Disparities in the Arab Region: Hunger Doubles, Indebtedness Triggers, Recovery Uneven
MADRID, Jan 12 (IPS) – The panorama is bleak: hunger in the Arab region continues to rise, with more than 90% increase since 2000,...
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Climate Action Incomplete Without Womens Contribution
Nairobi, Kenya, Jan 12 (IPS) – Judy Wangari is one of an estimated 800,000 smallholder potato farmers who, according to the National Potato Council...
Authorities in Tunisia are being urged to immediately release – or properly charge – former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, and another man, who have...
Mali: Security Council warned of ‘endless cycle of instability’
A decade after civil conflict erupted in Mali, hopes for an early resolution to insurgency and strife have not materialized, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the country, El-Ghassim Wane, told...
Europe: Omicron wave threatens to overwhelm health workers in weeks
With forecasts indicating more than 50 per cent of Europeans are likely to become infected with the Omicron variant in the next six to...
COVID-19: Current vaccines may need to be updated, experts warn
Current COVID-19 vaccines may need to be updated to ensure their continued effectiveness against Omicron and future variants, an expert group appointed by the...
At least four children killed during escalation of conflict in Myanmar
At least four children have been killed and multiple others have been maimed during an escalation of conflict over the past week in Myanmar,...
‘Prompt, independent, impartial investigations’ needed in Kazakhstan: UN rights office
As the death toll from the recent unrest in Kazakhstan mounts to 164, the UN Office for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday requested “prompt,...
UN Plea to Save Afghanistan from Full-Blown Humanitarian Crisis
Geneva, Jan 11 (IPS) – UN agencies have asked for a record USD 4.4 billion in aid for Afghanistan to avert a full-blown humanitarian...
COVID-19 variants, rising debt, threaten global economic growth: World Bank
Global growth will slow down over the next two years in the face of “fresh threats” from COVID-19 variants and rising inflation, debt and...
UN report warns of reprisals against those who collaborate in defence of human rights 
Gaza: At least 20 killed in deadly building collapse, search for survivors continues 
Security Council LIVE: ‘Being a woman is a crime in Afghanistan,’ civil society briefer declares 
AI, climate and conflicts top Guterres’s agenda ahead of General Assembly