Refugee resettlement quotas fall despite high needs
26 june 2025 - 06:28:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As conflicts and protracted crises continue to force millions of people to flee their countries, the [...] Full text...
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Security Council meets in emergency session over Iran-Israel conflict, amid strikes and counterstrikes
14 june 2025 - 16:34:15New York, US (PANA) - Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities mark a dangerous new escalation in the [...] Full text...
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Carbon credits: Can a country buy its way to net zero?
07 june 2025 - 08:22:00Brussels, Belgium (PANA} - As nations mark World Environment Day this week, the European Commission’s proposed target of a 90 [...] Full text...
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US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza
05 june 2025 - 07:47:13New York, US (PANA) - A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass [...] Full text...
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Five countries elected to serve on UN Security Council
03 june 2025 - 20:35:11New York, US (PANA) - Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia, and Liberia were elected on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Real cost of disasters is 10 times higher than previously thought, says UN
27 may 2025 - 17:03:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As countries face increasingly steep bills from natural hazards, the true cost of disasters is actually [...] Full text...
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WHO validates Mauritania for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem
19 may 2025 - 22:20:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Mauritania as having eliminated trachoma as a public health [...] Full text...
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Guterres welcomes India-Pakistan ceasefire
11 may 2025 - 13:54:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Following pronouncements of an end to hostilities between India and Pakistan, neighbouring nuclear powers, the UN [...] 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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Millions will die from funding cuts, says UN aid chief
30 april 2025 - 16:45:01New York, US (PANA) - Lifesaving operations everywhere continue to be shut down by sweeping funding cutbacks which will result [...] Full text...
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IMF Spring Meetings: Navigating an uncertain world
26 april 2025 - 11:36:26Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - High economic uncertainty may be an overarching theme of the IMF Spring Meetings. But [...] Full text...
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Global growth on recessionary path amid trade tensions and uncertainty
17 april 2025 - 05:23:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world economy is on a recessionary trajectory as global growth is expected to slow to [...] Full text...
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WHO brings countries together to test collective pandemic response
04 april 2025 - 20:06:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over the past two days, WHO convened more than 15 countries and over 20 regional health [...] Full text...
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Economics of talent: IMF Blog By Ruchir Agarwal, cofounder of the Global Talent Fund and director of the Raj Center at Columbia University, and Patrick Gaule, cofounder of the Global Talent Fund and associate professor of economics at the University of Bristol
26 march 2025 - 11:18:38Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The new “economics of talent” field aims to identify and nurture exceptional problem-solvers at [...] Full text...
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Libya reiterates its refusal to bear the burden of illegal immigration alone
18 march 2025 - 17:01:40Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's interim Minister of the Interior in the government of national unity, Major- General Imad Mustafa [...] Full text...
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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia confirms US $500 million commitment to global polio eradication effort
24 february 2025 - 20:53:21Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PANA) – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Monday reaffirmed its US $500 million pledge to [...] Full text...
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Meds platform launch gives children with cancer a fighting chance
12 february 2025 - 05:14:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN-partnered project to distribute essential childhood cancer medicines has begun in Uzbekistan and Mongolia, [...] Full text...
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US funding pause leaves millions ‘in jeopardy’, insist UN humanitarians
04 february 2025 - 17:35:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies on Tuesday offered a dire assessment of the global impact of deep cuts to [...] Full text...
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Breakthrough for Libya as UN eases sanctions to allow it to reinvest frozen cash
17 january 2025 - 19:42:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Libya has for the first time been allowed by the United Nations to reinvest proceeds from [...] Full text...
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New Security Council members take their seats
03 january 2025 - 07:33:11New York, US (PANA) - Five elected members of the Security Council officially began two-year terms on Thursday, with five [...] Full text...
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Quality, affordable health services for 1.5 billion people: A vision for healthier, more resilient world: World Bank Blog By Juan Pablo Uribe and Monique Vledder
13 december 2024 - 07:47:44Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The scale of the global health challenge is staggering. Global megatrends—such as decreasing investments in [...] Full text...
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Security Council: Put young women at the heart of peace and security efforts
04 december 2024 - 05:39:38New York, US (PANA) - Peace is in peril worldwide and avenues for diplomatic dialogue are shrinking, but young women [...] Full text...
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UNHCR launches $10 billion appeal to address global refugee crisis in 2025
22 november 2024 - 06:44:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has launched a $10 billion appeal for 2025 to meet critical [...] Full text...
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Tuberculosis resurges as top infectious disease killer
29 october 2024 - 22:20:42Washington D.C., USA (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday published a new report on tuberculosis revealing that approximately [...] Full text...
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Nearly two million severely malnourished children at risk of death due to funding shortages for therapeutic food
15 october 2024 - 11:56:33New York, US (PANA) - Nearly two million children suffering from severe wasting, also known as severe acute malnutrition, are [...] Full text...
