IDP Response During the reporting period, UNHCR distributed core relief items to some 1,700 families (10,200 individuals). Most distributions took place in Hudaydah governorate, followed by Ibb, Marib and Sana’a. Families benefitting from the assistance were either newly displaced or displaced for a prolonged period, many of whom were forced to leave their homes without […]
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Child marriage and domestic violence: what we found in 16 African countries
The number of girls who marry before their 15th birthday has remained unchanged for 20 years in most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has the highest rate of child marriage, with nearly four in 10 girls married before age 18. In Niger, for example, over 77% of girls are married before the age of 18. This […]
Regional Training On Transparency Provisions Of The WTO SPS Agreement Conducted For National Notification Agents/NNA/ And National Enquiry Points /NEP/Of IGAD Member States
24-28th May, 2021 (Entebbe, Uganda): Under WTO SPS agreement, countries are required to publish all sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS measures) and notify changes to SPS measures. Therefore, countries are required to identify a single central government authority to be responsible for the notification requirements of the SPS Agreement (the notification authority). They are further required to […]
Outspoken Chinese Dissident Detained by Police in Guangzhou
Authorities in the southern province of Guangdong are holding a prominent dissident in criminal detention on suspicion of “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble,” a charge often used to target critics of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Wang Aizhong was detained at his home in Guangdong’s provincial capital, Guangzhou. His apartment was searched by […]
Malaysia Will Lodge Diplomatic Protest With China Over Maritime Airspace ‘Intrusion’
Malaysia said Tuesday it would issue a diplomatic protest to Beijing after 16 Chinese military planes “intruded” into its maritime airspace over disputed South China Sea waters near Borneo Island a day earlier. Malaysian officials said that the Chinese aircraft flew to as close as 60 nautical miles from Kuala Lumpur-administered Beting Patinggi Ali – […]
Laos Creates Task Force to Monitor ‘Misuse’ of Social Media
Lao government authorities have announced the creation of a task force set up to monitor social media use, focusing especially on so-called fake news and postings criticizing the government or ruling communist party, sources in the country say. The task force will include police officers and members of the government’s Media Department, an official from […]