Sudan: UN experts call for urgent action to combat trafficking in El Fasher

27 november 2025 - 16:44:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights experts on Thursday expressed concern about reports of trafficking of women and girls [...] Full text...

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Minorities are being stifled and rights repressed in a growing number of autocracies, denounces Volker Türk

27 november 2025 - 13:07:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - "In a growing number of autocracies, minorities are being stifled, their rights, their identity and their [...] Full text...

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UN raises alarm over surge in mass kidnappings in Nigeria

25 november 2025 - 18:27:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Tuesday denounced a "shocking" surge in mass abductions in north-central [...] Full text...

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Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns

25 november 2025 - 17:46:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on [...] Full text...

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UN warns against exploitation of AI for 'purely political or economic purposes'

24 november 2025 - 16:36:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The threats posed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) to several human rights, including privacy, political participation, [...] Full text...

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UN alarmed by the enforced disappearance of relatives of Guinean artist Elie Kamano

20 november 2025 - 16:30:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office on Thursday expressed its deep concern over reports of the "alleged [...] Full text...

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One in five children living in poverty in developing countries

20 november 2025 - 16:24:56
New York, US (PANA) - At least 417 million children — more than one in five — living in low- [...] Full text...

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WHO sounds alarm over global rise in drug-resistant gonorrhea cases

20 november 2025 - 09:11:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, the World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...

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Ending violence against women ‘a matter of dignity, equality and human rights’

20 november 2025 - 08:59:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When Salma (not her real name) was just 15, she was forced to get married, even [...] Full text...

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UN calls for legal safeguards for AI in healthcare

19 november 2025 - 16:35:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Use of artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating in healthcare – but basic legal safety nets that [...] Full text...

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UNICEF condemns deadly Nigeria school attack, demands urgent protection for students

18 november 2025 - 18:37:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNICEF has strongly condemned a deadly attack on a school in Kebbi State, northwest Nigeria, which [...] Full text...

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Lebanon: UN peacekeeping patrol targeted by Israeli tank, IDF blames ‘misidentification’

17 november 2025 - 19:35:27
Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) – On Sunday, a foot patrol of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was targeted [...] Full text...

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Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’

17 november 2025 - 15:02:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half [...] Full text...

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Ukraine faces ‘unprecedented housing crisis’

16 november 2025 - 18:21:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ukraine is facing what has been described as an “unprecedented housing crisis” three and a half [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN warns of 'another El Fasher' in Kordofan

15 november 2025 - 05:35:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Kordofan must not become the new Darfur, the UN human rights chief warned on Friday. Volker Türk [...] Full text...

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‘Mobs’ target Palestinians in occupied West Bank, as floods roil Gaza

15 november 2025 - 05:11:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Images emerged this week of what appear to be mobs of masked Israeli settlers carrying out [...] Full text...

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Stolen Past: Inside the fight against illicit antiquities trafficking

14 november 2025 - 18:38:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The illicit trade in cultural property is one of the world’s oldest and most profitable forms [...] Full text...

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Ukraine: UN condemns latest deadly attack targeting civilians in Kyiv

14 november 2025 - 17:11:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Several civilians were killed and many others injured, including children, in a large-scale Russian attack on [...] Full text...

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UN launches first refugee-led green fund to restore land and cut carbon

14 november 2025 - 12:50:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched the Refugee Environmental Protection Fund, the first major refugee-led [...] Full text...

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Mali's fuel crisis stifles humanitarian operations

14 november 2025 - 07:46:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A severe fuel shortage caused by a jihadist blockade of several strategic roads is fuelling the [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: UN supports response to potentially deadly virus outbreak

13 november 2025 - 20:08:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting Ethiopia as the country faces a suspected viral haemorraghic [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: UN supports response to potentially deadly virus outbreak

13 november 2025 - 17:17:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting Ethiopia as the country faces a suspected viral haemorraghic [...] Full text...

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TB cases fall for first time since pandemic

13 november 2025 - 08:28:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tuberculosis, or TB, remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers, claiming over 1.2 million lives [...] Full text...

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Latest deadly shipwreck highlights need for safer migration

12 november 2025 - 19:03:27
Geneva, Switzerland - (PANA) - Forty-two people are missing and presumed dead following a shipwreck off Libya – the latest [...] Full text...

