Opinion by Martin Griffith, Gilles Michaud (united nations) Monday, August 21, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 21 (IPS) – This World Humanitarian Day on 19 August, we marked 20 years since 22 of our colleagues were killed and more than 100 injured when a suicide bomber detonated a truck…
Credit: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters via Gallo Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, August 18, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Aug 18 (IPS) – Civic space is deteriorating in Senegal ahead of next February’s presidential election. Recent protests have been met with lethal violence and internet and social media restrictions. Senegal’s democracy…
There is an urgent need to have actionable strategies to help strengthen plants and agricultural resilience to drought, heat waves, elevated temperatures, flooding, extreme precipitation, and insect outbreaks. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS Opinion by Esther Ngumbi (urbana, illinois, usa) Friday, August 18, 2023 Inter Press Service URBANA, Illinois, USA, Aug 18 (IPS)…
Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Friday, August 18, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Aug 18 (IPS) – The prospect of normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia will have enormous implications on Israel and the entire region. Since it will certainly take a personal sacrifice to put Israel’s…
Women outside an emergency vehicle aimed at helping those affected by flooding. CREDIT: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Ashfaq Yusufzai (peshawar, pakistan) Friday, August 18, 2023 Inter Press Service PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN, Aug 18 (IPS) – Torrential monsoon rains have left the people, especially women, in crisis as they are still grappling to recover…
Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen. He will hand power to his son later this month, after rigged elections. Credit: Shutterstock. by Kris Janssens (phnom penh) Thursday, August 17, 2023 Inter Press Service PHNOM PENH, Aug 17 (IPS) – Democracy is declining in Southeast Asia. The Cambodian prime minister will hand over…
Credit: United Nations Opinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Thursday, August 17, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (IPS) – The artificial intelligence (AI) platform ChatGPT, whose negative consequences include misinformation, is facing new charges of political bias. According to a study by the University of East Anglia (UEA),…
A South Sudanese soldier carries a machine gun. Credit: punghi/ Shutterstock Opinion by Samuel Kofi Tetteh Baah, Christoph Lakner (washington dc) Thursday, August 17, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Aug 17 (IPS) – In 1990, about half of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and two-thirds in East…
If people living in informal settlements gained access to adequate housing, the average life span would jump 2.4 years on average globally, saving 730,000 lives each year. Credit: Lova Rabary-Rakontondravony/IPS Opinion by Jonathan Reckford, Joseph Muturi (cape town, south africa) Wednesday, August 16, 2023 Inter Press Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa,…
Togotia, a forgotten African leafy vegetable, has found its way back into markets as its high nutritional value could help address food security. CREDIT: Egerton University by Wilson Odhiambo (nairobi) Wednesday, August 16, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Aug 16 (IPS) – Kenya’s fight for food security may have just gone…
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