Meghan Sapp BRUSSELS, Mar 11 2007 (IPS) – A container ship is docked at Ghana s Tema port, stuffed to the brim with frozen food products, including thousands of metric tonnes of poultry parts recently arrived from Brazil. These are…
Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Feb 18 2009 (IPS) – The food crisis that spilled over from last year could take a turn for the worse in the next decade if there are no explicit answers to a rash of growing…
Claire Ngozo LILONGWE, Mar 15 2010 (IPS) – At the age of 66, village headman Kamwala of Dedza district in central Malawi is starting to feel the effects of ageing. He gets tired easily and needs frequent naps but says…
Miriam Gathigah NAIROBI, Mar 10 2011 (IPS) – Professor Anyang Nyong o might have guessed that a trip to the United States for treatment for prostate cancer would provoke a furore: he is the Minister for Medical Services. Health activists…
Thalif Deen STOCKHOLM, Aug 22 2011 (IPS) – The international community is running the risk of losing the battle for water and sanitation in many cities around the world. Anders Berntell, executive director of the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).…
This is part of a series of special stories on world population and challenges to the Sustainable Development Goals on the occasion of World Population Day on July 11. Girls attend school in South Africa. Healthy, educated young people can…
Grace Virtue, Ph.D., is a social justice advocate and senior communications advisor for ACTION global health partnership. TAORMINA, Italy, May 25 2017 (IPS) – The G7 Summit, held annually among the leaders of the world’s most powerful economies (Canada, France,…
Nov 22 2023 – is a medical doctor. Born in Sparta (Greece) in 1976, she holds both French and Greek nationalities and is a graduate of Sapienza University in Rome, as well as holding a PhD on endometriosis. She…
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 6 2024 (IPS) – On 22 April, Dominica’s High Court struck down two sections of the country’s Sexual Offences Act that criminalised consensual same-sex relations, finding them unconstitutional. This made Dominica the sixth country in the Commonwealth…