Poverty ‘obvious’ driver of radicalization in Lake Chad region: AU envoy
It is not impossible to address the challenges of the Lake Chad region if local people can find ways to make a sustainable living, said an African Union envoy.
It is not impossible to address the challenges of the Lake Chad region if local people can find ways to make a sustainable living, said an African Union envoy.
A recent report reveals poor-quality health care in all countries, which, according to a global health official, could negate the promise of universal health coverage if left unaddressed.
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has seen first-hand how the ‘nexus’ of security and climate change is affecting the lives of poor women in the Lake Chad basin area who depend on fishing for their livelihoods.
The justification for “indefinite” national military service in Eritrea would “disappear” if a peaceful end can be found to a decades-old border dispute between the country and Ethiopia, a UN human rights investigator has said.
Lack of understanding about human trafficking in the Pacific region contributes to the crime going undetected there, according to a UN expert.
Financial rescue packages offered by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to countries facing economic meltdown, should place less emphasis on cutbacks in future in recognition that the Fund has “gone too far with austerity”, a UN Special Rapporteu