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A women's cooperative in Guinea has planted vitamin-rich Moringa trees which provide dietary supplements as well as supporting biodiversity and preventing soil erosion. — courtesy UN Women/Joe Saade
Food insecurity threatens societies, exacerbates conflicts and ‘no country is immune’
NEW YORK — “When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday during a debate on conflict and food security chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.Some 60 percent of the world’s undernourished people live in areas affected by conflict he said, adding that “no country is immune”.Conflict means hungerLast year, most of the 140 million people suffering acute hunger around the world lived in just ten countries: Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Haiti, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — eight of which are on the Council’s agenda.“Let there be no doubt: when this Council debates conflict, you debate hunger. When you make decisions about peacekeeping and...
May 21, 2022

Food insecurity threatens societies, exacerbates conflicts and ‘no country is immune’

Ilarion Celestin tends his beehives in Bonbon, Haiti.
First Person: Sweet taste of modern beekeeping
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Beekeepers in the southern Haitian commune of Bonbon are creating a buzz around honey in an area which is recovering from an earthquake in 2021.Ilarion Celestin, was supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization and Haiti’s Ministry of Environment as part of a project against desertification to modernize his production of honey He spoke to UN News ahead of World Bee Day marked annually on 20 May.“I used to be a traditional beekeeper. My bees made honey in a hollow tree trunk, but then the Food and Agriculture Organization supported me to transition to a modern form of beekeeping with technical training and all the equipment, including 18 hives, I needed to be a professional beekeeper.We learnt how to look after the bees properly and now they are healthier and...
May 20, 2022

First Person: Sweet taste of modern beekeeping

A woman holds an indigenous Wiphala flag during the trial in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Argentina found guilty of massacre of indigenous people
BUENOS AIRES — A landmark criminal trial in Argentina has found the state guilty of the massacre of more than 400 indigenous people nearly a century ago.The Qom and Moqoit communities had been protesting inhumane living and working conditions on a cotton plantation when authorities shot them dead in 1924.Until now, no responsibility had ever been officially acknowledged.A judge has now ordered historical reparations to be awarded to the communities.The Qom and Moqoit peoples in Argentina's northern Chaco region were living partly-enslaved on a plantation settled by immigrant farmers from Europe.They were underfed, paid with vouchers, taxed for the cotton they harvested and were mostly denied the freedom of movement, the Buenos Aires Times reports, citing court documents.According to...
May 20, 2022

Argentina found guilty of massacre of indigenous people

An indigenous woman and her child in Nariño in Colombia. In Latin America, indigenous peoples are among the poorest.
Americas: Rising COVID-19 caseload should be a ‘wake-up call’
GENEVA — COVID-19 rates are on the rise in the Americas, where new infections and fatalities have been steadily increasing over the past four weeks, the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.More than 918,000 cases were recorded last week, a 27.2 percent increase over the previous week, and over 3,500 deaths, the latest information from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has revealed.Eighteen nations saw spikes in hospitalizations, while admissions to intensive care rose in 13 countries and territories.“The rise in cases should serve as a wake-up call. When people get sick, hospitals get overwhelmed, health systems are challenged, and the number of deaths rise,” said Dr. Carissa Etienne, the PAHO Director, speaking during her weekly media...
May 19, 2022

Americas: Rising COVID-19 caseload should be a ‘wake-up call’

Dr. Mehmet Oz, a surgeon best known for his appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show, is facing a cliffhanger vote count after the party primary In Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania primary: Trump-backed 'Dr Oz' in cliffhanger vote count
PENNSYLVANIA — A Trump-backed celebrity doctor's campaign to run as the next Republican senator for Pennsylvania has come down to a nail-biting conclusion.Mehmet Oz, a surgeon best known for his appearances on the Oprah Winfrey Show, is facing a cliffhanger vote count after the party primary. He was neck and neck with former hedge fund executive David McCormick.The race is being closely watched as a test of former President Donald Trump's hold over the Republican party.The contest in this key presidential swing state is one of a number taking place across the country to determine who will stand for office in the midterm elections in November.The midterms fall halfway through a president's term in office. They decide who controls the two chambers, which make up Congress —...
May 18, 2022

