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(Agenzia Nova) – Il processo terminato ieri a Rabat a carico di 25 saharawi per le violenze avvenute a Gdeim Izik “è stato equilibrato ed aperto agli osservatori internazionali”. E’ quanto si legge in un rapporto stilato dalla delegazione di osservatori italiani che ha seguito il processo, chiuso ieri a Rabat con 9 condanne all’ergastolo per l’uccisione di una dozzina

Food Insecurity and Violent Conflict: Causes, Consequences, and Addressing the Challenges by Henk-Jan Brinkman and Cullen S. Hendrix* Rising food prices contribute to food insecurity, which is a clear and serious threat to human security. Interest in food security as a catalyst for political instability and conflict has grown rapidly since 2007–2008, when food protests [...]

By Daan Bauwens – BRUSSELS, Jun 25 2012 (IPS) – Despite growing evidence that biofuel production is causing food insecurity around the world, the new European Union policy blueprint on renewable energy ignores the social effects of biofuels. Last week, Guatemalan victims of the food crisis came to Brussels to make European policy makers aware of

News organizations cultivate a reputation for demanding transparency, whether by suing for access to government documents, dispatching camera crews to the doorsteps of recalcitrant politicians, or editorializing in favor of open government. But now many of the country’s biggest media companies, which own dozens of newspapers and [...]

(IRIN) – There is “worrying evidence” that the scale and scope of disasters will increase significantly in coming years and “the international community is not prepared,” says Ross Mountain, director-general of Development Assistance Research Associates (DARA), a Madrid-based think-tank which advocates better humanitarian policies. He was speaking at the Dubai International Humanitarian Aid & Development [...]