Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor — Global Issues

Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor — Global Issues

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Despite weekly fatalities being at their lowest since March 2020, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists at the weekly briefing in Geneva that “these trends, while welcome, don’t tell the full story.” More sub-variants The South African scientists who identified Omicron late last year have now reported two more…

Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor — Global Issues

Better prevention and targeting of root causes needed to combat food crises — Global Issues

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“Acute hunger is soaring to unprecedented levels and the global situation just keeps on getting worse,” said David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP).  The annual report from the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) – an international alliance of the UN, European Union (EU), governmental and…

Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor — Global Issues

A refuge from terror in Niger, as UN Chief pledges to be voice for the displaced — Global Issues

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This is Ouallam district one of the hottest places in Niger, in one of the hottest countries in Africa, where rain falls rarely and sparingly but where shattered communities can find a refuge from the increasing acts of violence and terrorist activity which have struck the region. Ouallam and two…

Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor — Global Issues

UN signs framework to assist survivors of sexual violence — Global Issues

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Pramila Patten, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative working to end rape in war, was speaking at a press conference in the capital, Kyiv.  Wartime rape can no longer be dismissed as an “inevitable byproduct of war”. It must be recognized by all parties as a crime that can be prevented and…

Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor — Global Issues

Gang clashes in capital force hundreds to flee their homes — Global Issues

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Speaking at the regular daily press briefing, Farhan Haq said that according to the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, in Haiti, unrest has been growing between gang members in the neighbourhoods of the commune of Croix-des-Bouquets, Cité Soleil, Bas Delmas and Martissant. “According to our humanitarian colleagues, violence in the…

Threats to media workers’ freedom ‘growing by the day’, UN chief warns — Global Issues

Threats to media workers’ freedom ‘growing by the day’, UN chief warns — Global Issues

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The day shines a spotlight on the essential work they do, bringing those in power to account, with transparency, “often at great person risk”, said Secretary-General António Guterres, in a video message. Frontlines of crises “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many media workers have been on the frontlines, providing accurate, science-based reporting…

Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor — Global Issues

‘Triple crisis’ in Africa aggravated by war in Ukraine — Global Issues

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Speaking in Dakar, the capital of the West African country, Senegal, on his first visit to the continent since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Guterres said, “when discussing the socio-economic situation, it is impossible not to mention the war in Ukraine and its impact on Africa.”  The UN…

Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor — Global Issues

UN-Red Cross operation underway to evacuate civilians from stricken Mariupol plant — Global Issues

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“A safe passage operation…is ongoing today”, said Saviano Abreu, of OCHA in Ukraine, adding that the efforts are being “coordinated” by the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross, “in coordination with the parties to the conflict.” According to news reports, more than 100 civilians were allowed to…

Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor — Global Issues

UN humanitarians say $4.3 billion is needed to halt ‘worsening’ Yemen crisis — Global Issues

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The plan targets 17.3 million out of the staggering 23.4 million people in need of lifesaving humanitarian assistance and protection services across the war-ravaged Arab nation, as the first nationwide truce in six years, coinciding with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, continues to broadly hold. #BreakingThe Humanitarian Country Team…