All Africa Student Leader says Political Will, Collective Action, Education and Social Packages Can End Child Labour
Durban, May 26 (IPS) – Samuel Sasu Adonteng, programme officer for the All-Africa Students Union (AASU), believes that the recent 5th Global Conference on...
US ensures all possible efforts to strengthen ties with UAE: Report
The UAE has emerged to be an essential player in the United States’ Middle East policy aimed at establishing long-lasting ties and maintaining stability...
Wrapping up a five-day mission to Bangladesh, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees appealed on Wednesday for sustained and predictable support for Rohingya refugees and...
Disaster prevention, risk reduction, critical to sustainable future: UN deputy chief
The world will experience 1.5 medium to large-scale disasters every day through the end of the decade, unless countries ramp up action on prevention...
Governments must take greater action to ensure school remains a safe place for boys and girls, the head of the UN children’s agency, UNICEF,...
Cultural destruction in Ukraine by Russian forces will reverberate for years, UN rights expert warns
Cultural destruction in Ukraine by Russian forces will reverberate for years, UN rights expert warns
The attempted destruction of Ukraine’s historic culture by invading Russian forces, will have a devastating impact on the pace of recovery in the post-war...
‘Grim reality’ of war’s deadly toll on civilians laid bare in Security Council
Conflict continues to inflict “widespread civilian death and injury” a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, outlining the “grim reality” for...
On day three of her official mission to China, top UN rights official Michelle Bachelet described having a “valuable opportunity” to highlight rights issues and concerns with President...
Without Peace, Hunger Will Continue to Increase
ROME, May 25 (IPS) – This is an op-ed by Mario Lubetkin, Assistant Director-General at FAOIf the war in Ukraine, that was initiated three...
Lasers reveal ancient urban sprawl hidden in the Amazon
A massive urban landscape that contained interconnected campsites, villages, towns and monumental centers thrived in the Amazon rainforest more than 600 years ago. In...
Meth trafficking across Middle East becoming more advanced, UNODC warns 
An attack on healthcare every six hours, and no one held to account 
Sudan: The harrowing reality of giving birth in a war zone 
How a brutal drought may have helped unleash yellow fever in Brazil