New Robotic-Assisted Surgery Offers Inspiring Hope for Rwanda — Global Issues

New Robotic-Assisted Surgery Offers Inspiring Hope for Rwanda — Global Issues

An artist’s impression of the completed Centre of Excellence in Kigali. The center supported by IRCAD is expected to assist with the training of surgeons throughout the continent with minimally invasive surgery training. Credit: Supplied by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Monday, November 13, 2023 Inter Press Service KIGALI, Nov 13 (IPS) –…

Indonesian peacekeeper wins UN Woman Police Officer of the year award — Global Issues

Indonesian peacekeeper wins UN Woman Police Officer of the year award — Global Issues

She will receive the honour at a special ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday. It will be presented during the annual United Nations Police Week, taking place from 13 to 17 November. First Sergeant Rismayanti serves as a Crime Database Officer for MINUSCA and has helped conceptualize…

Carbon Market Greenwashing Systems Deepen Inequalities in Global South

Carbon Market Greenwashing Systems Deepen Inequalities in Global South

Kenya’s extensive coastline has been fronted as a hub for carbon trading due to its lush mangrove forests. But now experts caution that carbon markets are exploitative greenwashing systems. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, November 10, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Nov 10 (IPS) – Somalia, Syria, DRC…

Indonesian peacekeeper wins UN Woman Police Officer of the year award — Global Issues

Sudan war turning ‘homes into cemeteries’: UNHCR — Global Issues

“The war that erupted without warning turned previously peaceful Sudanese homes into cemeteries,” said Dominique Hyde, Director of External Relations at UNHCR. She visited the country last week, and witnessed a surge in human suffering. “Away from the eyes of the world and the news headlines, the conflict in Sudan…

Zimbabwe’s Election Widens Gender Gap in Politics — Global Issues

Zimbabwe’s Election Widens Gender Gap in Politics — Global Issues

Women were reduced to cheerleaders in Zimbabwe’s recent 2023 general elections. Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (bulawayo) Monday, November 06, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Nov 06 (IPS) – Zimbabwe’s recent election has exposed weak gender policies both at the political party and governmental levels as women were sidelined…

Sudan and South Sudan updates, Ukraine heritage under fire in Odesa — Global Issues

Sudan and South Sudan updates, Ukraine heritage under fire in Odesa — Global Issues

With the civil war between rival militaries now in its 200th day, children “continue to pay the highest price for a crisis not of their making – increasingly with their own lives”, said the agency in a statement. There are more children now displaced there than anywhere in the world,…

Sudan crisis has ‘effectively put on hold’ political dispute over Abyei — Global Issues

Sudan crisis has ‘effectively put on hold’ political dispute over Abyei — Global Issues

“With the conflict in Sudan, the conditions are not conducive for talks on the final status of Abyei. The progress that was made [earlier this year] unfortunately was not something that we could build upon,” Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Horn of Africa, told ambassadors. “Key…