Mozambique: ‘Civilians were killed, some were even beheaded’
02 december 2025 - 19:19:51Erati, Mozambiqque (PANA) - “They live in community shelters, they live in classrooms which are overcrowded,” the UN refugee agency’s [...] Full text...
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Erati, Mozambiqque (PANA) - “They live in community shelters, they live in classrooms which are overcrowded,” the UN refugee agency’s [...] Full text...
Sudan govt welcomes UN rights agency's condemnation of attacks on civilians by rival RSF
24 august 2025 - 06:56:35Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Saturday commended the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights for condemning the [...] Full text...
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DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi
07 march 2025 - 16:53:50Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...
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What the UN is doing in DR Congo
05 february 2025 - 19:48:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The current phase of fighting erupted in late January in the mineral-rich eastern region of the [...] Full text...
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Cyclone Chido: Around 90,000 children impacted in Mozambique
18 december 2024 - 05:26:46Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Chido struck northern Mozambique over the weekend, bringing torrential rains and powerful winds that [...] Full text...
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UNHCR secures record $1.5 billion in early funding for 2025
04 december 2024 - 04:51:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has secured early funding commitments of $1.5 billion for 2025, as [...] Full text...
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UN agencies urge Security Council to stop ‘mass graves for migrants’
01 october 2024 - 06:15:08New York, US (PANA) - Action is needed now to stop the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea from “becoming mass [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: ‘Civilians need life-saving assistance now,’ says UN relief chief
30 august 2023 - 05:22:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid the deepening crisis driven by warring militaries in Sudan, the UN announced on Tuesday an [...] Full text...
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Save lives, UN agencies appeal, after yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean
10 august 2023 - 16:33:18Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three UN agencies on Thursday appealed for greater access to safe and regular pathways for migration [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Displacement soars amid shrinking humanitarian access
28 june 2023 - 05:52:20Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Humanitarian needs have soared among people displaced by fighting in Sudan, with the number of those [...] Full text...
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Sudan conflict: Keep Sudan borders open, UNHCR urges, amid alarming rise in child deaths
06 may 2023 - 06:36:59Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday urged States to keep borders open to people fleeing [...] Full text...
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Deadly shipwreck in Italy must trigger action to save lives, UN officials say
27 february 2023 - 12:53:21New York, US (PAA) - The UN chief and agencies serving refugees and migrants have urgently called for safer travel [...] Full text...
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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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Rwanda to resume transfer of refugees caught up in Libya
29 october 2021 - 21:39:07Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Rwanda, the African Union and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have agreed to [...] Full text...
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UN refugee chief calls on international community to stand with DR Congo
23 april 2021 - 11:48:14Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Friday called for stepped up international support [...] Full text...
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UNHCR warns asylum under attack at Europe’s borders
28 january 2021 - 11:46:50Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Alarmed at the increasing frequency of expulsions and pushbacks of refugees and asylum-seekers at Europe’s land [...] Full text...
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More than half of world’s refugee children ‘do not get an education’, warns UNHCR
31 august 2019 - 09:21:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Refugee children in their millions are missing out on an education, the UN said on Friday, [...] Full text...
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Dozens of migrants dead and missing, add to mounting toll off Spanish coast
22 december 2018 - 07:04:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A group of migrant boats stranded at sea, was rescued off the Spanish coast on Thursday, [...] Full text...
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UNHCR sounds alarm as Mediterranean Sea deaths pass 1,500 mark
04 august 2018 - 09:52:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has said more than 1,500 refugees and migrants lost their lives [...] Full text...
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Generator fumes kill 8 Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria
02 august 2018 - 18:01:28Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Fumes from a power generator are blamed for deaths of eight Cameroonian refugees in Ikom, Cross [...] Full text...
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UN agencies welcome EU migration deal
30 june 2018 - 09:54:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN humanitarian agencies have broadly welcomed a freshly-inked deal on migration by European Union leaders which [...] Full text...
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CAR: Fresh violence in CAR leads to more displaced persons – UN agency
16 september 2017 - 06:37:51Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) – Expressing concern over continued violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the resulting [...] Full text...
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Switzerland: UN rights chief decries some States’ lack of cooperation with UNCHR
07 june 2017 - 07:45:16Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations human rights chief has stressed that denying access or not cooperating with UN [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Sudan, Chad and UNCHR sign tripartite agreement to repatriate refugees
02 june 2017 - 19:33:33Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Over half a million Sudanese nationals, currently staying as refugees in refugees camps in Chad and [...] Full text...
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UN: 10 refugee athletes depart for Rio Olympic Games
29 july 2016 - 22:30:17New York, US (PANA) - Five middle-distance runners from South Sudan, until recently living in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp, have [...] Full text...
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UN: UN human rights office condemns death sentence on Mauritanian blogger
26 april 2016 - 18:27:16New York, US (PANA) - UN human rights office (UNHCR) on Tuesday deplored the confirmation of the death sentence for apostasy [...] Full text...
