Growing Amazon Deforestation a Grave Threat to Global Climate
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 26 (IPS) – For three weeks, the Brazilian government concealed the fact that deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest increased by...
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New Pan-African Payments System Provides Big Relief for African Traders
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 26 (IPS) – When Fidelis Adele, the CEO of Freetown-based Solid Graphics, a printing and communications company, needed to order some...
193 countries adopt the first global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
All the nations members of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted on Thursday a historical text that defines the common values...
Violence against refugee women surged in 2020, but grassroots solutions can help tackle scourge
One in five refugee or internally displaced women have faced sexual violence, and the situation continues to worsen globally, the UN refugee agency, (UNHCR),...
Feature: Mobile health teams save lives in Afghanistan’s most remote areas
At just one year old, Shahpirai’s son was suffering from severe malnutrition. Yet without the means or available facilities for him to receive proper...
How to Tackle Africas Employment Crisis
ACCRA, Ghana, Nov 25 (IPS) – The Covid-19 pandemic aggravated Africa’s already severe employment crisis. The solution lies in a long-term political and economic...
Urgent action is needed to avoid a repeat of tragedies like this week’s drowning of at least 27 people in the English Channel, the United Nations...
Since the creation of the World Wide Web, we have had access to more information than ever before. However, we are also bombarded with...
Farzeen Alam, a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, was laughed off when he approached banks for a loan to start his farming business: today, Oggro Dairy is...
Ethiopias Civil War Fueled by Weapons from UNs Big Powers
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 25 (IPS) – In Hollywood movies, the legendary Wild West was routinely portrayed with gunslingers, lawmen and villains—resulting in the ultimate...
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