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No time to waste, as Haiti famine risk rises, warns UN emergency food aid agency
With armed gangs in charge of key transport routes in Haiti, the country could see famine conditions, unless a robust humanitarian aid plan is put in place, the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Haiti, Jean-Martin Bauer, has warned. Read the full story, “No time to waste, as Haiti famine risk rises, warns […]
The Digital Divide: Africa the Least Connected with 60 percent of the Population Offline
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 12 (IPS) – The digital divide – between the world’s rich and poor nations —remains staggeringly wide. For over 2.7 billion people, many of them living in developing and least developed countries (LDCs), meaningful connectivity remains elusive, according to a UN report released during the 17th Internet Governance Forum in Addis Ababa, […]
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Does UN Peacekeeping work? Here’s what the data says
Failures on the part of UN Peacekeeping missions have been highly publicised and well documented – and rightly so. But if you look at the overall picture and crunch the data, a different and ultimately positive picture emerges. Read the full story, “Does UN Peacekeeping work? Here’s what the data says”, on globalissues.org → find […]
No time to waste, as Haiti famine risk rises, warns UN emergency food aid agency
With armed gangs in charge of key transport routes in Haiti, the country could see famine conditions, unless a robust humanitarian aid plan is put in place, the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Haiti, Jean-Martin Bauer, has warned. Read the full story, “No time to waste, as Haiti famine risk rises, warns […]
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Does UN Peacekeeping work? Here’s what the data says
Failures on the part of UN Peacekeeping missions have been highly publicised and well documented – and rightly so. But if you look at the overall picture and crunch the data, a different and ultimately positive picture emerges. Read the full story, “Does UN Peacekeeping work? Here’s what the data says”, on globalissues.org → find […]
No time to waste, as Haiti famine risk rises, warns UN emergency food aid agency
With armed gangs in charge of key transport routes in Haiti, the country could see famine conditions, unless a robust humanitarian aid plan is put in place, the head of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Haiti, Jean-Martin Bauer, has warned. Read the full story, “No time to waste, as Haiti famine risk rises, warns […]
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