Sudan's paramilitary leader acknowledges ‘abuses’ after capturing El Fasher

30 october 2025 - 06:45:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, on Wednesday acknowledged [...] Full text...

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Reported massacre at hospital in Sudan’s El Fasher leaves 460 dead

29 october 2025 - 16:20:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Horrific stories of mass-atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Services (RSF) militia continue to emerge, along [...] Full text...

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Sudan expels two senior WFP officials

29 october 2025 - 08:32:01
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Tuesday expelled two top officials from the UN’s World Food Programme [...] Full text...

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Risk of large-scale atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher grows ‘by the day’

28 october 2025 - 05:07:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Grave atrocities, including summary executions are reportedly being carried out in Sudan's Darfuri regional capital of [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: Senior US official calls for immediate action to protect civilians in captured Sudanese city

27 october 2025 - 14:04:46
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claims to have taken “complete control” of the [...] Full text...

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UN alarmed by ‘terrifying’ situation in Sudan’s El Fasher, calls for immediate ceasefire

27 october 2025 - 04:51:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top humanitarian official has called for an immediate ceasefire in El Fasher, the capital [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s RSF claims it has seized key army base inbesieged El Fasher

26 october 2025 - 14:47:54
El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claimed on Sunday that it has taken “complete control” [...] Full text...

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Sudan: The Quad forms joint operational committee to coordinate efforts for peace

26 october 2025 - 05:38:34
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Quad working to end Sudan's bloody war – the United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, [...] Full text...

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Ousted Malagasy president Andry Rajoelina stripped of nationality

26 october 2025 - 04:18:33
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Ousted Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina has been stripped of his citizenship, the local media reported on [...] Full text...

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Efforts to resolve diplomatic challenge between Sudan and UAE under way in US

25 october 2025 - 21:06:52
Washington, US (PANA) - A visiting Sudanese government delegation has presented U.S. officials with a plan to resolve a diplomatic [...] Full text...

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'Sudanese delegation in U.S. for talks on bilateral ties, ending war'

25 october 2025 - 06:11:44
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese delegation, led by Foreign Minister Mohieldin Salem and including military officials, arrived in Washington [...] Full text...

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Calm returns to Libyan city of Misrata after clashes on Thursday night

24 october 2025 - 12:59:19
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Calm has returned to Libyan city of Misrata, 220 km east of Tripoli, after hours of [...] Full text...

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Sudan's Sovereign Council denies talks with paramilitary RSF

24 october 2025 - 07:03:32
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council has categorically denied reports in some media outlets and on social media [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges Israel to respect its obligations reaffirmed by the ICJ

23 october 2025 - 16:07:49
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Israel to respect its obligations regarding the presence and activities [...] Full text...

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Ghana's former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings dies, aged 76

23 october 2025 - 14:29:55
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Former First Lady of Ghana, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has passed away, according to local media publications [...] Full text...

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Sudanese govt slams EU Council for legitimising rival paramilitary group

23 october 2025 - 05:11:02
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Wednesday rejected to the conclusions of the European Union Council, which [...] Full text...

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First flight lands at Khartoum airport despite two drone strikes in 24 hours

23 october 2025 - 04:35:40
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A civilian aircraft landed at Khartoum Airport on Wednesday in the first flight marking the return [...] Full text...

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Israel obliged to let aid flow into Occupied Palestinian Territory, says World Court

22 october 2025 - 18:22:21
The Hague,Netherlands (PANA) -  The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says that Israel must uphold its responsibilities as the “occupying [...] Full text...

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Sudan: RSF drones attack Khartoum International Airport for second time in 24 hours - Media reports

22 october 2025 - 13:18:48
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA - Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked Khartoum International Airport with drones for the second time [...] Full text...

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Union of Journalists of the Maghreb, Libyan Parliament sign agreement to site headquarters in Benghazi

21 october 2025 - 12:14:46
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the media committee of the Libyan House of Representatives, Jalal al-Chouwaihdi, and the [...] Full text...

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Drones hit Khartoum airport on eve of planned reopening

21 october 2025 - 10:29:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Drones attacked Khartoum’s international airport at dawn on Tuesday, according to Sudanese media reports.Sudanese media outlet, [...] Full text...

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Rights group flags 'climate of fear and repression' in Tanzania ahead of general elections

20 october 2025 - 07:55:32
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Tanzanian authorities have intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and [...] Full text...

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Talks on net zero shipping framework shelved as nations fail to reach consensus

18 october 2025 - 07:40:25
London, UK (PANA) - Talks at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on adopting new global rules to cut greenhouse gas [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: Madagascar's military leader Col. Randrianirina sworn in as president

17 october 2025 - 09:41:26
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Madagascar's military leader, Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who heads National Transitional Defence Council (CNDT) that took power [...] Full text...

