19 january 2021 - 10:45:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has regained access to two refugee camps in Tigray [...] Full text...
16 january 2021 - 09:27:45
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Worsening election violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has forced 120,000 people from their homes, [...] Full text...
16 january 2021 - 08:34:20
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union is [...] Full text...
15 january 2021 - 14:51:36
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Humanitarian operations in several parts of Central African Republic are at a standstill due [...] Full text...
15 january 2021 - 04:59:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed his deep concern over the [...] Full text...
14 january 2021 - 05:04:00
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly three months after the start of conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, hundreds of thousands [...] Full text...
11 january 2021 - 23:26:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Thirty-two human rights organisations Monday expressed dismay over the poor handling of affairs of refugees and [...] Full text...
11 january 2021 - 16:45:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Around 300 illegal migrants perished as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to [...] Full text...
08 january 2021 - 11:48:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said on Friday that it is concerned that violence and insecurity [...] Full text...
07 january 2021 - 10:42:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern about the death of a [...] Full text...
06 january 2021 - 10:43:21
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The influx of Ethiopian refugees from the troubled Tigray region into the Eastern border with Sudan [...] Full text...
05 january 2021 - 11:53:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said on Tuesday that together with the Sudan’s Commission for Refugees [...] Full text...
05 january 2021 - 06:36:20
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has strongly condemned the twin attacks in western Niger that killed [...] Full text...
04 january 2021 - 10:54:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 119 illegal migrants on board two boats have been rescued off the coast [...] Full text...
01 january 2021 - 12:04:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 11,265 illegal migrants were brought back to Libya by the Libyan Coast Guard [...] Full text...
30 december 2020 - 15:22:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - One hundred and thirty asylum seekers evacuated from Tripoli, Libya, arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, on Wednesday, [...] Full text...
29 december 2020 - 13:31:07
Mekelle, Ethiopia (PANA) - Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have [...] Full text...
28 december 2020 - 11:31:04
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Eritrean refugees in two camps in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia received a month’s worth of food [...] Full text...
27 december 2020 - 08:31:19
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the security forces in Niger to “make every [...] Full text...
27 december 2020 - 06:21:47
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the security forces in Niger to “make every [...] Full text...
25 december 2020 - 17:02:23
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – It is of paramount importance that hostilities in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region cease completely, that civilians are [...] Full text...
24 december 2020 - 13:35:30
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Chadian National Assembly on Wednesday adopted the first law for the protection of refugees [...] Full text...
23 december 2020 - 15:38:11
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Conflict and violence in the Greater Horn of Africa continue to cause widespread displacement [...] Full text...
23 december 2020 - 13:45:39
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) will have to further reduce food rations and cash assistance [...] Full text...
23 december 2020 - 10:47:33
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) will have to further reduce food rations and cash assistance [...] Full text...
22 december 2020 - 20:37:44
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has raised alarm over the security [...] Full text...
22 december 2020 - 17:11:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reports of artillery strikes on civilians and mass killings of non-combatants in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, must be investigated and full [...] Full text...
22 december 2020 - 11:03:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, together with 30 humanitarian partners, is on Tuesday releasing an urgent [...] Full text...
21 december 2020 - 12:47:05
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency - UNHCR - has helped 3,000 Malian refugees move back into [...] Full text...
18 december 2020 - 23:19:28
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The study and research group for democracy and economic and social development (GERDDES-Africa) Friday called for [...] Full text...
18 december 2020 - 15:25:04
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Missing Migrants Project has recorded over 3,000 deaths on migratory [...] Full text...
18 december 2020 - 12:11:56
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian NGOs have written a letter to President Kais Saïed, on the occasion of International Migrants [...] Full text...
18 december 2020 - 11:16:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has expressed deep concern over the rising number of civilians displaced [...] Full text...
18 december 2020 - 10:58:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Friday released its supplementary appeal for 2021 Covid response seeking [...] Full text...
18 december 2020 - 05:14:23
New York, US (PANA) - The UN has released $36.6 million for civilians caught up in the conflict that has roiled [...] Full text...
17 december 2020 - 15:43:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday warned that more than 435,000 refugees in [...] Full text...
