For the first time, a Zimbabwean peacekeeper has been chosen to receive the prestigious 2021 Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, UN Peacekeeping announced on Tuesday....
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Time is short for Sudan to resolve political crisis, Mission chief warns
Time is short for Sudan to reach a solution to its protracted political crisis, the Special Representative for the country told the Security Council...
Late Captain Abdelrazakh Hamit Bahar of Chad, was named on Tuesday as the recipient of United Nations Peacekeeping’s highest award, for exceptional courage, serving...
World’s richest countries damaging child health worldwide: UNICEF
Over-consumption in the world’s richest countries is creating unhealthy, dangerous, and toxic conditions for children globally, according to a new report published on Tuesday...
Corruption Kills
ABUJA, May 24 (IPS) – Nigeria’s accountant-general, the administrative head of the country’s treasury, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly...
The Risks of Turning Planet Earth into a Giant Desert
MADRID, May 24 (IPS) – The message is clear: three-quarters of the world’s population will be affected by drought by 2050. Does it sound...
WASHINGTON DC, May 24 (IPS) – Less than halfway through the year, the May 19, 2022 passage of more than $41 billion in emergency...
The monkeypox outbreak that has been reported in 16 countries and several regions of the world can still be contained and the overall risk...
Former Child Labourer Free Quality Education Key to Ending Child Labour
Durban, May 24 (IPS) – Lucky Agbavor sleeps on a mattress in a church in Accra, Ghana sells juice to earn an income, and...
Employee-run Companies, Part of the Landscape of an Argentina in Crisis
BUENOS AIRES, May 24 (IPS) – “All we ever wanted was to keep working. And although we have not gotten to where we would...
The world comes to New York: What’s at stake at UN General Assembly high-level week 
African Farmers Demand Affordable Finance as Governments Fall Short on Funding 
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The U.S. has weapons in space. Here’s what that could mean