New UN resilience project paves ‘pathway to peace and sustainable development’ — Global Issues

New UN resilience project paves ‘pathway to peace and sustainable development’ — Global Issues

The Resilience and Social Cohesion project, launched by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP), will enhance peace, increase livelihood opportunities, and provide education, health, nutrition, child protection, and sanitation support to vulnerable populations in Borno and Yobe states. “This is a pathway to peace and sustainable…

New UN resilience project paves ‘pathway to peace and sustainable development’ — Global Issues

Supporting peacebuilding in Mozambique — Global Issues

Benjamin* wants peace. A former RENAMO (Mozambican National Resistance) combatant, he dreams of working his field, in Cheringoma District, Sofala province, once again. Like other former combatants in central Mozambique, he hopes to grow his own vegetables, maize, beans, and cassava, and possibly raise chickens and goats. Just a few…

New UN resilience project paves ‘pathway to peace and sustainable development’ — Global Issues

Ghana prepares for possible first-ever Marburg virus outbreak — Global Issues

Preliminary analysis of samples taken from two patients by the country’s Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research indicated the cases were positive for Marburg, and samples have been sent to the Institut Pasteur in Senegal, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre, for confirmation. The two, unrelated, patients from the…

New UN resilience project paves ‘pathway to peace and sustainable development’ — Global Issues

Greater democratic rule vital to boost security in West Africa and the Sahel — Global Issues

Khatir Mahamat Saleh Annadif was presenting the latest report of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), which he heads, covering developments over the past six months in areas such as politics, security and human rights.  Mr. Annadif highlighted some of the dichotomies across a vast region…

Myths Fuel Xenophobic Sentiment in South Africa — Global Issues

Myths Fuel Xenophobic Sentiment in South Africa — Global Issues

Damage caused by arsonists during a xenophobic attack in Johannesburg. Credit: Lwazi Khumalo/IPS by Fawzia Moodley (johannesburg) Thursday, July 07, 2022 Inter Press Service Johannesburg, Jul 07 (IPS) – Around the world, from Syria to Libya, from Bangladesh to Ukraine, millions have become refugees in foreign lands due to war, famine,…

New UN resilience project paves ‘pathway to peace and sustainable development’ — Global Issues

Tap Into Indigenous Knowledge To Preserve Our Forests — Global Issues

Opinion by Sylvie Djacbou Deugoue (yaoundÉ) Wednesday, July 06, 2022 Inter Press Service YAOUNDÉ, Jul 06 (IPS) – A few years ago, I found myself in the Baka indigenous sacred forest in Assok, in Cameroon in the course of my work in supporting them to preserve their forest against land grabbers….

Nature-Positive Ventures Crucial for Africa’s future, say experts at Africa Green Economy Conference — Global Issues

Nature-Positive Ventures Crucial for Africa’s future, say experts at Africa Green Economy Conference — Global Issues

Shaban Mwinji, a community scout ranger, in Ukunda, Kenya. Standing in a restored Mangrove Forest by Mikoko Pamoja. Mikoko Pamoja is a community-led mangrove conservation and restoration project based in southern Kenya and the world’s first blue carbon project. It aims to provide long-term incentives for mangrove protection and restoration…

new suspected mass graves found in Tarhuna, says UN human rights probe — Global Issues

new suspected mass graves found in Tarhuna, says UN human rights probe — Global Issues

Speaking in Geneva, Mohamed Auajjar, chair of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya, told journalists that a culture of impunity still prevailed across the war-torn country, representing “a great obstacle” to national reconciliation, truth and justice for the victims and their families. Regarding Tarhuna specifically, the report gathered testimonies and…