Islamist armed group executes civilians, burns homes in Niger
10 september 2025 - 09:08:40Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Islamist armed group, Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel), has escalated attacks on [...] Full text...
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Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Islamist armed group, Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel), has escalated attacks on [...] Full text...
The 9/9/99 Sirte Declaration on creation of AU hailed in Libya as major step towards African unification
09 september 2025 - 14:22:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - On its 26th anniversary, the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Unity [...] Full text...
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Leadership of women crucial to UN’s reinvention at 80, says former Assembly President
08 september 2025 - 21:17:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since the creation of the United Nations 80 years ago, only four women have served as [...] Full text...
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Window to prevent famine spreading in Gaza is ‘closing fast’, UN warns
08 september 2025 - 06:39:09Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The narrow window to prevent the spread of famine from northern Gaza to other parts [...] Full text...
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A fourth generation nuclear survivor’s push for justice
06 september 2025 - 14:12:08New York, US (PANA) - Standing behind the United Nations rostrum on the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, Oemwa Johnson, [...] Full text...
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Sudan civilians deliberately targeted - UN Fact-Finding Mission reports
05 september 2025 - 18:11:33Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An independent fact-finding mission for the human rights situation in the Sudan published its report [...] Full text...
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Sudan civilians deliberately targeted, UN Fact-Finding Mission reports
05 september 2025 - 15:04:13Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An independent fact-finding mission for the human rights situation in the Sudan published its report [...] Full text...
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UN rights office worried over escalation in Gaza City, annexation plans for West Bank
05 september 2025 - 07:56:51Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - A senior official from the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Thursday he was [...] Full text...
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‘Reparatory justice’ key to ending racism against Africans and their descendants
04 september 2025 - 07:23:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments, academia and other stakeholders must “double down on delivering reparatory justice” for people from the [...] Full text...
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Ghana's chief justice sacked for 'misbehaviour'
01 september 2025 - 16:35:14Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama on Monday removed Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo from office [...] Full text...
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Charity group condemns enforced disappearance, torture, mass killing of women, children in Sudan's North Darfur
01 september 2025 - 14:47:09Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A women rights group in East Africa, The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn [...] Full text...
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Sudan's parallel government names Prime Minister
01 september 2025 - 07:27:35Nyala, Sudan (PANA) - The Presidential Council of Sudan's parallel government declared by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in [...] Full text...
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UN chief calls for justice and ‘real change’ for people of African descent
01 september 2025 - 07:05:59New York, US (PANA) - On the International Day for People of African Descent, celebrated each year on 31 August, [...] Full text...
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UN mission warns alarming levels of enforced disappearances in Libya threaten national reconciliation
31 august 2025 - 15:19:28Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of UN Secretary General in Libya, Ms. Hanna Tetteh, on Saurday expressed alarm [...] Full text...
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Sudan's paramilitary RSF installs parallel government despite international rejection
31 august 2025 - 13:58:48Nyala, Sudan (PANA) – Despite the rejection and condemnation by the international community of the declaration by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid [...] Full text...
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‘Our livelihoods have been cut off,’ say West Bank farmers ahead of olive harvest (By UN News)
31 august 2025 - 07:35:22Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In the occupied West Bank village of Kufr Qaddum, Yousef (not his real name) stands [...] Full text...
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African health leaders, partners call for greater investment in integrated NCD services
31 august 2025 - 07:34:56Lusaka, Lusaka (PANA) — African health ministers and partners are calling for increased investment in integrated health services to address [...] Full text...
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Israel’s plan to take over Gaza City marks ‘new and dangerous phase’: Guterres
28 august 2025 - 14:20:30New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza, greater [...] Full text...
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Killing of journalists in Gaza hospital attack ‘should shock the world’: UN rights office
26 august 2025 - 15:31:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The killing of five more Palestinian journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces – bringing the total [...] Full text...
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EU welcomes Libya's new political roadmap
25 august 2025 - 11:24:42Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) delegation and the diplomatic missions of EU member states in Libya have [...] Full text...
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UN mission in Libya Hq targeted in rocket attack as top official briefed Security Council
22 august 2025 - 12:55:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has disclosed that there was a rocket attack [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief decries ‘relentless intensification’ of US sanctions against International Criminal Court staff
21 august 2025 - 20:01:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United States must stop ramping up sanctions against officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), [...] Full text...
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Top UN official in Libya to brief Security Council on new roadmap for political process
21 august 2025 - 10:40:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, will brief the Security Council [...] Full text...
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International Day honours victims of terrorism
21 august 2025 - 06:41:35New York, US (PANA) - Thursday, 21 August, marks the eighth commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of and [...] Full text...
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ICC 'strongly rejects' new US sanctions on judges, prosecutors
21 august 2025 - 06:28:53The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has strongly rejected new sanctions announced by the United States [...] Full text...
