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Source: UN Mission in South Sudan Country: South Sudan The annual migration of pastoralists across South Sudan has traditionally created tension between cattle herders and local farmers as they battle for access to scarce resources. OKELLO JAMES Residents of a community in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan have […]

The fact that the world’s largest mining companies have not been doing enough to reduce their carbon emissions has been an open secret at best—but a recent McKinsey report laid bare how far many of these firms are falling short. According to the company, industry majors like BHP, Anglo American […]

‘Highly relevant’ was the resounding feedback from the more than 50 senior decision-makers from 17 countries in Asia and the Pacific attending a livestock capacity development workshop in Bangkok in late November. The workshop introduced senior ministry staff to two tools – the Livestock Sector Investment and Policy Toolkit (LSIPT) […]

Source: UN News Service Country: Libya UN negotiator Ghassan Salamé noted that there were at least 20 million “pieces of ordnance” in Libya, threatening schools, universities and hospitals. Ongoing hostilities in Libya have left numerous cities severely “re-contaminated” with unexploded ordnance, threatening schools, universities and hospitals, the UN Mine Action […]