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Extreme Heat Undermines Decent Work in North Eastern Kenya
- Inter Press Service
GARISSA, Kenya , February 16 (IPS) - By 9 a.m. on a Wednesday, Hawa Hussein Farah is already watching the temperature climb. Awake since 6 a.m., she has prepared her three children for school before walking them to class and heading to Suuq Mugdi, an open-air market in Garissa town, to buy the fruit she will sell.
UN forum calls for overhaul of agrifood systems
- UN News
Rising food prices and declining farm incomes are putting increasing pressure on the global food system, with up to 720 million people facing hunger last year, and billions more struggling to afford healthy diets.
World News in Brief: Madagascar hunger crisis, Colombia aid appeal, Cuba fuel shortages
- UN News
Back-to-back cyclones in Madagascar have left more than 400,000 people in need of food assistance, according to estimates by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), while roads, power lines and homes have been severely damaged.
Guterres deplores Israel’s move to resume land registration in the West Bank
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned Israel’s decision to resume land registration procedures in a large part of the occupied West Bank, his Spokesman said on Monday.
As conditions worsen in Ukraine, refugees struggle to return
- UN News
As Ukraine prepares to enter the fifth year of the full-scale Russian invasion on 24 February, UN monitors say harm to civilians has “demonstrably worsened”, while energy attacks and freezing temperatures are making it harder for displaced families to return.
UN chief urges renewed push to complete decolonization as 17 territories remain
- UN News
More than 60 years after the UN launched its formal decolonization drive, Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday urged renewed commitment to completing the unfinished business of ending colonial rule.
Sudan: Thousands cling to a fragile hope in makeshift tents
- UN News
The Tawila camp for internally displaced in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region is home to more than half a million people who live in makeshift huts of sticks, hay and plastic sheeting.
New recombinant mpox strain detected in UK and India, WHO urges continued monitoring
- UN News
The detection of a newly identified recombinant mpox virus containing genetic material from two known strains underscores the need for continued genomic surveillance, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday, as the overall global public health risk assessment remains unchanged.
Guterres tells AU Summit: ‘This is 2026 – not 1946’ in push for reform
- UN News
Calling for sweeping reforms of global institutions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told African leaders on Saturday that the absence of permanent African seats on the Security Council is “indefensible,” declaring: “This is 2026 – not 1946.”
World Entrepreneurs and Investment Forum puts women at the heart of economic transformation
- UN News
Women entrepreneurs must be recognized as the architects of economic change and not the beneficiaries.
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