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Fresh war crimes fears highlighted in new Yemen report

Village Reporter
“Yemen has been ravaged in ways that should shock the conscience of humanity,” said Melissa Parke, member of the Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen (GEE).   “Yemen has now experienced some six years of unremitting armed conflict, with no end inside for the suffering of the millions of people caught in its grip.”  The collective failure… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Serious knowledge gaps must be bridged to battle deadly sepsis infections

Global Author
Citing “recent studies”, WHO revealed that sepsis kills 11 million people each year, many of them children, and disables millions of others.“The world must urgently step up efforts to improve data about sepsis so all countries can detect and treat this terrible condition in time,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.  Improved data needed Against the backdrop that most studies… Read More
Development Health Advice 

‘Essential lessons’ from HIV fight can help coronavirus response, says UNAIDS

Global Author
The study by UNAIDS, the UN agency working to stamp out HIV and AIDS, outlines how the world can leverage and build resilient health systems that address both pandemics.  A new report by UNAIDS examines how the experience of tackling HIV can help inform and guide effective, efficient, people-centred and sustainable #COVID19 responses. — UNAIDS (@UNAIDS) September 9, 2020 “Our… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Science, solidarity and solutions needed against climate change: Guterres 

Global Author
United in Science 2020, released on Wednesday, highlights the increasing and irreversible impacts of climate change on glaciers, oceans, nature, economies and it’s cost on people across the globe; manifest more and more often through disasters such as record heatwaves, wildfires, droughts and floods. Speaking at the launch of the report, UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized that there is “no time… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Children’s lives at stake, COVID threatens to undo 30 years of ‘remarkable progress’

Global Author
The number of global under-five deaths dropped to its lowest point on record in 2019 – down to 5.2 million, from 12.5 million in 1990. However, there are fears the numbers could rise on back of COVID-induced disruptions to child and maternal health services, new estimates released on Wednesday, indicate.  Services experiencing disruptions include health checkups, vaccinations, and prenatal and… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Dem dey do JuJu for Naija music industry – Samklef

Village Reporter,
Samklef has made a shocking revealation regarding things that happen in the Nigerian music scene. The singer, rapper and producer cum blogger, took to his Instagtam page to state that yes, the home music scene is fraught with Juju hence, folks should be “spiritually guided”. Samklef shared the text “Dem dey do juju for Naija music industry o! Artiste be… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Under ‘extraordinary circumstances’, General Assembly continues to serve the people

Global Author
Speaking at an in-person meeting in the Assembly hall, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande recounted some of the important initiatives the 74th session had conducted throughout the coronavirus pandemic. “The General Assembly successfully organized socially distanced elections for the General Assembly Presidency, the Security Council, and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Furthermore, we employed virtual methods to gather stakeholders from around the… Read More
Human Rights 

Alexei Navalny poisoning must get independent probe, says UN’s Bachelet  

Village Reporter
Citing German specialists who said they had “unequivocal proof” that Mr. Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also highlighted numerous cases of poisoning and “targeted assassination” of Russian citizens in the past 20 years.   This pattern was “profoundly disturbing”, Ms. Bachelet said in a statement, adding that it was “deeply regrettable” that in many cases, perpetrators had not been held to account, leaving victims… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Investments in public health, an investment in safer future, urges Tedros

Global Author
“COVID-19 is teaching all of us many lessons,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said at a media briefing in Geneva, on Monday.  We are not just fighting a virus. We’re fighting for a healthier, safer, cleaner and more sustainable future – WHO chief Tedros “One of them is that health is not a luxury item for those who can afford it… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

PRODA board chairman unveils music, says justice critical to peaceful coexistence

Village Reporter,
Mr Daniel Onjie, Board Chairman, Projects Development Institute (PRODA) Enugu, says justice is the only guarantee for a peaceful coexistence in every society. Onjie stated this at the formal unveiling of a music single, titled; ”I Can’t Breathe” by Tosin Jay, featuring Geoffrey Orji and Monica Ogah, on Monday in Abuja. Geoffrey Orji is the winner of the MTN 2014… Read More
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