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$1.5 billion commitment for education and skills training in lower-middle-income countries
27 september 2024 - 05:59:41New York, US (PANA) - A new $1.5 billion investment, announced on Thursday, will boost education and skills development for [...] Full text...
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New use of cluster bombs threatens global ban, report warns
10 september 2024 - 05:16:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Cluster bomblets continue to kill thousands of civilians, mostly children, and the new use of this [...] Full text...
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UN rights expert condemns terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, Pakistan
31 august 2024 - 07:58:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN independent human rights expert on Friday condemned recent terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso, which [...] Full text...
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Rising sea level is an 'urgent and escalating threat': UN
27 august 2024 - 07:08:16New York, US (PANA) - The level of the sea globally is rising faster and higher than ever before, creating [...] Full text...
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Carbon emissions from AI and crypto are surging and tax policy can help: IMF Blog By Shafik Hebous and Nate Vernon-Lin
16 august 2024 - 08:02:31Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - What do crypto assets and artificial intelligence have in common? Both are power hungry.Because [...] Full text...
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WHO-warns of surge in polio, mpox infections
07 august 2024 - 19:47:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Wednesday announced the passing of Aidan O’Leary, the Director of the [...] Full text...
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WHO boss announces death of Polio Director
07 august 2024 - 19:10:56Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Wednesday announced the passing of Aidan O’Leary, the Director of the [...] Full text...
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WHO to send one million polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children
27 july 2024 - 05:55:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency said on Friday that it is sending more than a million polio [...] Full text...
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Global population reached nearly 8.2 billion by mid-2024 - UN
12 july 2024 - 05:52:36New York, US (PANA) - The global population reached nearly 8.2 billion by mid-2024 and is expected to grow by [...] Full text...
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UN chief to leaders of regional bloc: end wars, deal with existential crises
04 july 2024 - 15:15:26Astana, Kazakhstan (PANA) - Deep global divisions and conflicts must end to clear a path to tackling world’s two existential [...] Full text...
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Central bank digital currencies can boost Middle East's financial inclusion, payment efficiency: IMF Blog By Serpil Bouza, Marcello Miccoli, Borislava Mircheva
19 june 2024 - 10:13:19Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Almost two-thirds of countries in the Middle East and Central Asia are exploring adopting [...] Full text...
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UNHCR highlights shocking needs, risks facing refugees and migrants on routes from Africa to Europe
04 june 2024 - 12:47:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The lack of protection services on major routes used by refugees and migrants is alarming and [...] Full text...
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Libyan Finance Minister meets several counterparts to demand payment of loans granted by Libya
20 april 2024 - 19:12:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity, Khaled al-Mabrouk, has held several [...] Full text...
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Egypt seeks to raise earnings of millions working in cotton production, textile manufacturing
12 april 2024 - 11:36:04Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Egypt’s cotton production in marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 310,000 bales, down 40,000 bales [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel
05 april 2024 - 12:31:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top human rights body adopted a resolution on Friday condemning the alleged “use of starvation [...] Full text...
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UN Human Rights Committee adopts annual report
27 march 2024 - 11:36:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Human Rights Committee of the United Nations on Wednesday adopted its annual report covering its [...] Full text...
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IFAD, WFP work together to combat hunger in fragile areas
19 march 2024 - 11:22:31Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday [...] Full text...
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UN chief urges disarmament now as nuclear risk reaches ‘highest point in decades’
19 march 2024 - 04:56:24New York, US (PANA) - Almost 80 years after the incineration of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear [...] Full text...
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60 migrants drown near Libyan coast: IOM report
17 march 2024 - 14:02:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 60 people on board a ship carrying migrants from the Libyan coast have drowned, [...] Full text...
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International Court of Justice to review 57-year Israeli Occupation
16 february 2024 - 12:10:50The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – An unprecedented number of countries and international organisations are expected to participate in the International [...] Full text...
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Polio investment in Eastern Mediterranean nets nearly 39-fold return: WHO
15 february 2024 - 05:49:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Every dollar invested in fighting polio in the Eastern Mediterranean region yields a return of nearly [...] Full text...
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Libya PM attends meeting of Defence Ministers of Islamic Military Coalition against Terrorism
03 february 2024 - 16:23:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba, in his capacity [...] Full text...
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Peacekeepers and civilians killed during clashes in disputed Abyei region
29 january 2024 - 20:23:55Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Continuing intercommunal clashes in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan have left [...] Full text...
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World Economic Forum: New report measures quality of growth for new economic era
17 january 2024 - 07:31:17Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – A new World Economic Forum report, released on Wednesday, offers a re-evaluation of global economic growth, [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: World Court to hear genocide case against Israel
10 january 2024 - 13:17:41The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) – The International Court of Justice(ICJ) hearings 11-12 January, 2024 on genocide in Gaza will include [...] Full text...
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2024 is time to pick up the pace in fight against corruption to safeguard democracy: Transparency International
06 january 2024 - 10:26:14Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With the beginning of a new calendar year, it’s all too familiar for people [...] Full text...