16 december 2020 - 05:38:17
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations voiced grave concern on Tuesday for the safety of thousands of refugees [...] Full text...
16 december 2020 - 05:29:56
New York, US (PANA) - Providing aid to millions of children uprooted by the ongoing crisis in the Tigray region [...] Full text...
15 december 2020 - 11:57:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, condemns an attack by armed assailants on Toumour, a town in [...] Full text...
13 december 2020 - 12:16:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has taken an extraordinary step of granting citizenship to 1,600 stateless Zimbabweans from the Shona [...] Full text...
12 december 2020 - 07:10:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amidst “disturbing reports” from Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan, the UN refugee agency called on Friday for [...] Full text...
11 december 2020 - 23:38:54
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Human rights bodies, including the London-based Amnesty International (AI), have demanded access to the troubled [...] Full text...
11 december 2020 - 17:07:28
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Government of Ethiopia says it is "safely" returning Eritrean refugees to their respective camps [...] Full text...
10 december 2020 - 18:45:45
Rome, Italy (PANA) – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has joined the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [...] Full text...
10 december 2020 - 11:00:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Co-Chairs of the Working Group on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, in the framework [...] Full text...
10 december 2020 - 08:23:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people forcibly displaced around the world has doubled in the past decade and [...] Full text...
09 december 2020 - 21:39:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned Tuesday in its report against an increase [...] Full text...
08 december 2020 - 20:56:43
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has finalized a distribution [...] Full text...
08 december 2020 - 18:48:20
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Humanitarian organisations are still working to access children and women who have borne the brunt [...] Full text...
08 december 2020 - 05:16:06
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General said on Monday it was “essential to quickly restore the rule of law” [...] Full text...
05 december 2020 - 08:09:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s humanitarian coordination office, said on Friday that it was doing its utmost to secure [...] Full text...
04 december 2020 - 15:37:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, says it is ready to resume its full humanitarian activities in [...] Full text...
03 december 2020 - 23:55:19
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The UN High-Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Thursday agreed to give a 100,000 USD financing to support [...] Full text...
03 december 2020 - 17:54:23
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday launched a $6.4 billion emergency funding appeal to [...] Full text...
03 december 2020 - 14:00:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched on Thursday a Global Policy Network to promote ethical [...] Full text...
03 december 2020 - 11:52:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Donor governments on Wednesday pledged a record US$932 million to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, for [...] Full text...
03 december 2020 - 05:08:52
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Friday announced that agreement has been reached with the Ethiopian Government to [...] Full text...
02 december 2020 - 11:03:55
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), whose forces have been defeated by [...] Full text...
01 december 2020 - 13:52:11
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Conflict, insecurity, COVID-19 and deteriorating economic conditions are leading to a rise in trafficking of children, [...] Full text...
30 november 2020 - 19:13:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has launched an appeal for US$147 million to [...] Full text...
30 november 2020 - 15:20:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - One in seven Libyans needs mental and psychological health care, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, [...] Full text...
29 november 2020 - 17:37:01
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian National Defence Force (NDF) says it is engaged in "stabilization efforts" following the [...] Full text...
28 november 2020 - 22:10:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian army has seized control over the northern provincial capital of Makelle in Tigray [...] Full text...
28 november 2020 - 00:21:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan minister of foreign affairs, Mohamed Taher Siala, Friday reaffirmed his strong condemnation of the [...] Full text...
27 november 2020 - 18:51:37
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The head of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) visited refugee camp near the Sudanese [...] Full text...
27 november 2020 - 12:49:51
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is visiting Khartoum as the country receives a growing [...] Full text...
26 november 2020 - 21:52:16
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government said here Thursday it would "respond expeditiously" to the needs of citizens [...] Full text...
26 november 2020 - 09:58:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday that the "final phase" of the military [...] Full text...
25 november 2020 - 12:47:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the coronavirus pandemic prolongs, a lethal mix of confinement, deepening poverty and economic duress is [...] Full text...
25 november 2020 - 11:41:12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday asked the international community to keep to the [...] Full text...
25 november 2020 - 05:43:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed deep concern over the unfolding situation in the Tigray region in northern [...] Full text...
