10:32
New York, US (PANA) - All warring parties must allow safe, swift and unfettered humanitarian access and protect civilian infrastructure, [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Rights experts condemn wholesale destruction, killing at Al-Shifa Hospital

04 april 2024 - 05:37:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have joined the growing international condemnation over the [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark

04 april 2024 - 05:30:57
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians in Gaza have suspended operations at night for at least 48 hours in response to [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Israeli strike on NGO aid team widely condemned as humanitarians repeat calls for access

02 april 2024 - 15:21:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen in Israeli military airstrikes [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UN aid teams still waiting for Israeli green light to relieve stricken northern hospital

02 april 2024 - 12:44:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The destruction of Gaza’s largest hospital following a two-week siege by the Israeli military has “ripped the [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Hospitals in Gaza must be protected: WHO chief

02 april 2024 - 05:53:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief reported at the weekend that at least four people were [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Israel continues to block aid into northern Gaza

02 april 2024 - 05:45:23
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Israeli forces are blocking aid deliveries into famine-stricken northern Gaza as the five-month-long war grinds on [...] Full text...

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Urgent vaccination campaign needed to halt deadly measles outbreak in South Sudan's Western Equatoria state

01 april 2024 - 12:48:44
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - A measles crisis is mounting in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, just as health authorities [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s 24 million children have a right to live in peace: UNICEF

29 march 2024 - 05:19:49
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Almost a year since war broke out in Sudan between rival militias, UN humanitarians warned [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to end

29 march 2024 - 05:14:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’ after more than five months of Israeli bombardment, the head [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight

26 march 2024 - 16:18:01
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a “double-digit number [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Israel’s new aid ban on UNRWA in Gaza ‘a wrong move’: UN coordinator

26 march 2024 - 06:26:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Israel’s ongoing restrictions and its new ban on aid deliveries by the largest United Nations agency [...] Full text...

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UN’s Guterres undertakes solidarity mission to Egypt, Jordan amid regional crises

23 march 2024 - 14:34:11
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In the face of escalating conflicts and humanitarian crises, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has embarked on [...] Full text...

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Massive rise in displacement in DRC poses dire threat to children - UNICEF

23 march 2024 - 05:18:27
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - A major upsurge in violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that has displaced [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease, hunger

22 march 2024 - 13:54:10
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of ongoing bombardment across Gaza on Friday, UN humanitarians highlighted “shocking levels of disease [...] Full text...

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Amid ongoing strife in Gaza and Ukraine, UN chief reiterates peace call

21 march 2024 - 15:54:23
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres doubled down on his call for a ceasefire in Gaza and peace [...] Full text...

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

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

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Gaza war: Less than 1 in 2 UN aid missions allowed into northern zones this month

20 march 2024 - 13:33:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Less than half of the UN aid convoys planned for Gaza’s hunger-ravaged north have made it [...] Full text...

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Libya closes Ras Jedir border crossing with Tunisia

19 march 2024 - 14:09:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of the Interior had announced that it has decided to close the Ras [...] Full text...

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Ghana opposition slams govt, communication industry regulator for Internet havoc

19 march 2024 - 06:05:43
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As Ghana continues to reel under a debilitating disruption of Internet services following a massive  disruption to [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Famine could happen ‘anytime’ in Gaza’s northern governorates, warn UN humanitarians

18 march 2024 - 13:00:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid reports that the Israeli military stormed Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Monday in search [...] Full text...

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Mobile network operators in Ghana slowly reconnecting Internet

18 march 2024 - 08:46:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Mobile network companies in Ghana are working hard as they slowly reconnected the country to the [...] Full text...

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

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

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

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

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Gaza war: Allow more aid into Gaza now, pleads WHO chief

07 march 2024 - 06:46:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Much more lifesaving humanitarian aid must be allowed into Gaza where one in six children is dangerously [...] Full text...

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Gaza war: Medical charity says its UK Board member killed in Gaza

06 march 2024 - 12:49:48
London, UK, (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says it is devastated about the death of Reem Abu [...] Full text...

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Accelerated by COVID and AI, global digital landscape remains uneven

06 march 2024 - 07:29:31
Washington, United States (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic brought about unprecedented acceleration of digital transformation across the globe – with [...] Full text...