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Libyan Prime Minister welcomes return of embassies to Tripoli
03 january 2024 - 19:42:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the government of national unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, Wednesday welcomed the [...] Full text...
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Half-way to SDG's deadline: Tackling climate change, protecting the planet
30 december 2023 - 07:37:13New York, US (PANA) - Halting unsustainable consumption and production, which have contributed to the decline of biodiversity and the [...] Full text...
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Dengue spike fuels concerns of public health threat in previously untouched countries: WHO
22 december 2023 - 17:05:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - This year's surprising spike in dengue infections globally represents a potentially high public health threat, the UN [...] Full text...
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COP28: Our voices, needs must be put first in climate talks, young people declared
08 december 2023 - 16:51:18Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Young climate advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Friday said they will not sit idly by [...] Full text...
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Countries uphold commitment to UN Peacekeeping at 2023 Ministerial in Ghana
07 december 2023 - 05:38:11Accra, Ghana (PANA) - More than 90 countries underlined their commitment to UN Peacekeeping during a two-day conference in Accra [...] Full text...
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Renewable energy boosts safety of UN peacekeepers
06 december 2023 - 05:56:10Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The transition to renewable energy at UN peacekeeping missions helps to ensure the safety and security [...] Full text...
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COP28: Climate change risks upending global fight against malaria
01 december 2023 - 07:28:59Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Climate change and its impacts, particularly extreme weather and heatwaves, pose a “substantial risk” to progress [...] Full text...
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IMF chief calls for action on inclusive growth in MENA
15 october 2023 - 17:45:39Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, on Sunday called for action following her [...] Full text...
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Global stocktake of water resources needed - World weather agency warns
12 october 2023 - 16:56:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The hydrological cycle is spinning out of balance as a result of climate change and human [...] Full text...
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1 in 10 babies worldwide are born preterm, with complications, UN agencies warn
06 october 2023 - 05:47:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An estimated 13.4 million babies were born early in 2020, with nearly one million dying from [...] Full text...
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UNESCO chief calls for ‘intensification’ of investment in girls’ education
30 september 2023 - 06:45:29Paris, France (PANA) - The head of the UN, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has urged governments to step [...] Full text...
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AfDB, AMEA Power, IFC and SEFA launch first large-scale privately-financed solar project in Tunisia
28 september 2023 - 16:55:04Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), in partnership with [...] Full text...
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Only way to end nuclear risk ‘is to eliminate nuclear weapons’: Guterres
26 september 2023 - 06:28:51New York, US (PANA) - When “geopolitical mistrust and competition” have pushed the nuclear risk to Cold War levels, total [...] Full text...
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IMF's austerity loan conditions risk undermining rights, says Human Rights Watch
25 september 2023 - 05:38:29Washington DC, US (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund, with a global debt crisis looming, is setting conditions for its [...] Full text...
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Climate litigation more than doubles in five years
04 september 2023 - 05:34:54Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The total number of climate change court cases has more than doubled since 2017 and is [...] Full text...
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UN appeals for nuclear test ban amid ‘alarming rise in global mistrust’
29 august 2023 - 16:41:29New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations on Tuesday called for more global action to end nuclear testing, warning [...] Full text...
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AfDB moves to save thousands of African children at risk of dying before their fifth birthday
21 june 2023 - 08:47:46Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - At least 216 million African children suffer from stunting and malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa, where [...] Full text...
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Bangladesh maintains its position as Benin's leading customer
20 june 2023 - 19:11:32Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Bangladesh maintained its position as Benin's leading customer in the first quarter of the current year, [...] Full text...
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One in every 10 children works, instead of going to school
12 june 2023 - 16:38:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Around the world, some 160 million children work to earn a living, instead of going to [...] Full text...
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World Bank raises alarm on rising global food insecurity
06 june 2023 - 11:32:06Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Domestic food price inflation remains high around the world, according to the latest Food [...] Full text...
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UN agencies warn of rising hunger risk in 18 'hotspots'
29 may 2023 - 18:11:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hunger is set to worsen in 18 “hotspots” worldwide including Sudan, where fighting is putting people [...] Full text...
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World must be ready to respond to next pandemic: WHO chief
22 may 2023 - 16:30:17Geneva, Swtzerland (PANA) - Although COVID-19 may no longer be a global public health emergency, countries must still strengthen response [...] Full text...
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IOM says 'ambitious, concrete action' needed to avoid the worst climate impacts
18 may 2023 - 16:16:52New York, US (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is calling for concrete action to prevent, avert and [...] Full text...
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EC appoints new heads of mission for EUCAP Sahel Niger, EUAM Ukraine
17 may 2023 - 08:09:27Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council has appointed new Heads of Mission (HoM) for two EU’s civilian missions: the [...] Full text...
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Experts meet to speed up efforts to fully implement agreement to bring about a safer world
14 may 2023 - 06:38:11New York, US (PANA) - More people globally are being affected by disasters than ever before, despite the adoption of [...] Full text...
