A Security Council meeting in progress. Credit: United NationsMember Countries Can Keep Abusive Governments Off Important UN Bodies. Opinion by Louis Charbonneau (new york) Friday, May 19, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, May 19 (IPS) – Next month’s United Nations Security Council elections show why competition is important. UN votes…
Anniwaa Buachie. Credit: Courtesy of the film. by SWAN – Southern World Arts News (paris) Thursday, May 18, 2023 Inter Press Service PARIS, May 18 (IPS) – Some movie scenes keep replaying in one’s mind long after one has left the cinema, and this is certainly true of Moon Over Aburi,…
“As reuse and recycling capacities in Europe are limited, a large share of used textiles collected in the EU is traded and exported to Africa and Asia, and their fate is highly uncertain,” says the European Environmental Agency. Credit: Shutterstock. by Baher Kamal (rome) Thursday, May 18, 2023 Inter Press Service…
A man with poached kudu in Kenya. Credit: Richard Moller/Tsavo Trust by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Thursday, May 18, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, May 18 (IPS) – Meat from wild animals is relished across Africa and widely traded, but scientists are warning that eating bush meat is a potential health risk,…
Opinion by Daniel Bradlow (pretoria, south africa) Thursday, May 18, 2023 Inter Press Service PRETORIA, South Africa, May 18 (IPS) – Zambia defaulted on its debt in November 2021 but has not yet reached an agreement with its creditors. Its president recently warned that this situation is hurting its citizens and…
Carrying the Mayan flag, members of the Colibrí Collective lead a march against the Mayan Train in the city of Valladolid, in the southern Mexican state of Yucatán, in May 2023. The construction of the Mexican government’s most important megaproject has drawn criticism from affected communities due to its environmental,…
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….
Opinion by Monica Hirst, Juan Gabriel Tokatlian (rio de janeiro, brazil / buenos aires, argentina) Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Inter Press Service RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil / BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, May 17 (IPS) – Half a century ago, the dominance of the United States dollar in the international finance and trade…
UAE’s role as COP28 host will be judged on results. Will COP deliver an operational and meaningful loss and damage fund? Will it produce a global stocktake that invigorates international action? How will discussions on a new global finance goal shape up? And will Sultan Al Jaber’s overtures towards the…
Joy of Marketing – Ethiopia. Credit: International Seed Federation Opinion by Michael Keller (vaud, switzerland) Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Inter Press Service Michael Keller is Secretary General of International Seed Federation VAUD, Switzerland, May 16 (IPS) – At long last, momentum is growing for an overdue rethink of climate finance and…
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