Opinion by Sudip Ranjan Basu – Juan Rodrigo – Alexey Kravchenko (bangkok, thailand) Friday, March 17, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 17 (IPS) – The impacts of the climate crisis are acutely felt in the Pacific region. In recent years, the region has been hit by devastating climate events,…
Attacks on the elderly are increasing in Malawi, often under the pretext that witchcraft is at play. Survivor Christian Mphande lived to tell her story, but there is a worrying increase in elder abuse. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS by Charles Mpaka (blantyre) Friday, March 17, 2023 Inter Press Service BLANTYRE, Mar 17…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Thursday, March 16, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Mar 16 (IPS) – When Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) last week, he said the annual meeting takes on even greater significance at a time when women’s rights are…
Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Mar 15 (IPS) – Last October, Ales Bialiatski was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was one of three winners, alongside two human rights organisations: Memorial, in Russia, and the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine. The Nobel…
A staggering 40% of groundwater is used for global irrigation, this alone indicates the importance of this precious resource in navigating the population through impacts of climate change. Credit: SADC Groundwater Management Institute. Opinion by Thokozani Dlamini (pretoria, south africa) Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Inter Press Service PRETORIA, South Africa, Mar…
Opinion by Mandeep S.Tiwana (new york) Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Mar 15 (IPS) – On 29 and 30 March, the US government, in partnership with Costa Rica, Netherlands, South Korea and Zambia, will co-host the second virtual Summit for Democracy. Several elected leaders and state representatives…
Bad roads in rural Zimbabwe mean the community have to rely on donkey carts and jalopy cars as bus operators are not prepared to travel there. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (mwenezi, zimbabwe) Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Inter Press Service MWENEZI, Zimbabwe, Mar 15 (IPS) – From the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway…
Opinion by Armand Houanye (ouagadougou, burkina faso) Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Inter Press Service OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Mar 14 (IPS) – The writer is Regional Executive Secretary of the Global Water Partnership in West Africa (GWP-WA)Burkina Faso’s interim President Captain Ibrahim Traoré spoke late last year of the conflicts that are…
Empty tear gas canisters. Credit: Sunday Times by Thalif Deen (united nations) Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Mar 14 (IPS) – When the US was planning to sell fighter planes to a politically-repressive regime in South-east Asia in a bygone era, a spokesman for a human rights…
BP’s recent journey points to the need for instruments that influence profits specifically, and notably reconsideration of the controversial price control tool: a climate-driven price cap on oil. Credit: Bigstock Opinion by Philippe Benoit (washington dc) Monday, March 13, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Mar 13 (IPS) – BP, the…
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