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Hurricane Melissa: Relief efforts intensify as damage across Caribbean grows

12 november 2025 - 16:21:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean, governments and aid agencies are still struggling [...] Full text...

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Hundreds killed, detained following deadly election violence in Tanzania: UN

12 november 2025 - 07:25:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hundreds of protesters and others have been killed and an unknown number injured or detained in [...] Full text...

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Sudan war: Women endure starvation, rape and bombs fleeing El Fasher

11 november 2025 - 14:01:50
Geneva, Switzerland, Sudan (PANA) - In war-torn Sudan, rape is likely being used as a weapon of war and simply [...] Full text...

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Pivotal moment to strengthen torture safeguards in Mozambique, UN body says

11 november 2025 - 08:09:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Subcommitee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has called on Mozambique to step up efforts [...] Full text...

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States pledge to further reduce use of mercury

11 november 2025 - 07:35:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With tens of millions of people worldwide exposed to mercury contamination, representatives from 153 countries, meeting [...] Full text...

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Holding on to home, as the ocean engulfs the Solomon Islands UN Feature

08 november 2025 - 18:27:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Morning light spreads over Sikaiana, a remote atoll in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific [...] Full text...

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Rights chief warns ‘abominable atrocities’ likely continue in Sudan’s El Fasher

08 november 2025 - 07:54:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Warnings of worsening humanitarian conditions in Sudan continue, despite reports of a ceasefire deal  brokered by international mediators on [...] Full text...

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‘Worrying reports’ continue of abductions and disappearances in Syria

07 november 2025 - 18:37:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 100 people in Syria have been abducted or forcibly disappeared since January, the UN human [...] Full text...

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DR Congo hunger crisis worsening amid fighting and lack of aid funding

07 november 2025 - 16:30:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to worsen amid ongoing fighting [...] Full text...

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UN Rights Council to hold special session on Sudan's El Fasher on 14 November

07 november 2025 - 09:50:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on the human rights situation [...] Full text...

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Mind over machine: UN urges ethical guardrails for brain tech revolution

06 november 2025 - 13:43:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As wearable devices begin to tap into our mental states, UN experts warn that without ethical [...] Full text...

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Rift Valley fever- Mauritania and Senegal: Situation at a glance

05 november 2025 - 19:09:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Between 20 September and 30 October 2025, a total of 404 confirmed human cases of Rift [...] Full text...

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Catch-up immunization campaign ‘a lifeline’ for Gaza’s children

05 november 2025 - 17:00:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A campaign for routine immunization, nutrition, and growth monitoring will be launched in the Gaza Strip [...] Full text...

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Half of Jamaica’s population reeling from Hurricane Melissa

05 november 2025 - 16:25:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1.5 million Jamaicans have been impacted by the devastation resulting from Hurricane Melissa, many [...] Full text...

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World’s forests at serious risk from warming planet, fires and pests: UNECE

05 november 2025 - 14:26:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Decades of progress in protecting the planet’s carbon dioxide-busting forests are at risk as the climate [...] Full text...

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Senior UN official flags settler attacks in the West Bank

05 november 2025 - 07:52:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN humanitarian relief chief, Tom Fletcher, has sounded the alarm over rising violence in the [...] Full text...

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Only 5 per cent of European 7 to 9-year-olds eat enough fruit and vegetables

05 november 2025 - 07:44:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Only five per cent of children aged seven to nine across Europe eat enough fruit and [...] Full text...

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Syria’s future under threat from acute funding shortages

04 november 2025 - 19:01:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hopes for a peaceful future in post-war Syria are at risk as funding for basic services [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for sustainable health financing

04 november 2025 - 07:55:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday issued new recommendations aimed at helping countries mitigate the [...] Full text...

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Famine tightens grip on Sudan, with civilians trapped and aid blocked

03 november 2025 - 20:17:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sudan’s hunger crisis has deepened further, with new UN-backed analysis confirming that famine is underway in [...] Full text...

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FAO warns of ‘silent crisis’ as land degradation threatens billions

03 november 2025 - 20:01:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Roughly 1.7 billion people are living in areas where crop yields are failing due to human-induced [...] Full text...

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Impunity for attacks on journalists has a chilling effect on society

02 november 2025 - 16:25:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Latin America and the Caribbean continues to be the region with the highest number of murders [...] Full text...

