Rising inflation and the Ukraine war has added to the woes of Zimbabweans, where even the middle class struggle to buy a loaf of bread. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (harare) Friday, August 19, 2022 Inter Press Service Harare, Aug 19 (IPS) – With inflation at 191 percent, 49-year-old Dambudzo…
“Far from the spotlight and out of the headlines, humanitarians work around the clock to make our world a better place,” he said. “Against incredible odds, often at great personal risk, they ease suffering in some of the most dangerous circumstances imaginable.” ‘It takes a village’ World Humanitarian Day is…
Opinion by Saber Azam (geneva) Friday, August 19, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Aug 19 (IPS) – After the horrendous tragedies of 9/11 in the year 2001, the US intervened in Afghanistan. Promising statements such as “we are going to smoke them out” and “we are after ending terrorism” received warm…
“I manage the organization’s coastal shipping service to ensure the safe transit of essential humanitarian goods and assets to the northern and southern parts of the country. A maritime alternative is increasingly critical as gang control over the highways out of the capital continues to grow. This means that the…
Syria, where the displaced are helping the displaced “Humanitarians put themselves in very unsafe situations to save people, but there’s no other choice”, explains Ahmad Alragheb, program manager for food security of Mercy-USA NGO in Syria, one of the countries with the most perilous circumstances. “Humanitarian aid is a target…
“I have helped women survivors of violence regain their strength and resilience for the past 20 years. Each time I supported a woman, I felt victorious. I always wanted to do more and help even more women. Now, I feel like every day new barriers are standing in my way,…
In spite of their high preparedness and growing consciousness and activism and their indisputable right to decide upon their present and future, today’s youth voice is still far from being heard. Credit: Maged Srour/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, August 18, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Aug 18 (IPS) – A…
On Thursday morning, Israeli Forces broke into, searched and sealed the offices of seven Palestinian human rights and humanitarian organizations³ in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Their property was confiscated and destroyed and military orders closing the offices were left at the premises. The attempted closures of the 7…
The recommendation comes in a statement issued by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunization, following a meeting held last week. Most COVID-19 vaccines consist of a primary series of two doses, with a first booster administered some four to six months after completion to improve immune…
Only artisanal fishing is allowed in the waters surrounding the Galapagos Islands, where it is possible to catch large, valuable fish. The area is a marine reserve, a nursery of species for the eastern Pacific and is off-limits to industrial fishing. But its continental shelf is increasingly under siege by…
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