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Lime-flavoured memories drive innovation on Saudi farm

·December 14, 2024·4 min read

Mohamed Alnwairan stands in front of a verdant citrus tree which four months hence will bear his first harvest of limes. A former businessman turned farmer, he has been cultivating land in Al Ahsa, in the eastern deserts of Saudi Arabia, for the last 15 years. Now, due to climate...

Sudan: Refugee numbers swell as war continues to drive displacement

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·October 13, 2024·2 min read

South Sudan now ranks as the second largest recipient of people fleeing Sudan, with more than 810,000 new arrivals since April 2023, including returning South Sudanese refugees who were sheltering in Sudan and refugee and asylum seekers from other countries. UNHCR warned that the situation is likely to worsen, exacerbating...

Killings drive Israelis and Palestinians ‘deeper into an abyss’, warns Türk

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·June 23, 2023·1 min read

“These latest killings and the violence, along with the inflammatory rhetoric, serve only to drive Israelis and Palestinians deeper into an abyss,” said the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as his Office warned of the “terrible impact on both Palestinians and Israelis” of the escalation, before calling for an immediate end...

Close gaps to drive progress for next generations, youth delegates tell LDC5

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·March 8, 2023·6 min read

Today, the world counts 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24: the largest such generation in history. Close to 90 per cent of those in this age range live in developing countries, where they make up a large proportion of the population. However, from the ever-increasing...

Millions of Afghan children inoculated against measles, polio in 1st Statewide drive since 2021 transition

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·December 23, 2022·1 min read

Afghanistan has vaccinated 5.36 million nine- to 59-month old children against measles while 6.1 million infants to 59-month-olds received oral polio vaccine during the vaccination drive held from 26 November to 12 December. Based on the data from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health Expanded Programme on Immunization, the campaign covered...

Kenya’s Kuruwitu corals are back, thanks to local conservation drive |

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·July 17, 2022·3 min read

Kenya’s Kuruwitu Beach is tranquil. Sparkling sand beaches complement the clear blue water, and the familiar scent of sand and sea salt fill the air. A decade ago, villagers noticed the dwindling stocks of fish and took it upon themselves to set up a conservation area with the help of...

Violence, rhetoric, hate speech, drive atrocity crimes in Ukraine and beyond, Security Council hears |

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·June 22, 2022·4 min read

Beginning her briefing with a wider perspective, Wairimu Nderitu said that hateful and contentious narratives that form in the wake of growing hostility, violence and discrimination, could have a “devastating impact” on societies at large. “We saw it in the lead up to the Holocaust, in Rwanda in 1994” and...