Alternative Forums outside of Habitat III
Even as governments adopt the New Urban Agenda next week, multiple groups plan protests and contrary discussions. A large crowd gathers at the Urban Social Forum in Rio de Janeiro, which took place as an alternative
Published : 14 October 2016
UN Warns: E. Aleppo “Totally Destroyed” by 2017
Staffan de Mistura said Thursday that the thousands of civilians trapped could die The United Nations envoy to Syria warned Thursday that rebel-held eastern Aleppo could undergo “total” destruction by the end of the year. Staffan de
Published : 06 October 2016
U.S. Castigates Israel over Colonies
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration on Wednesday castigated the Israeli government for approving plans to create a new Jewish settlement on the West Bank, three weeks after it signed a lucrative military aid package with the United
Published : 05 October 2016
Turkey: Forced Eviction and Urban Transformation as a Tool of War
In light of the Habitat III conference in October 2016, HIC-HLRN returns to the scene of its fact-finding mission in March 1996, ahead of the Habitat II conference in Istanbul, Turkey. There, HIC investigated reports
Published : 03 October 2016
Aerial View of Urban Warfare in Aleppo
Located in the northwestern area of the country, Aleppo is Syria’s largest city and commercial hub, with a population of over two million people. On 15 July 2012, the International Committee of the Red Cross
Published : 29 September 2016
Drought Grips Iran, Farmers Lose All
As drought increasingly afflicts Iran, farmers lament loss of a way of life Watermelons once sprung from this soil, the giant striped fruit dotting the arid landscape like mushrooms after a rain. “It was such a garden,” farmer Hossain
Published : 28 September 2016
Murder and eviction: New Era of Global Land rush
Millions of people face being displaced from their homes as new data shows land sales covering an area the size of Germany are now under contract, warns Oxfam. Seventy-five percent of the more than 1500 land deals
Published : 26 September 2016
Palestine: Report on Israeli settlements Construction
Middle East Quartet’s report expressing vehement opposition to Israel’s ongoing settlement construction and warning that it risked ending the chance of two-state solution hit the front page headlines in Palestinian dailies. The three dailies reported the
Published : 24 September 2016
Somalia: 5 mil Go Hungry, UN Says
NAIROBI, Sept 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of Somalis who do not have enough to eat has risen to five million, or more than four out of ten people, due to poor rains,
Published : 20 September 2016
