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Water Scarcity in Africa to Reach Dangerously High Levels by 2025 - Experts
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Mar 23 (IPS) - Joan Waweru was among villagers on their regular trek to the river to fetch water when they discovered a neighbour's dead body, believed to have committed suicide by drowning in river Kamiti.
Donors Must Rethink Africas Flagging Green Revolution, New Evaluation Shows (Commentary)
- Inter Press Service
BOSTON, Mar 23 (IPS) - A scathing new analysis of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) finds that the program is failing at its objective to increase food security on the continent, despite massive funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the US, UK, and German governments.
Ukraine war: Middle East food prices soaring, as donor fatigue kicks in, Security Council hears
- UN News
Amid growing donor fatigue and a brutal war in Ukraine that has diverted the world’s attention, the world must not forget millions of people in need across the Middle East and North Africa, the UN chief told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Mistreatment in childbirth, a human rights and healthcare problem, new study warns
- UN News
Women across the world face unacceptable mistreatment during childbirth, according to a new study from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) launched on Wednesday.
Seeds of change in Kenya as farmers lead way on tobacco-free farms
- UN News
In Kenya, a trailblazing sustainable agriculture project has helped hundreds of farmers move away from the harmful practice of growing tobacco, in favour of a healthier alternative, the UN said on Wednesday.
Taliban’s backtracking on girls’ education, ‘deeply damaging’
- UN News
Following a U-turn over re-opening girls’ secondary schools in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the UN human rights chief shared her “profound frustration and disappointment” that six months after the Taliban seized power, high school girls have yet to return to the classroom.
UN weather agency to spearhead 5 year early warning plan, boosting climate action
- UN News
The UN set an ambitious five year deadline on Wednesday for countries to ensure that citizens worldwide are protected by early warning systems against extreme weather and climate change, the UN chief announced, marking World Meteorological Day.
NGOs Seeking a Monterrey+20 Summit on Financing for Development
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 23 (IPS) - This week, exactly 20 years ago, world leaders adopted the United Nation’s Monterrey Consensus. They committed to “Confronting the challenges of financing for development” with a global response and to creating a fully inclusive and equitable global economic system.
First Person: Coping with Ukraine’s health crisis
- UN News
Jarno Habicht has worked with WHO for the last 19 years and served as WHO Representative in Ukraine since 2018. He explains how WHO prepared for armed conflict in the country, and how it has responded to health-related issues since the Russian invasion.
War on Syria: Eleven Years of Carnage
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 22 (IPS) - “Hundreds of thousands have been killed, more than half of the pre-war population – somewhere in the order of 22 million - have been displaced. More than 100,000 are missing or forcibly disappeared….
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