Refugee Voices Matter – Nothing about Us, Without Us
Displaced, Dec 07 (IPS) – Over the past two years, the global refugee response has been tested. The world is being rocked by the...
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Clashes displace thousands in Darfur, where 6.2 million will need assistance next year
With escalating violence displacing thousands of people since November, the humanitarian situation in Sudan’s Darfur is getting worse and around 6.2 million people will need humanitarian assistance next year, UN agencies reported on Tuesday. Read the full...
Growing food insecurity that is already affecting tens of millions of people across West Africa and the Sahel, must not be ignored by the...
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday launched an appeal for a record $9.4 billion as attacks against children continue to rise. Close to 24,000 grave violations against youngsters were confirmed last...
Time for Public Conversation, Justice after Blasphemy killing in Pakistan, say Rights Activists
Dec 07 (IPS) – Mukhtiar’s heart sank when he saw the grisly incident of lynching of a man in the industrial city of Sialkot,...
Belarusian Journalists Keep Reporting From Exile – Here’s How
VILNA, Dec 07 (IPS) – Independent journalism has come increasingly under attack in Belarus, as the country has become a regional hotspot of media...
GENEVA, Dec 07 (IPS) – On 25 November, news emerged from South Africa of a new COVID-19 variant. It has since been identified as...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 07 (IPS) – Funding for developing countries to address global warming is grossly inadequate. Very little finance is for...
Women sweep UN’s 2021 ‘Champions of the Earth’ awards
A Caribbean-based prime minister, a scientist, a group of indigenous women, and an entrepreneur were announced on Tuesday as this year’s winners of the United Nations’ Champions of the Earth awards. Read the full...
Millions of people in Ethiopia could be pushed deeper into hunger as the World Food Programme (WFP) faces a major funding shortfall that threatens...
Microbes might get freeze-dried on the moon’s south pole 
Land degradation is costing far more than restoring: UN deputy chief 
Rohingyas in Myanmar suffering ‘heartbreaking’ misery and cruelty 
As wars spread, the global food system unravels