Humanitarian aid reaches children in Blue Nile first time in almost two years
27 november 2024 - 18:45:23Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in nearly two years of bitter fighting in Sudan, a humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - For the first time in nearly two years of bitter fighting in Sudan, a humanitarian [...] Full text...
US Special: Burhan decisions positive
26 november 2024 - 15:30:52Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, has described as positive the decisions of the [...] Full text...
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UN welcomes Sudanese govt's decision to open new corridors for aid delivery
26 november 2024 - 10:19:01Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) –The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian [...] Full text...
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2024 deadliest year ever for aid workers, UN humanitarian office reports
23 november 2024 - 05:02:54Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The death toll of humanitarian workers in 2024 has become the “deadliest on record”, with 281 [...] Full text...
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Gaza aid delivery ‘grinding to a halt’ alongside rampant insecurity
22 november 2024 - 07:02:54Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - The delivery of life-saving aid across Gaza “is grinding to a halt” amid a surge [...] Full text...
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence minister Yoav Gallant
21 november 2024 - 14:54:03The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in its composition for the [...] Full text...
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Acute hunger stalks one in four people in DR Congo, warn aid agencies
21 november 2024 - 13:59:34Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - UN humanitarians warned on Thursday that one in four people in the Democratic Republic of [...] Full text...
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US vetoes Gaza ceasefire resolution at Security Council
21 november 2024 - 05:11:02New York, US (PANA) - The United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution that demanded an [...] Full text...
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ICRC: Community kitchens bring vital food relief to thousands in North Darfur as humanitarian conditions worsen
19 november 2024 - 16:14:35Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Thousands of people in North Darfur, Sudan, have started to receive hot meals as hostilities [...] Full text...
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U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan travels to Sudan, Djibouti, Italy
18 november 2024 - 20:45:07Washington, DC, US (PANA) - U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello travelled to Port Sudan on Monday for a [...] Full text...
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New UN relief chief, Tom Fletcher, takes office
18 november 2024 - 20:36:02New York, US (PANA) - Tom Fletcher, UN’s new chief of humanitarian affairs, took office on Monday, pledging to defend [...] Full text...
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Sudan to allow continuation of relief flow through Chad crossing point
13 november 2024 - 15:12:53Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The Sudanese government on Wednesday extended the opening of Adre Border Crossing, an inlet linking Sudan [...] Full text...
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Sudan: Allies of warring generals ‘enabling the slaughter,’ Security Council hears
12 november 2024 - 18:29:44New York, US (PANA) - The people of Sudan face an ever-deepening crisis as the relentless war between rival militaries [...] Full text...
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IMF, Zambia strike deal on 4th review of Extended Credit Facility
12 november 2024 - 11:49:13Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The lingering effects of drought have hit Zambia's economic landscape harder than anticipated, with reduced agricultural [...] Full text...
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Sudan rejects US envoy's accusations on relief delivery
08 november 2024 - 10:06:22Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has rejected accusations of the US Envoy to Sudan, Tom Perriello, that the authorities [...] Full text...
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COP 29: Richer countries must commit to pay at COP29 as climate change forcibly displaces millions across Africa
04 november 2024 - 11:31:56Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - With millions of people already displaced by climate change disasters in Africa, the richer countries most [...] Full text...
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UNRWA is 'indispensable' in delivering urgent, life-saving assistance: UNICEF
31 october 2024 - 11:17:56New York, US (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has criticised last Monday's vote by the Israeli Knesset banning [...] Full text...
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US condemns militia attacks against Sudanese civilians
30 october 2024 - 15:11:45Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The United States on Wednesday issued a statement condemning in the strongest terms recent attacks [...] Full text...
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Israeli Knesset vote on UNRWA set to deepen Palestinian suffering
29 october 2024 - 09:44:41New York, US (PANA) - Monday’s vote by the Israeli Knesset banning the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) contradicts [...] Full text...
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In Sudan, once more sports transcend all tragedies, bring hope to people
29 october 2024 - 05:56:39Sport report by Mohamed Osman AdamPort Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- It was a whistle that I could never forget, six months [...] Full text...
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Girls’ rights, fragility, and the future: World Bank Blog By Doreen Kibuka-Musoke and Tim Agaba Baroraho
28 october 2024 - 07:19:09Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - There is reason to have celebrated the International Day of the Girl this month. On average, [...] Full text...
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US Administration decides continuation of sanctions against Sudan
26 october 2024 - 16:52:58Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - United States President Joe Biden has announced Continuation of the National Emergency with respect to [...] Full text...
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Intense bombardments, mass displacements and lack of access in northern Gaza force the postponement of polio vaccination campaign
23 october 2024 - 13:22:38Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) --Due to the escalating violence, intense bombardment, mass displacement orders, and lack of assured humanitarian pauses across [...] Full text...
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WFP delivers life-saving aid to one million people in Burkina Faso
23 october 2024 - 06:36:56Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has reached a significant milestone in its humanitarian response [...] Full text...
