BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Apr 13 (IPS) – With the two extremes of global hunger and obesity on the increase, a new report suggests a radical...
Last week’s eruption of La Soufrière volcano in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, has left the entire population of the main island without clean water...
A “paradigm shift” aligning the private sector with the global goals is needed to address the challenges of the future, including those triggered by...
UK armed forces bill would limit war crimes accountability: UN rights chief
Legislation under consideration in the UK regarding armed forces personnel could limit accountability for war crimes if it is passed in its current form,...
Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in Africa’s Great Lakes region are “on the right track”, with leaders pushing forward on political,...
COVID ‘long way from over’ as cases and deaths surge – WHO
The COVID-19 pandemic is “a long way from over” but there are many reasons to be optimistic and it’s possible the pandemic can be...
A report released on Monday by the body dedicated to freeing the world of chemical weapons, concludes that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe that a...
COVID complicates efforts to shut down drug traffickers, boost development
The growing complexities of the world drug problem are hampering efforts to achieve sustainable development by the end of the decade: a situation which...
Discarded COVID-19 PPE such as masks can be deadly to wildlife
A Magellanic penguin in Brazil ingested a face mask. A hedgehog in England got itself entangled in a glove. An octopus off the coast...
The UN Country Team in Myanmar on Monday, reiterated its call for an end to violence against civilians, amid reports of dozens of deaths in the latest...
The grass beneath our feet: Why rangelands matter 
Former rebel fighters join campaign against Ebola in the DR Congo 
900 obstacles and counting: West Bank families trapped as aid access shrinks 
‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes