Climate advocate and scientist Shaama Sandooyea holds a placard reading Youth Strike For Climate during an underwater protest in the Saya de Malha bank in the Indian Ocean in March 2021.The Saya de Malha Bank is located between Mauritius and Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas Answered Your Vaccine Equity Questions While Highlighting India’s COVID-19 Crisis
India is facing its worst stage of the COVID-19 pandemic and needs global support.
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Worst Drought in 40 Years Is Sparking Hunger in Angola: WFP
The World Food Programme says the situation isn t expected to improve in the coming months.
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Hunger is on the rise in Angola, which is currently facing its worst drought in 40 years, according to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP).
The country, on the west coast of Southern Africa, is prompting “extreme concern” for the WFP, “given the chronic food insecurity and malnutrition rates in the worst affected areas,” according to WFP spokesperson Tomson Phiri who also highlighted that the situation isn’t expected to improve in the coming months.
Australian Minister for Health Greg Hunt says Australia continues to smash vaccination targets, hitting percentage rates above World Health Organisation goals.