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Papua New Guinea election

Violence flares following PNG elections

Posted on 25 July 2022

Violence has broken out, with supporters of rival election candidates attacking each other outside Papua New Guinea's main sports stadium. A police commander in the capital Port Moresby, Anthony Wagambie,…
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Myanmar junta executes democracy activists

Posted on 25 July 2022

Myanmar’s military junta on July 25, 2022, reported the execution of four men in the country’s first death sentences carried out in over 30 years.
 
Sentenced to death in…
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Monkeypox

Monkeypox declared global health emergency

Posted on 25 July 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued the highest level of alert, determining Monkeypox a “public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).”
 
African researchers have been warning about monkeypox outbreaks…
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A ‘crisis of legitimacy’ in the international aid sector?

Posted on 25 July 2022

International aid organisations are in danger of losing relevance and need to start thinking about “the world beyond themselves”, a study by Nuffield College in Oxford has found. UK academics…
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Climate change Africa

Bill for climate adaptation for African countries more than health spending

Posted on 25 July 2022

African countries that are the least responsible for the climate crisis will have to spend up to five times more on adapting to global heating than they do on healthcare.…
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Yemen: a safe haven

Humanitarian funding gap hits new record

Posted on 19 July 2022

Even more people were in need of humanitarian assistance last year than the UN has estimated, according to an independent report published last week. The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report, released…
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Call for G20 to strengthen checks on tax evasion

Posted on 19 July 2022

India’s Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman has urged G20 leaders to put in place a framework for automatic exchange of information on non-financial assets to check tax evasion and to…
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Aid Transparency Index 2022

Posted on 19 July 2022

The global campaign Publish What You Fund has just released the Aid Transparency Index 2022. New Zealand Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has been ranked #26 out of…
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Pacific

A commitment to stay connected for a free, safe and prosperous Pacific

Posted on 14 July 2022

Pacific Islands Association of Non-governmental Organizations (PIANGO) press release

Civil Society has made a fundamental difference to the way in which government thinks about the community, says New Zealand Foreign Affairs…
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30,000 migrants assisted through Netherland’s safe migration initiative

Posted on 11 July 2022

The first year of the International Organisation for Migration’s Cooperation on Migration and Partnerships for Sustainable Solutions (COMPASS) initiative has helped 30,000 migrants.

The initiative is designed to support people…
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