Rebuilding a future for the displaced people of Burkina Faso: a Resident Coordinator Blog
More than a million people in Burkina Faso have been displaced from their homes, victims of ongoing conflict and poverty. Nevertheless, following a recent...
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A Nepalese peacekeeper serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was on Friday named the recipient of the UN Woman Police Officer of the...
International calls for the restoration of democratic government in Sudan continued on Friday, as the Human Rights Council met in special session in Geneva to discuss the recent military coup. Read the full story, “Sudan coup: Human Rights Council hears...
The United Nations General Assembly and Security Council elected a new judge this Friday to sit on the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the UN. ...
Daughters of a Lesser God (II) 200 Million Girls Mutilated
MADRID, Nov 05 (IPS) – While male circumcision is spread mainly among Muslim and other religious communities, and it is apparently accepted by some...
Preliminary evidence shows a widespread and systematic attack on civilians in Myanmar in the wake of the coup in February, amounting to crimes against...
The Members of the United Nations Security Council expressed “deep concern” about the expansion and intensification of military clashes in northern Ethiopia. Read the full story, “Security Council ‘deeply...
Nearly 23 million people, or 55 per cent of the Afghan population, are estimated to be in crisis or experiencing emergency levels of food insecurity between now and...
COP26: Thousands of young people take over Glasgow streets demanding climate action
“What do we want? Climate justice! When do we want it? Now!” echoed throughout central Glasgow on Friday as thousands of protesters took the...
Finance Nature-based Solutions to Quiet Natures Wrath – Experts
Glasgow, Nov 05 (IPS) – Climate change experts and leaders from the Commonwealth member states rallied behind calls to accelerate climate finance for nature-based...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now