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Cameroon: Intercommunal clashes continue to displace thousands
- UN News
Intercommunal clashes that erupted in Cameroon’s Far North region over the past two weeks have driven at least 100,000 people from their homes, although the actual number may be much higher, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said on Friday.
Omicron: School closures must be ‘avoided whenever possible’
- UN News
COVID-19 cases are spiking all over the world, but the Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday that despite the rise of the highly transmissible Omicron variant “nationwide school closures should be avoided whenever possible.”
The Global Assault on Human Rights
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Dec 17 (IPS) - Human rights are under global assault. In 2021, the escalation of the worldwide siege on human rights included clampdowns on civil society organisations, attacks on minorities, the undermining of democratic institutions, and violence against journalists.
Ethiopia crisis: Human Rights Council sets up international rights probe
- UN News
Serious concerns over alleged severe human rights violations and abuses in Ethiopia should be investigated by an international rights probe, the Human Rights Council agreed in a vote on Friday.
Lifesaving support for new mothers in crisis-wracked Afghanistan
- UN News
The Malalai Maternity Hospital is one of the busiest in the Afghan capital, Kabul, welcoming around 85 babies into the world every day, including 20 by Caesarean section. But the ongoing crisis in the country is drastically undermining the staff’s capacity to care for their patients.
2021 Revealed the Fragility of Food Systems
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Dec 16 (IPS) - The end of this year has revealed the fragility of food systems when faced with sudden disruptions such as those observed during the COVID-19 pandemic. These disruptions have increased the number of people with limited or no access to food in the world. Today, more than 811 million people suffer from hunger, according to recent studies.
Women leaders examine how to end ‘invisible emergency’ of gender-based violence
- UN News
Whether at home, at work, in the streets or even online, women and girls across the world remain highly vulnerable to gender-based violence, something which the COVID-19 pandemic has only magnified, six senior UN women leaders said on Thursday.
Morocco’s extradition of Uyghur asylum seeker to China could lead to serious rights violations, argue UN experts
- UN News
Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite a Uyghur Muslim to China as his return would place him under threat of serious human rights violations.
UN rights forum’s action on climate and COVID-19 vaccines shows its relevance, says President
- UN News
After one of the busiest years in the history of the Human Rights Council, President Nashat Shameem Khan insisted on Thursday that the UN forum remains more relevant than ever, citing action on COVID-19 vaccine inequity, climate change and no less than five Special Sessions in Geneva.
High Yield Seeds Could Address Food Shortages and Place Africa on Track to Zero Hunger - Experts
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Dec 16 (IPS) - Rahab Munene’s shoe selling business crumbled at the height of COVID-19 in 2020. She traded the enterprise for a mobile grocery along the Thika Superhighway, Kiambu County.
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