Gabons Environment Minister Reflects on Conservation Successes, Future Challenges
Libreville, Oct 18 (IPS) – Over the past few years, Gabon has been successful in its forest conservation efforts. The country has also been...
As the number of children reportedly killed by Iranian security forces in relation to ongoing protests rises to at least 23, the UN Committee...
Political solution ‘no longer sufficient’ to address current crisis in Haiti
A political solution in Haiti continues to be elusive, and on its own is no longer sufficient to address the crisis and save thousands...
Lifting 100 million out of poverty by 2025 still possible, despite recession threat
A flagship UN poverty study released on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, finds that significant poverty reduction is possible, and...
Plastics are piling up in soil across the world warns UN environment agency
Plastics used in farming activities are accumulating in agricultural soil worldwide at an alarming rate, a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)...
Tigray: Fighting must end, urges Guterres, amid ‘staggering’ level of need
Fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia is “spiralling out of control”, and there is no military solution to end nearly two years of...
Honeybees order numbers from left to right, a study claims
Like many humans, honeybees seem to prefer their numbers ordered from left to right. Honeybees trained to recognize a specific number tend to fly...
Local Solutions Boost Sustainable Micro-Mobility in Cuba
HAVANA, Oct 17 (IPS) – The incorporation of small electric vehicles for public transport, together with initiatives that encourage the use of bicycles, represent...
Poverty Haunts Resettled Farmers in Zimbabwe
MWENEZI, Zimbabwe, Oct 17 (IPS) – Edious Murewa has for years boasted of owning a 10-hectare piece of land, but now the 52-year-old is...
Rural Women Work the Hardest, Produce the Most, Eat the Least
MADRID, Oct 17 (IPS) – Make no mistake. Violence against women has been perpetuated, specially when it comes to those who have already been...
WHO chief voices concern over Trump Administration’s executive order on vaccines 
Cholera spreads across borders in West and Central Africa 
Sudan: Attacks and further displacement in Blue Nile and North Kordofan 
Migrant deaths climb sharply in 2026, new UN data shows