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Workers face worsening inequality without urgent reforms, UN agency warns

02 november 2025 - 12:40:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world of work is undergoing rapid and destabilising change, with widening inequality and job insecurity [...] Full text...

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Caribbean nations receive life-saving support following devastation of Hurricane Melissa

31 october 2025 - 19:09:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Caribbean reels from the devastating impact of Hurricane Melissa, UN humanitarian agencies are stepping [...] Full text...

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Tens of thousands fleeing on foot amid atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher

31 october 2025 - 18:09:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) = More details continued to emerge on Friday of atrocities committed during and after the fall of [...] Full text...

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

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

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Switzerland returns rare South African artefacts

29 october 2025 - 07:16:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Swiss town of Neuchatel on Tuesday returned three rare South African artefacts, ahead of [...] Full text...

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Funding cuts undermining development, says top UN rights official

28 october 2025 - 05:14:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sharp declines in global aid are undermining decades of human rights and development progress, the UN [...] Full text...

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

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

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UN Human Rights Council names Commission of Inquiry into rights situation in North, South Kivu

27 october 2025 - 17:52:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Jürg Lauber, on Monday announced the appointment [...] Full text...

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

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

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UN humanitarian office decries escalating drone strikes in Sudan

25 october 2025 - 12:51:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is warning that escalating violence [...] Full text...

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‘Let's finish the job’ and end polio: WHO

25 october 2025 - 05:58:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty-five years ago, polio, a highly infectious viral disease, paralysed around 350,000 children per year. Following [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs attend 16th session of UNCTAD

24 october 2025 - 13:15:21
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Members of the Libyan Parliamentary Division of the Mediterranean Parliament have participated in the 16th session [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Millions pushed to ‘brink of survival’

23 october 2025 - 17:30:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 900 days of brutal conflict, widespread human rights violations, famine, and the collapse of essential [...] Full text...

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Helping developing countries free themselves from the burden of debt

22 october 2025 - 16:48:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than three billion people worldwide live in economies forced to spend more on debt repayment [...] Full text...

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Climate science and early warnings key to saving lives - Guterres

22 october 2025 - 15:38:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - No country is safe from the devastating impacts of extreme weather — and saving lives means [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs attend General Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union

22 october 2025 - 12:56:51
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Members of Parliament are attending the 151st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) General Assembly and the 216th [...] Full text...

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Mine clearance in Gaza: beneath the ruins of the enclave, the war continues

22 october 2025 - 07:57:27
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Less than two weeks after a fragile ceasefire took effect in Gaza, UN deminers are [...] Full text...

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Mine clearance in Gaza: beneath the ruins of the enclave, the war continues

22 october 2025 - 07:57:05
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Less than two weeks after a fragile ceasefire took effect in Gaza, UN deminers are [...] Full text...

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UN rights office sounds alarm over ‘skyrocketing’ Israeli settler violence during olive harvest

22 october 2025 - 07:43:39
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has warned of an [...] Full text...

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UN sounds alarm over spike in sexual violence against women in DRC

22 october 2025 - 07:22:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are trapped in one of [...] Full text...

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'Overwhelming’ demand for food aid in Gaza as fragile ceasefire holds

21 october 2025 - 14:46:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Gaza, the ceasefire is enabling UN humanitarians to reach more desperate people with life-saving food [...] Full text...

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Millions unprotected from dangerous weather events, warns WMO

21 october 2025 - 07:48:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of countries with life-saving early warning services has more than doubled in the past [...] Full text...

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People in Sudan's besieged El Fasher city remain trapped - UN

21 october 2025 - 07:18:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - People in Sudan's besieged El Fasher city in the west of the war-torn country remain trapped [...] Full text...

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Yemen: UN staff freed after Houthi raid, but dozens remain arbitrarily detained

20 october 2025 - 21:00:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Fifteen UN international staff are now free to move within the UN compound in the Yemeni [...] Full text...

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$31 trillion debt is holding back developing countries, UN trade summit hears

20 october 2025 - 15:21:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Holding the line on the existing rules-based international trading system remains an essential challenge if the [...] Full text...

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Libyan MP participates in Inter-Parliamentary Union advisory group meeting on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism

20 october 2025 - 12:52:38
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The member of the House of Representatives in Libya (Parliament) and member of the High-level Advisory [...] Full text...

