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The development is creating apprehension among communities, who are apparently worried about their survival in the region. x Some manifestations of the climate change crisis triggered by gas flaring and oil spills include, the disappearance of wildlife, fishes in rivers, creeks and fresh waters of the Delta, excessive heat, shrinking vegetation, especially of economic trees like palm trees, oranges, mangoes, pears, plantain and banana. A recent visit to Kwa...

WTO’s IP waiver for Covid-19 vaccines faces structural headwinds By Ashraf Patel Share The Biden administration in the US signalling its intention to support a Covid intellectual property (IP) waiver was welcomed, alas, besides being a case of a ‘“too little, too late”. Since the early days of the pandemic, progressive international organisations such MSF (Doctors Without Borders) and the Third World Network (TWN), have strongly supported the TRIPS (The Agreement on Trade-re...

Seven Reasons the EU is Wrong to Oppose the TRIPS Waiver People wait to get tested for Covid-19 in Hyderabad, India, April 25, 2021.  © 2021 AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A. As the Covid-19 pandemic has devastating human rights, social, and economic consequences across the globe, European Union (EU) representatives have repeatedly stated their commitment to the idea that Covid-19 vaccines should be a universal common good and that no one is safe from Covid-19 unless...

Yet the EU has consistently opposed India and South Africa's proposal at the World Trade Organization to temporarily waive certain intellectual property rules under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, a measure that would expand access to lifesaving vaccines and other health products. The arguments used by the...

KUALA LUMPUR: With Malaysia’s announcement of a new 14-day nationwide lockdown from June 1, business owners complained on Saturday of being left in the lurch and asked for the government’s assistance to “help them stay afloat.” On Friday, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said that the decision to impose a “total lockdown” was to address mounting pressure on the nation’s health

KUALA LUMPUR: Public health experts in Malaysia are calling for a strict lockdown as the nation continues to face a surge in coronavirus cases. On Thursday, authorities reported 7,857 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. It was the third consecutive day on which the number of infections in the country has hit a record high. The total number of cases in Malaysia, which has a population of nearly 33 million, now stands at more than 541,200, and nearly 2,500 people have died of conditions related to C...

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- LETTER | The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) kick-started with a lot of fanfare. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin received his first vaccine in public on February 24. Three months later, the people expressed their dissatisfaction and lamented that the vaccination rate is too low, alleging that it is mainly due to the government being slow and incompetent. Often, the “better” countries they cited are Singapore, European Union countries, the United States, Israel and so on. I ...

Ludovic MARIN / AFP President Cyril Ramaphosa has added his voice to leaders calling for greater equality in the international economy. Ramaphosa and African leaders want a greater share of the IMFs reserve. During times of crisis, Special Drawing Rights have boosted the international economy. In his latest weekly newsletter, President Cyril Ramaphosa writes about how struck he was by the image of a boy, floating on a buoy of plastic bottles, trying to escape hardship in Africa for a better li...

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