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Guterres ‘unequivocally condemns’ continued civilian deaths in Gaza
22 october 2024 - 05:25:35New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday condemned the “continued and widespread” loss of life [...] Full text...
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UN rights office raises alarm over relentless Israeli attacks in north Gaza
21 october 2024 - 17:40:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed growing alarm over Israel’s military operations in northern [...] Full text...
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Sudanese govt lists 6 airports, 7 land crossing points for delivery of relief items
19 october 2024 - 14:52:50Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese government on Friday said it has opened five Sudanese airports, in addition to Port [...] Full text...
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Senior official underscores UN support for Somalia
19 october 2024 - 05:54:38Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The UN political affairs chief concluded a two-day visit to Somalia on Friday where she reaffirmed [...] Full text...
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UN chief proposes $3.6 billion budget for 2025, highlighting peace, development and reforms
17 october 2024 - 05:13:57New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday presented a $3.6 billion budget proposal for programmes in 2025, [...] Full text...
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Korea contributes US$2.5 million to assist displaced populations in Sudan
15 october 2024 - 11:00:28Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA)- The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Monday said it has received a contribution of US$2.5 million [...] Full text...
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Gaza food aid levels at ‘breaking point’
12 october 2024 - 06:59:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Aid entering the Gaza Strip is at its lowest level in months, and both the north [...] Full text...
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New law by Israel blocking UNRWA ‘would be a catastrophe’, Guterres warns
09 october 2024 - 05:28:57New York, US (PANA) - Two bills before the Israeli Parliament could put a halt to the lifesaving operations of [...] Full text...
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Gazans in the north trapped with nowhere to go, as fighting intensifies
08 october 2024 - 05:29:09New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians have warned that conditions in northern Gaza are deteriorating rapidly, with over 400,000 [...] Full text...
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‘Orphanage city’ helps children in Gaza as the war grinds on (Feature by UN News)
06 october 2024 - 05:57:14Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - Some Palestinian orphans in Gaza have gotten a glimmer of hope as the tragedies triggered [...] Full text...
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Strengthening coastal resilience in Senegal: Vital issue for the people of Saint-Louis: World Bank Blog By Sokhna Ba and Seydina Alioune Djigo
03 october 2024 - 07:50:28Saint-Louis, Senegal (PANA) - Khady Beye Sene cannot hide her satisfaction: after losing her home to coastal erosion in 2018, [...] Full text...
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UN issues Public Health Situation Analysis (PHSA) on Hostilities in occupied Palestinian territory
28 september 2024 - 08:00:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Although Gaza has suffered previous escalations, the current war stands out as unprecedented in the scale [...] Full text...
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Sudan crisis: Top ministers meet in New York in call for concerted action
26 september 2024 - 05:46:56New York, US (PANA) - With war raging in Sudan and no end in sight to the catastrophic hunger crisis [...] Full text...
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World Economic Forum: Chief economists point to stabilising outlook but warn on debt and political polarisation
25 september 2024 - 12:01:52Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Easing inflation and strong global commerce are fuelling cautious optimism for recovery but elevated debt levels [...] Full text...
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Showing resolve amid crisis: Guterres highlights UN impact in annual report
20 september 2024 - 06:35:28New York, US (PANA) - In a time marked by escalating global crises – from rising poverty to the worsening [...] Full text...
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UNAIDS: Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives
20 september 2024 - 06:05:03New York, US (PANA) - A report by UNAIDS has detailed how debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending [...] Full text...
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Sudan: UN urges immediate action to stop fighting in El Fasher
19 september 2024 - 05:51:06New York, US (PANA) - A sharp escalation in fighting in Sudan’s El Fasher, along with ongoing clashes between rival [...] Full text...
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UN agencies assist families affected by floods in Nigeria
18 september 2024 - 04:30:59Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - UN agencies and their humanitarian partners are providing life-saving relief to families in Nigeria who lost [...] Full text...
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More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN official tells Security Council
17 september 2024 - 06:50:29New York, US (PANA) - Not enough progress is being made in getting desperately needed aid and commercial goods into [...] Full text...
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WHO chief hails ‘massive success’ of polio campaign in Gaza amid tragic reality
14 september 2024 - 07:10:05Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Around 560,000 children under-10 have been successfully vaccinated against polio during the first round of an [...] Full text...
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Gaza war continues to shut hundreds of thousands out of class
10 september 2024 - 05:23:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Monday would have marked the start of the new school year in Gaza, but the ongoing [...] Full text...
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Sudanese Government rejects UN fact-finding mission's recommendations
08 september 2024 - 18:32:59Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Sunday rejected a report by a UN Fact-Finding Commission, saying it was politically [...] Full text...
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160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza
07 september 2024 - 05:36:15Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - More than 160,000 children were vaccinated in southern Gaza on Thursday, the first day of a [...] Full text...
