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planted more than 350 million trees in a single day, officials have said, in what they claimed was a world record.Dr Getahun Mekuria, the country’s minister of innovation and technology, said 353 million trees had been planted by Monday evening,…
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) – The Latest on migration issues in Europe (all times local): 8:45 p.m.The French non-governmental organization SOS Mediterranee, partnered with Doctors Without Borders, has returned to sea with a new boat to save migrants seven months after…
(Beirut) – Egypt’s parliament approved a new law governing many of the existing restrictions on their work, Human Rights Watch said today. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi should not approve the law and instead should return it to parliament for amendments.Egypt…
Governments across the world are increasingly attacking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) by creating laws that subject them and their staff to surveillance, nightmarish bureaucratic hurdles and the ever-present threat of imprisonment, Amnesty International said in a new report released today. Laws…
An Italian rescue ship carrying 41 migrants flouted the country’s ban on Saturday to dock on the island of Lampedusa The Alex ship from the Mediterranea NGO docked in Lampedusa in the late afternoon. Migrants were allowed to disembark in…
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The favorite Eid gift for Somalia’s children: toy guns Tuesday August 21, 2018 Millions of Muslims across the world are today (Aug. 21) marking Eid al-Adha, an Islamic holiday that commemorates the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.…
UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka (left) interacts with women in Baidoa on her visit to Somalia. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the Executive Director of the United Nations entity dealing with issues related to gender,UN Women, has encouraged Somalia to continue making…