Witness in murder of Gambian journalist Hydara to testify in trial in Germany

06 october 2022 - 10:03:17
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - A woman who survived the murder of a renowned Gambian journalist, Deyda Hydara, will testify on Thursday [...] Full text...

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WHO issues alert for contaminated cough and cold syrups in Gambia

05 october 2022 - 19:33:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has  issued a medical product alert for four contaminated cough and [...] Full text...

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‘Worrying upsurge’ in deadly cholera, warns WHO chief, in wide-ranging global health update

05 october 2022 - 19:23:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency is working diligently in Uganda to support the government in responding to [...] Full text...

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New WHO strategy aims to strengthen rapid response to health emergencies

05 october 2022 - 19:15:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid mounting health emergencies globally, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-related crises, and the war in [...] Full text...

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Torture is ‘widespread’ and likely underestimated in DR Congo: UN report

05 october 2022 - 19:14:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Torture is “widespread” and underestimated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the abuse involves [...] Full text...

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Dementia: WHO launches blueprint to tackle generational health challenge

05 october 2022 - 05:43:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dementia is one of the greatest health challenges of our generation, according to the World Health [...] Full text...

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Nearly one million people have fled five years of violence in northern Mozambique

04 october 2022 - 11:00:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - This week marks five years since extreme violence erupted in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, forcing [...] Full text...

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Fight against human trafficking must be strengthened in Ethiopia’s wartorn north

04 october 2022 - 06:46:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Throughout Ethiopia’s Tigray, Afar and Amhar regions, women and girls are becoming increasingly vulnerable to abduction [...] Full text...

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Policy mistakes could trigger worse recession than 2007 crisis: UNCTAD

04 october 2022 - 06:32:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is headed towards a global recession and prolonged stagnation unless fiscal and monetary policies holding [...] Full text...

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Little progress combating systemic racism against people of African descent: UN report

01 october 2022 - 05:33:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than two years since the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in the [...] Full text...

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UN flags continuing ‘disturbing trends’ in reprisals against those cooperating with it

30 september 2022 - 06:07:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - People in 42 different countries across the world faced reprisals and intimidation on the basis of [...] Full text...

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Time to address mental health issues in the workplace, UN agencies urge

28 september 2022 - 18:48:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With an estimated 12 billion workdays lost annually due to depression and anxiety, costing the global [...] Full text...

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UNHCR chief welcomes renewal of his mandate

28 september 2022 - 11:19:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has welcomed the renewal of his mandate [...] Full text...

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ILO welcomes first global agreement on professional footballers’ rights

27 september 2022 - 06:32:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s labour agency on Monday welcomed the first ever global agreement on working conditions and [...] Full text...

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South Sudan violence proliferating, warn independent rights experts

27 september 2022 - 05:26:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deeply disturbing violence is escalating “all over” South Sudan, top independent UN human rights experts have [...] Full text...

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Polisario held responsible for violations in Tindouf camps

23 september 2022 - 18:16:09
Genève, Switzerland (PANA) - The 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council, meeting on Thursday in Geneva (Switzerland), called [...] Full text...

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Half of Sudan’s most vulnerable children could die without aid - UNICEF

23 september 2022 - 13:49:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely [...] Full text...

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Famine looms in Somalia, many ‘hunger hotspots’ are in deep trouble: UN Agencies warn

21 september 2022 - 18:22:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people facing life-threatening levels of hunger worldwide without immediate humanitarian aid, is expected to rise [...] Full text...

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Heads of State commit to Noncommunicable Disease Global Compact to save 50 million lives by 2030

21 september 2022 - 14:44:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, Wednesday launched a new report calling on global leaders [...] Full text...

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Rise in mercenary forces trigger ‘rampant’ human rights violations

21 september 2022 - 05:24:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Human rights violations committed by mercenaries and private security companies create grave challenges for victims seeking [...] Full text...

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Noncommunicable diseases now outnumber infectious diseases as the top killers globally -WHO (Embargoed for release until 13.00 CEST on Wednesday 21 Sept 2022)

19 september 2022 - 19:42:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization will on 21 September, release a new report and data portal on noncommunicable [...] Full text...

