Why An Indian State Is Razing Muslim Homes
Madhya Pradesh: Why an Indian state is demolishing Muslim homes The people who would destroy his home came early in the morning, remembers 72-year-old Shaikh Mohammad Rafiq. A soft-drink seller in India`s Madhya Pradesh state, Mr Rafiq
Published : 15 April 2022
Myanmar: Troops Burn Heartland Villages
Troops burn villages in Myanmar heartland, seek to crush resistance Rubble and ashes, overlooked by a single golden pagoda, are almost all that remain of the wood and brick houses most people had built for themselves
Published : 14 April 2022
UNESCO Resolutions to Protect Jerusalem
UNESCO unanimously adopts two resolutions on state of Palestine OCCUPIED PALESTINE—The Executive Council of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has unanimously adopted two resolutions on the State of Palestine. At its 214th session
Published : 07 April 2022
IPCC: ‘Now or Never’ to Avoid Climate Disaster
Climate scientists from 195 countries have warned that actions to avoid climate catastrophe have been too little and too late. This failure is the subject of two reports from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Published : 04 April 2022
Palestine: Day of the Land and Its People
Statement of Housing and Land Rights Network of Habitat International Coalition commemorating Palestine’s national Land Day, 2022GENEVA and CAIRO, 30 March 2022—On this occasion of Palestine’s 46th Land Day and fourth anniversary of the Great
Published : 30 March 2022
How Ukraine War Impacts Global Food
How could the war in Ukraine impact global food supplies? Both Ukraine and Russia are some of the world’s largest food exporters. How could global food be impacted? Ukraine has been one of the world’s largest contributors
Published : 24 March 2022
Green-transition Discourse in MENA
The economic slowdown associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and other simultaneous crises has done little to slow the climate crisis. Preliminary data show global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) increased in 2020 while the global average
Published : 24 March 2022
Nigeria: Ogoni 9 Widows Lose Case against Shell
Ogoni nine: Nigerian widows lose case against oil giant Shell A group of Nigerian widows have lost their case after suing the oil giant Shell over the deaths of their husbands in the 1990s. The men
Published : 23 March 2022
East Africa: 28m Will Starve If Rains Fail Again
As many as 28 million people across East Africa at risk of extreme hunger if rains fail again Global food and commodity prices spiking in reaction to Ukraine crisis set to worsen hunger for 21 million
Published : 22 March 2022
