Least developed countries impacted by ‘range of interlinked crises’ – Assembly President
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine war and rising costs are ‘severely and disproportionately affecting’ Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the President of the...
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Sahel security crisis ‘poses a global threat’, Guterres warns
Rising insecurity, including the proliferation of terrorist and other non-State armed groups, coupled with political instability, is creating a crisis in the Sahel that...
Sudan committed to achieve national reconciliation, General Assembly hears
Abdel-Fattah Al Burhan Abdelrahman Al-Burhan, the President of the Transitional Government of Sudan, called for more multilateral action to find sustainable solutions to global...
Inequality in Peru’s Education Sector Deepens in Post-Pandemic Era
LIMA, Sep 22 (IPS) – “When the pandemic hit, I stopped studying, just when it was my last year of school…My parents couldn’t afford...
UN independent human rights experts on Thursday strongly condemned the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody following her arrest for...
The UN health agency, WHO, announced on Wednesday that it is speeding up efforts to respond to a fresh outbreak of the deadly, infectious...
Worldwide employment in the renewable energy sector reached 12.7 million last year, a jump of 700,000 new jobs in just 12 months, despite the...
Civil Disobedience How to Make Enemies and Influence People
ROME, Sep 22 (IPS) – Radical climate groups undeterred by risks and unpopularity as long as message gets acrossBlocking metros and highways in rush-hour...
NAIROBI, Sep 22 (IPS) – Fatuma is a 24 year old girl from Korogocho, an informal settlement in Nairobi. She died in December 2021,...
With a full-scale war of aggression under way in Europe, the General Assembly was meeting this year “in a new geopolitical era that demands those...
COP31: New Research Ties Extreme Weather to Mental Health Challenges in Africa 
The brain’s fear center moonlights as the save button for memories 
Europe’s Hera mission is ready to double down on asteroid science 
Gaza winter aid: ‘No more delay’, Fletcher tells governments stalling on support