Women play a critical role in conflict management and peacebuilding efforts in Mauritania. Credit: IOM Mauritania Opinion by Lila Pieters Yahia (nouakchott, mauritania) Wednesday, July 12, 2023 Inter Press Service NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania, Jul 12 (IPS) – Deep in the heart of Southeastern Mauritania lies the district and town of Bassikounou, nestled…
The shortages of days in the classroom and teachers, and the poverty of their schools and living conditions, provide for a very poor education for Venezuela’s children and augur a significant lag for their performance in adult life and for the country’s development. CREDIT: El Ucabista by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Monday,…
Aerial view of the town of Soufriere in the south of Saint Lucia. Sea level rise is threatening coastal areas of small island developing states (SIDS) in the Caribbean. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS by Alison Kentish (soufriere, saint lucia) Friday, July 07, 2023 Inter Press Service SOUFRIERE, SAINT LUCIA, Jul 07 (IPS)…
Experts encourage parents to vaccinate their children against typhoid to ensure that the child has access to clean drinking water. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Thursday, July 06, 2023 Inter Press Service KARACHI, Jul 06 (IPS) – Childhood vaccination, complemented with clean drinking water and improved hygiene practices, are…
A public awareness banner about tuberculosis on a fence in the Hope Fountain area, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Monday, July 03, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Jul 03 (IPS) – The United Nations General Assembly is convening a high-level meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) to get a…
People relocated to the Nakadanga Trust in Machinga District, Malawi, bemoan the lack of opportunities and schooling in the area they were relocated to live in. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS by Charles Mpaka (blantyre) Friday, June 30, 2023 Inter Press Service BLANTYRE, Jun 30 (IPS) – Located between two heavily-deforested mountains, Nakadanga…
Ayan (25) with her daughter Mushtaq (15 months) in the waiting area of the WFP funded Kabasa MAM Health Center. Credit: WFP/Samantha Reinders. by Paul Virgo (rome) Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, Jun 28 (IPS) – Four months pregnant, Ayan was close to dying of starvation when she…
With the monsoon refugees in the cramped camps in Cox’s Bazar are expected to be impacted by an increase of dengue, which last year accounted for 1,283 cases in the Rohingya camps. Credit: Rafiqul Islam/IPS by Rafiqul Islam (dhaka) Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Inter Press Service DHAKA, Jun 27 (IPS) –…
ECW Executive Director Yasmine Sherif launches the Multi-Year Resilience Programme in Yirol, South Sudan. The three-year programme, delivered by Save the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Finn Church Aid, in close conjunction with the Ministry of General Education and Instruction and other partners, will reach at least 135,000 crisis-affected…
The Destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine has left thousands displaced and disastrous impacts on the environment. Credit: Ukraine Red Cross/Twitter by Ed Holt (bratislava) Friday, June 23, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Jun 23 (IPS) – As well as creating a humanitarian crisis, the destruction of the Nova…
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