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• UN Migration Agency Races to Assist in Wake of Sierra Leone Tragedy

  By thespecimennews on August 15, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  After learning Monday of devastating floods that left hundreds dead in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, IOM, the United Nations Migration Agency, immediately released USD 150,000 in emergency, first-response aid relief. “IOM is ready to work with Sierra… Read More ›

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• Israel responds with a helping hand to Sierra Leone after devastating landslide

  By thespecimennews on August 15, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

    Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday instructed the Foreign Ministry to send aid to Sierra Leone, after the devastating landslide that killed more than three hundred people in the capital. Netanyahu instructs Foreign Ministry to send medicine, clean water,… Read More ›

• Amid soaring food insecurity in DR Congo, UN agencies call for food aid, supplies

  By thespecimennews on August 14, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  More than one in ten people living in rural areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are hungry due to escalating and prolonged conflict and displacement, United Nations agencies today reported, warning that the situation will worsen unless… Read More ›

• Sierra Leone: Hundreds feared dead in Freetown landslide

  By thespecimennews on August 14, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Hundreds of people are reported dead after a hillside in the Regent area collapsed early on Monday following heavy rains, leaving many houses covered in mud. Torrential rain fall which started in the early hours of 4:30 am in Sierra… Read More ›

• Millions may face protein deficiency as a result of human-caused carbon dioxide emissions

  By thespecimennews on August 14, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  If CO2 levels continue to rise as projected, the populations of 18 countries may lose more than 5% of their dietary protein by 2050 due to a decline in the nutritional value of rice, wheat, and other staple crops, according to new findings from Harvard… Read More ›

• The Peace and Security Council of the African Union raises concern at the high number of out-of-school children in Africa

  By thespecimennews on August 14, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has raised concern at the high number of out-of-school children in Africa, particularly in countries affected by armed conflict and the resultant effect of extreme poverty. The PSC also… Read More ›

• 160 Ethiopian migrants forced into the sea of Yemen 

  By thespecimennews on August 10, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  ​160 Ethiopian migrants were violently forced into the sea off Yemen’s coast this morning (10/08).  This comes one day after the presumed death of 50 Ethiopian and Somali migrants during a similar incident. As with yesterday, this tragedy took place… Read More ›

• UN expresses concern over threat of famine affecting 20 million people

  By thespecimennews on August 10, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Expressing its Expressing its grave concern about the threat of famine facing some 20 million people in conflict-affected Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and north-east Nigeria, the United Nations Security Council today requested the Secretary-General to provide early warning when a conflict… Read More ›

• Lessons from South Africa: parliamentary conscience and the courage to rebel

  By thespecimennews on August 10, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The Conversation By Roger Southall Prior to the motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma in South Africa’s National Assembly, former Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, among others, urged the African National Congress (ANC) MPs to be guided by their conscience, implying that they… Read More ›

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