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AU deploys high-level delegation to Madagascar after coup

17 october 2025 - 07:49:18
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) is immediately deploying a high-level delegation to Madagascar to “facilitate [...] Full text...

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UN condemns Madagascar military takeover, urges return to constitutional order

16 october 2025 - 21:09:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN has condemned Madagascar’s military takeover, calling for the immediate restoration of constitutional order following [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN pushes to fire scale up aid delivery

16 october 2025 - 20:54:37
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As a fragile ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip, UN aid teams are intensifying efforts [...] Full text...

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UN welcomes Afghanistan-Pakistan ceasefire

16 october 2025 - 20:33:22
Geneva, Switzerland - The United Nations called on Thursday for Afghanistan and Pakistan to permanently end recent deadly hostilities and [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges Ivorian authorities to stop stifling peaceful protests ahead of presidential election

16 october 2025 - 08:56:16
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ivorian authorities must respect and protect the right to protest and allow peaceful rallies to [...] Full text...

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Diplomatic 'stir' in DRC after months of stagnation

15 october 2025 - 09:57:17
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - After the disappointment caused by the continuation of fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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Former Kenyan PM Raila Odinga dies

15 october 2025 - 08:38:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga died on Wednesday in India, aged 80, according to Kenya [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: Madacascar's High Constitutional Court confirms military takeover

14 october 2025 - 17:35:12
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Madagascar's High Constitutional Court on Tuesday entrusted the functions of President to Colonel Randrianirina Michaël, leader [...] Full text...

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Madagascar elite military unit says, 'We have taken power'

14 october 2025 - 16:06:42
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Soldiers in Madagascar said on Tuesday that they have taken over the administration of the country [...] Full text...

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Madagascar President Rajoelina leaves the country after attempted coup

14 october 2025 - 08:12:44
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - Madagascar's president, Andry Rajoelina, announced on Monday night that he had left the country for security [...] Full text...

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Libyan Electoral Commisson to strengthen awareness programmes

13 october 2025 - 11:21:47
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - As part of the ongoing preparations for the launch of awareness programmes on the third group [...] Full text...

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Fifteen die in Ghana boat accident

12 october 2025 - 21:43:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) said on Sunday that 15 people, including 11 children, have died [...] Full text...

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AUC chairperson concerned about situation in Madagascar as President Rajoelina says 'coup under way'

12 october 2025 - 15:51:56
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, said on Sunday [...] Full text...

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'I will not go hungry again': Hope reborn in Gaza after ceasefire agreement (By UN News)

10 october 2025 - 18:09:17
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - "What makes me even happier is that I will no longer suffer from hunger." Like [...] Full text...

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Sudan: El Fasher mosque and hospital attacks leave at least 20 dead

09 october 2025 - 18:37:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 20 civilians were reportedly killed this week in attacks targeting a mosque and a [...] Full text...

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Gaza deal: UN and humanitarian partners ‘prepared to move – now,’ says Guterres Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to the press at the UN Headquarters, in New York.

09 october 2025 - 17:30:27
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged Israel and Hamas to “fully abide” by the ceasefire [...] Full text...

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Jubilation in Gaza as news of possible ceasefire deal sinks in (By UN News)

09 october 2025 - 12:22:42
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As Gazans and Israelis celebrated the news that a potential ceasefire deal had been reached [...] Full text...

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Fears mount in Tanzania over disappearance of govt critic Humphery Polepole

09 october 2025 - 08:58:24
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian authorities must immediately disclose the fate and whereabouts of a former ambassador to [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for Israel and Hamas to ‘abide fully’ by terms of US peace plan

09 october 2025 - 04:13:03
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has welcomed the announcement from US President Donald Trump that Israel and [...] Full text...

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CAF returns to profitability amid strong financial growth and increased investment

06 october 2025 - 18:27:55
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Confederation African Football (CAF), under the leadership of President Dr Patrice Motsepe, has announced a [...] Full text...

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From Beijing's promises to Gaza's ruins: women facing war (By UN News)

06 october 2025 - 16:23:35
New York, US (PANA) - At the UN on Monday, the scene was ritualistic: solemn speeches, alarming figures, calls to [...] Full text...

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Libyan Electoral Commission announces dates for third group of municipal elections this month

06 october 2025 - 13:16:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) of Libya on Monday announced 18 and 20 October as [...] Full text...

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Rights group stresses need to protect civilians

06 october 2025 - 07:11:00
Gaza City , Gaza (PANA) – United States President Donald Trump’s “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict,” announced on 29 [...] Full text...

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Sudanese journalist dies of his wounds, raising to 32 those killed in the war

05 october 2025 - 11:42:34
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate on Sunday said a journalist, Al-Nour Suleiman, has died of his [...] Full text...

