Burkina Faso: Decade of Sahel conflict leaves 2.5 million people displaced

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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.

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Kenyan Domestic Workers’ Doomed Voyages to the Gulf

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Trafficked, 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 […]

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North Korea fires unidentified projectile, South says

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North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile toward the country’s east, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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The Mekong Delta is sinking fast, but it can still be saved

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Photo: 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 […]

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“Let us now praise brave women and men”: The Nobel Peace Prize 2021

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By 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 […]

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World: UN releases US$150 million for underfunded humanitarian crises

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Countries: 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 […]

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Dua hektare lahan di Kabupaten Bintan terbakar

13 Januari 2022 Asupan Warta / Newsfeed 0 Comment

Sekitar 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 …

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Poaching remains a threat to Thailand’s wild tigers

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Photo: 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 […]

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One of Taiwan’s most advanced fighter jets crashes

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South-South Cooperation: FAO signs key agreement with Chinese Government

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The 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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