Rights office welcomes Zambia’s pledge to abolish death penalty
28 may 2022 - 07:32:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Zambia’s plan to abolish the death penalty adds to the growing global chorus against the practice, [...] Full text...
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Zambia’s plan to abolish the death penalty adds to the growing global chorus against the practice, [...] Full text...
UNHCR 'deeply concerned' by renewed violence displacing thousands in DRC's North Kivu
27 may 2022 - 13:14:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is deeply concerned about the urgent and large-scale needs of [...] Full text...
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Libya: Officials discuss demobilisation of armed groups
26 may 2022 - 23:30:24Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The issue of demobilisation and integration of armed groups in Libya, the subject of a workshop [...] Full text...
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Libya: UN official, Libyan authorities agree to demobilise combatants
25 may 2022 - 00:01:02Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, says she has agreed with members of [...] Full text...
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WHO Director-General Tedros re-elected for second term
24 may 2022 - 16:42:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Member States on Tuesday re-elected Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a [...] Full text...
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Monkeypox outbreak can still be contained - WHO
24 may 2022 - 15:52:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The monkeypox outbreak that has been reported in 16 countries and several regions of the world [...] Full text...
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World Economic Forum calls for new partnerships to generate private capital for fragile communities
24 may 2022 - 14:48:06Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Economic Forum released Tuesday a paper calling for new collaboration between humanitarian and development [...] Full text...
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Global jobs market recovery ‘has gone into reverse’, warns UN labour agency
24 may 2022 - 04:25:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The recovery of the global jobs market is going into reverse, the UN labour agency, ILO, said [...] Full text...
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Libya attending the 75th session of the WHO General Assembly in Geneva
23 may 2022 - 19:34:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan delegation is in Geneva, Switzerland, for the 75th session of the World Health Organisation [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief warns World Health Assembly: 'COVID-19 is not over”
23 may 2022 - 05:25:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) told global health Ministers on Sunday that although [...] Full text...
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Record 100 million people forcibly displaced worldwide: UNHCR
23 may 2022 - 05:10:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Wars around the world have pushed the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human [...] Full text...
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Some 18 million in Africa’s Sahel on ‘the brink of starvation’: UN
21 may 2022 - 05:11:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region teeter on the edge of severe hunger over [...] Full text...
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First year of COVID-19 pandemic led to 4.5 million excess deaths - WHO
20 may 2022 - 18:20:52-Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has indicated in its latest comprehensive set of World Health Statistics to [...] Full text...
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Demand for lifesaving aid up 10 per cent this year: UN relief chief
20 may 2022 - 05:29:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people in need has risen by around 10 per cent this year so [...] Full text...
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More than 59 million internally displaced in 2021
20 may 2022 - 05:17:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record 59.1 million people were displaced within their homelands last year, or four million more [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO validates 11th vaccine for pandemic
19 may 2022 - 16:26:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for "CONVIDECIA", a vaccine [...] Full text...
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‘Lifeline’ of renewable energy can steer world out of climate crisis: UN chief
18 may 2022 - 15:56:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rises, ocean heat levels and acidification, all set new records during [...] Full text...
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Unity among nations, in push for greater space security at UN-led talks
14 may 2022 - 05:42:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN-led push to prevent an arms race in outer space has received wide-ranging support and participation [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for greater regulation of cross-border alcohol marketing
11 may 2022 - 05:39:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alcohol is increasingly being marketed across borders, with young people and heavy drinkers particularly targeted, the [...] Full text...
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World getting ‘measurably closer’ to 1.5-degree threshold: UN
10 may 2022 - 05:13:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There is a 50:50 chance of average global temperature reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels [...] Full text...
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COVID has ‘pushed back’ democracy in Africa - UN
08 may 2022 - 06:12:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Already reeling from COVID-19, the fighting in Ukraine has introduced significant and worrying new risks likely [...] Full text...
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Clean hands may make the difference between life and death – WHO report
06 may 2022 - 16:13:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - When good hand hygiene and other infection prevention and control (IPC) measures are followed, 70 per [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic death toll estimated at nearly 15 million
05 may 2022 - 13:58:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor
05 may 2022 - 06:04:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While reported COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to decline, Omicron sub-variants are driving an increase in [...] Full text...
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2022 FIFA WC playoffs: FIFA fines six African countries for indiscipline but orders no replay
02 may 2022 - 15:24:49Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - World football governing body, FIFA, on Monday announced disciplinary measures against six African countries for incidents [...] Full text...
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UNHCR, partners in Uganda seek US$47.8 million to support 60,000 refugees fleeing violence in South Sudan and eastern DRC
30 april 2022 - 10:57:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and 44 humanitarian partners on Friday launched a coordinated [...] Full text...
