The large Indian Ocean island is amongst the poorest in Africa where the majority of people make their living off the land or sea. Like many other countries in the region, it is suffering the effects of climate change. UN News’s Daniel Dickinson travelled to the village of Mokala in Anosy region where he spoke…
Thousands of families continue to be displaced and forced across borders into Chad and South Sudan each week while fighting between Government forces and the powerful RSF militia, which erupted last April, continues. WFP Regional Director Michael Dunford said the crisis impacting Sudan, South Sudan and Chad has created “the world’s largest displacement crisis”. Acute…
11:18 AM China: Only a ceasefire will prevent further disaster China’s ambassador and Permanent Representative ZHANG Jun, said civilians in Gaza have no access to water, electricity, and other basics of survival, while aid trucks are waiting in line with supplies stockpiled in Egypt. Ambassador Zhang Jun of China addresses the Security Council meeting on…
3:26 PM Palestine Red Crescent Society: ‘Health sector is under attack’ Marwan Jilani, Director General of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, provided an overview of recent events, noting that he had to rewrite his statement several times as the situation is “changing by the minute”. People are getting shot at “as we speak”, with 20…
This is equivalent to over one million dump trucks every day – placing immense pressure on marine biodiversity and the well-being of coastal communities. Marine Sand Watch, a platform developed by UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s analytical centre, GRID-Geneva, uses artificial intelligence and automatic signals from ships to track and monitor sand, clay, silt, gravel, and…
“Inside Ukraine, attacks on schools have continued unabated, leaving children deeply distressed and without safe spaces to learn”, declared Regina De Dominicis, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, who recently returned from the country. “Not only has this left Ukraine’s children struggling to progress in their education, but they are also struggling to…
The carelessness of the mother took the life of the girl. A 16-month-old girl died of heatstroke in a car parked outside a high school. According to the county coroner, the mother accidentally left the baby girl in a parked car outside a South Carolina high school and she died of heatstroke. Berkeley County Coroner…
Police personnel are outside the stadium after the shooting. Two women were injured during a baseball match in Chicago, USA. 22 thousand spectators were present in the baseball ground to watch the match. The rivalry between the Chicago White Sox and the Oakland Athletics was on. A 42-year-old woman was shot in the leg and…
Photo courtesy of Indian Media 10 people were killed and more than 20 injured when a train caught fire in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. According to Indian media, an illegal gas cylinder was kept in the bogie parked at the station, which caused the fire. According to reports, the passengers in the bogie…
As a result of a large-scale fire in the forests of Algeria due to the ongoing heat wave in North Africa, 34 people were killed and many people were injured due to burns. According to a foreign media report, 34 people were killed and dozens were injured in a forest fire in Algeria due to…
