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Afghan opiates supply 8 out of 10 opiate users worldwide, UNODC finds, as experts meet in Vienna to combat illicit trafficking

Oru Leonard The opium harvest in Afghanistan increased by eight per cent in 2021 compared to last year, to 6,800

Oru Leonard When debt data is available, the report notes that it tends to be limited to central government

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The World Bank has announced that it is providing over $4 billion for the purchase and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines

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Oru Leonard Geneva/Johannesburg/Paris, 21 June 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO), and its COVAX partners are working with a South

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International Albinism Awareness Day is marked on June 13 of each year to raise and create awareness among people about

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Women harvest wheat in Bangladesh. Photo: © Scott Wallace/World Bank Women harvest wheat in Bangladesh. Photo: © Scott Wallace/World Bank

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MY fellow Americans: Four years ago, we launched a great national effort to rebuild our country, to renew its spirit,

The World Bank plans to invest over $5 billion over the next five years to help restore degraded landscapes, improve

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The Champions of the Earth award is the UN’s highest environmental honour, annually recognizing outstanding leaders from government, civil society

December 11, 2020 news-admin 0 Comments

Known as “the man who stopped the desert”, Yacouba Sawadogo from Burkina Faso has been working since the early 1980’s