Landmark guidelines aim to protect children uprooted by climate change
New UN-backed guidelines issued on Monday aim to protect, include and empower children forced to flee their homes due to the climate crisis, marking...
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Libya: Human rights abuses, political stalemates, electoral delays mar progress
The overall situation in Libya remains “highly volatile”, Martha Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for political affairs and peace operations, told the Security Council on Monday....
The independent UN human rights expert for Myanmar called for a strong international response on Monday following the executions of four pro-democracy activists by...
Unleashing Mangrove Superpower Through Soft Coastal Engineering
Nairobi, Jul 25 (IPS) – The swish of calm waters followed by unexpectedly high tides and violent waves is now too familiar for the...
‘Do one thing’ to save lives on World Drowning Prevention Day: WHO
More than 236,000 people die annually from drowning – among the leading causes of death for those aged one to 24 years, and the...
An Integrated Regional Response for the Sahel Crisis
DAKAR, Senegal, Jul 25 (IPS) – Benoit Thierry, is Sahel Office Director of International Fund for Agriculture Development, DakarThe current Ukraine-Russia conflict is dominating...
BERLIN / TERNI, Italy, Jul 25 (IPS) – A growing mountain of data and analysis points to an unprecedented global crisis in the making,...
First Person: I go to sleep and wake up to the sound of gunfire
A young man whose community has been at the epicentre of the violence that has been raging between rival gangs in the troubled neighbourhood...
Women working together, to survive Lebanon’s economic crisis
Lebanon’s women-led cooperatives are helping communities to cope with the country’ recent wave of crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial crisis, and the notorious...
The UN Secretary-General ‘unequivocally’ condemned the reported strikes this Saturday in the port of Odesa. The attack took place less than 24 hours after...
Guterres urges faster action and financing to stop biodiversity loss 
Horned dinosaurs’ weapons evolved to handle the forces of combat 
Artemis II results show how much science people can do at the moon 
Ebola Spread Raises Fresh Urgency for Africa’s Domestic Health Funding