UN issues global alert to combat severe sand and dust storms

World News in Brief: Sandstorm alert, albinism and climate change, rights in Peru

adminOctober 19, 2023September 17, 202407 mins

The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a new report on Thursday that every year, around 2,000 million tonnes of dust enter the atmosphere, “darkening skies and harming air quality in regions that can be thousands of kilometres away”. WMO chief Petteri Taalas said this was partly due to poor water and land management….

‘Inclusion is strength’ stresses UN, marking Albinism Awareness Day

adminJune 13, 2023September 13, 202405 mins

Persons with the condition – which is caused by a lack of melanin pigmentation, affecting skin, hair and eye colour – continue to face an uphill battle to attain a life with dignity and equality, said Muluka-Anne Miti-Drummond, the UN Independent Expert on albinism. “My clarion call today is for Governments, UN counterparts, civil society…