Archive for January 29th, 2022

29/01/2022

Northern Ethiopia: A Record 9 Million Now Need Food Assistance

(UN News)* — After 15 months of conflict in Ethiopia, almost 40 per cent of Tigrayans are suffering an extreme lack of food, according to data released by the World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday [28 January 2022].

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© WFP/Claire Nevill | A displaced mother cooks for her family in Afar, Ethiopia.
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Meanwhile, across all three conflict-affected regions of the north, more than nine million people now need humanitarian food assistance, the highest number so far, since conflict erupted in November 2020, between Government and rebel forces.

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29/01/2022

Attacks on Democracy in the United States

Human Wrongs Watch

The Republican Party has become irresponsible

Capitol under siege
Capitol under siege | Image from Wall Street International.

27 January 2022 (Wall Street International)*vIn recent years, and especially since Donald Trump’s term as president, the Republican party has become irresponsible. Republican Senators and members of the House of Representatives no longer act to promote whatever is best for their country and the planet. Instead, they block whatever the Democratic Party tries to achieve.

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