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More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions of people in West and Central Africa are facing record hunger as conflict, displacement, economic hardship and repeated extreme weather push the region towards a major crisis.
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UNFPA calls on US to reconsider ban on future funding
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The United States’ decision to halt future funding to the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, will slash critical health services for women and girls worldwide, the agency warned on Friday.
23h ago
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‘We can do better’ for pedestrian and cyclist safety worldwide
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A cycling network expanded from 70 kilometres to over 400 kilometres in Fortaleza, Brazil. A project to create a bike lane in every street of Paris. And the longest pedestrian and cycle tunnel in the world, in the Norwegian coastal city of Bergen.
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UN humanitarian teams have completed a mission to the Sudanese town of Tawila to provide life-saving assistance for civilians recently displaced by intensifying violence in North Darfur state.
21h ago
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UN warns copper shortage risks slowing global energy and technology shift
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A looming global copper shortage could stall the world’s transition to clean energy and digital technologies unless smarter trade and investment strategies are adopted, the UN’s trade and development body, UNCTAD, has warned.
20h ago
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From consortiumnews.com
Vijay Prashad: Israel’s Crimes in the West Bank
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Israel’s genocidal actions in the West Bank include the denial of basic services, forced displacement, mass killings, incarceration and the destruction of infrastructure. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In 1948, the newly proclaimed Israeli government seized 7
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