Niger launches m-health initiative for better management of childhood diseases

31 march 2019 - 14:56:24
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Nigerien health authorities last week launched the pilot phase of the m-Health (mobile for Health) initiative [...] Full text...

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EU says it's unable to eliminate violations in Libya's migrant detention centres

28 march 2019 - 19:05:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The European Union (EU) Commission has recognised "its inability to act alone to eliminate violent practices [...] Full text...

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More children killed by unsafe water, than bullets, says UNICEF chief

22 march 2019 - 06:05:36
New York, US (PANA) - A lack of safe water, is far deadlier for children than war in more than [...] Full text...

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Cyclone Idai: Emergency getting ‘bigger by the hour’, warns WFP

19 march 2019 - 20:30:44
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The full scale of the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Idai in south-west Africa is becoming [...] Full text...

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Congo, UN sign new agreement for development aid

19 march 2019 - 19:53:57
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Planning, Statistics and Regional Integration, Olga Ingrid Eboucka-Babackas, and the United Nations [...] Full text...

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UNICEF gives Benin motorized boats to back vaccination coverage for children

19 march 2019 - 17:25:25
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The UN Child fund (UNICEF) is contributing to improve the vaccination and basic health care for [...] Full text...

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Birth registration in Cameroon declining

16 march 2019 - 16:35:48
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - According to the results of a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) survey in Cameroon, the birth [...] Full text...

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Some 260,000 children in DR Congo’s Kasai region suffering severe acute malnutrition

14 march 2019 - 06:51:22
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - More than a quarter of a million children in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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Benin to vaccinate more than five million children against measles, rubella

12 march 2019 - 09:36:59
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - More than five million children, aged between nine months and 14 years, are targeted by a [...] Full text...

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UN chief sends condolences to families of Malawi flood victims

12 march 2019 - 06:34:08
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has extended his condolences to the families of flood victims across [...] Full text...

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UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by Ethiopia Airlines plane crash

11 march 2019 - 05:28:03
New York, US (PANA) - UN  Secretary-General António Guterres says he is “deeply saddened at the tragic loss of lives”, in the [...] Full text...

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At least 23 people killed in Malawi flash floods this week

09 march 2019 - 20:03:40
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Heavy rains and floods have affected most parts of the Southern Region in Malawi, following the [...] Full text...

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Nigerian gov't says violence against children costs US$6.1 billion annually

07 march 2019 - 18:36:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government on Thursday put the economic impact of violence against children in the country [...] Full text...

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Some 6 million children to be vaccinated against meningitis in Niger

06 march 2019 - 11:32:10
Niamey, Niger (PANA) – Some six million children, aged between 1 and 7 years, will be vaccinated against meningitis A [...] Full text...

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Japan gives UN agencies in US$4.9 million to assist displaced populations

27 february 2019 - 10:26:23
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – The Japanese government on Tuesday gave Cameroon a financial aid of US$4.9 million for UN agencies [...] Full text...

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World Bank to help Benin reduce delay in child growth

26 february 2019 - 10:50:38
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The World Bank is to give Benin $50 million to help the country reduce the incidence [...] Full text...

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7 million face severe food insecurity in south Sudan, says UN

24 february 2019 - 20:49:59
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The United-Nations have warned that about seven million people in South Sudan live in severe [...] Full text...

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26th edition of FESPACO opens on Saturday in Burkina Faso

21 february 2019 - 20:58:38
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), one of the largest African film [...] Full text...

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UN rights experts ‘outraged’ at ongoing widespread rights violations in South Sudan

21 february 2019 - 05:34:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - United Nations investigators on Wednesday denounced a raft of gross human rights violations being perpetrated in [...] Full text...

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UNICEF builds new classrooms with recycled plastic in Côte d'Ivoire

20 february 2019 - 21:58:26
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has built nine new classrooms with recycled plastic for [...] Full text...

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UNICEF outlines key actions for fresh CAR peace deal to make real difference for children

19 february 2019 - 09:06:57
New York, US (PANA) - Hailing the recent peace agreement signed by 15 warring parties in the Central African Republic (CAR), [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso to commemorate 16th international FGMs zero tolerance day

14 february 2019 - 12:05:10
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The 16th international FGM zero tolerance day will be commemorated on 20 February in the [...] Full text...

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Thousands flee fresh violence in South Sudan, many ‘suffering from trauma’

13 february 2019 - 05:16:30
Juba, South Sudan (ANA) - The United Nations has said over the past few days thousands of desperate civilians have [...] Full text...

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South Africa to host the first continental conference on Learning through Play

12 february 2019 - 20:39:18
Abidjan, Côte d 'Ivoire (PANA) - The first Continental Conference on Learning through Play for Development skills in the 21st [...] Full text...

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Burkina president urges African leaders to fight against FGMs

11 february 2019 - 11:56:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Burkina Faso president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré on Monday urged African leaders to fight against [...] Full text...

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African continent ‘an example of solidarity’ towards migrants and refugees: UN chief

10 february 2019 - 05:31:07
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African nations are setting an example for richer countries when it comes to the [...] Full text...

