The Secretary-General, António Guterres, strongly condemned on Monday the “appalling” attacks perpetrated over the weekend in Nigeria’s Zamfara State in which scores of civilians were killed. Read the full story, “Scores of...
Amid record global displacement, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Monday urged European countries to prioritize the better protection of people fleeing war, conflict...
Female dolphins have a clitoris much like humans’
Dolphins have active sex lives, with frequent dalliances not just for reproduction. One reason may be that the prominent female dolphin clitoris provides sexual...
The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, will continue in her role for another five years, the UN chief formally announced on Monday, praising her...
AUSTRALIA, Jan 10 (IPS) – For the first time since 1990, China has (re)opened an embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, less than a month after...
Although everyone has been deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact on young people has been “especially heartbreaking”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said...
Agencies suspend Tigray aid as ‘scores’ are killed due to airstrikes
Recent airstrikes on camps for internally displaced persons and refugees in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, have reportedly killed scores of civilians, including children, and left many more injured. Read...
How Place of Birth Shapes Chances of Going to University
Jan 10 (IPS) – Many newly independent African countries in the 1960s inherited regional and ethnic inequalities in formal educational attainment. These new states...
Clean Water, Decent Toilets, Hygiene Challenge for Southern African Community
Blantyre, Malawi, Jan 10 (IPS) – The toilets in the maternity wing of Namatapa Health Centre in the populous Bangwe Township in Blantyre, Malawi’s...
Oxygen-rich exoplanets may be geologically active
Humble oxygen is more than just a building block of life. The element could also help scientists sneak a peek into the innards of...
Stone Age children left fingerprints on ancient art projects 
From Nuclear Weapons to Artificial Intelligence, a New Test of Humanity’s Restraint 
FRANCE: ‘The Government Should Learn to Respect Its People, Listen to Them and Consult Them’ 
COP31: Why Africa Must Rethink Nuclear Energy