The U.N. children’s fund says more than 266,000 violations were committed against children in armed conflict between 2005 and 2020.An analysis of more than 30 conflicts across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America finds children continue to b…
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Sounding Alarm about ‘Ocean Emergency’, Secretary-General Outlines Crucial Actions to Protect World’s Seas, Ensure Healthy Planet, as Lisbon Conference Begins
Upset by Underfunding of Sustainable Development Goal 14, Speakers Call for Multilateral Cooperation to Conserve, Responsibly Use Marine ResourcesLISBON, 27 June — The ocean must become a model on how to manage the global commons, world leaders heard t…
Read MoreUN Chief Says World Faces ‘Real Risk’ of Multiple Famines This Year
NEW YORK — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told an international conference on food security Friday that the world is facing the “real risk” of multiple famines this year and that 2023 could be even worse.“The war in Ukraine has compounded prob…
Read MoreTaps in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Go Dry
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — South Africans living in the Eastern Cape are counting down to “Day Zero” when the taps in the Nelson Mandela Bay area will run dry. Experts say climate change induced drought has left reservoirs almost empty, while municip…
Read MoreCameroon Deploys Hundreds of Troops to Protect 40,000 People Displaced by Boko Haram
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Cameron has deployed hundreds of troops along its border with Nigeria after attacks by Boko Haram militants forced more than 40,000 villagers over the past two months to flee the area. Cameroon’s defense minister is visiting the bor…
Read MoreSouth Africa Releases Damning Report Into Zuma-Era Graft
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has released a final and damning report after a long-running inquiry into influence-peddling and corruption during former President Jacob Zuma’s nine years in office. It recommends several high-…
Read MoreCameroon Woos Potential Diaspora Investors, But Faces Distrust of Government
YAOUNDE — Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has for the first time sent a delegation to Europe to try to encourage well-off Cameroonians living there to invest back home. But members of Cameroon’s diaspora say undemocratic practices and corruption in Biya…
Read MoreRwanda Hosts Showcase Commonwealth Summit, Dimmed by Rights Concerns
Rwanda is preparing to welcome leaders of 54 nations for a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Friday in the capital, Kigali.The Commonwealth was formed in 1931 as the British Empire began to break up and nations claimed their independence. Its st…
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