by Agency Reporter | Aug 16, 2024 | Briefing
MEMBERS of Afghan civil society have voiced their intense frustration with the international community, in a consultation organised by Amnesty International to mark three years since the Taliban de facto authorities took control of Afghanistan. Amnesty spoke to Afghan...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 15, 2024 | Briefing
A NEW REPORT published by The Wildlife Trusts, Embracing Nature, identifies drought as the current leading threat to their nature reserves for the first time. The Wildlife Trusts, who are among the UK’s largest landowners with 2,600 nature reserves covering nearly...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 15, 2024 | Briefing
PRICES rose at historically high rates over the period 2021-2023, with food and drink prices rising by 28.4 per cent. These price rises had uneven impacts across households, depending on the types of products that they buy. The fact that food prices rose more than...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 14, 2024 | Briefing
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is resuming its work in support of Tucson-based non-profit groups that are bringing humanitarian aid to migrants and asylum seekers crossing the US-Mexico border near the Sonoran Desert, the organisation has...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 14, 2024 | Briefing
THE SUTTON TRUST has analysed the education backgrounds of the Team GB medallists at the Paris Olympic games. The majority attended comprehensive schools, but athletes from fee paying schools are still disproportionately overrepresented. The Sutton Trust says that...
by Agency Reporter | Aug 13, 2024 | Briefing
QUAKERS and Quaker-related peace workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have undertaken training in peacebuilding. The sessions, co-ordinated by Congolese Quakers and delivered for the first time in Swahili, aimed to develop a team of facilitators to...
