29 march 2024 - 05:06:12
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners on Thursday appealed for $1.4 billion this year to support [...] Full text...
28 march 2024 - 05:17:38
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Vital food assistance to refugees in Cameroon may cease unless funding shortfalls can be filled, UN [...] Full text...
27 march 2024 - 05:36:15
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Clashes in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have now uprooted 5.7 million [...] Full text...
17 march 2024 - 14:02:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 60 people on board a ship carrying migrants from the Libyan coast have drowned, [...] Full text...
06 march 2024 - 15:33:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Ninety-seven asylum seekers have been evacuated to Rome in Italy via Maitigua international airport, on the [...] Full text...
02 march 2024 - 05:48:40
N'djamena, Chad (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, raised increasing concern on Friday that more refugees will cross into Chad [...] Full text...
02 march 2024 - 05:36:59
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has voiced deep concern over the escalating humanitarian crisis in the [...] Full text...
28 february 2024 - 05:42:17
Copenhagen, Denmark (PANA) - People caught up in humanitarian emergencies are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and [...] Full text...
24 february 2024 - 10:25:41
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - UN agencies continue to sound the alarm over the escalating violence and worsening humanitarian needs [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 16:59:41
New York, US (PANA) - Amid reports of a renewed escalation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...
19 february 2024 - 16:05:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Kingdom’s legislative moves to facilitate the prompt removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda run [...] Full text...
19 february 2024 - 07:41:25
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - In an era of overlapping crises, fragility, conflict and violence remain among the greatest global [...] Full text...
19 february 2024 - 07:39:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Brazil has donated food assistance and water purifiers to support refugees and host communities residing [...] Full text...
15 february 2024 - 05:26:12
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) are once again bearing [...] Full text...
11 february 2024 - 11:36:45
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - African Development Bank (AFDB) Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, [...] Full text...
09 february 2024 - 17:02:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A staggering 700,000 children in Sudan face the worst and most life-threatening form of hunger after [...] Full text...
08 february 2024 - 17:55:59
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian coastguard Thursday fished out 13 bodies of illegal migrants after their boat sank nine [...] Full text...
07 february 2024 - 19:26:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations on Wednesday urged countries not to forget millions of people caught up in [...] Full text...
07 february 2024 - 14:00:19
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Decades of division and conflict have left the Central African Republic (CAR) with severe development challenges [...] Full text...
02 february 2024 - 18:50:47
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The number of hungry people in Sudan has doubled over the past year, the World Food [...] Full text...
01 february 2024 - 05:32:46
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has concluded a three-day visit to Ethiopia, [...] Full text...
31 january 2024 - 12:19:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Deadly clashes and shelling continued in Khan Younis in southern Gaza overnight into Wednesday as top [...] Full text...
30 january 2024 - 18:16:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, Monday ended his [...] Full text...
12 january 2024 - 14:10:50
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - More than 234,000 Burundian refugees, almost half of the total supposedly living in exile abroad, returned [...] Full text...
29 december 2023 - 12:12:54
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 153 illegal migrants have been evacuated in a humanitarian operation to Rwanda as a third [...] Full text...
20 december 2023 - 18:53:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees on Wednesday welcomed a key deal by members of the [...] Full text...
19 december 2023 - 18:52:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, continues to sound the alarm over the war in Sudan, where displacement [...] Full text...
19 december 2023 - 18:39:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 342 illegal migrants from Guinea and Gambia have been repatriated from Tripoli by [...] Full text...
15 december 2023 - 18:32:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - While some of the world’s poorest countries are welcoming refugees “with great hospitality”, the international community [...] Full text...
14 december 2023 - 06:18:37
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A record 114 million forcibly displaced around the world represents a “crisis of humanity”, UN refugee [...] Full text...
04 december 2023 - 13:45:18
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Advocates showcased the devastating impacts of climate upheaval on their communities at COP 28 on Monday [...] Full text...
28 november 2023 - 17:54:08
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The sanctions against Sudan following the military coup on 21 October 2021 and an ongoing war [...] Full text...
28 november 2023 - 13:25:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A former child refugee born in Somalia, who dedicated himself to changing lives through education, has [...] Full text...
27 november 2023 - 22:47:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Government representatives and experts responsible for developing refugee resettlement policies in Eastern Africa are meeting in [...] Full text...
24 november 2023 - 17:29:22
Kinshasa, Dr Congo (PANA) - Humanitarians are urgently scaling up aid in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...
18 november 2023 - 05:28:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Severe floods in the Horn of Africa have affected tens of thousands of displaced families in [...] Full text...