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Deaths at sea on migrant routes to Europe almost double, year on year: UNHCR
30 april 2022 - 06:08:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 3,000 people died or went missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean and the [...] Full text...
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Baby formula industry must end 'misleading and aggressive’ online marketing: WHO
29 april 2022 - 15:45:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The $55 billion baby formula industry must end exploitative online marketing targeting parents, particularly mothers, the [...] Full text...
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Mali’s press ban reflects growing regional intolerance, says UN rights office
29 april 2022 - 15:26:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Mali’s ban on two major international broadcasters operating inside the country is "a worrying development" in [...] Full text...
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Tech needs girls, and girls need tech: UN
29 april 2022 - 05:28:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More and more young women and girls are highlighting the importance of access and safety in the [...] Full text...
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US gives $200 million for humanitarian assistance in Horn of Africa
28 april 2022 - 05:23:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United States has announced more than $200 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Horn of [...] Full text...
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UNICEF calls for renewed commitments to achieve polio-free world
27 april 2022 - 07:31:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced on Tuesday that it is seeking new commitments to fund [...] Full text...
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Over one million African children receive world's first malaria vaccine
25 april 2022 - 10:55:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As World Malaria Day is marked on Monday, the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced [...] Full text...
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Rights chief Bachelet backs call for greater women’s role in disarmament talks
22 april 2022 - 05:48:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Disarmament research agency UNIDIR called on Thursday for more women to take their rightful place in international [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO recommends COVID-19 drug and urges transparency around pricing
22 april 2022 - 05:40:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A highly successful COVID-19 therapy must be made available to more people, the World Health Organization [...] Full text...
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UN rights office 'extremely concerned' about Maili's failure to grant investigators access to Moura
21 april 2022 - 06:07:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Human Rights Office dsys it is "extremely concerned" that Malian authorities have still not granted UN [...] Full text...
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UN releases $100 million to fight hunger in 6 African countries and Yemen
15 april 2022 - 06:37:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN has allocated $100 million to fight hunger in Africa and the Middle East as [...] Full text...
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UNHCR ‘firmly’ opposes UK-Rwanda offshore migration processing deal
15 april 2022 - 05:46:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A deal made by the United Kingdom to send some migrants for processing and relocation to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants, not more severe or transmissible, so far: WHO
14 april 2022 - 05:40:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the coronavirus which causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, we cannot afford to ‘lose sight’ of [...] Full text...
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International agencies seek urgent measures to arrest global food crisis
13 april 2022 - 22:41:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Urgent steps are required, including addressing the supply of fertilizers, financial support to countries and investment [...] Full text...
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WHO, Norway, Ghana launch First Global Heads of State and Government Group on NCDs
12 april 2022 - 16:46:57Acca, Ghana, Switzerland (PANA) - The Worrld Health Organization (WHO)Tuesday welcomed the establishment of a new Heads of State and [...] Full text...
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Sub-Saharan Africa under threat from multiple humanitarian crises
09 april 2022 - 05:51:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of hungry people in the Sahel and West Africa has quadrupled over the last three years, [...] Full text...
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WHO calls for protection of health and mitigation of climate crisis on World Health Day
07 april 2022 - 05:39:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As World Health Day is marked on Thursday, the UN health agency has made an urgent [...] Full text...
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UN expert calls for independent probe into massacre in Mali's Mopti region
07 april 2022 - 05:23:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN human rights expert on Wednesday called for a full and independent investigation into alleged [...] Full text...
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Foreign accredited Libyan embassies called to promote democratic path and stability in Libya
06 april 2022 - 15:28:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Najla Al-Mangouch, has called on Libyan ambassadors [...] Full text...
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Almost everyone now breathing polluted air, warns WHO
05 april 2022 - 07:47:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An astonishing 99 per cent of the world’s population breathes polluted air that exceeds internationally approved [...] Full text...
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Billions of people still breathe unhealthy air: new WHO data (Emargoed for release at 14.00 CEST on 4 April 2022).
04 april 2022 - 10:51:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Almost the entire global population (99%) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits, and threatens [...] Full text...
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UN’s rights council adopts ‘fake news’ resolution
03 april 2022 - 06:16:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Member states of the UN Human Rights Council have adopted a plan of action to tackle disinformation, [...] Full text...
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World Cup 2022 draw: Senegal better served than other African representatives
01 april 2022 - 21:33:42Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Out of the five future representatives of Africa at the World Cup "Qatar 2022", from November [...] Full text...
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Qatar 2022 World Cup group draw
01 april 2022 - 18:27:14Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Here are the results of the draw for the groups of the World Cup Qatar 2022: Group [...] Full text...
