How Land Management Can Restore Hope to Women in Rural Kenya
HYDERABAD, India, Oct 14 (IPS) – Jenifer Kamba, 33, has always loved farming – a love passed on to her by her late husband...
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An ambitious project to raise awareness about rising insecurity and mass displacement in the Sahel has resulted in an original musical score from Mali...
NEW YORK, Oct 14 (IPS) – “Now is the time for a stronger, more networked and inclusive multilateral system anchored in the United Nations,”...
VIENNA, Oct 14 (IPS) – Will the World Bank walk away with $100 Billion IDA20 replenishment without “Walking the Talk” on disability? The World...
Cubas Power Crisis Drives Home Need to Accelerate Energy Transition
HAVANA, Oct 14 (IPS) – With aging infrastructure and problems with fuel supplies, Cuba is facing a crisis in its electric power generation system,...
Paraguay’s failure to prevent the toxic contamination of indigenous people’s traditional lands by commercial farming violates their rights and their sense of “home”, the UN Human Rights Committee said in a...
Many developing nations remain unprotected against disaster, even though it is accepted that building community resilience has many benefits, beyond saving lives and livelihoods. Read the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched an expert group that will examine the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Read the full story, “WHO establishes new scientific...
Although COVID-19 deaths continue to decline, vaccine inequity persists, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, again calling for greater support for developing countries. Read...
For the past seven decades, the cells of Henrietta Lacks, a Black American woman who died of cervical cancer, have saved countless lives, and made numerous scientific breakthroughs possible, such as the...
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