WFP: Food supply chains ‘falling apart’ in Ukraine
According to Reuters, a World Food Programme (WFP) official has said food supply chains in Ukraine were collapsing, with key infrastructure ...
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Unilever’s tea business a test of private equity’s conscience
A Financial Times feature says that almost 15 years after an attack on a tea plantation in Kericho, Kenya, many ...
Businesses seek UN treaty harmonising plastic regulations
Unilever CEO Alan Jope has added his voice to business calls for a legally binding UN treaty to tackle plastic ...
UN chief: Climate change created more refugees than war
Climate shocks forced 30 million people to flee their homes in 2020 – three times more than those displaced by ...
UNESCO adopts soup joumou – Haiti’s symbol of freedom
Haiti's beloved soup joumou — pumpkin soup — will be served up this New Year's Day with extra cause for ...
UN shrinks Yemen rations in desperate measures
The World Food Programme (WFP) will reduce food rations for 8 million people in Yemen from January, according to Reuters. ...
Donors back $280 million for Afghan food
Donors agreed on Friday to transfer $280 million from a frozen, trust fund to the World Food Program (WFP) and ...
World Bank backs aid to Afghanistan
Reuters reports that the World Bank's board has backed transferring $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid ...
UN expert seeks accountability over 600 dead Indian protestors
A UN special rapporteur has called for accountability in the heavy-handed response to protesting farmers in India. He added that ...
Business can help in the region with the world’s worst emergency: Afghanistan
Responding to the world’s biggest emergency, meet Kate Newton, Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East & North Africa, at ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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