The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has signed an agreement with the Government of Venezuela to begin operations to provide the most vulnerable children in...
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Recent fighting between government forces and rebels in northern Central African Republic (CAR) has forced more than 2,000 refugees into neighboring Chad over the...
Disturbing reports have continued to emerge of widespread abuse of civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, nearly six months since conflict erupted, the UN Children’s...
United Nations independent human rights experts on Tuesday demanded that the United Arab Emirates provide “meaningful information” on the fate of Sheikha Latifa Mohammed...
Kenya’s Poor Need Different Lockdown Restrictions to Survive, Scientists Urge
NAIROBI, Apr 19 (IPS) – After Joseph Mandu lost his job because of the country’s coronavirus lockdown, he would still wake every morning and...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Apr 20 (IPS) – The writer* is Co-Founder, ENGAGE, Inclusive Change Through Volunteering, a not-for-profit in Nepal. The numbers are so staggering...
BOSTON and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 20 (IPS) – Since the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) was launched in 2006, yields have...
Although they represent the greater part of the world’s cultural diversity and speak the major share of its languages, indigenous people are three times...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is marking its 75th anniversary this week and its current President has said that she is confident the...
The teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated 100,000 Euros to boost global efforts to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to anyone, anywhere, who needs them,...
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