BRIGHTON, UK, Aug 09 (IPS) – The writer is Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and co-director of the Humanitarian Learning...
For women in e-commerce, ‘entrepreneurship means freedom’
Entrepreneurship can mean more freedom for women according to the first Latin-American advocate of eTrade for All, an initiative developed by the United Nations...
A weaving project is helping to close the decades-long divide between the two communities in Cyprus, with assistance from the UN mission in the...
Mali violence threatens country’s survival, warns UN human rights expert
Rapidly spreading violence in Mali is threatening the State’s very survival, the UN independent expert on the human rights situation in the country said on Friday. Read the full story, “Mali violence threatens country’s survival, warns...
Ceasefire in Tigray more urgent than ever: UN relief chief
A ceasefire in Tigray on humanitarian grounds is needed now more than ever if a massive aid operation across frontlines is to succeed, the...
With the war in Afghanistan now in “a new, deadlier, and more destructive phase”, the top UN official in the country appealed on Friday...
The UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, said on Friday that escalating hostilities over the past two days involving Lebanese and Israeli forces have created “a very dangerous situation” in the volatile border region. Read the...
Myanmar: COVID-19 third wave has hit like a ‘tsunami’, warns WFP
The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that it is facing a 70 per cent funding shortfall in Myanmar, where millions face growing...
Between Horror and Hope in the Villages of Ituri
ROME, Aug 06 (IPS) – “We have buried twenty-eight people. I have seen them with my own eyes. We also found three bodies in...
Olympian Turned Volunteer Keeps Traffic Running in Busy Lagos
LAGOS, NIGERIA, Aug 05 (IPS) – Bassey Etim Ironbar is a rare example of an Olympian that transformed from an athlete to a volunteer...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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