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International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ on judicial independence
20 august 2025 - 21:03:35The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has strongly rejected new sanctions announced by the United States [...] Full text...
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Mali's Supreme Court opens investigation into 'massive' embezzlement case involving former Prime Minister Maiga
20 august 2025 - 12:51:31Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A judicial investigation into “massive” embezzlement of public funds, forgery, money laundering and complicity was opened [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses M23 rebels of mass killings near DRC's Virunga National Park
20 august 2025 - 10:46:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Rwandan-controlled M23 armed group summarily executed over 140 civilians, largely ethnic Hutu, in at least [...] Full text...
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Rights group accuses warring factions in eastern DRC of committing 'horrific abuses'
20 august 2025 - 09:33:26Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Both the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement (M23) and the Wazalendo, a loose coalition of armed groups [...] Full text...
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UN deplores deadly attacks in eastern DRC
20 august 2025 - 07:18:44Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN has strongly condemned recent attacks carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) armed [...] Full text...
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Libya municipal elections begin
16 august 2025 - 13:51:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Voting for the 2025 municipal elections (Group II) began on Saturday morning in Libya, amid tight [...] Full text...
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Libyan Electoral Commission condemns attacks on two polling stations on eve of municipal elections
15 august 2025 - 11:51:55Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) has condemned attacks on its offices on the west [...] Full text...
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Mali's former transitional PM Choguel Maiga placed in police custody
13 august 2025 - 12:58:51Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Mali's former transitional Prime Minister from 2021-2024, Choguel Kokalla Maiga, was taken into custody on [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International says thousands killed, hundreds forcibly disappeared in two years in south-east Nigeria
13 august 2025 - 08:49:23Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian authorities’ persistent failure to address the security crisis in the country’s south-east region has [...] Full text...
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Myanmar: Rights investigators reveal ‘systematic torture’, sexual violence
12 august 2025 - 15:35:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-mandated independent investigators have uncovered “systematic torture” in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities – including beatings, electric [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Watch condemns dissolution of Niger's justice sector unions
12 august 2025 - 06:56:35Nairobi,Kenya (PANA) - Human Rights Watch has condemned the dissolution of four main justice-sector unions by the military junta in [...] Full text...
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‘There is no military solution’ to end Israel-Palestine conflict, Security Council hears, as starvation stalks the Gaza Strip
10 august 2025 - 20:34:56New York, US (PANA) - It’s essential to work towards a two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict as the international [...] Full text...
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Two Muslim victims of Ghana helicopter crash buried
10 august 2025 - 17:35:08Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Two victims of last Wednesday's Ghana Air Force helicopter crash that claimed the lives of eight [...] Full text...
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Ghana President leads Evening of Reflections and Memorial for helicopter crash victims
09 august 2025 - 20:15:52Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday led his countrymen in an “Evening of Reflections and [...] Full text...
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Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City would mark ‘a dangerous escalation’: Guterres
08 august 2025 - 20:35:05New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed grave concern over Israel’s decision to “take control of [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief slams Israeli plan to take military control of Gaza; says it must stop now
08 august 2025 - 13:00:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights official insisted on Friday that the Israeli Government must not pursue [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Security Council meets on hostage crisis amid ‘unbearable’ conditions facing Palestinian civilians
06 august 2025 - 06:53:26New York, US (PANA) - As conditions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel continue to deteriorate, a senior UN [...] Full text...
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Children are ‘skin and bones’ as Sudan marks a grim milestone
06 august 2025 - 06:03:50Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Famine was declared in the Zamzam camp in North Darfur one year ago. And since [...] Full text...
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UN urges MPs to deliver on development promises for 600 million in landlocked nations
04 august 2025 - 21:27:23Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) - At a major UN forum opening in Awaza, Turkmenistan, this week, parliamentarians from around the world [...] Full text...
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Libyan Parliament's Second Deputy Speaker condemns ban on MPs flying from Tripoli to Benghazi for plenary session
04 august 2025 - 10:55:18Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Second deputy speaker of the Libyan Parliament, Misbah Douma, has strongly condemned the ban imposed [...] Full text...
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Global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog concludes South Africa visit
04 august 2025 - 07:59:29Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Africa Joint Group, a global money laundering and [...] Full text...
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AU celebrates African Women's Day; Darfur gives a different version (By Mohamed Osman Adam)
01 august 2025 - 12:59:45Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Africa is celebrating Women's Day, but the occasion couldn’t be more tragic for Sudanese women.They [...] Full text...
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Human trafficking: Senegal to strengthen legal framework, improve cross-border cooperation (By Minielle Baro, United Nations Information Centre, Dakar)
01 august 2025 - 05:50:57Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In response to the scourge of human trafficking, Senegal has adopted a solid legal framework, the [...] Full text...
