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From Nets to Numbers: How Kenya’s Small-Scale Fishers Use Data to Save Their Ocean
- Inter Press Service
WASINI, Kenya, June 26 (IPS) - As the afternoon sun casts a golden glow over Mukwiro village on Wasini Island on Kenya’s Indian Ocean South Coast, Mwanasiti Mwalola, 26 and Mzungu Mohammed Dhossa, 45, stand at the community fish landing site, carefully receiving baskets of freshly caught fish from returning fishers. A weighing scale hangs before them, with a pen and notebook in their hands; the two have one duty: to collect data on the stock being delivered by artisanal fishers.
In a Post-Aid World, Investing in Sustainable Livestock Farming Is an Investment in Global Stability
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 26 (IPS) - Smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia are likely to still be reeling from the fuel and fertilizer crisis caused by conflict in the Middle East when what forecasters expect to be a “super” El Niño arrives later this year.
UN envoy urges parties to ‘stay the course’ towards peace in eastern DR Congo
- UN News
The new head of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has urged parties to the peace processes for the volatile eastern region to maintain momentum and fully implement their commitments.
World News in Brief: Violence displaces thousands in Haiti and Lebanon, Gaza updates, UN food agency delivers in Ebola-stricken DR Congo
- UN News
More than 2,600 people were displaced in the Artibonite department of Haiti following clashes between armed groups last week as the humanitarian situation continues to worsen, according to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA).
Sudan: Window is closing to prevent wider escalation in El Obeid
- UN News
A senior United Nations official warned on Friday that the opportunity to prevent a major escalation in the Sudanese city of El Obeid is “rapidly narrowing” as fighting intensifies in and around the North Kordofan state capital.
Guterres urges renewed commitment to multilateralism on UN Charter Day
- UN News
Secretary-General António Guterres and General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock reaffirmed the principles outlined in the UN Charter and called for a renewed commitment to multilateralism at a General Assembly meeting on Friday marking the Charter’s 81st anniversary.
Strait of Hormuz: UN evacuates 2,500 seafarers before attack freezes rescue operation
- UN News
The United Nations’ maritime agency said on Friday that it had successfully evacuated about 2,500 stranded seafarers from the Persian Gulf before suspending the operation, after an attack on a commercial vessel exposed uncertainty over who can guarantee safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Global drug use reaches record high as increasingly potent synthetic drugs spread
- UN News
More people are using drugs than ever before, while synthetic substances are reshaping illicit markets and exposing vulnerable communities to greater health risks, according to the UN World Drug Report 2026, released on Friday.
Deaths in US immigration custody must be investigated: UN rights chief
- UN News
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday called for stronger independent oversight of the United States immigration detention system and investigations into all deaths in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.
Venezuela earthquakes LIVE: Death toll rises amid recovery and rescue efforts
- UN News
Nearly seven million Venezuelans could be affected by this week’s double earthquakes as the death toll rises to at least 235 people amid massive, growing needs and ongoing emergency search and rescue efforts, UN agencies reported on Friday. We’re bringing you the latest news live, and UN News app users can follow here.
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