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North-east Nigeria displacement crisis continues, warns UN

06 february 2019 - 06:04:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday that an upsurge in violent attacks in crisis-riven [...] Full text...

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UN launches 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan in Libya

05 february 2019 - 12:19:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations and the Libyan Government of National Accord on Tuesday launched the 2019 Humanitarian [...] Full text...

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WHO donates equipment to Benghazi Paediatric Hospital

02 february 2019 - 13:00:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated six incubators and a respiratory assistance device to Benghazi [...] Full text...

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Gambian First Lady Barrow launches child protection, nutrition project

31 january 2019 - 20:50:57
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – Gambian First Lady Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow Thursday launched the Nutrition and Protection for Children on the [...] Full text...

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Congo requested to host HIV/AIDS financing summit

30 january 2019 - 09:50:18
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Pan-African Parliament is appealing to the Republic of Congo to host April's HIV/AIDS financing summit, [...] Full text...

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UNICEF says Nigeria has second largest number of stunted children in the world

30 january 2019 - 09:23:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria has the second largest number of stunted children [...] Full text...

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Nearly US$4 billion needed to protect 41 million children from conflict and disaster - UNICEF

29 january 2019 - 22:50:06
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tens of millions of children living through conflict, disaster and other emergencies in dozens of countries [...] Full text...

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No Ebola virus cases recorded in Mali - health minister

29 january 2019 - 13:56:16
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - There is no basis for reports of Ebola cases in some localities in Mali, the country's [...] Full text...

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WHO deploys 4 medical teams in response to urgent needs of displaced Libyans

28 january 2019 - 09:48:21
Tripoli, Libya(PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed 4 specialised medical teams in some Libyan cities in response [...] Full text...

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Gambia launches nationwide meningitis campaign

24 january 2019 - 20:04:06
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW), in partnership with the United Nation Children Fund [...] Full text...

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UNHCR ready to extend social safety net for refugees, others in northern Congo

24 january 2019 - 09:32:04
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Congo says it is ready to [...] Full text...

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UNICEF stresses children’s protection ‘at all times’ amidst deaths, injuries in Sudan

24 january 2019 - 05:43:09
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Children are likely among the dead during a month of nationwide protests in Sudan with “scores” [...] Full text...

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Over 13 million Ivorian children vaccinated against measles, rubella

22 january 2019 - 17:20:22
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Over 13 million children, aged between nine months and 14 years, were vaccinated against measles [...] Full text...

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Insecurity forces 100,000 children out of school in Burkina Faso - UNICEF

21 january 2019 - 17:03:32
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Nearly 100,000 children are no longer in school in Burkina Faso, due to insecurity and [...] Full text...

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International meeting on HIV treatment in children underway in Dakar

16 january 2019 - 14:01:47
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A three-day high-level meeting on the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and universal coverage of [...] Full text...

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World ‘not yet on track’ to ensure children a better future: UN rights chief

14 january 2019 - 20:12:12
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some Member States have fallen short of offering a better future to children who continue to [...] Full text...

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Fertility rate declines in Niger

01 january 2019 - 11:40:10
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Fertility rate is declining in Niger, going down from 7.6 children to 6 children per woman, [...] Full text...

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On the first day of 2019, over 395,000 babies to be born worldwide: UNICEF

01 january 2019 - 08:24:22
New York, US (PANA) - As the calendar flips to 2019, about 395,072 babies will be born around the world, [...] Full text...

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Top CSOs condemn "incessant" attacks, criticisms of humanitarian bodies by Nigerian govt

18 december 2018 - 19:28:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s top civil society organisations (CSOs) on Tuesday warned President Muhammadu Buhari against the incessant [...] Full text...

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Buhari appeals to Amnesty International to 'scrutinise' its advocacy in Nigeria

18 december 2018 - 05:03:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – As relations between Nigeria and Amnesty International appears to sour by the day, President Muhammadu Buhari [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army calls for closure of Amnesty International's offices in Nigeria

17 december 2018 - 12:14:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Three days after the Nigerian Army accused the UN Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) of aiding Boko [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Army lifts suspension of UNICEF's activities in Boko Haram stronghold

15 december 2018 - 06:00:10
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Army has revered a controversial decision to suspend the activities of the UN children's [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International condemns Nigeria's suspension of UNICEF in Boko Haram stronghold

14 december 2018 - 22:11:10
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amnesty International has "strongly" condemned the Nigerian army’s suspension of the UN children's fund (UNICEF) from [...] Full text...

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Nigeria suspends UNICEF operations in terror-ravaged northeast zone

14 december 2018 - 18:19:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Military on Friday announced the suspension of activities of the UN Children's Emergency Fund [...] Full text...

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Congolese Parliament deploys 0.5% of its budget to fight against hunger

14 december 2018 - 14:18:51
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese parliament (National assembly and Senate) will grant 0.5% of its budget to the Congolese [...] Full text...

