26 april 2024 - 14:49:26
New York, US (PANA) - Making Gaza safe again from unexploded bombs could take 14 years, UN demining experts said [...] Full text...
24 april 2024 - 11:09:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year - the fifth [...] Full text...
24 april 2024 - 05:03:08
New York, US (PANA) - The head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on Tuesday reiterated that [...] Full text...
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...
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...
22 april 2024 - 17:34:34
New York, US (PANA) - UN chief António Guterres issued an appeal on Monday to “actively support” the UN agency [...] Full text...
19 april 2024 - 05:31:43
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk this week met survivors of massacres in eastern provinces of [...] Full text...
18 april 2024 - 11:32:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing global spread of “bird flu” infections to mammals, including humans, is a significant public [...] Full text...
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...
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...
14 april 2024 - 07:07:30
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan was plunged into an ongoing, devastating war one year ago on 15 April 2023, [...] Full text...
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...
09 april 2024 - 17:19:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-coordinated food convoys are three times more likely to be denied access to north Gaza than [...] Full text...
09 april 2024 - 15:50:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 8.5 million Sudanese have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan since the war [...] Full text...
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...
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...
02 april 2024 - 15:19:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, on Tuesday pledged to make his West African country [...] Full text...
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...
02 april 2024 - 12:25:13
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Bassirou Diomaye Faye was on Tuesday sworn in as the fifth president of Senegal and the [...] Full text...
30 march 2024 - 07:37:32
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's Constitutional Council on Friday published the final official results of the 24 March presidential election [...] Full text...
28 march 2024 - 20:25:20
The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday issued new provisional measures for Israel as [...] Full text...
27 march 2024 - 20:52:10
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye was on Wednesday declared winner of last Sunday's presidential [...] Full text...
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...
26 march 2024 - 12:34:27
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council has adopted a new law that will safeguard media freedom, media pluralism and [...] Full text...
26 march 2024 - 06:10:03
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal's president-elect, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has pledged to govern with humility, with his priorities being [...] Full text...
25 march 2024 - 10:31:27
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – As Senegalese await official results of Sunday's presidential election from the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA), the [...] Full text...
25 march 2024 - 05:17:02
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Early results from Sunday's presidential election in Senegal put opposition leader Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Faye in the [...] Full text...
24 march 2024 - 18:04:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Voting has officially ended in Senegal's delayed presidential election on Sunday to choose the successor of [...] Full text...
24 march 2024 - 14:24:26
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Voting is progressing smoothly in Senegal's delayed presidential election on Sunday in which voters are choosing [...] Full text...
24 march 2024 - 08:23:53
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Polls have opened on Sunday in the West African State of Senegal for the delayed presidential [...] Full text...
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...
23 march 2024 - 10:15:30
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Former President Abdoulaye Wade’s Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) announced on Friday that it is joining the [...] Full text...
20 march 2024 - 05:28:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Forced labour is happening all over the world and it’s earning criminal gangs an astonishing $236 [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 13:10:08
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians reiterated their resolve on Tuesday to help the people of Gaza where increasing [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 12:37:23
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Tuesday adopted a law to protect persons who speak out on matters [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 05:51:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Enough aid for 25,000 people has reached Gaza City for the first time in weeks, the [...] Full text...
12 march 2024 - 13:14:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN aid officials welcomed the news on Tuesday that an aid ship had left Cyprus for [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 17:13:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Any assault by Israeli forces on the densely populated city of Rafah where 1.5 million have [...] Full text...
07 march 2024 - 15:26:02
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Days from the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan and with no ceasefire agreement in [...] Full text...
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...
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...
03 march 2024 - 07:33:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 400 million people globally need hearing aids, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...
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...
01 march 2024 - 16:16:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Unchecked mass violence and entrenched repression in South Sudan threaten the prospects of durable peace and [...] Full text...
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...
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...
24 february 2024 - 10:28:50
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has slammed Sudanese Armed Forces’ (SAF) recent decision to prohibit cross border [...] Full text...
