The Kenyan Peacekeeper Championing the Ideals of the Women, Peace and Security
UNITED NATIONS, May 28 (IPS) – Major Steplyne Buyaki Nyaboga of Kenya singles out the establishment of gender-responsive military patrols in farming communities in...
UN chief underlines need to step up COVID-19 vaccine production, equitable distribution
The world is far from achieving equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a tragedy that must be avoided at all costs, UN Secretary-General António Guterres...
Thousands in Goma evacuated amid fears of further volcanic eruption
The threat of new volcanic eruptions from Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have triggered thousands of residents to flee from...
Illegal Clearing by Agribusiness ‘Driving Rainforest Destruction’
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 28 (IPS) – Deforestation in Latin America and the Caribbean accounts for 44 per cent of the global loss of tropical...
Independent UN human rights experts called on Friday for a European body of intergovernmental experts to stop legislation supporting coercive mental health measures. Read...
Laser experiments suggest helium rain falls on Jupiter
Sprinkles of helium rain may fall on Jupiter. At pressures and temperatures present within the gas giant, the hydrogen and helium that make up...
Why Experts are Saying Its a Make or Break Moment for Forests
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 28 2021 (IPS) – A new global report on forests says that while the COVID-19 pandemic is the latest threat to...
Are There Clinically Meaningful Differences Between anti-COVID-19 Vaccines?
NEW JERSEY, USA, May 28 (IPS) – Despite claims by the industry and some politicians, there are no clinically meaningful differences among the variety...
Annual investments in nature-based solutions will have to triple by 2030, and increase four-fold by 2050, if the world is to successfully tackle the...
Only a political solution will end the “senseless and costly cycles of violence” between Israelis and Palestinians, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland said in...
Why the UN General Assembly still matters 
UN Crime Congress: Technology is transforming crime – and the response to it 
Surviving the summer 
Women and girls pay high price in DR Congo Ebola outbreak