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Strengthening fiscal resilience in small states: World Bank Blog By Sam Hill and Jeetendra Khadan
04 september 2024 - 12:05:32Washington DC, United states (PANA) - Small states, those with a population of 1.5 million or less, face significant fiscal [...] Full text...
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UN provides emergency cash injection for global crisis hotspots
31 august 2024 - 07:37:39New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s top relief official on Friday allocated $100 million from the Organization’s Central Emergency [...] Full text...
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UN food agency halts operations in Gaza after team attacked
29 august 2024 - 06:09:44New York, US (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday a pause in the movement of its [...] Full text...
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US welcomes resumption of humanitarian assistance across Chadian border into Sudan
27 august 2024 - 04:39:13Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States has welcomed the resumption of humanitarian assistance deliveries through the Adré border [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Latest evacuation orders leave civilians dangerously close to frontline
21 august 2024 - 19:58:48Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - “Continuous” Israeli military evacuation orders in Gaza threaten already extremely vulnerable people in the enclave with [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN warns of worsening humanitarian disaster as ceasefire talks continue
20 august 2024 - 06:06:55New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres is closely following negotiations in Doha focused on trying to end [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian aid to Sudan civilians stalled by floods and violence - UN
20 august 2024 - 05:40:54Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - UN authorities in Sudan on Monday confirmed that truckloads of food and supplies have been [...] Full text...
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UN, partners call for end of violence against aid workers
19 august 2024 - 05:23:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With the number of aid workers killed in the line of duty reaching record highs, the [...] Full text...
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UNRWA chief calls for protection of civilians, civilian infrastructure
13 august 2024 - 05:57:19Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the UN Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, upheld the need to protect civilians, civilian [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Clean water crisis adds to new displacement misery, say aid teams
12 august 2024 - 15:58:00Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid further evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military in Gaza, UN humanitarians issued a fresh [...] Full text...
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‘Another day of horror’: UN rights office condemns Israeli strikes at Gazan school
11 august 2024 - 07:24:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Human Rights Office condemned on Saturday the increasing frequency of Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) [...] Full text...
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Sudan’s displaced millions face escalating hardship amid war and floods
10 august 2024 - 05:35:02Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Millions of displaced people in Sudan, already suffering from the devastating impact of a nearly 16-month-long [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Over a dozen more areas at risk of famine as fighting impedes aid
08 august 2024 - 07:07:04Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) With famine confirmed in the Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur, there are growing concerns that [...] Full text...
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Nurturing hope and leadership among Gaza’s young people (A feature by UN News)
07 august 2024 - 12:48:21Gaza City, Gaza (PANA) - “My message to the world is how important it is to strengthen the role of [...] Full text...
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Humanitarians urge Security Council to stop ‘freight train of suffering’ in Sudan
07 august 2024 - 05:36:12New York, US (PANA) - Two senior UN officials appealed to the Security Council on Tuesday for more resources and [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian charity publishes on-the-record update on Gaza situation
06 august 2024 - 07:08:33Deir al-Balah, Palestine (PANA) - It is a massive challenge to balance operational necessity and aid workers’ personal safety in [...] Full text...
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War-weary Sudanese face new hardships as floods strike
31 july 2024 - 05:34:41Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Several thousand people, mostly internally displaced persons (IDPs), have been affected as heavy rains and [...] Full text...
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UN supports Sudanese refugees in Libya
31 july 2024 - 05:14:49New York, US (PANA) - A $5.3 million allocation from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will support some [...] Full text...
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Gazans need polio vaccines amid ‘deadly cycle’ of hunger, heat and disease, say UN aid agencies
30 july 2024 - 14:02:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In a bid to prevent a polio epidemic in Gaza, UN humanitarians on Tuesday repeated continuing [...] Full text...
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UN official describes Gaza situation as ‘absolutely catastrophic’ amid severe shortages
30 july 2024 - 06:31:44New York, US (PANA) - The top UN humanitarian official for Gaza said on Monday that the situation in the [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Fresh evacuation orders compound misery for enclave’s displaced
30 july 2024 - 06:20:11Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - New forced displacements have continued in Gaza as regional tensions escalate after a deadly strike in [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Evacuation orders displace thousands, disrupt aid operations
27 july 2024 - 06:05:36New York, US (PANA) - Humanitarians estimate that more than 190,000 Palestinians were displaced this week in Khan Younis and [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia landslides: Death toll rises as UN supports response
26 july 2024 - 06:54:20Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A UN inter-agency humanitarian team has reached the area affected by deadly landslides in Ethiopia [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Hunger fears persist as Israeli operations further harm enclave’s farmers
25 july 2024 - 12:18:40Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As President Biden on Thursday prepared to meet Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss progress on [...] Full text...
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Malawi Economic Monitor calls for urgent, sustained reforms for faster, more inclusive growth
25 july 2024 - 07:40:09Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi’s current economic difficulties require a combination of immediate response measures and urgent reforms to address [...] Full text...