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Mali launches programme to return 250,000 children to school

14 december 2018 - 12:41:04
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali on Thursday launched a programme dubbed Inclusive Education Support Programme to help some 250,000 out-of-school [...] Full text...

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Better care, stronger laws needed to save 30 million babies on the brink of death - Report

13 december 2018 - 04:53:54
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 30 million babies are born too soon, too small or become sick, requiring specialised [...] Full text...

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UN pushes for universal health care on International Day

12 december 2018 - 22:29:48
New York, US (PANA) - Universal health care for all, leaving no one behind, by 2030: that’s the call going [...] Full text...

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UNICEF hails Marrackech global migration pact

11 december 2018 - 03:53:59
New York, US (PANA) - The UN children's fund (UNICEF) has hailed Monday's adoption in the Moroccan city of Marrakech [...] Full text...

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Libya adopts five-year reproductive health strategic plan

10 december 2018 - 11:35:22
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Health minister of the Libyan government of national accord recognised by the international community, Omar [...] Full text...

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Ahead of key UN-backed Marrakech migration conference, youth recount harrowing journeys

09 december 2018 - 07:14:34
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Paving the way to the key UN migration conference in Marrakech, Morocco, which it is hoped [...] Full text...

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UNICEF launches national immunization campaign in Libya

08 december 2018 - 12:53:56
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday launched a one-week national immunization campaign in Libya, [...] Full text...

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Rotary International grants 530 million CFA Francs to Mali to eradicate polio

04 december 2018 - 16:42:52
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Rotary International, through the World Health Organization (WHO), has granted 530 million CFA Francs to Mali [...] Full text...

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UN mission in South Sudan, UNICEF condemn ‘brutal’ sexual assaults on roads to Bentiu

04 december 2018 - 04:20:23
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) have [...] Full text...

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Armed groups threaten every child in Central African Republic, UNICEF warns

30 november 2018 - 04:35:21
Bangui, CAR (PANA) - A new study released by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) shows that the deteriorating crisis in [...] Full text...

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80 adolescents a day will still die of AIDS by 2030, despite slowdown in epidemic

29 november 2018 - 19:28:45
New York, US (PANA) - By 2030, around 80 adolescents will be dying of AIDS every day if “we don’t [...] Full text...

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‘Dire consequences’ for a million children in the Middle East, North Africa, as funding dwindles

28 november 2018 - 03:11:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amidst a US$33 million funding shortfall, plunging temperatures in the Middle East and North Africa pose [...] Full text...

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UNAIDS stresses 'knowledge' to win combat against HIV worldwide

23 november 2018 - 04:11:39
New York,US (PANA) - Ahead of World AIDS Day, marked every year on 1 December, the United Nations issued a [...] Full text...

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UNICEF urges Congolese parliamentarians to fight malnutrition

21 november 2018 - 11:18:35
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo's UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Representative, Micaela Marques de Sousa, has urged Congolese parliamentarians to be [...] Full text...

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Gambia scores well in latest World Bank, IMF and Freedom House Rankings

19 november 2018 - 14:32:35
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambian government has been favorably rated in almost all aspects of political and economic governance [...] Full text...

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UNICEF raises red flag on children suffering from severe acute malnutrition across Sahel

17 november 2018 - 08:49:32
New York, US (PANA) - More than 1.3 million children under five years of age in need of treatment for [...] Full text...

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Rights group urges Angola to suspend deportation of DRC refugees

15 november 2018 - 05:36:23
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Human rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch, on Thursday asked the Angolan government to immediately suspend [...] Full text...

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More countries partner to target ‘zero hunger’ in global south

03 november 2018 - 04:05:10
Changsha, China (PANA) - More than 20 countries committed to a new declaration on agricultural and rural development on Friday, [...] Full text...

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Alternative Learning and Skills Development Project launched in Tanzania (An AfDB Feature)

31 october 2018 - 12:57:15
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s alternative learning and skills development centers were constructed with African Development Fund (ADF) [...] Full text...

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80,000 youngsters at risk in DRC after forcible expulsion from Angola: UNICEF

30 october 2018 - 19:13:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Tens of thousands of children who have been forcibly returned from Angola to the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

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Rich economies not a promise of education equality, new report finds

30 october 2018 - 06:00:36
New York, US (PANA) - High national wealth does not guarantee equal access to a quality education, a new report [...] Full text...

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WHO charts course to achieve universal health coverage

25 october 2018 - 11:10:25
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Countries around the world on Thursday agreed to the Declaration of Astana, vowing to strengthen their [...] Full text...

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Global health organizations commit to new ways of working together for greater impact

17 october 2018 - 05:27:09
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Eleven heads of the world’s leading health and development organizations on Tuesday signed a landmark commitment [...] Full text...

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UN chief ‘appalled’ by killing of aid worker in Nigeria; calls for release of remaining hostages

17 october 2018 - 04:53:50
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General strongly condemned on Tuesday the killing of an aid worker from [...] Full text...

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Nigeria condemns killing of another aid worker by Boko Haram

16 october 2018 - 08:20:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government has said it is shocked and saddened at the killing of another aid [...] Full text...