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Sudan violations in spotlight at UN Human Rights Council
11 may 2023 - 14:53:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sudan’s descent into violent conflict and humanitarian catastrophe came under the scrutiny of the UN Human [...] Full text...
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Roundup: Sudan conflict: Ceasefire holding despite sporadic gunfire
25 april 2023 - 12:41:51Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The 72-hour ceasefire in the fighting in Sudan is holding after a shaky start that saw [...] Full text...
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2ND LEAD: Sudan conflict: Shaky start to ceasefire as gunfire heard in Khartoum (Eds: Adds sporadic gunfire)
25 april 2023 - 10:25:53Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The 72-hour ceasefire in the fighting in Sudan has taken off to a shaky start as [...] Full text...
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LEAD: Sudan conflict: Army, militia agree to 3-day ceasefire for humanitarian reasons (Eds: Adds details of statements)
25 april 2023 - 06:14:56Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have announced their commitment to [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Warring parties involved in ceasefire announcement
25 april 2023 - 05:48:16Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's warring parties have said they were involved in the three-day ceasefire agreement announced by the [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: No comment from warring parties as ceasefire announced by US goes into effect
24 april 2023 - 22:03:26Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The ceasefire in Sudan's fighting announced by US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has taken effect [...] Full text...
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Second Roundup: Sudan conflict: US announces 72-hour ceasefire from midnight on Monday
24 april 2023 - 21:22:53Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has announced that the warring parties in the Sudan [...] Full text...
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ROUNDUP: Sudan conflict: Fighting eases in Khartoum as foreign countries step up evacuation of nationals
24 april 2023 - 13:27:51Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese captial, Khartoum, which has seen heavy fighting between two rival generals for the last [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: USAID deploys Disaster Assistance Response Team to coordinate humanitarian response
24 april 2023 - 07:48:55Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United States says it is mobilising to ramp up assistance to the people of Sudan [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Turkish President Erdogan offers to mediate in conflict
24 april 2023 - 06:37:49Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is said to have suggested to Sudan’s feuding military leaders to [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Many countries evacuating nationals from Khartoum as no letup in fighting
24 april 2023 - 05:41:41Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Many countries are evacuating their nationals from the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, as there is no end [...] Full text...
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Deadly shipwreck in Italy must trigger action to save lives, UN officials say
27 february 2023 - 12:53:21New York, US (PAA) - The UN chief and agencies serving refugees and migrants have urgently called for safer travel [...] Full text...
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Over 1 billion in 43 nations at risk amid cholera outbreaks, WHO says
27 february 2023 - 12:46:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A global surge of cholera cases has put one billion people in 43 countries at risk, [...] Full text...
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Parliamentarians mobilise political leadership for Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises
17 february 2023 - 07:00:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Parliamentarians from a wide range of countries have formally adopted the Geneva Declaration on Education in [...] Full text...
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COVID-19’s impact on young people risks a lost generation: World Bank report
16 february 2023 - 13:03:36EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST, OR TRANSMISSION UNTIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 AT 2:00 PM UTC/GMT Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The [...] Full text...
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Libya denounces deadly mosque attack in Pakistan
31 january 2023 - 11:19:53Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has condemned the bombing of a mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday [...] Full text...
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Ouagadougou International Handicraft exhibition opens
27 january 2023 - 19:45:32Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The 16th edition of the International Exhibition of handicrafts Ouagadougou (SIAO) opened this Friday, on [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for action to totally eliminate trans fat, ‘a toxic chemical that kills’
24 january 2023 - 06:22:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite recent progress towards eliminating trans fat from food, some five billion people remain unprotected from [...] Full text...
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$2.54 billion needed to tackle unprecedented health needs in 2023: WHO
24 january 2023 - 05:25:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that it would need $2.54 billion across [...] Full text...
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Nearly one billion served by healthcare facilities without reliable electricity
15 january 2023 - 08:29:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although electricity is critical to healthcare provision, nearly a billion people in poorer countries - one-eighth [...] Full text...
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UN weather agency says 2022 confirmed as one of warmest on record
13 january 2023 - 05:44:19New York, US (PANA) - The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Thursday that 2022 was the fifth or sixth [...] Full text...
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2022 Year in Review: Amid global turmoil, UN doggedly pursues international climate agreements
28 december 2022 - 05:47:18New York, US (PANA) - Despite strong evidence that human activity played a role in catastrophic weather events, and the [...] Full text...
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WMO releases ‘tell-tale signs’ of extreme weather conditions around the world
24 december 2022 - 12:28:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From extreme floods to heat and drought, weather and climate-related disasters have affected millions and cost [...] Full text...
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Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO
17 december 2022 - 05:51:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Climate change has driven an “unprecedented” number of larger and more deadly cholera outbreaks around the [...] Full text...
