Juba, South Sudan// — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of South Sudan have activated the country’s first-ever drought anticipatory action plan, directly shielding over 65,000 people in Budi and Kapoeta North counties from severe, climate-induced food insecurity.
Severe damage to agriculture and infrastructure is expected across large parts of the continent, and Africa has just a few months to prepare. El Niño is here. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officially declared on 11 June that an El Niño event had begun, after monitoring confirmed that ocean temperatures in equatorial […]
London, United Kingdom// — Reacting to the decision by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to deposit formal notifications of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said:
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With the Hormuz still half-open, the oil markets are increasingly pricing in a period of summer volatility. The resumption of missile attacks between the US and Iran has not helped shippers to deflate war risk premiums and insurance costs, yet flows out of the Gulf continue to trend higher than they were before the signing […]
Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has rewarded thousands of customers with over ₦400 million in anniversary bonuses under its flagship UBA Bumper Account, reaffirming the Bank’s unwavering commitment to rewarding customer loyalty and promoting a strong savings culture.
The greatest risk to global portfolios from Japan’s currency crisis isn’t the yen; it’s the potential for disruption in the US Treasury market, warns the CEO of financial advisory giant deVere Group, as the Japanese currency sinks to its weakest level against the dollar since 1986.
Geneva, Switzerland// — Civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have described an exceptionally grave human rights crisis marked by allegations of sexual violence and unlawful killings, the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Human Rights Situation in the South and North Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo warned today.
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has raised serious concerns about the state of investigative journalism in the country, warning that a rising tide of defamation lawsuits is forcing journalists out of the field and into courtrooms.
Dalian, People’s Republic of China,// – China’s 15th Five-Year Plan aims to help shape the country’s next phase of development, with priorities spanning innovation, domestic consumption, industrial upgrading, green energy and continued opening to the global economy, distinguished speakers said today at the World Economic Forum’s 17th Annual Meeting of the New Champions.