17 november 2023 - 08:58:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Countries in the Sahel comprising Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, along with neighbouring [...] Full text...
16 november 2023 - 17:48:26
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Reviving agriculture is critical to fostering economic growth and tackling widespread extreme poverty in [...] Full text...
14 november 2023 - 17:42:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Cholera vaccines are expected to arrive in Sudan this month as the country continues to face [...] Full text...
10 november 2023 - 17:18:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Escalating violence across the Darfur region in Sudan has sparked fears that atrocities committed two decades [...] Full text...
08 november 2023 - 06:44:12
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The war between rival militaries in Sudan is growing in scope and brutality, having driven almost [...] Full text...
06 november 2023 - 17:42:58
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Children in flood-affected areas in South Sudan are at risk of extreme malnutrition in the [...] Full text...
25 october 2023 - 17:04:09
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 114 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes in the first [...] Full text...
17 october 2023 - 16:51:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflict in Sudan's Darfur region has had a devastating toll on civilians, UN humanitarians warned on [...] Full text...
12 october 2023 - 07:22:23
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The displacement crisis prompted by the ongoing conflict in Sudan continues unabated with nearly six million [...] Full text...
10 october 2023 - 06:10:17
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) has begun rolling out food distributions to nearly 900,000 refugees [...] Full text...
22 september 2023 - 05:30:48
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Post-traumatic stress and anxiety has become a daily challenge for thousands of Libyans who survived Storm [...] Full text...
20 september 2023 - 06:17:01
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - In war-torn Sudan, more than 1,200 children under-five have died in camps in the space of [...] Full text...
18 september 2023 - 11:23:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Teams from nine UN agencies have been on the ground delivering aid and support to those [...] Full text...
15 september 2023 - 11:15:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Libya, Abdallah Bathily, has urged Libyans to [...] Full text...
14 september 2023 - 10:35:39
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Over the past four years, the number of school closures due to insecurity has almost [...] Full text...
10 september 2023 - 09:42:47
New York, US (PANA) - With a staggering hike in attacks targeting schools and hospitals, and over seven million refugee [...] Full text...
08 september 2023 - 19:09:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than seven million refugee children are out of school globally according to UN data – [...] Full text...
07 september 2023 - 07:55:56
N’djamena, Chad (PANA) - The World Bank’s Managing Director of Operations, Anna Bjerde, and the United Nations High Commissioner for [...] Full text...
07 september 2023 - 07:14:17
New York, US (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday launched a new global campaign to rally support [...] Full text...
04 september 2023 - 18:03:54
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and 64 humanitarian and national civil society organizations on Monday appealed [...] Full text...
30 august 2023 - 05:22:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid the deepening crisis driven by warring militaries in Sudan, the UN announced on Tuesday an [...] Full text...
29 august 2023 - 15:34:51
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The political crisis in Niger has created uncertainty for scores of vulnerable displaced people, with restrictions [...] Full text...
15 august 2023 - 18:44:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After four months of war in Sudan, UN humanitarians on Tuesday called for action to be [...] Full text...
10 august 2023 - 16:33:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Three UN agencies on Thursday appealed for greater access to safe and regular pathways for migration [...] Full text...
08 august 2023 - 20:22:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, issued a warning on Tuesday that health conditions are rapidly deteriorating [...] Full text...
02 august 2023 - 17:49:29
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Conflict in Sudan has forced nearly four million people to flee their homes in a little [...] Full text...
29 july 2023 - 08:46:59
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Humanitarian operations, development support and peace programmes in Niger continue in the wake of the military coup this [...] Full text...
28 july 2023 - 17:14:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Civilians fleeing attacks by extremist groups in Burkina Faso must be allowed to shelter in neighbouring [...] Full text...
25 july 2023 - 06:38:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a world characterised by economic crises, conflicts, and natural disasters, the uptick in migration is [...] Full text...
25 july 2023 - 06:28:00
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - After 100 days of fighting in Sudan, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Monday that at [...] Full text...
20 july 2023 - 06:01:59
Auckland, New Zealand (PANA) - UN Women and world football governing body, FIFA, have come together, as the FIFA Women’s [...] Full text...
19 july 2023 - 06:02:13
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 200,000 people were displaced by fighting inside Sudan over the past week, the UN [...] Full text...
14 july 2023 - 06:01:49
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has condemned "in the strongest terms" the continued atrocities and ethnically targeted [...] Full text...
13 july 2023 - 12:09:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN experts on Thursday condemned Ethiopia's summary expulsion of hundreds of Eritreans at the end of [...] Full text...
13 july 2023 - 06:24:27
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Egyptian government’s decision in June 2023 to require all Sudanese to obtain visas to enter Egypt has [...] Full text...