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With Gaza smouldering, ministers renew push for two-State solution at UN
31 july 2025 - 05:16:32New York, US (PANA) - With Gaza in ruins and the two-State solution in jeopardy, ministers convened at the United [...] Full text...
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Thousands of Burkinabe march to demand explanation of activist's death in Côte d'Ivoire jail
30 july 2025 - 12:47:29Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Thousands of Burkinabe on Wednesday poured into the streets of the capital, Ouagadougou, to demand [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN Designated Expert on Human Rights visits Sudan
29 july 2025 - 16:26:26Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan has stressed that it stands ready to cooperate with the international community on human rights [...] Full text...
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AU's special envoy to Sahel region urged to address rights issues
28 july 2025 - 09:15:18Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The African Union's (AU) appointment of Burundi’s president as its special envoy for the Sahel region [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International designates arbitrarily detained Eswatini MPs as prisoners of conscience
28 july 2025 - 07:35:18Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Four years since they were imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of [...] Full text...
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Sudan commends France's move to recognise Palestinian State
27 july 2025 - 12:59:17Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has commended France's intention to recognise the State of Palestine during the upcoming session [...] Full text...
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In hard-hitting human rights address, Guterres calls for urgent action on Gaza, authoritarianism and climate justice
26 july 2025 - 07:33:25New York, US (PANA) - The world is facing a “moral crisis” marked by rising authoritarianism, deepening inequality and a [...] Full text...
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ICJ affirms states have 'an obligation to prevent significant harm to the environment'
23 july 2025 - 18:37:08The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - This is a turning point for international law, with considerable political repercussions. In a highly [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for release of ousted Niger president Bazoum two years after coup
23 july 2025 - 08:20:32Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Authorities in Niger should immediately release former President Mohamed Bazoum, who remains arbitrarily detained two [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council, in unanimous vote, presses nations to resolve disputes peacefully
23 july 2025 - 06:12:05New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution urging all Member States to “utilise effectively” [...] Full text...
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UNSMIL concerned by announcement of suspension of elections in 11 Libyan municipalities
22 july 2025 - 12:24:02Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed deep concern following the announcement of [...] Full text...
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From Africa to Europe, drought is increasing hunger and shaking economies
22 july 2025 - 06:41:45New York, US (PANA) - Repeated droughts, exacerbated by climate change, are plunging a growing portion of the planet into [...] Full text...
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‘Bet on youth’ to realise Africa’s digital potential, UN deputy chief says
22 july 2025 - 06:09:00New York, US (PANA) - Digital innovation and technology remain underfunded and underdeveloped across Africa, according to a report on [...] Full text...
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Mandela’s legacy ‘is now our responsibility’, Guterres says on International Day
19 july 2025 - 06:09:09New York, US (PANA) - In honour of Nelson Mandela International Day on Friday, the United Nations celebrated a public [...] Full text...
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Libyan arrested in Germany for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes
19 july 2025 - 05:56:17The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - A Libyan has been arrested in Germany for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes, [...] Full text...
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EU sanctions Sudanese individuals and entities over serious human rights violations, threats to peace, stability and security
18 july 2025 - 14:26:37Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Friday adopted a fourth package of restrictive measures against two individuals and [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN Human Rights Chief deplores killing of dozens of civilians in Sudan
17 july 2025 - 19:06:58Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday issued a strong worded statement [...] Full text...
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We need to value women in sport, UN rights chief says
17 july 2025 - 15:16:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In the midst of the Women’s Euro football championship in Switzerland, Volker Türk, the UN human [...] Full text...
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World Bank report highlights gender dynamics and opportunities in Botswana
15 july 2025 - 07:37:13Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The World Bank on Tuesday released a comprehensive report, “Trends and Opportunities to Advance Gender Equality [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM reaffirms commitment to cooperate with UNSMIL to achieve settlement of political crisis
14 july 2025 - 11:47:17Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba , [...] Full text...
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War crimes, systematic sexual violence ongoing in Darfur: ICC
11 july 2025 - 05:20:16New York, US (PANA) - Systematic rape and sexual violence are being used as weapons of war in Darfur, the [...] Full text...
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South Africa prepares for annual Nelson Mandela Day
10 july 2025 - 07:53:50Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa is preparing for the annual Nelson Mandela Day on 18 July. The [...] Full text...
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Aminata’s path: How partnerships are making schools safer for girls in Sierra Leone (World Bank Blog By Mokhlesur Rahman, Senior Education Specialist)
09 july 2025 - 08:55:56Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Imagine a young girl in Sierra Leone—we’ll call her Aminata. Each morning, she slips into [...] Full text...
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Srebrenica, 30 years on: UN officials and survivors call for truth, justice and vigilance
08 july 2025 - 21:31:38New York, US (PANA) - At the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, survivors of the Srebrenica genocide joined top officials [...] Full text...