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Closing gender pay gaps is more important than ever- ILO

18 september 2022 - 07:55:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On average, women globally are paid about 20 per cent less than men, the International Labour [...] Full text...

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Burundi must engage in ‘credible and inclusive’ move towards democratic rule - Rights expert

17 september 2022 - 05:20:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Burundi must engage more effectively in the rule of law and fight against impunity for violations [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for urgent action by countries for achieving Medication Without Harm

16 september 2022 - 12:36:43
Geneva-Switzerland (PANA) - Globally, half of all preventable harm in medical care is medication related, a quarter of which is [...] Full text...

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Inflation threatens everyone’s right to development

16 september 2022 - 05:58:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rising global inflation is expected to hit emerging and developing economies particularly hard this year, adding [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: End of the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight: WHO

14 september 2022 - 17:29:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 plunged to its lowest since March 2020, [...] Full text...

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Switzerland reaffirms support for Libya's democratic process

14 september 2022 - 12:45:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The ambassador of the Federal State of Switzerland to Tunisia and Libya, Joseph Renggli, has reiterated [...] Full text...

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UN officials see progress as global food prices drop amid ongoing Black Sea grain deal shipments

14 september 2022 - 06:16:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Two vital objectives of the Black Sea grain deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey [...] Full text...

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WHO launches guide to safely unlock benefits of the life sciences

13 september 2022 - 14:30:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday issued the Global guidance framework for the responsible use of [...] Full text...

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Some 50 million people in modern slavery: Report

12 september 2022 - 14:47:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Forced labour and marriage have increased significantly over the last five years, according to a new [...] Full text...

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Nearly 100,000 refugee arrivals in Uganda face enormous needs

09 september 2022 - 12:11:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid surging humanitarian needs for 96,000 refugees who have fled to Uganda so far this year, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Onset of northern winter could see spike in hospitalisations, deaths, sarns WHO

01 september 2022 - 05:11:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PAMA) - Although COVID-19 deaths have decreased across the world, numbers could rise as northern countries head into [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World reaches ‘tragic milestone’ of one million deaths so far in 2022

26 august 2022 - 05:15:36
Geneva, Switzerland  (PANA) - There have been one million COVID-19 deaths so far this year – a “tragic milestone” that [...] Full text...

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UN fund reports ‘solid results’ empowering girls and boys in crises with opportunity of quality education

24 august 2022 - 05:27:10
New York US (PANA) - Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted [...] Full text...

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WHO recommends two new lifesaving medicines to treat Ebola

20 august 2022 - 05:26:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for countries to improve access to two lifesaving Ebola [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO expert group recommends second booster for vulnerable groups

19 august 2022 - 05:19:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries should consider giving a second COVID-19 vaccine booster to older persons, pregnant women, health workers, [...] Full text...

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Monkeypox cases top 35,000: WHO

18 august 2022 - 05:35:32
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monkeypox infections continue to rise globally, with more than 35,000 cases across 92 countries and territories, [...] Full text...

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WHO warns of disease threat amid Horn of Africa drought

18 august 2022 - 05:26:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday highlighted the need to support millions [...] Full text...

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Young workers hit hardest by COVID-19 fallout, says UN labour agency

12 august 2022 - 05:42:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of young people globally who can’t find a job this year is set to [...] Full text...

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‘Catastrophic’ drought displaces one million in Somalia, world asked to ‘step up’ support

11 august 2022 - 20:44:00
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, leaving one million people within the country [...] Full text...

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UN trade body calls for halting cryptocurrency rise in developing countries

11 august 2022 - 05:28:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN trade and development body, UNCTAD, has called for action to curb cryptocurrencies in developing [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for optimising brain health to benefit people and society

10 august 2022 - 11:22:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At some point in their life, one in three people will develop some type of neurological [...] Full text...

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Heat, drought and wildfires during one of the warmest Julys on record– WMO

09 august 2022 - 16:37:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amidst extreme heat, drought and wildfires, many parts of the world had just experienced one of [...] Full text...

