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Bangladesh: Fire rips through COVID treatment centre for Myanmar refugees
- UN News
A devastating fire has ripped through a COVID-19 treatment centre for Myanmar refugees sheltering in Bangladesh, UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday.
Ecstasy as Zimbabwe’s Small-holder Farmers Secure European Pineapple Market
- Inter Press Service
Harare, Zimbabwe, Jan 04 (IPS) - In her wildest dreams, smallholder farmer Sarudzai Sithole never imagined that her pineapples could someday stock the produce section of Europe’s finest supermarkets.
World Braille Day: Pandemic shows importance of information access for all
- UN News
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how critical it is to ensure essential information is accessible to everyone, including people living with disabilities. On World Braille Day, observed on 4 January, UN agencies have been highlighting how they are promoting a disability-inclusive response to the crisis.
70 per cent vaccination target must be met to ward off Omicron: WHO
- UN News
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to surge across the world, the UN health agency on Tuesday said that it was crucial that more is done to help all countries receive lifesaving coronavirus jabs as quickly as possible.
Pakistan: Smartcard registration drive for Afghan refugees ends
- UN News
The first drive to verify data relating to around 1.4 million Afghan refugees on the move over past decade in Pakistan has been concluded, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
UN chief ‘encouraged’ by first joint statement from key nuclear armed States
- UN News
The Secretary-General, António Guterres, has welcomed a joint statement issued on Monday by five nuclear armed States on the prevention of nuclear war and the avoidance of the arms race.
Journalists Who Faced Relentless, Targeted Attacks: 293 Imprisoned in 2021
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 04 (IPS) - This past year, uncertainty blanketed our world. The COVID-19 pandemic, the rapidly advancing climate crisis, the pervasive nature of new technologies, and encroaching authoritarianism have all shown that our world is changing fast and in ways that fundamentally affect how we live.
UN’s Overall Development Agenda at Risk as the Coronavirus Pandemic Escalates
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 04 (IPS) - The Corona-19 pandemic has had an unparalleled and relentless toll on the world in areas beyond health alone. The World Bank’s latest report on global poverty raises concerns as to the severity of the impact of the pandemic on efforts to fight poverty (SDG 1) and hunger (SDG 2).
Once Tossed and Abused, Human Trafficking Survivor Finds Solace
- Inter Press Service
Goa, India, Jan 03 (IPS) - For over two decades, Nina tossed around like a leaf in a storm. While a teenager, she was lured into the sex trade, and pimps kept a huge chunk of the money that she earned as a sex slave. Nina was often bruised. Once, she refused sex with a man who did not want to use a condom. He beat her so severely that she had found it difficult to breathe.
Special Representative regrets resignation of Sudan’s Prime Minister
- UN News
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, regretted on Monday the Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s decision to step down.
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