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‘Widespread’ sexual abuse of children in entertainment business revealed

05 march 2024 - 20:35:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Widespread sexual abuse of children in the entertainment industry must be urgently stamped out, an independent [...] Full text...

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North Gaza aid mission reveals more infants may die from hunger

05 march 2024 - 19:19:34
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A rare opportunity to deliver desperately needed supplies to hospitals in northern Gaza for the first [...] Full text...

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Libyan prime minister pledges to work towards stronger dinar

05 march 2024 - 15:28:24
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the government of national unity, Abdulhamid al- Dbaiba, has stated that [...] Full text...

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Gaza war may fuel much wider Middle East crisis, warns UN rights chief

04 march 2024 - 16:57:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza continued in Egypt for a second day on Monday as [...] Full text...

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Gaza: ‘Babies slowly perishing under the world’s gaze,’ UNICEF warns

04 march 2024 - 06:14:07
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for wider and safer humanitarian [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza: Worst famine fears realised as 10th child reportedly ‘starves to death’

01 march 2024 - 17:55:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Repeated warnings from humanitarians over desperate food insecurity and imminent famine in Gaza came into focus [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights Council

01 march 2024 - 06:09:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The “carnage” in Gaza has left more than 30,000 dead and must end immediately, UN rights chief Volker [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN chief appalled by ‘tragic human toll’ of Gaza war

29 february 2024 - 19:29:38
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General said on Thursday he was “appalled by the tragic human toll of the [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: No medicine, no hope: Doctors describe life under Israeli attack in Gaza

29 february 2024 - 05:51:16
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - No communications, no medicine and little hope. That’s what operating a hospital in a war zone [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: All parties to Gaza crisis may have committed war crimes: UN rights chief

28 february 2024 - 15:16:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - All parties to the Gaza conflict have been responsible for “clear violations of international humanitarian law [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Frustration mounts as UN convoy is blocked outside stricken hospital

27 february 2024 - 15:26:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN relief agencies operating in war-torn Gaza voiced deep frustration on Tuesday over continuing aid access [...] Full text...

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Mauritius reports 494 active cases of dengue fever

27 february 2024 - 11:55:16
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Health and Wellness Ministry on Tuesday said that 494 active cases of dengue have [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid delivery to Gaza falls by half since January: UNRWA

27 february 2024 - 05:16:24
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Very little humanitarian aid has entered besieged Gaza this month, with a 50 per cent reduction [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UNRWA warns of lack of functioning health centres in Gaza

25 february 2024 - 05:23:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said just seven of its 23 health centres [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Humanitarian leaders unite in urgent plea for Gaza

22 february 2024 - 06:03:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a collective appeal, heads of UN humanitarian entities and global NGOs implored world leaders to [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza has become a ‘death zone’, warns UN health chief

21 february 2024 - 17:49:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An “inhumane” health and humanitarian situation now prevails across Gaza with conditions continuing to deteriorate, the [...] Full text...

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Gazans ‘hanging by a thread’, warns WFP

20 february 2024 - 17:21:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN emergency food relief agency (WFP) has warned that Gaza is “hanging by a thread”, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia's Tigray region lags behind in post-conflict recovery

20 february 2024 - 14:58:28
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray is lagging behind in its efforts to recover from conflict, [...] Full text...

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At least 15 people killed in road accident in central Mali

20 february 2024 - 12:46:28
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - At least fifteen people were killed and 46 others injured, some seriously, in a traffic accident [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Israeli advance on Rafah would have ‘dire humanitarian consequences’

20 february 2024 - 05:39:14
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - An extension of Israel’s military operation in Rafah, where over a million internally displaced Palestinians have [...] Full text...

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UNSMIL denounces deadly incident in Tripoli suburb

19 february 2024 - 12:35:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned the murder of 10 people at [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Lifesaving medical care collapsing under assault in Gaza: WHO

17 february 2024 - 05:41:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The largest remaining hospital in southern Gaza is “barely functional”, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Increased armed hostilities in Rafah pose 'disastrous risk' to civilian lives and infrastructure - ICRC

15 february 2024 - 07:21:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is cautioning the parties to the Israel-Palestine conflict, [...] Full text...

