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Damage to Coral Reefs Hurts Fishing Communities in Central America
- Inter Press Service
LOS CÓBANOS, El Salvador, Jun 09 (IPS) - As fisherman Luis Morán walked towards his small boat, which was floating in the water a few meters from the Salvadoran coast, he asked "How can the coral reefs not be damaged with such a warm sea?”
Afghanistan: UN condemns ‘horrendous attack’ on demining partner HALO Trust
- UN News
The United Nations on Wednesday called for an investigation into the deadly attack in northern Afghanistan against the HALO Trust, a humanitarian group working to rid the country of landmines.
Inclusivity Is My Key to Success
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 09 (IPS) - In three cycles I spent all together more than 15 years in Rome, at the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and between my last two assignments in Rome my responsibilities in Budapest included FAO related issues. This made it possible for me to witness the development of this organization under the leadership of four Directors-General. Edouard Saouma, Jacques Diouf, Jose Graziano da Silva and Qu Dongyu.
Outgoing ICC Prosecutor urges Security Council to keep focus on justice in Darfur
- UN News
The international community must stay focused on achieving justice and peace for the people of Darfur, the outgoing Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Nigerias Twitter Ban Is Part of a Larger Attack on Civil Society
- Inter Press Service
LAGOS, Nigeria, Jun 09 (IPS) - Four years ago, Omoregie* and his friends were arrested without cause and taken into custody. When they got to the station, Omoregie watched as the police began to beat his friends. Afraid, he began to discreetly tweet about the attacks as they took place.
Scream of the World: Volcanos and Earthquakes
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jun 09 (IPS) - In February the killing of the Italian ambassador, Luca Attanasio, in the vicinity of the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, did for a short while put the global spotlight on this troubled area, where warfare, poverty and general insecurity generate immense human suffering.
UN experts to G7: Production of safe COVID-19 vaccines must outweigh profit
- UN News
A group of UN independent human rights experts called on Wednesday for the leaders of the world’s largest economies to ensure equal access to COVID-19 vaccines for people in the Global South, urging them not to allow the profit motive to undermine global health and equity.
‘Mass deaths’ alert in Myanmar as 100,000 flee junta’s heavy weapons
- UN News
In Myanmar, international action is needed urgently to prevent “mass deaths” there, after civilians fled attacks by so-called “junta bombs”, a top independent UN rights expert has warned.
The 21st Century Nuclear Arms Race
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 09 (IPS) - A new report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)—focusing on nuclear weapons spending—following on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recent decision that their Doomsday Clock should be set as close as it has ever been to nuclear catastrophe, should serve as a wake up calls for humanity.
Education Cannot Wait Investments Transform Childrens Lives in Somalia
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, Jun 8 2021 (IPS) - Ten-year-old Sabah Abdi from Ali Isse, a small rural village on the Somaliland-Ethiopian border, scored well in her recent exams, placing third overall in her local village school of 400 students.
Yet is was just three years ago Sabah spent her days helping with household chores and herding goats, rather than studying because her pastoralist family could not afford her school fees.
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