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In 2024, voters were busy across the globe, as over a dozen African countries had local, parliamentary, or presidential elections. In some parts of Africa, incumbents experienced severe setbacks, while some long-time dominant parties retained power.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, at least 2,400 children have been dead or injured, according to the most recent UNICEF reports.U.N agency says the war is creating a mental health crisis among children in Ukraine.
Large areas of land in North India have recently been abandoned in ruins as farmers stopped working their fields. This is due in part to the fact that farming the small patches of land they own was not profitable and in part to the fact that stray animals destroy the crops they planted. A group of farmers have now joined forces to restore these wastelands as part of a project that is assisting rural women in increasing their incomes.
The Sednaya Prison, infamously known to as “the human slaughterhouse,” was the destination of many Syrians seeking information about their missing loved ones following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
In Malawi, a new initiative is changing the lives of students and smallholder farmers. The U.N. World Food Program is promoting the Home-Grown School Feeding Program, which is bridging the gap between agriculture and public primary schools, improving student nutrition while providing farmers more economic power.
Austin Tice disappeared in Syria twelve years ago, but his family has received evidence that he is still alive. The overthrow of President Bashar Assad’s government has renewed efforts to bring him home.
Damascus Residents are celebrating a rebel victory that quickly swept throughout Syria and ended a half-century of his family’s dominance over the weekend when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was overthrown and fled to Moscow.
Some citizens said that they hope the victory of the rebels would bring freedom and wealth in the wake of the fall of the Syrian government. The future is far from certain at this moment of international turmoil, analysts warn.
The goal of Zambia’s Total Control of the Epidemic effort is to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 through education and prevention.
Recent figures show that 120,000 Ukrainian soldiers have lost their lives defending their country against Russia’s invasion. Nearly two hundred thousand Ukrainians have been wounded. The road to recovery is challenging for those who survived, some of whom have lost limbs. A special initiative in Mexico City is providing them with a lifeline.