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Deputy UN Secretary-General Amina Mohammed visits Gambia
08 july 2025 - 11:18:16Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina J. Mohammed, on Monday met President Adama [...] Full text...
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Gambian lawmakers throw out Bill to review constitution
08 july 2025 - 11:04:32Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian National Assembly has once again rejected a bid to overhaul West African country's Constitution, [...] Full text...
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The Sevilla Commitment: A vital step to rebuild trust in global cooperation
03 july 2025 - 14:21:27Sevilla, Spain (PANA) - Civil society organisations have welcomed the consensus reached at the landmark Sustainable development conference concluding this [...] Full text...
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Girls, women under constant threat in South Sudan, says Human Rights Watch
02 july 2025 - 11:49:28Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Recent attacks on girls and young women in South Sudan illustrate how they are at [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International says DRC-Rwanda peace deal fails to address serious crimes committed in eastern DRC
02 july 2025 - 09:21:29London, UK (PANA) - Last week's peace agreement signed between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda fails to [...] Full text...
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Despite positive economic prospects in Somalia, foreign aid cuts are downsizing growth
01 july 2025 - 11:08:27Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia’s economy continued its overall strong performance in 2024, with growth at 4.0 percent supported by [...] Full text...
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Climate change requires ending fossil fuel dependency, warns UN expert
01 july 2025 - 07:23:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - States must urgently phase out fossil fuels, in accordance with their international human rights obligations, a [...] Full text...
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BCL announces the discovery of over 3.5 billion dinars worth of counterfeit 50-dinar banknotes printed in Russia
30 june 2025 - 14:03:14Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Central Bank of Libya (BCL) has announced the discovery of a counterfeiting operation and a [...] Full text...
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It’s time to finance our future and ‘change course’, Guterres tells world leaders in Sevilla
30 june 2025 - 13:10:24Sevilla, Spain (PANA) - “We’re here in Sevilla to change course,” the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’
30 june 2025 - 05:43:25Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a bold new national initiative aimed at [...] Full text...
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Rwanda, DRC sign peace agreement to end three decades of war
28 june 2025 - 05:58:43Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday signed a peace agreement in [...] Full text...
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Rwanda, DRC sign peace agreement to end three decades of war
27 june 2025 - 22:31:53Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday signed a peace agreement in [...] Full text...
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EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2025, AT 9:1:30 PM UTC. Extreme poverty rising fast in economies hit by conflict, instability – World Bank report
27 june 2025 - 08:16:11Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Conflict and instability are taking a devastating toll on the 39 economies afflicted by them, [...] Full text...
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Eighty years on, UN Charter marked by reflection, resolve – and a run (Feature by By Vibhu Mishra, UN News)
27 june 2025 - 05:50:48New York, US (PANA) - It wasn’t an average Thursday morning in Manhattan. In the early hours, UN diplomats (and [...] Full text...
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UN calls for restraint after deadly Kenya protests
27 june 2025 - 05:29:49Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN is calling for restraint after deadly protests in Kenya on Wednesday in which between [...] Full text...
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Libya heads UN regional agency on social development
25 june 2025 - 10:28:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Social Affairs, Wafaa al-Kilani, has taken over the chairmanship of the Social [...] Full text...
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80 years later, the UN Charter is a ‘living miracle,’ Secretary-General says
24 june 2025 - 05:30:55New York, US (PANA) - In front of a multimedia exhibit at United Nations Headquarters entitled “Reviving the Spirit of [...] Full text...
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UN condemns ‘heinous’ terrorist attack at Damascus church that killed dozens
23 june 2025 - 20:11:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations has condemned a suicide bombing on Sunday at a Damascus church that killed [...] Full text...
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EU appoints former Dutch minister as new Special Representative for Human Rights
23 june 2025 - 12:39:43Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The Council of the European Union on Monday appointed Kajsa Ollongren as EU Special Representative (EUSR) [...] Full text...
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Guterres condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers in Central African Republic
22 june 2025 - 18:35:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned a deadly attack on peacekeepers serving with the UN peacekeeping [...] Full text...
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UN Peacebuilding Commission ‘more needed than ever’ amid rising conflict
21 june 2025 - 05:46:13New York, US (PANA) - Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and other senior officials from across the world have spoken [...] Full text...
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Long after the guns fall silent, conflict-related sexual violence leaves lasting scars
20 june 2025 - 06:06:46New York, US (PANA) - Sexual violence in conflict is a tactic of war, torture and terror. It does not [...] Full text...
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Top UN official in Libya urges the people to speak against hate speech
18 june 2025 - 12:47:22Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The top UN official in Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has urged the people to speak out against [...] Full text...