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UN Committee reviews anti-discrimination efforts

09 august 2022 - 08:37:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination opened in Geneva on Monday to review anti-discrimination efforts [...] Full text...

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Funding shortfall forces UNHCR to cut vital programmes in DRC

03 august 2022 - 06:31:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Due to insufficient funding, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is unable to adequately respond [...] Full text...

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UN undertakes human rights fact-finding mission in Ethiopia

03 august 2022 - 05:20:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three UN-appointed independent human rights experts returned from Ethiopia on Tuesday after working to negotiate access to [...] Full text...

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Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decades, warns WHO

02 august 2022 - 19:26:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that the Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing [...] Full text...

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Breastfeeding: ‘More critical than ever’ start to life

02 august 2022 - 05:18:21
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - It’s more critical than ever to begin life as a newborn being breastfed, according to the [...] Full text...

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WHO supports new long-acting prevention HIV drug cabotegravir

29 july 2022 - 06:13:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency on Thursday recommended the use of a new long-acting “safe and highly [...] Full text...

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UN General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right

28 july 2022 - 19:31:56
New York, US (PANA) - With 161 votes in favour, and eight abstentions, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic [...] Full text...

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Children at risk of new ‘unexplained acute hepatitis’ outbreak – WHO

28 july 2022 - 19:23:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is currently facing a new outbreak of “unexplained acute hepatitis infections” affecting children, the [...] Full text...

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Monkeypox: WHO urges countries to share data on effectiveness

27 july 2022 - 20:28:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As monkeypox cases reach over 18,000 in 78 countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday, [...] Full text...

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‘We believe monkeypox outbreak can be stopped’: WHO

26 july 2022 - 20:10:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak can be stopped “with the right strategies in the right groups”, the [...] Full text...

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WHO calls on global community to “do one thing” to save lives on World Drowning Prevention Day

25 july 2022 - 20:00:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday issued a call for people around the world to “do [...] Full text...

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UPDATE: WHO declares monkeypox global health emergency (Eds: Adds details of presser)

23 july 2022 - 17:06:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the UN World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, on Saturday declared  monkeypox a public [...] Full text...

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WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency

23 july 2022 - 14:41:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday declared monkeypox a global emergency. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO updates strategy in bid to vaccinate all health workers, those most at risk

23 july 2022 - 05:53:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although the COVID-19 vaccination rollout is the biggest and fastest in history, many people most at [...] Full text...

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UNHCR alarmed by growing death toll among displaced in eastern DR Congo

22 july 2022 - 16:13:28
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As conflict grows in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the rising death toll [...] Full text...

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Respect for fundamental rights key to peaceful elections in Kenya: UN experts

21 july 2022 - 17:53:07
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Independent UN human rights experts on Thursday called on Kenyan authorities and political candidates standing in [...] Full text...

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WHO Emergency Committee meets again as Monkeypox cases pass 14,000:

21 july 2022 - 17:43:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) -The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday reconvened the Monkeypox Emergency Committee to assess the public health [...] Full text...

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WHO calls for action to provide migrant and refugee healthcare

20 july 2022 - 17:05:36
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of refugees and migrants face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, which could jeopardize [...] Full text...

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Cost of living crisis hits poorest the hardest, warns UNCTAD

20 july 2022 - 05:15:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Billions of people are facing the greatest cost of living crisis in a generation due to [...] Full text...

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UNHCR restarts voluntary repatriation of DRC refugees from Angola

19 july 2022 - 11:45:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday restarted the voluntary repatriation of DR Congo [...] Full text...

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UN expert hails historic reparations ruling in favour of indigenous peoples in Kenya

18 july 2022 - 19:22:34
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An independent UN human rights expert on Monday hailed a decision by the African Court on Human [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 fuels slowest rate of childhood vaccination in three decades, leaving millions at risk

15 july 2022 - 19:47:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Official data published by UN agencies on Friday shows the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccination rates [...] Full text...

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More women work in health and care but they earn 24 per cent less than men: UN report

14 july 2022 - 06:22:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Women working in the health and care sector earn nearly 25% less than their male counterparts [...] Full text...

