The Royal Statistical Society’s “International Statistic of the Decade” seeks to highlight an especially pressing concern over the past decade. This year’s “winner” is this alarming fact: in just 10 years or so an area the size of 38,600 square kilometers (24,000 square miles) has been deforested in the Amazon. […]

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Sudan An estimated 30,000 people have been displaced following intercommunal clashes earlier this week. There have also been reports of attacks on camps for internally displaced people. An estimated 30,000 people have been displaced in Sudan’s West Darfur State following […]

Dec 7, 2019 In the News Rwanda Government launches new plan to stave off malnutrition (The New Times) Agricultural Extension Agriculture Production Climate Change Conflict and Migration Food Prices Food Safety Food Security Gender Governance Health The New Times (Rwanda) reported on the new Rwanda Strategy Support Program (RSSP). Developed […]

Source: UN Children’s Fund Country: World Over the past three decades, there has been remarkable progress in child survival. But there has been slower progress for newborns. In 2018, 2.5 million newborns died in just their first month of life. In 2020, UNICEF is calling for world leaders and nations […]

People worldwide have made their New Year resolutions along the lines of giving up cigarettes, cutting down on carbohydrates, drinking less and exercising more. Collectively, we should make another resolution for 2020, two prominent environmentalists say: save the planet from the worst effects of manmade climate change. This year is […]