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2024 Olympic Games: Morocco secures historic win against Argentina in football match
25 july 2024 - 07:34:35Paris. France (PANA) - Morocco stunned Argentina with a 2-1 victory in their opening Group B encounter at the 2024 [...] Full text...
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At least 157 people killed in landslides in southern Ethiopia
24 july 2024 - 10:52:14Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 157 people have reportedly died and more than 14,000 affected by landslides on [...] Full text...
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Attacks on civilians in Burkina Faso force thousands into neighbouring Niger
23 july 2024 - 13:12:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Renewed attacks on civilians in eastern Burkina Faso by non-State armed groups have forced thousands to [...] Full text...
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Sudan aid obstacles impact lifesaving relief effort
21 july 2024 - 06:50:20Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Heavy fighting in Sudan has severely curtailed humanitarian aid deliveries across vast areas of the southeast, [...] Full text...
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IMF Deputy Managing Director Antoinette Sayeh to retire from the Fund
17 july 2024 - 19:16:07Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva announced on Wednesday that Deputy Managing [...] Full text...
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South African Minister calls for restraint following Trump shooting
17 july 2024 - 08:21:51Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s International Relations and Co-operation Minister Ronald Lamola has condemned the assassination attempt [...] Full text...
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Sudan displacement hits ‘grim milestone’
17 july 2024 - 06:40:37New York, US (PANA) - More than 10 million people in Sudan have been displaced since war erupted last April, [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: More than 800,000 still trapped in El Fasher with supplies running out, warns WHO
16 july 2024 - 13:05:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Hunger and fear of famine stalk Sudan where a staggering 800,000 people still remain trapped in [...] Full text...
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Amnesty International says Gambia's Parliament upholding FGM ban is 'good news'
16 july 2024 - 09:59:51Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Human rights watchdog, Amnesty International has welcomed “with great relief” the rejection of a bill aimed [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: fresh airstrikes reported in centre, south, as conflict intensifies
15 july 2024 - 13:27:58Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - New Israeli airstrikes reportedly struck southern and central areas of Gaza on Monday as UN humanitarians [...] Full text...
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Mali launches cleanup of drains and gutters in Bamako
11 july 2024 - 15:46:50Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government on Tuesday launched Operation 2024 to clean the capital's drains and gutters to [...] Full text...
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UN humanitarians warn against Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza City
11 july 2024 - 06:04:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Israel’s order for people to leave Gaza City on Wednesday “will only fuel mass suffering for [...] Full text...
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Schools ‘bombed-out’ in latest Gaza escalation, says UNRWA chief
10 july 2024 - 14:47:32Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid reports of intensified heavy shelling in north, central and southern Gaza, the head of the [...] Full text...
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Gazans reeling from closed hospitals, malnutrition and heat risks, warns UN health agency
09 july 2024 - 15:37:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - In Gaza, overwhelmed hospitals, soaring temperatures, hunger and a lack of even basic sanitation present an [...] Full text...
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Gaza ‘split in two’ as civilians, humanitarians reset lives, aid efforts
04 july 2024 - 05:48:06Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Gaza Strip is virtually “split in two”, with blockades not only restricting the movement of [...] Full text...
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Tens of thousands displaced in fresh violence in DR Congo
03 july 2024 - 05:49:32Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Millions of displaced people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are suffering amid one [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Famine risk is real for 14 areas of Sudan amid ongoing fighting
27 june 2024 - 15:31:53Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The risk of widespread famine in Sudan caused by war there was confirmed on Thursday by [...] Full text...
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Sovereign debt restructuring process improving amid cooperation and reform: IMF Blog By Ceyla Pazarbasioglu
27 june 2024 - 10:23:36Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The global economy avoided what could have been a systemic debt crisis during the [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: We’ll never abandon Gaza, pledges top UN aid official
26 june 2024 - 19:01:46Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN aid teams and partner organizations remain deeply committed to delivering lifesaving supplies to Gazans in [...] Full text...
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Security Council says regional crisis deepens as Gaza war grinds on
26 june 2024 - 05:53:11New York, US (PANA) - While the situation in Gaza remains catastrophic, ongoing Israeli settlement expansion and escalating violence in [...] Full text...
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Gaza is 'a world of devastation' UN agencies
22 june 2024 - 00:38:34Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is “a world of devastation” and still in the grip of war after nearly nine [...] Full text...
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Gaza is more than two million stories of loss: UN agencies
21 june 2024 - 17:59:33Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza is “a world of devastation” and still in the grip of war after nearly nine [...] Full text...
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Easing Guinea’s food insecurity: IMF’s Food Shock Window By Pilar Garcia Martinez, Joseph Ntamatungiro, and Neree Noumon
21 june 2024 - 15:42:02Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - IMF emergency financing has supported Guinea’s efforts to cope with the effects of macroeconomic shocks, underpinned [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza
20 june 2024 - 12:06:12Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza have left the enclave’s most vulnerable individuals struggling to carry [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: ‘Nowhere is safe’ for civilians as war descends further into chaos
19 june 2024 - 06:45:01New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council in New York on Tuesday focused on the worsening crisis in [...] Full text...
