Give us Access to Tigray to Find Missing Refugees — NRC Pleas
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) – The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has called for unimpeded access to all parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, to...
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Food Systems Need to Change to Promote Healthy Choices and Combat Obesity
Feb 10 (IPS) – COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on people with obesity and noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes. The pandemic has underlined...
Forgotten Conflicts 2021: When Will the Crisis in the Central African Republic End?
BANGUI, Central African Republic, Feb 09 (IPS) – Last October, an ICRC medical team helped a woman deliver a baby boy in the bush...
Kim is Waiting for Joe But for How Long?
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To Prevent Another Civil War South Sudan Must Create a New, Unique Political System
BONN, Germany, Feb 10 (IPS) – The threat of a full-blown civil war in South Sudan remains unless the country’s leaders can broaden power...
Labour Rights Have Worsened in India Post-Lockdown
NEW DELHI, Feb 09 (IPS) – As the Indian economy officially heads into a recession and news of layoffs and unemployment reaches us with...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 09 (IPS) – When the 134-member Group of 77, the largest single coalition of developing countries, was trying to strike a...
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Feb 09 (IPS) – Refusal to temporarily suspend several World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property (IP) provisions to enable much...
Myanmar Faces Increasing Uncertainty as Opposition to the Military Coup Grows
BANGKOK, Feb 08 (IPS) – Myanmar is in a deep political crisis. Over the past week — reminiscent of the pro-democracy demonstrations of 1988...
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