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…
Some climate scientists said it was unfortunate that western Rwanda experienced flooding despite past investments. For example, some experts were previously convinced that Sebeya, one of the rivers originating in the mountains of western Rwanda, was no longer a threat to the community. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Friday,…
In the original Hindu social structure, Dalits had the lowest social standing, and they continue to be regarded as being so impure in the majority of the states that caste Hindus view their presence as contaminating. For Christian Dalits, the situation is worse because they don’t benefit from any government upliftment schemes….
Somalia. Fatun (12 months) has her Mid-upper arm circumference measured at the WFP funded malnutrition clinic in Kabasa, Dolow. Credit: WFP/Samantha Reinders by Paul Virgo (rome) Sunday, May 14, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, May 14 (IPS) – While King Charles III’s coronation in Britain was hogging much of the international…
Destruction from hurricane Dorian showing debris and structural damage to buildings and trees in MARSH HARBOR, ABACO ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS. Credit: Shutterstock. Opinion by Hannah Tuckman Sunday, May 14, 2023 Inter Press Service May 14 (IPS) – This week sees the review of the United Nations Sendai Framework for Disaster…
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….
Nosintu Mcimeli and Bonelwa Nogemane of the Abanebhongo People with Disability (APD) started with an agroecological project to improve food security in South Africa’s Eastern Cape (left). A soup kitchen feeds the village children (right). Credit: ADP by Fawzia Moodley (johannesburg) Thursday, May 11, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, May 11…
Parliamentarians attending the Global Conference of Parliamentarians on Population and Development Toward the 2023 G7 Hiroshima Summit. Credit: APDA by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Tuesday, May 09, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, May 09 (IPS) – Parliamentarians from more than 30 countries agreed to send a strong message to the G7 Hiroshima…
Stagnant water in one of Nairobi’s residential areas. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPS by Wilson Odhiambo (nairobi) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, May 08 (IPS) – ‘Urban’ Kenya has been alerted because new mosquito species, Anopheles stephensi, threatens to derail decades of effort made in the fight against malaria. According…
In India, a doctor checks a patient’s x-ray for lung damage, which may indicate tuberculosis. Credit: ILO/Vijay Kuty Opinion by Morounfolu Olugbosi (pretoria, south africa) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service On May 8, there will be an interactive multistakeholder hearing at the UN as part of the preparatory process…
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