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Mystery child hepatitis outbreak passes 1,000 recorded cases, says WHO

13 july 2022 - 20:30:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In addition to tackling COVID and the monkeypox outbreak, the UN health agency has been keeping [...] Full text...

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Monkeypox cases reach 9,200, says WHO chief

13 july 2022 - 05:37:11
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says that there are currently 9,200 [...] Full text...

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Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO

13 july 2022 - 05:27:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More vaccines must be developed to tackle antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacterial pathogens, and countries must make better [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief reiterates that pandemic 'nowhere near over' as virus spreads ‘freely’

13 july 2022 - 05:18:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Rising COVID-19 cases are not only putting further pressure on already stretched health systems and workers [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: International response fell short in upholding refugee rights - Report

09 july 2022 - 06:49:53
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The collective global response to the COVID-19 pandemic fell short in protecting the rights of refugees [...] Full text...

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All rural workers deserve social protection coverage: New ILO report

07 july 2022 - 20:26:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Social protection for rural workers “remains a dream”, according to a report launched in Geneva on Thursday [...] Full text...

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WHO chief expresses concern about 'scale and spread' of monkeypox

07 july 2022 - 05:52:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said he is “concerned by [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: WHO chief urges Pfizer to make oral COVID antiviral available more widely

07 july 2022 - 05:51:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Director-General of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has called on drug manufacturer Pfizer to do more [...] Full text...

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UN requests $68.4 million to help CAR where 2.2 million are acutely food insecure

05 july 2022 - 18:45:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that the already dire humanitarian situation in [...] Full text...

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UN human rights probe says new suspected mass graves found in Libyan town of Tarhuna

04 july 2022 - 15:09:04
Geneva, Switzerand (PANA) - New suspected mass graves have been uncovered in Tarhuna, Libya, a Human Rights Council Probe reported on [...] Full text...

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UN human rights chief alarmed over killing of protesters by security forces in Sudan

02 july 2022 - 07:54:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, on Friday expressed alarm over the killing of at [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia still in grip of spreading violence, hate speech and aid - Rights experts

01 july 2022 - 05:23:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN-appointed rights investigators announced on Thursday that they’ve launched a probe into an alleged massacre of [...] Full text...

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Libya on hold after Geneva meetings end without signature on constitutional document for elections ( Analysis by BA Youssef, PANA correspondent)

30 june 2022 - 19:25:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the House of Representatives (Parliament), Aguila Saleh, and the chairman of the High [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: BA.4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases, says WHO chief

30 june 2022 - 05:42:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 cases are on the rise in some 110 countries, driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 [...] Full text...

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Closure of meeting between leaders of Libya's two legislative chambers postponed to Thursday

29 june 2022 - 22:24:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The closure of the meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, between leaders of Libya's legislative chambers to agree [...] Full text...

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Rise of disinformation a symptom of ‘global diseases undermining public trust’: UN rights chief

29 june 2022 - 09:32:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Societies everywhere are beset by “global diseases” including systemic inequality which have helped fuel a rise [...] Full text...

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More than 70 grave violations against children caught up in war, being recorded daily: UNICEF

28 june 2022 - 19:46:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A “staggering” average of 71 verified grave violations a day, are committed against children by parties [...] Full text...

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UN rights office calls for probe into Morocco-Spain migrant deaths, Texas tragedy

28 june 2022 - 19:36:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The deaths of at least 23 migrants seeking to reach Spanish territory from Morocco should be [...] Full text...

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UNHCR appeals for life-saving aid for millions affected by catastrophic Horn of Africa drought

28 june 2022 - 12:05:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency is appealing for urgent support to help displaced people and local host [...] Full text...

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Put women’s rights ‘front and centre’ of climate policies: UN rights chief

28 june 2022 - 05:35:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although climate change threatens everyone, women and girls often suffer its harshest and most violent consequences, [...] Full text...

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Monkeypox not presently a global public health emergency: WHO

26 june 2022 - 05:31:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The monkeypox outbreak does not currently constitute a global public health concern though “intense response efforts” [...] Full text...

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UN agencies concerned at loss of life, injuries at fence between Morocco and Spain

26 june 2022 - 05:13:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, have expressed profound sadness [...] Full text...

