Archive for July 10th, 2023

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10/07/2023

Extremist Ideology in Europe: ‘Leave Everyone Behind’ (Except Us)

Human Wrongs Watch

By Baher Kamal

MADRID, Jul 10 2023 (IPS)* – A quick glance at the current European political map would clearly show how far the extremist ideology has been installed in European countries –those who still wave the French Revolution’s flag of “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité.”

Credit: United Nations

According to the Napoleonic French Revolution’s three pillars, Liberty means freedom for an individual to do what he/she wants to do without harming others’ Liberty. Equality means equal opportunity to all the citizens irrespective of their caste, religion, race, gender.

Fraternity means an environment of brotherhood among the citizens of a nation.

“Not true” that “all humans are equal”

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10/07/2023

As Drought and Floods Threaten Millions in Ethiopia, Midwives Are a Lifeline for Pregnant Women and Newborns

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DUDUMACAD, Ethiopia, 7 July 2023 (UNFPA)* – “Saving the life of this baby was a miracle and a blessing for my family. I am immensely grateful,” said Amino Bashir, 25, as she held her newborn.

In Ethiopia’s Somali region, a camp in the village of Gabi’as shelters hundreds of households displaced by drought. Over 260,000 women are currently pregnant in the Somali region alone, many of them internally displaced from recurrent, multiple crises and at dire risk of acute undernourishment, without access to even the most basic health care. © UNFPA Ethiopia/Paula Seijo

Ms. Bashir lives in Dudumacad in the Somali region of Ethiopia – one of the areas devastated by a gruelling drought across the Horn of Africa that has affected more than 36 million people so far.

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10/07/2023

Nearly 3 Million Displaced by Conflict in Sudan in Less than Three Months

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People fleeing the ongoing fighting in Sudan arrive in Chad. Photo: IOM/F. Ada Affana

Geneva/Cairo/Port Sudan, 6 July 2023 (IOM)* – Nearly 3 million people have been displaced internally and across borders by the conflict in Sudan, in less than three months.

In addition to the more than 2.2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), nearly 700,000 others have fled into neighbouring countries, according to the latest figures by the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM).

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10/07/2023

Hunger Grows as Sahel Crisis Spills into Coastal West Africa

Human Wrongs Watch

By Richard Mbouet

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Youlka (R) buys food for dinner at a market in Togo's Savanes region, where many displaced people are seeking shelter from violence. Photo: WFP/Richard Mbouet.jpg
Youlka buys food for dinner at a market in Togo’s Savanes region, where many displaced people are seeking shelter from violence. Photo: WFP/Richard Mbouet

She heaves a sigh of relief. With her national identity and ration cards in hand, she hurries to the distribution point for World Food Programme (WFP) cash. She already knows what she’ll spend it on.

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10/07/2023

UN Space Agency Vigilant over Threat Posed by ‘Near-Earth Objects’

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(UN NEWS)* — With over 18,000 near-Earth objects (NEOs) lurking beyond the stratosphere, 2,000 of which are classified as potentially hazardous, the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is using Friday’s International Asteroid Dayto raise awareness across the planet.

Asteroid tracks among the stars.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA | Asteroid tracks among the stars.
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NEOs are asteroids or comets that come relatively close to the Sun, to about 50 million kilometres from Earth’s orbit. Some of them, ‘potentially hazardous objects’ (PHOs), come even closer – in interstellar terms – with a minimum distance of less than 7.5 million kilometres.
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Measuring more than 140 meters across, the PHOs have the potential to cause regional devastation with possible global consequences.

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10/07/2023

UN and Partners Visit Severely Damaged Jenin Refugee Camp

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(UN NEWS)* — Senior UN officials and donor partners on Sunday [] visited the Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank city of Jenin, where they witnessed the “shocking” damage sustained during the Israeli incursion this past week.

The two-day Israeli military operation, which included airstrikes in this densely populated community, caused the worst level of destruction in more than 20 years in Jenin camp.
© UNRWA/Tareq Shalash
The two-day Israeli military operation, which included airstrikes in this densely populated community, caused the worst level of destruction in more than 20 years in Jenin camp.

The two-day military operation was the fiercest in over 20 years, according to the UN agency that supports Palestine refugees, UNRWA.

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