Durban, May 15 (IPS) – “We want to address child labour in a way that it empowers the parents to take care of their own children, we want to address child labour in a way that it promotes improvement of community leaders, so they can pronounce their communities to be child labour free zones.” – Andrew Tagoe, Board Member of the Global March Against Child Labour and the Deputy Secretary-General of the General Agricultural Workers UnionThe Global Estimate on Child Labour estimates 160 million children are in child labour worldwide – an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four years – with millions more at risk due to the impacts of COVID-19.
WHO supports Nigeria after first Ebola case confirmed 
As Winter Approaches, Afghanistan Faces Record Hunger and Mounting Human Rights Abuses 
Global warming will breach 1.5°C – but deep, fast cuts can still bring it back 
The Sámi People and Reindeer Herding – a Struggle for Sápmi’s Whole Nature 
As Sudan war spills into Central African Republic, UN warns against early peacekeeper exit 
AI on track to ‘crowd out’ human decision-making in warfare 
AI could turn scientific papers into research assistants 
A lifesaving medication is not behind the drop in U.S. overdose deaths 
Peek into hidden worlds revealed by the 2026 Nikon Small World contest