Building resilience: As world’s poor face “compounding crises”, what could curb risks?
LAURIE GOERING, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that while climate change impacts threaten to overwhelm humanitarian aid systems, changes in how money is moved could help…
US calls for UN to urge Taliban to reverse bans on women; Afghan cricket fans disappointed after Australia cancels over women’s rights
United Nations Reuters The United States on Friday pushed the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution calling on the Taliban-led authorities in Afghanistan to reverse bans on women working for aid groups or attending universities and high school, diplomats said. The 15-member council met privately on Friday – at the request of the United […]
Crisis-hit Somalia, Ethiopia top aid group’s Watchlist for 2023
London, UKReuters Somalia and Ethiopia, both Horn of Africa nations ravaged by drought and conflict, will be the countries of highest concern in 2023, according to an annual Watchlist issued by the International Rescue Committee aid group on Wednesday. The report lists 20 countries, 11 of them in Africa, that it says are at greatest […]