Three UN-appointed independent human rights experts returned from Ethiopia on Tuesday after working to negotiate access to areas important for investigations. Read the full story,...
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Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decades, warns WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that the Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises of the...
Countries need to work more together to stop the rapidly spreading outbreak of monkeypox, “no matter the nationality, skin colour or religion of the...
Two of the largest reservoirs in the United States are at dangerously low levels due to the climate crisis and overconsumption of water, which...
The landmark truce in Yemen, which has been holding since April, has been renewed for an additional two months through 2 October, UN Special...
Biogas Production Awaits Greater Incentives in Cuba
HAVANA, Aug 02 (IPS) – Standing in front of a blue flame on her stove, getting ready to brew coffee, Mayra Rojas says the...
Doubts Raised Over Conditions of Mexicos Mangroves
SINANCHÉ, Mexico, Aug 02 (IPS) – Two extremes of coastal development can be found side-by-side in the small community of San Crisanto, in the...
Slow food, Accelerating Biodiversity in the Field and On Our Plates
BULAWAYO, Aug 02 (IPS) – Edward Mukiibi was forced to do agriculture at school as punishment for misbehaviour. Read the full story, “Slow food,...
MONTREAL, Aug 02 (IPS) – The 24th International AIDS Conference is taking place in Montreal, July 29 to August 2.This week, the global HIV...
While more than three quarters of all adults living with HIV are receiving some kind of treatment, the number of children doing so, stands...
UN chief, Red Cross renew call for rules on lethal autonomous weapons 
Japan’s ‘2050 Weather Forecast’ highlights extreme heat in the future 
Colombia Declares State of Emergency Following Deadly Earthquake 
Retired in Ukraine: One Cheese, Two Chickens and a Dozen Eggs