Global Issues
News headlines for “Sustainable Development”, page 1105
Afghanistan: UN chief urges Taliban to halt offensive immediately, negotiate ‘in good faith’
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on Taliban militants to “immediately halt” their offensive against Government forces and return to the negotiating table in good faith, “in the interest of Afghanistan, and its people.”
End ‘rampant’ police brutality, promote tolerance: UN human rights experts
- UN News
Expressing alarm over “rampant police brutality against peaceful protesters worldwide”, more than 40 UN-appointed human rights experts on Friday called for an end to the violence, urging Governments to promote dialogue, tolerance and diversity.
DR Congo: ‘Widespread and systematic’ violence linked to clashes over gold
- UN News
Rival armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are carrying out horrific sexual attacks against women and girls, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday.
Childhood cancer care in Africa hit hard by pandemic
- UN News
Nearly 30,000 children in sub-Saharan Africa are believed to have died from cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Fast-moving Afghanistan crisis ‘has hallmarks of humanitarian catastrophe’
- UN News
Afghanistan is on course to witness its highest ever number of documented civilian casualties in a single year since records began, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
How Market Knowledge is Powering Africa’s Solar Irrigation Sector
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Ghana, Aug 13 (IPS) - ‘Know your customers’ is arguably the first rule of marketing. By identifying and segmenting customer groups, companies can target their products and services to the right people, in the right way. This can open-up opportunities for growth, inform product development and improve customer retention.
UN health agency urges support for new COVID-19 origins studies
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all countries “to put differences aside” in order to speed up efforts to understand where and how the COVID-19 virus started – including the unproven suggestion that it was manufactured in a laboratory.
World Bank Looks to Trains in Argentina's Climate Battle
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 12 (IPS) - Argentina will receive a 347 million dollar loan from the World Bank to upgrade one of the most important suburban railway lines in the city of Buenos Aires. The operation is part of the multilateral lender’s new policy, which deepens its commitment to the fight against climate change.
Afghanistan: UN chief following escalation in fighting ‘with deep concern’
- UN News
With Taliban fighters continuing to gain ground in Afghanistan, the UN Secretary-General is following events “with deep concern” said the UN Spokesperson on Thursday, including the battle for Herat and Kandahar, the country’s second and third largest cities.
Top UN envoy points to fresh hope for democratic Somalia
- UN News
Political strides are breathing new hope into the country’s fragile State-building process, driven by an electoral agreement signed by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, and the heads of Somalia’s federal member states, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday.
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