23 february 2024 - 05:47:32
New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency serving Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has reached breaking point due to Israeli calls [...] Full text...
22 february 2024 - 07:00:06
New York, US (PANA) – Governments across the globe are reaching beyond their borders and committing human rights abuses against [...] Full text...
21 february 2024 - 06:42:42
New York, US (PANA) - In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), fighting between the M23 armed group [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 12:09:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alleged rights violations against Palestinian women and girls in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank [...] Full text...
19 february 2024 - 14:31:25
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - South Sudan’s leaders must carefully navigate the conclusion of the elections set for December, which [...] Full text...
14 february 2024 - 06:07:17
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken with Senegalese President Macky Sall as tensions [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 16:50:45
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office said on Tuesday it was "deeply concerned" by the crisis [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 14:23:35
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Senegalese authorities on Tuesday announced the suspension of internet at "certain time slots" as the [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 12:56:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The prefect of Dakar, Cherif Mouhamadou Blondin Ndiaye, has banned Tuesday's march in tribute to three people who [...] Full text...
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...
09 february 2024 - 17:02:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A staggering 700,000 children in Sudan face the worst and most life-threatening form of hunger after [...] Full text...
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...
08 february 2024 - 05:44:41
New York, US (PANA) - The top UN official in the Middle East underscored the importance of a ceasefire in [...] Full text...
08 february 2024 - 05:32:47
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarian officials have voiced deep concern over the escalating humanitarian crisis in DR Congo, [...] Full text...
07 february 2024 - 19:26:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations on Wednesday urged countries not to forget millions of people caught up in [...] Full text...
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...
07 february 2024 - 06:02:38
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians are warning that food will become even more scarce in the coming months [...] Full text...
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...
03 february 2024 - 06:56:48
New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) plays a “critical role” in delivering aid to [...] Full text...
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...
02 february 2024 - 07:01:43
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged the authorities of the Democratic Republic of Congo [...] Full text...
02 february 2024 - 06:13:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ongoing military operations by Israel in Gaza have made it the deadliest and most dangerous war [...] Full text...
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...
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...
26 january 2024 - 05:27:56
New York, US (PANA) - Attacks against shipping in the Red Sea by Houthis are devastating for global trade and [...] Full text...
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...
23 january 2024 - 16:01:18
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As the trial of two Togolese journalists prosecuted by a member of the government got [...] Full text...
22 january 2024 - 11:47:00
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Amnesty International on Monday called on the Burkina Faso authorities to ensure his safe return [...] Full text...
22 january 2024 - 08:28:14
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The authorities in Senegal have cracked down on the opposition, media, and civil society, ahead of general [...] Full text...
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...
18 january 2024 - 07:01:37
New York, US (PANA) - The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, is concerned over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in northern Ethiopia, [...] Full text...
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...
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...
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...
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...
29 december 2023 - 05:50:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Bulldozers in refugee camps, detainees stripped naked and spat at, farmers robbed of their harvest: against [...] Full text...
22 december 2023 - 21:07:47
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed the hope that a Security Council resolution to get [...] Full text...
22 december 2023 - 17:05:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - This year's surprising spike in dengue infections globally represents a potentially high public health threat, the UN [...] Full text...
22 december 2023 - 16:45:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Media Forum, which was held as part of the second edition of the "Tripoli [...] Full text...
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...
20 december 2023 - 12:57:58
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has bemoaned the exposure of journalists’ [...] Full text...
19 december 2023 - 18:52:54
Paris, France (PANA) - 2023 has been a particularly deadly year for journalists who work in conflict zones, with killings [...] Full text...
18 december 2023 - 16:13:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A symposium under the theme "Media Education Outcomes in Libya... Ways and Means" Monday began discussions [...] Full text...
16 december 2023 - 10:18:36
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Amnesty International has condemned the deplorable killing of Mozambican journalist João Fernando Chamusse on 14 [...] Full text...
15 december 2023 - 17:22:22
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The president of Burkina Faso's transitional government, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Friday praised the work of [...] Full text...