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Rights group says Senegal's delayed election sparks violence, repression

13 february 2024 - 07:24:23
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday asked the Senegalese authorities to immediately open independent investigations into violence [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Relief over rescued hostages as WHO chief warns of ‘ocean of need’

12 february 2024 - 13:11:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid reports on Monday that two hostages have been rescued during a raid by Israeli special [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN Special Adviser ‘horrified’ at suffering of civilians in the Middle East

10 february 2024 - 07:26:42
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on Friday expressed profound horror at the [...] Full text...

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Isarel-Gaza crisis: UN health agency warns over continuing attacks on healthcare

09 february 2024 - 16:41:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The unrelenting war in Gaza hasn’t spared hospitals, their staff or the people sheltering there, the [...] Full text...

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New malaria vaccines will save lives. How can we ensure a sustainable rollout? : World Bank Blog By Chijioke Okoro, Noel Chisaka and Carolina Kern

09 february 2024 - 08:06:34
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Last month, Cameroon became the first country to start rolling out malaria vaccination as part of [...] Full text...

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Gaza-Israel crisis: War enters fifth month amid reports of potential ceasefire deal

07 february 2024 - 13:48:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the devastating Gaza-Israel war entered its fifth month on Wednesday leaving a reported 27,585 Palestinians [...] Full text...

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Hyenas attack university students amid wildlife migration in Kenya

06 february 2024 - 19:28:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Wildlife authorities in Kenya have retrieved the body of unidentified person attacked and killed by hyenas, [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: 'We must do all in our power to protect Rafah,' say UN humanitarians

06 february 2024 - 12:57:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Any move by Israel to extend its full-scale invasion of Gaza into the massively overcrowded southern [...] Full text...

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Namibia begins period of national mourning for late President Geingob

05 february 2024 - 15:59:04
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Namibia on Monday began a national period of mourning following the death of President Hage Geingob on [...] Full text...

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UN chief mourns 'respected, principled' late Namibian president Geingob

05 february 2024 - 06:14:16
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep sadness at the passing of Dr. Hage Gottfried [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa mourns the death of Namibian President Hage Geingob

04 february 2024 - 12:13:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said he was deeply saddened by the passing of [...] Full text...

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Namibian President Hage Geingob dies at 82

04 february 2024 - 05:42:26
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Namibian President Hage Geingob died in Windhoek on Sunday, the Namibia Press Agency reported quoting Vice [...] Full text...

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Three killed, over 280 hospitalised after Nairobi gas plant explosion

02 february 2024 - 13:32:54
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - At least three people have been killed and up to 280 others hospitalised after an explosion [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Rafah a ‘pressure cooker of despair’ as exodus south continues

02 february 2024 - 12:19:18
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Thousands of Gazans have continued to flee intense hostilities in Khan Younis towards the massively overcrowded [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM chairs meeting to monitor management of oncology patients

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

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘We cannot abandon the people of Gaza’: chiefs of UN agencies and NGOs unite in appeal for UNRWA

31 january 2024 - 12:19:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deadly clashes and shelling continued in Khan Younis in southern Gaza overnight into Wednesday as top [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Amid UNWRA funding crisis, thousands of Gazans on verge of starving

30 january 2024 - 15:59:12
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - As the UN chief prepares to meet representatives from countries who donate to the UN agency [...] Full text...

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Latest Mediterranean deaths highlight need for safe migration routes

29 january 2024 - 20:32:50
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Nearly 100 people have died or disappeared crossing the Central and Eastern Mediterranean so far this [...] Full text...

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Peacekeepers and civilians killed during clashes in disputed Abyei region

29 january 2024 - 20:23:55
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Continuing intercommunal clashes in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan have left [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Simply not enough food’ to go around, warn UN humanitarians

29 january 2024 - 14:51:44
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Ongoing hostilities across the Gaza Strip have been “particularly intense” in the southern city of Khan [...] Full text...

