Archive for February 10th, 2024

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10/02/2024

Rafah Escalation Fears, Gaza War’s Unprecedented Death Rate

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — The unprecedented population density in Rafah in southern Gaza makes it nearly impossible to protect civilians in the event of ground attacks, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, warned on Friday [9 February 2024]. 

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© UNRWA | Families forced to flee ongoing bombardment in Khan Younis to Rafah, where the population has already quadrupled.

More than half of Gaza’s population of over two million is now crammed into the city, which is located on the border with Egypt and originally home to some 250,000 people.

Congestion has reached a point where normal routes are blocked by tents set up by families seeking any flat, clean space available, OCHA said.

Garbage mounting, basics lacking 

In the past three months, Rafah has produced the equivalent of a year’s worth of garbage, according to municipal authorities.

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10/02/2024

Drought Narrows the Panama Canal, Delays Shipping

Human Wrongs Watch

By Emilio Godoy

PANAMA CITY, Feb 8 2024 (IPS)* – At the bar that Sandra manages in Panama City’s central financial district, the variety offered on the menu has shrunk due to delays in ship traffic through the Panama Canal, one of the world’s major shipping routes. | En español
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A ship passes through the Pedro Miguel lock on its way to the Miraflores system to cross the Panama Canal. The infrastructure faces water shortages due to drought in the country, which limits the pace of maritime cargo transport through the bioceanic route that moves six percent of the world's maritime trade. CREDIT: Emilio Godoy / IPS - Drought Narrows the Panama Canal, Delays Shipping

A ship passes through the Pedro Miguel lock on its way to the Miraflores system to cross the Panama Canal. The infrastructure faces water shortages due to drought in the country, which limits the pace of maritime cargo transport through the bioceanic route that moves six percent of the world’s maritime trade. CREDIT: Emilio Godoy / IPS

“We are out of stock of some of our foreign beers, because the shipment didn’t arrive. I hope it will get here one of these days,” the Panamanian bar-keeper told IPS, as she pointed to a half-empty refrigerator in the bar nestled between skyscrapers.

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