The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, will continue in her role for another five years, the UN chief formally announced on Monday, praising her...
Although everyone has been deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact on young people has been “especially heartbreaking”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said...
How Place of Birth Shapes Chances of Going to University
Jan 10 (IPS) – Many newly independent African countries in the 1960s inherited regional and ethnic inequalities in formal educational attainment. These new states...
Agencies suspend Tigray aid as ‘scores’ are killed due to airstrikes
Recent airstrikes on camps for internally displaced persons and refugees in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, have reportedly killed scores of civilians, including children, and left many more injured. Read...
Clean Water, Decent Toilets, Hygiene Challenge for Southern African Community
Blantyre, Malawi, Jan 10 (IPS) – The toilets in the maternity wing of Namatapa Health Centre in the populous Bangwe Township in Blantyre, Malawi’s...
Oxygen-rich exoplanets may be geologically active
Humble oxygen is more than just a building block of life. The element could also help scientists sneak a peek into the innards of...
Here’s what goldfish driving ‘cars’ tell us about navigation
It might seem like a fish needs a car like — well, like a fish needs a bicycle. But a new experiment suggests that...
WASHINGTON DC, Jan 10 (IPS) – There is no other place in the world like Costa Rica’s Cocos Island National Park. The waters surrounding...
UN Public Information Officer Brenden Varma recently returned from a six-month stint in Iraq, where he helped to promote participation in national elections. His experience...
Interview: Time to rethink tourism, an economic lifeline for millions
Hopes that the tourism industry would rebound from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been dented by the wildfire spread of the...
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