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UN urges opening of all Gaza crossings to deliver three-month food supply

18 october 2025 - 07:56:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned food aid cannot reach everyone in Gaza unless [...] Full text...

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‘No level of lead is safe’: WHO

18 october 2025 - 07:46:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lead is found in many everyday products such as paint and cosmetics, but that doesn’t make [...] Full text...

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UN condemns Madagascar military takeover, urges return to constitutional order

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

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UN welcomes Afghanistan-Pakistan ceasefire

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

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UN rights chief underlines need for a permanent ceasefire and accountability in Gaza

16 october 2025 - 07:50:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recovery in Gaza must also include accountability for violations, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [...] Full text...

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Why are over 670 million people going hungry?

15 october 2025 - 19:57:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than eight percent of the world population or around 673 million people are not getting enough [...] Full text...

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Humanitarian funding cuts pushing millions into hunger: WFP

15 october 2025 - 16:37:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 14 million people could face severe hunger by the end of the year, the World [...] Full text...

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Record rise in carbon dioxide levels during 2024: UN weather agency

15 october 2025 - 14:34:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rose by a record amount in 2024, reaching new highs and locking [...] Full text...

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Humanitarians call for greater support amid immense needs

15 october 2025 - 07:38:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With the end of the year fast approaching, humanitarians are urging donors to step up support [...] Full text...

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Gaza: $70 billion needed to rebuild shattered enclave, says UN

14 october 2025 - 19:40:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Around $70 billion will be needed to reconstruct Gaza and make it safe after two years [...] Full text...

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Antibiotic resistance surges globally, WHO warns

14 october 2025 - 06:58:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Common infections are becoming harder – and sometimes impossible – to treat, the UN World Health [...] Full text...

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Trade, debt and investment at the heart of upcoming UN meeting, as global unpredictability hits people’s livelihoods

13 october 2025 - 20:15:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world’s poorest are being squeezed by trade uncertainty, heavy debt burdens and falling investment, the [...] Full text...

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Indirect disaster effects cost the world nearly $2 trillion per year, Guterres says on International Day

13 october 2025 - 19:09:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable costs doubled [...] Full text...

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The girl I am, the change I lead

11 october 2025 - 14:33:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Shaped through consultations with girls organizations, UN partners and, most importantly, girls themselves, the 2025 International [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Aid teams repeat calls for unhindered access to stricken enclave

11 october 2025 - 12:01:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As displaced Gazans jammed the main route leading north on Friday after the ceasefire deal between [...] Full text...

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UN urges restraint as US strikes in southern Caribbean escalate tensions with Venezuela

11 october 2025 - 11:42:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN on Friday warned of mounting risks to regional peace after a series of US [...] Full text...

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Madagascar: UN calls on authorities to cease unnecessary use of force against protesters

11 october 2025 - 07:40:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief called on security forces in Madagascar on Friday to stop the [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Aid teams repeat calls for unhindered access to stricken enclave

10 october 2025 - 17:49:01
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As displaced Gazans jammed the main route leading north on Friday after the ceasefire deal [...] Full text...

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Civilians in Ukraine face death and injury amid new attacks

10 october 2025 - 17:33:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 214 civilians were killed and almost 1,000 injured in Ukraine last month, the UN [...] Full text...

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Gaza: Aid teams repeat calls for unhindered access to stricken enclave

10 october 2025 - 17:18:28
Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - As displaced Gazans jammed the main route leading north on Friday after the ceasefire deal [...] Full text...

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Europe’s health system under strain as doctors and nurses face mental health crisis

10 october 2025 - 15:16:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - One in 10 doctors and nurses in Europe experience suicidal thoughts, a new survey carried out [...] Full text...

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office

10 october 2025 - 14:51:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision to [...] Full text...

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office

10 october 2025 - 13:15:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision to [...] Full text...

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

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

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Alcohol consumption could increase the risk of developing seven types of cancer

09 october 2025 - 07:48:22
Lyon, France (PANA) - Increased alcohol consumption, even moderate, is associated with a higher risk of seven types of cancer, [...] Full text...

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WHO says rebuilding Gaza’s shattered health system critical to lasting peace

09 october 2025 - 07:46:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As indirect talks in Egypt seeking to end Gaza’s two-year war continue, the UN World Health [...] Full text...

