Yearly Archives: 2021
Harare/Berlin – Families in Zimbabwe whose loved ones have gone missing migrating to other countries face serious challenges in the search for their relatives according to the fourth in a series of reports from the International Organization of Migration’s (IOM) Global Migration Data Analysis Centre. The report, Families of missing migrants in Zimbabwe: Their search for answers, the impacts of loss […]
By Åsa Pehrson and Maria Ribeiro Six years ago, 193 UN Member States rolled up their sleeves to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Agenda’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global call to action to end poverty, inequality and to tackle climate change, while ensuring no one is left behind. Although 2030 […]
In Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, nearly 730,000 people have fled violent clashes between Mozambican security forces and their allies and a radical armed group affiliated to the Islamic State. SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is providing an emergency response to the problems of access to water, sanitation and hygiene faced by the displaced population and host communities, as […]
(Johannesburg) – Residents of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, face a potable water crisis three years after a deadly cholera outbreak, Human Rights Watch said today. Zimbabwe’s central government and the Harare City Council should urgently act to ensure clean water for millions of people affected. The water situation in Harare is largely the same as in […]
September 16, 2021 – We are at a turning point. As everybody knows the Amazon is threatened by deforestation, climate change and constant violations of human and territorial rights. But we need new strategies to counter these threats. That is why scientists, policymakers, activists, youth, investors, ecological restorers, Indigenous peoples, private and public organizations, the […]
Mekelle – After months in makeshift sites, with little food or water, thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) affected by the conflict in Northern Ethiopia are being voluntarily relocated to new shelters by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The IDPs, many of whom have been forced to sleep in the open without hygiene facilities, […]
Our East and Southern Africa series is dedicated to the achievements of five youth-led agribusinesses in the Nakuru and Kilifi counties of Kenya. Each of them has had remarkable success, and each of them has taught us something valuable about rural development that we can bring forward to other projects. All of the groups in […]
The Government of Uganda has begun implementing Uganda’s 3rd National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS). NAP III is a five-year plan focusing on implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325), which addresses the disproportionate impact of conflict on women and girls and recognizes the critical role women currently and could […]
While the African Union originally aimed to vaccinate 60% of the population across Africa by next year to reach herd immunity against COVID-19, this goal might need to be raised to 70%. And if it is, the AU expects to require an additional $300 million in financing for doses, said Benedict Oramah, president of the […]
The United Nations is warning that so-called developing countries will suffer losses of $12 trillion to their economies through 2025 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, while the slow rollout of vaccines will only make matters worse. The figure is trimmed to $8 trillion if China is excluded, said Richard Kozul-Wright, the director of the U.N. Conference on […]