LIMA, Peru, Jun 21 (IPS) – The writer heads the office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in Lima, Peru.Peru’s first round of elections on 11...
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BRATISLAVA, Jun 21 (IPS) – A ruling last week ordering a retrial in the murders of a Slovak journalist and his fiancée has led...
The Western Peat Meadows of the Netherlands look like classic Dutch countryside (cows, windmills and green fields), but the views mask a significant loss...
The negative environmental impact of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin has been widely covered in the press in recent weeks and months, and their volatility...
Everyone has a duty to help refugees rebuild their lives after a particularly difficult year for so many – that’s the message from UN...
NEW YORK, Jun 19 (IPS) – With financing, the number of out-of-school refuges could be reduced to zero, Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot...
The UN Special Envoy for Myanmar said on Friday she has called for timely action from the Security Council in response to the ongoing...
Millions more COVID vaccines need to be donated now to save lives and help the UN health agency reach the key global target of...
PARIS, Jun 18 (IPS) – Visions of Grand Inga, a proposed massive hydropower plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) powering much of...
NAIROBI, Jun 18 (IPS) – Dr. Fadel Ndiame is AGRA’s Deputy PresidentEvery year, people in Sub-Saharan Africa consume 34 million tons of milled rice,...