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Peace begins behind bars: A corrections officer’s fight for dignity inside Congo’s prisons (A MONUSCO Feature)

08 october 2025 - 22:02:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  - The offer sounded almost unreal. The UN was fishing around for someone with a knack for [...] Full text...

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Ministers from Europe and beyond commit to address housing emergency

08 october 2025 - 21:21:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Across Europe and beyond, housing costs are rising faster than incomes and many families are spending [...] Full text...

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UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by deadly protests in Madagascar

08 october 2025 - 21:07:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stressed the need for dialogue in Madagascar as anti-government demonstrations enter [...] Full text...

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Two years of Gaza-Israel war bring ‘indescribable’ pain, warn aid agencies

07 october 2025 - 14:50:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Gaza-Israel war enters its third year, sparked by Hamas-led attacks on Israel, the UN [...] Full text...

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More people being forced to flee Sudan's besieged city

07 october 2025 - 08:01:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More people are being forced to flee their homes as fighting continues in El Fasher, Sudan, [...] Full text...

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WHO: Despite smoking decline, tobacco still hooks one in five adults worldwide

07 october 2025 - 07:13:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although there are fewer smokers now than 15 years ago, one in five adults worldwide is [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN rights council extends mandate of Fact-Finding Mission for one year

06 october 2025 - 16:04:29
Geneva, Swizerland (PANA) - As the conflict in Sudan enters its third year, the United Nations Human Rights Council voted [...] Full text...

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We are not powerless in face of Gaza, West Bank, Ukraine atrocities, insists UNHCR chief

06 october 2025 - 15:54:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Monday took aim at the “deliberate abandonment” [...] Full text...

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Activists urge UN to renew mandate of Sudan atrocity investigators

05 october 2025 - 13:43:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Human rights advocates are urging the United Nations Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of [...] Full text...

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Dollar’s share of reserves held steady in second quarter when adjusted for FX moves (IMF Blog by Glen Kwende, Erin Nephew, Carlos Sánchez-Muñoz)

04 october 2025 - 07:26:28
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Exchange-rate effects drove nearly all the decline in the US currency’s share of foreign exchange [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief calls for urgent action to protect civilians in Sudan's besiged city

02 october 2025 - 18:54:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday warned that civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher city [...] Full text...

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Human rights groups urged to ‘unite more than ever’ in efforts to end racism

02 october 2025 - 07:01:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The “colour line” still exists today – proof that more must be done to stamp out [...] Full text...

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‘Trust crisis’ impacts vaccine rollouts - WHO

02 october 2025 - 06:52:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Immunisation experts at the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) have warned that global protection against preventable [...] Full text...

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Dollar’s share of reserves held steady in second quarter when adjusted for FX moves (IMF Blog by Glen Kwende, Erin Nephew, Carlos Sánchez-Muñoz)

01 october 2025 - 15:16:39
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Our unique data on the currency composition of global foreign exchange reserves, COFER, track how [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Civilians in El Fasher trapped between siege and deadly roads

01 october 2025 - 07:33:38
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - As fighting intensifies for control of El Fasher, one of the main cities in western [...] Full text...

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Gaza: As world waits for Hamas' response to US peace plan, aid teams call for ceasefire

30 september 2025 - 15:01:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN agencies reiterated calls for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday to help alleviate Palestinian [...] Full text...

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2026 FIFA WC Qualifiers: FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctions South African Football Association

29 september 2025 - 16:37:23
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the South African Football Association (SAFA) for having fielded an [...] Full text...

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Libyan political working group discusses UN mission's roadmap

28 september 2025 - 17:20:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Political Working Group of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya of the Berlin Process met [...] Full text...

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UN raises alarm over South Sudan’s worsening human rights crisis

27 september 2025 - 06:42:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday voiced deep concern over the rapidly [...] Full text...

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Four more hospitals shut in Gaza amid ongoing Israeli offensive

26 september 2025 - 13:20:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The escalating Israeli military offensive in Gaza City continues to overwhelm medical professionals there, with four [...] Full text...

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CAR: Thousands of civilians seek refuge with the UN on the Sudanese border

26 september 2025 - 05:11:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 5,000 fleeing civilians have gathered in recent days around a UN peacekeepers base in the [...] Full text...

