Groundwater at the Heart of the Water Security Equation
PRETORIA, South Africa, Mar 22 (IPS) – Eng. James Sauramba is Executive Director of the SADC Groundwater Management Institute. Groundwater is invisible and yet its...
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Eradicating Polio Would Eradicate So Much Tragedy
BRAZZAVILLE, Mar 22 (IPS) – Dr Matshidiso Moeti is the World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa.In the outskirts of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, just...
Stagflation Threat: Be Pragmatic, Not Dogmatic
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 22 (IPS) – “If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail”. Still haunted by...
Time to negotiate end to ‘unwinnable’ war in Ukraine, Guterres declares
It’s time for a diplomatic solution to be found to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, amidst signs of hope that progress can be made...
Water & Sanitation Crisis Escalates as Yemenis Mark World Water Day
IBB Governorate, Yemen, Mar 22 (IPS) – As Yemen enters its 8th year of an escalating conflict, 21.7 million of my fellow Yemenis are...
Zimbabwe Crackdown on NGOs Could Impact Election Observation
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Mar 22 (IPS) – Zimbabwe is pressing ahead with a controversial bill that critics say seeks to criminalise the operations of nongovernmental...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Mar 22 (IPS) – In an opinion piece published in PassBlue on 15 March 2022, historian Stephen Schlesinger asked, “Where is the...
The UN’s top rights official said on Monday that amidst a “profound crisis” facing access to basic human rights in Myanmar following the coup in...
New UN report looks underfoot, to solve global water crises
While groundwater accounts for 99 per cent of all running freshwater on Earth, it is often undervalued, mismanaged, and overexploited, according to a report...
First Person: Witnessing the pain of Ukraine refugees wrenched apart
The UN has helped tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees to cross into Poland and other neighbouring countries. Chris Melzer, spokesperson for the UN...
WHO calls for urgent health action across the Eastern Mediterranean 
Yemen: WFP warns of potential ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as fighting blocks aid delivery 
Security Council LIVE: Libya in the spotlight amid ‘encouraging progress’ 
Health workers tackle taboos over drinking with new AI tool