14 december 2023 - 16:29:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some Gazans are so desperate for food that they are now stopping aid trucks and immediately [...] Full text...
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...
14 december 2023 - 09:31:55
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The UN's annual climate conference, COP28, finally acknowledged the need to transition away from fossil fuels [...] Full text...
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...
13 december 2023 - 13:05:08
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Newly crowned Africa’s Best Goalkeeper, Moroccan Yacine Bounou, has been named as one of three finalists [...] Full text...
11 december 2023 - 11:13:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As the world celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Sunday, [...] Full text...
08 december 2023 - 18:35:36
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Almost eight months of conflict in Sudan have created a dire humanitarian crisis, forced some [...] Full text...
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...
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...
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...
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...
05 december 2023 - 07:22:13
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US on Monday announced the expansion of its visa restriction policy on some categories [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 06:17:46
New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarians and partners are scaling up response to the outbreak of cholera across war-torn Sudan, [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 05:50:10
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has reiterated his call for a sustained humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza [...] Full text...
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...
02 december 2023 - 17:24:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Dozens of children, who were separated from their families and tribes during an attack by the [...] Full text...
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...
30 november 2023 - 15:41:17
Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has welcomed the verdict and sentencing of Bai Lowe, a former death [...] Full text...
28 november 2023 - 20:17:13
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) voiced its concern on Tuesday about the adoption of a law [...] Full text...
23 november 2023 - 18:00:16
Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Director of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), Barbara Kilei, has called for inclusive land [...] Full text...
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...
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...
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...
17 november 2023 - 06:24:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lack of fuel is jeopardising “the entire architecture of the humanitarian response” in Gaza, where raw [...] Full text...
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...
14 november 2023 - 14:34:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN health agency, WHO, hailed on Tuesday the “heroic efforts” of staff at Gaza City’s besieged Al-Shifa [...] Full text...
14 november 2023 - 07:14:10
Cairo, Egypt, US (PANA) - Trucks transporting desperately needed aid into Gaza could stop rolling on Tuesday due to a [...] Full text...
10 november 2023 - 14:55:25
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN rights chief Volker Türk on Friday reiterated increasingly urgent calls for a humanitarian ceasefire [...] Full text...
09 november 2023 - 09:11:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Burkina Faso's military junta is using a sweeping emergency law against perceived dissidents to expand its [...] Full text...
07 november 2023 - 14:40:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A month since the crisis in Gaza started UN humanitarians on Tuesday issued a heartfelt appeal [...] Full text...
06 november 2023 - 19:30:51
New York, US (PANA) - As the conflict intensifies in Gaza, with risk of spillover to the wider region, UN [...] Full text...
02 november 2023 - 18:44:31
Paris, France (PANA) - New data from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has revealed a worrying rise [...] Full text...
01 november 2023 - 12:46:36
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed Egypt’s decision on Wednesday to accept some of [...] Full text...
28 october 2023 - 07:45:20
New York, US (PANA) - With the humanitarian system in Gaza on the verge of "total collapse", UN Secretary-General António [...] Full text...
25 october 2023 - 15:03:42
Kiambu, Kenya (PANA) – African countries are working together to launch an assault against the poisoning of the food systems [...] Full text...
16 october 2023 - 20:32:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) met on Monday with the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister [...] Full text...
16 october 2023 - 06:58:44
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Sunday appealed to Hamas to immediately release all hostages and to Israel [...] Full text...
15 october 2023 - 07:39:28
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) issued an urgent call on Saturday for Israeli Authorities to [...] Full text...
12 october 2023 - 18:48:58
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO, has suspended some of [...] Full text...
10 october 2023 - 13:02:06
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad, Mohamed Salem ould Merzoug, on Monday [...] Full text...
10 october 2023 - 10:27:38
New York, US (PANA) – Rwandan authorities and their proxies are using violence, judicial mechanisms, and intimidation to try to [...] Full text...