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

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

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Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts more than a billion at risk

24 september 2025 - 04:34:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 1.4 billion people worldwide live with hypertension, yet only one in five have the [...] Full text...

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WHO responds to claims on paracetamol and vaccines

24 september 2025 - 04:30:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has responded to remarks made on Monday by US President Donald [...] Full text...

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WHO publishes new R&D landscape analyses highlighting gaps and inequities in cancer research

23 september 2025 - 06:35:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - WHO has released a new landscape analysis that exposes critical gaps in global research and development (R&D) [...] Full text...

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Sudan crisis deepens: Violence, famine and cholera threaten millions in Darfur - UN

23 september 2025 - 05:17:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conditions are deteriorating rapidly in El Fasher, the besieged capital of Sudan's North Darfur State.Between 17 [...] Full text...

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Civilians bear the brunt of ethnicization of Sudan conflict: UN

21 september 2025 - 04:33:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Sudanese conflict has intensified in recent months, according to a report by the UN Human [...] Full text...

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‘Tidal wave of emotion’ secures win for young Turkish writer in UN competition

20 september 2025 - 13:34:24
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Fifteen-year-old Reyyan Demiriz from Türkiye has been awarded first prize in a UN young writers’ competition [...] Full text...

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

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

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‘No end’ expected to floods and storms as global heating continues

19 september 2025 - 04:43:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world’s water resources face growing pressure from climate change while emergencies involving the life-giving resource [...] Full text...

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WHO sounds alarm on rising number of suicides in Eswatini

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

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Sunscreen restored to WHO essential medicines list hailed as lifeline for people with albinism

18 september 2025 - 05:22:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Independent UN experts have welcomed the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) decision to restore sunscreen to its [...] Full text...

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Migrant medics mean shortages at home - WHO

18 september 2025 - 05:15:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a warning on Wednesday that southern and eastern European [...] Full text...

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Afghanistan: Ban on secondary education for girls marks four long years

17 september 2025 - 16:53:00
  Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - For millions of girls in Afghanistan, it has been four long years since the ban on [...] Full text...

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Venezuelan migrants drive economic gains in Ecuador but face persistent vulnerabilities

17 september 2025 - 16:07:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Venezuelan migrants in Ecuador contribute an estimated $900 million each year to the country’s economy, yet [...] Full text...

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UN: World leaders should commit to human rights, international justice - HRW

17 september 2025 - 09:19:41
New York, US (PANA) – World leaders gathering at the United Nations General Assembly from 22-30 September should commit to protecting [...] Full text...

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Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds

16 september 2025 - 10:07:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on [...] Full text...

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WHO chief urges country to conclude global pandemic treaty

16 september 2025 - 06:57:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) called on Monday for countries to overcome the [...] Full text...

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States should uphold ban treaty on cluster munitions

16 september 2025 - 06:22:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Governments should reinforce the global ban on cluster munitions and call upon those still using or [...] Full text...

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UN’s Guterres condemns gang attack in Haiti that killed at least 40

14 september 2025 - 15:27:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned a deadly gang attack in Haiti that left at [...] Full text...

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Nuclear watchdog chief announces breakthrough on Iran monitoring

11 september 2025 - 14:30:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN’s atomic energy agency announced on Wednesday that a deal has been [...] Full text...

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

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

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Nearly 80 million more children benefiting from school meals: WFP

11 september 2025 - 05:30:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - School meals are a crucial way out of poverty into “a new world of learning and opportunity”, according [...] Full text...

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Girls as young as 10 kidnapped, raped in eastern DRC

10 september 2025 - 10:08:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In North and South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), women and girls [...] Full text...

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Sudan’s people tortured and killed in ‘slaughterhouses’, rights probe says

09 september 2025 - 17:27:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A high-level independent rights probe into the brutal war in Sudan condemned the many grave crimes [...] Full text...

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Leadership of women crucial to UN’s reinvention at 80, says former Assembly President

08 september 2025 - 21:17:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Since the creation of the United Nations 80 years ago, only four women have served as [...] Full text...

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Guterres strongly condemns terror attack in Jerusalem City of Jerusalem

08 september 2025 - 20:37:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in Jerusalem on Monday, killing at least [...] Full text...

