The UN’s top official advocating for children caught up in armed conflict issued new guidance on Monday designed to help expert staff on the...
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UN Member States gathered in the General Assembly Hall on Monday to observe Nelson Mandela International Day, a celebration for everyone to take action...
Kenya: UN expert hails historic reparations ruling in favour of indigenous peoples
An independent UN human rights expert on Monday hailed a decision by the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, to award reparations to...
Record 40°C UK temperatures linked to climate change: WMO
The chances of seeing unprecedented temperatures of 40 degree Celsius (40°C) or more in the UK could be up to 10 times more likely...
Most Suspended Ugandan NGOs Still in Limbo
Kampala, Jul 18 (IPS) – Nearly a year after the Ugandan government suspended 54 NGOs for allegedly operating illegally and failing to file accounts,...
A New World Order is Dawning – But will it be Liberal or Illiberal?
BERLIN, Jul 18 (IPS) – With the invasion of Ukraine, Russia effectively destroyed the European peace order. Now, Europe needs to find ways to...
Clean Energies Seek to Overcome Obstacles in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 18 (IPS) – The multitude of solar panels stands out along a dirt road in an unpopulated area. Although located just...
Abortion Decision Felt Worldwide
PORTLAND, USA, Jul 18 (IPS) – The 24 June decision of United States Supreme Court to overturn the country’s nearly 50-year constitutional right of...
Xenophobia in Mandibas Land: Too BlackOr Just Too Poor?
MADRID, Jul 18 (IPS) – South Africa, the home land of the late giant fighter against Apartheid, racism and discrimination – Nelson Mandela “Mandiba”,...
Immigrant Supports Other US Migrants Run the Gauntlet of Bureaucracy
Stanford, Jul 18 (IPS) – Veronica Vega’s husband was the first in the family to immigrate to Oakland, California. When 27 years ago Vega...
Land degradation is costing far more than restoring: UN deputy chief 
Rohingyas in Myanmar suffering ‘heartbreaking’ misery and cruelty 
As wars spread, the global food system unravels 
One million children in Afghanistan face deadly malnutrition