24 november 2020 - 13:18:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ethiopian refugees streaming into eastern Sudan have now surpassed 40,000 since the crisis began, with more [...] Full text...
24 november 2020 - 05:25:03
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Monday said it was “extremely concerned” over the safety of civilians across [...] Full text...
21 november 2020 - 13:00:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said that more than 348,000 children out of 1.2 million [...] Full text...
20 november 2020 - 17:39:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group of 79 refugees and asylum seekers were evacuated from Libya to a safer area [...] Full text...
20 november 2020 - 10:50:08
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Pregnant women, separated families and sick elderly people are among thousands of refugees continuing to [...] Full text...
20 november 2020 - 06:39:06
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A senior UN humanitarian official in Sudan has recounted moving testimony from refugees who are crossing [...] Full text...
19 november 2020 - 20:25:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Refugee resettlement numbers will be at a “record low” this year, with only 15,425 people resettled [...] Full text...
19 november 2020 - 07:01:43
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian government says the National Defence Force has been making progress in its military [...] Full text...
19 november 2020 - 05:30:47
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Senior UN officials have conducted a two-day mission to southeastern Sudan, where some 30,000 Ethiopians have [...] Full text...
17 november 2020 - 12:01:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning that a full-scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding as thousands [...] Full text...
17 november 2020 - 09:58:49
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The government of Ethiopia has reaffirmed once again that there would be "no negotiation until [...] Full text...
16 november 2020 - 16:03:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 77 illegal migrants have been brought back to Tripoli after their rescue by [...] Full text...
15 november 2020 - 10:34:33
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Nearly 25,000 refugees fleeing the fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray Region have arrived in two states in [...] Full text...
13 november 2020 - 16:01:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is extremely concerned about the worsening crisis in northern Ethiopia where [...] Full text...
13 november 2020 - 15:40:24
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The UN Refugee Agency estimates over 7,000 Ethiopian refugees have registered as entering the Sudan after two [...] Full text...
13 november 2020 - 12:06:16
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has given the Congolese government [...] Full text...
12 november 2020 - 11:18:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Yacoub El Hillo, has "strongly" condemned the murder of a [...] Full text...
12 november 2020 - 07:35:42
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN refugee agency said on Wednesday that it is working with Sudanese authorities to [...] Full text...
11 november 2020 - 17:03:39
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A total of 85 people lost their lives in the violence that erupted after the [...] Full text...
11 november 2020 - 10:18:52
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, who is on a trip to West Africa and the Sahel [...] Full text...
11 november 2020 - 08:48:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) and partners have launched a global competition for private sector and [...] Full text...
11 november 2020 - 07:50:38
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As the military action started by the Federal Ethiopian Government against the Tigray Region continues, [...] Full text...
06 november 2020 - 08:46:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), has expressed concern about escalating tensions in Ethiopia following military [...] Full text...
04 november 2020 - 16:51:26
New York United Nations (PANA) - Mozambique's permanent representative to the UN has withdrawn a statement on decolonization in Africa, [...] Full text...
03 november 2020 - 18:17:33
Abidjan,Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Several thousand people have fled from election-related violence in Côte d'Ivoire to seek sanctuary in neighbouring [...] Full text...
03 november 2020 - 13:59:34
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) Some 620 Congolese refugees have been moved from Kigeme, a village described to be at high risk [...] Full text...
01 november 2020 - 12:44:59
Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved an emergency assistance relief package of $440,000 [...] Full text...
31 october 2020 - 12:42:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union Mission in Libya and the Ambassadors of its Member States accredited in the [...] Full text...
30 october 2020 - 18:37:14
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien Minister of the Interior and Security, Alkache Alhada, on Thursday in Niamey, launched the [...] Full text...
27 october 2020 - 21:03:47
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Altogether, 141 men, women and children refugees in a detention camp for illegal migrants in Khomes, [...] Full text...
25 october 2020 - 16:12:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The US Administration has announced yet another package of humanitarian assistance to the Sudan, amounting to [...] Full text...
20 october 2020 - 12:37:58
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Rwanda and Burundi are holding talks on Tuesday at Nemba [...] Full text...
