Archive for March 25th, 2022

25/03/2022

As Yemen Continues to Be Devastated in an Eight-Year-Old Conflict, a UN Pledging Conference Attracts Only One Arab Donor

Human Wrongs Watch

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 25 2022 (IPS)* – When North and South Yemen merged into a single country ushering in the Republic of Yemen back in May 1990, a British newspaper remarked with a tinge of sarcasm: “Two poor countries have now become one poor country.”
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25/03/2022

Biggest Oil Giants Made ‘Eye-Popping’ $205 Billion in Profits in 2021: Report

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By Kenny Stancil | Common Dreams – TRANSCEND Media Service*

While millions have been hurt by surging gas prices, a new report from a government watchdog group shows 25 of the world’s biggest fossil fuel corporations in 2021 collectively pulled in $205 billion in profits. Now, fossil fuel giants are trying to “cash in on inflation and the crisis in Ukraine,” said one critic.

15 Mar 2022 – While millions of working people have been hurt by surging gas prices, a new analysis out today shows that 25 of the world’s biggest fossil fuel corporations collectively pulled in an “eye-popping” $205 billion in profits last year — and Big Oil is exploiting Russia’s war on Ukraine to charge even more at the pump in 2022 and advance its financial interests.

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25/03/2022

Women and Newborns at Severe Risk in Ethiopia

Human Wrongs Watch

KONSO, Ethiopia, March 2022 (UNFPA)* – “I was discharged from the health facility after the stillbirth of my baby without any medication or treatment. I have been bleeding ever since,” said Asnaketch, sitting in her tent at Haylota IDP (internally displaced persons) site in Konso, a zone in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR).

Maternal and reproductive health-care crisis in Ethiopia
Asnaketch recovering in her tent after a stillbirth at Haylota internally displaced persons site in Konso, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region state. @ UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo

Asnaketch, 25, had already lost her first baby after ethnic conflict broke out in their village, Gerchi, in Konso zone. “The whole village was burnt to the ground. When the clashes erupted, we had to move here,” says Asnaketch, in visible pain. “I lost my first son due to a complication when we were fleeing.”

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