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UN reproductive health agency appeals for $1.2 billion to support crisis-affected women and girls
14 december 2022 - 08:10:47New York, US (PANA) - Amid rising humanitarian needs worldwide, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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UN Emergency Response Fund, a ‘lifeline of hope’ to meet record needs, says Guterres
11 december 2022 - 05:41:43New York, US (PANA) - As humanitarian needs soar to unprecedented levels, top UN officials have highlighted the importance of [...] Full text...
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WHO: Despite continued impact of COVID-19, malaria cases, deaths remained stable in 2021
08 december 2022 - 12:20:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries around the world largely held the line against further setbacks to malaria prevention, testing and [...] Full text...
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UN appeals for record $51.5 billion to help 230 million on the brink in 2023
01 december 2022 - 05:16:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record $51.5 billion is needed to help 230 million of the world’s most vulnerable people in [...] Full text...
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Large parts of world drier than normal in 2021: WMO
30 november 2022 - 06:02:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Most of the globe was drier than normal in 2021, with “cascading effects on economies, ecosystems [...] Full text...
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Greek police arrest seven Egyptians for smuggling migrants
28 november 2022 - 13:49:33Athens, Greece (PANA) - Greek authorities Monday arrested seven Egyptians on charges of migrant smuggling after their boat ran into [...] Full text...
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COP27: Over 27 million children at risk from devastating record-setting floods: UNICEF
08 november 2022 - 16:20:25Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - Overwhelming flooding has affected at least 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide, with the number [...] Full text...
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COP27: UNHCR chief urges world leaders not to forget displaced people
08 november 2022 - 09:49:33Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is urging global leaders to curb the most devastating [...] Full text...
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COP 27: Last eight years warmest on record - WMO
07 november 2022 - 05:06:10Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - The latest report from the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), released on Sunday, shows that the last [...] Full text...
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Climate change much deadlier than cancer in some places, UNDP data shows
05 november 2022 - 06:56:17New York, US (PANA) - The impact of climate change on health, if carbon emissions remain high, could be up [...] Full text...
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Only half the world equipped with adequate early warning systems - UN
14 october 2022 - 05:42:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new report from the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and the World Meteorological Organisation [...] Full text...
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Another year of global record hunger looms amid food and climate crisis, warns WFP
14 october 2022 - 05:21:40Rome, Italy (PANA) - The world is at risk of yet another year of record hunger as the global food [...] Full text...
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Twelve countries elected to serve new terms on Human Rights Council
12 october 2022 - 05:45:04New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly elected 12 new countries, including Algeria, Morocco, and South Africa to [...] Full text...
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‘Worrying upsurge’ in deadly cholera, warns WHO chief, in wide-ranging global health update
05 october 2022 - 19:23:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency is working diligently in Uganda to support the government in responding to [...] Full text...
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UN chief: Countries bound for COP27 must make climate action ‘the top global priority’
04 october 2022 - 07:04:48New York, US (PANA) - As government representatives begin to finalise the agenda for the COP27 climate change conference in Egypt [...] Full text...
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UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers' base in DRC
02 october 2022 - 11:33:36New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has strongly condemned last Friday's attack against a Company Operating Base (COB) [...] Full text...
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1.5 degree climate pledge ‘on life support’, Guterres tells leaders
22 september 2022 - 05:23:16New York, US (PANA) - During a private meeting of Heads of State and Government held on Wednesday at UN [...] Full text...
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Guterres calls for 'course correction' to end geopolitical divisions, tackle climate crisis
20 september 2022 - 06:31:45New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for strengthened international solidarity to address a raft of global challenges [...] Full text...
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UN chief tells world leadrrs: This year’s General Debate must be about providing hope
14 september 2022 - 17:39:22New York, US (PANA) - As hundreds of Heads of State and Government prepare to fly into New York for [...] Full text...
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Climate change impacts ‘heading into uncharted territory’, warns UN chief
14 september 2022 - 05:15:53New York, US (PANA) - “Climate science is clear: we are heading in the wrong direction,” declares a major, multi-agency [...] Full text...
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63 illegal migrants rescued by Tunisian coastguards
30 july 2022 - 14:44:29Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian coastguards in the city of Mahdia rescued 63 migrants whose boat had been lost at [...] Full text...
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COVID-19 fuels slowest rate of childhood vaccination in three decades, leaving millions at risk
15 july 2022 - 19:47:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Official data published by UN agencies on Friday shows the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccination rates [...] Full text...
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World population to reach 8 billion this year, as growth rate slows
11 july 2022 - 19:42:38New York, US (PANA) - The global population will reach eight billion on 15 November, the UN’s "World Population Prospects [...] Full text...
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Southern Africa in fresh vaccination drive to halt wild polio
10 july 2022 - 07:55:34Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Mozambique last week kicked off the third round of vaccination against wild poliovirus type 1 as southern [...] Full text...
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UN report says 222 million crisis-hit children currently require educational support
21 june 2022 - 18:07:01New York, US (PANA) - A shocking new UN report released on Tuesday indicates that the number of crisis-impacted school-aged children [...] Full text...