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Thousands flee into Uganda following clashes in DRC
01 april 2022 - 12:20:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, alongside the Government of Uganda and humanitarian partners, is assisting some 10,000 [...] Full text...
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UN health agency launches bid to stop new global pandemic
01 april 2022 - 06:13:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - "Arboviruses” might not be something most of us are familiar with, but for almost four billion [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: One-third of the world remains totally unvaccinated: WHO chief
31 march 2022 - 04:56:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A third of the world’s population has yet to receive a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine, [...] Full text...
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WHO launches list of regulatory authorities that meet international standards
30 march 2022 - 19:53:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Wednesday that Egypt’s and Nigeria’s medical products regulatory agencies had [...] Full text...
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WHO urges quality care for women and newborns in critical first weeks after childbirth
30 march 2022 - 14:53:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday launched its first ever global guidelines to support women and [...] Full text...
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UNHCR warns of dire impact from floods in South Sudan as new wet season looms
29 march 2022 - 12:36:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency warned on Tuesday that prolonged flooding and displacement in South Sudan is [...] Full text...
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UN humanitarian agency deeply concerned about security deterioration in DRC's Uturi province
29 march 2022 - 10:32:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Officials of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) have expressed deep concern [...] Full text...
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Libya detention centres remain places of violations and abuse: Rights experts
29 march 2022 - 05:42:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Many of Libya’s migrant detention centres remain places of terrible and systematic abuse that may amount [...] Full text...
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Human rights crackdowns in Libya having ‘a seriously chilling effect’
26 march 2022 - 07:46:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya has prompted the concern of the UN human [...] Full text...
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WHO appeals for urgent investment in TB fight to save lives
24 march 2022 - 04:16:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has called for urgent investment in the fight against tuberculosis, “to [...] Full text...
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UN weather agency to spearhead 5-year early warning plan, boosting climate action
23 march 2022 - 14:13:00Geneva, Switzerland US (PANA) - The UN set an ambitious five-year deadline on Wednesday for countries to ensure that citizens [...] Full text...
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Thousands continue to flee violence in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province
23 march 2022 - 05:08:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - One year after brutal attacks by suspected Al Shabab militants began in northern Mozambique, thousands continue [...] Full text...
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UNHCR, partners rush aid to thousands in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Gombe
22 march 2022 - 12:00:13Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), alongside Mozambique’s government and humanitarian partners, is rushing to assist thousands [...] Full text...
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2022 FIFA WC playoff: Ghana releases squad for Nigeria duel
22 march 2022 - 11:26:02Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The head coach of Ghana's senior national football team, Otto Addo, on Tuesday released the names [...] Full text...
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Gambian Players First batch arrives in Cameroon ahead of Chad encounter
21 march 2022 - 19:25:50Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The first batch of Scorpions arrived in Yaoundé, Cameroon, Monday ahead of the first leg of [...] Full text...
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Gambia, Coach Saintfiet releases 23-man squad to play Chad in Afcon 2023 preliminaries
18 march 2022 - 17:59:54Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Senior National team Coach, Tom Saintfiet, has released his 23-man squad to play Chad [...] Full text...
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Gamechanger HIV injection rolls out in South Africa and Brazil
18 march 2022 - 16:19:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The first injection to offer long-lasting protection against HIV is being rolled out in South Africa [...] Full text...
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UNHCR and partners seek US$1.2 billion to address Africa’s largest refugee crisis
18 march 2022 - 12:49:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), together with 102 humanitarian and development partners is appealing [...] Full text...
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Civil society actors deplore Polisario's exploitation of child soldiers
17 march 2022 - 14:45:16Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Several actors of the African, American and European civil society denounced Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WTO head Okonjo-Iweala welcomes breakthrough on COVID-19 vaccine waiver
17 march 2022 - 12:48:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has warmly welcomed the breakthrough among four Members on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 'The pandemic is not over', warns WHO chief as uptick of cases emerge
17 march 2022 - 04:40:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A combination of factors, including misinformation that the pandemic is over, the lifting of mask mandates, [...] Full text...
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Access to safe abortion critical for health of women and girls: WHO
15 march 2022 - 19:53:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidelines on abortion care, in a bid to [...] Full text...
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UNHCR ramps up aid to thousands displaced by Somalia drought
12 march 2022 - 05:26:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency is scaling up assistance to thousands of people displaced by severe drought [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Two years on, pandemic ‘far from over’: WHO chief
10 march 2022 - 05:01:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Almost 500 million people have been infected with the coronavirus since March 2020 and new variants [...] Full text...
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UNHCR: COVID-19, climate crisis worsen inequalities for displaced women and girls
09 march 2022 - 13:07:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic are delivering a triple blow to the rights and [...] Full text...
