Month: November 2022
Report: Authoritarianism on the Rise as Democracy Weakens
- by pr web
- 2 months ago
Democracy is being degraded around the world because people are losing faith in the legitimacy of elections and see freedom of expression being stymied, among a range of other problems, according to a global body founded to promote democracy worldwide.
Read MoreChildren Affected by Armed Conflict, 1990–2021
- by pr web
- 2 months ago
In 2021, more than two thirds of the world’s children were living in a conflict-ridden country and more than one in six were living less than 50 km from where the actual fighting took place. For the first time since
Read MoreWorld AIDS Day 2022 – Do not let AIDS slide down the priority list in Africa
- by pr web
- 2 months ago
As a working-class Senegalese man, Mbaye (not his real name) was proud of his success in 2019. But by 2020, his clothes were floating around his body. He went for an HIV test and discovered he had AIDS. His pregnant
Read MoreWHO recommends new name ‘MPOX’ for monkeypox disease
- by pr web
- 2 months ago
GENEVA— Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while “monkeypox” is phased out. When the
Read MoreRussia Donates 260,000 Tons of Fertilizer to Africa
- by pr web
- 2 months ago
Russia has donated 260,000 metric tons of fertilizer it produced that was sitting in European ports and warehouses for use by farmers in Africa, the United Nations said Tuesday. “This will serve to alleviate humanitarian needs and prevent catastrophic crop
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