(UN News)* — More than 6,000 people in Haiti have been forced from their homes by gang violence in almost a month, hampering aid efforts by humanitarian agencies, the United Nations warned on .
Since the end of January, a wave of extreme brutality has led to widespread loss of life and the displacement of over 6,000 people in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
“We are deeply alarmed and appalled by the unacceptable and inhumane intensity of violence in Haiti,” the Haiti Humanitarian Country Team, which is made up of UN agencies, national and international NGOs and donors, said in a statement.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 25 2025 (IPS)* – Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) appeal captured US mass discontent against globalisation.
In recent decades, variations of America First have reflected growing ethnonationalism in the world’s presumptive hegemon.
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Deglobalisation?
Trade liberalisation probably peaked at the end of the 20th century with the creation of the multilateral World Trade Organization (WTO), which the West kept outside the UN system.
With deindustrialisation in the North blamed on globalisation, their governments gradually abandoned trade liberalisation, especially after the 2008 global financial crisis.
Free trade mahaguru Jagdish Bhagwati has long complained of the weak commitment to multilateral trade liberalisation. Most recent supposed free trade agreements (FTAs) have been plurilateral or bilateral, undermining multilateralism while promoting non-trade measures.
(UN News)* — Breast cancer cases are expected to increase by 38 percent globally by 2050, withannual deathsfrom the diseaseprojected to rise by 68 percent, according to a new report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a specialisedbranch of the World HealthOrganization (WHO).
Those who have done the least to cause the climate crisis are the worst affected, while those who have done the most to provoke it are the most shielded from its impacts.
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We talk about this in the new episode of SystemShift, a Greenpeace podcast that explores how we can move from a world that serves the economy to an economy that works for people and the planet.
This time Carl and Joycelyn host two young climate leaders: Lali Riascos, from Guapi, Colombia, and Mateus Fernandes, from Sao Paulo,Brazil.
(Brussels) – European Union High Representative Kaja Kallas and EU foreign ministers should unequivocally condemn Israel’s atrocity crimes and other serious violations of international law during the EU-Israel Association Council meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on February 24, 2025, Human Rights Watch said on 24 February 2025.
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 24 2025 (IPS)* –The UN’s human rights agenda is in danger of faltering since the Geneva-based Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) is planning to “restructure” the office, under the moniker OHCHR 2.0.
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But this proposal, if implemented, would result in the abolition of the Special Procedures Branch, established by the Human Rights Council (HRC), to report and advise on human rights from thematic and country-specific perspectives.
(UN News)* —The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched a $40.4 million appeal to address the deepening humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its impact on neighbouring countries, particularly Burundi, where thousands are arriving daily in desperate conditions.
As fighting escalates in eastern DRC, more than 40,000 Congolese refugees – primarily women and children – have crossed into Burundi since February, with over 9,000 arrivals recorded in a single day this week.
The United Nations Development Programme says that while nine out of ten people are living in poverty and one in four jobless, Syria’s economy could restore its pre-conflict level within a decade with robust growth.
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New York, 19 February 2025 (UNDP)* – Fourteen years of conflict in Syria have undone nearly four decades of economic, social, and human capital progress, according to a new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) preliminary socio-economic impact assessment.
The report issues a stark warning: at current growth rates, Syria’s economy will not regain its pre-conflict GDP level before 2080.
MBARALI, Tanzania, Feb 21 2025 (IPS)* – A hush had fallen over Mbarali District, but it was not the quiet of peace—it was the silence of uncertainty.
The REGROW project, aimed at doubling the size of Ruaha National Park, has left many without land and prospects. Credit: Kizito Makoye/IPS
Just months ago, the rolling plains were gripped by fear as government-backed rangers, dressed in olive green fatigues, roamed through villages, seizing cattle, torching homes, and forcing entire communities to the wobbly edge of survival.
21 February 2025 — In early 2024, clashes between armed forces and non-state armed groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo resumed after a period of inactivity. By late 2024, the city of Goma was surrounded and most access roads were blocked.
Jorime and Desanges were forced to flee their homes by brutal violence in eastern DR Congo. Photo: Desire Cimerhe/NRC
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The already isolated population was deprived of access to essential goods. They had no idea they were about to face the country’s most dramatic crisis since the conflict began nearly three decades ago.
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In the village of Kivale, daily life was relatively peaceful. Children ran freely, families cooked tasty meals under the shade of the trees, and people cultivated the land and ran their businesses as best they could.
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