KATHMANDUFor Nepal’s Dalits, Struggle Continues Amidst Slow Progress
With over 41 percent of Nepal’s three million Dalits living below the poverty line, and over 90 percent classified as ‘landless’, the country must reassess its progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) vis-a-vis its most vulnerable populations.
Touaregs Seek Secular and Democratic Multi-Ethnic State
The government of Mali and Touareg rebels representing Azawad, a territory in northern Mali which declared unilateral independence in 2012 after a Touareg rebellion drove out the Malian army, resumed peace talks in Algiers last week, intended to end decades of conflict.
Disasters Poised to Sweep Away Development Gains
Ending extreme poverty and hunger will be impossible on a rapidly overheating planet plagued by punishing droughts, catastrophic floods and ever wilder weather, said climate activists involved in talks to set the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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