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Preventing famine and deadly disease outbreak in Gaza requires faster, safer aid access and more supply routes

27 january 2024 - 13:01:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the risk of famine grows, and more people are exposed to deadly disease outbreaks, a [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN rights office condemns ‘chaotic’ Israeli mass evacuation orders

26 january 2024 - 15:47:46
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Mass evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military to the people of Gaza continue to push [...] Full text...

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Gaza-Israel crisis: Top UN aid official calls for end to attacks on sites sheltering civilians

25 january 2024 - 11:44:03
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Attacks on buildings in Gaza where terrified civilians are sheltering are “abhorrent and must stop immediately”, [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: More than a dozen leading human rights groups call for halt to arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian armed groups

25 january 2024 - 08:29:51
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - More than a dozen leading humanitarian and human rights organisations have called on all States to [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: End the war and recognise Palestine, Security Council urged

25 january 2024 - 07:25:28
New York, US (PANA) - Work harder to end the war in Gaza and recognise the State of Palestine were [...] Full text...

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

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

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Ghana High Court sentences six to death for coup plot, aquits three

24 january 2024 - 17:27:31
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The High Court in Accra has convicted six coup plotters for various counts of conspiracy to [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Displacement misery continues for Gazans, UN humanitarians warn

24 january 2024 - 14:11:11
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council will hold a second day of debate on Wednesday in search [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: 'High-risk mission' delivers fuel to Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza

24 january 2024 - 06:00:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners have delivered 19,000 litres of fuel to Al-Shifa hospital [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Rejection of two-State solution by Israeli leadership 'unacceptable', says Guterres

23 january 2024 - 20:37:03
New York, US (PANA) - Many of the world’s top diplomats are debating the deepening crisis in the Gaza Strip [...] Full text...

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US announces $45 million for security of coastal West Africa

23 january 2024 - 17:20:09
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The US on Tuesday announced the provision of $45 million in new funding through the [...] Full text...

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Libya and Turkey sign cooperation agreement on family and social services

23 january 2024 - 15:35:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Social Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Wafa Aboubaker al-Kilani, and [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza fighting spreads into hospitals where there’s ‘no way in and out’

23 january 2024 - 13:26:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid continuing heavy fighting in Gaza on Tuesday morning including reported attacks on hospitals in the [...] Full text...

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South Africa flags surge in attacks on innocent civilians

23 january 2024 - 10:23:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African  Government on Tuesday said it is deeply concerned about the increased [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: Restrictions, lack of medicines deprive people in Khartoum state of lifesaving care - MSF

23 january 2024 - 06:04:49
Paris, France (PANA) - Over the past few months, people in Khartoum State, Sudan, have become increasingly cut-off from healthcare, [...] Full text...

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At Non-Aligned Movement summit, Guterres repeats call for Gaza ceasefire, release of hostages

20 january 2024 - 18:37:34
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional [...] Full text...

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Gaza-Palestine crisis: Babies being born ‘into hell’ amid desperate aid shortages

19 january 2024 - 15:31:45
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Babies are being “delivered into hell” in Gaza with many others likely dying as a result [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza aid obstacles continue to delay vital relief

18 january 2024 - 16:17:47
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Medicines for Israeli hostages were reportedly allowed into Gaza for the first time on Thursday along [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza health system collapsing, as UN agencies renew ceasefire call

18 january 2024 - 07:23:07
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is continuing to do all it can to deliver critical [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum: Schwab Foundation announces social innovators of 2024

16 january 2024 - 17:20:16
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – From India to Morocco, the United States to Ecuador, the 16 organizations awarded by the Schwab [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Fewer than 1 in 4 aid missions given green light, says OCHA

16 january 2024 - 15:28:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Israeli authorities have continued to block lifesaving aid from reaching northern Gaza 102 days since [...] Full text...

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HRW: Gaddafi son 'wrongfully' held for 8 years in Lebanon should be released

16 january 2024 - 09:03:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Lebanese authorities should immediately release Hannibal Gaddafi, a son of Libya's former leader, who has been held in [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN continues to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid in Gaza

14 january 2024 - 07:24:40
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Despite the immense dangers and obstacles, the UN continues to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid in [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UNICEF warns against 'triple threat stalking' children in Gaza

13 january 2024 - 08:01:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF,  has warned against the “triple threat” of conflict, disease and malnutrition [...] Full text...