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IOM, AU sign agreement to strengthen migration policies and frameworks in Africa
05 march 2022 - 15:05:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the African Union (AU) have signed an agreement to [...] Full text...
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WHO updates its treatment guidelines to include molnupiravir
04 march 2022 - 16:11:37Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its living guidelines on COVID-19 therapeutics to include a [...] Full text...
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UNHCR seeks US$205 million for life-saving assistance to over 1.6 million people affected by Ethiopia conflict
04 march 2022 - 12:01:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is appealing for US$205 million to deliver life-saving assistance and [...] Full text...
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Gambia: Germany indicts death squad member under Yahya Jammeh
03 march 2022 - 14:30:12Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Germany has indicted Bai Lowe, an alleged former Gambian “death squad” member under ex-President Yahya Yammeh, [...] Full text...
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Over one billion people at risk of hearing loss: WHO
03 march 2022 - 05:23:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alerting that over one billion people aged 12 to 35, risking losing their hearing due to [...] Full text...
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Human rights 'inescapable and powerful': Guterres
01 march 2022 - 06:05:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The answers to some of the world’s most pressing problems are rooted in human rights, UN [...] Full text...
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Cameroonian journalist to lead New York-based investment banker's Africa expansion
26 february 2022 - 00:04:21New York, US (PANA) – Cameroonian broadcast journalist, Michel Lobé Ewané, has been named a Board member of the New [...] Full text...
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UN chief names Rwandan Valentine Rugwabiza Special Representative for CAR
25 february 2022 - 05:08:28New York, US (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Valentine Rugwabiza of Rwanda as his new Special [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Omicron sublineage BA.2 remains a variant of concern: WHO
23 february 2022 - 05:57:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The BA.2 virus, a sublineage of the Omicron COVID-19 mutation, should continue to be considered a [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Health workers face ‘dangerous neglect’, warn WHO, ILO
22 february 2022 - 05:19:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Health teams worldwide need much safer working conditions to combat the “dangerous neglect” they have faced [...] Full text...
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New WHO/ILO guide urges greater safeguards to protect health workers
21 february 2022 - 16:04:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization (ILO) have published a new guide on [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: COVID-19 Immunization campaign targets mobile communities along Gambia-Senegal border
18 february 2022 - 21:05:38Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - COVID-19 Immunization campaign, targeting mobile communities along Gambia-Senegal border, has vaccinated over 1,500 persons, according to [...] Full text...
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UNHCR alarmed by rising violence against displaced civilians in eastern DR Congo
18 february 2022 - 13:00:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Militia groups across eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are continuing to [...] Full text...
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Thousands of Eritrean refugees displaced in clashes in Ethiopia’s Afar region - UNHCR
18 february 2022 - 12:33:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is working with the Ethiopian authorities and partners to [...] Full text...
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Global trade expected to slow after record high of $28.5 trillion in 2021
18 february 2022 - 06:08:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global trade reached a record high in 2021, but it is expected to slow this year [...] Full text...
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Child sex abuse in Madagascar ‘widespread and tolerated’, UN experts say
18 february 2022 - 05:46:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Madagascar, child sex abuse is “widespread and tolerated” in tourist hotspots, UN-appointed rights experts said [...] Full text...
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AWCON 2022: Gambia, Queen Scorpions arrive in Cameroon ahead of qualifier
16 february 2022 - 17:39:15Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Women’s national team, popularly known as Queen Scorpions, arrived in Cameroon in Wednesday ahead [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO lauds ‘historic initiative’ on vaccine equity underway in South Africa
15 february 2022 - 05:02:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - During a COVID-19 global action meeting on Monday, the UN health chief lauded the progress underway [...] Full text...
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WHO’s new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) comes into effect
11 february 2022 - 20:13:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) has now [...] Full text...
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Several Western countries 'alarmed' at arrests, detentions in Sudan
11 february 2022 - 05:17:25Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Several Western countries have expressed alarm by the 9 February arrests and detentions of several high-profile [...] Full text...
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UN rights chief slams dissolution of judicial independence body by Tunisia president
09 february 2022 - 04:34:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dissolving the Tunisian body that deals with judicial independence, known as the High Judicial Council, is [...] Full text...
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UN rights office warns of risk of further attacks on displaced camps in DR Congo
09 february 2022 - 04:27:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must ensure civilian protection in the wake [...] Full text...
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New WHO platform promotes global cancer prevention
06 february 2022 - 10:32:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With one in five people worldwide developing cancer during their lifetimes, prevention of the disease has become one of the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia crisis: UNHCR rushing aid to 20,000 refugees fleeing clashes
05 february 2022 - 08:42:58Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and partners are rushing life-saving aid to more than 20,000 refugees [...] Full text...