16 october 2020 - 22:59:51
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A group of 153 refugees and asylum seekers were evacuated Thursday from Libya by the UN [...] Full text...
16 october 2020 - 22:47:40
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Development Committee of the world’s top financial institutions said Friday the coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...
13 october 2020 - 18:38:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly 10,000 illegal migrants trying to reach Europe have been rescued off the Libyan coast from [...] Full text...
09 october 2020 - 16:14:59
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Insecurity in Niger has led to the displacement of populations along the borders, the influx of [...] Full text...
08 october 2020 - 23:27:29
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani called here Thursday for the suspension of debt servicing for [...] Full text...
07 october 2020 - 16:47:40
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has registered 29 new confirmed cases of coronavirus from a total of 3,066 tests performed [...] Full text...
05 october 2020 - 22:25:42
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The participants in the high level ministerial meeting on Libya hosted by Germany through videoconferencing Monday [...] Full text...
05 october 2020 - 17:49:34
New York, US (PANA) – Stating that Libya’s future is at stake, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Monday called on [...] Full text...
02 october 2020 - 21:43:53
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The World Bank has expanded its financing of an economic stimulus programme which targets the [...] Full text...
02 october 2020 - 16:41:19
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Catastrophic flooding and rising food and health costs in Sudan, have driven up the number of people in need, the UN Office for the [...] Full text...
02 october 2020 - 10:54:45
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Two human rights advocates -Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch - say the DR Congo [...] Full text...
02 october 2020 - 06:11:43
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General has called for parties in the Central African Republic (CAR) to prioritise [...] Full text...
01 october 2020 - 21:46:27
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 43,829 refugees and asylum seekers were repatriated during the past three months of the new [...] Full text...
30 september 2020 - 18:38:30
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Rwanda's ambassador to Congo, Jean-Baptiste Habyarimana, said here Wednesday the file of Rwandan refugees in Congo [...] Full text...
29 september 2020 - 17:12:14
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - In preparation to change the misery of illegal migration, the Nigerien government on Tuesday adopted a [...] Full text...
28 september 2020 - 14:37:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Refugees living in Sudan are weary of security, food and health care, according to a report released on [...] Full text...
25 september 2020 - 13:56:00
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - New Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye said here Friday that normalization of relations with Rwanda would depend [...] Full text...
25 september 2020 - 12:38:37
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is stepping up efforts to help uprooted families [...] Full text...
25 september 2020 - 05:22:46
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Humanitarians have stepped up assistance to communities “on the brink”, who have been affected by devastating [...] Full text...
24 september 2020 - 20:38:16
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré Thursday told the 75th general assembly of the UN [...] Full text...
24 september 2020 - 13:38:36
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The second group of 511 Burundian refugees were repatriated on Thurday from Mahama Refugee Camp in [...] Full text...
24 september 2020 - 09:32:34
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has endorsed Sudan’s Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP) which [...] Full text...
23 september 2020 - 15:45:13
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 287 Burundian refugees were repatriated Wednesday from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where they [...] Full text...
22 september 2020 - 12:58:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are expanding their [...] Full text...
22 september 2020 - 12:24:50
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) -Worsening conflict, combined with a precarious humanitarian situation, has forced more than 300,000 people to flee their homes [...] Full text...
21 september 2020 - 23:53:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 13 per cent of 9,500 illegal migrants who left the Libyan coasts between 1 March [...] Full text...
21 september 2020 - 19:50:07
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday imposed targeted restrictive measures on two persons responsible for human rights [...] Full text...
18 september 2020 - 16:53:47
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is marking the first ever International Equal Pay Day, on Friday, drawing [...] Full text...
16 september 2020 - 23:45:35
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Arab institute for human rights, in partnership with the Tunisian ministry of Relations with constitutional [...] Full text...
14 september 2020 - 14:45:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The U.S. government, through the Office of Humanitarian Assistance, has provided an additional US$2 million in [...] Full text...
14 september 2020 - 13:17:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – In view of sharply escalating suffering and turmoil across the world, human rights principles, norms and [...] Full text...
