Interview: On brink of humanitarian crisis, there’s ‘no childhood’ in Afghanistan
For over 70 years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has had a presence across Afghanistan – even as the Taliban secured power over the summer. Read...
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Why Seed Companies Fear M鸩co
ORANGE, California, US, Nov 18 (IPS) – Last month México’s Supreme Court provided hope for biodiversity, especially in the Global South, while flaming fear...
1 in 2 Humans Cannot Celebrate World Toilet Day – This Is Why
Did you know that half of the world’s population do not have toilets? And that, globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking...
Children Address Unequal Access to Education During Pandemic
DUBAI, Nov 18 (IPS) – In the whirl of effort nations are making to combat COVID-19, the powerful role that children and young people...
Youth embody ‘spirit’ of 21st century more than parents, new survey shows
Even in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and other global challenges, children and youth are nearly 50 per cent more likely...
Although progress has been made in Somalia’s electoral process, it has been slow and uneven, the UN Special Representative for the country said in...
Anxiety in Afghanistan as Taliban struggles for legitimacy
Despite a crisis of trust both within the country and abroad, three months after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, it is taking halting...
Antimicrobial Resistance Calls for Brainpower of a Space Agency and Campaigning Zeal of an NGO
Nov 17 (IPS) – The cost of infectious diseases is somewhere between staggering and incalculable. Around $8 trillion and 156 million life years were...
New Report Exposes Americas Color-Blind Legal System
NEW YORK, Nov 17 (IPS) – Once again, the U.S. faces a test case along racial lines. Will the courts mete out justice in...
Double Solution to Ongoing Food and Climate Crises
NAIROBI, Nov 17 (IPS) – For the last ten years, Angeline Wanjira’s food stall at Kirigiti Market in Kiambu County has featured the same...
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 
One million children in Afghanistan face deadly malnutrition