A “complex and unpredictable security situation” in Tigray continues to impede the delivery of life-saving assistance to Ethiopia’s northern region, the Deputy UN Spokesperson...
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The United Kingdom’s intention to cut 85 per cent of its contribution to a flagship UN family planning programme this year, will have devastating...
Press Freedom Vital in the Fight Against the Pandemic
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 29 (IPS) – The writer is a researcher with CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance based in Johannesburg 3...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres pledged on Thursday that he would continue to represent the interests of all Cypriots in future talks on the divided Mediterranean island, as an informal effort to break the impasse ended, without finding...
A Free & Accessible Vaccine is Just out of Reach for Palestinians
GAZA, Apr 29 (IPS) – The writer is a Palestinian living in Gaza and a policy officer for Oxfam. We were able to keep...
CANBERRA, Australia, Apr 29 (IPS) – 3 May is World Press Freedom Day. This is part of a series of IPS features and opinion...
Southern Sunset
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Apr 29 (IPS) – Of nature’s many gifts, an ocean stroll at sunset is one appreciated globally. Earth Day on...
First Person: Panic as COVID-19 ‘tsunami’ hits India
A UN staff member in India has described the huge upsurge in COVID-19 infections in her country in recent days as a “tsunami”, and...
The United Nations is supporting India as the country battles a major surge in COVID-19 cases which on Wednesday saw the overall reported death...
More uniformed women in peace operations, ‘key priority’
Increasing the participation of uniformed women in peace operations is a “key priority” for the United Nations, the head of peacekeeping told a High-Level...
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