Finance : Cross-border bank claims surge in Q1 2022, says BIS (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Cross-border bank claims rose by $1.4 trillion over the first quarter of 2022, the third largest quarterly expansion on record, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has said.

Kenya : Unleashing mangrove superpower through soft coastal engineering (PRIV)
(IPS, Nairobi)
The swish of calm waters followed by unexpectedly high tides and violent waves is now too familiar for the fisher community along Kenya's 1,420-kilometer Indian Ocean coastline.

Africa : An integrated regional response for the Sahel crisis (PRIV)
(IPS, Dakar)
The current Ukraine-Russia conflict is dominating the global media to the point of overshadowing longer protracted crisis that no longer make headlines, but are still rife.

Note to Readers : Holiday Notice (PRIV)
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Due to the Swiss National Day holiday, the SUNS will be closed on 1 August. The next issue #9627 will appear on 2 August.