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Insecurity drives more Burkinabe into exile - UNHCR
04 february 2022 - 11:22:44Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Sahel region, already plagued by political instability, widespread violence, food shortages and disproportionately impacted by [...] Full text...
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Children, long-term refugees among population at risk of statelessness in Horn of Africa
03 february 2022 - 13:14:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) say children and long-term refugees are among populations a [...] Full text...
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UN partnership to combat microplastics in cigarettes
03 february 2022 - 05:22:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new UN partnership announced on Wednesday aims to raise awareness about the environmental and health [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM slams attempts to divide country by Parliament's steps to form another government
01 february 2022 - 11:58:39Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Liibya's Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, has slammed what he [...] Full text...
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Improve resistance to neglected tropical diseases, WHO urges
31 january 2022 - 05:33:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday called for [...] Full text...
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End leprosy discrimination laws ‘without delay’, UN rights expert urges
30 january 2022 - 11:19:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 100 laws that remain in place around the world which discriminate against people affected [...] Full text...
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Libyan newspaper slams parliament for consolidating the idea of two governments
29 january 2022 - 18:19:00Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The latest plenary sessions of the Libyan Parliament have confirmed the legislative body's intention to dismiss [...] Full text...
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Top UN humanitarian official paints grim picture of situation in central Sahel
28 january 2022 - 05:16:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, has said needs are growing faster than generosity in [...] Full text...
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Egypt, European Union locked in trade dispute over import registration
28 january 2022 - 02:05:15Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The European Union has reported Egypt to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in a dispute over [...] Full text...
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Bachelet deplores military coup in Burkina Faso
25 january 2022 - 21:02:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, deeply deplores this week’s military takeover in Burkina Faso, the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: It's here ‘for the foreseeable future’, warns WHO chief Tedros
25 january 2022 - 05:43:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world must accept that COVID-19 is with us “for the foreseeable future”, even if it [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Eritrean refugees ‘scared and struggling to eat’ amid aid obstacles
21 january 2022 - 17:36:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - For the first time in weeks, aid teams have reached refugee camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over
19 january 2022 - 05:24:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which [...] Full text...
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UN chief: ‘Global solidarity is missing in action’
18 january 2022 - 05:54:28New York, US (PANA) - Addressing the virtual World Economic Forum, on Monday, the United Nations’ Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told world and business leaders that “global solidarity is [...] Full text...
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Labour market recovery still ‘slow and uncertain’: ILO
17 january 2022 - 12:51:51Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic grinds on and global labour markets continue to struggle, the latest International [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: UN-backed COVAX mechanism delivers one billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose
17 january 2022 - 06:00:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With a 1.1 million jab delivery in Rwanda this weekend, the World Health Organization’s multilateral initiative [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Tigray aid operations ‘about to grind to a halt’, warns WFP
15 january 2022 - 05:21:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Aid and food distribution operations in northern Ethiopia are about “to grind to a halt” amid [...] Full text...
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UNHCR says decade of Sahel conflict leaves 2.5 million people displaced
14 january 2022 - 12:48:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refuges (UNHCR), is calling for concerted international action to end armed [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
14 january 2022 - 05:41:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday recommended two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19, one for [...] Full text...
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UN rights office calls for release of former Tunisian justice minister
12 january 2022 - 06:18:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Authorities in Tunisia are being urged to immediately release - or properly charge - former justice [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Current vaccines may need to be updated, experts warn
12 january 2022 - 05:54:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Current COVID-19 vaccines may need to be updated to ensure their continued effectiveness against Omicron and [...] Full text...
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Mohamed Salah among final nominees for Best FIFA Men’s Player
07 january 2022 - 23:30:18Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA on Friday announced the finalists for The Best FIFA Men’s Player awards. Egypt’s Mohamed Salah made [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: New Year brings renewed WHO appeal for vaccine equity
07 january 2022 - 04:54:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The highest number of COVID-19 cases so far in the pandemic were reported last week across [...] Full text...
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Make history and eliminate cervical cancer for ever, urges WHO chief
06 january 2022 - 05:32:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Though highly preventable and treatable, cervical cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 70 per cent vaccination target must be met to ward off Omicron, says WHO
05 january 2022 - 06:00:35Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the world, the UN health agency [...] Full text...
