Countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Internal displacement has increased tenfold since 2013, from 217,000 to 2.1 million by late 2021. The number of refugees in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger now stands at 410,000.
Read MoreTrafficked, kept prisoner in Saudi Arabia Wanjiku Njoki was lucky to escape unharmed. She has since found work serving tea for a government parastatal. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS By Joyce ChimbiNairobi, Kenya, Jan 14 2022 (IPS) Distress calls from vulnerable Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia experiencing mistreatment and torture at the […]
Read MoreNorth Korea has fired an unidentified projectile toward the country’s east, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/Quangpraha The Mekong Delta in Vietnam is a scenic region home to about 17 million people, but this economically vital area of the Southeast Asian nation is sinking fast. A primary reason: large swathes of land there have been poldered for agriculture and aquaculture. In fact, say scientists, by […]
Read MoreBy Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM, Jan 13 2022 (IPS) In several countries around the globe, telling the truth is according to its rulers and other influential, generally wealthy, persons a serious crime that might be punished by muzzling the truth-tellers, slandering and humiliating them, and threatening their families and friends. If that […]
Read MoreCountries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Niger, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, World Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The announcement follows the recent launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview, which predicts that this year 274 million […]
Read MoreSekitar dua hektare lahan kosong di Kampung Lengkuas, Kecamatan Bintan Timur, Kabupaten Bintan, Provinsi Kepulauan Riau (Kepri), ludes terbakar akibat diduga warga sengaja membuka lahan dengan cara dibakar, Kamis …
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/ArtisticOperations Tigers in the wild are critically endangered throughout their remaining ranges in South and Southeast Asia, but that has hardly stopped unscrupulous poachers from continuing to hunt the iconic predators any chance they get. A case in point is the recent discovery of the pelts of two tigers […]
Read MoreThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed an agreement with the Chinese Government officially launching Phase III of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme. The General Agreement was signed by the Director-General of FAO, QU Dongyu and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of […]
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