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UN chief ‘encouraged’ after Hamas indicates willingness to release Israeli hostages

04 october 2025 - 06:34:58
New York, US (PANA) - The leadership of Hamas said late on Friday it was willing to release Israeli hostages [...] Full text...

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Rights group asks Morocco to halt use of excessive force during youth protests

03 october 2025 - 15:30:40
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has called for an “immediate and independent investigation” into the Moroccan [...] Full text...

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Rights group slams Chad for 'weaponization' of citizenship

03 october 2025 - 08:40:02
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has slammed Chad for stripping a blogger and a journalist of their [...] Full text...

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Seven illegal miners die as pit collapses

03 october 2025 - 07:31:53
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Seven illegal miners have died, while five others have been rescued after a pit collapsed on [...] Full text...

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South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema found guilty in illegal firearm discharge case

01 october 2025 - 13:16:10
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)  leader Julius Malema was on Wednesday found guilty of [...] Full text...

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Uncertainty about Uncertainty (IMF Blog by Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, Davide Furceri)

01 october 2025 - 09:20:17
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Amid this year’s geopolitical rifts, one signal of uncertainty is flashing red; another, green; and [...] Full text...

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Libyan Parliamentary delegation attends 3rd Arab Parliamentary Media Forum

29 september 2025 - 12:50:06
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The media directorate of Libya's Parliament is attending the Third Arab Parliamentary Media Forum in the [...] Full text...

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IMF begins 5th review of Ghana's Extended Credit facility programme

29 september 2025 - 11:04:51
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday began its fifth review of Ghana’s performance under the [...] Full text...

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World leaders support political declaration on NCDs, mental health

27 september 2025 - 06:25:23
New York, US (PANA) - World leaders have thrown their weight behind the first-ever United Nations global political declaration tackling noncommunicable [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief calls for lifting of ban on Guinea opposition parties, media

25 september 2025 - 19:36:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Thursday called on the transitional [...] Full text...

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Libya's eastern-based govt holds dialogue on supporting civil society organisations

22 september 2025 - 13:14:44
Benghazi, Libya (PANA)  - The Committee on Media, Culture and Civil Society of Libya's eastern -based House of Representatives of [...] Full text...

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Rights group concerned about surge in arrests of journalists, media workers in Ethiopia

22 september 2025 - 09:52:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A human rights watchdog has called on the Ethiopian authorities to end their harassment of independent [...] Full text...

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Sudan suspends Al Arabiya bureau chief over ‘professional transgressions'

21 september 2025 - 04:41:46
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Friday suspended the bureau chief for Al Arabiya and Al Hadath television, Lina Yagoub, [...] Full text...

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AfDB, Congo sign MOU for hosting of 2026 Annual Meetings

21 september 2025 - 04:37:16
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Republic of Congo have signed a memorandum of [...] Full text...

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UNICEF aid trucks robbed at gunpoint in Gaza City

19 september 2025 - 19:56:36
New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarian aid in Gaza must be protected, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, [...] Full text...

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Rights group calls for release of Rwanda opposition leader Victoire Ingabire

19 september 2025 - 15:11:29
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, has called on the Rwandan authorities to “immediately release” opposition politician [...] Full text...

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Mobile-phone technology powers saving surge in developing economies

19 september 2025 - 08:57:07
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - More adults than ever in low- and middle-income countries now have bank or other [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN relief chief welcomes progress towards three-month truce

19 september 2025 - 05:11:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN relief chief Tom Fletcher has highlighted recent diplomatic progress made towards a three-month pause [...] Full text...

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Gaza City lifelines collapsing, UN aid agency warns

18 september 2025 - 20:48:30
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The last remaining lifelines for civilians in Gaza City are collapsing as Israel ramps up [...] Full text...

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WHO sounds alarm on rising number of suicides in Eswatini

18 september 2025 - 12:27:47
Mbabane, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sounded the alarm on the rising number of suicides in [...] Full text...

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Kenya prepares penal code changes to fight femicide cases

17 september 2025 - 15:04:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – A Panel of 42-experts formed to recommend measures to deal with rising cases of femicide is [...] Full text...

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Digital technology driving the future of jobs (World Bank Blog by Christine Zhenwei Qiang, Global Director, Digital Vice Presidency; Stéphane Straub, Chief Economist, Infrastructure Vice Presidency, World Bank; and Leora Klapper, Lead Economist)

17 september 2025 - 09:29:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A farmer in Kenya uses mobile apps to get real-time harvesting tips, check market prices, and [...] Full text...

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Durban and Johannesburg to host premier African tourism events

17 september 2025 - 09:24:10
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Afrian cities of Johannesburg and Durban have officially been confirmed as the host [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges South Sudan authorities to ensure due process, fair trials of opposition leaders

16 september 2025 - 13:13:39
Juba, South Sudan (PANA)) – South Sudanese authorities should uphold due process for the opposition leader and First Vice President [...] Full text...

