Rush to vaccinate Vanuatu
Posted on 14 March 2022
Up until last week it had managed to keep the virus out of the country with strict border controls over the past two years. The head of the Vanuatu Red…
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Fires continue to sweep through Rohingya refugee camp
Posted on 14 March 2022
Another fire swept through a refugee camp housing Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh last week. A six-year-old boy was killed and approximately 2,000 people, including 1,000 children were left homeless, highlighting…
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The impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict on global food supplies
Posted on 14 March 2022
The war in Ukraine will continue to deliver several ‘shocks’ to the global supplies, and the cost of food, the Director of the world's biggest fertiliser companies, Yasa International has…
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Covid increases poverty - and cash transfers
Posted on 22 February 2022
Covid has pushed an estimated 124 million people into extreme poverty globally, the first increase in extreme poverty in 20 years, but has also increased cash transfers, according to a…
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