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Libyan Presidential Council chairman receives invitation to attend international climate conference in Egypt
13 june 2022 - 19:06:20Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, Monday received an official invitation from Egyptian [...] Full text...
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UN food agencies warn of looming widespread food crisss as hunger threatens stability in dozens of countries
07 june 2022 - 12:54:26Rome, Italy (PANA) - UN food agencies -- the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations World Food [...] Full text...
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Food insecurity threatens societies, exacerbates conflicts
20 may 2022 - 05:40:41New York, US (PANA) - “When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on [...] Full text...
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First polio outbreak in 30 years declared in Mozambique
18 may 2022 - 15:52:19Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Health authorities in Mozambique declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus on Wednesday after confirming that a [...] Full text...
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UNICEF calls for renewed commitments to achieve polio-free world
27 april 2022 - 07:31:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced on Tuesday that it is seeking new commitments to fund [...] Full text...
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Libyan, Pakistani officials discuss facilitating work visas for Pakistani in Libya
26 april 2022 - 13:05:06Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Officials of the Libyan Ministry of Interior of the Government of National Unity (GNU) on Monday [...] Full text...
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Nepalese peacekeeper killed in DRC
06 april 2022 - 05:52:59New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Tuesday, together with the Security Council, strongly condemned an attack by [...] Full text...
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UN Security Council concerned about DRC peacekeepers' chopper crash
02 april 2022 - 07:56:06New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has expressed deep concern over the crash of the United Nations [...] Full text...
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OIC calls on member-states to step up support for 15th session of heads of state summit in Gambia
28 march 2022 - 16:20:25Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Foreign Ministers representing the 57 member-states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have reasserted unwavering [...] Full text...
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WHO targets children under-5 in southern Africa in mass polio vaccination drives after Malawi outbreak
22 march 2022 - 06:30:32Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A vaccination drive against wild polio type 1 has kicked off in five southern African countries [...] Full text...
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Malawi intensifies response after wild poliovirus detected: WHO
05 march 2022 - 15:15:59Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) – Polio emergency response teams in Malawi are ramping up disease surveillance and deepening investigations after the country [...] Full text...
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Libyan officials, diplomats meet on voluntary repatriation of illegal migrants
08 february 2022 - 12:31:11Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan officials and diplomats o Monday held a meeting in Tipoli focusing on voluntary repatriation of [...] Full text...
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Algeria, Comoros placed on US list of violators of religious freedom
18 november 2021 - 06:13:01Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has placed Algeria and Comoros on its Special Watch List for governments [...] Full text...
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WHO: COVID-19 caused rise in TB deaths for first time in a decade, gains ‘reversed’
15 october 2021 - 06:02:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deaths from tuberculosis – one of the top infectious killers in the world - have increased [...] Full text...
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Climate change, population increase fuel looming water crisis: WMO
06 october 2021 - 05:03:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Improved water management, monitoring and forecasting are needed in the face of a looming global water crisis, the UN [...] Full text...
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‘Humanity remains unacceptably close to nuclear annihilation,' warns UN chief
26 september 2021 - 05:13:40New York, US (PANA) - “Now is the time to eliminate nuclear weapons from our world , and usher in [...] Full text...
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Thirty-five South Africans evacuated from Kabul
03 september 2021 - 11:14:15Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Only one South African national remains in Kabul, the Department of International Relations and [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: African countries close in on breakthrough deal to lift copyright laws on vaccines
22 july 2021 - 11:45:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have agreed to continue discussions into a request by [...] Full text...
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'Phone numbers of Ramaphosa, Macron, Mohammed VI targeted by spyware company'
21 july 2021 - 11:20:27London, UK (PANA) - South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, French president Emmanuel Macron are among 14 heads of state whose [...] Full text...
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Renewed donor support critical to ending polio after recent rise in cases and COVID-19 setbacks- WHO
09 june 2021 - 23:48:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) will Thursday launch the Polio Eradication Strategy 2022 titled "Delivering on [...] Full text...
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Lack of clean water far deadlier than violence in war-torn countries, says UNICEF
25 may 2021 - 06:38:14New York, US (PANA) - Attacks on water and sanitation facilities in conflict zones around the world are putting the [...] Full text...
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Pakistani businessmen to visit Libya
14 may 2021 - 10:49:52Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the General Union of Chambers of Commerce, Agriculture and Industry of Libya, Mohamed [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian peacekeepers in Sudan ask for political asylum
10 may 2021 - 10:09:16Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Hundreds of Ethiopian peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur state have refused to go back home at the [...] Full text...
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New UN-led global immunization push aims to save more than 50 million lives
27 april 2021 - 05:15:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN-led global immunization strategy was unveiled on Monday to reach more than 50 million children who [...] Full text...
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African Energy Chamber calls for solution to cowardly attacks in northern Mozambique
26 april 2021 - 15:52:44Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The African Energy Chamber (AEC) on Monday called on Total and its international partners to [...] Full text...
