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WHO offers aid in India, warnings in Africa,
Europe
The World Health Organization is providing
coronavirus testing supplies, mobile hospital facilities, oxygen and staff
to support the virus fight in India, where new cases have topped 300,000
daily for the past nine days. WHO officials have advised that COVID-19 cases
in Africa are likely much higher than reported, putting the continent at
risk of a resurgence, and noted that, while European case counts have
dropped, the region remains under threat from the virus.Full Story: Center
for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (4/29), CNBC (4/29), Anadolu
Agency (Turkey) (4/29)
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Kenya, UN work on repatriation ahead of camp
closures
Authorities in Kenya this week announced the
closure of two refugee camps hosting more than 430,000 people by June 2022.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is working with officials
in the country on plans to accommodate camp residents, sending them to their
home countries, third countries or making alternate arrangements for them in
Kenya.Full Story: Reuters (4/29), The Star (Kenya) (4/30)
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Prevention Day
The Associated Press (4/28)
a.. Indigenous leader in Canada seeks UN
intervention over fishing clashes
The Guardian (London) (free registration)
(4/29)
Health & Development
Report: Pandemic, coup will drive poverty up
in Myanmar
The combination of the ongoing pandemic and
unrest in Myanmar after the country's military seized power in February will
undo economic progress made over the last 16 years and plunge 26 million
people -- nearly half of the population -- into poverty by next year, a
United Nations Development Programme report predicts. "This is related to
the fact that urban areas, where most of the income-generating activities of
the near poor are, have been ground zero for the pandemic and the focus of
the most severe crackdowns," report authors write.Full Story: Al Jazeera
(4/30)
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The Guardian (London) (free registration)
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and those living through humanitarian crises," Kanem says.Full Story: Al
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UNESCO: Oceans' ability to absorb carbon
dioxide could fail
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is in danger of being reversed, a report from UNESCO's Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission says. This shift that would see oceans contribute
to -- rather than limit -- global warming, report authors say.Full Story:
Prensa Latina (Cuba) (4/29)
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Inter Press Service (4/29)
Peacekeeping and Security
Progress stalls in talks as Cypriots lack
common ground
Turkish Cypriot leaders are calling for two
independent states on the island while Greek Cypriot leaders are insistent
on full reunification, and the lack of common ground between the two groups
stalled progress at talks hosted by the United Nations this week, UN
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says. The UN chief says he will not give
up on finding a solution and notes that both sides have agreed to future
discussions.Full Story: Modern Ghana (4/29), Voice of America (4/29)
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Commentary and coverage on the UN and
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Humanitarian Emergency in India"Full Story: UN Dispatch (4/29)
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