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🚰 Water: ‘a matter of survival’ in conflict zones.
Access to drinking water is a major problem around the world, but nowhere is it more challenging to ensure than in areas of armed conflict, the ICRC warned last week at the ninth World Water Forum in Dakar. Gilles Carbonnier, the organisation’s vice president, told Geneva Solutions that while the forum traditionally focused on development, this year, the alarming impact of growing conflicts and urban warfare on water came to the fore.
Geneva Solutions (EN)
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Here’s what else is happening
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🔎 Evidence of crimes against humanity in Libya mounts,
as UN reveals new killings, torture, rape and persecution of migrants.
Le Temps (FR)
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🏠 Poor communities open homes to refugees in Mozambique,
as humanitarian aid lags.
The New Humanitarian (EN)
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🇺🇦 Ukraine neutrality could be part of peace deal,
if supported by referendum.
BBC (EN)
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📉 Swiss up sanctions on Russia,
hitting energy, steel, luxury goods, maritime navigation, and finance sectors.
Swissinfo (EN)
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🚑 Tigray forces accept truce
with Ethiopian government for humanitarian access, urging aid to region.
Africanews (EN)
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💉 Second Covid-19 booster aids survival
for ages sixty and above, new study shows.
Health Policy Watch (EN)
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