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FIFA suspends Pakistan, Chad football federations over interference claims
07 april 2021 - 18:58:02Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA has said it suspended the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) and Chadian Football Association (FTFA) with [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Britain places travellers from Kenya on 'red-list'
02 april 2021 - 15:43:03Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The United Kingdom has added Kenya, a popular travel destination for rich British tourists, on its [...] Full text...
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WTO fails to strike agreement on African push to lift copyright curbs on coronavirus products
26 february 2021 - 09:03:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There has been no consensus on a joint push by India and South Africa, supported by [...] Full text...
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World leaders call for greater cooperation to tackle hunger, poverty at IFAD global meeting
17 february 2021 - 18:46:17Rome, Italy (PANA) – The fate of the world’s poorest and wealthiest nations are interconnected, and eradicating poverty and hunger will [...] Full text...
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2 Ambassadors present Letters of Credence to Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs
10 february 2021 - 18:51:54Banjul, Gambia (PNA) - Ambassadors of Serbia and Pakistan on Thursday presented their Letters of Credence to the Gambian Minister [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO urges countries to prioritise investments in testing
30 january 2021 - 15:46:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To address the lack of access to tests and testing services in multiple countries, the World [...] Full text...
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ECOSOC president reaffirms mandate to tackle pandemic, development challenges
24 january 2021 - 12:32:53New York, US (PANA) - Marking its 75th anniversary amid the most serious economic and health crisis the UN has ever [...] Full text...
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Make 2021 ‘safer, healthier world for children’, UNICEF chief urges
01 january 2021 - 21:44:58New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said here Thursday that more than 371,500 children would be [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccines for all, an ‘acid test’ in pandemic battle, says ECOSOC chief
17 december 2020 - 05:13:00New York, US (PANA) - Equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines will represent an “acid test” for the international community, the [...] Full text...
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WTO: SA leads African effort to lift copyright curbs on pandemic response supplies
12 december 2020 - 00:30:17Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South Africa, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Eswatini, Pakistan and Bolivia, Friday opened a new warfront in the [...] Full text...
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Number of forcibly displaced people soars above 80 million: UNHCR
10 december 2020 - 08:23:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people forcibly displaced around the world has doubled in the past decade and [...] Full text...
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. Nigeria rejects U.S. allegation of “systematic violation of religious freedom of citizens”
08 december 2020 - 14:05:54Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria on Tuesday denied the United States' allegation of engaging in systematic and egregious religious freedom [...] Full text...
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US calls out Nigeria, nine others over religious freedom
08 december 2020 - 07:18:43Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States government is calling out Nigeria and nine other countries over religious freedom [...] Full text...
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Global food commodity prices rose to a nearly six-year high in November - FAO
03 december 2020 - 14:21:22Rome, Italy (PANA) - Global food commodity prices rose sharply in November to their highest level in nearly six years, [...] Full text...
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UNICEF, WHO call for emergency action to avert major measles and polio epidemic
07 november 2020 - 00:06:47GENEVA, Switzerland (PANA) - The UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called for an urgent action to avert [...] Full text...
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Education experts warn that violence and bullying affect one in three children
06 november 2020 - 06:37:03Paris, France (PANA) - Children face violence and bullying at school all over the world, with one in every three [...] Full text...
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Rape is wrong but death penalty, castration, not the answer: UN rights chief
16 october 2020 - 07:16:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA - While perpetrators of rape and other forms of sexual violence must be held accountable, capital punishment [...] Full text...
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Libya, Pakistan review defence cooperation
29 september 2020 - 15:32:13Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Defence of the Government of National Accord, Salaheddine Al-Nemrouch, has discussed with Pakistani [...] Full text...
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South Africa: Nigerian drug trafficker jailed after police sting
28 september 2020 - 14:41:08Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Nigerian national who was extradited to the United States from South Africa has [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, UN agencies warn
09 september 2020 - 16:35:54New York, US (PANA) - The number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record in 2019 [...] Full text...
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Africa declared wild polio-free after four years without a case
25 august 2020 - 18:03:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Africa Regional Certification Commission on Tuesday certified the WHO African Region as wild polio-free after [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO, UNICEF warn of decline in vaccinations during COVID-19
15 july 2020 - 16:11:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday of "an alarming [...] Full text...
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40% of poorest countries did not provide specific support to disadvantaged learners during COVID-19 crisis - UNESCO report
23 june 2020 - 17:31:49Paris, France (PANA) - Fewer than 10% of countries have laws that help ensure full inclusion in education, according to [...] Full text...
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Nigeria: 371 stranded Nigerians evacuated from UAE, Pakistan arrive Abuja airport, proceed into 14-day quarantine
19 june 2020 - 19:50:30Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Three hundred and seventy-one Nigerians stranded in the United Arab Emirate, Europe and Pakistan have been [...] Full text...
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Ms Powers named Catholic Medical Board CEO
18 june 2020 - 15:35:48New York, US (PANA) - The Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) on Thursday announced the appointment of Mary Beth Powers as [...] Full text...
