South Africa ‘on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence’, UN experts warn
A group of independent UN human rights experts have condemned reports of escalating violence targeting foreign nationals in South Africa, and called for accountability...
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Achieving the SDGs in Extraordinary Times
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 15 (IPS) – The start of the “Decade of Action” to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has also...
The conviction of an Iranian official by a Swedish court for his part in the mass execution and torture of political prisoners was welcomed...
SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Jul 15 (IPS) – Pundits are focused on Joe Biden’s tanking poll numbers, while progressives continue to be alarmed by his...
A New Mideast Peace Plan: A Confederation of Israel, Palestine & Jordan
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 15 (IPS) – Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “key to sustainable peace in the Middle East”, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres,...
Diseases transmitted from animals to people in Africa have jumped 63 per cent in last decade, compared with the previous ten year period, according...
New administration in Colombia provides ‘tremendous opportunity’ to further peace
The international community should lend full support to the incoming administration in Colombia, which has a tremendous opportunity to speed up implementation of the...
The UN Secretary-General is appalled by the deadly missile attack on Thursday against the city of Vinnytsia in central Ukraine, that reportedly killed at...
Over 500,000 conflict-affected people in northeast Nigeria will be tossed “a lifeline,” thanks to a new UN humanitarian and development package, launched on Thursday....
Drones To Help Fishers Avoid Border Conflicts on Lake Victoria
Nairobi, Jul 14 (IPS) – It is exactly two years since George Omuodo’s brutal confrontation with fishers from Uganda, an encounter that left him...
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