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Fri, 3 Dec 2021 17:15 PM

Of the 55 million internally displaced persons in 2020, 48 million fled conflict and violence and seven million were uprooted by disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:25 AM

Charity calls for measures to ensure access to education to protect children from forced recruitment by armed groups

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:48 PM

Africa is far from reaching the African Union's aim of fully vaccinating 70% of people by the end of 2022, with only 55% of distributed COVID-19 vaccines having been administered

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:10 PM

An accelerated schooling programme is helping Ethiopian children resume studies cut short by conflict, child labour and poverty

Thu, 4 Nov 2021 10:20 AM

The agreement at the COP26 climate talks is at odds with Indonesia's development plans and the global goals should be fine-tuned, the country's environment minister says

Fri, 3 Dec 2021 17:07 PM

With the African island nation suffering a food crisis driven by drought on a warming planet, WFP says it's an alarm bell on the need to step up protection for vulnerable people

Wed, 3 Nov 2021 12:22 PM

"If we don't take charge of our own destiny in this decade, it doesn't matter how beautiful our plans for 2050 are," says Kristalina Georgieva

Tue, 2 Nov 2021 19:07 PM

The joint statement at the COP26 climate talks is backed by countries including Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo - which collectively account for 85% of the world's forests

Tue, 2 Nov 2021 13:11 PM

The so-called lungs of Africa store more carbon per hectare than the Amazon, help regulate temperatures, and generate rain for millions in the arid Sahel region

Tue, 2 Nov 2021 12:12 PM

A major commitment to ending and reversing deforestation at COP26 will need more funding, transparent monitoring and tough regulation of businesses and financiers linked to forest destruction to work, analysts say