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WHO calls crisis meeting over deadly Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

16 october 2018 - 05:00:42
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called an Emergency Committee meeting on [...] Full text...

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ICRC appeals for release of its staff under threat of Boko Haram execution

15 october 2018 - 12:03:16
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has made an urgent public appeal to the [...] Full text...

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80% of children in DRC Ebola-affected areas return to school - UNICEF

15 october 2018 - 02:45:13
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – One month after the beginning of the school year, 80 per cent of school-aged children have [...] Full text...

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Armed group in northeast Nigeria release 833 children

12 october 2018 - 20:05:41
Maiduguri, Nigeria (PANA) – UNICEF, the UN children's fund, has welcomed the release of 833 children from the ranks of [...] Full text...

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Girls are saying no to FGM, need political champions (A feature by UNFPA)

10 october 2018 - 13:29:06
New York, US (PANA) – “When I was young, I did not want to be cut,” said Aissata Camara, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's out of school children rises from 10.5 to 13.2million

04 october 2018 - 17:01:46
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A survey has shown that the population of out of school children in Nigeria has risen [...] Full text...

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UN event sheds light on child sexual abuse and exploitation

04 october 2018 - 06:46:08
New York, US (PANA) - Governments can and must do more to end the daily sexual abuse and exploitation of [...] Full text...

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UNICEF teams up with DRC Ebola survivors to help stop spread

01 october 2018 - 06:44:52
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Recent survivors of the Ebola virus and the UN children's fund (UNICEF) are partnering to help [...] Full text...

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South Sudan’s ‘relentless conflict’ leaves almost 60 per cent suffering desperate food crisis

29 september 2018 - 10:59:42
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - “Relentless conflict” in South Sudan has now left more than six million people facing crisis [...] Full text...

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Violence and displacement in Ebola-hit DR Congo threatens humanitarian response

28 september 2018 - 16:09:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Increasing violence in Ebola-affected areas of north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is threatening the [...] Full text...

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UNICEF, Microsoft strike new partnership on education of displaced, refugee children

27 september 2018 - 10:27:11
New York, US (PANA) – UNICEF, the UN children's fund, on Wednesday launched a new partnership with Microsoft Corp. to [...] Full text...

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African leaders, WB, and partners catalyze action to ensure digital ID for everyone by 2030

25 september 2018 - 19:53:42
New York, US (PANA) - African leaders, the World Bank Group, the United Nations, and other development partners met [...] Full text...

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India to host global sanitation conference

25 september 2018 - 13:44:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ministers and sanitation sector leaders from around the world will come together this month at the [...] Full text...

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UN chief launches bold new strategy for young people ‘to lead’

25 september 2018 - 07:05:19
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General launched a new partnership strategy with the world’s 1.8 billion young [...] Full text...

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Refugee and migrant children arriving on Greek Islands up by one-third in 2018 - UNICEF

24 september 2018 - 06:43:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The number of refugee and migrant children who arrived on the Greek Islands between January and [...] Full text...

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155 children left orphaned or separated from their parents in DRC’s latest Ebola outbreak - UNICEF

22 september 2018 - 12:48:12
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – UNB children's fund, UNICEF, and its partners have so far identified 155 children who have been [...] Full text...

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World leaders unite to provide quality education, training for young people

21 september 2018 - 10:06:26
New York, US (PANA) - World leaders will launch a new partnership to get every young person into quality education, [...] Full text...

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A third of world’s out-of-school youth live in conflict, disaster-affected countries: UNICEF report

19 september 2018 - 18:38:23
New York, US (PANA) - Childhood is a time for growth, a time for school. But conflict or disaster are [...] Full text...

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President Lungu orders probe into misappropriation of donor aid funds

18 september 2018 - 17:49:24
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has given Secretary to the Cabinet Roland Msiska one week to take [...] Full text...

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Mbow, Keino to receive World Children's Awards

18 september 2018 - 14:55:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Senegal's Ama Mbow and Phyllis Keino of Kenya are among the five champions of children's causes, [...] Full text...

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UK confirms cutting funding to Zambia over alleged corruption

18 september 2018 - 14:47:09
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The British Government has confirmed that it has frozen all funding to the Zambian Government, following [...] Full text...

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Somewhere, every five seconds, a child under-15 dies: new UN report

18 september 2018 - 05:28:23
New York, US (PANA) - Around 6.3 million children under the age of 15, died from mostly preventable causes last [...] Full text...

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Top UN official in Nigeria condemns killing of abducted aid worker

18 september 2018 - 05:21:17
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, on Monday condemned the killing of [...] Full text...

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New cases of deadly Ebola virus in DR Congo, as UN steps up response

15 september 2018 - 06:05:52
Butembo, DR Congo (PANA) - In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), the UN has stepped up community-based [...] Full text...

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Global hunger continues to rise, new UN report says

11 september 2018 - 11:27:59
Rome, Italy (PANA) - New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, [...] Full text...

