Kenya: UN steps up protection for drought-hit women and girls
Women and girls are bearing the brunt of the worst drought experienced in Kenya for 40 years, which is exacerbating the risk of sexual...
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India’s first solar-powered village promotes green energy, sustainability and self-reliance
During his two-day visit to India this week, UN Secretary-General António Guterres visited a model project site in Gujarat state, which was declared as...
Eugenio Gastelum has been obsessed with video games since he was a kid. And now, he’s managed to turn his passion into a career,...
INTERVIEW: Connection between human rights and climate change ‘must not be denied’
The right to life, food, development, self-determination, water and sanitation, and adequate housing, is being denied to millions of people because of climate change,...
Security Council approves sanctions package for Haiti to quell gang violence
The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously approved a sanctions regime for Haiti, targeting gang leaders and those who finance them, in the hope...
UN rights chief deplores deadly use of force against protestors in Chad
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday appealed for calm and restraint in Chad following a deadly crackdown on anti-government protests Read the...
Ukraine war: Path of further escalation ‘must be reversed’, Security Council hears
Russia’s military escalation in Ukraine will lead to more suffering worldwide and must be reversed, said the UN’s political affairs chief on Friday, adding...
Millions at risk in flood-hit Nigeria; relief chief highlights hunger in Burkina Faso
More than 2.8 million people have been impacted by Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade, with 1.3 million displaced and hundreds of lives lost,...
Tracking Social Media to Uncover Ivory Trafficking in Rwanda
RUBAVU, Northwestern Rwanda, Oct 21 (IPS) – Every morning, Valerie Mukamazimpaka, a businesswoman selling various food products from Rubavu, a district in Northwestern Rwanda,...
LOS ANGELES / WASHINGTON DC, Oct 21 (IPS) – Eleven out of 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) still sanction the...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now