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UNICEF says most African countries not allocating enough budget to education
16 june 2024 - 13:07:18Dakar, Senegal, (PANA) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) says most African countries are not meeting their commitments to allocate [...] Full text...
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‘Better late than never’: Gazans react to Security Council ceasefire resolution
14 june 2024 - 17:56:28New York, US (PANA) - A cautious welcome was given by civilians in Gaza to this week’s Security Council resolution [...] Full text...
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Security Council demands end to siege of El Fasher in Sudan
14 june 2024 - 06:28:21New York, United States (PANA) - The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Thursday that calls for the paramilitary [...] Full text...
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ICC Prosecutor appeals for evidence of Darfur atrocities
12 june 2024 - 06:48:06El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) launched a campaign on Tuesday to address [...] Full text...
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Gaza: ‘High time’ for ceasefire and hostage release, says Guterres
12 june 2024 - 06:28:51New York, United States (PANA) - A comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza linked to the release of all remaining hostages cannot [...] Full text...
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South Africa's Justice minister attends high-level Gaza talks
11 june 2024 - 09:29:59Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has arrived in Jordan to represent South Africa at a [...] Full text...
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Amid Gaza war, children work so families can survive: ILO
08 june 2024 - 06:27:43Geneva, Switzerland {PANA) - Eight months to the day since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in Gaza, the UN labour agency, [...] Full text...
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War in Gaza: Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school
07 june 2024 - 07:30:13New York, United States (PANA) - Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight [...] Full text...
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War in Gaza: Dozens feared dead in Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school
07 june 2024 - 06:22:04New York, United States (PANA) - Amid early reports that an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in Gaza overnight [...] Full text...
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IMF reaches staff-level deal on third review of Zambia’s ECF
05 june 2024 - 13:52:47Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Zambia have reached a staff-level agreement on economic policies and [...] Full text...
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Top UN humanitarian laments lack of dialogue to resolve conflict
05 june 2024 - 06:58:07New York, United States (PANA) - The UN’s top aid official said on Tuesday he was leaving office at the [...] Full text...
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IMF must listen to the needs of its global membership and adapt to emerging challenges: IMF Regional Perspectives By William Ruto, President of Kenya
03 june 2024 - 17:24:44Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - For over eight decades, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stood as a pillar of global [...] Full text...
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee launches urgent appeal for aid as famine stalks millions in Sudan
31 may 2024 - 12:00:41New York, USA (PANA) - Time is running out for millions of people in Sudan who are at imminent risk [...] Full text...
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Amid ongoing Israeli incursions into Gaza, aid facilities shut ‘one after another’
31 may 2024 - 06:38:11New York, US (PANA) - With no let-up in reported street battles and Israeli bombardment across Gaza on Thursday, UN [...] Full text...
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South Africa flags concerns over Sudanese turmoil
30 may 2024 - 10:38:04Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa has again expressed its serious concern at the ongoing armed conflict in [...] Full text...
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More than a dozen NGOs urge UN Security Council to enforce ICJ orders on Israel’s actions in Rafah
27 may 2024 - 14:02:15Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - More than one dozen NGOs have signed a joint statement urgently calling on all permanent and [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Mass casualties reported in Israeli attack on camp for displaced
27 may 2024 - 13:21:17Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Dozens of people are believed to have died in an Israeli overnight attack on a camp [...] Full text...
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Humanitarian charity says six months since deadly storm in Libya, affected families have been supported to recover
26 may 2024 - 11:55:16Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Humanitarian charity, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), supported by Germany’s KfW Development Bank, has completed a [...] Full text...
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Shipment of newest malaria vaccine, R21, to CAR marks latest milestone for child survival
25 may 2024 - 10:32:07Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With two recommended vaccines and expanded supply, Gavi, UNICEF, WHO are working closely with governments and [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN relief chief repeats call for ceasefire
25 may 2024 - 10:24:22Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global uproar calling for an end to the Israeli incursion in Rafah “has grown too loud [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Rafah aid situation increasingly desperate, UN teams warn
22 may 2024 - 16:13:01Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Hostilities across Gaza reportedly continued on Wednesday, fuelling already alarming aid access problems and dire food [...] Full text...
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‘Alarming lack of compliance’ with international law ramps up danger for civilians
22 may 2024 - 04:48:18New York, US (PANA) - The plight of civilians affected by war in 2023 was “resoundingly dire”, as the world [...] Full text...
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With Gaza on the brink, hostage talks must resume, Security Council hears
21 may 2024 - 06:55:04New York, US (PANA) - Gaza stands at “yet another precipice of further catastrophe” as the latest round of hostage [...] Full text...
