Zimbabwes High-Risk Cross-Border Trade
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Nov 04 (IPS) – Thirty-six-year-old Thandiwe Mtshali* watched helplessly as her informal cross-border trading (ICBT) enterprise came to a grinding halt when...
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At least 8 children have reportedly been killed or injured in escalating violence in Yemen in the past five days. Read the full story,...
COP26: ‘Not blah blah blah’, UN Special Envoy Carney presents watershed private sector commitment for climate finance
It’s ‘Finance Day’ at COP26, and the spotlight is on a big announcement: nearly 500 global financial services firms agreed on Wednesday to align...
Israel’s plan to build thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem has drawn strong condemnation from...
Human rights defenders in Afghanistan report that they are now enduring a “climate of fear”, threats, and becoming increasingly desperate over conditions in the country, an independent UN expert said on Wednesday. Read the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday approved an eighth vaccine against COVID-19, which follows a slight uptick in new cases globally. Read the full story, “Indian COVID-19 vaccine receives WHO...
Mayors of Mexico City, Bogotá, New Orleans, Freetown, Gaziantep and Barcelona joined other urban leaders, designers, activists and thinkers from around the world on Wednesday, to chart a new path for cities. Read the...
Daughters of a Lesser God (I) 800 Million Girls Forced to Be Mothers
MADRID, Nov 03 (IPS) – Imagine your child, your daughter, being genitally mutilated and, further on, sold or even handed over for free to...
All parties involved in the escalating conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray must stop fighting immediately, or else risk pushing the region’s catastrophic humanitarian situation “over...
COP26 Discussions Must Prioritize Agriculture
URBANA, Illinois, Nov 03 (IPS) – Local, national and world leaders, and committed climate change activists are in Glasgow for the 26th UN Climate...
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Security Council LIVE: Syria’s fragile transition – economic strain, Israeli incursions and progress towards elections