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Displacement of civilians in Mali spikes due to armed conflict - NRC

10 september 2018 - 05:56:09
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Close to 50,000 people have fled their homes in northern and central Mali, so far this [...] Full text...

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‘Children’s crisis’ in South Sudan must be addressed, says top UN official

08 september 2018 - 05:22:01
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Virginia Gamba, the United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, on Friday called [...] Full text...

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Half of world’s teens experience peer violence in and around school – UNICEF

06 september 2018 - 06:04:38
New York, US (PANA) – Half of students aged 13 to 15 worldwide – around 150 million – report having [...] Full text...

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Education at risk for more than 3.5 million school-aged children in Lake Chad Basin - UNICEF

04 september 2018 - 07:52:47
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Ongoing conflict, displacement and fear of attacks on schools is putting the education of more than [...] Full text...

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Lake Chad crisis is not over, says UN relief chief

04 september 2018 - 06:46:18
Berlin, Germany (PAN A) - Despite improvements in the humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad region, millions continue to remain [...] Full text...

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Act now to save children from rise in climate-driven extreme weather – UNICEF

02 september 2018 - 06:40:41
New York, US (PANA) - Governments are being pressed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to act now to [...] Full text...

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As children in Ebola-affected areas of DR Congo head back to school, UNICEF ramps up support

29 august 2018 - 06:41:28
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gears up for the upcoming academic year [...] Full text...

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Lack of access to clean water, toilets puts children’s education at risk, says UN

28 august 2018 - 06:30:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of children are going to school without basic hygiene facilities, and the goal of universal [...] Full text...

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UN must stand together to fight devastating effects of tobacco – UN health official

23 august 2018 - 05:57:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - United Nations agencies must join forces at the policy level and refuse interference from tobacco companies [...] Full text...

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Human Rights Watch 'deeply saddened' by passing of Kofi Annan

20 august 2018 - 02:19:05
New York, US (PANA) - Human Rights Watch says it is deeply saddened by the passing of former United Nations [...] Full text...

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Child victims of DRC Ebola outbreak need ‘special attention and care’ - UNICEF

18 august 2018 - 06:05:21
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - An ongoing deadly Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the [...] Full text...

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Children ‘should never be targeted by violence’ - UN

18 august 2018 - 05:23:36
New York, US (PANA) - Reacting to a recent upsurge in violent attacks affecting children, Virginia Gamba, the Special Representative [...] Full text...

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Conflict zones could constitute ‘hiding places’ for Ebola virus – WHO chief

14 august 2018 - 19:57:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Following a two-day mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Head of the World Health [...] Full text...

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UNICEF mobilises communication specialists to support Ebola vaccination campaign in DRC

13 august 2018 - 06:44:37
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Following the launch of the vaccination campaign against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) by the Government [...] Full text...

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Medical charity launches emergency response to treat severely malnourished children in Chadian capital

12 august 2018 - 07:25:39
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Endemic in the region, acute malnutrition affects not only the rural provinces of the Sahel strip. [...] Full text...

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'Mauritius committed to promote breastfeeding'

08 august 2018 - 07:42:35
Port-Louis, Mauritius, (PANA) - Mauritian Health and Quality of Life Minister Dr Anwar Husnoo has said that the government is [...] Full text...

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More children released from South Sudanese armed groups - UNICEF

08 august 2018 - 06:49:02
Yambio, South Sudan (PANA) – More than 100 children were released by two armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday, [...] Full text...

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UNICEF mobilises staff, supplies to help with response to new DRC Ebola outbreak

06 august 2018 - 06:27:31
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Following last Wednesday's announcement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) [...] Full text...

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AfDB calls for greater push for breastfeeding to jumpstart wellbeing of future generation

03 august 2018 - 13:38:10
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - As World Breastfeeding Week is being celebrated this week, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has [...] Full text...

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Guterres urges gov'ts to step up protection for most vulnerable from human trafficking

31 july 2018 - 05:58:49
New York, US (PANA) - Marking World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the United Nations has shed light on the [...] Full text...

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UNICEF reiterates importance of breastfeeding to save newborn lives

31 july 2018 - 05:42:46
New York, US (PANA) - Three-in-five babies, mostly born in low- and middle-income countries, are not breastfed within the first [...] Full text...

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Children account for nearly one-third of identified trafficking victims globally - UNICEF

30 july 2018 - 06:23:36
New York, US (PANA) - Approximately 28 per cent of identified victims of trafficking globally are children, UNICEF and the [...] Full text...

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Medical charity opens emergency nutrition programme in Chadian capital

28 july 2018 - 07:56:17
N’Djamena, Chad (PANA) - Medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has opened a therapeutic feeding centre in partnership with the [...] Full text...

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UNICEF raises US$10 million for 9th Ebola epidemic

26 july 2018 - 20:41:09
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The UN Childrens' Fund (UNICEF) said it raised more than US$10 million, including funds from [...] Full text...