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Gender lens essential to addressing linked climate change, security crises - UN report
09 june 2020 - 14:11:53Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As countries reel from the devastating social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, gender inequality [...] Full text...
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Pakistani investors to invest in Niger's solar, wind energy generation
03 june 2020 - 10:50:57Niamey, Niger (PANA) - A consortium of Pakistani investors is willing to invest in the production of solar and wind [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Presidents, prime ministers lead call for ‘people’s vaccine’, free to all
15 may 2020 - 05:27:28New York, US (PANA) - UNAIDS, the UN agency fighting against the deadly HIV/AIDS virus, has initiated a petition from [...] Full text...
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Battle ‘not yet over’ against locust invasions in East Africa and Yemen - says FAO
12 may 2020 - 05:39:59Rome, Italy (PANA) - Despite the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and other challenges, significant gains have been made against Desert Locust [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic causes some illegal drug prices to surge, as supplies are disrupted worldwide - UNODC
08 may 2020 - 05:38:43Vienna Austria (PAN) - Measures by governments across the world to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the widespread [...] Full text...
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UN appeals for US$6.7 billion to protect millions of lives, stem COVID-19 spread in fragile countries
07 may 2020 - 15:21:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s Humanitarian Chief, Mark Lowcock on Thursday called for swift and determined action to avoid [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Health system overload threatens pregnant women and newborns
07 may 2020 - 05:12:30New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that 116 million babies have been born since the [...] Full text...
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2,000 COVID-19: Nigerians stranded abroad returning home from next week
21 april 2020 - 15:47:53Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government announced on Tuesday that 2,000 of its citizens stranded abroad as a result [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN chief calls for greater protection for children caught up in COVID-19 crisis
16 april 2020 - 19:34:01New York, US (PANA) - The looming global recession resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could cause hundreds of thousands of [...] Full text...
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Zambia records its first COVID-19 death
02 april 2020 - 12:09:58Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia has recorded its first death from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) since the outbreak, Health Minister Chitalu [...] Full text...
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Health minister warns Zambian businesses defying presidential directive on COVID-19
30 march 2020 - 14:43:58Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia's Health minister Chitalu Chilufya has warned that businesses disobeying the Presidential directive to close down [...] Full text...
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Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Zambia increase from 16 to 22
27 march 2020 - 14:46:27Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s Health minister Chitalu Chilufya has announced that confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Gambia suspends flights from 13 countries
19 march 2020 - 23:44:29Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian government has suspended flights from thirteen (13) countries and approved that individuals (Gambian and [...] Full text...
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Stephanie Williams appointed Acting UN Special Representative in Libya
12 march 2020 - 12:57:05Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday announced the appointment of Stephanie Turco Williams as the Acting [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus vaccine could be tested in April, says Chinese ambassador to Tunisia
11 march 2020 - 20:35:55Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Chinese Ambassador to Tunisia, Wang Wenbin, has confirmed that following the appearance of the coronavirus, [...] Full text...
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Tunisian president opens international aeronautics, defence fair
04 march 2020 - 22:45:46Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian president, Kais Saied, on Wednesday opened an international aeronautics and defence fair which will [...] Full text...
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No country should make ‘fatal’ mistake of ignoring coronavirus, says WHO chief
28 february 2020 - 04:56:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - All countries should do more to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and none should make [...] Full text...
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Kenya tea export earnings down by 16.4 percent in 2019
27 january 2020 - 13:55:34Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s tea export earnings dropped by 16.4 percent in 2019, contributing to US$1.17 billion towards the [...] Full text...
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Sudan, peacekeepers agree to reactivate Darfur joint security mechanism
26 january 2020 - 19:27:26Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United nations African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the government of Sudan have [...] Full text...
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UN condemns harassment of staff, looting of premises in North Darfur
24 january 2020 - 11:05:32Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations on Friday condemned the harassment of humanitarian staff and looting of humanitarian premises [...] Full text...
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China's Belt and Road Initiative leaving developing countries with a mountain of debt-Human Rights Watch
14 january 2020 - 18:17:18New York, USA (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised several red flags about China’s Belt and Road Initiative [...] Full text...
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Spread of polio still an international public health concern, warns WHO
08 january 2020 - 07:29:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The spread of polio internationally remains a global public health concern, experts meeting in Geneva on Tuesday have concluded. The [...] Full text...
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'Nigeria does not engage in or tolerate severe violations of religious freedom'
22 december 2019 - 18:22:19Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Government has slammed the United States of America (USA) for including it in the [...] Full text...
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Sudan removed from American bad list of religious violators to lesser evil one
20 december 2019 - 23:46:55Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US administration has removed the Sudan from its list of countries violating religious freedom to [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian charity says debt, danger facing refugees in Uganda
17 december 2019 - 12:49:21Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - A humanitarian charity is painting a desperate picture of refugees in Uganda saying they are adopting [...] Full text...
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