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Somalia: UN urges steps to ensure future elections not ‘marred’ by rights abuses seen in recent polls

August 14, 2018 by United Nations 1 Comment

This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. In a report released on Monday, the United Nations urged Somalia to take steps to ensure future elections are not marred by the human rights violations and abuses committed during the 2016-2017 electoral process. “Insecurity, weak justice institutions, and an insufficient human rights protection […]

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From drought to floods in Somalia; displacement and hunger worsen, says UN

June 12, 2018 by United Nations 1 Comment

This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. After four consecutive poor rainy seasons that brought Somalia to the brink of famine, the country is now seeing near-record rainfall, and with it, flooding that has already displaced hundreds of thousands of people, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. According to […]

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The impossible end of the war in Syria

September 15, 2016 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

The United States and the Russian governments without the slightest remorse announced that it was with their guns the Syrians have been killing each other for the last six years. This is the translation in plain English of last weekend’s news, which is that Washington and Moscow agreed on a truce in Syria, after very […]

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Unemployment and immigrants haunt the EU; who can offer relief?

December 10, 2015 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

On Tuesday 1st December, Eurostat the EU statistical service reminded us all that in the euro area the October unemployment rate still remained in the double digit region with 10.7%. Understandably, this is the official percentage of people without a job, while the real unemployment rate may be double that, as this newspaper has proved, […]

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Dark spots on EU humanitarian aid spending

January 12, 2013 by Dennis Kefalakos Leave a Comment

The European Commission published an announcement on Thursday 10 January to inform us all, “Where the European Commission’s humanitarian aid will go in 2013”. A lot of people went through the text and what they got was just general information on how much money will go to a number of Sub Saharan African countries.Only one […]