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Severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children - WHO

25 june 2022 - 11:38:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As of 22 June 2022, 33 countries in five WHO Regions had reported 920 probable cases [...] Full text...

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Morocco to launch electronic visa on 10 July

24 june 2022 - 13:14:02
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The electronic visa to Morocco will be launched for some key tourist sending countries on 10 [...] Full text...

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WHO says global situation of monkeypox ‘cannot be ignored’

24 june 2022 - 05:37:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Addressing the first meeting of the World Health Organisation’s Emergency Committee on Thursday over the global Monkeypox [...] Full text...

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Bamako to host 14th Conference of Francophone Union of Internal Auditors in October

21 june 2022 - 12:49:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Bamako, the Malian capital, will host the 14th Conference of the Francophone Union of Internal Auditors [...] Full text...

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Africa notches strong progress in building tax transparency, tackling illicit financial flows

21 june 2022 - 10:58:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African countries’ requests for information for tax collection purposes rose 26% over the previous year, signalling [...] Full text...

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‘Militarised approach’ to policing peaceful protests, only increases risk of violence: UN rights expert

21 june 2022 - 06:06:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civic space is shrinking, together with a rise in human rights violations during peaceful protests worldwide, [...] Full text...

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WTO still yet to make changes to ensure access to life-saving health products: Amnesty International

19 june 2022 - 05:41:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN World Trade Organisation (WTO) still has [...] Full text...

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UN expert urges UK to halt transfer of asylum seekers to Rwanda

19 june 2022 - 05:15:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN human rights expert has urged the United Kingdom to halt its controversial policy of transferring [...] Full text...

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Nearly one billion people have mental disorder: WHO

17 june 2022 - 19:37:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder, according to latest UN [...] Full text...

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Rights group calls for extension of mandate of Fact Finding Mission on Libya to achieve lasting peace

16 june 2022 - 20:48:06
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The co-chairs of the Working Group on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights established under the [...] Full text...

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It’s time to reinvest to meet growing education needs - Report

16 june 2022 - 12:37:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Funding for education in emergencies (EiE) is falling behind. It is far from meeting the needs [...] Full text...

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Global displacement hits another record, capping decade-long rising trend: UNHCR

16 june 2022 - 05:32:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of people forced to flee their homes has increased every year over the past [...] Full text...

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Funding cuts could affect vital humanitarian flights to hard-to-reach areas in Guinea, Niger: WFP

15 june 2022 - 05:29:32
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that its UN Humanitarian Air Service [...] Full text...

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UNHCR slams UK’s bid to export some refugees to Rwanda

14 june 2022 - 05:08:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Monday dismissed the British Government’s proposal to process [...] Full text...

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Mediterranean sea journeys for migrants have grown more deadly: UNHCR

10 june 2022 - 18:10:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Migrants who risk their lives to cross the Mediterranean to Europe on flimsy boats often piloted [...] Full text...

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Ghana, African Development Fund, Switzerland sign agreement to support dev't of mini-grids

10 june 2022 - 10:05:17
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The government of Ghana has signed a grant agreement with the African Development Fund, and a [...] Full text...

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Five countries elected to serve on UN Security Council

10 june 2022 - 04:56:16
New York, US (PANA) - Five countries have been elected to serve as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council [...] Full text...

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Monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic countries, warns WHO chief

09 june 2022 - 05:17:27
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said on Wednesday that monkeypox infections in non-endemic countries have passed [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Former President Jammeh's victims call on government to take concrete steps toward justice

08 june 2022 - 13:47:51
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The “Jammeh2Justice” campaign, made up of victims of the former regime and Gambian and international activists, [...] Full text...

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Monkeypox transmission may have gone undetected ‘for some time’ - WHO chief

02 june 2022 - 06:30:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Thirty non-endemic countries have reported more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the head of the [...] Full text...

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Tourist arrivals jump in Mauritius

31 may 2022 - 09:35:09
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Passenger arrivals in Mauritius jumped from 7,956 to 207,391 in the first quarter of 2022 compared [...] Full text...