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PANA Board chairman to participate in UNSMIL roundtable on the role of journalism in Libya's political process

16 september 2025 - 12:30:53
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is organising a panel discussion on "The role of [...] Full text...

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DR Congo: Militias, army threaten South Kivu civilians

16 september 2025 - 06:31:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – DR Congo (DRC) military forces and a coalition of abusive militias are threatening the security of civilians [...] Full text...

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Sudan PM names Minister of Foreign Affairs

13 september 2025 - 11:48:50
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris has appointed Ambassador Muhi al-Din Salem Ahmed as minister of [...] Full text...

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Gisma: The story of brutal death of woman in the wilderness of Darfur

11 september 2025 - 19:09:42
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - This time the death was not caused by hanging or pulling the victim chained to [...] Full text...

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Rights group warns acid spill in Zambia's copperbelt jeopardises residents’ health

11 september 2025 - 11:26:37
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – A human rights watchdog on Thursday urged the Zambian authorities to address recent reports that [...] Full text...

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‘Shift the narrative’ on suicide to prevent loss of 720,000 lives annually

11 september 2025 - 05:39:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 720,000 people commit suicide every year and many more attempt it. Now the head [...] Full text...

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Islamist armed group executes civilians, burns homes in Niger

10 september 2025 - 09:08:40
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Islamist armed group, Islamic State in the Sahel Province (IS Sahel), has escalated attacks on [...] Full text...

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Guterres condemns Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar as ‘flagrant violation’

10 september 2025 - 08:10:05
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has condemned an Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha, the capital [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian PM Abiy inaugurates historic dam

09 september 2025 - 09:02:08
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa’s [...] Full text...

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UN provides urgent support after ‘massive’ Russian attack across Ukraine

08 september 2025 - 18:29:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A baby was among those killed overnight into Sunday during what was reportedly Russia’s largest aerial [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief denounces ‘glorification of violence’ and attack on rule of law

08 september 2025 - 13:15:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN rights chief Volker Türk on Monday condemned what he called a worldwide “glorification of violence” [...] Full text...

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Sudan files complaint at UN against UAE for alleged involvement in war

06 september 2025 - 14:04:17
New York, US (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Friday submitted a formal complaint to the United Nations Security Council, [...] Full text...

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The missing half: The urgent need for more women’s representation in the media

05 september 2025 - 20:30:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Women make up half of the world’s population but receive only 26 percent of media coverage, [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: UN denounces restrictions on civic space ahead of presidential election

03 september 2025 - 08:50:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief on Tuesday denounced restrictions on civic and democratic space in Cameroon [...] Full text...

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Drone strike by Sudanese army kills 13 in North Darfur market

03 september 2025 - 06:54:45
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A drone strike on a crowded market in the North Darfur town of Mellit killed [...] Full text...

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Sudanese health ministry says no chemical weapons used in Khartoum

02 september 2025 - 12:13:35
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) -The Sudanese Ministry of health has dismissed widespread rumours about the possible use and residues of [...] Full text...

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Ghana's chief justice sacked for 'misbehaviour'

01 september 2025 - 16:35:14
Accra, 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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IOM: More than 1,000 families flee Sudan's besieged El Fasher city

01 september 2025 - 07:49:52
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced on Sunday that more than a thousand families [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for justice and ‘real change’ for people of African descent

01 september 2025 - 07:05:59
New 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 - 15:19:28
Tripoli, 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 army drone strikes paramilitary RSF positions in besieged city

31 august 2025 - 14:24:24
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese army drone struck Rapid Support Forces (RSF) positions in the besieged city of [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: The 'winning losers': Sudanese footballers have done what politicians have failed to achieve (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)

30 august 2025 - 14:54:40
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Friday, the 29th of August 2025, was still a good day for Sudanese football fans, [...] Full text...

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Education is key to jobs, growth, and lifelong learning (World Bank Blog by Luis Benveniste, Global Director for Education at the World Bank)

27 august 2025 - 08:26:24
Washington, DC., USA (PANA) - Education equips learners with important foundational skills that are essential for work and life. Education is [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: East Africa vs Island Pride: Sudan and Madagascar write new TotalEnergies CHAN chapter

25 august 2025 - 20:02:36
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Football has a way of bringing unlikely heroes to the fore, and Tuesday’s TotalEnergies [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN calls for probe following deadly strikes on Nasser Hospital

25 august 2025 - 18:48:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza [...] Full text...

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Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief

22 august 2025 - 19:07:15
Geneva,  Switzerland (PANA) - More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: Kenya’s dream shattered as Madagascar triumph on penalties

22 august 2025 - 17:16:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s dream run at their debut 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) ended in heartbreak on [...] Full text...

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Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief

22 august 2025 - 14:37:24
New York, US (PANA) - More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread [...] Full text...