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COVID risk still high, warns WHO

13 january 2024 - 07:33:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The public health risk from COVID-19 remains high, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Ceasefire ‘more urgent than ever’ as conflict approaches 100-day mark

12 january 2024 - 20:26:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Gaza conflict approaches the 100-day mark, an immediate ceasefire is “more urgent than ever”, [...] Full text...

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Decentralized cholera response: Bridging the gap in Harare's hotspot communities (By Vivian Mugarisi)

12 january 2024 - 17:41:18
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The recent surge in cholera cases has placed immense pressure on healthcare facilities, particularly the Beatrice [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: War against Hamas in Gaza is act of self-defence, Israel tells world court

12 january 2024 - 13:47:32
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Israel strongly rejected accusations by South Africa of genocidal intent against Palestinians on Friday at [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: South Africa levels accusations of ‘genocidal conduct’ against Israel at world court

11 january 2024 - 17:14:27
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - South Africa addressed the UN's highest court on Thursday in a bid to end the [...] Full text...

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South African artist injured in flying incident

11 january 2024 - 06:04:11
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Grammy award-winning DJ Nkosinathi “Black Coffee” Maphumulo is recovering in an Argentina [...] Full text...

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Accra hosts USA food pairing event

10 january 2024 - 18:43:26
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s growing population is youthful with an increasingly fast emerging middle-class who have an appreciation for [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister pledges to treat oncology patients inside and outside country

10 january 2024 - 15:08:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, has announced his [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid mission denials are latest threat to Gaza’s hospitals: OCHA

10 january 2024 - 14:15:00
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to allow UN aid teams to deliver desperately needed humanitarian relief [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid relief is arriving in Gaza but ‘too little, too late’, warns WHO

09 january 2024 - 14:44:50
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With no let-up in fighting across Gaza, the UN health agency pleaded on Tuesday for better [...] Full text...

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Libya launches comprehensive national healthcare programme

08 january 2024 - 14:43:34
Libya (PANA) - The Ministry of Health of the Government of National Unity has launched a health number system and [...] Full text...

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Gaza crisis: another hospital facing dire shortages, warns WHO

08 january 2024 - 12:57:24
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - On day 93 of the war in Gaza, amid reports of relentless and heavy Israeli bombardment, [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Nearly 600 attacks on healthcare in Gaza, West Bank since war began: WHO

06 january 2024 - 04:46:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hospitals and other vital medical infrastructure in Gaza and the West Bank have been attacked nearly [...] Full text...

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Lethal combination of hunger and disease to lead to more deaths in Gaza

05 january 2024 - 18:30:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hunger is ravaging Gaza, and this is expected to increase illness across the Strip, most acutely [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza war: Crisis deepens as UN aid convoys face delays, obstacles

04 january 2024 - 16:53:49
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports of continued Israeli airstrikes overnight in southern and central Gaza and more rocket fire [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Intense ground battles’ reported, hospital hit kills five

03 january 2024 - 14:03:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Continuing airstrikes were reported across Gaza on Wednesday with “intense ground battles” between Israeli forces and [...] Full text...

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Protesters announce closure of largest oil field in south-west Libya

03 january 2024 - 12:26:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Protesters in Libya's southern region of Fezzan have announced the closure of the al Charara oilfield, [...] Full text...

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Israel/Gaza crisis: Everyone is hungry in Gaza now: UN humanitarians

02 january 2024 - 15:05:30
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN humanitarians on Tuesday repeated dire concerns for civilians caught up in the war in Gaza. This [...] Full text...

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Legendary South African photographer Peter Magubane dies

02 january 2024 - 07:51:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Peter Magubane, the anti-apartheid activist and renowned photographer, died on Monday at the age [...] Full text...

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Burundian President again accuses Rwanda of supporting rebel group

01 january 2024 - 13:39:01
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's Head of State, Evariste Ndayishimiye, has repeated his accusations of Rwandan military support for the [...] Full text...