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Botswana: Zimbabwean refugees repatriate voluntarily from Botswana
28 october 2015 - 14:44:27Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Zimbabwean refugees living in Botswana have started to apply for voluntary repatriation, the UN High Commissioner [...] Full text...
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Côte d’Ivoire: Ivorian human rights situation to be reviewed
11 march 2015 - 13:50:57Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The human rights situation in Côte d’Ivoire will be examined, for the first time, 18-19 [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: UNHCR calls for urgent humanitarian access to populations displaced by Boko Haram
13 february 2015 - 15:59:21Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - With the violence that has plagued northeastern Nigeria now spilling over into Niger, Cameroon [...] Full text...
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Tanzania: UN agencies call for international protection of migrants in distress at sea
10 december 2014 - 16:51:09Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Five UN bodies Wednesday expressed deep concern about the loss of life, injury, trauma [...] Full text...
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Libya: Armed clashes in Tripoli, Benghazi leave 250,000 displaced, says UN
05 september 2014 - 13:26:37Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Some 250,000 have fled their homes in the Libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi over the [...] Full text...
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UN: Ethiopia becomes Africa’s largest refugee host
19 august 2014 - 21:14:42New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced on Tuesday that Ethiopia [...] Full text...
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UN: Refugees agency appeals for safe haven for CAR civilians
13 june 2014 - 19:27:37New York, US (PANA) - As ongoing violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to drive civilians to seek [...] Full text...
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UN: Rights Office tasks nations on situation in CAR
02 april 2014 - 10:40:18New York, US (PANA) - With the Central African Republic (CAR) capital of Bangui having relapsed into wider violence, the [...] Full text...
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UN: Refugee agency expresses concern on friction in South Sudan state
22 march 2014 - 16:39:37New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissoner for Refugees (UNCHR) says it is gravely concerned about new tensions [...] Full text...
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UNICEF urges action to prevent child malnutrition in CAR
27 december 2013 - 16:52:18New York, US (PANA) – The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has voiced "extreme concern" that recent violence in the Central [...] Full text...
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Agreement on visitation for separated Sahrawi families reached - UN
04 july 2013 - 07:29:15New York, US (PANA) - A meeting involving the UN refugee agency, Morocco, Frente Polisario, Algeria, and Mauritania ended on [...] Full text...
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UN agency says Nigeria crisis uprooted 6,000 people
11 june 2013 - 19:40:15New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said that anti-insurgent operations and general [...] Full text...
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ICRC says Mali not yet secure
07 march 2013 - 13:34:24New York, US (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday that despite the military [...] Full text...
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UNHCR expresses concern over displacement in Central African Republic
13 february 2013 - 08:41:49New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) has expressed concern over widespread looting and displacement [...] Full text...
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UN, partners to discuss ways to enhance resettlement of 800,000 refugees
06 july 2012 - 19:09:32New York, US (PANA) - The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners will meet [...] Full text...
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UN agency relocates 20,000 refugees on South Sudan border
02 june 2012 - 12:50:05New York, US (PANA) - The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says it is working to [...] Full text...
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UN agency deplores killing of Somali community leader at refugee camp
30 december 2011 - 18:44:35New York, US (PANA) - Antonio Guterres, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on Friday expressed deep regret over [...] Full text...
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UNHCR expresses concern on Somali refugees
05 july 2011 - 15:29:46New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday expressed concern over the "unprecedented" levels of [...] Full text...
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UN human rights chief warns Gbagbo on violations, abuses
31 december 2010 - 21:33:14New York, US (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Commission on Friday warned Cote d’Ivoire’s incumbent president Laurent [...] Full text...
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UN says 55,000 southern Sudanese return for referendum
21 december 2010 - 19:21:34New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said about 55,000 southern Sudanese living [...] Full text...
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Rwanda threatens to pull out of UN peacekeeping operations
01 september 2010 - 23:32:00Brussels- Belgium (PANA) â" Rwanda is threatening -to withdraw its troops from U N Peacekeeping operations if a report that [...] Full text...
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UNHCR seeks funds to alleviate plight of Somali refugees
12 may 2010 - 19:18:00New York- US (PANA) -- In the face of a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situat ion, the United Nations refugee agency [...] Full text...
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UNCHR says 80,000 displaced in Somali conflicts
03 february 2010 - 15:19:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- United Nations humanitarian agency, UNHCR, said here Wed nesday in its latest tally of conflict in [...] Full text...
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Listen to us, Eritrean refugees appeal to int'l world
14 november 2009 - 15:58:00Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) â" Eritrean refugees -in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hav e urged the international community to denounce a [...] Full text...
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Botswana refuses entry to stranded Congolese refugees
16 july 2009 - 09:10:00Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Botswana has refused to admit into the country a grou p of 41 refugees who were [...] Full text...
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Zimbabwe, Somalia main sources of African asylum seekers
24 march 2009 - 14:10:00Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Zimbabwe and Somalia lead African counties with high number of refugees seeking asylum in industrialised countries, [...] Full text...
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