The world comes to New York: What’s at stake at UN General Assembly high-level week
Each September, New York becomes the centre of global diplomacy as presidents, prime ministers, ministers and diplomats from around the world gather at United...
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African Farmers Demand Affordable Finance as Governments Fall Short on Funding
KIGALI, September 16 (IPS) – Agriculture remains underfunded in Africa as governments struggle to deliver on decades-old promises to dedicate 10% of national income...
One Man’s Quest to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Mali
UNITED NATIONS, September 16 (IPS) – In Mali, an estimated nine out of ten women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). And...
Renewed Hostilities In Yemen Inflame Displacement and Regional Risks
UNITED NATIONS, September 16 (IPS) – In recent days, the humanitarian situation in Yemen has deteriorated sharply following a new escalation of hostilities between...
Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns
In an underground classroom in Sumy, Ukraine, children sit quietly at their desks, busy with the day’s lessons. For the moment they are shielded...
Back to school in Haiti: ‘Madame, can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?’
When UNICEF’s Representative in Haiti Geetanjali Narayan stepped into a classroom in Port-au-Prince at the start of the new school year, she asked the...
Ebola responders grapple with widening outbreak in DR Congo
The deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo continues to spread across the vast country despite some success in containing it, aid officials said...
Escalating conflict drives new displacement in Yemen
The escalating conflict in Yemen is choking off aid shipments and driving fresh displacement, including to nearby Djibouti, with UN agencies reporting on Tuesday...
UNICEF says thousands of children require mental health support after Nepal floods
Three weeks after the devastating flash floods in Nepal, about 17,000 children require urgent mental health and psychosocial support in the country, the UN...
Security Council LIVE: Rising violence triggers emergency meeting on Yemen
Amid rising violence in Yemen, the Security Council has called an emergency meeting at 3pm (NY time) on Tuesday to discuss the situation in...
COP17: The world has a plan to save nature. Is it working? 
Flour sacks turned flood barriers: Gaza faces another winter without safe shelter 
WHO scales up Ebola readiness in 22 countries across three continents 
Ukraine: Civilian casualty rates among ‘deadliest’ in years, as energy attacks intensify