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Rwanda accused of colluding with Burundian rebel movement

29 december 2023 - 16:49:34
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - On Friday, President Evariste Ndayishimye Friday accused Rwanda of providing multifaceted support to the Resistance for [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Death toll in Gaza soars to 21,110

29 december 2023 - 05:59:26
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In Gaza, the latest death toll as of midnight on Thursday stood at 21,110 according to [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: WHO and partners deliver aid to two Gaza hospitals in high-risk missions

28 december 2023 - 09:00:58
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners delivered fuel and other essential supplies to two hospitals [...] Full text...

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South African threatre producer Mbongeni Ngema killed in car crash

28 december 2023 - 08:43:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Leading South theatre producer and musician Mbongeni Ngema was killed in a vehicle accident [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: fighting hampers cholera response: UN agency

27 december 2023 - 07:00:25
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The conflict in Sudan continues to block efforts to respond to a deadly cholera outbreak that [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza health workers pushed to the limit amid airstrike ‘carnage’

26 december 2023 - 19:18:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Overwhelmed medics in Gaza on Tuesday continued to try to save victims of missile strikes including [...] Full text...

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Health services predict a rise in cases of coronavirus infections in Libya over coming period

26 december 2023 - 18:36:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The National Centre for Disease Control said on Tuesday that it expected an increase in cases [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Security Council continues negotiations over Gaza resolution calling for ‘urgent suspension’ of fighting

21 december 2023 - 17:19:31
New York, US (PANA) - After intense negotiations all week behind closed doors at the 15-member Security Council, ambassadors are [...] Full text...

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

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

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Ten weeks of hell’ for children in Gaza: UNICEF

19 december 2023 - 14:57:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is by far the most dangerous place in the world to be a child and [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: AUC Chairperson renews calls to end Sudan conflict

19 december 2023 - 07:13:46
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed concern at the [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza hospital destroyed, WHO chief reiterates ceasefire call

18 december 2023 - 15:15:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has spoken out against the [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Rights group says Israel using starvation as weapon of war in Gaza

18 december 2023 - 07:21:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza [...] Full text...

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

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

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN welcomes Kerem Shalom border crossing announcement

16 december 2023 - 07:07:42
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Spokesperson has welcomed the announcement on Friday by the Israeli cabinet that the [...] Full text...

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Global Refugee Forum ends with bold pledges, solutions for displaced

15 december 2023 - 18:32:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While some of the world’s poorest countries are welcoming refugees “with great hospitality”, the international community [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza flooding latest disaster to hit desperate Palestinians

14 december 2023 - 12:56:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Heavy rains created new misery in Gaza as UN humanitarians repeated deep concerns on Thursday over [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza ceasefire ‘in everybody’s interest’: UN humanitarian coordinator

13 december 2023 - 18:16:56
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A ceasefire in Gaza is “the only way forward” and “in the interest of everybody” as the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian troops on “highest state of alert” in Niger Delta as militants kill 4 soldiers, 2 drivers, kidnap 2 South Koreans

13 december 2023 - 15:44:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Militants in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region began a renewed offensive in Rivers State, ambushing and killing four [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: ‘Humanitarian disaster zone’: Gaza hospital capacity decimated – WHO

12 december 2023 - 14:50:33
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The last barely functioning hospital in northern Gaza is a “humanitarian disaster zone”, the UN World [...] Full text...

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South African music legend Zahara dead at 35

12 december 2023 - 08:14:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Multi-award winning South African musician Zahara has died after a long illness. She was [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens as fighting rages on across the Strip

11 december 2023 - 14:14:47
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths reiterated deep concerns for the people of Gaza on Monday. This is [...] Full text...

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Five African countries report anthrax outbreaks, over 1,100 cases recorded

11 december 2023 - 11:44:24
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Five countries in East and Southern Africa are experiencing anthrax outbreaks, with more than 1,100 suspected [...] Full text...

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South African music legend fighting for her life

11 december 2023 - 11:16:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Singer Zahara is currently unresponsive and fighting for her life in a Johannesburg hospital. Sources close [...] Full text...

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Sudan conflict: ICRC deplores deliberate, deadly attack on its humanitarian convoy in Khartoum

11 december 2023 - 08:15:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it is shocked and appalled by "a [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza: crisis: WHO adopts resolution on access for lifesaving aid in Gaza

11 december 2023 - 06:10:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a special emergency session held on Sunday in Geneva, the Executive Board of the World [...] Full text...

