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Haitian party supports popular demands

Published on: September 21, 2022
13:28

By: Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth

Port-au-Prince, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) Haiti's Struggling People's Organization (OPL) on Tuesday expressed its support for the people's demands and encouraged the political protagonists to find a national consensus.

Lebanese Parliament resumes budget session

Published on: September 16, 2022
07:21

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Beirut, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) The Lebanese Parliament on Friday resumed the plenary session to approve the draft budget for 2022, after two failed attempts and the call for responsibility in the face of the crisis.

Lawmakers resume budget debate in Lebanon

Published on: September 15, 2022
08:10

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Beirut, Sep 15 (Prensa Latina) Lebanese lawmakers on Thursday resumed the debates on the national draft budget for 2022, after the meeting, which was supposed to start on Wednesday, was postponed due to lack of quorum.

UN urges pressing support to scale up life-saving aid in Somalia

Published on: September 8, 2022
19:12

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres on Thursday reiterated the pressing need for a speedy scale-up of humanitarian life-saving assistance in Somalia, where hundreds of thousands of people are at immediate risk of famine.

Decades of human progress set back by global crises, UN warns

Published on: September 8, 2022
17:58

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) The UN Development Program (UNDP) says that for the first time since it was created over 30 years ago, the Human Development Index, a measure of countries' life expectancies, education levels, and standards of living, has declined for two years straight, in 2020 and 2021.

Egypt warns against effects of global crisis for poor economies

Published on: September 6, 2022
13:01

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Cairo, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Egypt warned that the rise in energy and food prices globally will hinder the efforts by low-income countries to achieve the sustainable development goals, an official source said.

Employees of a telecommunications company in Lebanon remain on strike

Published on: September 6, 2022
09:25

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Beirut, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The Unionized employees of Ogero authority on Tuesday continue on strike waiting for a response from the Ministry of Communications in the governmental committee's meeting scheduled for Thursday.

United Nations warns of food crisis in Somalia

Published on: September 6, 2022
00:30

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Mogadishu, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations warned about a growing food crisis in Somalia, as a result of drought and rising world prices.

Citizens protest in southern Haiti over persistent crisis

Published on: September 5, 2022
09:27

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Port-au-Prince, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Citizens in Fond-des-Nègres, in the Nippes department, are protesting on Monday over the persistent crisis in Haiti convened by several social and political platforms.

Egypt’s parliament speaker considers food crisis a threat to Africa

Published on: September 2, 2022
07:30

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

Cairo, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) The food crisis the world is currently experiencing represents an existential threat to Africa, Egypt's parliament speaker Hanafi El-Gibali warned.

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