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Ending marginalization of persons with disabilities ‘a matter of justice’, UN-backed summit told

25 july 2018 - 06:59:28
London, UK (PANA) - Inclusive education, economic empowerment and technological innovations were the focus of discussion on Tuesday as world [...] Full text...

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Gov't, separatists abuse civilians in Cameroon's Anglophone region - Rights group says

20 july 2018 - 06:47:08
New York, US (PANA) – Government security forces and armed separatists have committed grave abuses against residents of Cameroon’s Anglophone [...] Full text...

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Alarming lack of funding claims lives, warns humanitarian organisation

18 july 2018 - 07:04:18
London, UK (PANA) - A humanitarian charity is warning that half way into the year, humanitarian organizations have only received [...] Full text...

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UNICEF says record number of children vaccinated in 2017

16 july 2018 - 19:52:19
New York, US (PANA) - A record 123 million children were immunized globally in 2017, according to data released on [...] Full text...

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Security Council urges countries to factor child protection into conflict prevention efforts

10 july 2018 - 06:05:13
New York, US (PANA) - Countries have been urged to mainstream child protection into the policies they introduce aimed at [...] Full text...

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UNICEF welcomes release of children suspected of Boko Haram ties

09 july 2018 - 17:31:38
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – UN Children's agency, UNICEF, on Monday welcomed the release of 183 children from Nigerian Armed Forces, [...] Full text...

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Three-quarters of South Sudanese children have known nothing but war, says UNICEF

08 july 2018 - 06:27:21
New York, US (PANA) - Since South Sudan became the world's youngest country in 2011, 2.6 million of the 3.4 [...] Full text...

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UNICEF mourns aid worker shot dead in South Sudan

05 july 2018 - 19:26:32
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children's fund on Thursday expressed deeply sadness at the death of an aid [...] Full text...

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'Mental health needs of children, young people in conflict need to be prioritised'

05 july 2018 - 15:45:21
Berlin, Germany (PANA) – More action is needed to address the devastating impact of prolonged conflicts on the mental health [...] Full text...

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UN agencies welcome EU migration deal

30 june 2018 - 09:54:46
Geneva, 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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UNICEF says 2017 was a record year for procurement of emergency supplies for children

28 june 2018 - 06:20:46
News York, US (PANA) - As famine, droughts, conflict and malnutrition threatened the survival of millions in 2017, the [...] Full text...

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UNICEF urges protection of children in migration issues

24 june 2018 - 04:25:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Ahead of the European Council’s upcoming meetings on asylum and migration on Sunday in Brussels, the [...] Full text...

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Some 30 million children forcibly displaced by conflict

20 june 2018 - 08:24:31
New York, US (PANA) – There are now more children forcibly displaced by conflict – an estimated 30 million – [...] Full text...

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IMF has large brain and tiny conscience, says UN poverty expert calling for urgent change

19 june 2018 - 17:47:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has a “tiny conscience” and must do more to protect low-income [...] Full text...

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UNICEF 'relieved' migrant ship docks in Valencia

17 june 2018 - 20:11:01
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UNICEF, the UN children's fund, has expressed relief that migrants who had been rescued from the [...] Full text...

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Belgium gives FAO 2 million euros to help farmers in Africa, Gaza

14 june 2018 - 06:54:07
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it is further developing a monitoring, early-warning and [...] Full text...

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UNICEF urges all countries to provide ‘Super Dads’ with paid leave

14 june 2018 - 05:42:36
New York, US (PANA) - Almost two-thirds of the world’s children under the age of one live in countries where [...] Full text...

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2018 FIFA WC: Can hosts Russia withstand the pressure as Russia 2018 begins (Asks Vincent Obi, PANA Editor)

13 june 2018 - 12:36:54
Moscow, Russia (PANA) - In just over 24 hours from now, the 2018 edition of football's biggest party, the FIFA [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram's activities force thousands of children out of school in Cameroon

12 june 2018 - 08:04:09
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Boko Haram’s violence and armed counter-offensives have prevented thousands of children from receiving an education in [...] Full text...

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From drought to floods in Somalia; displacement and hunger worsen, says UN

09 june 2018 - 07:44:14
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - After four consecutive poor rainy seasons that brought Somalia to the brink of famine, the country [...] Full text...

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Fathers are one of the best, yet most underutilised child development resources – UNICEF

07 june 2018 - 04:09:06
New York, US (PANA) – As Father’s Day is celebrated across nearly 90 countries this month, UNICEF on Thursday launched [...] Full text...

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More than 300,000 people reached with awareness-raising campaign on Ebola in DRC - UNICEF

06 june 2018 - 04:48:54
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Since the start of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the [...] Full text...

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Sweden supports drought-stricken farmers and herders in the Sahel

31 may 2018 - 09:59:31
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Sweden, through the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), will support drought-stricken farmers and herders [...] Full text...

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Ebola vaccine provides protection, hope for high-risk communities in DRC (Feature by WHO Africa Region)

31 may 2018 - 07:08:33
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - It’s been ten days since Jean René (not his real name) lost his brother to Ebola [...] Full text...

