NEW JERSEY, USA, Sep 30 (IPS) – In the days following the UN Food Systems Summit I have read a number or articles questioning...
New FAO report highlights urgent need to restore Africa’s degraded landscape
The first-ever stocktake of Africa’s forests and landscapes, which was released on Wednesday finds slow progress in repairing Africa’s degraded lands and urges ramped...
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Wednesday that he was “encouraged” by the recent engagement of senior Israeli and Palestinian officials. Read the...
Urgent support is needed for tens of thousands of missing migrant families who are often forced to rely on smugglers and other informal networks, to...
That half-eaten apple tossed in the trash bin after lunch is contributing to the staggering mountain of food wasted globally, at a time when...
When the extremist militant group ISIL, or Da’esh, collapsed in Iraq and Syria, thousands of foreign nationals were hastily detained in prisons and camps. At least 42,000 foreign women...
Healthcare provision is deteriorating fast in Afghanistan, the UN health agency warned on Wednesday, with cases of measles and diarrhoea shooting up, and polio becoming...
Allegations of reprisals and intimidation were documented against some 240 civil society members, activists and journalists, across 45 countries in the year up to 31 April, simply because they had been cooperating with the United...
Leprosy has a Cure, so has Prejudice, says Miss Universe for Brazil
NAIROBI, KENYA, Sep 29 (IPS) – A new dawn has come, and it was through the work of Yohei Sasakawa, the WHO Goodwill Ambassador...
A blood test may help predict recovery from traumatic brain injury
Elevated blood levels of a specific protein may help scientists predict who has a better chance of bouncing back from a traumatic brain injury....
The glue that binds a proton may be key to its identity 
African Rights Advocates Coordinate Response to Family Law Backlash 
Stars’ plasma spurts may be blocked by magnetic fields 
Rising Trade Values Mask the True Cost of Global Supply Chain Disruptions