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Sudan coup: Refrain from ‘disproportionate use of force’ against protesters, says UN rights office
01 january 2022 - 05:03:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Reported killings and injuries during peaceful demonstrations in Sudan is a cause for deep concern, said [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief hopes 2022 can mark end of acute stage of pandemic
30 december 2021 - 07:02:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency chief expressed optimism during a press briefing on Wednesday that 2022 may be the year the world ends the acute stage of [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: 2021 Year in Review: ‘We underestimate this virus at our peril’-WHO
28 december 2021 - 08:22:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite the almost miraculous development of effective vaccines in 2020, the coronavirus (COVID-19) continued to spread [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON: Defending champions Algeria release final squad
25 december 2021 - 13:32:07cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Algeria's coach Djamel Belmadi has released the final squad of the defending champions for the delayed [...] Full text...
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2021 AFCON: Lists of some squads for tournament
24 december 2021 - 16:29:35Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the squads of some of the countries for the delayed TotalEnergies Africa Cup [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO warns against blanket boosters, as vaccine inequity persists
23 december 2021 - 07:22:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes could prolong the pandemic and increase inequity, the Director-General of the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Ignoring COVID-19 will just perpetuate it, WHO warns
23 december 2021 - 07:04:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As many friends and families consider whether to celebrate Christmas together, the UN health agency issued [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO gives green light to Nuvaxovid vaccine
21 december 2021 - 19:48:29Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The UN's global health agency says it has issued an Emergency Use List (EUL) approval [...] Full text...
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Sudan protests: Security forces in spotlight over sexual violence allegations
21 december 2021 - 19:11:03Geneva, Switzerland (PAN) - Reports of serious sexual violence and the use of live ammunition against protesters at the weekend [...] Full text...
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Thousands of DR Congo refugees in Zambia opt to return home
21 december 2021 - 10:32:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 5,000 refugees who fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) four years [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Omicron 'outpacing' Delta, says WHO chief
21 december 2021 - 07:22:14Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There is now “consistent evidence” that the Omicron variant is outpacing Delta, as COVID-19 continues to [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO lists ninth vaccine for emergency use
18 december 2021 - 08:14:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday approved the Covovax vaccine for emergency use listing (EUL), elevating to nine [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Human Rights Council sets up international rights probe
17 december 2021 - 17:05:25Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Serious concerns over alleged severe human rights violations and abuses in Ethiopia should be investigated by [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Don’t underestimate Omicron, WHO chief warns
15 december 2021 - 05:38:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Omicron variant is “probably” now present in most of the world’s countries and it would [...] Full text...
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New platform for childhood cancer medicines counters ‘unacceptable imbalance’ in survival rates
14 december 2021 - 06:31:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN-backed initiative announced on Monday aims to ensure children with cancer living in low and [...] Full text...
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Investing $1 per person annually could save 7 million lives in low, lower-middle income nations
13 december 2021 - 13:12:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Health Organization (WHO) report shows that close to seven million deaths could be prevented [...] Full text...
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More than half a billion pushed into extreme poverty due to health costs
13 december 2021 - 05:50:25New York, US (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health [...] Full text...
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UN raises alarm over ‘continuing’ expulsions of asylum seekers from Libya
11 december 2021 - 08:34:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Asylum-seekers and other migrants continue to be forcefully expelled from Libya, raising concerns at the Office of [...] Full text...
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Human Rights Day: Libyan FM emphasises freedom of expression
10 december 2021 - 19:07:02Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla al-Mangoush, on Friday [...] Full text...
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176 refugees evacuated from Libya to Rwanda by UNHCR
10 december 2021 - 19:00:56Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 176 vulnerable asylum seekers were evacuated from Libya on Friday on a humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Libyan authorities urged to promote participation of all Libyans in reconstruction of country
10 december 2021 - 13:20:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The co-chairs of the Berlin Process Working Group on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights - [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Vaccine hoarding will prolong pandemic, warns WHO
10 december 2021 - 05:37:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Early laboratory data on the effectiveness of existing vaccines against the Omicron COVID-19 variant is useful, [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Omicron could have ‘major impact’, but no definitive answers yet - WHO
09 december 2021 - 05:42:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Features of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, including the extent to which it will spread, and the sheer number of [...] Full text...
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Clashes displace thousands in Darfur; 6.2 million will need assistance next year
07 december 2021 - 18:05:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With escalating violence displacing thousands of people since November, the humanitarian situation in Sudan’s Darfur is getting worse and around 6.2 million people will [...] Full text...
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Libya elected Vice-President of UN Human Rights Council
07 december 2021 - 13:32:35Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ambassador Tamim Mustapha Bayou, Libyan delegate to the United Nations Office in Geneva and other international [...] Full text...
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WHO says COVID contributed to 69,000 malaria deaths
07 december 2021 - 05:28:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in considerable increases in malaria cases and deaths between [...] Full text...
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Africa being left behind amid 'extreme vaccine discrimination': report
06 december 2021 - 09:51:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Africa has little chance of recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic in the coming year due to [...] Full text...
