The Plastic Crisis Has Deep Corporate Roots: To Protect Our Planet, They Need To Be Exposed
Aug 05 (IPS) – This spring, I taught a new undergraduate course in environmental sociology. Most of my students took the course because they...
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WASHINGTON DC, Aug 05 (IPS) – In Nigeria, women play key roles in food and nutrition security through their contributions to agricultural production, their...
Healthy life expectancy in Africa grows by nearly 10 years
Healthy life expectancy among Africans living in mainly high and upper middle-income countries on the continent, has increased by almost 10 years, the UN health agency,...
The United Nations continues to engage with authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the wake of the deadly shooting this...
The UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has announced the ten winners of its first ever Joint Innovation Challenge; a cutting edge competition to provide...
Unprecedented global challenges are ‘not insurmountable’ – UN chief
Nearly a year ago, the UN chief released his report, Our Common Agenda (OCA), a blueprint for global cooperation moving forward, and reinvigorated multilateralism....
More lifesaving grain shipments authorized to leave Ukraine
Three more ships have been given the green light to leave Ukraine’s Black Sea ports on Friday, carrying just over 58,000 tons of corn,...
Nonagenarian Opposition Backer Contends for Change in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Aug 04 (IPS) – Idah Hanyani, popularly known as Gogo Chihera, has backed the opposition since Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980. Read the...
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 04 (IPS) – Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in his address to the UN press corps while launching the...
Human rights experts call for international investigation into 2020 Beirut explosion
A cohort of independent UN experts has called on the Human Rights Council to launch an international investigation into the massive explosion in Beirut two year ago, with a...
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