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Reclaiming a policy role for economists (IMF Blog by Karen Dynan, Professor of Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard University and nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics)

22 august 2025 - 11:58:55
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Acknowledging missteps, listening well, defending data, and avoiding jargon will help the profession engageEconomists have [...] Full text...

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Sudanese army denies targeting WFP relief convoy

21 august 2025 - 12:20:49
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Thursday denied bombing a World Food Programme (WFP) relief [...] Full text...

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Drone strike destroys UN food aid trucks in Sudan’s North Darfur

21 august 2025 - 08:22:35
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - A drone strike by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) destroyed three trucks in a World [...] Full text...

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Sudan army, allies repel 'major attack' by paramilitary RSF on besieged El Fasher

21 august 2025 - 08:09:26
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese army and allied armed groups say they repelled a major, multi-pronged attack by [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: Sudan’s coach Kwesi Appiah: From late start to rising contenders

20 august 2025 - 12:28:20
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tournament football is often defined by momentum, and for Sudan coach Kwesi Appiah, his [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: Okello, Lamlioui and Kutumela in tight Golden Boot race as quarter-finals loom

20 august 2025 - 12:19:36
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With the group stage of the 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) concluded, the [...] Full text...

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Rights group accuses warring factions in eastern DRC of committing 'horrific abuses'

20 august 2025 - 09:33:26
Kinshasa, 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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Sudanese PM uses non-conventional method to address the West about the country’s woes (Report by Mohamed Osman Adam)

19 august 2025 - 15:42:43
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan’s new civilian Prime Minister has made an emotional appeal to the UN Secretary General [...] Full text...

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Veteran Ghanaian journalist Ben Asante passes on

18 august 2025 - 15:44:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Veteran Ghanaian journalist, Ben Asante, has died, according to media reports on Monday. Asante, died on 12 [...] Full text...

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Earthquake measuring 5.8 hits eastern Algeria

18 august 2025 - 13:00:36
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An earthquake measuring 5.8 has hit the Algerian Wilaya of Tebessa, on the border with Tunisia.Several [...] Full text...

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South African Cabinet Minister investigated for old racist remarks

18 august 2025 - 07:24:59
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Human Rights Commission (HRC) has confirmed that it is investigating Sport [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: Morocco beat DR Congo to book quarter-final spot as Kenya top Group A

17 august 2025 - 16:37:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two-time champions Morocco sealed their place in the quarter-finals of the 2024 TotalEnergies CAF African Nations [...] Full text...

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Vote counting for Group II of the municipal elections in Libya begins

17 august 2025 - 13:27:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Counting and Statistics Centre of the Libyan High National Electoral Commission (HNEC) began counting the [...] Full text...

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2024 CHAN: Tanzania held but top Group B as Madagascar join them in quarters

16 august 2025 - 19:28:45
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania were forced to settle for a goalless draw against the Central African Republic [...] Full text...

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Plastic pollution talks adjourn, but countries want to stay engaged: UNEP chief

15 august 2025 - 14:55:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The international push for consensus on a legally binding deal to end plastic pollution proved beyond [...] Full text...

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Several soldiers arrested in Mali for attempting to 'destabilise state institutions'

15 august 2025 - 12:31:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Several Malian military officers, including General Abbas Dembélé, former governor of Mopti, and Brigadier General Niéma [...] Full text...

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Shipwreck off Italy kills at least 27

15 august 2025 - 07:32:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 27 refugees and migrants were drowned in a shipwreck near the southern Italian island [...] Full text...

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Record starvation, malnutrition in Gaza; more West Bank displacement

13 august 2025 - 07:33:05
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The United Nations continues to draw attention to the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UNESCO condemns ‘unacceptable’ killing of journalists

12 august 2025 - 20:07:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN organization which champions culture and education, UNESCO, has strongly condemned the targeted killing of [...] Full text...

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Saddam Haftar appointed deputy commander of eastern-based Libyan Army General Command

12 august 2025 - 11:50:54
Benghazi, Libya (PANA)- The commander of the eastern-bsed Libyan National Army's General Command, Marshal Khalifa Haftar, has appointed Lieutenant General [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Watch condemns dissolution of Niger's justice sector unions

12 august 2025 - 06:56:35
Nairobi,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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Rights group slams 20-year sentence for Chadian opposition leader Masra

12 august 2025 - 06:43:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Human Rights Watch has criticised the guilty verdict and 20-year sentence imposed on 9 August, 2025, [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killing of journalists, as child malnutrition deaths rise

11 august 2025 - 21:18:35
New York US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of six Palestinian journalists in Gaza this [...] Full text...

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Hospitals overflowing in Gaza, as malnutrition surges

11 august 2025 - 15:40:38
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, UN officials warned on Monday, describing overflowing [...] 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 - 20:34:56
New 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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Indigenous Peoples Day highlights AI’s risks and opportunities

10 august 2025 - 08:16:37
New York, US (PANA) - In honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, the [...] Full text...

