UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet deeply deplores this week’s military takeover in Burkina Faso, her office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday. Read the full story,...
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The global economy is entering 2022 in a weaker position than previously expected, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Tuesday, in an update to their World...
Nairobi, Kenya, Jan 25 (IPS) – Yohei Sasakawa said the youth have the power to change the world, and their participation in removing the stigma...
Jan 25 (IPS) – The pandemic – alongside growing threats from climate change, widespread malnutrition, economic instability and geopolitical conflict – has heightened problems with...
BRUSSELS, Jan 25 (IPS) – On 28 October, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed the militant Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara to head a presidential task force...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 25 (IPS) – Many factors frustrate the international cooperation needed to address the looming global warming catastrophe. As most rich nations...
Secretary-General António Guterres is urging the world to “build a culture of peace” through the power of sport, calling for nations to observe the Olympic...
Following Sunday’s coup in Burkina Faso carried out by sections of the armed forces, the United Nations’ Secretary-General is following the developments in the landlocked West African...
Well below zero temperatures hitting Syria this week have turned camps for internally displaced people into disaster zones, the UN Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator warned on Monday. Read the full story, “Senior humanitarian describes ‘horror scenes’ in Syria camps”, on...
Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures continue to disrupt the lives of over 31 million students, exacerbating what the United Nations’ Secretary General called “a...
