Agencies suspend Tigray aid as ‘scores’ are killed due to airstrikes
Recent airstrikes on camps for internally displaced persons and refugees in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, have reportedly killed scores of civilians, including children, and left many more injured. Read...
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Clean Water, Decent Toilets, Hygiene Challenge for Southern African Community
Blantyre, Malawi, Jan 10 (IPS) – The toilets in the maternity wing of Namatapa Health Centre in the populous Bangwe Township in Blantyre, Malawi’s...
WASHINGTON DC, Jan 10 (IPS) – There is no other place in the world like Costa Rica’s Cocos Island National Park. The waters surrounding...
UN Public Information Officer Brenden Varma recently returned from a six-month stint in Iraq, where he helped to promote participation in national elections. His experience...
Interview: Time to rethink tourism, an economic lifeline for millions
Hopes that the tourism industry would rebound from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been dented by the wildfire spread of the...
From the Field: Working with nature to transform lives
So-called “nature-based solutions” are an important element in tackling the climate crisis, but they also play a major role in addressing other challenges, from...
5 things you should know about the greenhouse gases warming the planet
News stories about the climate crisis often contain mentions of greenhouse gases, and the greenhouse effect. Whilst most will find the analogy easy to...
The Ethiopian Government on Friday freed several high-profile political detainees, a move UN Secretary-General António Guterres hailed as a “significant confidence-building step”. Read the...
Ten months since the military takeover in February 2021, food insecurity in Myanmar has risen sharply, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. ...
Forensic lab aids crack down on illegal wildlife trade in Viet Nam
Despite travel bans and other COVID-19 restrictions, the small team at Viet Nam’s wildlife forensic lab has been bolstering police efforts to crack down...
Monkeys hunt small animals when fruit is scarce 
Beyond the Horizon: Raising a Generation to Protect the Blue Pacific 
Once upon a time, insects had 24 legs 
Microbes might get freeze-dried on the moon’s south pole