A Somali woman in Garowe drawing water from one of the many man-made ponds dug through a UNDP-supported initiative to bring water to drought-affected communities. Credit: UNDP Somalia MOMBASA, Kenya, Mar 22 2016 (IPS) – While the United Nations marked…
Felistas Ngoma, 72, from Nkhamenya in the Kasungu District of Malawi, prepares nsima in her kitchen. Credit: Charity Chimungu Phiri/IPS BLANTYRE, May 27 2016 (IPS) – It’s Saturday, market day at the popular Bvumbwe market in Thyolo district. About 40…
Jomo Kwame Sundaram was United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, and received the Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought in 2007. KUALA LUMPUR , Dec 29 2016 (IPS) – Until the turn of the century,…
Counterfeit drugs in countries like Kenya also add to the growth in antibotic resistance. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 2016 (IPS) – The looming threat of a world where even minor infections are deadly has led governments to…
A resident of Rabaable village in Somalia fetches water with the help of her daughters. The villages well was recently rehabilitated by UNICEF. Credit: UNICEF Somalia/Sebastian Rich ROME, Mar 3 2017 (IPS) – Women across the globe are facing new…
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,…
The Dharala River of Kurigram District. It is the poorest district of the country with 67.3 per cent of the population living below the poverty line. Credit: Wikimedia Commons DHAKA, Jul 31 2017 (IPS) – Life for Bangladesh’s rural people,…
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…