08 july 2023 - 10:20:53
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A UN report based on findings of international and local organisations has revealed tragic accounts about [...] Full text...
07 july 2023 - 06:02:36
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked the Tunisian government to halt the collective expulsions of Black [...] Full text...
06 july 2023 - 06:26:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN’s top humanitarian officials on Wednesday voiced shock and condemnation over increasing reports of gender-based [...] Full text...
04 july 2023 - 11:34:12
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA has teamed up with several United Nations agencies to use the 2023 Women’s World Cup [...] Full text...
28 june 2023 - 06:46:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Bank on Tuesday signed a new global data [...] Full text...
28 june 2023 - 05:52:20
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Humanitarian needs have soared among people displaced by fighting in Sudan, with the number of those [...] Full text...
27 june 2023 - 06:21:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is anticipating a significant rise in global refugee resettlement needs for [...] Full text...
24 june 2023 - 13:18:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says 185 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya between [...] Full text...
20 june 2023 - 16:46:54
New York, US (PANA) - Refugees deserve support and solidarity, not closed borders and pushbacks. That’s a reminder from UN [...] Full text...
19 june 2023 - 19:37:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A UN-led appeal for funding to help the people of Sudan raised $1.5 billion on Monday [...] Full text...
19 june 2023 - 11:44:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A High-level pledging conference to support the humanitarian response in Sudan and the region will be held [...] Full text...
17 june 2023 - 07:42:31
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee and migration agencies are calling for urgent and decisive action to prevent further [...] Full text...
15 june 2023 - 06:09:08
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Wednesday he was horrified at the news of dozens more [...] Full text...
14 june 2023 - 05:23:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Conflicts, persecution and climate-driven upheaval meant more people than ever remained uprooted from their homes last [...] Full text...
09 june 2023 - 16:56:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Almost two months into the armed clashes between the paramilitaries of General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo [...] Full text...
08 june 2023 - 11:20:26
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Raouf Mazou, has urged the international [...] Full text...
02 june 2023 - 06:14:10
N'Djamena Chad (PANA) - The head of the UN refugee agency is calling on the international community to urgently increase support [...] Full text...
31 may 2023 - 14:30:32
Tripoli, Liby (PANA) - Deputy Special Representative, Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator Georgette Gagnon led a multi-agency UN delegation to [...] Full text...
30 may 2023 - 16:01:08
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time since fighting broke out in Sudan on 15 April, humanitarians have been [...] Full text...
25 may 2023 - 05:20:59
New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top advocate on ending violence against children joined UN agencies on Wednesday in [...] Full text...
23 may 2023 - 12:58:54
N’djamena, Chad (PANA) – The Assistant High Commissioner for Operations of the UN Refugee agency (UNHCR), Raouf Mazou, has urged [...] Full text...
19 may 2023 - 16:57:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As heavy fighting continues in Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Friday that more than one million [...] Full text...
17 may 2023 - 05:58:11
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN and humanitarian partners continue to scale up the aid response for the millions in [...] Full text...
12 may 2023 - 16:35:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A declaration by Sudan’s warring parties committing to protect civilians is an “important first step” after [...] Full text...
12 may 2023 - 12:07:18
N’Djamena, Chad (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says it urgently requires US$162.4 million to support the [...] Full text...
10 may 2023 - 09:29:24
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR), has welcomed the signing of the application decree of the asylum [...] Full text...
06 may 2023 - 06:36:59
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday urged States to keep borders open to people fleeing [...] Full text...
06 may 2023 - 06:35:22
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Recurring attacks by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) continue [...] Full text...
06 may 2023 - 06:34:42
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Representatives of Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have begun direct talks on [...] Full text...
05 may 2023 - 05:15:20
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With 860,000 people projected to flee the fighting in Sudan for neighbouring countries, the UN refugee [...] Full text...
03 may 2023 - 05:35:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - More than 100,000 people have now fled Sudan to neighbouring countries in search of safety, the [...] Full text...
02 may 2023 - 17:25:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan's warring parties have agreed to a seven-day ceasefire "in principle", effective Thursday when the current [...] Full text...
02 may 2023 - 06:56:58
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday spoke with Kenyan President, William Ruto and [...] Full text...
29 april 2023 - 11:15:50
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - As the war in Sudan between two rival generals enters its third week, residents in the [...] Full text...
28 april 2023 - 17:40:46
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Civilians in Sudan, including scores of internally displaced people and refugees, are scrambling for safety and [...] Full text...
25 april 2023 - 20:45:45
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations will continue to deliver desperately needed relief for the Sudanese people, amid [...] Full text...
