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Development Health Advice 

From Prince to Picasso, the arts can be just the tonic, new UN health agency study shows

Global Author
The Health Evidence Synthesis report, from WHO’s Regional Office for Europe, analysed evidence from over 900 publications supporting ways in which the arts can help improve physical and mental health, in the most comprehensive review of its kind to date. The report reviewed the health benefits (either through active or passive participation) in five broad categories of arts: performing arts… Read More
Human Rights 

Violence can ‘never be the answer’: UN rights experts condemn excessive force during Chile protests

Village Reporter
At least 20 people are reported to have been killed and about 1,600 injured, including police officers, during protests that began in early October over rising transport costs and inequality, that has become deeply entrenched in the Latin American country. Throughout the weeks of demonstrations, the Human Rights Council-appointed independent experts have spoken out against the excessive force used by… Read More
Human Rights 

Hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk in Syria amid ongoing violence in northeast and northwest

Village Reporter
At least 92 people have been killed in northeastern and northwestern Syria in the weeks following 9 October, when Turkish forces invaded Kurdish-held border areas in the northeast, according to the UN human rights office (OHCHR). “Civilians continue to pay a very high price in the ongoing hostilities in Syria,” said OHCHR spokesperson Rupert Colville. Noting that victims had come… Read More
Human Rights 

Speaking truth to power: the UN experts fighting for global human rights

Village Reporter
These Special Rapporteurs often find themselves caught in the crosshairs of international and domestic politics. Independent of governments and institutions – including the UN’s Human Rights Council, which appoints them – they occupy a unique investigative role that allows them to shine a light on alleged violations perpetrated across the world. The experts have mandates to “report and advise”, both… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Disease slashing global meat output, cereals boom, bananas under watch: FAO

Global Author
The Organization’s latest Food Outlook, published on Thursday, anticipates ASF will lead to a contraction of at least 20 per cent in the output of pork products in China, the world’s largest producer, accounting for half of all global production.  As a result, the combined output of cattle, sheep, poultry and pig meat is forecast to total 335 million tonnes in carcass weight equivalent – one per cent lower than the previous year, according to FAO.  ASF prompted soaring prices for pig meat earlier this… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

“Big Dreams Nigeria” Talent Hunt Show Set For Bebut

Village Reporter
(NEWS INVESTIGATORS) “Big Dreams Nigeria”, a talent hunt  show geared towards  discovering and developing young talents in acting, music and stand-up comedy across Nigeria, is set to debut, its organisers said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Kingsley Amafibe, Project Director of the Big Dream Nigeria Talent Show, stated this on Wednesday at a pre-event interactive session… Read More
Human Rights 

‘Terminator’ warlord Bosco Ntaganda sentenced to 30 years in prison for DR Congo atrocities

Village Reporter
Known as “The Terminator”, the former warlord was found guilty “beyond reasonable doubt” of war crimes and crimes against humanity in attacks on villages in Ituri province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 2002 and 2003. Killings, rape, sexual slavery, amid fight for gold As former Deputy Chief of Staff and commander of operations of the Forces… Read More
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