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– Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (IPS) – On Monday, the Alau dam in Maiduguri, Borno State, collapsed, inflicting flash floods to ravage neighbouring areas in Nigeria. This comes after weeks of torrential rain, which brought about extreme structural injury to the dam. The floods have modified the lives of 1000’s and brought about excessive ranges of harm to infrastructures. The impacts of the current floods compound with Nigeria’s pre-existing humanitarian disaster, which incorporates armed battle, widespread malnutrition, and a failing economic system.
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– Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 13 (IPS) – This opinion piece is being printed precisely on the date when twenty-five years in the past right this moment the UN took its most forward-looking stride in guaranteeing a peaceable planet for all of us because the signing of the Constitution of the United Nations in 1945.
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– Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (IPS) – Because the devastating 11-month-old battle in Gaza retains escalating, with over 41,000 largely civilian killings, and greater than 92,000 Palestinians injured –in retaliation for the 1,200 killings inside Israel final October– the Israelis proceed to defy the US which maintains its uninterrupted circulation of heavy weapons to Tel Aviv.
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– Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Sep 13 (IPS) – A cascade of crises endangers our world. Wars carried out with out guidelines, governance devoid of democratic ideas, surge in discrimination in opposition to ladies and excluded teams, accelerating local weather change, greed-induced environmental degradation and unconscionable financial deprivation in an age of extra are threatening to roll again many years of human progress made by the worldwide neighborhood.
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– Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Sep 12 (IPS) – A current research printed in Journal Communications Drugs explores how individuals from completely different revenue ranges and concrete or rural backgrounds view the components that affect well being throughout eight international locations: Brazil, China, Germany, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and the US.
It discovered that these with increased incomes usually tend to suppose genetics are an important issue for well being, whereas these with decrease incomes worth social help extra. In distinction, city residents prioritize healthcare, whereas these in non-urban areas place extra significance on social help. This info can affect public well being messaging.
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– Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Sep 12 2024 (IPS) – Because the mpox virus continues to unfold to new international locations throughout Africa, triggering a continental well being emergency, well being authorities are sparing no effort in taking focused measures to manage the outbreak—and have referred to as on funders to make sure that assets are distributed pretty.
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– Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 12 (IPS) – On Tuesday, an airstrike was carried out in Al-Mawasi, on a displacement camp located on the Gaza Strip. Based on the Gaza Civil Protection Company, 40 individuals had been killed and over 60 had been injured. Regardless of being designated as a “secure zone” by the Israel Protection Forces (IDF), this area has seen continuous airstrikes and armed hostility since December 2023.
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– Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 12 (IPS) – The annual United Nations Day for South-South Cooperationcommemorated yearly on September 12, serves as a strong reminder of the spirit of solidarity and cooperation that transcends geographic borders — a spirit that’s essential for securing a greater and thriving future for all. In a world dealing with cross-cutting challenges, the significance of this South-South solidarity can’t be overstated.
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– UN Information
A once-in-a-generation UN summit bringing collectively international locations from all over the world marks a crucial alternative for far-reaching agreements on worldwide collaboration for a safer, extra sustainable and extra equitable world, stated UN Secretary-Normal António Guterres on Thursday as a part of a world name to motion to help the Summit of the Future, which begins on 22 September.
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– UN Information
Regardless of current financial de-escalation agreements, Yemen stays liable to a return to full-scale battle, with continued preventing and elevated rhetoric between the warring sides, the UN envoy for the nation warned on Thursday.
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