Struggle in Guatemala Offers Hope for Latin Americas Indigenous People
SAN SALVADOR, Feb 21 (IPS) – A struggle for the defense of their territories waged by indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ communities in eastern Guatemala could...
Fossils show a crocodile ancestor dined on a young dinosaur
For the first time, scientists have found indisputable evidence that an ancient crocodile ancestor chowed down on a dinosaur. Preserved within a fossilized crocodyliform,...
Students go back to Haitian school three years after gang attack
Students have returned to the Lycée National de La Saline after it was closed due to gang violence. Read the full story, “Students go...
Women building a sustainable future: fighting back the desert, amid Niger’s refugee and climate crises
Internal displacement, regional instability, and climate change have created a refugee crisis in Niger, but an initiative in the town of Ouallam is showing...
Although child marriage and “bride kidnapping” are illegal in Kyrgyzstan, both practices still exist in parts of the country. An initiative from a UN-backed...
One UN human rights expert’s fight to eliminate ‘conversion therapies’
Some 69 States around the world currently criminalise homosexual relations between consenting adults. This means that in just this one area of human rights...
Training offers a way out of poverty for young victims of Colombian conflict
Camilo Vergara is one of hundreds of young Colombians benefiting from a UN programme aimed at pulling victims of the country’s former conflict out...
The consequences of colonialism are “still being felt to this day”, Chef de Cabinet Courtenay Rattray told the Special Committee on Decolonization on Friday. ...
Global Road Safety Crisis: Three Questions to Ask to Help Solve It
GENEVA, Feb 17 (IPS) – When we think about global crises, road safety isn’t one that comes to mind. The reality is that unsafe...
WHO reveals countries to produce first COVID-busting mRNA vaccines in Africa
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will be the first countries on the African continent to receive the technology needed to produce...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now