NEW YORK, Nov 12 (IPS) – The photos showed blood-soaked concrete, a gashed open thigh, and an injured protester grimacing in pain on the...
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The UN Security Council has called for an immediate cessation of violence across Myanmar, and efforts to ensure the safety of civilians, following reports...
A piecemeal approach to the current political, economic and security challenges in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) only risks perpetuating a continuing crisis, according...
Ahead of Thursday’s Security Council meeting behind closed doors on Yemen, the UN Special Envoy, Hans Grundberg, said that a UN-led political process could still be part of a sustainable solution to the conflict. Read...
Education Cannot Wait Investments Change Lives for Children, Including At-Risk Girls, Children with Disabilities and Teachers in South Sudan
Juba, South Sudan, Nov 10 (IPS) – Ayom Wol sits under a tree in South Sudan in the scorching midday sun. He is a...
Experts call for Improved Protection of African Fisheries
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Nov 11 (IPS) – With subsidies of global fisheries back on the World Trade Organisation’s agenda, experts are calling for African governments...
Violence, insecurity and climate change drive 84 million people from their homes
As more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number forcibly displaced now exceeds 84 million globally, according to new...
The global food trade should hit an all-time record high in both volume and value terms, according to a new report released on Thursday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Read the full story,...
Antibiotics? Handle with Care
MADRID, Nov 11 (IPS) – The following information is based on investigations and studies carried out by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the...
COP26: Promises ‘ring hollow’ when fossil fuels still receive trillions in subsidies; UN chief calls on negotiators to pick up the pace
Governments need to show the necessary ambition on mitigation, adaptation, and finance in a balanced way, and they can’t settle for the “lowest common...
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