‘While donor countries often respond sluggishly to warnings of food crisis, combatants close borders and make it difficult to deliver aid’
The first famine the IPC identified – in 2011 in Somalia – illustrates the devastating toll when aid arrives too late. Drought and armed conflict among militant groups fighting for control of the country’s south led to mass displacement and dire food shortages from 2010 through 2012. IPC analyses repeatedly warned of an imminent risk of famine.
Report: Governments or ruling factions manipulate data to exclude evidence of famine, delay famine warning
In Gaza, the conflict has imperilled the data collectors themselves, who often are aid workers. At least 337 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since the Israeli operation began, the most ever in a single crisis, according to the UN.
Report: Famine catastrophes result from governments fear of international stigma and political blowback at home for failing to feed own people
Martin Griffiths, who stepped down as UN humanitarian relief chief in June, said shortages of data, money and access to areas where people are starving has created a situation in which “your hands are tied behind your back from the beginning.”
New findings reveal DNA contamination in Pfizer Covid vaccines up to four times legal limits
The new study follows the recent publication of a peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, identifying serious safety concerns in the mRNA Covid-19 shots. The authors of that study called “at minimum” a moratorium on the shots.
Kenyan youth take up kung-fu as buffer against high redundancy, drug peddling and lifestyle diseases
Coach Kennedy Murimi trains dozens of children and youth in Nairobi’s Kawangware neighbourhood and has noticed a significant increase in learners. He said the number of people attending his trainings has tripled in recent months to about 60.
Militarisation of Chinese foreign policy is expressed in establishment of bases in Africa
China benefits from the low priority accorded Africa by the global media and major powers. This has made it easier for the PLA to build up its military footprint in Africa without attracting attention.
Scramble for Africa’s natural resources ushers in militarisation of China’s foreign policy
China’s expanded African engagements follow its global ambitions. When FOCAC was launched in 2000, China had no peacekeepers in Africa and lagged far behind the United States and Europe in the training of African students, civilian and military professionals. Chinese security assistance was non-existent, and China was absent in African security debates.
New report says Covid didn’t cause surge in excess deaths, pandemic response did
Hospitals and medical providers imposed aggressive and experimental medical interventions on some people, including the systematic use of ventilators, experimental treatment protocols and palliative care for those who were severely ill. Others were denied access to medications like ivermectin or antibiotics.
Findings: Merck pharmaceutical’s popular asthma drug causes serious mental health issues in children and adults
The FDA also could review all available information to determine whether the risk outweighs the therapeutic benefit in kids and, if not, issue a contraindication warning that the drug shouldn’t be used in children under 18.
Yuck to profits: Zimbabwe resorts to maggot farming to survive drought, thrive
In Uganda, the maggots helped plug a fertiliser crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. In Nigeria and Kenya, they are becoming a commercial success.