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DRC, Rwanda meet on implementation of Washington peace agreement

09 august 2025 - 14:23:52
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The first Joint Security Coordination Mechanism meeting for the implementation of the Peace Agreement between [...] Full text...

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Erasure or empowerment? In Africa’s Sahel, women confront a stark choice

07 august 2025 - 20:29:34
New York, US (PANA) - In Africa’s Sahel region, deepening violence and poverty – driven by displacement, hunger and terrorism [...] Full text...

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

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

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UPDATE: Ghana's President leads govt, ruling party officials to lay flowers in memory of helicopter crash victims

07 august 2025 - 14:50:22
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Senior Ghana government and ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) officials on Thursday laid flowers at the [...] Full text...

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Ghana's President Mahama appoints acting Defence and Environment ministers following deadly helicopter crash

07 august 2025 - 12:28:19
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has directed the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, to [...] Full text...

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Sudan's PM Kamil arrives in Cairo on first foreign trip

07 august 2025 - 10:32:34
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese civilian Prime Minister, Dr Kamil Idris, arrived in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Hiroshima, 80 years on: ‘Real change’ needed to end existential nuclear threat

06 august 2025 - 20:16:45
Hiroshima, Japan (PANA) - The world changed forever 80 years ago this Wednesday when the United States dropped an atomic [...] Full text...

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Libyan journalists discuss propaganda, bias, misinformation during conflicts

06 august 2025 - 09:15:57
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - During times of conflict or instability, the media can deepen divides and incite violence by spreading [...] Full text...

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President of HNEC highlights role of Libyan security services in success of elections

03 august 2025 - 16:20:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Libyan High National Electoral Commission (HNEC), Imad Al-Sayeh, has stressed the essential [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Libya engages public on way forward to elections

02 august 2025 - 17:22:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Libya, Ms. Hanna Tetteh, on Friday engaged [...] Full text...

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Ghana minister asks South African pay TV company to reduce 'exploitative' fees in one week or suffer suspension of licence

01 august 2025 - 18:07:07
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations on Friday issued a seven-day ultimatum to South [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Nearly 1,400 Palestinians killed while seeking food, as UN warns airdrops are no solution

01 august 2025 - 16:55:10
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Despite Israel’s 27 July announcement of daily military pauses in western Gaza “to improve humanitarian [...] Full text...

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Russia bent on Internet blocking, control, and isolation

01 august 2025 - 11:50:04
New York, USA (PANA) - For years, Russian authorities have been meticulously expanding their legal and technological tools to carve [...] 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 - 05:50:57
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - In response to the scourge of human trafficking, Senegal has adopted a solid legal framework, the [...] Full text...

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Angola protests: UN urges restraint, investigations into deaths

01 august 2025 - 05:17:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - What began as protests against fuel price hikes in Angola have escalated into deadly unrest across [...] Full text...

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On brink of famine, Gazans forced to scour dirt for food

01 august 2025 - 05:13:32
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - In Gaza, UN aid teams continued their efforts on Thursday to help people of the [...] Full text...

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

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

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Tech’s Winner-Take-All Trap (IMF Finance & Development Feature, By Bruce Edwards)

30 july 2025 - 06:25:42
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - When controlled by a select few, tech innovation can be self-serving and undermine the institutions [...] Full text...

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Death of Burkinabe activist in detention in Côte d'Ivoire reignites tensions

29 july 2025 - 10:56:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The death last Thursday of Burkinabe activist Alain Christophe Traoré, alias Alino Faso, while being [...] Full text...

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Besieged city appeals for lifting siege, says situation ‘’ unbearable’’ ; Report

28 july 2025 - 17:10:13
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- While UN and international organisations launch appeal after appeal, and the government in Port Sudan and [...] Full text...

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2024 WAFCON: Tournament showcases growth of women’s football in Africa (By CAF Online)

27 july 2025 - 06:16:50
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - In an era of unprecedented growth and development, the TotalEnergies WAFCON 2024 in Morocco, which ended [...] Full text...

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The PSC reaffirms the AU's commitment to respect Libya's sovereignty

26 july 2025 - 12:45:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (PSC) emphasised the need to strengthen and [...] Full text...

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2024 WAFCON: CAF names match officials for final

25 july 2025 - 05:27:35
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Namibian Antsino has been appointed by CAF to referee the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of [...] Full text...

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Torture, threats and arbitrary arrests: UN warns of ‘serious abuses’ against Afghans forced to return

24 july 2025 - 19:00:37
New York, US (PANA) - Afghans returning to their country face “serious violations” of their human rights committed by the [...] Full text...

