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(Climate Change) A year into the pandemic: 3 things we’ve learnt about the planet (WEF)

Piers Forster The sudden and unprecedented drop in human activity during lockdown, gave scientists a unique opportunity to study the planet, and climate change. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/climate-change-leeds-scientist-lockdown-emissions-covid-planet/

(Innovation/Technology) Global Lighthouse Network: Reimagining Operations for Growth (WEF)

Digital is no longer optional. Global disruptions and instabilities impose a pressing need and opportunity for quantitative and qualitative growth amidst shifts in supply,...

(Sri Lanka) Sri Lanka says it ‘requires time’ to consider proposed burqa ban (Al Jazeera)

Amid the outrage, a government spokesman says the ban is a serious decision that requires consultation and consensus. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/sri-lanka-says-it-requires-time-to-consider-proposed-burqa-ban

(Nigeria) Nigeria: Inflation hits four-year peak as food prices soar (Al Jazeera)

Inflation in Nigeria reached 17.33 percent driven by the COVID pandemic, a drop in oil revenue and a weakened currency. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/3/16/nigeria-inflation-hits-4-year-peak-as-food-prices-soar

(Mozambique) Mozambique fighters beheading children as young as 11: NGO (Al Jazeera)

Save the Children says it spoke to displaced families who described ‘horrifying scenes’ of murders committed by rebels in Cabo Delgado province. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/mozambique-fighters-beheading-children-as-young-as-11-ngo

(Syria) UN warns of another ‘decade of desperation’ in war-torn Syria (Al Jazeera)

Barbara Bibbo ‘You first’ mentality among foreign powers is prolonging the devastating conflict that has killed or maimed 12,000 children, UNICEF says. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/un-warns-of-another-decade-of-desperation-in-war-torn-syria

(Lebanon) Lebanon needs an aid paradigm shift (Al Jazeera)

  Sahar Atrache To avert a catastrophe in Lebanon, foreign donors need to change how they deliver aid to the country. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/16/lebanon-needs-an-aid-paradigm-shift

(Qatar/Afghan Peace Talks) Qatar to join Afghan peace talks in Moscow: Official (Al Jazeera)

Special envoy of Qatar, Ambassador Mutlaq Alqahtani, to participate in the March 18 meeting in Moscow, official tells Al Jazeera. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/qatar-to-join-afghan-peace-talks-in-moscow-official

(Yemen) Houthi fire caused Yemen blaze that killed migrants in Sanaa: HRW (Al Jazeera)

At least 60 migrants, most of them Ethiopian, died in the March 7 incident at a holding facility in Sanaa. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/16/houthi-projectiles-fire-cause-migrants-death-in-sanaa-hrw

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