Hunger crisis in East Africa
Posted on 12 January 2023
At the end of last year, nine of CID’s member aid agencies published a joint press release about the hunger crisis facing East Africa, calling for greater support to the…
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Tourism in the Pacific reimagined
Posted on 22 December 2022
With the arrival of what is historically, the low season for Pacific tourism markets, the industry will be hoping to benefit from returning Pasifika reuniting with family at Christmas and…
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NZ aid agencies warn 50 million people facing extreme hunger crisis
Posted on 15 December 2022
Nine New Zealand aid agencies urge Kiwis to act now to provide life-saving support for people affected by the hunger crisis in East Africa.
The world is currently facing one…
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The world is currently facing one…
UNDP engagement in the Pacific region
Posted on 14 December 2022
Last week, CID’s Executive Director, Peter Rudd, met with Ms Kanni Wignaraja, Assistant Secretary General and Regional Director for the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific for the United…
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New Caledonia determined to attain sovereignty by 2025
Posted on 30 November 2022
After meeting last weekend, the Caledonian Union, and The Palika Party, both key members of New Caledonia’s independence movement, declared 2025 was still very much a deadline to achieve sovereignty.
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Sri Lanka at brink of humanitarian crisis
Posted on 30 November 2022
The dramatic fuel shortages that accompanied mass protests in Sri Lanka earlier this year may have eased, but for millions of Sri Lankans the economic crisis is worse than ever.
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China spending falls in Pacific says Lowy Institute New Blog Post
Posted on 30 November 2022
China's development spending has fallen in the Pacific region, according to Australia's Lowy Institute.
Five years after the Papua New Guinea government announced a long-awaited $US2.6 billion upgrade of the nation's…
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Five years after the Papua New Guinea government announced a long-awaited $US2.6 billion upgrade of the nation's…
Opposition to Japanese plans to dump nuclear waste in Pacific
Posted on 30 November 2022
After meeting at the Nuclear Connections Across Oceania conference over the weekend in Dunedin, activists and academics have joined forces to publicly oppose Japanese plans to dump nuclear waste in…
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Heavy out-migration underlines economic conditions in Marshall Islands
Posted on 30 November 2022
The Marshall Islands had its highest-ever sustained out-migration over the past five years, according to a statistical report released earlier this week.
The Marshall Islands Fiscal Year 2021 Statistical Appendices, shows…
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The Marshall Islands Fiscal Year 2021 Statistical Appendices, shows…
Yemen CSOs call for localisation of humanitarian action
Posted on 24 November 2022
49 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Yemen have issued a joint statement that called on funders, donors, and UN agencies to implement their commitments, calling for the following demands:
Neutralize humanitarian…
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Neutralize humanitarian…