11 september 2020 - 13:45:33
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Eight villagers were killed and three others wounded on Wednesday in an attack by heavily armed [...] Full text...
10 september 2020 - 17:50:57
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - One hundred and forty Burundians stranded, in Rwanda following the Coronavirus pandemic since last April, were [...] Full text...
05 september 2020 - 13:50:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan’s highest security body has declared a three- month state of emergency in the country to [...] Full text...
04 september 2020 - 15:18:18
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, arrived in Bamako [...] Full text...
02 september 2020 - 05:44:11
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN and its partners are supporting the Sudanese Government as it responds to recent severe [...] Full text...
01 september 2020 - 20:36:16
Paris, France (PANA) - France Tuesday welcomed the peace deal signed Monday in Juba between the Sudanese transitional authorities, an [...] Full text...
01 september 2020 - 15:03:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has welcomed the signing of a peace deal [...] Full text...
31 august 2020 - 23:12:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The signing of the peace agreement between the Sudanese government and the Sudan Revolutionary Front should [...] Full text...
31 august 2020 - 20:41:07
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) and the civilian-led Transitional Government of Sudan signed an agreement Monday [...] Full text...
30 august 2020 - 16:53:58
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundi has recorded 12 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), including five imported, after 2,183 tests, the [...] Full text...
29 august 2020 - 19:02:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hundreds of rescued migrants and refugees currently on board three vessels in the Central Mediterranean, some [...] Full text...
29 august 2020 - 16:22:02
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week highlighted the repatriation of some 471 Burundian refugees who returned home after [...] Full text...
28 august 2020 - 05:01:12
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - The UN’s expert on human rights in the Central African Republic (CAR) has issued [...] Full text...
26 august 2020 - 20:09:30
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo Wednesday told senior government officials here the US administration would [...] Full text...
26 august 2020 - 18:29:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to reduce its food and cash assistance [...] Full text...
21 august 2020 - 11:36:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 67 illegal migrants were rescued by Libyan coastguards 18 nautical miles from the [...] Full text...
21 august 2020 - 05:11:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies have called for search and rescue to be stepped up in the central Mediterranean, [...] Full text...
19 august 2020 - 21:54:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Organisation for International Migration (OIM) and the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said here [...] Full text...
18 august 2020 - 23:06:50
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian gendarmerie Tuesday foiled several attempts of illegal migration and arrested 96 people attempting to [...] Full text...
15 august 2020 - 13:21:42
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week focused on the ongoing talks to organise voluntary repatriation of Burundian refugees [...] Full text...
14 august 2020 - 11:50:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 141 illegal migrants of various nationalities, including women and children, were rescued off the Libyan [...] Full text...
12 august 2020 - 19:21:28
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Congo, Cyr Modeste Kouamé, [...] Full text...
11 august 2020 - 17:08:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recent clashes in Sudan’s Western Darfur region has driven more than 2,500 people across the border [...] Full text...
10 august 2020 - 22:49:14
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundi government said here Monday it was “naturally set to receive warmly and with dignity [...] Full text...
08 august 2020 - 12:41:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said here Friday it [...] Full text...
07 august 2020 - 19:35:34
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Organisation for International Migration (OIM) and the UN Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) Friday expressed great [...] Full text...
04 august 2020 - 20:19:16
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday strongly condemned “heinous attacks” against civilians in the Lake Chad [...] Full text...
04 august 2020 - 18:00:29
Niamey, Niger - (PANA) - The European Union (EU) has allocated 22.5 million euros (about 14.7 billion F CFA) in [...] Full text...
04 august 2020 - 05:52:55
New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption to education in history and prolonged school [...] Full text...
29 july 2020 - 19:36:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thousands of refugees and migrants in east and west Africa, are dying while others face harrowing [...] Full text...
28 july 2020 - 16:02:24
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad, Nasser Bourita, reaffirmed on Monday [...] Full text...
25 july 2020 - 15:23:23
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan Government has received, on humanitarian grounds, a stateless person named Amin Hassoun, who was [...] Full text...
25 july 2020 - 13:02:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has deplored "the tragic death" of a young [...] Full text...
23 july 2020 - 19:58:49
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Public health, the wellbeing of refugees and the host communities in the Sahel are the [...] Full text...
