Bukele Speeds Up Moves Towards Authoritarianism in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, Sep 17 (IPS) – The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has been widely criticised for his authoritarian tendencies, but has said...
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Refugees face dire consequences from COVID-19 underfunding, UNHCR warns
Underfunding has left a “yawning gap” in the UN Refugee Agency’s ability to protect forcibly displaced people worldwide from the fallout of the COVID-19...
If Women Farmers were Politicians, the World Would be Fed, says Danielle Nierenberg
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Sep 17 (IPS) – Women, key contributors to agriculture production, are missing at the decision table, with alarming consequences, says Food Tank...
Afghanistan: Efforts To Prevent a Food Crisis Before Everything Becomes More Serious
ROME, Sep 17 (IPS) – Mario Lubetkin is Assistant Director General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)The traumatic events...
Barilla Foundation Report Highlights Need for Food Companies to Align with Sustainable Development Goals
Sep 16 (IPS) – In the backdrop of rising hunger, half of the world’s population living on unhealthy diets, a third of agricultural produce...
Venezuela’s Glimmer of Hope
MEXICO CITY, Sep 17 (IPS) – This is the third serious attempt to inject some momentum in the negotiations between the Venezuelan government and...
Annual Secretary-General’s report reveals a world tested ‘to the limit’
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to be the greatest shared global challenge since the UN’s founding 75 years ago, according to the annual Report of the Secretary-General on...
The people of Burundi continue to endure serious human rights violations including possible crimes against humanity, the majority committed by those with links to...
UN Women’s feminist roadmap tackles triple crises of jobs, care and climate
The UN’s gender equality and empowerment organization on Thursday published a flagship feminist plan for economic recovery and transformation, which aims to learn the...
Unilateral and coercive sanctions imposed by governments can create severe and undue suffering for innocent people who bear no responsibility for alleged misconduct, the...
UN report warns of reprisals against those who collaborate in defence of human rights 
Gaza: At least 20 killed in deadly building collapse, search for survivors continues 
Security Council LIVE: ‘Being a woman is a crime in Afghanistan,’ civil society briefer declares 
AI, climate and conflicts top Guterres’s agenda ahead of General Assembly