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International Migration Day observed at Nima
December 21, 2020
The day is observed worldwide to raise awareness about migration and its consequences.
This year, Nima, a cosmopolitan community, was chosen because most of its residents consider migration as a means to survival and often embark on deadly voyages in their quest to reach their destinations.
Mr Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah, the Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly joined his colleague from the Ayawaso East Assembly, the International Organisation on Migration (IOM) and United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ghana and highlife artist Kofi Kinaata to promote the work of Mohammed Awudu, an indigene who is using arts to raise awareness on migration.
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MAPUTO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) The Mozambican government and the United Nations announced here on Friday a 250-million-U.S. dollar humanitarian response plan for the 1.1 million people affected by terrorism in three northern provinces of the country.
The support is expected to supply the deficit indicated for the necessary contingency plan throughout 2021 to be applied in Cabo Delgado, Niassa and Nampula provinces.
The Director General of the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) Luisa Meque said at the launching ceremony that the people affected by terrorism in the country are still facing enormous challenges for the rapid normalization of their lives.
Fiji’s government has warned residents to stay alert on Friday as a slow-moving hurricane ground across the Pacific island nation, bringing gusts of wind of up to 285km per hour (177mph), causing flooding and landslides, and leaving at least two people dead.
The powerful Cyclone Yasa, a top category 5 storm, landed over the Bua province on the northern island of Vanua Levu on Thursday evening, bringing torrential rain and widespread flooding across low-lying areas of the archipelago.
As of 00:10 GMT on Friday, Cyclone Yasa has slightly weakened to category 3 storm, according to the Fiji Meteorological Service. It missed the most-populated area around the capital, Suva in the southern main island of Viti Levu, where an estimated 850,000 people live.
Reimagining Human Mobility
By Gustavo Gonzalez and Kristin Dadey
In these extraordinary times of a global health pandemic, we are reminded how interconnected the world has become -our health, our food, and our economies are reliant on the safe, orderly, and regular movement of people. And, migrants especially Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) have been on the front lines in the fight against COVID 19.
While countries were locked down due to the pandemic, migrant workers continued to care for the sick and elderly, and kept essential goods and services moving. Sadly, many OFWS made the ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives in the fight against COVID 19.