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...
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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...
Fighting Inflation Excuse for Class Warfare
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 (IPS) – A class war is being waged in the name of fighting inflation. All too many central...
The recovery of the global jobs market is going into reverse, the UN labour agency, ILO, said on Monday, blaming COVID-19 and “other multiple...
‘We Have to Make Peace with Nature’: UN Deputy Chief meets inspiring young climate leaders in Indonesia
A portable solar generator in a black case, and an eggplant grown in organic soil, were among the diverse items that a group of...
Ukraine: Critical health supplies destroyed in ongoing Russian attacks 
AI, green energy and economic transitions risk leaving vulnerable communities behind, UN warns 
Afghanistan faces record hunger levels amid rampant rights violations 
World losing ground in ‘war on nature’ as progress on biodiversity targets lags