During the U.S.-led coalition's 20 year devastating war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, the poverty-stricken people of that nation suffered the brutalities of war of which most of us can only .
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Almost 2.3 million of Yemen’s children under the age of five are projected to fall victim to acute malnutrition in 2021, United Nations agencies warned Friday.
The physical and cognitive damage malnutrition showers on children in their first two years is “largely irreversible,” the agencies say.
“The increasing number of children going hungry in Yemen should shock us all into action,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore. “More children will die with every day that passes without action.”
Compounding the children’s malnutrition is the malnutrition of Yemen’s 1.2 million pregnant or breastfeeding women.
“Families in Yemen have been in the grip of conflict for too long, and more recent threats such as COVID-19 have only been adding to their relentless plight,” said Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General QU Dongyu. “Without security and stability across the country, and improved access to farmers so that
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(CNN) China s Foreign Minister Wang Yi concludes his tour of Africa this weekend without making a single concrete vaccine commitment to a continent hoping a benevolent Beijing will help inoculate its population out of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Last year, as Covid-19 tore across the globe and wealthy countries began to pre-order stockpiles of vaccines for their citizens, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged that African vaccinations were a priority for Beijing. His commitment followed mass donations of masks, testing kits and medical equipment to the continent by Beijing and private individuals, such as billionaire entrepreneur Jack Ma.
Now, with negative sentiment towards China hardening in Western democracies due to trade wars and human rights issues, African allies which have crucial voting rights at major international bodies have arguably become an even more vital bloc for China to keep on side with its so-called vaccine diplomacy.