Monthly Archives: August 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for countries to improve access to two lifesaving Ebola medicines, in its first guidelines on the viral disease, published on Friday.  Read the full story, “WHO recommends two new lifesaving medicines to treat Ebola”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & mates at SoShow now !

As the threat of famine looms in the Horn of Africa, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Friday that it is scaling up operations to support millions going hungry who “cannot wait” for assistance. Read the full story, “WFP scales up support for millions who ‘cannot wait’ for food aid amid Horn of Africa […]

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On World Humanitarian Day, marked annually on 19 August, aid workers Ahmad Alragheb, based in Syria, and Veronica Houser, stationed in Afghanistan, talk about the crucial humanitarian effort in these countries, and the challenges they and their colleagues face. Read the full story, “Aid workers saving lives in the face of danger: World Humanitarian Day”, […]

GENEVA, Aug 19 (IPS) – After the horrendous tragedies of 9/11 in the year 2001, the US intervened in Afghanistan. Promising statements such as “we are going to smoke them out” and “we are after ending terrorism” received warm receptions. Read the full story, “Afghanistan: What Went Wrong?”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & […]

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Allow human rights and humanitarian organizations to continue their work in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), UN agencies and other partners have urged Israel. Read the full story, “Israel urged to allow humanitarians to continue working in Palestine”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & mates at SoShow now !

MADRID, Aug 18 (IPS) – A couple of decades ago in Athens, a conversation over a ‘souvlaki’ and wine dinner with a young Greek economist led to talking about democracy. Asked for his opinion, he said “By then, when philosophers like Aristotle formulated their theories about democracy, the society was dominated by the rich.” Read […]

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Secretary-General António Guterres arrived on Wednesday to Lviv, the largest city in Western Ukraine. Read the full story, “UN chief pays second call on Ukraine, will visit grain-exporting Black Sea Port”, on globalissues.org → find more fun & mates at SoShow now !