Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo In the territories of Masisi, Rutshuru and Walikale, more than 687,500 displaced people now live in camps or are hosted by local families, with worrying levels of malnutrition and sexual violence. Far from the cameras, a humanitarian crisis is affecting […]

Few people have risen so high in the international imagination only to fall as dramatically as Aung San Suu Kyi.

Another police report from New South Wales (NSW) in Australia underscores just how desperate the drought conditions have become: people are stealing water, lots of it, and they’re even taking it from firefighters battling the region’s severe wildfires. Last week, the NSW police said someone with a water tanker and […]

Source: Government of New Zealand Country: Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, World Pacific Regional Action Plan for Measles offers immediate preventative action. It allows for the flexibility to respond to additional requests from Pacific nations and offers an efficient way of working regionally. RT HON WINSTON PETERS Foreign Minister Winston […]

By External SourceMADRID, Dec 13 2019 (IPS-Partners) The African Development Bank has joined forces with 11 other international organizations to assist developing countries to build resilience against the impact of natural disasters caused by extreme weather. Following a series of deadly weather events that have caused widespread destruction, especially in […]