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Update: Gaza war: ICC issues arrest warrants for Hamas leaders and Israel’s Netanyahu (Eds: Adds details by ICC Prosecutor)
20 may 2024 - 13:46:45The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Arrest warrants are being sought for the leaders of Hamas and Israel for alleged war [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Rafah exodus passes 810,000, says UNRWA
20 may 2024 - 13:32:24Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - At least 810,000 people have fled Rafah in just two weeks, UN humanitarians said on Monday, [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: ICC issues arrest warrants for Hamas leaders and Israel’s Netanyahu
20 may 2024 - 12:37:55The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Arrest warrants have been issued against the leaders of Hamas and Israel for alleged war [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah
19 may 2024 - 05:21:08Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in [...] Full text...
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2023/24 CAF Champions League: Esperance and Al Ahly draw 0-0 in first-leg final match
18 may 2024 - 21:40:04Rades, Tunisia (PANA) - The first leg of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League final concluded with a goalless stalemate, after [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Underweight babies, heavy fighting and a hospital reopening
15 may 2024 - 17:43:20Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid some of the fiercest reported fighting in Gaza yet, UN humanitarians on Wednesday repeated warnings [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN humanitarians say 450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues
14 may 2024 - 12:43:03Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Large parts of the city of Rafah are now a “ghost town”, with UN humanitarians reporting on [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Rafah exodus reaches 360,000 as UN underscores $2.8 billion aid appeal for Gaza, West Bank
13 may 2024 - 14:34:53Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nearly 360,000 people have fled Rafah in the last week amid continuing Israeli bombardment that has [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Countless lives at stake in Sudan’s El Fasher, warn UN aid teams
13 may 2024 - 12:59:29Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN teams are flagging reports that a hospital in Sudan’s North Darfur has been damaged in a [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN chief reiterates call for 'immediate humanitarian ceasefire'
12 may 2024 - 12:18:24Kuwait City, Kuwait (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: As exodus from Rafah continues, ceasefire calls grow
10 may 2024 - 11:09:14Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - With no let-up in the Israeli military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah into Friday [...] Full text...
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Man killed by torrential rain while trying to rescue children
09 may 2024 - 16:51:45Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Libyan citizen died while rescuing children trapped in the bed of Wadi Al-Bib, in the [...] Full text...
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IMF, Zambian officials discuss economic impact of current drought
09 may 2024 - 16:11:48Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambian officials and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff have advanced technical work as part of [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Patients in Rafah ‘afraid to seek services’, WHO reports
08 may 2024 - 06:47:52Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has taken “crucial steps” in the event of a large-scale Israeli [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Uncertainty in Gaza amplified by closure of key border crossings
07 may 2024 - 11:44:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid ongoing uncertainty about a ceasefire in Gaza and an escalation of the military operation in Rafah, UN [...] Full text...
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We won’t abandon Gazans sheltering in Rafah, says UNRWA
06 may 2024 - 12:55:30Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid reports that 100,000 Palestinians have been told to leave Rafah ahead of an anticipated Israeli [...] Full text...
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East Africa: UN support continues amid heavy rains, severe floods and cyclone threat
04 may 2024 - 07:44:36Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations and partners continue to support authorities across East Africa as the region braces [...] Full text...
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Gazans on tenterhooks awaiting news of ceasefire call
01 may 2024 - 15:03:19Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Amid growing international calls for restraint from Israel in Gaza and reports on Wednesday of further [...] Full text...
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Guterres calls on Israel and Hamas to end Gaza war
30 april 2024 - 17:02:12New York, US (PANA) - With the situation in Gaza “worsening by the day”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday [...] Full text...
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Major step in malaria prevention as three West African countries roll out vaccine
29 april 2024 - 09:35:51Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) — In a significant step forward for malaria prevention in Africa, three countries—Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone—last week [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN issues updates on probe into allegations of staff collusion during 7 October attacks
27 april 2024 - 05:22:22New York, US (PANA) - A UN office investigating Israeli accusations that 12 staff members from UN Palestine relief agency [...] Full text...
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'Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear'
26 april 2024 - 14:49:26New York, US (PANA) - Making Gaza safe again from unexploded bombs could take 14 years, UN demining experts said [...] Full text...
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Senior UN officials call for end to ‘barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan
26 april 2024 - 04:37:13New York, US (PANA) - The international community must take immediate action to end the wave of sexual violence being carried [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UNRWA seeks $1.2 billion to meet urgent needs in Gaza and the West Bank
25 april 2024 - 06:44:16New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, launched a $1.2 billion appeal on Wednesday to address [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: No evidence yet of Israel’s claims against UNWRA: Colonna report
22 april 2024 - 17:06:22New York, US (PANA) - Israeli authorities have provided no proof yet following their three-month-old claim that a dozen UN [...] Full text...
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CAR struggles to stabilise economy against complex humanitarian crisis
21 april 2024 - 11:33:36Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) – The authorities in Central African Republic (CAR) and the International Monetary (IMF) staff have [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: UN agency again flags dire humanitarian situation in Sudan
21 april 2024 - 05:14:01New York, US (PANA) - Edem Wosornu, director of operations and advocacy at the UN Office for the Coordination of [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: $2.8 billion appeal for three million people in Gaza, West Bank launched
17 april 2024 - 20:53:10Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN and partner agencies insisted on Wednesday that “critical changes” are needed to improve aid access [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief demands end to suffering
16 april 2024 - 16:00:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since war erupted six months ago and one [...] Full text...
