Opinion by Arul Louis (united nations) Monday, February 20, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 20 (IPS) – Paralysed by its own Charter and structure, the world organisation that is charged with preventing wars confronts an existential challenge from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. When Security Council Permanent member Russia sent…
Secretary-General António Guterres watches grain being loaded on the Kubrosliy ship in Odesa, Ukraine. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten Opinion by Bitsat Yohannes-Kassahun (united nations) Thursday, February 16, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 16 (IPS) – In today’s interconnected world, shots fired in one corner of the globe create ripple…
Opinion by Jasmina Byrne (united nations) Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 14 (IPS) – The year 2022 was incredibly difficult for people around the world. We were confronted by a series of major crises, including a continuing pandemic, a major war in Europe, an energy crisis,…
War damage at a children’s facility in Ivanivka, Kherson. Investigators want changes in the way war crimes are investigated and prosecuted. Credit: Nychka Lishchynska by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday, February 10, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Feb 10 (IPS) – As plans are announced to set up an international centre in…
Yasmine Sherif, the Director of Education Cannot Wait, sees the ECW High-Level Financing Conference as crucial to turning the agreements from the Transforming Education Summit into action. Credit: ECW by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, February 03, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Feb 03 (IPS) – The world is in the throng…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Thursday, February 02, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 02 (IPS) – Few policymakers ever claim credit for causing stagnation and recessions. Yet, they do so all the time, justifying their actions by some supposedly higher purpose. Now, that higher purpose…
Tabitha Siman recalls an attack in Kaduna, Nigeria, which left her twin daughter, husband and co-wife dead. Insecurity in Nigeria is a major issue and is high on the agenda during the upcoming elections. Credit: Oluwatobi Enitan/IPS by Oluwatobi Enitan (abuja) Thursday, February 02, 2023 Inter Press Service ABUJA, Feb 02…
Opinion by Martin Scott – Kate Wright – Mel Bunce (norwich / edinburgh / london) Wednesday, February 01, 2023 Inter Press Service We argue that these humanitarian journalists show us that another kind of crises reporting is possible. But who exactly are humanitarian journalists? What motivates them? Who do they work…
US M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank Credit: Military.com by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, January 30, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jan 30 (IPS) – After much reluctance, the US and its Western allies last week agreed to provide Ukraine with some of the world’s most sophisticated battle tanks: American-made…
On March 6, 2022, Izyum Central City Hospital (Kharkiv oblast) was attacked as a part of what appears to have been a large-scale carpet-bombing campaign. Reportedly, the hospital team had also marked the hospital with a big red cross that could be seen from the air. Credit: UHC by Ed…
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