Coastal view from the Kalinago Territory in Dominica. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS by Alison Kentish (united nations) Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 (IPS) – According to the 2021 World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean report, extreme events have worsened…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 26 (IPS) – Like so many others, Africans have long been misled. Alleged progress under imperialism has long been used to legitimize exploitation. Meanwhile, Western colonial powers have…
Opinion by Irene Wabiwa Betoko (kinshasa) Tuesday, July 26, 2022 Inter Press Service KINSHASA, Jul 26 (IPS) – The writer is the International Project Leader for the Congo Basin Forest, Greenpeace AfricaFrom the fall-out of the pandemic to the interlocking cost of living and energy security crises currently gripping the world,…
Community-led restoration of mangroves along Kenya’s coastal shorelines is ongoing. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Monday, July 25, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi, Jul 25 (IPS) – The swish of calm waters followed by unexpectedly high tides and violent waves is now too familiar for the fisher community along…
A child eating WFP high-energy biscuits as part of WFP’s nutrition assistance in Batangafo town, northern Central African Republic. Credit: WFP/Bruno Djoyo Opinion by Alexander Muller – Adam Prakash – Elena Lazutkaite (berlin / terni, italy) Monday, July 25, 2022 Inter Press Service BERLIN / TERNI, Italy, Jul 25 (IPS) –…
Benoit Thierry Opinion by Benoit Thierry (dakar, senegal) Monday, July 25, 2022 Inter Press Service DAKAR, Senegal, Jul 25 (IPS) – Benoit Thierry, is Sahel Office Director of International Fund for Agriculture Development, DakarThe current Ukraine-Russia conflict is dominating the global media to the point of overshadowing longer protracted crisis that…
Michelle Bachelet, the outgoing High Commissioner for Human Rights. Credit: OHCHR Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, July 22, 2022 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jul 22 (IPS) – The writer is Editor-in-Chief at CIVICUS, the global civil society alliance. He is one of the lead authors for CIVICUS Lens and the…
Opinion by Amina Mohammed (united nations) Thursday, July 21, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 21 (IPS) – Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United nations, in an address to the Joint High Level Dialogue on Africa, 20 July 2022.The “Africa We Want” – as outlined in Agenda 2063…
The Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC), the first-ever continent-wide gathering of African leaders, citizens, and interest groups, gathered in Kigali from Monday, Jul 18 to Jul 23 to discuss the role of protected areas in conserving nature. Rwanda hosted the conference in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of…
The media could play a vital role in the achievement of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a webinar on the media and SDGs heard. Credit: Juliet Morrison/IPS by Juliet Morrison (new york) Wednesday, July 20, 2022 Inter Press Service New York, Jul 20 (IPS) – With the latest United Nations…
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