They said unresolved legacies of trade and trafficking in enslaved Africans, as well as colonialism, post-colonial apartheid and segregation, continue to harm these children today. Discrimination, stereotypes and xenophobia The report by the Working Group on people of African descent highlights discrimination in areas that include the administration of justice,…
An art exhibition in Juba, supported by the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), seeks to educate people about gender and sexual based violence. Credit: UNMISS/Nektarios Markogiannis Opinion by Anwarul K. Chowdhury (new york) Tuesday, November 08, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Nov 08 (IPS) – Calling it “so disappointing…
November 8, 2022 at 1:00 a.m. EST Olya Prodchenko, 45, left, argues with her neighbor, Halyna Pylypenko, 62, who refuses to accept bread Olga tried to give her, calling it “Russian bread” and accusing her of collaborating with Russian forces when the village was under occupation for more than six…
Comment on this story Comment MEXICO CITY — The Sandinista National Liberation Front completed its political domination of Nicaragua on Monday as electoral officials said it had won control of all the country’s 153 municipalities in elections that critics called unfair. Coming into Sunday’s elections, the party of President Daniel…
World leaders and top officials in Egypt for COP27, the annual U.N. climate conference, made the shadow cast by the war in Ukraine on the world’s energy systems — underscoring the crisis wrought by dependence on fossil fuels — a theme in their remarks. “Climate and energy security go hand…
Comment on this story Comment PARIS — Eleven current or former French bishops have been accused of sexual abuse, the head of the French bishops’ conference said Monday, signaling that a number of high-level Catholic Church officials not only turned a blind eye for decades but may have been perpetrators…
Colosseum at the Prayer with the Pope and the representatives of the workd’s religions. Credit: Elena L. Pasquini by Elena Pasquini (rome) Monday, November 07, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Nov 07 (IPS) – Arms are raised, stretched out towards the sky, holding white cards with the word “peace” written in…
A farmer in Nkayi, Zimbabwe, looks at an empty granary following a poor rainy season. Africa is experiencing massive impacts due to climate change. Credit Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Monday, November 07, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Nov 07 (IPS) – Africa is counting on COP27 to deliver it…
Opinion by Mauro Teodori (sharm el-sheikh, egypt) Monday, November 07, 2022 Inter Press Service SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 07 (IPS) – The 27th Conference Of Parties (COP27) on Climate Change comes at a time when we are facing unprecedented challenges due to the magnitude and the interconnected nature of our multiple…
Opinion by Rana Ghoneim (vienna) Monday, November 07, 2022 Inter Press Service VIENNA, Nov 07 (IPS) – Ahead of this year’s COP27 in Egypt, industry and government representatives from 15 developing countries across Asia, Latin America and Africa met in a series of consultations about the challenges and opportunities they face…
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