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

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

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

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

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UN rights chief denounces Mali's authoritarian drift, growing repression

07 september 2025 - 05:38:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief sounded the alarm on Thursday over the deteriorating political situation in [...] Full text...

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WHO adds breakthrough cancer and diabetes medicines to essential list

07 september 2025 - 05:35:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Marking an important step in improving equitable access to life-saving health products worldwide, the World Health [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence

07 september 2025 - 05:33:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...

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DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence

06 september 2025 - 17:16:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence is rife in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but urgently needed assistance [...] Full text...

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Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions against Palestinian rights groups

06 september 2025 - 07:15:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sanctions imposed by the United States on three prominent and well-respected Palestinian human rights groups are [...] Full text...

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

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

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Air pollution is on the rise – but not everywhere, says UN weather agency

05 september 2025 - 07:42:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As billions continue to breathe polluted air that causes more than 4.5 million premature deaths every [...] Full text...

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Funding cuts hampering the work of the Human Rights Council, says President

04 september 2025 - 07:50:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Human Rights Council is set to meet on Monday in Geneva – an opportunity for [...] Full text...

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‘Reparatory justice’ key to ending racism against Africans and their descendants

04 september 2025 - 07:23:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Governments, academia and other stakeholders must “double down on delivering reparatory justice” for people from the [...] Full text...

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MSF's new international president Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim assumes work

03 september 2025 - 09:11:08
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has chosen Dr Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim as its new International [...] Full text...

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

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

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WHO sounds alarm as mental health conditions soar past one billion worldwide

02 september 2025 - 16:27:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than a billion people worldwide are living with mental health conditions, according to new data released [...] Full text...

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Sudan's paramilitary RSF installs parallel government despite international rejection

31 august 2025 - 13:58:48
Nyala, Sudan (PANA) – Despite the rejection and condemnation by the international community of the declaration by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid [...] Full text...

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The descent into ‘a massive famine’ in Gaza has begun, relief agencies warn

29 august 2025 - 14:20:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid reports of increased Israeli military operations across Gaza City on Friday, UN aid agencies repeated [...] Full text...

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Hunger and disease in Gaza will only worsen from ‘man-made’ famine: WHO

27 august 2025 - 16:33:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday issued a new warning over the deadly impacts [...] Full text...

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UN chief discusses situation in besieged Sudan city with PM

27 august 2025 - 09:32:27
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) – The UN Secretary General Antony Guterres has had a telephone conversation with Sudanese Prime Minister [...] Full text...

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One in four still lacks access to safe drinking water and sanitation

26 august 2025 - 17:54:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite progress over the past decade, billions worldwide still lack access to safe drinking water, sanitation, [...] Full text...

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Egypt: UN denounces 'rotation' as a tool for prolonged arbitrary detention

26 august 2025 - 15:40:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief urged Cairo on Tuesday to end a practice of arbitrary detention [...] Full text...

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Killing of journalists in Gaza hospital attack ‘should shock the world’: UN rights office

26 august 2025 - 15:31:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The killing of five more Palestinian journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces – bringing the total [...] Full text...

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Putting water management at the centre of the climate change fight

25 august 2025 - 18:54:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some 2.2 billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water services, according to [...] Full text...

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

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

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Senior UN migration agency official ends Nigeria visit

25 august 2025 - 11:17:35
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Deputy Director General for Operations, Ugochi Daniels, has concluded a [...] Full text...

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Sudan govt welcomes UN rights agency's condemnation of attacks on civilians by rival RSF

24 august 2025 - 06:56:35
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Saturday commended the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights for condemning the [...] Full text...

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UN agencies warn of rising heat stress risks for workers worldwide

24 august 2025 - 06:28:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Extreme heat is fast becoming one of the biggest threats to workers’ health and livelihoods, the [...] Full text...

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Gaza humanitarian crisis continues as Israeli military offensive intensifies

23 august 2025 - 07:36:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Israeli military offensive in Gaza City intensifies, the UN and partners continue to warn [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UN rights office horrified by recent killings in El Fasher

23 august 2025 - 07:29:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Recent brutal attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan have left at least [...] Full text...

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

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

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WHO, WMO issue new report and guidance to protect workers from increasing heat stress

21 august 2025 - 20:31:52
(Embargoed until 08:00 AM CEST / 06:00 AM GMT on Friday, 22 August 2025)Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health [...] Full text...