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Israeli actions in Palestinian territories constitute war crimes, Human Rights Council hears
18 june 2025 - 06:59:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The ongoing crises in the Occupied Palestinian Territory was in the spotlight this week at the [...] Full text...
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DRC launches plan to eliminate HIV among children
17 june 2025 - 08:10:11Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As part of the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Félix [...] Full text...
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‘Behind each crisis, people are suffering,’ Türk tells Human Rights Council
17 june 2025 - 07:47:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Eighty years after the United Nations was established to end war, uphold fundamental human rights and [...] Full text...
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Societies grappling with a ‘silent but growing’ 'prison crisis'
15 june 2025 - 05:35:22Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Prisons have become a fragile link in many criminal justice systems, weakened by over-incarceration, overcrowding, poor [...] Full text...
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Despite challenges Mali’s economy shows resilience - IMF
14 june 2025 - 08:33:47Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali’s economy has shown some resilience despite significant headwinds. Economic growth is estimated at 4.7 per [...] Full text...
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Nigerian environmental activist Saro-Wiwa, colleagues back on global spotlight posthumously
13 june 2025 - 12:43:41Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nine Nigerian environmental activists, known more popularly as the ‘Ogoni Nine’, have been posthumously pardoned and [...] Full text...
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South Sudan's ongoing political crackdown, military aggression puts peace deal at risk of collapse
13 june 2025 - 11:39:27Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan sounded the alarm on Friday that [...] Full text...
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ICC judges express support for colleagues sanctioned by US
13 june 2025 - 07:41:09The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) expressed solidarity with their colleagues who have recently [...] Full text...
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UN General Assembly adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution by overwhelming majority
13 june 2025 - 07:18:48New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly, meeting in emergency session on Thursday in New York, overwhelmingly adopted [...] Full text...
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Decades of memories and loss – searching for the missing in Syria
12 june 2025 - 20:18:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria over the past 50 years including during [...] Full text...
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Israeli attacks on Gaza schools could be crimes against humanity: UN probe
10 june 2025 - 18:47:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Israeli military’s destruction of Gaza’s education and cultural infrastructure amount to war crimes and the [...] Full text...
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Kenyan rights activists slam Police for running 'death chamber' after death of blogger
09 june 2025 - 10:39:26Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan police are back in the public spotlight following the death of a man, identified [...] Full text...
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US decision to sanction ICC judges ‘deeply corrosive’ to justice: UN rights chief
07 june 2025 - 07:12:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The US Government’s announcement of sanctions against four judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on [...] Full text...
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In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ level
05 june 2025 - 18:12:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing numbers [...] Full text...
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'Victims still waiting for justice, truth and reparations 25 years on from Kisangani war in DRC'
05 june 2025 - 11:36:04Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Twenty-five years since the six-day war in Kisangani in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in [...] Full text...
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‘Our worst held fears are being confirmed’: Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass graves
04 june 2025 - 18:49:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya, UN News [...] Full text...
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'Shocked' UN rights chief says sites of gross human rights violations in Libya must be sealed and impartially investigated
04 june 2025 - 10:38:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said on Wednesday he was shocked by revelations of gross [...] Full text...
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South Africa condemns latest Gaza atrocity
04 june 2025 - 09:02:41Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African government on Wednesday said it is gravely alarmed by reports confirming [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub
03 june 2025 - 12:46:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed [...] Full text...
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Germany’s Annalena Baerbock elected President of the 80th General Assembly
03 june 2025 - 06:06:34New York, US (PANA) - Former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected President of the General Assembly’s 80th session [...] Full text...
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Rights group flags repressive laws, lack of due process, attacks on judicial staff in Libya
02 june 2025 - 13:00:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya's fragmented justice sector is suppressing fundamental freedoms and obstructing accountability for abuses, Human Rights Watch [...] Full text...
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‘Justice is long overdue’: Guterres calls for reparations for enslavement and colonialism
31 may 2025 - 09:45:25New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his calls for Member states and the United Nations to [...] Full text...
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Reviving the two-state solution in the face of stalemate in Israeli-Palestinian conflict
29 may 2025 - 07:43:47New York, US (PANA) - As Gaza descends into the abyss and the West Bank slides toward de facto annexation, [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Top UN envoy calls on Israel to end devastating strikes, starvation of civilians
28 may 2025 - 18:23:23Gaza City, Gaza, (PANA) - Gaza’s population is being “starved and denied the very basics,” while the region stands at [...] Full text...
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Former Senegalese PM Amadou Ba calls for national pact for political peace
28 may 2025 - 13:34:39Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal's former prime minister, Amadou Ba, leader of the Nouvelle Responsabilité party, called on Wednesday for [...] Full text...
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Senegal to hold National Political Dialogue
28 may 2025 - 12:56:10Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A national political dialogue is due to open on Wednesday in Senegal under the auspices of [...] Full text...
