Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize Is a Vote of Confidence in a Global Legal Order under Fire
PRETORIA, South Africa, October 12 (IPS) – The awarding of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to distinguished South African jurist and international judge Navanethem...
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Sudan: Drought and war push Darfur and Kordofan towards famine
The risk of famine is growing in parts of Sudan already torn apart by war, as a severe El Niño drought makes life even...
Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says
The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as families struggle to...
‘Efficiency has limits’: UNHCR chief warns refugee protection is buckling under cuts
The money is running out faster than needs are growing: with 117 million men, women and children now forced from their homes, the UN...
How Nepal is Learning To Cope With the Psychological Toll of Its Missing
KATHMANDU, October 12 (IPS) – Nearly three decades ago, in the final stretch of Nepal’s civil war, Dr Brandon Kohrt sat with parents whose...
UN aid operation underway in Nepal following fresh floods
The United Nations has rushed to assist Nepal following new flash floods in the central Gorkha district on Sunday that swept away homes and...
In the Mekong Delta, a push to grow food with saltwater
For generations, farming in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta has depended on a delicate bargain. The river flooded, retreated and flooded again, carrying freshwater and...
Giving a dam: Cultivating peace in Côte d’Ivoire
Adam Ouattara and Makongo Traoré have four children and a home on the edge of Torla village in Côte d’Ivoire. He herds cattle. She...
UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, warns against escalation
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an immediate end to the renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, saying he is deeply worried by reports...
India: UN rights office urges release of ‘arbitrarily detained’ protesters
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has voiced concern over reports of mass detentions in India of demonstrators, protest leaders, civil society members, lawyers...
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