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UN leaders urge ‘wholesale reform’ of global financial architecture
16 april 2024 - 06:13:40New York, US (PANA) - The Secretary-General and President of the General Assembly on Monday led the clarion call for [...] Full text...
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Sudan catastrophe must not be allowed to continue: UN rights chief
15 april 2024 - 11:57:28Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A full year of conflict in Sudan has already caused immense suffering and death but the [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Paris conference on Sudan should jump-start new approach to humanitarian funding
15 april 2024 - 10:54:08Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the [...] Full text...
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Sudan war: Rape, murder and hunger: The legacy of Sudan’s year of war (Feature by UN News)
14 april 2024 - 07:07:30Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan was plunged into an ongoing, devastating war one year ago on 15 April 2023, [...] Full text...
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EU decries man-made calamity in Sudan one year into conflict
13 april 2024 - 10:03:58Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is appalled by the unprecedented man-made calamity created by the Sudanese Armed [...] Full text...
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IMF Board selects Kristalina Georgieva for second term as Managing Director
13 april 2024 - 09:52:56Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has in recent years helped member countries to navigate successive [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: No improvement in aid access to north, insists senior UN aid official
12 april 2024 - 21:50:56Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The situation for Gazans remains dire despite hopes stemming from recent commitments by Israel to boost [...] Full text...
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HRW says COVID pandemic data reveals threats, opportunities to improve health systems
12 april 2024 - 11:27:22Washington, DC, US (PANA) – New data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows that many governments around the world [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Widespread destruction across Khan Younis as Gazans ‘struggle to survive’
12 april 2024 - 04:53:28Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - People in Gaza are struggling to survive, said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian [...] Full text...
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Palestinian request for UN membership in spotlight amid fears for Rafah invasion
08 april 2024 - 15:58:33New York, US (PANA) - The Security Council prepared to convene on Monday to consider a Palestinian request for United [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Israel must allow ‘quantum leap’ in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in military tactics
05 april 2024 - 18:01:57New York, US (PANA) - Israel must make meaningful changes in the way it is fighting in Gaza to avoid [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions
04 april 2024 - 20:10:02Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN officials launched assessment visits to Gaza and its agencies will resume night-time aid deliveries on [...] Full text...
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‘Shocking’ increase in children denied aid in conflicts
04 april 2024 - 11:10:32New York, US (PANA) - All warring parties must allow safe, swift and unfettered humanitarian access and protect civilian infrastructure, [...] Full text...
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UN in Sudan and South Sudan team up to make crucial aid deliveries
04 april 2024 - 05:41:23Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Responding to the critical needs of civilians impacted by the ongoing war in Sudan, the [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Israeli strike on NGO aid team widely condemned as humanitarians repeat calls for access
02 april 2024 - 15:21:12Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen in Israeli military airstrikes [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: UN aid teams still waiting for Israeli green light to relieve stricken northern hospital
02 april 2024 - 12:44:39Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The destruction of Gaza’s largest hospital following a two-week siege by the Israeli military has “ripped the [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Israel continues to block aid into northern Gaza
02 april 2024 - 05:45:23Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Israeli forces are blocking aid deliveries into famine-stricken northern Gaza as the five-month-long war grinds on [...] Full text...
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More than 44,000 people receive emergency food aid in DRC as violence in eastern provinces intensifies
01 april 2024 - 12:56:24Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the Red Cross Society of the [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to end
29 march 2024 - 05:14:31Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Gaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’ after more than five months of Israeli bombardment, the head [...] Full text...
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Violent clashes in DRC cause new misery North Kivu
27 march 2024 - 05:36:15Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Clashes in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have now uprooted 5.7 million [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight
26 march 2024 - 16:18:01Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a “double-digit number [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Israel’s new aid ban on UNRWA in Gaza ‘a wrong move’: UN coordinator
26 march 2024 - 06:26:54Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Israel’s ongoing restrictions and its new ban on aid deliveries by the largest United Nations agency [...] Full text...
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UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths steps down
26 march 2024 - 06:19:37New York, US (PANA) - The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, announced on Monday that he is stepping down [...] Full text...
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US to launch Nursing Leadership Initiative across seven African countries
25 march 2024 - 07:52:22Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US will on Monday launch the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Nursing [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Israel tells UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza
24 march 2024 - 18:42:38Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Israeli authorities informed the United Nations on Sunday that it will no longer approve the passage [...] Full text...
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UN’s Guterres undertakes solidarity mission to Egypt, Jordan amid regional crises
23 march 2024 - 14:34:11Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In the face of escalating conflicts and humanitarian crises, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has embarked on [...] Full text...
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Navy intercept 180 sub-Saharan migrants, retrieve two bodies off Tunisian coast
21 march 2024 - 18:04:45Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Two bodies of sub-Saharan migrants were fished out of the sea and 180 other migrants intercepted [...] Full text...
