Nov 02 (IPS) – As a new report lays bare the massive financial costs to developing states of illegal fishing, campaigners are hoping that drawing attention to the practice’s devastating economic effects will help push governments to greater action against the illicit trade.
Read the full story, “Counting the Massive Financial Costs of Illegal Fishing”, on globalissues.org →

One in five children in 21 nations faced tech-facilitated sexual abuse: UNICEF
El Niño is surging. Months of extreme heat could follow
Strengthen Africa’s Seed Systems El Niño Threat Becomes Reality Again
‘Don’t give up’: Syrian women’s ongoing search for the missing
Repression of political opposition surges in post-election Zambia
Africa Has the Answers to Its Food Security Challenges. What It Needs Is the Architecture to Act on Them
A culprit for corrosion may have been operating under our noses