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Large-scale mobilization in Libya in anticipation of meteorological upheavals marked by heavy rain

09 december 2023 - 15:13:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Government of National Unity has cautioned citizens and road users after heavy rain fell [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza humanitarian disaster heralds 'breakdown' of society

08 december 2023 - 17:11:02
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - As intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza and fighting with Palestinian armed groups continued to impede aid [...] Full text...

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Rights watchdog accuses Nigerian military of attempting to cover up mass civilian drone bomb killings

08 december 2023 - 11:33:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities must "promptly, thoroughly, independently, impartially, transparently and effectively" investigate the killing of more [...] Full text...

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Sudan Conflict: Sudan Rejects US Accusations Against National Army

07 december 2023 - 19:46:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Thursday was critical of the US administration which accused both Sudanese national army and [...] Full text...

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Gaza fighting further compromises aid amid near ‘apocalyptic’ conditions: UN humanitarians

07 december 2023 - 13:17:10
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Two months to the day since Hamas fired rockets into Israel prompting a massive Israeli military retaliation [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Guterres urges Security Council to act

06 december 2023 - 19:15:53
New York, US (PANA) - Invoking a rarely used article of the UN Charter, Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called [...] Full text...

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Rights group calls for independent investigations into catastrophic Derna floods

06 december 2023 - 09:00:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – An independent inquiry is needed to review failings in Libyan authorities’ management of catastrophic flooding in [...] Full text...

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Libya's prime minister accuses country's legislature of preventing elections from being held

05 december 2023 - 14:59:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, has said that [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Desperation intensifies in Gaza amid uncertainty of ‘safe zones’

05 december 2023 - 14:28:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The situation for Gazans is “getting worse by the hour”, the UN health agency WHO said [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Army Chief visits scene of drone attack that killed dozens of civilians

05 december 2023 - 14:12:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday visited Tudun Biri community in [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Tunisia welcomes 20 Palestinians injured in Gaza

04 december 2023 - 16:15:33
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Twenty Palestinians injured in days of bombing of Gaza by Israel have arrived in Tunisia for [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN rights chief appeals for end to violence and return to dialogue

03 december 2023 - 16:30:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The resumption of hostilities in Gaza and its terrifying impact on civilians underscore the need for [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM attends al-Ajailat Equestrian Festival

02 december 2023 - 13:48:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, has taken part in the equestrian festival in the [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM inaugurates al-Ajailat general hospital in western Libya

01 december 2023 - 19:47:39
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, on Friday inaugurated the general hospital in Al-Ajailat, in [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Shock and terror in Gaza as bombardment of shattered enclave resumes

01 december 2023 - 13:55:37
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - As Secretary-General António Guterres spoke of his deep regret about the resumption of military operations in [...] Full text...

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Needs rise as flooding spreads in Somalia

01 december 2023 - 07:08:14
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Deadly torrential rains and floods have affected more than two million people in several areas of [...] Full text...

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Kenya set to overhaul refugee policy, to change camps into urban centres

30 november 2023 - 18:21:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya is planning to designate major refugee camps as urban centres and municipalities once a draft [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Last-minute extension of pause in fighting offers new relief window

30 november 2023 - 18:07:51
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A last-minute extension of the pause in fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Thursday [...] Full text...

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100 million people in Eastern and Southern Africa to receive access to sustainable, clean energy by 2030

29 november 2023 - 07:32:52
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) — A new World Bank programme is set to exponentially accelerate sustainable and clean energy [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Gaza doctors ‘terrified’ of deadly disease outbreak as aid teams race to deliver

28 november 2023 - 16:57:45
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - As the pause in fighting in Gaza appeared to enter a fifth day on Tuesday, UN [...] Full text...

