UNITED NATIONS, Oct 25 2017 (IPS) – The deliberate starvation of civilians could amount to a war crime and should be prosecuted, said an independent UN human rights expert. In a new report, the Special Rapporteur on the Right to…
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 2 2018 (IPS) – In Iraq, thirty years of armed conflict has killed hundreds of thousands of people, wounded countless more, displaced millions and laid cities and towns to waste. Amongst all of this death and destruction,…
Palestinian child on donkey cart next to garbage container in Gaza City. Credit: Mohammed Omer/IPS UNITED NATIONS, May 10 2018 (IPS) – Reham Qudaih wakes up nightly to the same nightmare: her father shot, lying on the ground in a…
Radish production at West Africa Farms, in Northern Senegal. Credit: Sarah Farhat / World Bank WASHINGTON, Aug 1 2018 (IPS) – The world’s food systems face two immense challenges today. One, to produce enough food to nourish a global population…
NEW YORK, Nov 16 2018 (IPS) – A coalition of over 50 civil society organizations (CSOs), from more than 20 countries, have urged two of the world’s largest multi-billion dollar E-commerce retailers – Amazon and eBay – to stop marketing…
Monika Weber-Fahr, is Executive Secretary of Global Water Partnership Piped water has made life easier for this boy, who no longer has to help his parents fetch water from afar. Credit: Vannaphone Sitthirath/IPS STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Mar 18 2019 (IPS) –…
Health workers inside a “CUBE” talk to an Ebola patient, while a nurse consults a chart outside. ALIMA Ebola Treatment Centre, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two drugs have been found to successfully treat the Ebola virus. Aid agencies…
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta hailed the strong partnership between his government and UNFPA during a meeting with UNFPA’s Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem in March 2019, which will jointly convene the ICPD 25 from 12 to 14 November 2019 along…
Rémi Nono Womdim, Deputy Director, FAO Plant Production and Protection Division A new USD 500 million initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is leading the way. Fall Armyworm larva feeding and damaging maize plant.…
This article is part of special IPS coverage of International Women’s Day on March 8 2020 Gender equality is a basic human right and a prerequisite for sustainable development, so why does inequality persist in so many countries, and…