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Children in Mali bear heaviest brunt of conflict - UNICEF chief says

30 may 2018 - 09:22:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - As the security situation in Mali continues to worsen, children are being denied the opportunity [...] Full text...

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Guterres honours dedication and sacrifice of UN peacekeepers

29 may 2018 - 20:14:50
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday attended a ceremony at the base of UN peacekeepers [...] Full text...

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Children must be at heart of response to Ebola outbreak in DRC – UNICEF

28 may 2018 - 02:38:11
Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – Children continue to be at risk and are affected by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the [...] Full text...

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Death of Ebola patients who fled DRC hospital highlights dangers - WHO

27 may 2018 - 05:26:34
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The escape of three patients infected with the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...

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WHO supports Ebola vaccination of high risk populations in DR Congo

21 may 2018 - 15:07:40
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the support of the World Health [...] Full text...

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UNICEF mobilises community workers to fight DR Congo Ebola

19 may 2018 - 04:41:53
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Scaling up in response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...] Full text...

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UNAIDS urges scaling up of HIV vaccine research to stop new infections (A UNAIDS feature)

18 may 2018 - 13:30:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As the world celebrates "HIV Vaccine Awareness Day" on 18 May, UNAIDS has called for an [...] Full text...

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Hundreds of children released by armed groups in South Sudan - UNICEF

18 may 2018 - 04:30:42
Pibor, South Sudan (PANA) – More than 200 children were released by armed groups in South Sudan on Thursday, the [...] Full text...

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UNICEF denounces attacks on children in Burundi

16 may 2018 - 07:45:58
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The UN children's fund (UNICEF) has denounced an attack that killed more than 25 people including [...] Full text...

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UNICEF chief calls for a halt to attacks on children

15 may 2018 - 05:45:47
New York, US (PANA) – The Executive Director of UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), Henrietta H. Fore, has called for an [...] Full text...

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WHO chief visits Ebola affected area in DR Congo

14 may 2018 - 08:36:33
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday visited the town of [...] Full text...

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UNICEF calls for urgent protection of children in CAR

14 may 2018 - 08:04:57
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - A dramatic increase in violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) in the first [...] Full text...

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UN says ready for 'all scenarios' in DR Congo Ebola outbreak

11 may 2018 - 18:28:39
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The chances of the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) spreading [...] Full text...

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Children ‘are dying’ now in DRC’s Kasai from malnutrition, warns UNICEF

11 may 2018 - 16:05:56
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - About 400,000 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “are at risk of [...] Full text...

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UNICEF calls for narrowing of 'breastfeeding gaps' between rich and poor

10 may 2018 - 05:51:46
New York, UN (PANA) – As the world celebrates Mother's Day this weekend, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) is calling [...] Full text...

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Mental health ‘neglected issue’ but key to achieving Global Goals, say UN chiefs

04 may 2018 - 05:27:25
London, UK (PANA) - Mental health remains one of the most neglected global health issues, even though it is critical [...] Full text...

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UN agencies urge global action as drought looms over Sahel region

04 may 2018 - 05:07:35
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - United Nations agencies have urged greater international support to stave off severe food insecurity in western [...] Full text...

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Vitamin A deficiency puts 140 million children at risk of illness and death – UNICEF

02 may 2018 - 22:26:33
New York, US (PANA) - More than 140 million children are at greater risk of illness, hearing loss, blindness and [...] Full text...

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Ten aid workers missing in South Sudan

26 april 2018 - 14:09:45
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Ten aid workers have gone missing outside South Sudan’s Yei town in Central Equatoria [...] Full text...

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Millions of children still missing out on routine immunizations – UNICEF

25 april 2018 - 04:57:57
New York, US (PANA) - At the start of World Immunization Week , the United Nations on Tuesday said that [...] Full text...

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UN hails release of more than 200 child soldiers in South Sudan

18 april 2018 - 22:51:07
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Two hundred and seven child soldiers have been released by armed groups in South Sudan, [...] Full text...

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More than 1,000 children in northeastern Nigeria abducted by Boko Haram since 2013 - UNICEF

13 april 2018 - 11:25:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Since 2013, more than 1,000 children have been abducted by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, including [...] Full text...

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UN advises hospitals to help mothers breastfeed

11 april 2018 - 22:38:04
New York, US (PANA) - Breastfeeding within the first hour of birth protects newborns from infections and saves lives, United [...] Full text...

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UN-backed campaign to protect nearly a billion people in Africa from yellow fever by 2026

10 april 2018 - 22:27:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Amid a resurgence of yellow fever outbreaks, the United Nations together with partners, has begun an [...] Full text...

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Rights group says Mauritania's administrative obstacles keep children from School

29 march 2018 - 09:40:16
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Mauritania’s national civil registration process is preventing some children from attending public school and taking mandatory [...] Full text...

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UN forum examines role partnerships play in tackling global migration challenge

26 march 2018 - 22:32:39
New York, US (PANA) - Partnerships at local, national, regional and international levels are crucial to ensuring global migration is [...] Full text...