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AU holds special session on Libya on Thursday

24 july 2025 - 12:22:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) will hold an extraordinary session in Addis Ababa, [...] Full text...

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Ghana approves visa waiver agreements with 4 countries

24 july 2025 - 09:30:44
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Parliament has approved the ratification of visa waiver agreements with four countries—Mozambique, São Tomé and [...] Full text...

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2024 WAFCON: Morocco vs Nigeria: Dreaming of One, Chasing 10 (By CAF Online)

24 july 2025 - 05:39:40
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The TotalEnergies WAFCON 2024 has reached the business end with hosts Morocco booking their spot in [...] Full text...

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France temporarily closes Consulate in Burkina Faso capital

23 july 2025 - 11:40:21
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The French Embassy in Burkina Faso announced on that it is temporarily closing its Consulate [...] Full text...

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Rights group calls for release of ousted Niger president Bazoum two years after coup

23 july 2025 - 08:20:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Authorities in Niger should immediately release former President Mohamed Bazoum, who remains arbitrarily detained two [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UN staff now fainting from hunger, exhaustion; WHO worker detained

22 july 2025 - 18:42:40
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Worrying alerts from United Nations staff in the Gaza Strip who have been fainting from [...] Full text...

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UN mission to hold conference on the media's role in Libya's conflict

21 july 2025 - 18:40:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission  in Libya (UNSMIL) is holding a webinar for Libyan media professionals [...] Full text...

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Ghana's president calls for massive investment in strategic infrastructure across Africa

21 july 2025 - 05:16:16
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has called for massive investment in strategic infrastructure across Africa, particularly [...] Full text...

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Ghana's president calls for massive investment in strategic infrastructure across Africa

21 july 2025 - 04:39:10
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has called for massive investment in strategic infrastructure across Africa, particularly [...] Full text...

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Doha agreement brings DR Congo government and M23 rebels a step closer to peace

20 july 2025 - 18:43:30
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - An agreement signed by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the [...] Full text...

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US welcomes peace agreement between DRC government and rebel AFC/M23

20 july 2025 - 08:44:06
Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the signing on Saturday in Qatar of a Declaration of [...] Full text...

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UN chief appoints new panel to examine effects of nuclear war

19 july 2025 - 08:00:00
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed an independent scientific panel of 21 experts to examine [...] Full text...

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Guterres deplores Israeli strike on Gaza church

18 july 2025 - 06:51:16
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the Israeli strike on Thursday that hit the [...] Full text...

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From crisis to classroom: How the UN supports education in conflict zones

17 july 2025 - 16:20:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From makeshift furniture in Gaza to metro classrooms in Ukraine and solar-powered tablets in Sudan, the [...] Full text...

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We need to value women in sport, UN rights chief says

17 july 2025 - 15:16:45
Geneva, 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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Libyan govt says more than 600 projects completed

17 july 2025 - 13:04:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 658 projects have been fully implemented, while 801 others are still underway in [...] Full text...

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EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2025, AT 9:30 AM EDT, WHICH IS 1:30 PM UTC Mobile-phone technology powers saving surge in developing economies

15 july 2025 - 11:00:55
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - More adults than ever in low- and middle-income countries now have bank or other financial [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UNICEF mourns seven children killed queuing for water

14 july 2025 - 20:35:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of UN child rights agency UNICEF has called for Israel to review its rules [...] Full text...

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UN/Libyan media hold roundtable on UN development, humanitarian aid in Libya

12 july 2025 - 13:20:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations, in cooperation with the Libyan News Agency (LANA), hosted a media roundtable to [...] Full text...

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UN warns of deepening health crisis in Gaza amid mass casualty incidents

10 july 2025 - 05:58:52
New York, US (PANA) - As scores of people – including medical staff and their families – have reportedly been [...] Full text...

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Greece describes dismissal of EU delegation from Benghazi as unprecedented event

09 july 2025 - 15:01:54
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis has said the eastern Libyan government's dismissal of the European ministerial [...] Full text...

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Forced transfer of Gaza population not acceptable, UN says

09 july 2025 - 09:47:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the war continues to rage in the Gaza Strip, pending a hypothetical ceasefire, the UN [...] Full text...

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A different type of mistreatment of a journalist held by militias in Sudan’s war By Mohamed Osman Adam

08 july 2025 - 17:52:27
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For almost eleven months, I fought to restore self-esteem so that I could resume writing and [...] Full text...

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UN warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan as displacement, hunger and disease escalate

08 july 2025 - 05:49:18
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians on Monday sounded the alarm over the worsening conditions in Sudan, as violence [...] Full text...

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Ghana and India seek to deepen ties

03 july 2025 - 06:28:08
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama has said his country is seeking to deepen its partnership with [...] Full text...

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Ghana President Mahama launches ambitious '24-hour economy'

02 july 2025 - 12:28:44
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday launched the government's ambitious 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export [...] Full text...

