Uptick in migrants heading home as world rebounds from COVID-19 — Global Issues

Uptick in migrants heading home as world rebounds from COVID-19 — Global Issues

Global Migration, which had decreased by approximately 27 per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic, has begun to rebound to pre-pandemic levels. In 2021, IOM assisted 49,795 migrants return to their countries of origin, representing an increase of 18 per cent from the previous year.  Reflecting on the report Yitna Getachew,…

The World Was Already Broken. Shall Ukrainian Cereals Fix It Up? — Global Issues

The World Was Already Broken. Shall Ukrainian Cereals Fix It Up? — Global Issues

Credit: Bigstock by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, July 28, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jul 28 (IPS) – A wide majority, including the United States, has cheered the 22 July Turkey-brooked agreement between Russia and Ukraine to resumen cereals and fertilisers exports from both countries. Such exports had been stopped since…

Canada Lags in Providing for Children, Especially Marginalized Kids — Global Issues

Canada Lags in Providing for Children, Especially Marginalized Kids — Global Issues

by Marty Logan (kathmandu) Thursday, July 28, 2022 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Jul 28 (IPS) – Canada and its major cities consistently appear in Top 10 lists of best places in the world to live. But delve into figures about children’s lives in the northern nation known for ice hockey heroics…

UN welcomes new centre to put Ukraine grain exports deal into motion — Global Issues

UN welcomes new centre to put Ukraine grain exports deal into motion — Global Issues

The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC), inaugurated on Wednesday, brings together senior representatives from Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye and the UN.  The Joint Coordination Centre, which aims to facilitate safe export of commercial foodstuffs and fertilizers from key Ukrainian ports, was officially inaugurated today in Istanbul. This is an important step toward…

Surviving the Food Crisis in North-east Nigeria — Global Issues

Surviving the Food Crisis in North-east Nigeria — Global Issues

The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, speaks with internally displaced people in North East Nigeria. January 2022. Credit: UNOCHA/Christina Powell Opinion by Matthias Schmale (abuja, nigeria) Thursday, July 28, 2022 Inter Press Service ABUJA, Nigeria, Jul 28 (IPS) – Today in north-east Nigeria, millions of people…

Mexicos Blue Carbon Pioneers Push on Despite Lack of State Support — Global Issues

Mexicos Blue Carbon Pioneers Push on Despite Lack of State Support — Global Issues

The San Crisanto ejido protects since 1995 mangrove forests in the northern coast of the Mexican southeastern state of Yucatán, that’s home to species of fish, birds, like the pink flamingo; mammals and others. Credit: Juan Pablo Ampudia / IPS by Emilio Godoy (sinanchÉ, mexico) Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Inter Press…

World Bank provides $100 million in emergency support — Global Issues

World Bank provides $100 million in emergency support — Global Issues

In the first-ever direct contribution between the two UN agencies in the country, the Sudan Emergency Safety Nets Project aims to provide cash transfers and food for more than two million people across the impoverished and crisis-wracked nation, including for those internally displaced. “WFP is extremely grateful to the World…