No end to Yemen civil war on the horizon, senior UN official briefs Security Council
No progress has been made by parties in Yemen to reach a political agreement to settle the civil war, which is now in its...
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Southern African Migrants Excluded as COVID-19 Pandemic Grows
Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug 23 (IPS) – Migrants across the Southern Africa region are massively disadvantaged as they find themselves excluded from vaccine programmes...
Afghanistan: UN agencies sound alarm over emergency aid supply logjam
UN humanitarian agencies are warning that they are unable to bring urgently needed emergency supplies into Afghanistan, and are calling for a “humanitarian airbridge”...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday launched a $15 million appeal to support some 137,000 families affected by the deadly earthquake that...
Salvadoran Migrants Still Look to the U.S. to Lift Themselves Out of Poverty
SAN PABLO TACACHICO, El Salvador, Aug 23 (IPS) – The Joe Biden administration’s call for undocumented Central American migrants not to go to the...
Parliamentarians Determined to Reach ICPD 25 Goals
Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug 23 (IPS) – Politicians from Asia and Africa shared activism anecdotes demonstrating their determination to meet ICPD 25 commitments. They...
GOMA, NORTH KIVU, DRCongo, Aug 23 (IPS) – On May 6, 2021, after a decision by President Félix Tshisekedi, a state of siege was...
WASHINGTON DC, Aug 23 (IPS) – The writer is Chair of the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture Intensification (CoSAI)A population of more than 9 billion...
Around the world, people are preparing to choke their way through what is called ‘the season of smog’, when farmers burn their fields to...
Around the world, people are preparing to choke their way through what is called ‘the season of smog’, when farmers burn their fields to...
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