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Africa 

One of Rwanda’s most wanted genocide suspects arrested in South Africa after 22 years on run

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One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda’s genocide, a man suspected of orchestrating the killing of more than 2,000 people, has been arrested in South Africa after 22 years on the run, a special tribunal set up by the United Nations said Thursday. According to the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), Fulgence Kayishema was arrested Wednesday in… Read More
Human Rights 

Plenty abuzz on World Bee Day

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Planting awareness Ziad Sa’ad has a degree in media and communications, but has always been a farmer and beekeeper in Al Qurnah, Iraq. “Our community has a relationship with our land that is hard to describe; our fathers and grandfathers were also farmers,” he said. “Our work and life cycle on these farms are interdependent.” Ziad Sa’ad, a beekeeper from… Read More
Pacific 

Extreme weather caused two million deaths, cost $4 trillion over last 50 years

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According to WMO, weather, climate and water-related hazards caused close to 12,000 disasters between 1970 and 2021. Developing countries were hit hardest, seeing nine in 10 deaths and 60 per cent of economic losses from climate shocks and extreme weather.   WMO said that Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States suffered a “disproportionately” high cost in relation to the… Read More
Pacific 

Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’

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“On the International Day for Biological Diversity, we reflect on our relationship with humanity’s life-support system, from the air we breathe and the food we eat, to the energy that fuels us and the medicines that heal us, our lives are wholly dependent on healthy ecosystems,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. “Yet, our actions are devastating every corner of the… Read More
Africa 

Gaza: Over a quarter of UNRWA centre patients needing mental health support

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This is the highest rate of mental health need ever recorded, across UNRWA’s medical system. UNRWA’s health programmes support some two million Palestine refugees across Jordan, Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory composed of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and Gaza, as well as in Syria. Immensely challenging year Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Dr. Akihiro Seita, UNRWA’s Director of… Read More
Africa 

Tina Turner fans pay their respect to the “Queen of Rock And Soul”

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Tina Turner, the trailblazing Black rocker whose powerful voice and imposing stage presence thrilled global audiences for decades, died Wednesday at the age of 83. Tributes poured in from around the world, with some of music’s biggest names lamenting the loss of a singular and instantly recognizable performer, whose popularity spanned generations. Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger — who, legend… Read More
Africa 

IMF approves US$3.5bn aid package for Ivory Coast

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an aid package for Ivory Coast totaling $3.5 billion. The first tranche is nearly $500 million. The programme, which has been endorsed by the Fund’s Executive Board, is spread over 40 months and should help the West African country implement “the national development plan put in place by the authorities while preserving its macroeconomic… Read More
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