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Conflict driving hunger crisis in Sudan, UN officials tell Security Council
21 march 2024 - 05:27:10New York, US (PANA) - Eleven months of brutal fighting is driving a hunger crisis in Sudan, with some areas [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Less than 1 in 2 UN aid missions allowed into northern zones this month
20 march 2024 - 13:33:49Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Less than half of the UN aid convoys planned for Gaza’s hunger-ravaged north have made it [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Increasing numbers of newborns on brink of death, agencies warn
19 march 2024 - 13:10:08New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians reiterated their resolve on Tuesday to help the people of Gaza where increasing [...] Full text...
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Medical charity tackles under-diagnosed TB among children
19 march 2024 - 10:15:55Paris, France (PANA) - Tuberculosis (TB) in children is a silent scourge: one child dies of TB every three minutes [...] Full text...
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UN relief chief calls for overhaul in humanitarian assistance delivery
19 march 2024 - 04:40:56Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The UN’s emergency relief chief on Monday outlined the need for a fundamental shift in how [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: 23 million tonnes of debris ‘will take years to clear’
18 march 2024 - 07:07:42Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The war in Gaza has left a staggering almost 23 millions tonnes of rubble and unexploded [...] Full text...
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Gaza War: 23 million tonnes of debris ‘will take years to clear’; acute malnutrition doubles in a month
16 march 2024 - 08:39:20New York, US (PANA) - The war in Gaza has left a staggering almost 23 million tonnes of rubble and [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: For the first time in weeks, UN aid teams reach Gaza City
13 march 2024 - 05:51:01Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Enough aid for 25,000 people has reached Gaza City for the first time in weeks, the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza war: Gazans on verge of famine need ‘exponential’ aid boost, says UN
12 march 2024 - 13:14:30Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN aid officials welcomed the news on Tuesday that an aid ship had left Cyprus for [...] Full text...
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Ceasefire in Gaza, urges UN chief, on first day of Ramadan
11 march 2024 - 15:34:24New York, US (PANA) - A Ramadan ceasefire for Gaza must be implemented immediately, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: ICRC discusses 'desperate' humanitarian situation with Hamas, Qatari officials
11 march 2024 - 06:26:03Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited Qatar on Sunday to [...] Full text...
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IMF staff complete deal on first review of Somalia’s ECF arrangement
09 march 2024 - 08:00:52Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia’s economic growth is expected to strengthen in 2024 supported by continued recovery in agriculture, remittances, [...] Full text...
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Gaza war: Starvation claiming growing number of young lives, warns UN
07 march 2024 - 15:26:02Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Days from the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan and with no ceasefire agreement in [...] Full text...
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Gaza: Efforts to deliver food aid to stricken north ‘largely unsuccessful’
06 march 2024 - 06:54:00Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Efforts by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to deliver desperately needed food supplies to northern [...] Full text...
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Gaza war may fuel much wider Middle East crisis, warns UN rights chief
04 march 2024 - 16:57:41Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza continued in Egypt for a second day on Monday as [...] Full text...
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Gaza: ‘Babies slowly perishing under the world’s gaze,’ UNICEF warns
04 march 2024 - 06:14:07Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for wider and safer humanitarian [...] Full text...
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Water and electricity ‘will save us from famine’ (A feature by WFP)
03 march 2024 - 07:56:05Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - An initiative to rapidly develop villages in some of the most drought-prone and poorest rural areas [...] Full text...
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Security Council reiterates call for immediate and safe aid delivery to Gaza
03 march 2024 - 07:37:34New York, US (PANA) - The UN Security Council has underscored the need to protect civilians in Gaza in the [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: NGOs urge EU, Member States to sustain funding to UNRWA
02 march 2024 - 09:25:52Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - More than one dozen aid organisations have expressed deep concern about the current and potential future [...] Full text...
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Sudanese continuing to flee into Chad: UNHCR
02 march 2024 - 05:48:40N'djamena, Chad (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, raised increasing concern on Friday that more refugees will cross into Chad [...] Full text...
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UNHCR assists thousands fleeing armed group violence in northern Mozambique
02 march 2024 - 05:36:59Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has voiced deep concern over the escalating humanitarian crisis in the [...] Full text...
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Ethiopia appeals for US$3.2 billion for humanitarian response
01 march 2024 - 23:46:09Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Aid agencies in Ethiopia have put up a joint appeal for US$3.2 billion required in [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza: Worst famine fears realised as 10th child reportedly ‘starves to death’
01 march 2024 - 17:55:47Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Repeated warnings from humanitarians over desperate food insecurity and imminent famine in Gaza came into focus [...] Full text...
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Israel-Gaza crisis: UN investigators exame Israeli accusations against UNRWA employees
01 march 2024 - 12:48:28New York, US (PANA) - As the devastating war in Gaza continues, UN investigators examining Israeli accusations against a dozen [...] Full text...
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