20 april 2023 - 05:42:49
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres continues efforts towards ensuring an end to the hostilities in Sudan, [...] Full text...
18 april 2023 - 07:44:06
New York, US (PANA) - Top UN officials on Monday urged rival military factions in Sudan to protect civilians and [...] Full text...
15 april 2023 - 08:43:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A dire lack of humanitarian funding has left hundreds of thousands of refugees and internally displaced [...] Full text...
13 april 2023 - 15:02:04
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A total of 18,846 Burkinabe have taken refuge in the northern and north-eastern parts of [...] Full text...
05 april 2023 - 11:22:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tunisia must take swift action to curb racist rhetoric and halt ongoing rights violations of Black [...] Full text...
29 march 2023 - 14:44:02
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - One hundred and thirty-four thousand people are internally displaced in Libya, the United Nations High Commission [...] Full text...
28 march 2023 - 16:18:43
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced in a statement [...] Full text...
23 march 2023 - 05:20:48
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - UN agencies and partners are seeking $116 million to support Somalis escaping violence that erupted last month in the [...] Full text...
22 march 2023 - 06:17:30
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The AU–EU–UN Tripartite Taskforce on the Situation of Migrants and Refugees in Libya has called on [...] Full text...
21 march 2023 - 05:25:16
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - UN agencies on Monday were scrambling to reach millions affected by the deadly tropical cyclone Freddy, [...] Full text...
11 march 2023 - 14:28:03
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 150 asylum seekers and refugees were evacuated to Rwanda from Libya on the [...] Full text...
11 march 2023 - 05:25:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Humanitarians issued an alert on Friday for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where heavy [...] Full text...
08 march 2023 - 06:25:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are scaling up in Ethiopia’s Somali region to support [...] Full text...
01 march 2023 - 11:51:20
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - Representatives of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have conducted [...] Full text...
28 february 2023 - 17:53:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Lifesaving aid is needed urgently to help millions of people enduring one of the longest and [...] Full text...
27 february 2023 - 12:53:21
New York, US (PAA) - The UN chief and agencies serving refugees and migrants have urgently called for safer travel [...] Full text...
21 february 2023 - 12:26:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To protect and assist 2.2 million South Sudanese refugees in the region this year, UNHCR, the [...] Full text...
21 february 2023 - 05:53:53
New York, US (PANA) - Dreams thrive, even in crisis, with a new UN-led campaign spotlighting the next generation and [...] Full text...
19 february 2023 - 05:23:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continuing to experience one of Africa’s most complex [...] Full text...
11 february 2023 - 15:04:28
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - At the end of a two-day visit on Thursday and Friday, the UN High Commissioner for [...] Full text...
08 february 2023 - 10:04:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Wednesday reaffirmed his commitment to [...] Full text...
30 january 2023 - 05:29:19
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will in 2023 implement a progressive shift to needs-based [...] Full text...
25 january 2023 - 05:16:46
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a statement deploring the abduction of [...] Full text...
24 january 2023 - 13:27:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has expressed deep concern at the escalation of brutal attacks on [...] Full text...
24 january 2023 - 13:18:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for enhanced support for those recently displaced in Mali, [...] Full text...
22 january 2023 - 05:22:33
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$7.2 million from the [...] Full text...
13 january 2023 - 05:59:54
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Several United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in [...] Full text...
30 december 2022 - 12:28:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya, Georgette Gagnon, has called on the [...] Full text...
30 december 2022 - 05:33:02
Paris, France (PANA) - The UN educational, Scientific and cultural organisation Organisation (UNESCO) has expressed sadness at the death on Thursday [...] Full text...
28 december 2022 - 05:47:18
New York, US (PANA) - Despite strong evidence that human activity played a role in catastrophic weather events, and the [...] Full text...
26 december 2022 - 06:21:18
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some 100 million people were forced to leave their homes in 2022, the UN High Commissioner [...] Full text...
21 december 2022 - 05:32:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reiterated its opposition to the UK-Rwanda migration partnership [...] Full text...
12 december 2022 - 08:39:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The use by the EU's border agency, Frontex, of aerial surveillance to enable the Libyan Coast Guard [...] Full text...
12 december 2022 - 05:52:19
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says it has stepped up assistance to conflict-affected populations in Ethiopia’s [...] Full text...
08 december 2022 - 05:23:04
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Throughout South Sudan’s Greater Upper Nile Region “desperation is rising” as escalating armed conflict, which has [...] Full text...
06 december 2022 - 12:07:03
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - More than 80,000 people have arrived in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps, the majority arriving over the [...] Full text...
