Zimbabwe is losing 262 000 hectares of forests destroyed every year. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS by Jeffrey Moyo (harare) Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Inter Press Service HARARE, Feb 28 (IPS) – In New Ashdon Park, a medium-density area in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, at new homes that have replaced a once thriving…
US weapons to Ukraine include 100 M-113 armored personnel carriers and 50 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles. Credit: US Department of Defense (DoD) by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, February 27, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27 (IPS) – The overwhelming political, economic and military support for war-ravaged Ukraine seems never…
Credit: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Opinion by Gadir Lavadenz, Pablo Fajardo Mendoza (quito, ecuador / la paz, bolivia) Monday, February 27, 2023 Inter Press Service QUITO, Ecuador / LA PAZ, Bolivia, Feb 27 (IPS) – The Chief Executive of the twelfth largest oil producer – Sultan…
It is estimated that about a hundred thousand migrants work in the greenhouses, scattered throughout the area. Credit: Floris Cup/IPS by Floris Cup, Arnaud De Decker (almeria, spain) Friday, February 24, 2023 Inter Press Service ALMERIA, Spain, Feb 24 (IPS) – Chances are that the fruits and vegetables sold in European…
Credit: UNDP Opinion by Mohamed Yahya (abuja) Friday, February 24, 2023 Inter Press Service ABUJA, Feb 24 (IPS) – Mr. Mohamed Yahya is Resident Representative UNDP NigeriaOn the morning of 24 September 1998, General Abdulsalam A. Abubakar, the then Military Head of State of Nigeria, took the stage at the United…
Youth represents more than 39 percent of the registered 93,4 million voters in Nigeria. Credit: INEC, Nigeria by IPS Correspondent (abuja) Friday, February 24, 2023 Inter Press Service ABUJA, Feb 24 (IPS) – From all indications, President Muhammadu Buhari will be handing over a fractured nation that is deeply divided along…
Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, February 24, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Feb 24 (IPS) – Over the year since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, on one side of the border civil society has shown itself to be a vital part of the effort to save lives and…
David Kode, Advocacy and Campaigns Lead for CIVICUS. by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Friday, February 24, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Feb 24 (IPS) – Youth have already transformed the narrative of the 2023 elections, and it would be crucial for Nigeria’s newly elected president to consider their issues as he takes…
“A child in North Syria passing by the ruins, after the earthquake hit his town.” – Credit: Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, February 23, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Feb 23 (IPS) – While the world’s biggest powers and their giant private corporations continue to attach high…
The continuing economic crisis and high women’s unemployment have resulted in many underaged girls turning to sex work in Zimbabwe. In the area near Penhalonga, the girls target artisanal miners in the region. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (mutare, zimbabwe) Thursday, February 23, 2023 Inter Press Service MUTARE,…
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