Greece’s Parliament should align the deportations and return bill with human rights standards
“The Greek parliament should reconsider a legislative proposal currently being discussed, which would seriously hinder the life-saving work carried out at sea by NGOs,...
Partnership to help reduce South Africa’s beverage industry footprint
The National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC-SA) has concluded a formal partnership with membership-based industry organization, the Beverage Association of South Africa (BevSA). The NCPC-SA...
70% of the EU adult population fully vaccinated
Today, the EU has reached a crucial milestone with 70% of the adult population now fully vaccinated. In total, over 256 million adults in...
Ghana To Reverse Land Degradation with World Bank Support
The World Bank today approved $103.4 million for Ghana to reverse land degradation and strengthen integrated natural resource management in about 3 million hectares...
Ensuring the right to a nationality, more pressing than ever
Ensuring the right to a nationality and eradicating statelessness is more pressing than ever, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Monday, as it...
France Works With African Partners to Deliver 10 Million Vaccines to Africa
African Union Member States will receive an additional 10 million doses of Astra Zeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines over the next three months through...
EU’s defence measures against unfair trade practices remained effective in 2020
The system for protecting EU businesses from dumped and subsidised imports continued to function well in 2020 thanks to the EU's robust and innovative...
Afghan children ‘at greater risk than ever’, top UNICEF official warns
With the needs of Afghan children greater than ever before, the world “cannot abandon them now”, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund...
More children than ever before live as migrants or refugees, outside their birth countries
More girls and boys than ever are on the move, with 35.5 million having lived outside their country of birth in 2020 and an...
Amidst turmoil, displacement and plunging economy, Afghanistan’s uncertain future
A crisis of incredible proportions is unfolding in Afghanistan as conflict, combined with drought and COVID-19, is pushing Afghans into a humanitarian catastrophe, the...