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Human Rights 

Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Combating hate speech, DR Congo, antimicrobial resistance, peacekeeping, #ActNow for our planet

Village Reporter
Hate speech ‘on notice’ as UN chief launches new plan to ‘identify, prevent and confront’ growing scourge United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has declared war on hate speech, telling Member States on Tuesday, that we all need to “do better at looking out for each other”. “Hate speech may have gained a foothold, but it is now on notice”, Mr.… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN health agency steps up fight against ‘invisible pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance

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The AWaRe portal divides antibiotics into three groups – Access, Watch and Reserve – and explains which antibiotics should be used to treat the most common and serious infections (Access), which ones should be available at all times in the healthcare system (Watch), and those that must be used sparingly or preserved and used only as a last resort (Reserve).… Read More
Human Rights 

Hate speech ‘on notice’ as UN chief launches new plan to ‘identify, prevent and confront’ growing scourge

Village Reporter
“Hate speech may have gained a foothold, but it is now on notice”, Mr. Guterres said, launching the UN Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech. “We will never stop confronting it”. Secretary-General António Guterres makes remarks at the Launch of the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech meeting. (18 June 2019), by UN Photo/Manuel… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Billions globally lack ‘water, sanitation and hygiene’, new UN report spells out

Global Author
“Mere access is not enough” said UNICEF’s Kelly Ann Naylor, Associate Director of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). “If the water isn’t clean, isn’t safe to drink or is far away, and if toilet access is unsafe or limited, then we’re not delivering for the world’s children”. The Joint Monitoring Programme report, “Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene: 2000-2017:… Read More

Kairi Travels

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Established in 1984, Kairi is the oldest indigenously owned Tours & Travel company in Kenya. Our 20 plus years of experience enables us to focus on providing our clients with authentic and stimulating experiences of the safari itineraries that they choose, whilst enjoying the value, quality and reliability we pride ourselves on delivering. Read More
Development Health Advice 

9.7 billion on Earth by 2050, but growth rate slowing, says new UN population report

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“The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights”, estimates that the next 30 years will see the global population add an extra 2 billion people to today’s figure of 7.7 billion, and, by the end of the century, the planet will have to sustain around 11 billion. India will overtake China, sub-Saharan Africa population to double India is expected to show the… Read More

Tabia Safaris

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We are a local agency set in Tanzania, created by two European ethologists and a Tanzanian expert. We are specialists in private safaris in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. Our aim is to achieve a more personalized Safari for each group, adapting ourselves to our travellers, offering a wide range of possibilities, not conventional safaris, and transmitting at the same time… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Friday’s Daily Brief : Sudan and South Sudan, Ebola, ECOSOC elections, risks of 5G tech

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South Sudanese facing famine in all but name, warns UN food agency Record numbers in South Sudan – some seven million people – face acute food shortages, while more than 20,000 are close to famine, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. The warning, which follows years of violent unrest and vicious rights abuses linked to mass displacement, food… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Yemen: maternal and newborn health ‘on the brink of total collapse’, UNICEF alerts

Global Author
According to UNICEF, one woman and six newborns die every two hours from complications during pregnancy or childbirth. The years of intense fighting in the country have contributed to limited access to crucial healthcare, with only three out of 10 births taking place in regular health facilities. The results are part of a series compiled by the agency, Childbirth and… Read More
Human Rights 

UN suspending handover of camps in Darfur, peacekeeping chief tells Security Council

Village Reporter
Briefing the Security Council on Friday, UN Peacekeeping chief, Jean Pierre Lacroix, said that the bloody 3 June military crackdown in the capital Khartoum, had highlighted the central role of the Darfur-linked Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which are reportedly made up largely of former Janjaweed militia, which has been accused of serious human rights abuses. During the Darfur conflict between… Read More
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