Lebanese Government in “fantasy land” amid crisis, UN envoy says
Beirut, LebanonReuters Lebanese Government officials have no sense of urgency and are not taking responsibility for an economic crisis that has “brutally impoverished” the population, an independent United Nations envoy told Reuters in an interview. “I’m very struck by the fact that this is a state that, if it is not failed yet, is failing […]
Kenyan Unilever tea workers escalate fight for reparations to UN
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation A group of Kenyan tea plantation workers who say Unilever failed to protect them from ethnic violence have escalated their battle for reparations to the United Nations. The 218 victims include the families of seven workers who were killed and 56 who say they were raped when armed men invaded the […]
COVID-19 exposes “distorted picture” of global poverty gains, UN envoy says
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation The coronavirus pandemic has exposed complacency and “misplaced triumphalism” by international aid organisations that have taken credit for progress on eradicating extreme poverty, a top United Nations rights official said. Global entities have failed to end severe hardship around the world, and COVID-19 will plunge even more people into […]