As cigarette smuggling in Southern Africa becomes big business, researchers have expressed concern that tobacco consumption is increasing in younger people and developing countries. Credit: Ignatius Banda/IPS By Ignatius BandaBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe , Jun 21 2022 (IPS) Cigarette smuggling has emerged as one of the most lucrative enterprises between Zimbabwe and […]

Countries: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic Sources: Government of Lebanon, UN Development Programme, UN High Commissioner for Refugees The Lebanon Crisis Response Plan aims to deliver critical assistance to more than three million people as vulnerabilities rise, and to support public infrastructure, services, and the local economy.

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa addresses the Bonn Climate Change Conference. Her second, three-year term as head of UNFCCC ends in July. By Felix Dodds and Chris SpenceNEW YORK, Jun 20 2022 (IPS) Patricia Espinosa’s six years as Executive Secretary of the UN’s climate change secretariat ends on […]

Country: Bangladesh Source: UN Resident Coordinator for Bangladesh An estimated 4.3 million people are impacted by flash floods in northeastern districts. Experts considered the flood worse than the ones they had experienced in 1998 and 2004.

Two young victims of human trafficking, who were rescued from the Dzaleka Refugee Camp, are receiving support at a shelter in Malawi. Credit: UNODC By Baher KamalMADRID, Jun 17 2022 (IPS) In addition to slave selling and buying deals in public squares, as reported time ago in ‘liberated’ Libya, a […]