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UNICEF welcomes release of Dapchi schoolgirls

22 march 2018 - 06:14:31
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the release of more than 100 schoolgirls who were [...] Full text...

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UN Agencies call for stronger action to achieve equal nationality rights for all

16 march 2018 - 06:43:07
New York, US (PANA) — UN Women, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have called [...] Full text...

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Measles campaign aims to protect drought-hit communities in Somalia

12 march 2018 - 17:58:23
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – A measles vaccination campaign has been launched in Somalia in response to several months of drought, [...] Full text...

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Over 500,000 ‘uncounted’ children live in countries unable to measure their dev't progress – UNICEF

07 march 2018 - 07:01:53
New York, US (PANA) - Latest data on development progress for children reveals that more than half a billion live [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council condemns attack on education workers in CAR

07 march 2018 - 06:51:25
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday denounced an attack against education workers that killed [...] Full text...

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Child marriage numbers drop, but still ‘a long way to go’ to end practice – UNICEF

06 march 2018 - 18:49:02
New York, US (PANA) - Although the prevalence of child marriage is decreasing worldwide, action will need to be stepped [...] Full text...

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Buhari condemns Boko Haram killing of 4 UN workers in Northeast Nigeria

02 march 2018 - 19:53:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Four UN aid workers were killed in a Thursday night attack by Boko Haram insurgents in [...] Full text...

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14% of newborns at risk of brain damage every year due to iodine deficiency – UN

01 march 2018 - 19:40:37
New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 19 million babies born globally every year – 14 per cent – are at [...] Full text...

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UN official calls Sudanese rivals to strengthen efforts on child protection

01 march 2018 - 18:57:45
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict has expressed satisfaction at [...] Full text...

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Nearly two-thirds of South Sudan at risk of rising hunger - UN agencies warn

26 february 2018 - 13:05:17
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - More than 7 million people in South Sudan - almost two-thirds of the population - [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone maximizes protection of children against polio

24 february 2018 - 09:12:34
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone on Friday officially introduced injectable polio vaccine (or IPV) into its routine immunization [...] Full text...

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Rights group says detained children face abuse in Somalia

21 february 2018 - 17:44:18
Washington, DC., US (PANA) – Somali authorities are unlawfully detaining and at times prosecuting in military courts children with alleged [...] Full text...

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About 28 million children were living in forced displacement in 2016, but figure could be higher

15 february 2018 - 16:23:10
New York, US (PANA) – Gaps in data covering refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and internally displaced populations are endangering the [...] Full text...

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More than 5,000 child soldiers released in 2017, but tens of thousands still being used in conflict - UN

12 february 2018 - 21:29:57
New York, US (PANA) - The global commitment to end the use of children in armed conflict led to the [...] Full text...

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More than 300 child soldiers released by armed groups in South Sudan – UN mission

07 february 2018 - 22:15:52
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) – Some 300 child soldiers, including 87 girls, were formally released by armed groups in South [...] Full text...

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Gambian VP says FGM not Islamic

07 february 2018 - 14:52:43
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) Gambian Vice President Aja Fatoumata Tambajang Jallow, has told an international forum on female genital mutilation (FGM) [...] Full text...

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Brave women, girls take a stand against FGM (A UNFPA feature)

07 february 2018 - 07:02:13
New York, US (PANA) - On the occasion of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), [...] Full text...

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Working towards zero tolerance for female genital mutilation in Sudan (A WHO Feature)

07 february 2018 - 06:38:05
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Nine years ago, one community in Sudan decided to follow the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations [...] Full text...

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‘Protect children and their digital footprint,’ urges UNICEF

07 february 2018 - 05:44:24
New York, US (PANA) – Every half a second, every day, a child goes online for the first time – [...] Full text...

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Rights group says South Sudan warring parties break promises on child soldiers

06 february 2018 - 05:57:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – South Sudanese armed forces and armed opposition groups have continued to recruit child soldiers and force [...] Full text...

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World ‘failing to stop the war on children,’ says top UNICEF official

05 february 2018 - 20:30:23
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Describing January as “a dark month” in crisis-torn Middle East and North Africa, the United Nations [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso aims to reduce FGM prevalence rate by 20% in 2020

05 february 2018 - 18:54:26
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - As a result of concerted action by the government of Burkina Faso, in collaboration with [...] Full text...

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Conflicts, disaster forcing 59 million young people into illiteracy – UNICEF study

31 january 2018 - 15:53:04
New York, US (PANA) – Nearly three in ten young people between the ages of 15 and 19 living in [...] Full text...

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Millions of children in crisis zones face 'bleak future' - UNICEF warns

30 january 2018 - 19:18:56
New York, US (PANA) – Children are the most vulnerable when conflict or disaster causes the collapse of essential services [...] Full text...

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Hunger in conflict zones continues to intensify - says joint FAO-WFP report

29 january 2018 - 15:33:27
Rome, Italy (PANA) - Food insecurity in conflict-stricken countries continues to deteriorate, as humanitarian efforts to provide affected communities with [...] Full text...

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