Overcoming COVID-19: World Leaders Must Finance a More Equal World to Beat Pandemics
GENEVA, Apr 08 (IPS) – The writer is Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.Leaders at this year’s World Bank/IMF Spring...
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Cost of Being Honour Bearers Sexual Violence During Communal Riots in India
NEW DELHI, India, Apr 08 (IPS) – Delayed, or no, justice and perpetrators’ impunity effectively silence rape and sexual assault survivors of communal violence...
Helping Youth Agribusiness Keep Pace with Fast Growing Africa
IBADAN, Nigeria, Apr 08 (IPS) – From small towns to big cities, sub-Saharan Africa has the fastest urban growth rate in the world. The...
The failure of Libya to investigate the unlawful arrest and torture of a women’s rights activist is a clear rights violation, the UN’s Committee...
Hate speech and violence still rising against Roma despite recognition gains, says rights expert
More must be done to tackle online hate speech against minorities including the Roma and Sinti, who continue to be scapegoated for spreading the...
Despair is growing in Palestinian refugee camps across the Middle East, but signs of hope are sprouting amid ongoing occupation, economic hardship and the...
Youth Forum: UN chief calls for ‘tangible improvements’ in the face of injustice, poor governance
Leaders across the world need to “move beyond platitudes” about young people, and deliver a better future for them all, Secretary-General António Guterres told the...
The humanitarian situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, remains “dire”, the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday. Read the full story, “Ethiopia: Amidst hostilities...
‘Plausible’ link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots, WHO committee says
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine could possibly cause rare blood clots in some people but further studies are required to confirm the link, experts with...
A Post-COVID-19 Recovery will not be Possible if Water, Sanitation & Hygiene are not High on the Agenda
LONDON, Apr 07 (IPS) – The UN is commemorating World Health Day April 7. This World Health Day, G20 finance ministers will meet in...
‘Make or bake time’: Guterres urges climate justice pact as leaders gather at COP31 
Lebanon: After 48 years patrolling the Blue Line, UN peacekeepers prepare exit 
Hotter World, Older Population: How Long Can Climate COPs Ignore the Obvious? 
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2026