Zambia: An Uneven Contest, an Easy Win
LONDON, August 31 (IPS) – On 24 August, police sealed off access to Zambia’s courts, closed the day before the deadline for petitions to...
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Nepal flooding deaths surpass 900 as needs climb
The confirmed death toll from Nepal’s catastrophic floods has surged to 903, with more than 4,200 still missing as rescue crews and humanitarian workers...
Africa’s Pastoralists Need More Than COP17’s $1.2 billion Rangelands Pledge
DAR ES SALAAM, August 31 (IPS) – When the rains fail across Tanzania’s northern Maasai Steppe, herders drive their cattle farther in search of...
Beyond Resilience: Climate Change and the Rights of Char Dwellers in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh, August 31 (IPS) – Bangladesh’s riverine and coastal chars have always been landscapes of movement, but climate change is making that movement...
35 Years After Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Choice Still Challenges the World
TOKYO / ASTANA, August 31 (IPS) – Across the vast steppe of northeastern Kazakhstan, the scars of the Cold War remain visible. At the...
‘The lake is our life’: Protecting a shared lifeline in Uganda
On the shores of Nkondo, in Uganda’s Kikuube district, the day begins before sunrise. Fishers enter the lake to fish, while families around Lake...
Rising seas, rising stakes: What increasing sea-levels mean to humanity
The ocean is rising faster now than at any point in recorded history. The impacts are already being felt and the threats are growing....
Security Council LIVE: Deadly gang attacks spike in Haiti
Following a deadly spate of gang attacks on civilians in Haiti and amid reports of illicit weapons slipping into the Caribbean country, the Security...
WHO reports more than 3,200 attacks on Ukraine’s healthcare system since full-scale invasion
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 3,205 attacks on healthcare facilities have been carried out, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for...
As the Himalayas melt, deadly floods become the new normal
A day before a wall of ice, rock and muddy water tore through Himalayan valleys along the Nepal-China border, Dipesh Chapagain was discussing with...
COP17: The world has a plan to save nature. Is it working? 
Flour sacks turned flood barriers: Gaza faces another winter without safe shelter 
WHO scales up Ebola readiness in 22 countries across three continents 
Ukraine: Civilian casualty rates among ‘deadliest’ in years, as energy attacks intensify