A girl reads a story book with lessons on life skills at an ELA club in Uganda. Credit: Uganda/BRAC by Naureen Hossain (united nations) Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (IPS) – BRAC’s Empowerment and Livelihood Program (ELA) has benefitted tens of thousands of girls, and…
Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb 22 (IPS) – On 9 February, Nicaragua’s dictator, Daniel Ortega, unexpectedly ordered the release of 222 political prisoners, including several former presidential candidates, opposition party leaders, journalists, priests, diplomats, businesspeople and former government supporters…
Gilad Sade, in white, with Itamar Ben Gvir, to his left, during Gvir’s visit with alleged recruits during a trial in 2004. All the minors were convicted. Credit: Ilan Mizrahi. by Karlos Zurutuza (rome) Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, Feb 21 (IPS) – Harassing Palestinians, vandalizing their cars…
Arusha, Tanzania: Maasai children taking their cows to a river. The government plans to displace about 150,000 pastoralists. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu, Oryem Nyeko (nairobi) Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Feb 21 (IPS) – Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu is a senior researcher on women and land and Oryem…
Matilda Bogner, Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), told journalists in Geneva that the civilian death toll in the southern city of Mariupol – besieged and bombarded by Russian missiles – had been particularly high. “My colleagues interviewed a former prisoner of war, and he…
Rohingya IDPs confined to a Sittwe camp in Rakhine State wait for international intervention. More than 1.5 million people are displaced in Myanmar. Credit: Sara Perria/IPS by Guy Dinmore, Thompson Chau (bangkok) Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Feb 21 (IPS) – Nearly 18 million people – about one-third…
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…
“We are witnessing a surge in violence, including some of the deadliest incidents in nearly 20 years,” said Tor Wennesland, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO). “We have seen ominous signs of what awaits if we fail to address the current instability.” Raising concerns that developments on…
Hate speech loads the gun, misinformation pulls the trigger – And that’s the kind of the relationship that we’ve come to understand over the years. Credit: Shutterstock. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, February 17, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Feb 17 (IPS) – In this world of wars, massive weapons production,…
“What is urgently needed is the political will to break the protracted political stalemate and achieve progress on multiple fronts,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at the latest meeting of the High-level Committee on Libya, taking place in Addis Ababa. Progress is sorely needed towards holding elections and advancing gains…
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