SAMARKAND, June 2 (IPS) - Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Niue, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sudan, and Togo will receive over USD 67 million in new funding to help strengthen resilience.
Pregnant women face added health risks when they flee Sudan to the Central African Republic -- where women are 40 times more likely to die in childbirth than in the U.S. There, they find a fragile healthcare system impacted by aid cuts.
Since April 2023, Sudan's women and girls have been subjected to systematic rape and sexual torture. Specialised support and justice for them is key to the country's recovery and future ...
Gum arabic, a resin that comes from the acacia tree, is as ubiquitous as it is unglamorous, virtually unknown despite being a vital ingredient in hundreds of products.
Israel has denied the accusations and condemned the report, which listed dozens of countries and nonstate groups as "credibly suspected" of patterns of rape and sexual violence.