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18 million in Africa’s Sahel on ‘the brink of starvation’
As 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region teeter on the edge of severe hunger over the next three months, the UN released on...
By Deliberately Ignoring Risk, the World Is Bankrolling Its Own Destruction
MADRID, May 20 (IPS) – It is often said that a pessimistic person is an optimistic but well-informed person. Here, a good number of...
What India Needs To Do To Achieve Net-Zero Status by 2070
NEW DELHI, May 20 (IPS) – The recent IPCC report that came out in the month of March 2022 says that, by the end...
Youth Demand a Voice in Call-To-Action on Child Labour
Durban, May 20 (IPS) – Ashley has vast work experience. She has laboured by the sweat of her brow in the blistering sun on...
First Person: Sweet taste of modern beekeeping
Beekeepers in the southern Haitian commune of Bonbon are creating a buzz around honey in an area which is recovering from an earthquake in...
Food insecurity threatens societies, exacerbates conflicts and ‘no country is immune’
“When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday during a debate on conflict and food security...
Caring for Water Where Mining Leads to Wealth and Tragedies in Brazil
BELO HORIZONTE/ITABIRITO, Brazil, May 19 (IPS) – The southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais owes its name to the main economic activity throughout its...
Technology for Tracing the Work of Child Labour Could Help End the Practice
DURBAN, May 18 (IPS) – Technology used to trace the origin and price of consumer goods to ensure farmers earn fair profits could easily...
Former Child Labourer, now Lawyer, Passes on the Light of Freedom to Others
Durban, May 19 (IPS) – Amar Lai’s first memories are working alongside his parents and siblings in a quarry, breaking rocks. He was aged...
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