The United Nations has launched the Africa – UN Data for Development Platform that aims at equipping policy makers to make information oriented socio-economic decisions regarding the implementation of SDGs and Africa 2063 agenda. The platform launched today is an online tool to disseminate data related to AU and UN development targets. Launching the platform at […]
Day: September 13, 2021
Ethiopian Refugees Forced to Live in Poor Sanitation Areas
The onset of clashes last November between the government forces and armed groups in the northern Ethiopian state of Tigray resulted in an enormous number of displaced people in the neighboring countries. Of these, more than 60,000 have fled to refugee camps in eastern Sudan where the water and sanitation conditions are critically insufficient. Amid […]
UNHCR Ethiopia: Legal Aid & Awareness, Factsheet January to July 2021
UNHCR in partnership with the Universities of Bule Hora, Dila and Wollega provides legal aid to and raises legal awareness among internally displaced persons (IDPs), returning IDPs and members of the host community with specific needs. The 19 legal aid clinics of the three law schools provide legal aid and awareness services in East and […]
Multiple reports of alleged human rights violations in Tigray
UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet on Monday deplored “multiple and severe reports of alleged gross violations of human rights, humanitarian and refugee law” committed by all parties to the conflict in Tigray. In an update to the UN Human Rights Council (OHCHR) on the situation in the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia, Ms. Bachelet said the conflict has “continued unabated,” and […]
CPOPC Holds A Writing Competition on Smallholder’s Topic
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A short story competition with the theme “smallholders and oil palm plantation” is now open for entries. This competition organized by the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) engages the communities and families living near or within the palm oil plantation in Indonesia, Malaysia and other oil […]
Le CPOPC organise un concours de rédaction sur le thème des petits exploitants
JAKARTA, Indonésie, 13 septembre 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Un concours de nouvelles ayant pour thème « les petits exploitants et les plantations de palmiers à huile » est désormais ouvert aux inscriptions. Ce concours organisé par le Conseil des pays producteurs d’huile de palme (CPOPC) fait participer les communautés et les familles vivant à proximité ou à l’intérieur […]