South Africa’s electricity infrastructure has been degrading in the past decade, with both scheduled and unscheduled power outages on the increase. Despite slowed economic activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the country experienced 1130 hours of planned power cuts in 2021, the highest ever.
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‘Hot conflict’ pushes 12 million Syrians into food insecurity
As the Syrian war has driven poverty and hunger to levels higher than at any previous point, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Friday that he would continue to focus on engaging the parties to bring an end to the protracted conflict.
A deep data dive reveals extent of unequal water provision in Nairobi
Many African cities struggle to supply safe, potable water to their residents. One of the main reasons for this is urbanisation; cities’ populations grow rapidly as more people move to them from rural areas.
Food insecurity soaring across 20 hunger hotspots
Food insecurity is soaring across 20 countries and regions – “hunger hotspots”, where conflict, economic shocks, natural hazards, political instability, and limited humanitarian access, are putting millions of lives at risk, UN agencies highlighted on Thursday.
The herbicide dicamba was supposed to solve farmers’ weed problems – instead, it’s making farming harder for many of them
In 2021, thousands of U.S. growers reported to the Environmental Protection Agency that dicamba sprayed by other farmers – sometimes up to a mile and a half away – damaged crops in their fields. Complaints came from all over the country.
With fewer animals to spread their seeds, plants could have trouble adapting to climate change
Today the Earth is losing species at a rapid rate, potentially representing the sixth mass extinction in its history. In a newly published study, we examine what this loss means for seed dispersal, focusing on birds and mammals that disperse fleshy-fruited plants.
Women in Workplace; Challenges & Discrimination in 21st Century – Myanmar & Philippines
The world changes every single day and so does everything else as well. Likewise, the kinds of challenges and discriminations women face in every workplace of every field become variant from time to time.
妇女和女孩被迫落入当代奴隶制的风险很高
联合国任命的一些独立人权专家今天表示，妇女和儿童面临很高的风险沦为当代形式的奴隶。
COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: all eyes on Indonesia
Traffic in Jakarta has decreased significantly after the Indonesia government has restricted population mobility to reduce the spread of COVID-19, 4 July 2021. ANTARA FOTO/Hafidz Mubarak A/aww. Juli 15, 2021 4.14pm WIB Teguh Haryo Sasongko, Perdana University With the exception of Singapore, Southeast Asian countries have recorded unprecedented spikes in daily case numbers and deaths duringContinue reading “COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: all eyes on Indonesia”
After a horrific COVID wave, India’s health system is now overwhelmed by a different virus
Rajesh Kumar Singh/AAP December 7, 2021 11.13pm GMT GVS Murthy, Indian Institute of Public Health After a deadly second wave of COVID-19 overwhelmed hospitals in India earlier this year, the country is battling yet another viral outbreak. Hospitals are struggling to treat dengue, a viral disease that spreads through the bite of the Aedes aegyptiContinue reading “After a horrific COVID wave, India’s health system is now overwhelmed by a different virus”