10 october 2023 - 06:22:19
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Monday said that he recognised the legitimate grievances of the Palestinian [...] Full text...
05 october 2023 - 13:42:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As heavy fighting continues in Sudan, the UN’s top aid official in the country warned on [...] Full text...
04 october 2023 - 17:05:04
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - A senior UN human rights official on Wednesday called on authorities in Liberia to take all necessary [...] Full text...
29 september 2023 - 07:11:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN-appointed expert on freedom of opinion and expression has called for governments to strengthen efforts [...] Full text...
26 september 2023 - 15:31:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Young people continue to be “relentlessly” targeted with tobacco and nicotine products, the World Health Organization [...] Full text...
12 september 2023 - 13:15:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - As the picture of the devastation caused by Storm Daniel in eastern Libya last Sunday begins [...] Full text...
08 september 2023 - 05:57:48
Paris, France (PANA) - Five African footballers headline the the 30-player list for the 2023 Ballon d’Or award.
They are André [...] Full text...
05 september 2023 - 18:05:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There has been a dramatic increase in the number of civilians killed by cluster munitions, according [...] Full text...
05 september 2023 - 12:03:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN exprts have urged the Libyan National Army (LNA) to "immediately" cease the forcible eviction of [...] Full text...
03 september 2023 - 12:15:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - “It has been terrible for 5 years,” according to former Super Eagles Samson Sia Sia while [...] Full text...
30 august 2023 - 06:15:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights organisations are calling on the Burundian authorities to "immediately and unconditionally" release and quash the [...] Full text...
29 august 2023 - 14:32:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday flagged the deteriorating human rights situation in [...] Full text...
23 august 2023 - 06:36:27
Washingon, DC, US (PANA) - As Zimbabweans head to the polls on Wednesday, the United States has called on all [...] Full text...
22 august 2023 - 19:16:04
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have targeted leaders of opposition political parties, [...] Full text...
19 august 2023 - 05:23:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called on Friday for Niger’s democratically elected [...] Full text...
19 august 2023 - 05:10:20
New York, US (PANA) - The UN and partners are responding to disease outbreaks and an ongoing food insecurity crisis [...] Full text...
17 august 2023 - 20:15:12
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US says it looks forward to its new ambassador to Niger, Kathleen Fitzgibbon, leading the country's [...] Full text...
16 august 2023 - 07:15:21
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US again stressed on Tuesday that it wants to see a diplomatic resolution to [...] Full text...
15 august 2023 - 05:42:14
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations continues to deliver aid in Niger, nearly three weeks since President Mohamed [...] Full text...
10 august 2023 - 05:21:44
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US has expressed concern about the health and safety of detained Niger President Mohamed [...] Full text...
09 august 2023 - 06:06:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global average temperature for July 2023 was the highest on record and likely for at least [...] Full text...
08 august 2023 - 20:22:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, issued a warning on Tuesday that health conditions are rapidly deteriorating [...] Full text...
08 august 2023 - 07:00:40
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A senior US diplomat on Monday met Niger's military junta who have continued to strengthen their [...] Full text...
05 august 2023 - 05:55:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two senior UN humanitarian officials have called for more funding and less bureaucratic impediments to support [...] Full text...
05 august 2023 - 05:49:22
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The UN human rights office in Uganda will cease operations on Sunday after the Government decided [...] Full text...
29 july 2023 - 08:46:59
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Humanitarian operations, development support and peace programmes in Niger continue in the wake of the military coup this [...] Full text...
28 july 2023 - 17:14:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilians fleeing attacks by extremist groups in Burkina Faso must be allowed to shelter in neighbouring [...] Full text...
24 july 2023 - 10:45:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - In the second year since Tunisian President Kais Saied’s power grab, Tunisian authorities have taken further [...] Full text...
19 july 2023 - 06:02:13
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 200,000 people were displaced by fighting inside Sudan over the past week, the UN [...] Full text...
15 july 2023 - 07:46:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During the first half of the year, 289 boys and girls died while crossing the Mediterranean [...] Full text...
