India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has proposed legislation that incentives couples to abstain from having more than two children, joining Assam as the second state ruled by Prime Minister Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to propose population control legislation. The draft bill, titled the Uttar Pradesh Population (Control,
A long-term drought that has hit two-thirds of Mexico is poised to worsen in the coming weeks, portending crop failure and water supply shortages, which is set to drive up prices. The states most severely affected are in the northwest, including key farming areas. Increased water demand for both human
France is set to transform its current anti-terror operations against Islamist groups in the Sahel region of West Africa. The mission, which will replace the current Operation Barkhane, will be broader in its international effort and incorporate a new blueprint in its design. “This transformation will translate into a model
The UN World Food Program (WFP) has reported that southern Madagascar – currently in the midst of its worst drought in four decades – is facing a mass food emergency. WFP chief David Beasley tweeted on Friday that 400,000 people are “marching towards starvation.” A briefing by the WFP published
During an overnight attack on June 4, a group of suspected extremists killed as many as 132 people, including 7 children, in the village of Solhan in the Yagha province in Burkina Faso. One local source described to the Agence France-Presse (AFP) traumatic scenes of gunmen methodically orchestrating “executions.” Government