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New judge elected to the International Court of Justice
27 may 2025 - 17:34:56New York, US (PANA) - A seasoned diplomat and legal scholar from Jordan was elected on Tuesday to serve as [...] Full text...
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Rights group calls for investigation into torture, forcible deportation of Kenyan and Ugandan activists by Tanzania
26 may 2025 - 06:11:42Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has asked the Tanzanian authorities to investigate the arbitrary arrest, torture, [...] Full text...
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Ghana's President calls for reparations to address centuries of African exploitation
25 may 2025 - 16:16:26Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Mahama has called for global accountability and reparative justice to confront the enduring [...] Full text...
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AU marks Africa Day 2025 with call to justice, unity, shared progress
24 may 2025 - 13:42:21Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) is commemorating Africa Day 2025, which falls on Sunday, with a renewed [...] Full text...
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Detained Ugandan lawyer dumped near border after diplomatic storm
23 may 2025 - 12:35:25Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan human rights lawyer and journalist, Agather Atuhaire, has been found after being dumped near the [...] Full text...
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Civilians ‘trapped and terrorised’: UN sounds alarm over collapse of critical protections
23 may 2025 - 05:17:24New York, US (PANA) - With more than 36,000 civilian deaths recorded in conflict zones in 2024 and sexual violence [...] Full text...
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Kenyan rights crusader deported from Tanzania
22 may 2025 - 15:33:36Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan human rights crusader, Boniface Mwangi, has been found after going missing from his hotel in [...] Full text...
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South African President Ramaphosa to meet Trump at the White House on Wednesday
21 may 2025 - 08:50:20Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and a senior government delegation is preparing for a [...] Full text...
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Libyan Parliament to appoint new Prime Minister to form government to organise elections
20 may 2025 - 10:44:03Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Following an official plenary session, the Libyan House of Representatives (Parliament) decided to appoint a new [...] Full text...
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UN drugs and crime office warns of terror-crime link
20 may 2025 - 05:07:42Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) called on Monday for renewed [...] Full text...
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Working Group of international follow-up committee on Libya of the Berlin Process calls for protection of civilians
18 may 2025 - 05:14:21Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Co-chairs of the Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Working Group of the Berlin Process - [...] Full text...
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Pandemic heroes stepped up in 2020 – now they’re asking world leaders to do the same
17 may 2025 - 18:49:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As world leaders meet in Geneva to negotiate a new UN-brokered agreement on pandemic preparedness, we [...] Full text...
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Journalists being forgotten on the frontline, warns injured war reporter
16 may 2025 - 20:58:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A war reporter from Lebanon who lost a limb in the line of duty is calling [...] Full text...
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UN’s Türk criticizes ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali
16 may 2025 - 20:23:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, [...] Full text...
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UN’s Türk criticizes ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali
16 may 2025 - 20:20:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, [...] Full text...
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‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out
16 may 2025 - 17:58:53New York, US (PANA) - Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken [...] Full text...
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Mactar Seck of the ECA condemns the digital divide in Africa
14 may 2025 - 15:29:27Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - At the opening of the 2025 African Regional Review of the World Summit on the Information [...] Full text...
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‘Stop the 21st century atrocity’ in Gaza, Fletcher urges UN Security Council
14 may 2025 - 05:45:24New York, US (PANA) - No aid has entered Gaza for more than 10 weeks and every single one of [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International alleges advanced Chinese weaponry provided by UAE identified in Sudan war in breach of arms embargo
10 may 2025 - 12:01:07Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sophisticated Chinese weaponry, re-exported by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been captured in Khartoum, [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council extends South Sudan mission amid rising instability
09 may 2025 - 07:27:07New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) [...] Full text...
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Guterres welcomes election of Pope Leo ‘at a time of great global challenges’
09 may 2025 - 07:14:09New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the announcement of a new Pope on Thursday. His Holiness Pope [...] Full text...
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American Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV
08 may 2025 - 21:55:14Vatican City, Vatican (PANA) - American Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost rose to the world podium as Pope Leo XIV on [...] Full text...
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Gambia’s Police crackdown on peaceful protesters in Banjul
08 may 2025 - 13:47:45Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The Gambia Police Force Thursday arrested over 30 members of the Gambians Against Looted Assets (GALA), including [...] Full text...
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UN mission in Libya calls for independent investigation into disappearance of MP, torture video
06 may 2025 - 11:52:08Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed alarm at a video circulating on social [...] Full text...
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World court rejects Sudan’s genocide case against UAE
06 may 2025 - 07:00:47The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of of Justice (ICJ has rejected Sudan’s case accusing the United Arab [...] Full text...
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Reporters in Gaza bear witness and suffer tragic consequences
05 may 2025 - 15:44:47Gaza City (PANA) - "After losing my leg in the war, I returned to photojournalism not just for work, but [...] Full text...
