Colombia’s violence causes more displacement, explosives’ victims – ICRC
Bogota, ColombiaReuters Surging violence in Colombia caused the number of people internally displaced, forced to restrict their movements and injured or killed by explosives to hit the highest in five years in 2021, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday. The South American country’s internal armed conflict has burned for almost six […]
Cyclone Emnati hits Madagascar; island’s fourth major storm in a month
Antananarivo, MadagasgarReuters Winds of up to 135 kilometres per hour battered Madagascar early on Wednesday as Cyclone Emnati made landfall, becoming the fourth major storm to hit the Indian Ocean island in a month. Emnati struck on the south-eastern side of the island, where another cyclone, Batsirai, killed scores of people just under three weeks […]
Madagascar prays for rain as UN warns of “climate change famine”
Amboasury Sud, Madagascar Reuters Some days, all Tsimamorekm Aly eats is sugary water. He’s happy if there’s a handful of rice. But with six young kids and a wife to support, he often goes without. This is the fourth year that drought has devastated Aly’s home in southern Madagascar. Now more than one million people, […]
“This is like a nightmare”: Thousands displaced as floods hit Bangladesh Rohingya camps
Reuters Heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides and flash floods in refugees camps displacing thousands of Rohingya Muslims in southeastern Bangladesh this week, UN and other officials said on Friday, with further heavy rainfall expected. At least six Rohingya, including three children, died in landslides and flooding while 15 Bangladeshis were killed and more than 200,000 […]
Myanmar insurgents warn of growing conflict as neighbours press junta
Reuters One of Myanmar’s main ethnic minority rebel groups warned of a growing threat of major conflict on Tuesday and called for international intervention against a military crackdown on opponents of last month’s coup. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army ousted an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on […]
Over 10 million displaced by climate disasters in six months – report
SingaporeReuters About 10.3 million people were displaced by climate change-induced events such as flooding and droughts in the last six months, the majority of them in Asia, a humanitarian organisation said on Wednesday. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said about 2.3 million others were displaced by conflict in the same […]
“This will make us poorer”: Pakistani metro brings uncertainty for displaced residents
SABRINA TOPPA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the plight of Lahore residents who are losing their homes to make way for a new train line which promises to cut pollution in the city…
Storm Eta damage pushes small, Indigenous farmers in Central America into hunger
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Ruben Garcia not long ago had small herds of cattle and fields bursting with crops, and now the Indigenous farmer in northern Nicaragua lies awake worrying how long it will be before he and his neighbors run out of food. The wooden homes and tiny farms of the Indigenous Miskito community […]
Communities “left out” as oil pipeline project set to get underway in East Africa
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation A multi-billion dollar oil pipeline planned for East Africa could spell disaster for local communities, charities said on Thursday, warning of lost land and livelihoods unless oil firms listen up and change tack. French energy giant Total and its partner China National Offshore Oil Corporation plan to exploit oil reserves in […]
Wildfire threat darkens California dream, residents say
Healdsburg, California, USThomson Reuters Foundation Kinsey Metts moved to California for its wilderness and great outdoors. Now she wants to leave for the same reasons. This autumn’s rash of destructive wildfires – predicted to grow worse in coming years as climate change strengthens – is threatening to shatter the California Dream that has long lured […]