President Mohamed Bazoum remains in detention and the military junta that has in effect seized power said on Monday it plans to prosecute the elected leader for alleged “high treason”, according to media reports. He was seized by members of his own guard on 26 July. Vital work WFP’s Acting…
Khoo Wei Yang Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Khoo Wei Yang (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, August 16, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 16 (IPS) – The World Bank plans to use public funds to subsidize private finance, ostensibly to mobilize much more capital to address the climate crisis….
Opinion by Sophie Meiners (berlin) Wednesday, August 16, 2023 Inter Press Service BERLIN, Aug 16 (IPS) – Reintegration assistance for migrants returning to their countries of origin is becoming increasingly salient. Germany and the EU cooperate closely with countries of origin to support local reintegration. Here, assistance goes beyond purely monetary…
Monsoon rains flooding Indian cities is more widespread in 2023, raising questions on business-as-usual development policies that continue even as climate conspicuously shifts. CREDIT: Manipadma Jena/IPS by Manipadma Jena (bhubaneswar, india) Tuesday, August 15, 2023 Inter Press Service BHUBANESWAR, INDIA, Aug 15 (IPS) – As torrential rains, cloudbursts, floods, and landslides…
PAJU, SOUTH KOREA – JULY 19: A U.S. soldier crossed the military demarcation line separating the two Koreas without authorization. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – North Korea has yet to provide clarity on the status of U.S. Army Private Travis King after the 23-year-old skipped his…
In a statement, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned that the “disastrous, senseless war in Sudan, born out of a wanton drive for power, has resulted in thousands of deaths, the destruction of family homes, schools, hospitals and other essential services, massive displacement, as well as sexual…
Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, made the appeal in a statement marking two years since the Taliban regained control of the country. ‘Gender apartheid’ “Through over 50 edicts, orders and restrictions, the Taliban have left no aspect of women’s lives untouched, no freedom spared. They have created a…
#AfghanGirlsVoices comes precisely two years after the de facto Taliban authorities seized control in Afghanistan and will continue until September 18, which marks the start of their official ban on school for adolescent girls. Voices and visuals The campaign was developed in collaboration with ECW Global Champion Somaya Faruqi, former…
The inauguration of the Nineteenth ordinary session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (#AMCEN), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Credit: Richard Munang, UNEP Opinion by Elizabeth Maruma Mrema (nairobi, kenya) Tuesday, August 15, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 15 (IPS) – There has never been a time in…
The #AfghanGirlsVoices Campaign is a compelling and poignant campaign developed in collaboration with ECW Global Champion, Somaya Faruqi. CREDIT: ECW by Cecilia Russell (nairobi) Monday, August 14, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Aug 14 (IPS) – Two years ago, the then 19-year-old Somaya Faruqi and the Afghan Robotic Team travelled from…
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