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Southj Africa: Remains of anti-apartheid activists reburied
04 may 2025 - 17:09:57Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi on Saturday presided over the handover and reburial ceremony of [...] Full text...
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Guterres condemns violence against civilians in Syria, urges Israel to stop attacks
03 may 2025 - 18:45:52New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres is following developments in Syria, where fresh fighting in the capital, [...] Full text...
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Commission to probe apartheid-era crimes in South Africa
02 may 2025 - 08:24:00Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is in the process of establishing a [...] Full text...
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Stuck in the middle? Indebted nations plot path to growth amid global trade upheaval
30 april 2025 - 07:14:44New York, US (PANA) - Faced with mounting debt and economic stagnation, middle-income countries have issued a call for financial [...] Full text...
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Liberian president urged to renew mandate to establish war crimes court
29 april 2025 - 09:42:36Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Liberian President Joseph Boakai has been urged to follow through on his commitment to justice and [...] Full text...
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UN launches network to support victims and survivors of terrorism
29 april 2025 - 07:42:15New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) launched the Victims of Terrorism Associations Network (VoTAN) on [...] Full text...
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Israel's restrictions on UN agencies in Gaza highlighted at world court
28 april 2025 - 15:42:32The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday into Israel’s continuing severe restrictions on [...] Full text...
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WFP runs out of food stocks in Gaza
25 april 2025 - 18:04:52New York, US (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has run out of food in the Gaza Strip as [...] Full text...
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Tunisia: UN condemns harsh prison sentences in 'conspiracy' case
25 april 2025 - 12:59:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The recent lengthy prison sentences handed down to 37 people in Tunisia in the "conspiracy" case [...] Full text...
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World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30
23 april 2025 - 20:16:52New York, US PANA) - At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz [...] Full text...
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Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds
23 april 2025 - 05:11:55New York, US (PANA) - Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of [...] Full text...
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Ghana's President Mahama suspends Chief Justice
22 april 2025 - 18:48:17Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Torkornoo with immediate effect, an [...] Full text...
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Challenges faced by Indigenous Peoples, ‘an affront to dignity and justice’
22 april 2025 - 07:38:17New York, US (PANA) - Too many Indigenous Peoples are still being excluded from decisions that directly affect their lands, [...] Full text...
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UN chief hails Pope Francis as ‘a transcendent voice for peace’
21 april 2025 - 14:57:09New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has joined the world in mourning His Holiness Pope Francis, who [...] Full text...
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Ghana's President Mahama pays tribute to Pope Francis
21 april 2025 - 13:29:03Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has paid tribute to Pope Francis who passed away on Easter [...] Full text...
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Children are most affected by intensification of armed conflict in Burkina Faso: UN
18 april 2025 - 07:42:48Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Burkina Faso, children are victims of intense violence and serious human rights violations perpetrated [...] Full text...
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G7 Ministers denounce Sudan conflict
16 april 2025 - 12:29:03Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Foreign Minister of the G7 countries and the High Representative of the European Union, [...] Full text...
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UN Youth Forum brings fresh perspectives on sustainable development
16 april 2025 - 07:41:08New York, US (PANA) - Young people from across the globe are meeting at UN Headquarters this week to share [...] Full text...
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UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent
16 april 2025 - 07:22:48New York, US (PANA) - The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the fourth session [...] Full text...
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UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent
15 april 2025 - 20:29:49New York, US (PANA) - The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the fourth session [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges the world to stop 'ignoring' Sudan
15 april 2025 - 09:46:12London, UK, (PANA) - On the second anniversary on Tuesday of the outbreak of Sudan’s civil war, a human rights [...] Full text...
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UN forum on People of African Descent examines reparations and AI challenge
14 april 2025 - 20:31:58New York, US (PANA) - The fourth session of the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent opened on [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: ‘Darkest chapters’ ahead as Darfur massacre claims over 100 lives
14 april 2025 - 20:06:25Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan’s devastating war enters its third year, UN rights investigators are warning that its “darkest [...] Full text...
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South Africa's President Ramaphosa names Mcebisi Jonas as Special Envoy to the US to improve relations
14 april 2025 - 14:03:40Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced the appointment of a special envoy to [...] Full text...
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No arrests in Mozambique post-election political killings – Police
14 april 2025 - 13:27:57Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambican authorities have failed to conduct credible investigations into the wave of political killings following the [...] Full text...
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Top UN official in Libya engages with key regional and international partners at Turkey Diplomacy Forum
14 april 2025 - 07:12:01Antalya, Turkey (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Hanna Tetteh, on Sunday held a series of [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence
11 april 2025 - 18:30:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached staggering proportions, [...] Full text...
