Mr. Griffiths said that the conflict spelled trauma for Sudan’s youth and cited “deeply disturbing” reports that some children were being used in the fighting. He also warned that hundreds of thousands of children in the country were severely malnourished and “at imminent risk of death” if left untreated. Those...
In a new report, UNCTAD projects that annual growth across large parts of the global economy will be below pre-pandemic levels in 2023. High interest rates combined with soaring debt levels will add to the “crushing” effect on developing countries over the coming years, to the tune of at least...
The UN biodiversity conference, COP15, is due to wrap up on 19 December. This weekend, we are looking at some of the ways that humanity is reliant on biodiversity for a healthy and thriving global ecosystem. When a species goes extinct, it takes with it all of the physical, chemical,...