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Subsidised prices encourage Senegalese farmers to increase peanuts

02 july 2025 - 11:12:26
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal’s subsidised prices for seeds and fertilisers are expected to motivate farmers to plant more peanut [...] Full text...

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Northern hemisphere heatwave underscores value of early-warning alerts

01 july 2025 - 19:37:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The blistering early-summer heatwave that’s brought life-threatening temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere is a [...] Full text...

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Northern hemisphere heatwave underscores value of early-warning alerts

01 july 2025 - 19:34:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The blistering early-summer heatwave that’s brought life-threatening temperatures across much of the northern hemisphere is a [...] Full text...

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After the big development pledges in Sevilla, UN says action starts now

30 june 2025 - 17:16:35
Sevilla, Spain (PANA) - Now the big promises have been formally adopted in the Spanish city of Sevilla to turbocharge [...] Full text...

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Accused of disinformation on Gaza, the UN retorts: 'We did not invent the images'

29 june 2025 - 07:34:30
New York, US (PANA) - The smile was polite, the tone resolute. Before flying to Seville, where the Fourth International [...] Full text...

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Rights group says Kenyan authorities must be held accountable for protesters’ deaths

27 june 2025 - 06:39:02
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan authorities should be held accountable for all abuses during countrywide protests on June 25, 2025, including [...] Full text...

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UN calls for restraint after deadly Kenya protests

27 june 2025 - 05:29:49
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN is calling for restraint after deadly protests in Kenya on Wednesday in which between [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Gen Z protests returns a year later, more defiant, 8 killed

25 june 2025 - 18:55:41
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Eight people were shot dead across Kenya, two of them in Nairobi and over 400 others [...] Full text...

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UN condemns ‘heinous’ terrorist attack at Damascus church that killed dozens

23 june 2025 - 20:11:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations has condemned a suicide bombing on Sunday at a Damascus church that killed [...] Full text...

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Tunisia calls for an end to aggression against Iran

23 june 2025 - 17:50:35
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has expressed its ‘clear and unequivocal condemnation of Zionist aggression’ against the Islamic Republic of [...] Full text...

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Why is the 'manosphere' on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny

22 june 2025 - 11:26:15
New York, US (PANA) - A growing network of online communities known collectively as the “manosphere” is emerging as a [...] Full text...

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Dozens of migrants from Libya rescued by the Greek coastguard

21 june 2025 - 13:53:26
Athens,  Greece (PANA) - The Greek coastguard has rescued 278 migrants stranded on board a fishing boat south of the [...] Full text...

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Gaza: As last fuel supplies run out, aid teams warn of catastrophe

19 june 2025 - 18:30:32
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - More than 100 days into Israel’s complete fuel blockade in Gaza, UN agencies still in [...] Full text...

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Africa looks towards enhanced climate services to end extreme poverty, water scarcity (Feature By Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)

19 june 2025 - 16:53:37
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - The impact of climate change has been felt more severely in urban centres and remote villages [...] Full text...

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

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

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Top UN official in Libya urges the people to speak against hate speech

18 june 2025 - 12:47:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The top UN official in Libya, Hanna Tetteh, has urged the people to speak out against [...] Full text...

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UN mission in Libya holds round table between Advisory Committee and journalists on elections

17 june 2025 - 19:39:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is on Tuesday evening organising a round table [...] Full text...

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South African drone technology helps power stations cut maintenance and repair costs

17 june 2025 - 10:34:15
Johannesburg, South Africa, (PANA) - A caged inspection drone offering enhanced inspection capabilities is said to reduce costs for power [...] Full text...

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‘Behind each crisis, people are suffering,’ Türk tells Human Rights Council

17 june 2025 - 07:47:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Eighty years after the United Nations was established to end war, uphold fundamental human rights and [...] Full text...

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Kenya's Deputy Police Chief steps aside over 'death chamber' probe

16 june 2025 - 15:05:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Deputy Police Inspector-General Eliud Lagat has stepped aside to allow investigators to crack the mysterious [...] Full text...

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Ghana closes embassy in Tehran as Israel-Iran tension escalates

16 june 2025 - 11:00:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana on Monday announced the immediate closure of its embassy in Tehran, Iran, as tension between [...] Full text...

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Eastern Chad ‘reaching a breaking point’ as Sudan war refugees continue to arrive

15 june 2025 - 05:38:46
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Aid teams in eastern Chad have warned that host communities are reaching breaking point because of [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist

15 june 2025 - 05:33:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies have continued to stress they must be allowed to deliver aid in the Gaza [...] Full text...

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UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ as Air India crash claims lives of over 200 on board

14 june 2025 - 18:14:57
New York, US (PANA) - A London-bound Air India jet carrying 242 people crashed moments after take-off from Ahmedabad on [...] Full text...

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