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UK treasury halting “non-essential” aid

Posted on 25 July 2022

The UK treasury has said it will be “prioritising essential overseas aid funding" such as help for Ukraine, after halting “non-essential" overseas aid. This is purportedly because high spending on…
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The deafening silence of human rights at Pacific Islands Forum

Posted on 25 July 2022

The Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting has ended a week or so ago, and some commentators feel there has been a deafening silence on declining standards of democracy, governance, human…
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EU makes power play in Kiribati

Posted on 25 July 2022

The European Union is studying a possible port for fishing, container vessels, and cruise liners on the Pacific atoll of Kiritimati as part of its “Global Gateway” investment plan. This…
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Violence flares following PNG elections

Posted on 25 July 2022

Violence has broken out, with supporters of rival election candidates attacking each other outside Papua New Guinea's main sports stadium. A police commander in the capital Port Moresby, Anthony Wagambie,…
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Myanmar junta executes democracy activists

Posted on 25 July 2022

Myanmar’s military junta on July 25, 2022, reported the execution of four men in the country’s first death sentences carried out in over 30 years.
 
Sentenced to death in…
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Monkeypox

Monkeypox declared global health emergency

Posted on 25 July 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued the highest level of alert, determining Monkeypox a “public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).”
 
African researchers have been warning about monkeypox outbreaks…
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A ‘crisis of legitimacy’ in the international aid sector?

Posted on 25 July 2022

International aid organisations are in danger of losing relevance and need to start thinking about “the world beyond themselves”, a study by Nuffield College in Oxford has found. UK academics…
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Climate change Africa

Bill for climate adaptation for African countries more than health spending

Posted on 25 July 2022

African countries that are the least responsible for the climate crisis will have to spend up to five times more on adapting to global heating than they do on healthcare.…
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Yemen: a safe haven

Humanitarian funding gap hits new record

Posted on 19 July 2022

Even more people were in need of humanitarian assistance last year than the UN has estimated, according to an independent report published last week. The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report, released…
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Call for G20 to strengthen checks on tax evasion

Posted on 19 July 2022

India’s Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman has urged G20 leaders to put in place a framework for automatic exchange of information on non-financial assets to check tax evasion and to…
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