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WHO's top scientist says Omicron could displace Delta
04 december 2021 - 10:03:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization's chief Soumya Swaminathan said here Friday the Omicron variant could become dominant [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights experts call for end to violence against women in Tigray
04 december 2021 - 06:31:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have called for urgent action to end violence [...] Full text...
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Don't panic because of Omicron but prepare for likely spread, says WHO
04 december 2021 - 06:30:42Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As scientists continue to investigate the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on [...] Full text...
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World AIDS Day 2021 - Step up, be bold, end AIDS, end inequalities and end pandemics
02 december 2021 - 08:00:57Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO), on World AIDS Day marked here Wednesday, highlighted the [...] Full text...
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Emergency aid needs set to rise by 17% to 274 million, UN humanitarians warn
02 december 2021 - 06:08:50Geneva, Swizerland (PANA) - A total of 274 million people worldwide will need emergency aid and protection in 2022, a [...] Full text...
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Landmark decision to negotiate new accord on pandemics ‘cause for hope’
02 december 2021 - 05:50:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Agreement by countries to launch a process to develop a new global accord on pandemic prevention and response is cause for hope, [...] Full text...
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UNHCR appalled by series of appalling deadly attacks on displaced people in DR Congo
01 december 2021 - 06:05:55Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee Agency (UNHCR) is “appalled by a series of deadly attacks” on displaced people [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO chief Tedros criticises ‘blunt’ Omicron measures
01 december 2021 - 05:55:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN health agency has criticised “blunt” and “blanket” measures taken by countries in [...] Full text...
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WHO warns Omicron variant poses ‘very high’ global risk
29 november 2021 - 23:22:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization warned here Monday the heavily-mutated Omicron coronavirus variant was likely to spread [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Still ‘not clear’ whether Omicron variant is more transmissible or more severe than Delta - WHO
29 november 2021 - 05:16:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) published on Sunday an update on the science regarding the new [...] Full text...
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World Trade Organisation indefinitely postpones ministerial talks over new variant
27 november 2021 - 12:08:23Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization Angela Ellard has highlighted the potential benefits from the [...] Full text...
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WTO voices support for African Continental Free trade pact
27 november 2021 - 12:07:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization Angela Ellard has highlighted the potential benefits from the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO labels new strain ‘Omicron’, designates it a ‘variant of concern’
26 november 2021 - 20:06:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The latest COVID-19 variant identified in South Africa has been given the Greek name 'Omicron' and [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian conflict: Some 9.4 million people are ‘living their worst nightmare’ in northern Ethiopia : WFP
26 november 2021 - 19:58:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people in need of humanitarian food assistance across northern Ethiopia has spiked as [...] Full text...
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FIFA supports WHO 16-day campaign on domestic violence
25 november 2021 - 23:30:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up to raise awareness about domestic violence [...] Full text...
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The Gambia: Truth Commission calls for prosecution of ex-officials
25 november 2021 - 15:59:17Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian Truth Commission’s call for the prosecution of former officials who committed the worst human rights abuses during the 1994-2017 rule of [...] Full text...
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Covid-19: WHO issues guidelines on treatment of children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome
23 november 2021 - 21:14:43Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday issued updated guidelines on the management of multisystem inflammatory syndrome [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM discusses preparations for elections with Swiss Foreign Minister
22 november 2021 - 10:49:34Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba met with Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis to discuss the upcoming [...] Full text...
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Bachelet condemns killings of peaceful protesters in Sudan
18 november 2021 - 20:39:41Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - At least 39 people have been killed by security forces in Sudan since the 25 October military coup, 15 of whom [...] Full text...
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WHO and partners unite for Day of Action for Cervical Cancer Elimination
17 november 2021 - 06:20:45Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With more than 300,000 women dying from cervical cancer each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Licensing agreement for new candidate drug ‘an important first step’
16 november 2021 - 17:15:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Access to a new COVID-19 drug will be expanded in low- and middle-income countries following a [...] Full text...
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‘Under $1’ test kits available to stop mother-child HIV/syphilis transmission: WHO
16 november 2021 - 06:55:27Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dual test kits, which cost less than $1, are now available for pregnant women to stem mother-to-child HIV and syphilis [...] Full text...
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Second Meeting of Parties to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products begins
15 november 2021 - 23:05:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Second Meeting of the Parties (MOP2) to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products [...] Full text...
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Violence, insecurity and climate change drive 84 million people from their homes
12 november 2021 - 09:26:59Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number forcibly displaced [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic brings global syringe shortage into sharp focus
10 november 2021 - 05:51:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Efforts to boost COVID-19 vaccine production should be matched by access to the syringes needed to [...] Full text...
