The End of a Dictatorship and the Beginning of Another? — Global Issues

The End of a Dictatorship and the Beginning of Another? — Global Issues

Credit: AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sep 13 (IPS) – On 26 August, Gabon went through the motions of an election. Official results were announced four days later, in the middle of the night, with the…

What Happens in the Arctic Does Not Stay in the Arctic — Global Issues

What Happens in the Arctic Does Not Stay in the Arctic — Global Issues

Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Tuesday, September 12, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Sep 12 (IPS) – While climate change is relentlessly progressing, threatening life on earth, world leaders continue to meet while planning for a future where this immense menace to human existence remains a minor item on…

ECWs New Report Shows Successful Education Funding Model for Crises-Impacted Children — Global Issues

ECWs New Report Shows Successful Education Funding Model for Crises-Impacted Children — Global Issues

With Hope and Courage: 2022 Annual Results Report by Joyce Chimbi (united nations & nairobi) Friday, September 08, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS & NAIROBI, Sep 08 (IPS) – In a world set on fire by climate change and brutal conflict, millions of children in emergencies and protracted crises need…

Twenty Years on from the UN Bombing in Baghdad, What’s Changed? — Global Issues

Twenty Years on from the UN Bombing in Baghdad, What’s Changed? — Global Issues

A partial view of the exterior of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, that was destroyed by a truck bomb on August 19, 2003. Credit: UN Photo/Timothy Sopp Opinion by Khaled Mansour (new york) Friday, September 08, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Sep 08 (IPS) – Twenty years ago this…

From a Nuclear Test Site to Leader in Disarmament — Global Issues

From a Nuclear Test Site to Leader in Disarmament — Global Issues

Karipbek Kuyukov is an armless painter from Kazakhstan, and global anti–nuclear weapon testing & nonproliferation activist. Credit: Jibek Joly TV Channel Opinion by Katsuhiro Asagiri, Kunsaya Kurmet-Rakhimova (astana, kazakhstan) Thursday, September 07, 2023 Inter Press Service ASTANA, Kazakhstan, Sep 07 (IPS) – Exactly 32 years ago, on September 29, 1991, Kazakhstan,…

The UNs Own Relevance Is at Stake at This Years General Assembly — Global Issues

The UNs Own Relevance Is at Stake at This Years General Assembly — Global Issues

Opinion by Mandeep S.Tiwana (new york) Thursday, September 07, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Sep 07 (IPS) – This September, world leaders and public policy advocates from around the world will descend on New York for the UN General Assembly. Alongside conversations on peace and security, global development and climate…

What Nigers Coup Says About US Security Assistance in the Sahel — Global Issues

What Nigers Coup Says About US Security Assistance in the Sahel — Global Issues

Elias Yousif Opinion by Elias Yousif (washington dc) Friday, September 01, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Sep 01 (IPS) – In what has become an all too familiar phenomenon, U.S.-trained security personnel have been implicated in the July 26th coup that deposed Niger’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. It is…

Want to Prevent Atrocities? Think Locally. Act Locally — Global Issues

Want to Prevent Atrocities? Think Locally. Act Locally — Global Issues

Violent conflicts are at a 30-year high, and the UNHCR has estimated that more than 115 million people will be forcibly displaced before the end of 2023. Credit: UNHCR/Aristophane Ngargoune Opinion by Katie Smith (arlington, virginia) Thursday, August 31, 2023 Inter Press Service ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug 31 (IPS) – When I…

General Assembly President Calls for a Human-Centered Approach to Disarmament — Global Issues

General Assembly President Calls for a Human-Centered Approach to Disarmament — Global Issues

Csaba Ko?ro?si, President of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the General Assembly meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider by Abigail Van Neely (united nations) Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (IPS) – The President of the UN…