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”,...
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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...
From the Field: Afghan earthquake survivors look to rebuild their lives
Afghans caught up in the devastating earthquake that hit the country on June 22, killing more than 1,000 and injured over 6,000 people, are...
Guterres hails healer and ‘mentor to generations’, Nelson Mandela
The UN chief in his message to mark Monday’s International Day in honour of Nelson Mandela, hailed the first Black President of post-Apartheid South Africa and...
A small, quiet village in Kenya has found a new purpose in the fishing industry through a successful marine coral conservation project, the first...
Haiti: UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince
The UN human rights office said on Saturday it was deeply concerned by worsening violence in and around the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and rising...
A safe space for Venezuela’s indigenous women
Venezuela’s rural, remote, indigenous communities have been particularly affected by COVID-19 and the country’s socio-economic crisis; community gardens help Wayúu women from Rio Negro...
Following two years of virtual meetings due to COVID-19, the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) closed on Friday at UN Headquarters...
The head of the UN Country Team in Sri Lanka has urged senior politicians to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in line with...
Hundreds of Millions of Human Workers Treated Worse than Robots
MADRID, Jul 14 (IPS) – While the world’s big private business pours billions of dollars in producing automatic machines and assuring their optimal functioning,...
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