Food insecurity soaring across 20 hunger hotspots
27/1/2022: UN food agencies are warning that food insecurity is soaring across 20 countries. In particular. Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen have areas where people are experiencing, or projected to experience, starvation and death.
Source: UN News
Myanmar: World must act now to prevent further atrocity
27/1/2022: Ahead of the anniversary of the 1 February 2021 military coup in Myanmar, Amnesty International is calling on the international community to prevent further access to weaponry used to commit widespread human rights abuses.
Source: Amnesty International
Beijing Olympics begin amid atrocity crimes
27/1/2022: 243 nongovernmental organizations from around the world have urged governments to join a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics. The games will open amid atrocity crimes and other grave human rights violations by the Chinese government.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Burkina Faso military claims to have taken power
24/1/2022: A group of soldiers in Burkina Faso has ousted President Roch Kabore, suspended the constitution, closed the borders and dissolved the parliament. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the military's move.
Source: DW
We can afford to reverse poverty and climate breakdown
24/1/2022: A former chief executive of Save the Children warns that the financial response to the pandemic has widened global inequality. Vulnerable populations in low income countries have been unprotected and economies trapped in a downward spiral.
Source: The Guardian
Is Biden living up to his refugee and asylum promises?
24/1/2022: US President Joe Biden entered the White House vowing to take a fair and human approach to immigration policy and reassert America's commitment to asylum seekers and refugeesĀ. A year later his record on the issues is deeply mixed.
Source: The New Humanitarian
Armed conflict, climate change fan Africa’s refugee crisis
21/1/2022: Eastern Africa continues to be the origin of most African refugees, with the region producing more than five million displaced people in 2020, a new report by the International Organisation for Migration has revealed. Terrorism, armed conflict and extreme weather events have caused large displacements of people.
Source: The East African
COVAX needs at least $5 billion over the next three months
19/1/2022: The international initiative aimed at ensuring equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines lacks funds to pay for rollouts of donated doses over the coming months. Many nations have failed to meet the goal to vaccinate 40% of their populations by the end of 2021.
Source: Devex
Safe planetary boundary for pollutants exceeded
18/1/2022: An international team of researchers has concluded that humanity has exceeded a planetary boundary related to environmental pollutants, including plastics. The rate at which these pollutants are released far exceeds the capacity of governments to assess the risks.
Source: Stockholm Environment Institute
Ten richest men double their fortunes in pandemic
17/1/2022: The first two years of the pandemic have seen the incomes of 99 percent of humanity fall and over 160 million people forced into poverty. Meanwhile the world's ten richest men more than doubled their fortunes.
Source: Oxfam International