17 july 2020 - 13:18:56
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $15.2 million to support Uganda’s efforts to prevent, detect and respond [...] Full text...
17 july 2020 - 13:00:44
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The systematic screening campaign for coronavirus in Burundi began on Thursday at a site hosting former [...] Full text...
16 july 2020 - 14:58:43
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called for greater access to COVID-19 detection, testing and care [...] Full text...
10 july 2020 - 22:45:29
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 8,600 illegal immigrants left Libya via the Mediterranean between January and late May 2020, with [...] Full text...
10 july 2020 - 11:19:46
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Members of European Parliament (EMEPs) have raised suspicions of alleged embezzlement of humanitarian aid intended for Sahrawi [...] Full text...
09 july 2020 - 22:27:58
New York, US (PANA) - Inter-communal violence and persistent attacks by extremists continue to undermine peace and security across West [...] Full text...
09 july 2020 - 21:36:07
New York, US (PANA) - Millions of refugees across Africa face even greater food insecurity because of aid disruption and [...] Full text...
08 july 2020 - 05:28:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The global COVID-19 pandemic has pushed more than 250 million people to the brink of starvation [...] Full text...
03 july 2020 - 10:58:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Marking the first anniversary of the airstrike on Libya’s Tajoura Detention Centre, which resulted in the [...] Full text...
28 june 2020 - 12:16:40
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The funeral services for former Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza held at Ingoma Stade in Gitega (Central [...] Full text...
26 june 2020 - 17:51:10
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The prevailing insecurity in the region of Tahoua (North) has led to the closure of several [...] Full text...
23 june 2020 - 14:07:21
Dakar, Senegal - A rise in violence and the multi-layered humanitarian crisis in the Central Sahel region have resulted in [...] Full text...
23 june 2020 - 05:17:35
New York, US (PANA) - The Central African Republic (CAR) is making progress as it prepares for presidential and legislative [...] Full text...
22 june 2020 - 12:49:38
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A coalition of international, national, and refugee-led organizations in the Horn, East and Central [...] Full text...
21 june 2020 - 15:00:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Amnesty International has faulted the Mozambican authorities for failing to release 16 African and asylum seekers [...] Full text...
19 june 2020 - 18:58:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General Stephanie Williams told the United Nations Human Rights Council [...] Full text...
19 june 2020 - 15:58:05
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Cyr Modeste Kouamé, and the regional [...] Full text...
19 june 2020 - 13:42:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – One million people are now in need of some form of humanitarian assistance in Libya, including [...] Full text...
19 june 2020 - 05:19:07
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has reminded countries of their fundamental obligation to protect the nearly [...] Full text...
18 june 2020 - 12:13:48
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The solemn inauguration of the new president, Evariste Ndayishimiye, 52, on Thursday in Gitega, Burundi's new [...] Full text...
17 june 2020 - 21:12:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A Sudanese here Wednesday received the first membership card of the Tunisian social security fund granted [...] Full text...
14 june 2020 - 10:43:25
Vatican City (PANA) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that he prayed for the people of Libya, affected by violence [...] Full text...
11 june 2020 - 21:55:44
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The latest death toll of the shipwreck of a boat carrying illegal migrants off the Tunisian [...] Full text...
11 june 2020 - 20:38:06
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said here Thursdays it was [...] Full text...
11 june 2020 - 16:53:49
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved US$20 million in [...] Full text...
11 june 2020 - 05:50:16
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has started a campaign in the Maradi region, 650 [...] Full text...
10 june 2020 - 22:23:36
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN High Commission for Refugees (HCR) Wednesday expressed fears for refugees and internally displaced [...] Full text...
09 june 2020 - 15:36:52
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - "UNICEF has been horrified by the abuses suffered by children in the region of Diffa" and [...] Full text...
05 june 2020 - 16:38:12
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The UN Security Council has unanimously voted for the establishment of a mission, dubbed the Integrated Transition [...] Full text...
04 june 2020 - 18:05:39
Maradi, Niger (PANA) - More than 36,000 new refugees from Nigeria have converged on the Maradi region of Niger, fleeing [...] Full text...