Archive for ‘Africa’

09/12/2023

All Wars Are Bankers’ Wars

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By Michael Rivero – TRANSCEND Media Service*

Mini Documentary: What the Private Central Banks DON’T WANT YOU to Know!

Truths we are not allowed to learn in school. An important documentary in light of current events.

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*This article originally appeared on Transcend Media Service (TMS) on 4 Dec 2023:  TMS: All Wars Are Bankers’ Wars

2023 Human Wrongs Watch

08/12/2023

Do’s and Don’ts for Tackling Chronic Back Pain

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(UN News)* — The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday [] released its first-ever guidelines on managing chronic low back pain – the leading cause of disability worldwide, that effects an astonishing one in 13 of us.

Globally, about one in 13 people suffer low back pain, according to WHO.
© Unsplash/Sasun Bughdaryan | Globally, about one in 13 people suffer low back pain, according to WHO.

Notably, the guidance includes both recommendations and warnings for long-term sufferers, arguing against the use of opioid painkillers; physical therapies, such as traction; and lumbar braces and belts.

Instead, healthcare professionals are advised to develop exercise programmes; help patients educate themselves on the options and self-care strategies; and provide psychological support, such as cognitive behavioural therapy.

08/12/2023

People Are Beaten, Sexually Abused and Killed in Libyan Detention Centres

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By Médecins Sans Frontières [Doctors without Borders]*

6 December 2023 — Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants held inside detention centres in Tripoli, Libya, have been assaulted, sexually abused, beaten, killed and systematically deprived of the most basic humane conditions, including proper access to food, water, sanitation and medical care, says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
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07/12/2023

“We lost everything”: In Yemen, a Mother’s Grief Lays Bare the Human Cost of the Climate Crisis

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Taiz, YEMEN, 6 December 2023 (UNFPA)* – “One day, when I was returning from fetching water, I collapsed on the road. I was bleeding so badly that I knew I was going to lose my baby.”

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Umm Mahra, 38, has four children and has been living in a displacement camp in Yemen’s southwestern highlands for seven years. She had a miscarriage due to malnourishment and exhaustion. © UNFPA Yemen

Umm Mahra was 31 years old and five months pregnant when she was forced to seek refuge with her family in a remote displacement camp in Taiz, in Yemen’s southwestern highlands.

Conflict had erupted across the country and a crippling drought took hold, exacerbating the situation for millions of people already fleeing for their lives.

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07/12/2023

“An unprecedented emergency on a planetary scale, where the massive impacts of human-induced droughts are only starting to unfold”

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06/12/2023

‘Alarming Surge’ in Climate Change over the Past Decade

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(UN News)* — The past decade has been confirmed the warmest ever recorded, continuing an alarming 30-year trend that the UN weather chief said on Tuesday [] is “unequivocally driven by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.” 

Secretary-General Visits Antarctica
UN Photo/Mark Garten | Secretary-General Visits Antarctica

Marked by record breaking land and ocean temperatures, the decade between 2011-2020 saw continued rising concentrations of greenhouse gasses that “turbo charged” dramatic glacier loss and sea-level rise, according to a new report from the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

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06/12/2023

Record Number of Fossil Fuel Lobbyists at COP28

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By Kick Big Polluters Out*

Industry influx escalates call to protect talks from Big Polluters

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LONDON 5th December 2023: At least 2456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the COP28 summit in Dubai, signalling an unprecedented presence at crucial climate talks from representatives of some of the world’s biggest polluters, according to a new analysis from the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition.

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04/12/2023

COP28: Methane Pledge by the ‘Giants Behind the Climate Crisis’ Falls ‘Well Short’ of What Is Needed

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(UN News)* — UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday [] sent a strong message to the oil and gas industry: the pledges made at COP28 in Dubai fall well short of what’s needed to meaningfully tackle the climate crisis.

The burning of fossil fuels is driving climate change.
© Unsplash/Patrick Hendry | The burning of fossil fuels is driving climate change.

As the fourth day of this year’s UN climate conference got underway, the UN chief stated: “The fossil fuel industry is finally starting to wake up, but the promises made clearly fall short of what is required.”

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04/12/2023

Netherlands Latest Country to Tilt to the Right

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LONDON, Dec 4 2023 (IPS)* The Netherlands is the latest country to lurch to the right amid the global cost of living crisis. Its November election saw maverick far-right populist Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV) come first. A hardline Islamophobe who’s called for the Quran to be banned could be the next prime minister.

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03/12/2023

Unprecedented Drought Emergency

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(UN News)* — A new report by the UN team combatting desertification reveals alarming trends over the past two years which have resulted in an unprecedented emergency due to human-induced droughts.

Sand flows from a child's hand like through an hourglass. In southwestern Ethiopia, drought worsened by climate change is threatening crops and livestock, pushing the population to the brink.
© UNICEF/Pouget | Sand flows from a child’s hand like through an hourglass. In southwestern Ethiopia, drought worsened by climate change is threatening crops and livestock, pushing the population to the brink.

The Global Drought Snapshot report, released by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on Friday [], coinciding with COP 28, paint a grim picture of the scale of lives and livelihoods lost to droughts.

Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD Executive Secretary, emphasized the urgency of the situation. “Unlike other disasters that attract media attention, droughts happen silently, often going unnoticed and failing to provoke an immediate public and political response,” he said.

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