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UN rights chief decries ‘relentless intensification’ of US sanctions against International Criminal Court staff

21 august 2025 - 20:01:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United States must stop ramping up sanctions against officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), [...] Full text...

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Monsoon floods kill more than 700 in Pakistan, with heavy rains set to continue

21 august 2025 - 19:45:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods have killed at least 739 people across Pakistan since late [...] Full text...

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Sudanese army denies targeting WFP relief convoy

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

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Food for Gaza piled up in warehouses risks spoiling without Israel's green light

21 august 2025 - 07:04:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Israel's neighbouring countries, thousands of tons of food aid destined for Gaza are piling up [...] Full text...

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International coalition urges Sudanese warring parties to take action to improve humanitarian situation

20 august 2025 - 21:24:50
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - An international coalition that groups five governments beside the United Nations and the African Union [...] Full text...

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It’s time to end physical punishment of kids once and for all, WHO says

20 august 2025 - 20:08:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - 1.2 billion children worldwide endure corporal punishment each year. Over half of all children under-18 worldwide continue [...] Full text...

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Amid ongoing Israeli attacks, ‘the systematic destruction of Gaza City is already underway’: UN rights office

20 august 2025 - 19:34:07
Geneva, Switzerland 9PANA) - In recent days, the Israeli military has escalated attacks across Gaza City, reportedly deciding to take [...] Full text...

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UN honours fallen aid workers on World Humanitarian Day

19 august 2025 - 20:42:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN on Tuesday honoured fallen colleagues and reminded the world that aid workers should never [...] Full text...

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Libyan MPs discuss national reconciliation with German, Swiss officials

19 august 2025 - 11:59:16
Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Libyan House of Representatives have discussed [...] Full text...

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'Immediate concrete steps' needed to protect humanitarian aid workers

19 august 2025 - 10:14:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) — An international humanitarian charity on Tuesday called on all states, parties to conflict and global leaders [...] Full text...

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Hundreds of health, nutrition centres closed in Somalia due to suspension of US aid

19 august 2025 - 07:46:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The realisation is painful. More than six months after the U.S. government decided to suspend its [...] Full text...

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UN warns Gaza crisis could worsen without safe, unrestricted aid flow

17 august 2025 - 14:55:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Without an urgent and unrestricted flow of aid, Gaza’s already dire humanitarian crisis could deteriorate further, [...] Full text...

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Cholera cases spreading around the world: WHO

16 august 2025 - 05:48:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The preventable but often deadly waterborne disease – cholera – continues to spread around the world, [...] Full text...

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Trapped in Gaza: Palestinians with disabilities cannot reach aid

15 august 2025 - 19:38:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When Israeli forces in Gaza issue a new displacement order ahead of an incursion into a [...] Full text...

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

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

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Shipwreck off Italy kills at least 27

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

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UN warns of steep rise in sexual violence during conflict

14 august 2025 - 21:14:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sexual violence in conflict zones rose sharply in 2024, increasing by a quarter compared to the [...] Full text...

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Hunger and a heatwave plague the Gaza Strip

14 august 2025 - 20:01:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As hunger and malnutrition deepen in the Gaza Strip, humanitarian missions continue to face delays and [...] Full text...

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WHO recommends spatial emanators for malaria vector control and prequalifies first two products

14 august 2025 - 13:16:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a new recommendation supporting the use of spatial [...] Full text...

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Safety on and off the pitch: Closing down child trafficking in sport

14 august 2025 - 05:43:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Saido, a Somali refugee, started playing basketball when she entered the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. [...] Full text...

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Rights office urges Uganda to release opposition leaders on bail

14 august 2025 - 05:36:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Wednesday expressed serious concern at repeated denials of bail [...] Full text...

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US condemns attack against civilians in Darfur

13 august 2025 - 10:41:49
Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The US has condemned an attack on Al Fashir, the besieged main town in Sudan's [...] Full text...

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Gaza: UNESCO condemns ‘unacceptable’ killing of journalists

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

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Myanmar: Rights investigators reveal ‘systematic torture’, sexual violence

12 august 2025 - 15:35:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-mandated independent investigators have uncovered “systematic torture” in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities – including beatings, electric [...] Full text...

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Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem

09 august 2025 - 11:08:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA)  -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or [...] Full text...

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