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(UN News)* — In Gaza, overwhelmed hospitals, soaring temperatures, hunger and a lack of even basic sanitation present an ever more deadly threat to a population under constant attack, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday [].
11/07/2024
Gaza Reeling from Overwhelmed Hospitals, Soaring Temperatures, Hunger, Lack of Basic Sanitation…
11/07/2024
United Nations Humanitarians Warn against Israeli Evacuation Orders in Gaza City
10/07/2024
“Trafficking, torture, forced labour, extortion, starvation in intolerable conditions of detention” are “perpetrated at scale… with impunity”: UN Human Rights Chief
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By Daniel Johnson
(UN News)* — The desperate plight of migrants and refugees tortured, trafficked and sold “at scale” in Libya took centre stage at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday [], where UN rights chief Volker Türk urged the international community to consider halting its agreement with the north African country on asylum seekers and migration.
10/07/2024
While Global Population Is Rising, East Asia Is Shrinking
Human Wrongs Watch
On 15 November 2022, the world’s population reached an estimated 8.0 billion people, a milestone in human development. This unprecedented growth, according to the UN, is due to the gradual increase in human lifespan owing to improvements in public health, nutrition, personal hygiene and medicine. It is also the result of high and persistent levels of fertility in some countries. Meanwhile, the UN will be commemorating World Population Day on July 11.
– Across East Asia, birthrates are plummeting. Japan’s has been falling for eight straight years and recently hit a record low of 1.2 children per woman, the lowest since record keeping began in 1899.
For reference, a total fertility rate of 2.1 is needed to maintain a stable population. China’s total fertility rate is now approaching 1.0. South Korea’s plummeted in 2023 to a record low of 0.72, the worlds’ lowest.
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09/07/2024
What’s Happening in the Central African Republic?
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By Marion Guenard | Norwegian Refugee Council*
4 July 2024 — The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been overlooked for years. A landlocked country in the heart of central west Africa, CAR continues to pay the price of a long-standing conflict, and one in five Central Africans remains displaced.
07/07/2024
Six Shocking Facts You Didn’t Know about Extreme Weather
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07/07/2024
The Island of Carriacou in Grenada, Virtually “Flattened” by the Devastating Hurricane Beryl: UN Official
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By Vibhu Mishra, with additional reporting by Daniel Johnson in Geneva
(UN News)* — The island of Carriacou in Grenada has been virtually “flattened” by the devastating Hurricane Beryl, a senior UN official there reported on Friday [5 July 2024], as humanitarian teams ramp up their support to communities affected across the Caribbean.
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06/07/2024
Drought Emergency in Zambia: Child Marriage, HIV and Hunger on the Rise for Women and Girls
Human Wrongs Watch
SOUTHERN PROVINCE, Zambia, 3 July 2024 (UNFPA)* -– “They don’t have any food, and the teenagers can become vulnerable,” said nurse Suvannah Sinakaaba, in the village of Hakankula in Zambia’s Monze District. “HIV rates are quite high among adolescents; some engage in sexual activities with fishermen, because they want [financial] help.”
Zambia is acutely exposed to the global climate emergency, hit by frequent – and deadly – droughts, floods and heat waves.
Now in the grips of its driest agricultural season in more than 40 years, the President has declared a national emergency: Crops have been wiped out, livestock have died, and poverty and food insecurity are deepening for more than 9.8 million people.
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06/07/2024
Alarming Drop in Global Funding to People in War and Crisis
What’s happening in the Central African Republic?: https://www.nrc.no/perspectives/2024/whats-happening-in-the-central-african-republic/. This family fled their village of Loura in CAR after atrocities were committed against civilians. Photo: Marion Guenard/NRC
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“At a time when the world is falling apart for millions of people, we are seeing an increasing trend of international neglect. I have never before seen such a glaring gap between the need for lifesaving aid and available funding…
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06/07/2024
Migrants and Refugees Continue to Face ‘Extreme Horrors’ Not Just at Sea, but Also on Land Routes to Africa’s Mediterranean Coast
Human Wrongs Watch
Geneva (IOM)* – Refugees and migrants continue to face extreme forms of violence, human rights violations and exploitation not just at sea, but also on land routes across the African continent, towards its Mediterranean coastline.
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