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Fighting in eastern DR Congo forces 11,000 to flee to Uganda: UNHCR
09 november 2021 - 10:31:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An upsurge of fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has forced at [...] Full text...
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Climate Change: We are nowhere near where we need to be – Obama warns at COP26 summit in Glasgow
08 november 2021 - 18:56:02Glasgow, Scotland (PANA) – Former US President Barack Obama, who is in Glasgow, Scotland, for the 26th UN Climate Change [...] Full text...
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WFP warns 45 million people ‘teetering on the edge of famine’
08 november 2021 - 05:10:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on [...] Full text...
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Sudan coup: Human Rights Council hears calls for return to democratic rule
05 november 2021 - 18:33:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - International calls for the restoration of democratic government in Sudan continued on Friday, as the UN Human Rights Council met in special session in Geneva to discuss the recent [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO approves Indian vaccine
04 november 2021 - 05:11:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday approved an eighth vaccine against COVID-19, which follows a slight uptick [...] Full text...
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Ethiopian crisis: Rights report says 'all parties' have violated human rights in 'brutal' war; PM Abiy dismisses it as false
03 november 2021 - 10:31:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – A joint investigation by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the UN Human Rights Office [...] Full text...
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World leaders urged to prioritise action on water and climate
31 october 2021 - 10:03:06Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries must step up urgent action to address the water-related consequences of climate change, the head [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Billions more needed for UN-backed global collaboration to end pandemic: WHO
29 october 2021 - 05:31:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new strategy announced on Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO) calls for $23.4 billion [...] Full text...
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First Western tourists in Libya after decade, another sign of stability ( Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)
28 october 2021 - 21:50:41Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The arrival in Libya of a convoy of 35 cars carrying some 80 Western tourists after [...] Full text...
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WHO kicks off Decade of Action for Road Safety
28 october 2021 - 15:04:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The WHO Thursday kicked off the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030 here with the [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: WHO says numbers of weekly cases and deaths increased slightly
27 october 2021 - 15:51:50Geneva-Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) says that globally, the numbers of weekly coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and deaths [...] Full text...
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UNHCR restarts operation to help return of refugees from the Central African Republic
26 october 2021 - 11:02:09Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has restarted an operation to help thousands of people [...] Full text...
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WHO announces plan for ‘profound transformation' following sexual abuse allegations in DR Congo
22 october 2021 - 06:50:17Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The suffering of survivors of sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by World Health Organization staff during the 10th Ebola outbreak [...] Full text...
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Coronavirus: Pandemic may have claimed up to 180,000 health workers
21 october 2021 - 20:34:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Between 80,000 and 180,000 health and care workers may have died from COVID-19 between January of 2020 and May of [...] Full text...
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Kuwaiti Foreign Minister reaffirms country's support for maintaining ceasefire and holding elections in Libya
21 october 2021 - 19:56:49Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Mohamed Al-Sabah Thursday reiterated his country's support for a permanent [...] Full text...
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Libyan PM sees broad participation in stability conference as sign of beginning to build Libya
21 october 2021 - 18:45:38Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, said here Thursday in [...] Full text...
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International Conference on the Libya Stability Initiative opens in Tripoli
21 october 2021 - 11:02:27Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The International Conference on the Initiative for the Stability of Libya opened on Thursday in Tripoli [...] Full text...
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Dozens of countries, international organisations to participate in Conference on Stability in Libya
20 october 2021 - 13:18:23Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 28 countries and four international organisations will participate in the Conference to Support Stability [...] Full text...
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UNHCR responding to worst flooding in decades in South Sudan
20 october 2021 - 06:04:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is supporting the Government of South Sudan in assisting people hit hard by the worst [...] Full text...
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Climate change triggers mounting food insecurity, poverty and displacement in Africa: Report
19 october 2021 - 12:55:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures and more extreme weather contributed to mounting food insecurity, poverty and [...] Full text...
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Football champion Didier Drogba appointed WHO ambassador for sports, health
18 october 2021 - 21:02:10Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday appointed football legend Didier Drogba its Goodwill Ambassador for Sport [...] Full text...
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West African nations urged to use regional value chains as means to diversify exports
15 october 2021 - 11:12:21Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Maintaining open value chains and predictable mechanisms to support them is key to ensure access to [...] Full text...
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WHO: COVID-19 caused rise in TB deaths for first time in a decade, gains ‘reversed’
15 october 2021 - 06:02:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deaths from tuberculosis – one of the top infectious killers in the world - have increased [...] Full text...
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Step up, urges WHO as figures reveal 1 in 4 adults don’t exercise enough
15 october 2021 - 05:53:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Up to five million premature deaths a year could be prevented if the global population was more active, but many people live in areas [...] Full text...
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