The year in humanitarian news
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RECENT NEWS ON RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
Creating a shared language of genocide prevention across the globe
A timeline of significant events in 2022. From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (and the global impacts) to Haiti’s spiralling gang violence...
El planeta en estado de alarma suelos degradados, destrucción de los bosques, sequías y desnutrición
El agravamiento de la inseguridad alimentaria, la degradación de los suelos y la escasez de agua en distintas zonas del planeta son...
A famine that’s not a famine: ‘Children are waiting to die’
Agencies say Somalia is ‘on the brink of famine’, but evidence suggests the extent of mass starvation is much worse Abdirahman’s mother...
Horn of Africa faces most severe drought in more than two generations – UNICEF
The number of children suffering from dire drought conditions across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more than doubled in five months,...
Climate Change is Driving Millions to the Precipice of a ‘Raging Food Catastrophe’
In the Horn of Africa, a climate change-induced drought is exposing cracks in the global food system and pushing humanitarian aid to a...
Iran's Water Crisis Will Make It Harder for the Regime to Regain Control
Iran’s government has spent this week trying to quell the protests that have rocked the country for the last three months. Officials put...
‘Shameful’ UN silencing Indigenous voices, say banned Cop27 activists
Campaigners who interrupted US president’s speech had passes revoked after they put ‘lives in danger’ The four activists gave a war cry...
COP27: ‘Stand and deliver’, urges UN Secretary-General
‘Stand and deliver’, urges UN Secretary-General as divides threaten COP27 negotiations ahead of deadline UNIC Tokyo/ Momoko Sato / Civil...
Crisis climática:
la COP27 incluyó por primera vez en su agenda la compensación de los países ricos a los pobres La inclusión de este tema en la agenda...
Como si tres Caracas se perdieran cada año: la voraz deforestación que asola a Venezuela
Un análisis de los datos de Global Forest Watch alerta sobre la aceleración de la pérdida del bosque natural en los últimos cinco años...
Iraq in the News
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