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Mozambique: Malnutrition and deadly diseases threaten 250,000 displaced children in Cabo Delgado province as the rainy season starts

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Approximately 250,000 children have been displaced by the escalating crisis in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado and are now at risk of deadly diseases as the rainy season sets in, UNICEF warned today.

The United Nations’ children’s agency is especially concerned that safe water, sanitation and hygiene services are insufficient to meet the growing needs of children and families in overcrowded temporary accommodation centers and in host communities. These services must be urgently strengthened and expanded to prevent the outbreak of water-borne diseases like cholera and the further spread of COVID-19.

Young Champions of the Earth: turning plastics into paving in Kenya

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A Kenyan entrepreneur is being lauded by the UN for developing a machine that recycles discarded plastic into paving stones for use in construction projects.

Nzambi Matee’s invention not only keeps plastic out of landfill sites, it also offers a cheaper alternative to conventional concrete paving slabs.

Calling for fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to avoid gender setback

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Failing to distribute safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines to low and middle-income countries could lead to a profound setback to girls’ and women’s rights.

Governments should act to make sure all countries can deliver effective immunisation programmes, which are widely seen as key to systematically lifting lockdowns and kickstarting economic activity.

Kyrgyzstan: Increased Interference in Trade Union Activities

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Withdraw Restrictive Bill; Ensure Right to Organize

Kyrgyz authorities have increased scrutiny of trade union leaders, including through criminal investigations, and are unduly interfering in legitimate trade union activities in the country, Human Rights Watch said today.

China: Hong Kong youths held in mainland China must get fair trial

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Ahead of the trial of a group of Hong Kong residents detained in mainland China since attempting to leave Hong Kong by speedboat in August, Amnesty International Hong Kong’s Programme Manager Lam Cho Ming said:

“We fear that the chance of these young Hongkongers getting a fair trial in China is remote given they have so far been deprived of their basic rights, including the right to defend themselves through legal representation of their own choosing.

Mozambique: Malnutrition and deadly diseases threaten 250,000 displaced children in Cabo Delgado province as the rainy season starts

Young Champions of the Earth: turning plastics into paving in Kenya

Calling for fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to avoid gender setback

Kyrgyzstan: Increased Interference in Trade Union Activities

China: Hong Kong youths held in mainland China must get fair trial

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