International Systems Are Key for Ethiopia’s Security and Development Amidst Renewed War — Global Issues

International Systems Are Key for Ethiopia’s Security and Development Amidst Renewed War — Global Issues

There are still tens of thousands of people in need of health services including surgical interventions from the previous war that left almost 600,000 people dead. Credit: James Jeffrey/IPS Opinion by Abdo Husen (addis ababa) Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Inter Press Service ADDIS ABABA, Aug 23 (IPS) – Less than a…

Strengthening Partnerships for Sustainable Progress — Global Issues

Strengthening Partnerships for Sustainable Progress — Global Issues

Ahunna Eziakonwa Opinion by Ahunna Eziakonwa (tokyo, japan) Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Inter Press Service TOKYO, Japan, Aug 23 (IPS) – At this year’s G7 summit in Japan, global leaders emphasized the importance of unity as the world navigates grave threats to multilateralism. The message was clear – trusted global platforms…

Sexual Violence Survivors in Tigray Need Urgent Medical, Psychological and Economic Support — Global Issues

Sexual Violence Survivors in Tigray Need Urgent Medical, Psychological and Economic Support — Global Issues

Hilina Berhanu Degefa, researcher, gender policy expert and co-founder of the Yellow Movement AAU, addresses the UN Security Council. CREDIT: UN Photo/Loey Felipe by Francis Kokutse (accra) Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Inter Press Service ACCRA, Aug 22 (IPS) – The war in Tigray, northern Ethiopian, led to sexual and gender-based violence…

Vaccine Equality Is as Vital for Livestock as for People — Global Issues

Vaccine Equality Is as Vital for Livestock as for People — Global Issues

Enrique Hernández Pando Opinion by Enrique Hernandez Pando (madrid, spain) Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Spain, Aug 22 (IPS) – Enrique Hernández Pando is Executive Director, Commercial Development & Impact, GALVmedEl Castellar – For 33-year-old mother-of-seven and poultry farmer Helena Kindole in Chanya village in Tanzania, one of…

Fierce clashes in Tripoli highlight ‘precarious’ situation — Global Issues

Fierce clashes in Tripoli highlight ‘precarious’ situation — Global Issues

At least 55 people were reported killed and over 100 injured – including civilians – in fighting between the Deterrence Apparatus for Combatting Organized Crime and Terrorism (DACOT) and the 444 Brigade, on 14 and 15 August, the head of the UN political mission in Libya, UNSMIL, told the Security…

Fierce clashes in Tripoli highlight ‘precarious’ situation — Global Issues

UN peacekeepers fight deadly disinformation — Global Issues

Designing ways to fight back against falsehoods that can trigger tensions, violence, or even death, the UN has been monitoring how mis- and disinformation and hate speech can attack health, security, stability as well as progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “It has become clear that business as usual…

Democracy in the Balance? — Global Issues

Democracy in the Balance? — Global Issues

Credit: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, August 18, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Aug 18 (IPS) – Civic space is deteriorating in Senegal ahead of next February’s presidential election. Recent protests have been met with lethal violence and internet and social media restrictions. Senegal’s democracy…

Fierce clashes in Tripoli highlight ‘precarious’ situation — Global Issues

UN rights chief calls for immediate restoration of constitutional order in Niger — Global Issues

The UN rights chief expressed grave concerns for the people of Niger. “The people have already been through so much hardship over the years. Now, the very people who they elected to build a pathway to end their destitution have been removed by force,” he said. The message comes as…

Fierce clashes in Tripoli highlight ‘precarious’ situation — Global Issues

Children facing worst cholera outbreak in six years — Global Issues

Across the country, there have been at least 31,342 suspected or confirmed cholera cases and 230 deaths in the first seven months of 2023 – many of them children. The worst affected province, North Kivu, has seen more than 21,400 confirmed or suspected cases, including more than 8,000 children under…

Fierce clashes in Tripoli highlight ‘precarious’ situation — Global Issues

Afghans are ‘out of options’ and desperately need realistic alternatives to poppy cultivation — Global Issues

The restrictions placed by the Taliban de facto authorities on women and girl’s education and employment have shattered the dreams of many of the women here, but their spirits remain unbroken. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), through its implementing partner, the Danish Committee for Aid to…