Ebola: Motorbike riders carrying the sick may hold key to response boost
From the frontlines of the deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN World Health Organization (WHO) shared details on...
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Security Council LIVE: Drone strikes and political impasse in Libya
The Security Council is meeting on Libya Tuesday as the country faces a political impasse delaying long-planned elections alongside heatwaves, tensions and violence, including...
Nairobi Biodiversity Talks Set the Stage for Key COP17 Decisions
NAIROBI, August 18 (IPS) – Despite record participation in global biodiversity reporting and planning processes, countries remain off track to meet the world’s 2030...
Indigenous Peoples Call for Meaningful Influence in Climate Discussions — Nia Tero
UNITED NATIONS, August 18 (IPS) – Indigenous communities have long advocated for the environment through the lens of their traditional knowledge systems and cultures....
Yemen: Türk alarmed by rising civilian toll, urges restraint
Escalating conflict in Yemen is killing and injuring a growing number of civilians, the UN human rights chief warned on Monday, as Houthi rebels...
Ebola outbreak becomes deadliest in DR Congo’s history
The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is now the deadliest the country has ever faced, the UN’s World...
Protecting our ‘most vital infrastructure’: Pushing back on desertification
As heatwaves are turning deadlier, fires and disasters are razing cities, and rising seas are erasing territories. One environmental crisis remains dangerously overlooked: the...
Qusra siege eases as UN reaches trapped families, but crisis deepens in Gaza
Humanitarian workers have reached Palestinian families who had been trapped for days by Israeli settlers in Qusra village in the northern West Bank, the...
Impending UNIFIL Exit Pushes Lebanon Toward Uncertainty
UNITED NATIONS, August 18 (IPS) – Since the collapse of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon announced in June, the humanitarian situation in Lebanon...
How Global Aid Cuts are Undermining Women-Led Humanitarian Response in Sudan
UNITED NATIONS, August 17 (IPS) – Women-led and women’s rights organizations (WLOs) in humanitarian settings are collapsing amidst a complicated predicament in which needs...
Global food supply has become ‘collateral damage’ in conflicts: Secretary-General 
Security Council LIVE: Civilian suffering grows in Russia-Ukraine war 
Two UN peacekeepers killed in South Sudan ambush 
The Plastics Treaty Process Needs Greatly Improved Observer Participation at this Critical Point in the Negotiations and Beyond