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SUNS # 9365 Monday 14 June 2021
 
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United Nations : SIDS face great challenges in the wake of COVID-19 (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
The challenges being faced by the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) due to the intensifying impacts of climate change and natural disasters have been magnified by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Central America : Damage to coral reefs hurts fishing communities (PRIV)
(IPS, Los Cobanos)
As fisherman Luis Moran walked towards his small boat, which was floating in the water a few meters from the Salvadoran coast, he asked "How can the coral reefs not be damaged with such a warm sea?"

Africa : ECW investments transform children's lives in Somalia (PRIV)
(IPS, Mogadishu)
Ten-year-old Sabah Abdi from Ali Isse, a small rural village on the Somaliland-Ethiopian border, scored well in her recent exams, placing third overall in her local village school of 400 students.


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