Inaction Has Been Fatal, Says UN, as Dozens of Rohingya Refugees Perish at Sea
Human Wrongs Watch
7 September 2020 (UN News)* — Dozens of Rohingya refugees are believed to have died in the Andaman sea after spending more than 200 days afloat, owing to a “collective unwillingness” of countries to take them in, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said.
Escalating Oil and Gas Exploration Game
7 September 2020 (Wall Street International)* — The African continent is home to five of the top 30 oil-producing countries in the world, which means it accounted for more than 7.9 million barrels per day in 2019 (about 9.6% of world output).
World Risks Losing Entire Generation of Children, Nobel Laureates Warns
Human Wrongs Watch
– The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of millions of people worldwide, accounted for over 869,000 deaths, destabilised the global economy and triggered a marked rise in poverty and hunger in the developing world.
Kailash Satyarthi, founder of Laureates and Leaders for Children and 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate, says the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated the deep inequalities faced by the poorest families. Courtesy: Marcel Crozet / ILO
But the fallout from one of the most devastating consequences of the spreading virus is on the lives of a growing new generation: children.
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