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Eleven miners killed in South Africa shaft tragedy

28 november 2023 - 10:15:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Eleven miners have been killed and another 82 were injured following an underground mining [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza: Vital aid reaches shattered north as halt to fighting enters fourth day

27 november 2023 - 14:53:46
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Desperate Gazans in the north of the enclave had their first sip of clean water in [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN confirms more aid entering Gaza as humanitarian pause holds for second day

26 november 2023 - 05:49:13
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Sixty-one trucks hauled aid to northern Gaza on Saturday – the largest number since 7 October, [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: start of truce feeds hopes for respite, access to people in need: UN humanitarians

24 november 2023 - 15:26:36
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Trucks with relief supplies continued to enter Gaza through the Rafah crossing from Egypt on Friday [...] Full text...

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With Gaza truce on horizon, UN relief teams stand ready to ramp up aid

23 november 2023 - 13:15:17
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Humanitarian agencies preparing to go into Gaza continued to build up stocks of desperately needed aid [...] Full text...

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2023 AFCON: CAF Gen. Sec. tours Alassane Ouattara, Felix Houphouet Boigny stadiums

23 november 2023 - 09:51:06
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - CAF General Secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba on Monday toured the Alassane Ouattara Stadium and Felix Houphouet-Boigny [...] Full text...

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Israel-Palestine crisis: UN agency heads unite in urgent plea for women and children in Gaza

22 november 2023 - 21:03:02
New York, US (PANA) - The heads of three UN agencies on Wednesday highlighted the disproportionate suffering faced by women [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN welcomes deal for pause in fighting, hostage-release pact

22 november 2023 - 13:44:15
New York, US (PANA) - A deal on Wednesday to release hostages taken during Hamas' attack on Israel has been [...] Full text...

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From market stalls to mechanic shops: Better jobs for Côte d'Ivoire's urban youth: World Bank Blog By Raphaela Karlen, Solene Rougeaux and Sara Johansson de Silva

22 november 2023 - 12:35:58
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Street vendors, taxi drivers, hairdressers, metal workers, repair shops - Côte d’Ivoire’s towns and cities [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Aid agencies warn of ‘tragic, avoidable surge’ in child deaths

21 november 2023 - 19:51:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A “tragic…entirely avoidable surge” in child deaths is expected in Gaza where some 160 youngsters are [...] Full text...

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Israel-Palestine crisis: Libya sends 26 tonnes of medical, humanitarian aid to Gaza

21 november 2023 - 12:49:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has sent 26 tonnes of medical aid and food products to Gaza to help support [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: War and health crisis in Gaza a ‘recipe for epidemics’ warns WHO

21 november 2023 - 05:27:16
New York, US (PANA) - The thousands of injuries sustained by civilians across Gaza combined with a burgeoning public health [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: South Africa, four others refer Gaza crisis to International Criminal Court

20 november 2023 - 11:54:03
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague has confirmed receipt of a joint [...] Full text...

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Irsael-Gaza crisis: ‘This must stop,’ UN chief says as deaths, displacement ripple across Gaza

19 november 2023 - 18:07:54
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Spikes in casualties, attacks on schools and shelters, including the death of a UN worker, and [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Fuel restrictions curtail Gaza aid efforts amid attacks on UN schools and evacuation plans for Al-Shifa Hospital

19 november 2023 - 06:58:38
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Fuel restrictions are curtailing aid efforts in Gaza, UN agencies said on Saturday. This was as the [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Humanitarian crisis in Gaza could get far worse, warns UN relief chief

18 november 2023 - 06:03:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Fierce hostilities continue across Gaza from the air, sea, and on the ground, the UN’s top [...] Full text...

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Displaced families uprooted by severe floods across Horn of Africa

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

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With World Bank support CAR’s new solar park expands access to clean energy

17 november 2023 - 17:35:59
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Central African Republic on Friday launched a 25-megawatt solar park with battery storage in [...] Full text...

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Gaza crisis: ‘Endless needs’ reflect spiralling situation as hospitals shut down, WHO warns

17 november 2023 - 16:38:32
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN health agency, WHO, on Friday issued a new warning about the desperate situation for [...] Full text...

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China supports fight against blindness in Benin

17 november 2023 - 16:09:02
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - China is supporting the fight against blindness in Benin through a cataract operation project, the Ministry [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN’s Türk calls for political path out of 'horror'

16 november 2023 - 17:28:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday welcomed the Security Council call for pauses in [...] Full text...

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