Nathan Law, a former lawmaker and prominent pro-democracy activist, has fled Hong Kong, he announced Thursday on Facebook. The news comes days after China’s central government imposed a controversial national security law in the territory.

Countries: Côte d’Ivoire, World Source: SOS Children’s Villages International Although the coronavirus has been slow to take hold on the continent, hotspots have emerged with a scale and depth of financial shock forcing many families to resort to child labour to meet basic needs.

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has appointed Jong-Jin Kim as Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, effective 1 July 2020.  Mr Kim, a national of the Republic of Korea, has a long and distinguished career […]

Guest Post July 2, 2020 Prepare food systems for a long-haul fight against COVID-19 Maximo Torero Policy recommendations to avert a global food crisis.

Countries: Afghanistan, Colombia, Greece, Honduras, Iraq, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, World Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Decisions at every level of the response to COVID-19 are resulting in women being further cut off from sexual and reproductive health services, threatening sharp rises in maternal and neonatal mortality.