01 december 2022 - 13:34:15
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Unidentified armed individuals have attacked the gendarmerie and police stations in the town of Tougan, [...] Full text...
01 december 2022 - 13:11:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Nearly 120 people were evacuated on Wednesday on a charter flight from Libya to Italy, the [...] Full text...
30 november 2022 - 10:30:38
N’djamena, Chad (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have warned [...] Full text...
29 november 2022 - 11:24:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is warning of escalating humanitarian needs for displaced people [...] Full text...
27 november 2022 - 05:45:10
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Worsening socio-economic conditions, new and ongoing conflicts and humanitarian funding shortfalls are increasing the risk of [...] Full text...
25 november 2022 - 05:58:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As European Union (EU) interior ministers hold an extraordinary session of the Justice and Home Affairs [...] Full text...
19 november 2022 - 05:16:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has reiterated its call for a ban on forced returns to [...] Full text...
16 november 2022 - 12:38:35
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Without urgent investment in climate mitigation and adaptation, countries in the Sahel risk decades of armed [...] Full text...
08 november 2022 - 09:49:33
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is urging global leaders to curb the most devastating [...] Full text...
08 november 2022 - 09:34:57
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are urging [...] Full text...
05 november 2022 - 06:48:30
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Friday called for stronger political commitment and [...] Full text...
03 november 2022 - 14:01:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 174 asylum seekers have been evacuated from Libya to Niger, the United Nations [...] Full text...
28 october 2022 - 11:45:23
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is warning of surging needs for more than 3.4 million displaced [...] Full text...
26 october 2022 - 21:09:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The resident representative of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Mali, Mohamed Askia [...] Full text...
26 october 2022 - 06:23:52
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has called on global leaders to spare no efforts [...] Full text...
25 october 2022 - 13:41:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over recent months, funding shortfalls have forced UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to make cuts [...] Full text...
19 october 2022 - 18:37:41
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Cameroon, the cholera epidemic has resurfaced in the Far North region with three deaths [...] Full text...
19 october 2022 - 16:33:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A lack of global supply has prompted the international body which distributes oral cholera vaccines during [...] Full text...
19 october 2022 - 15:58:16
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 32 refugees, including children, were evacuated in a new operation organized by the [...] Full text...
14 october 2022 - 06:30:16
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees have set up [...] Full text...
11 october 2022 - 10:00:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it is alarmed by a surge of deadly [...] Full text...
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...
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...
27 september 2022 - 14:44:02
New York, US (PANA) - The UN General Assembly has confirmed Filippo Grandi of Italy as United Nations High Commissioner [...] Full text...
27 september 2022 - 14:38:14
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the governments of Zambia and the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...
25 september 2022 - 06:41:02
New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) [...] Full text...
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...
23 september 2022 - 11:54:18
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on Friday warned of "spiralling humanitarian needs" for refugees [...] Full text...
19 september 2022 - 14:53:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Monday assisted 29 refugees to leave Libya on flights [...] Full text...
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...
28 august 2022 - 05:21:50
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded a visit to the [...] Full text...
26 august 2022 - 18:45:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 19 refugees and asylum seekers, including children, were safely evacuated from Libya to [...] Full text...
24 august 2022 - 13:30:01
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) – Faced with a deteriorating nutrition situation in the Sahrawi refugee camps, including over 75 percent cuts [...] Full text...
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...
09 august 2022 - 13:27:17
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Ethiopian [...] Full text...
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...
27 july 2022 - 06:07:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday evacuated 85 vulnerable asylum seekers from Tripoli [...] Full text...
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...
21 july 2022 - 05:43:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Intergovernmental Authority on [...] Full text...
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...
17 july 2022 - 05:19:28
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) have signed [...] Full text...
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...
01 july 2022 - 15:59:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 95 asylum seekers and refugees were evacuated on Friday via a flight organized [...] Full text...
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...
27 june 2022 - 08:04:18
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has expressed "deep shock and [...] Full text...
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...
21 june 2022 - 22:37:17
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - On the occasion of World Refugee Day, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has called for [...] Full text...
21 june 2022 - 05:13:24
Abidjan, Core d'Ivoire (PANA) - The resolution of a civil conflict fuelled-displacement crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, that at its height [...] Full text...
20 june 2022 - 16:24:41
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Najla al-Mangouch said on World Refugee Day that [...] Full text...
17 june 2022 - 19:37:22
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - UN humanitarians in Burkina Faso on Friday appealed to the international community for help, after attacks by [...] Full text...
17 june 2022 - 14:17:05
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Amnesty International on Friday asked Commonwealth leaders to take a firm and clear stand against the UK’s [...] Full text...