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Hospitals in the Idlib province, Syria’s last opposition-held area, are on the verge of collapsing, with doctors’ wages being slashed and numerous services being stopped due to severe budget shortages
Nigerian health officials say that the country’s life expectancy is among the lowest in the world, with influenza and pneumonia being the most common causes of death
Before the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan, Norway’s Prime Minister and President of the Security Council for the month of January, Jonas Gahr Stre, briefs reporters o
Only 7% of Malawi’s population has been vaccinated against the coronavirus over two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, one of Africa’s lowest rates. Village chiefs are attempting to change this by encouraging villagers to get vaccinated at mobile vaccination clinics
Five of the world’s most endangered sea turtles live off the coast of Ghana, where they are threatened by fishing nets and poachers who sell their meat and eggs. To help in the revival of turtle populations, a group of young footballers has undertaken to guard turtle nests and rescue turtles captured by fishermen
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo briefs the Security Council on the situation in Libya
In the Middle East, displaced families and their host communities were already dealing with the economic crisis and the devastating effects of COVID. According to the UN refugee agency, winter storms have only worsened the situation and aggravated suffering (UNHCR)
As a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the country, curbs have been imposed in Indian cities. However, health experts are warning that large gatherings, such as religious festivals in North India, might become superspreader events in the world’s second-worst affected country
A group of Arab and Jewish women in Israel’s Galilee collaborate to make and sell fair trade olive oil. They claim to be working from the ground up to bring about change, with all profits going to promote Arab women’s education and economic opportunity
The Digital currency bitcoin production necessitates a large amount of energy.One group that is attempting to do it in a sustainable manner by mining bitcoin using renewable energy