Amid reports of dwindling food supplies in embattled areas in Ukraine, the World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday began ramping up operations, warning that...
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‘Unprecedented’ number of traumatized people flee Ukraine
UN humanitarians on Friday described as “unprecedented,” the continuing outflow of children and families fleeing the “relentless shelling” of Russian military action in Ukraine...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Women Lighting the Way in Off-Grid Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe, Mar 04 (IPS) – Electricity transmission lines run through Chiedza Murindo’s home in Murombedzi, a small town in Zvimba district in Mashonaland...
Miles Law and the War in Ukraine<br>Where you stand depends on where you sit
ROME, Mar 04 (IPS) – This aphorism which dates back to the late 1940s points out that one’s position on issues (where you stand)...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Women in Science Are They Still Hidden Figures?
BONN, Mar 04 (IPS) – Again we commemorate International Women’s Day – it is March, 8. We want to celebrate women’s achievements and raise...
After Russian forces took control overnight of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in south-eastern Ukraine, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief said...
BERLIN, Mar 04 (IPS) – The writer is is Senior Fellow, Hertie School, Berlin and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Center for Global Governance, Washington DC.The...
UNs Political Hypocrisy– as Multi-Million Dollar Purchases Continue from a Blacklisted Russia
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 04 (IPS) – The world’s financial institutions, primarily in the US and Europe, have cut off links and economically ostracized Russia...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>War, Autocrats and Fossil Fuels Women on the Front Line
TORONTO, Canada, Mar 04 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. For decades women’s...
Turning waste to wealth: In Nairobi, UN deputy chief lauds youth-led development solutions
Kenya’s Nzambi Matee beams brightly, thrusting a brick forth to coincide with the click of the camera. It is no ordinary brick – the...
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