Long wait at the border between Sudan and Egypt. Credit: Hisham Allam/IPS by Hisham Allam (cairo) Thursday, May 25, 2023 Inter Press Service CAIRO, May 25 (IPS) – The conflict in Sudan is impacting the economy in Egypt, and those who make their living moving goods across the borders have spent…
Founder of Wagner private mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin (here pictured with fighters), claims that Bakhmut is now in Moscow’s control. However his claims are disputed by Ukraine. by Fawzia Moodley (johannesburg) Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, May 24 (IPS) – The Wagner group, a shadowy mercenary group that…
Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait, speaks with a young Sudanese refugee in Borota during a field visit with UNHCR to the border regions of Chad with Sudan. Credit: ECW by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi & new york) Monday, May 22, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI & NEW YORK, May…
Opinion by Richard Probst, Anna Reuss (cairo, egypt / juba, south sudan) Friday, May 12, 2023 Inter Press Service CAIRO, Egypt / JUBA, South Sudan, May 12 (IPS) – Events in Sudan have been a constant topic of conversation in Cairo’s coffee houses since the violence erupted there four weeks ago….
Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 08 (IPS) – The World changes, though prejudices and misconceptions remain. In 1996, political scientist Samuel Huntington published The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, in which he predicted that people’s cultural…
Opinion by Daisaku Ikeda (tokyo, japan) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service TOKYO, Japan, May 08 (IPS) – The Ukraine crisis, which in addition to bringing devastation to the people of that country has had severe impacts on a global scale—even giving rise to the specter of nuclear weapons use—has…
Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, May 08 (IPS) – A civilian student named Saber was caught in the crossfire in Khartoum. He had two choices: either flee and lose everything; or die. But within a moment his option to choose was…
Indigenous women gather before an equality forum in Mexico City, Mexico. Credit: UN Women/Paola Garcia Opinion by Jens Martens (bonn, germany) Friday, May 05, 2023 Inter Press Service BONN, Germany, May 05 (IPS) – The world is in permanent crisis mode. In addition to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and…
Ahmed Saber with two of his children. His son, Sabre Nasr, died when he was unable to access medical attention due to the conflict in Khartoum, Sudan. by Hisham Allam (cairo) Thursday, May 04, 2023 Inter Press Service CAIRO, May 04 (IPS) – On the first day of the Muslim holiday…
Credit: UNESCO Opinion by Khadija Patel (johannesburg, south africa) Tuesday, May 02, 2023 Inter Press Service 2023 year marks the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day. The UN says three decades have passed since it was proclaimed in 1993, in which “we have seen substantial progress towards achieving a free…
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