A $10 million loan from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will allow the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to scale up the...
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Security Council examines capacity building for sustaining peace in Africa
Greater investment in State institutions is critical to counter peace and security challenges in Africa, a senior UN official told the Security Council on...
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination opened in Geneva on Monday to review anti-discrimination efforts being done in seven UN Member States....
Bringing Specialist Telemedicine to Children of Rural Kenya
Nairobi, Aug 08 (IPS) – New telemedicine technology, Daktari Smart, aims to mitigate the gap between child patients and medical specialists in rural Kenya....
Of the Far West, the ‘Good Cowboys’ And the Bad Indians
MADRID, Aug 08 (IPS) – Nothing –or too little– has changed since Hollywood started producing its spectacular western movies. Rough men, ranchers, mercenary killers,...
From the Field: Outreach across the Horn of Africa
In July, a UN human rights officer embarked on an outreach visit to the Horn of Africa’s Sool and Sanaag regions, a seven-day round-trip...
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 08 (IPS) – The writer is Manager, UNDP’s Global Programme on Nature for DevelopmentThe International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples,...
Giraffes, parrots, and oak trees, among many species facing extinction
Around one million species are facing extinction, according to a report from IPBES, an independent intergovernmental science and policy body supported by the UN....
The ongoing and serious escalation of violence in and around Gaza between Palestinian militants and Israel has claimed the lives of 13 Palestinians by...
First Person: The honey business owner creating a buzz in northern Uganda
Sam Aderubo started his company, Honey Pride, in Arua, northern Uganda, in order to make a positive impact on his community. With support from...
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