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4 Aug 2019 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia
US Secretary Of State Wades Into Mekong
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has criticized China's dam-building programme on the Mekong River, saying that construction has left the crucial waterway at its lowest level in a decade in Southeast Asian countries downstream, warning of "troubling trends". The Mekong River Commission has said that river levels in June and July had dropped to “among the lowest on record”...
13 Jul 2019 ROME, Italy
UNFAO: Conflict And Climate Conditions Continue To Exacerbate Food Insecurity
Variable climate conditions and persistent conflicts contine to cause high levels of food insecurity in 41 countries, with 31 of these in Africa, UNFAO has reported. The Crop Prospects and Food Situation report issued by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization July 4, relates that these countries continue to be in food deficit and in need of external assistance, a situation that has not changed in three months...