New UN report reveals that hunger in Africa continues to rise
News / 21st February 2019Hunger in Africa continues to rise after many years of decline, threatening the continent’s hunger eradication efforts to meet the Malabo Goals 2025 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly the Sustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2).
Nearly two-thirds of children lack access to welfare safety net, risking ‘vicious cycle of poverty’
News / 8th February 2019More than six in 10 children globally lack access to social protection, leaving them particularly vulnerable to falling into chronic poverty, reports the UN, warning also that some governments are cutting State cash entitlements amid continuing economic uncertainty.
Link between conflict and hunger worldwide, ‘all too persistent and deadly’, says new UN report
News / 30th January 2019Conflict-driven hunger is getting worse, according to a snapshot of the eight places in the world with the highest number of people in need of emergency food support, and the link between them is “all too persistent and deadly” according to a new report delivered to the UN Security Council.
United Nations: Third committee approves the UN declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas
News / 26th November 2018The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the UN General Assembly voted in favour of the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas.
Civil society demands action on biodiversity loss
News / 26th November 2018The world is facing a biodiversity crisis, and leaders and delegates of the Convention on Biological Diversity must take real action to halt the devastation of global ecosystems. Friends of the Earth International, together with other members of the CBD Alliance, delivered this urgent call for action at the opening of the 14th Conference of the Parties in Egypt.