Sudan Conflict Marks Failure of Transition Plan — Global Issues

Sudan Conflict Marks Failure of Transition Plan — Global Issues

Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, April 21, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Apr 21 (IPS) – The current fighting in Sudan marks the failure of supposed processes for transition to democratic rule. The international community needs to learn the lessons of this catastrophe and work with civil society. Democracy betrayed…

No Parent Should Ever Be in the Position We Find Ourselves, Say Mothers of LGBTQ+ in Uganda — Global Issues

No Parent Should Ever Be in the Position We Find Ourselves, Say Mothers of LGBTQ+ in Uganda — Global Issues

Activists from Freedom and Roam Uganda launch LGBTQI+ campaigns, My Body is Not a Battlefield and Break the Chains, Stop Violence campaigns. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS by Wambi Michael (kampala) Friday, April 21, 2023 Inter Press Service KAMPALA, Apr 21 (IPS) – The mothers of LGBTQ+ individuals in Uganda have taken a…

UN coordinator calls for urgent ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Sudan, as death toll mounts — Global Issues

UN coordinator calls for urgent ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Sudan, as death toll mounts — Global Issues

“I am horrified by the toll the clashes are having on civilians”, said Abdou Dieng. “At least 331 people have been killed nationwide, including five aid workers, and nearly 3,200 have been injured.” The fighting between troops from the national army and a powerful rival militia known as the Rapid…

Yemen health system ‘edging closer to collapse’ warns WHO — Global Issues

Yemen health system ‘edging closer to collapse’ warns WHO — Global Issues

Hopes are running high of an end to the intense fighting between a Saudi-backed coalition standing alongside Government forces, and Houthi rebels and their allies, which since 2015 has led the near total collapse of the economy, with tens of thousands killed, and 21.6 million in need of humanitarian assistance…

Aboriginal Australians suffer from ‘violent history’ and ongoing ‘institutional racism’ — Global Issues

Aboriginal Australians suffer from ‘violent history’ and ongoing ‘institutional racism’ — Global Issues

Hannah McGlade represents the Kurin Minang Noongar people, at the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Ms. McGlade spoke to UN News at UN Headquarters, during the 2023 session of the Forum, which takes place between 17 and 28 April. “I’ve been an activist in my community sine I was young….

Human, economic, environmental toll of climate change on the rise: WMO — Global Issues

Human, economic, environmental toll of climate change on the rise: WMO — Global Issues

WMO latest State of the Global Climate report shows that the last eight years were the eight warmest on record, and that sea level rise and ocean warming hit new highs. Record levels of greenhouse gases caused “planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean and in the atmosphere”. The…

What Local Food Challenges and Choices Across Vietnam Reveal About a Global Push for Food Systems Transformation — Global Issues

What Local Food Challenges and Choices Across Vietnam Reveal About a Global Push for Food Systems Transformation — Global Issues

Fruit stalls at a local market in Hanoi, Vietnam. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Tuyen Huynh (hanoi) Thursday, April 20, 2023 Inter Press Service HANOI, Apr 20 (IPS) – This month Nature spotlighted three insightful new studies chronicling food-related challenges from a global perspective. One presented worrisome new data on the global…

Politics Behind the Removal of Mughal History From Textbooks Say Academics — Global Issues

Politics Behind the Removal of Mughal History From Textbooks Say Academics — Global Issues

The removal of Mughal history from textbooks is seen as a political move which downplays the rich diversity of the Indian subcontinent. This artwork stems from this period. Credit: Govardhan. Jahangir Visiting the Ascetic Jadrup. ca. 1616-20, Musee Guimet, Paris by Ranjit Devraj (new delhi) Thursday, April 20, 2023 Inter Press…

WHO mission to Syria quake zone boosts protection from disease outbreaks — Global Issues

WHO mission to Syria quake zone boosts protection from disease outbreaks — Global Issues

“The focus of the mission was to enhance the capacity of the early warning alert and response network (EWARN) and ensure rapid detection, verification and response to communicable diseases alerts and outbreaks”, the WHO office for the Eastern Mediterranean said in a statement issued on Thursday. They identified areas in…