The UN together with humanitarian partners on Monday, launched the 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan for Mali, seeking $686 million from donors to help 5.3...
Amid increasing tension over Ukraine between Russia and Western countries of the NATO alliance, the UN Secretary-General declared on Monday that “there is no alternative...
During a COVID-19 global action meeting on Monday, the UN health chief described the progress underway at the World Health Organization (WHO) mRNA vaccine...
Agricultural Power, Waning Industry Dictate Brazil’s Future
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 14 (IPS) – With its accelerated growth agriculture has emerged as a key sector of Brazil’s economy, but it is...
‘Historic expansion’ of joint UN fund to boost sustainable development
The UN Joint SDG Fund announced on Monday an additional $54.5 million in investments for projects across five countries, to try and get the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back on...
Adapting to climate change ‘happening worldwide’, essential
The impacts of climate change are already “very visible” and “happening worldwide”, the head of the UN weather agency told the start of the...
Responding to New Threats to Poverty Eradication in Asia
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Feb 14 (IPS) – With consistent, robust economic growth, countries across Asia have made monumental strides in eradicating extreme poverty over the...
Dream. Dare. Do.
NEW YORK, Feb 14 (IPS) – Conflict, forced displacement, climate change and COVID-19 are disrupting the education of millions of crisis-affected children and adolescents...
LONDON, Feb 14 (IPS) – I am not sure the world will ever forgive us for worsening vaccine inequality and treatment of Africa as...
Inequality Kills One Person Every Four Seconds
Feb 14 (IPS) – Inequality is deadly… It contributes to the deaths of at least 21,300 people each day—or one person every four seconds....
Sudan: The harrowing reality of giving birth in a war zone 
How a brutal drought may have helped unleash yellow fever in Brazil 
A light-based scan could detect deadly bowel disease in preterm babies 
Colombia quake: In Cali’s ruins, an ‘overwhelming sense of humanity’