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...
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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...
More than 59 million internally displaced in 2021
A record 59.1 million people were displaced within their homelands last year, or four million more than in 2020, the International Organization for Migration...
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...
Countries review progress on global migration compact
Although many migrants worked on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, risking their own lives to save others, they were at times denied access...
Demand for lifesaving aid up 10 per cent this year: UN relief chief
The number of people in need has risen by around 10 per cent this year so far, the UN’s humanitarian affairs chief said on...
Mali’s withdrawal from G5 Sahel, Joint Force ‘a setback’ for the region
Mali’s decision on 15 May to withdraw from the G5-Sahel group and its Joint Force is “unfortunate” and “regrettable”, a senior United Nations official...
As COVID Wanes, Tuberculosis Deaths Must Become Visible
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, May 19 (IPS) – It is time to treat the scourge of Tuberculosis scourge with the same urgency as we...
Debt Distress in Africa: Problems and Ways Forward
PRETORIA, South Africa, May 19 (IPS) – The COVID pandemic has had a profoundly negative impact on Africa’s sovereign debt situation. Currently, 22 countries...
Gaza winter aid: ‘No more delay’, Fletcher tells governments stalling on support 
Protecting the Climate Means Protecting Territorial Rights 
I Sustain My Accusation 
‘The War Must Stop’: Nobel Peace Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk on the Urgent Need to Protect Ukraine’s Women and Children