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Africa: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Cases More Than Doubled in 2025, UN Warns

eriinfo.com1 week ago07 mins

Nearly 10,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were recorded worldwide last year – more than double the previous year’s figure – as rape, sexual slavery and abduction were deployed as weapons of war across Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Caribbean. Releasing the UN’s annual report on Friday, Special Representative Pramila Patten said the…

Africa: Climate Change Has Doubled the World’s Heatwaves – How Africa Is Affected

eriinfo.com11 months ago010 mins

A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world’s people (49% or 4 billion) suffered through an extra 30 days of temperatures that were hotter than those experienced 90% of the time between 1991 and 2020. Scientists from World Weather Attribution, the Red Cross Red…