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WHO declares mpox virus a public health emergency of international concern
12/08/2024
Let’s Abolish the Colonial IMF on Its 80th Birthday
From Kenya to Pakistan, protesters want the International Monetary Fund to stop exploiting countries in debt crisis
(OpenDemocracy)* 24 July 2024 — Mass protests rocking Kenya in the past month have once again laid bare the predatory lending practices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Placards read “IMF keep your hands off Kenya,” and “We ain’t IMF bitches”, calling on President William Ruto to withdraw an IMF-driven finance bill set to ramp up austerity and regressive taxes.
Kenyan protesters anger at new IMF measures | James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
10/08/2024
Explainer: Why Kenya Is Considered a High Climate Risk for Development Banks
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Climate change-related extreme weather jeopardizes Kenya’s development agenda; even though it contributes very little to global warming, it is marked as a high-risk country by development banks.
Drought in Kenya’s Ewaso Ngiro river basin in 2017 when pastoralists had to dig for water because much of the river system in Isiolo county had dried up. Credit: Denis Onyodi/KRCS
– Kenya contributes less than 0.1 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions every year, yet development banks have flagged the East African nation as a high climate risk.
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09/08/2024
World Health Organization on Alert as Mpox Cases Surge to ‘Unprecedented’ Levels in Africa
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By Vibhu Mishra
(UN News)* — The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday [] raised the response to the mpox outbreak in over a dozen African countries to the highest level, mobilizing efforts across the agency.
07/08/2024
The Demise of Democracy and Human Rights Violations in Bangladesh: International Financial Institutions’ Culpability
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– The International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) are complicit in the gross human rights violations and death of democracy in Bangladesh.
Anis Chowdhury
They continued to supply financial blood line to the regime, well-documented for its corruptions, human rights violations – such as forced disappearances and tortures in custody – and riggings of votes, including politicization of state institutions in its slide into autocracy.
This is despite their professed commitment to transparency, accountability and good governance (IMF, World Bank, ADB).
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07/08/2024
New-Borns Are Being Sold for Up to $4,500 in Kazakhstan; the Government Is Cracking Down on Traffickers
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By Kulpash Konyrova, in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan tightens laws to combat trafficking of newborns
()* — Babies are being sold for up to $4,500 in Kazakhstan, but the government is cracking down on traffickers with a new law adopted earlier this month.
01/08/2024
Skyrocketing Violence against Children in Sudan Demands Urgent Protection Measures: United Nations
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(UN News)* — The conflict in Sudan has led to a horrifying surge in violence against children, a new UN report has revealed, underscoring the need for urgent and tangible protection measures.
31/07/2024
Adolescent Girls Face Alarming Rates of Intimate Partner Violence : World Health Organization
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(UN News)* — Nearly a quarter of all adolescent girls who have been in a relationship – close to 19 million – will have experienced intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new analysis on Monday [].
27/07/2024
UN: Extreme Heat a Global Issue With an Unequal Impact
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– “The world must rise to the challenge of rising temperatures,” says the UN Secretary-General as he launches a call to action on extreme heat and its impact on society and the environment.
Extreme heat has caused hundreds of deaths and has many other implications. This is an image from Dahanu, Maharashtra. Credit: 350/flickr
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