Iraq Irrigation Reservoir is closed
Iraq`s Lake Hamrin, a once-vast reservoir northeast of Baghdad that is the sole source of water for irrigation across Diyala province, has nearly dried out, a senior official said Friday. Successive years of low rainfall and
Published : 22 May 2022
Civil Society Messages to the 9th Africities Summit
A self-organized civil-society initiative hosted 45 civil organization representatives this week at Kisumu, Kenya on 15–16 May to deliberate and consolidate messages to the Africities9 Summit. The Civil Society Forum took place in advance of
Published : 20 May 2022
The $100 Trillion Global Economy
Visualizing the $100 Trillion Global Economy in One Chart Surpassing the $100 trillion mark is a new milestone for global economic output. We’ve covered this topic in the past when the world’s GDP was $88 trillion (2020) and then $94
Published : 30 April 2022
HIC Urges Faithful NUA Implementation
Getting Back to the Agenda HIC Statement on the Occasion of the NUA+5 Implementation Review With today’s belated five-year review of implementing the UN New Urban Agenda(NUA), the third global Habitat Agenda since 1976, HIC shares this
Published : 28 April 2022
IMF: Global Action Needed to Avoid MENA Food Crisis
Global action needed to prevent food crisis in Middle East and North Africa, warns IMF In an exclusive interview, Jihad Azour, director of the fund`s Middle East and Central Asia Department, says rising prices risk social
Published : 27 April 2022
Sudan: West Darfur Ethnic Conflict, 500K Displaced
Hundreds killed in tribal clashes in Sudan`s West Darfur At least 213 people were killed in three days of violence between Arab and non-Arab groups in Sudan`s West Darfur, the state governor said, giving the first
Published : 27 April 2022
Earth Day Workshop: Green Transition in Sudan
The challenges of the green transition in Sudan Who should fill the gap and how? Public workshop on the occasion of Earth Day 2022, in cooperation between Housing and Land Rights Network –
Published : 24 April 2022
Demolitions in Jeddah turn residents into `strangers`
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – The Saudi doctor still had 15 years left on the loan he used to build his family`s "dream" home in Jeddah when bulldozers razed it to the ground, turning his
Published : 22 April 2022
Confiscating Palestinian Land for a Horse Farm
How Israel’s Separation Barrier Restricts Livelihoods in the Occupied West Bank On 14 April 2002, Israel’s cabinet approved construction of a “separation barrier,” ostensibly to halt a wave of deadly attacks inside Israel by Palestinians from the occupied West Bank. Last
Published : 21 April 2022
