Thu 20 Apr 2023: South Asia is home to the highest number of child brides in the world as increased financial pressures and school closures due to COVID-19 forced families to marry off their young daughters, according to new estimates released by UNICEF. There were 290 million child brides in the region, accounting for 45 […]
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Thu 20 Apr 2023: The World Health Organization (WHO) has formally opened its mRNA vaccine technology centre in Cape Town, which was built during the COVID-19 pandemic to assist poorer countries with gaining access to life-saving drugs. The WHO selected South African biotech firm Afrigen Biologics for a pilot project in 2021 to provide low- […]
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Fighting between Sudan’s army the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continues for a sixth day as the latest attempt at a ceasefire breaks down. Battles are still raging near the headquarters of the general command and in the capital’s twin city of Omdurman. The army’s air force is currently shelling several RSF targets in Khartoum […]
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Thu 20 Apr 2023: A crush at a school in Yemen’s capital Sanaa two days before the Eid al-Fitr festival claimed at least 78 lives, according to Houthi officials and media, Hundreds of people poured into a classroom in Sanaa’s Bab al-Yemen neighborhood late on Wednesday, hoping to receive one of the $10 charitable donations […]
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Wed 19 Apr 2023: On Wednesday, the Russian private military Wagner Group denied having any operations in Sudan and and said it had nothing to do with battles rocking the giant impoverished African state. In March 2022, Western diplomats in Khartoum claimed that Wagner was engaged in illegal gold mining in Sudan among other things. […]
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Wed 19 Apr 2023: To fight climate change and biodiversity loss, the new law obliges companies to ensure products sold in the EU have not led to deforestation and forest degradation. While no country or commodity will be banned, companies will only be allowed to sell products in the EU if the supplier of the […]
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Wed 19 Apr 2023: India has overtaken China to become the most populous country in the world, suggests data from a newly released United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report on Wednesday. According to the UNFPA’s The State of World Population Report, 2023, India’s population has reached 1,428.6 million while China’s stands at 1,425.7 million — […]
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Wed 19 Apr 2023: Approximately 159,000 federal government workers in Canada will go on strike Wednesday, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) announced at a press conference late Tuesday. The strike could severely interrupt an array of government services. The union said the strike was called after an agreement was not reached by 9 […]
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Wed 19 Apr 2023: Over the past 15 years South Africa has been experiencing a gradually worsening number of electricity cuts. This state of affairs has prompted frustration among citizens, negative international economic sentiment and financial hardship for many businesses. Public pressure has grown more intense, leading to the extraordinary presidential decision by President Cyril Ramaphosa […]
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Wed 19 Apr 2023: The United Nations has protested to the US about spying on Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other officials, calling it “interference” by Washington, according to spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. “The UN officially expressed to the host country its concern regarding recent reports that the communications of the Secretary-General and other senior UN officials […]
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