Outside forces fuel Sudan war, new report finds
Foreign recruitment and external support networks are fuelling the brutal conflict in Sudan, independent UN human rights investigators said on Thursday in a new...
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Security Council LIVE: Addressing the legacy of Syria’s chemical weapons
Following revelations from the UN nuclear watchdog that the former Syrian regime failed to report holding nuclear material and the discovery in May of...
One in five children in 21 nations faced tech-facilitated sexual abuse: UNICEF
About 20 million children aged 12 to 17 – one in five across 21 countries – were sexually exploited by perpetrators using technology such...
El Niño is surging. Months of extreme heat could follow
Fuelled by exceptionally warm Pacific waters, the El Niño climate pattern is intensifying and has yet to peak. Forecasters are almost certain it will...
Strengthen Africa’s Seed Systems El Niño Threat Becomes Reality Again
KIGALI, September 3 (IPS) – As climate disasters frequent across the African continent, governments have been promoting climate-smart innovations, including the development of drought-resistant...
‘Don’t give up’: Syrian women’s ongoing search for the missing
Yasmin Al-Mashaan lost five brothers during more than a decade of conflict in Syria. Two were forcibly disappeared. Three were killed during peaceful demonstrations...
Repression of political opposition surges in post-election Zambia
Following Zambia’s contested presidential and parliamentary elections almost three weeks ago, the crackdown on political opposition has intensified, raising concerns about the future of...
Africa Has the Answers to Its Food Security Challenges. What It Needs Is the Architecture to Act on Them
KIGALI, Rwanda, September 3 (IPS) – As leaders gather in Kigali for the Africa Food Systems Forum, they face an urgent question: why do...
World News in Brief: US-Iran war intensifies, aid for Myanmar, casualties in Ukraine
Fighting between the United States and Iran has sharply escalated after a month-long lull, with the two sides exchanging strikes as fears grow over...
UNICEF Report Underscores Rising Rates of Tech-Facilitated Sexual Abuse Targeting Children
UNITED NATIONS, September 3 (IPS) – A new report from UNICEF finds that approximately 1 in 5 of all children surveyed reported facing tech-facilitated...
Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns 
Back to school in Haiti: ‘Madame, can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?’ 
Ebola responders grapple with widening outbreak in DR Congo 
Escalating conflict drives new displacement in Yemen