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(UN News)* — In honour of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, the UN hosted a virtual commemoration on Friday on the theme AI: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures.
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09/08/2025
Her Feet Reached Yemen but Her Heart Never Rested
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By Sahar Al-Shawafi and Ayoub Al-Ahmadi | International Organization for Migration (IOM)*
Sana’a, Yemen — Fourteen men and four women set off from the Horn of Africa, drifting into the unknown across the sea.
After surviving the journey to Yemen, Sennait gave birth at a migrant centre and now hopes to rebuild her life with her baby. Photo: AI-generated image.
Among them was Sennait*, a 20-year-old Ethiopian woman carrying the weight of her father’s recent death and the scars of a harrowing trek from her village to the coastal town of Bossaso.
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Her life had once been simple. She went to school, laughed with friends, and helped her father tend their small farm.
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Then everything changed.
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09/08/2025
Israel’s Military Takeover of Gaza City Would Mark ‘a Dangerous Escalation’
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(UN News)* — UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed grave concern over Israel’s decision to “take control of Gaza City”, his Spokesperson said in a statement on Friday [].
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08/08/2025
Extreme Heat Is Breaking Records Worldwide: World Meteorological Organization
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(UN News)* — Extreme heat is breaking records around the world, with wildfires and poor air quality compounding the crisis, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released Thursday [].
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07/08/2025
Who Are the Civilized? Who Are the Barbarians? Who Are the Savages?
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By Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service*
An invitation for the reader to analyze and decide which countries, peoples, and/or cultures can be considered civilized in the 21st century—more specifically, in 2025.
A civilization or culture is defined as a set of customs, traditions, ethics, values, language, music, dance, gastronomy, clothing, religion, and social and political organization of a people, ethnic group, tribe, or nation.
British scholars of the 19th century classified the peoples and races as Civilized, Barbarians and Savages, based on their respective “evolutions.” Such classification was based primarily on three factors:
- Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution;
- the Industrial Revolution in the beginning of industrial capitalism; and
- the Reformation of the Catholic Church, the schism from which Protestantism arose.
False premises that led to false conclusions.
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07/08/2025
Trapped by Geography and Squeezed by Global Market Forces, Landlocked Nations Are ‘Invisible to Much of the World’
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By Nargiz Shekinskaya in Awaza and Vibhu Mishra in New York.
(UN News)* — Trapped by geography and squeezed by global market forces, the world’s 32 landlocked developing countries remain among the poorest – and most overlooked.
Despite progress in some areas, landlocked nations – from Bolivia to Bhutan and Burkina Faso – account for just 1.2 per cent of global exports, even though they represent over seven per cent of the world’s countries.
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07/08/2025
Landlocked Developing Countries’ Group to Negotiate Way Out of Agricultural Catastrophe
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– Agriculture is a critical sector in landlocked developing countries, as more than half (55 percent) of the population is employed in the agriculture sector – significantly higher than the global average of 25 per cent.
As such, the deterioration of food security in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) is an unfolding catastrophe.
A high-level event focused on agriculture at the ongoing Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS
There are 32 LLDCs, with a combined population of nearly 600 million people.
The prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity rose from an estimated 43 percent in 2015 to 51 percent in 2023, and the rate of undernourishment from approximately 15 percent to 19 percent in the same period.
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07/08/2025
Parliamentarians from Around the World Urged to Take Decisive Action to Improve the Lives of More than 600 Million People Living in Landlocked Developing Countries
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By Nargiz Shekinskaya in Awaza, Turkmenistan
(UN News)* — At a major UN forum opening in Awaza, Turkmenistan, this week, parliamentarians from around the world are being urged to take decisive action to improve the lives of more than 600 million people living in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs).
There are 32 such countries globally, home to over half a billion people. Many are also among the world’s least developed, hindered by high transport costs, limited access to global markets, and heightened vulnerability to climate impacts.
06/08/2025
Children Are ‘Skin and Bones’ in Sudan: the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis
05/08/2025
The Missing Link in Africa’s Climate Plans: Animal Health
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– One would expect that this year’s wetter than average rainy season in parts of Africa would be viewed with relief, not fear.
Credit: World Organisation for Animal Health
Yet many areas in the region sits at a knife’s edge—still recovering from years of drought and a historic famine, too much rain leads to flooding and water-borne diseases.
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