Pennsylvania primary: Trump-backed 'Dr Oz' in cliffhanger vote count

Families displaced by gang violence in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince live in a school before being relocated by the UN.
Haiti: Armed violence reaches ‘unimaginable and intolerable levels’
GENEVA — A surge in violence fuelled by heavily armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, prompted the UN rights chief on Tuesday to express her deep concern over its severe impact on human rights across the Caribbean nation.“Armed violence has reached unimaginable and intolerable levels in Haiti,” High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet said, urging the Haitian authorities, with the support of the international community, to promptly restore the rule of law and protect people from the fighting.Between 24 April and 16 May, at least 92 people unaffiliated with gangs and some 96 alleged gang members, were reportedly killed during coordinated armed attacks in the sprawling Haitian capital.Another 113 were injured, 12 reported missing, and 49 kidnapped for ransom, according to figures...
May 18, 2022

Haiti: Armed violence reaches ‘unimaginable and intolerable levels’

Women from the Wayúu indigenous community in La Guajira, Colombia, work together on the largest recycling project in their region.
Rescuing global goals, world’s highest common priority – UN chief
NEW YORK — For a world in crisis, rescuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “must be our highest common priority,” the UN chief told Member States on Tuesday at a key development meeting in New York.From the economic repercussions of the COVID pandemic to food insecurity exacerbated by the Ukraine war, Secretary-General António Guterres painted a picture of accumulating crises that have put the drive towards the global goals into reverse.“We must rise higher to rescue the SDGs – and stay true to our promise of a world of peace, dignity and prosperity on a healthy planet,” he underscored at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting on Operational Activities for Development.The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the loss of some 15 million lives, pushed 100 million...
May 18, 2022

Rescuing global goals, world’s highest common priority – UN chief

Democratic Senator Bob Menendez has condemned the Biden administration's plans to ease tensions with Cuba.
US agrees to ease Trump-era sanctions on Cuba
WASHINGTON — US officials have announced plans to ease tough sanctions imposed on Cuba by former President Donald Trump.Under new measures approved by the Biden administration, restrictions on family remittances and travel to the island will be eased.The processing of US visas for Cubans will also be speeded up.State Department spokesman Ned Price said the move would allow Cuban citizens to pursue a life free from "government oppression".The loosening of sanctions will see a cap on family remittances - funds sent by migrants in the US to family members in Cuba - removed. Previously migrants were prevented from sending more than $1,000 (£811) every three months.Donations to non-family members will also be permitted under the new plans.But US officials emphasised that they will...
May 17, 2022

US agrees to ease Trump-era sanctions on Cuba

Zaire Goodman, left, with his mother. Goodman was shot in the neck but miraculously survived.
Buffalo shooting: Black Americans describe grief and fear
BUFFALO — The rainy, grey weather in Buffalo certainly suited the mood on the ground on Monday.The black community is grieving and they are scared after 10 people - now named by officials - were gunned down in a racially-motivated attack in a New York supermarket.The victims, aged between 32 and 86, were shot dead by the suspected gunman on Saturday afternoon.Three others were injured.Among those killed were a former police officer, a woman who helped feed the poor and a man who drove shoppers to and from the market.Eleven out of the 13 people killed or injured at Tops Friendly Market were black, and Buffalo's police chief has described the attack as a "racist hate crime". The neighbourhood where the attack was carried out is predominantly black.Lakisha Chambers lives a few...
May 17, 2022

Buffalo shooting: Black Americans describe grief and fear

The first commercial flight from Sana’a airport in Yemen takes place in almost six years. — courtesy OSESGY/Ahmed Marii
Return of commercial flights from Yemeni capital after 6 years, an ‘important’ step
SANAA — The UN Special Envoy for Yemen, on Monday welcomed the resumption of commercial flights from the capital city’s main airport after six years, as a potential game changer for citizens needing lifesaving medical treatment.Hans Grundberg noted that the first flight to leave the Houthi-controlled airport in Sanaa — since not long after fighting intensified between the rebel forces there and the Saudi-backed Coalition supporting the internationally-recognized government — had been a key part of the Truce agreement last month.The flight took off just after 9 a.m. local time, heading for Amman, Jordan, carrying 130 Yemeni passengers.In his statement, Grundberg expressed his gratitude to the Jordanian government for their invaluable support, “and for the constructive cooperation...
May 16, 2022

Return of commercial flights from Yemeni capital after 6 years, an ‘important’ step

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