Country: Mozambique Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Violence by armed groups has uprooted more than 250,000 people since 2017 in Cabo Delgado. So far, most of the displaced are hosted by relatives or friends in more stable areas.

On 1 September 2020, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the addition of six sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL).1 EPA has determined that releases of contamination at these sites pose risks to human health and the environment, and is taking action accordingly. EPA also announced the […]

Sep 17, 2020 – 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm GMT Webinar Health Nutrition Poverty Food Staple Market Dynamics: Nutrition Effects of Rising Prices among the poor and vulnerable IFPRI Senior Research Fellow John Ulimwengu is participating in the webinar, “Food Staple Market Dynamics: Nutrition Effects of Rising Prices among the poor […]

Country: Burundi Source: UN Human Rights Council “The democratic space remains very narrow, impunity persists, and there is no indication that the level of human rights violations has abated under the new Government,” said the UN’s Doudou Diène.

Climate change is expected to make large stretches of the oceans uninhabitable for marine animals and it won’t just be because they can’t handle higher temperatures, scientists say. “Temperature alone does not explain where in the ocean an animal can live. You must consider oxygen: how much is present in […]

Prior to 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), private equity fund, hedge fund, and other investment fund or asset managers that received an interest in an entity taxed as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a so-called “carried interest”) in exchange for providing investment advisory services to […]