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Make tobacco industry accountable for environmental damage: WHO

31 may 2022 - 06:00:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The tobacco industry damages both the environment and human health, and needs to be more accountable [...] Full text...

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international bowls and petanque tournament begins in Tunis

29 may 2022 - 10:09:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 2022 edition of the international bowls and petanque tournament began on Friday in Tunis, with [...] Full text...

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Rights office welcomes Zambia’s pledge to abolish death penalty

28 may 2022 - 07:32:11
Geneva, 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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UNHCR 'deeply concerned' by renewed violence displacing thousands in DRC's North Kivu

27 may 2022 - 13:14:21
Geneva, 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 - 23:30:24
Tripoli, 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 - 00:01:02
Tripoli, 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 - 16:42:50
 Geneva, 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 - 15:52:45
Geneva, 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 - 14:48:06
Davos-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 - 04:25:23
Geneva, 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 - 19:34:23
Tripoli, 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 - 05:25:29
Geneva, 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 - 05:10:50
Geneva, 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 - 05:11:18
Geneva, 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 - 05:29:02
Geneva, 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 - 05:17:07
Geneva, 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 - 16:26:59
Geneva, 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 - 15:56:34
Geneva, 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 - 05:42:19
Geneva, 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 - 05:39:23
Geneva, 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 - 05:13:16
Geneva, 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 - 06:12:23
Geneva, 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 - 16:13:31
Geneva, 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 - 13:58:16
Geneva, 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 - 06:04:03
Geneva, 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 - 15:24:49
Zurich, 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 - 10:57:40
Geneva, 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 - 06:08:51
Geneva, 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 - 15:45:38
Geneva, 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 - 15:26:53
Geneva, 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 - 05:28:58
Geneva, 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 - 05:23:14
Geneva, 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 - 07:31:52
Geneva, 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 - 10:55:29
Geneva, 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 - 05:48:59
Geneva, 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 - 05:40:09
Geneva, 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 - 06:07:33
Geneva, 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 - 06:37:47
Geneva, 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 - 05:46:25
Geneva, 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 - 05:40:48
Geneva, 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 - 22:41:08
Geneva, 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 - 16:46:57
Acca, 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 - 05:51:35
Geneva, 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 - 05:39:35
Geneva, 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 - 05:23:40
Geneva, 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 - 15:28:35
Tripoli, 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 - 07:47:16
Geneva, 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 - 10:51:07
Geneva, 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 - 06:16:24
Geneva, 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 - 21:33:42
Dakar, 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 - 18:27:14
Dakar, 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 - 12:20:46
Geneva, 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 - 06:13:36
Geneva, 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 - 04:56:28
Geneva, 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 - 19:53:35
Geneva, 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 - 14:53:17
Geneva, 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 - 12:36:51
Geneva, 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 - 10:32:20
Geneva, 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 - 05:42:25
Geneva, 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 - 07:46:15
Geneva, 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 - 04:16:33
Geneva, 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 - 14:13:00
Geneva, 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 - 05:08:21
Geneva, 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 - 12:00:13
Geneva, 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 - 11:26:02
Accra, 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 - 19:25:50
Banjul, 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 - 17:59:54
Banjul, 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 - 16:19:09
Geneva, 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 - 12:49:00
Geneva, 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 - 14:45:16
Dakar, 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 - 12:48:46
Geneva, 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 - 04:40:38
Geneva, 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 - 19:53:35
Geneva, 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 - 05:26:36
Geneva, 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 - 05:01:27
Geneva, 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 - 13:07:11
Geneva, 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 - 15:05:19
Geneva, 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 - 16:11:37
Geneva, 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 - 12:01:03
Geneva, 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 - 14:30:12
  Banjul, 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 - 05:23:44
Geneva, 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 - 06:05:20
Geneva, 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 - 00:04:21
New 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 - 05:08:28
New 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 - 05:57:03
Geneva, 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 - 05:19:18
Geneva, 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 - 16:04:34
Geneva, 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 - 21:05:38
Banjul, 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 - 13:00:22
Geneva, 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 - 12:33:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it is working with the Ethiopian authorities and partners to [...] Full text...

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