Country: World Sources: International Organization for Migration, UN High Commissioner for Refugees The organisations seek the immediate disembarkation of 27 rescued people, including one child and a pregnant woman, who have now been on board the Maersk Etienne for more than one month.

If we wanted to pinpoint the main source of air pollution on roads, we would point at the vehicles. But there is another source of air pollution on roads, scientists say, and that source is the asphalt used in the roads themselves. “Asphalt-based materials are abundant and a major nontraditional […]

Country: Niger Source: UN Children’s Fund Since July this year, heavy rains and flash floods have devastated different localities in Niger, exacerbating an already complex humanitarian situation.

Innovation, solidarity, coherence and strong partnership among and within countries of Asia and the Pacific are required for the region to rebound from the damage caused by COVID-19 and the ongoing effects of chronic undernourishment. That was a call made by more than 40 member countries of the Food and […]