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Kenya Police uses force to stop staging of school drama ‘echoes of war'
10 april 2025 - 20:33:26Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Police used teargas to disperse crowds, dignitaries, journalists and residents of Nakuru, Kenya's fourth city, [...] Full text...
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World Court begins hearing Sudan’s ‘complicity in genocide’ case against the United Arab Emirates
10 april 2025 - 17:41:37The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday began hearing Sudan’s case against the United [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Rights group flags 'horrific and widespread' use of sexual violence by paramilitary RSF
10 april 2025 - 10:58:27Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been fighting a bloody war with the [...] Full text...
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South African Minister slams acquittal of rape-accused Nigeria pastor
10 april 2025 - 08:02:17Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi on Thursday expressed her deep [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Guterres calls on Israel to ensure life-saving aid reaches civilians
08 april 2025 - 18:11:38New York, US (PANA) - With no aid allowed into Gaza for more than a month, the UN Secretary-General appealed [...] Full text...
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UN reflects on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
08 april 2025 - 06:13:22New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General called on Monday for commitment to build a world of justice and [...] Full text...
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UN rolls out key initiative to combat antisemitism
06 april 2025 - 05:05:08New York, US (PANA) - Amid rising concerns over antisemitism worldwide, the UN on Friday announced the roll out of [...] Full text...
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World Bank approves action plan for Tanzania’s natural resource management for tourism growth project
05 april 2025 - 10:02:32Dares Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) -The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a management report, including a Management Action [...] Full text...
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UN rights office calls for end to Israel's ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
04 april 2025 - 20:33:37New York, US (PANA) - Amid reports of escalating settler violence in the West Bank, the UN rights office, OHCHR, [...] Full text...
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Accountability for missing persons is ‘crucial’: UN human rights chief
03 april 2025 - 09:16:56New York, US (PANA) - 2024 saw the highest increase in missing persons in at least two decades, with 56,559 [...] Full text...
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'Attacks on aid workers must end,’ Security Council told
03 april 2025 - 08:34:50New York, US (PANA) - Two senior UN officials appealed in the Security Council on Wednesday for an end to [...] Full text...
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Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave
02 april 2025 - 08:32:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing of 15 colleagues on [...] Full text...
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DR Congo: Surging violence as armed groups target civilians in the east, Human Rights Council hears
02 april 2025 - 08:15:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
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Gaza: UN relief chief demands ‘answers and justice’ following killings of first responders
31 march 2025 - 17:31:51Geneva, Switzrland (PANA) - The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher on Monday called for “justice and answers” after Israeli [...] Full text...
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Rights group urges govts to pursue comprehensive justice for Sudan on 20th anniversary of Darfur ICC referral
31 march 2025 - 11:23:58The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – Ongoing atrocities fuelled by rampant impunity and an accountability gap across Sudan require comprehensive justice [...] Full text...
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UN chief strongly condemns killing of Kenyan peacekeeper in Central African Republic
30 march 2025 - 06:51:36New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Saturday strongly condemned an attack on peacekeepers serving with UN mission [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief denounces a 'frightening proliferation of racist violence and hate crimes'
28 march 2025 - 08:06:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is facing a "frightening proliferation of racist violence and hate crimes," the UN human [...] Full text...
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IMF mission welcomes Senegal’s commitment to fiscal transparency
27 march 2025 - 11:56:51Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visited Senegal to review findings of the audit report by [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe journalist held on baseless charges – Human Rights Watch
26 march 2025 - 13:06:58Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Zimbabwean authorities should immediately release and drop the groundless charges against a journalist for his [...] Full text...
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Crimes of the transatlantic slave trade ‘unacknowledged, unspoken and unaddressed’ (By Vibhu Mishra, UN News)
26 march 2025 - 10:28:15New York, US (PANA) - The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, [...] Full text...
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Niger: Mosque attack which killed 44 should be ‘wake-up call’, says rights chief
26 march 2025 - 08:25:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a [...] Full text...
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Local UN staff ‘particularly vulnerable’ to detention, as UN calls for their release
25 march 2025 - 05:49:19New York, US (PANA) - Staff members of the United Nations around the world who are recruited locally are “particularly [...] Full text...
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Expelled South African Ambassador to US says he stands by his statement
23 march 2025 - 16:07:41Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South African Ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, who was expelled from the country, [...] Full text...
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UN Chief urges all countries to invest in climate early warning systems
23 march 2025 - 10:31:28New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all countries to invest in climate early warning systems, [...] Full text...
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‘The poison of racism continues to infect our world’, Guterres warns on International Day
22 march 2025 - 07:16:56New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations commemorated the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Friday, [...] Full text...
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EU reaffirms commitment to human rights, equal opportunities for all
20 march 2025 - 12:00:43Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The High Representative of the European Union on Thursday called for renewed action to ensure that [...] Full text...
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