Iran: 11 mil Slum Residents, 3.5 mil Jobless
In places around Iran, unemployment rate stands at 60 percent, according to the country`s Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli. Fazli today appeared in the parliament to brief the MPs on Iran`s social issues, IRNA news agency
Published : 06 June 2016
Food Experts: “Adopt Agroecology or Perish”
BRUSSLES/TRONDHEIM—Input-intensive crop monocultures and industrial-scale feedlots must be consigned to the past in order to put global food systems onto sustainable footing, according to the world’s foremost experts on food security, agro-ecosystems and nutrition. The solution
Published : 02 June 2016
Bahrain: UNSRs Condemn Land Rights Defender’s Sentence
“I am in prison, because the beach that I know lies behind this building that I am locked up in, but nobody is able to see it. The sea is one of the most attractive
Published : 01 June 2016
Brazil: Goiás Land Struggle, Exercise in Citizenship
On the afternoon of 31May, one of the national leaders of the Landless Workers Movement (MST), operating in Goias, Jose Valdir Misnerovicz, was arrested in Rio Grande do Sul, in a joint operation of the
Published : 01 June 2016
EC Backs Gasline “ending Cyprus isolation”
“We want to make sure that Cyprus is much better connected, not only with its neighbours in the eastern Mediterranean, but also with the European Union,” Maroš Šefčovič, the EU commissioner for Energy Union, told
Published : 01 June 2016
Lebanon CSOs Put Humanitarian Demands to UNSG
Over 50 Lebanon-based civil society organizations (CSOs) have addressed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in the context of the First World Humanitarian Summit, appealing to world leaders to exercise “one humanity” and “shared responsibility,” as
Published : 24 May 2016
Populated Cities in PG Uninhabitable at end of the Century
Temperatures in the Persian Gulf could reach levels by the end of the century that would be extreme for most people, making some of the poorest regions inhospitable and posing significant challenges to the hajj
Published : 21 May 2016
WHO: Most-polluted Cities (MENA)
The most polluted city in the world is not, to most people’s surprise, Beijing or Delhi. In fact, neither is in the Top 10. (Delhi is 11th ) In its latest report, released a few days
Published : 20 May 2016
CSOs Declaration at 33rd FAO Regional Conference
In the context of the 33rd session of FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC), calling for “Promoting Food Security, Blue Growth and Empowerment of Small-Scale Farmers and Women in NENA Region.” This biennial
Published : 11 May 2016