11 july 2023 - 06:04:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global sea surface temperatures reached a record high in May, June, and July – and the [...] Full text...
06 july 2023 - 14:56:14
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice Wednesday issued a landmark decision in [...] Full text...
04 july 2023 - 09:02:48
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, is asking the Cameroonian authorities to end the violence against the [...] Full text...
02 july 2023 - 05:38:05
Paris, France (PANA) - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has accepted the proposal of the US [...] Full text...
01 july 2023 - 08:54:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Immense strides have been made in the quest for gender equality but major barriers thrown up [...] Full text...
30 june 2023 - 20:34:01
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Increased violence, natural disasters and disease outbreaks have fuelled a deteriorating health situation in the eastern [...] Full text...
29 june 2023 - 05:56:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions are facing hunger and children’s lives are on the line in northeastern Nigeria amid a [...] Full text...
28 june 2023 - 06:18:20
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Four human rights organisations have urged the UN Human Rights Council to urgently address the deterioration [...] Full text...
28 june 2023 - 06:01:49
New York, US (PANA) - Violations of international law regarding children and armed conflict continued to have a “devastating impact”, [...] Full text...
27 june 2023 - 06:05:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Climate, armed conflict, high food prices and post-COVID-19 economic fall-out have caused record food insecurity [...] Full text...
24 june 2023 - 08:25:04
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA’s search for the men’s 2030 World Cup hosts was postponed on Friday after it failed [...] Full text...
24 june 2023 - 06:32:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Tunisia, “vague” legislation is being used to criminalise independent journalism and suppress criticism of the [...] Full text...
21 june 2023 - 19:22:38
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A leading figure on the Tunisian media scene, Zied El Heni, was kept in detention on [...] Full text...
20 june 2023 - 16:36:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarians issued an urgent appeal on Tuesday to help millions of people in the Democratic [...] Full text...
18 june 2023 - 06:18:19
New York, US (PANA) - With hate spreading lightning fast on social media and “mega spreaders” using divisive rhetoric to [...] Full text...
16 june 2023 - 06:16:50
New York, US (PANA) - Countries must phase out coal and other fossil fuels to avert climate “catastrophe”, UN Secretary-General [...] Full text...
12 june 2023 - 16:51:44
New York, US (PANA) - Countries must address the “grave global harm” caused by the proliferation of hate and lies [...] Full text...
09 june 2023 - 16:56:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Almost two months into the armed clashes between the paramilitaries of General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo [...] Full text...
09 june 2023 - 14:29:54
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Some 40 Malian journalists Wednesday began a training workshop on election coverage and strategies for preventing [...] Full text...
09 june 2023 - 10:22:44
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – European Union (EU) member states have reached a common position on a draft law which will [...] Full text...
07 june 2023 - 08:28:34
Villarreal, Spain (PANA) - Villarreal FC Nigerian forward, Samuel Chukwueze, has been named best African player in the 2022/2023 Spanish [...] Full text...
06 june 2023 - 05:52:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) remains critical, with more than half the [...] Full text...
04 june 2023 - 11:25:19
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As the crisis in Sudan rages without an end in sight, UN agencies and partners have [...] Full text...
03 june 2023 - 18:40:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan media organizations on Friday welcomed the Libyan parliament's decision to ban the trial of civilians [...] Full text...
29 may 2023 - 12:35:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Over 500 journalists have lost their jobs since the outbreak of the fighting in Sudan on [...] Full text...
26 may 2023 - 15:49:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Friday recalled its retired soldiers, following what it described as the rebels' trespassing limits [...] Full text...
24 may 2023 - 13:02:16
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - A UN expert on Wednesday called on Burundi to overcome divisions and restore the Arusha Agreement.
The [...] Full text...
19 may 2023 - 16:57:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As heavy fighting continues in Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Friday that more than one million [...] Full text...
19 may 2023 - 16:33:11
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi's medical authorities are stepping up their sensitization of communities on obstetric fistula, for which patients [...] Full text...