South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Violence Slows SDG Goals, Rips Apart Africans’ Free Movement Call
BLANTYRE, Malawi, August 25 (IPS) – When the Malawian government announced the conclusion of the repatriation of its citizens trapped in anti-immigrant violence against...
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Global food supply has become ‘collateral damage’ in conflicts: Secretary-General
The disruption of maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, Black Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait has worsened hunger crises and must immediately end,...
Security Council LIVE: Civilian suffering grows in Russia-Ukraine war
Spiralling drone and missile attacks on civilians in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war will be in the spotlight on Monday as the Security Council meets...
Two UN peacekeepers killed in South Sudan ambush
Two UN peacekeepers have been killed and a total of seven people injured after unidentified gunmen ambushed a patrol in South Sudan’s eastern Jonglei...
The Plastics Treaty Process Needs Greatly Improved Observer Participation at this Critical Point in the Negotiations and Beyond
GENEVA, August 24 (IPS) – In 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly mandated an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop a global, legally binding...
Sudan war: $22 million education boost to help 200,000 children
For millions of children in Sudan, the classroom remains out of reach as the country’s civil war continues to disrupt their education. To help...
Security Council LIVE: War, hunger, flooding escalates in Sudan
The Security Council is currently hearing top UN officials brief on the latest updates about war-torn Sudan as escalating conflict, drone strikes against civilians,...
GEF Proposes $140 Million Program to Strengthen Drought Resilience
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, August 24 (IPS) – For pastoralists in Arvaikheer — a village in Mongolia’s dry central plains — rain can determine...
ECUADOR: ‘Criminalisation Serves as a Deterrent, Seeking to Discipline Others’
CIVICUS discusses the rapid erosion of civic space in Ecuador with Gabriela Panchana, an activist, communicator and founder of the En Voz Alta and...
Breaking the silence over sexual violence against men and boys in war
Conflicts can expose civilians and detainees to grave abuses; the challenge is not only to document these crimes, but also to ensure all survivors...
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