Mariyeti Mpala (56) runs a thriving vegetable garden on a former dumpsite and its proceeds assist the community in creating incomes of their own. Credit: Ignatius Banda/IPS by Ignatius Banda Tuesday, January 10, 2023 Inter Press Service Jan 10 (IPS) – It’s a typical story in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second-largest city….
Opinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Monday, January 09, 2023 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Jan 09 (IPS) – With 2023 underway, Democrats in office are still dodging the key fact that most of their party’s voters don’t want President Biden to run for re-election. Among prominent Democratic politicians,…
Cholera ward in a health centre in Blantyre. Malawi has experienced a massive rise in cholera in the past year. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS by Charles Mpaka (blantyre) Monday, January 09, 2023 Inter Press Service BLANTYRE, Jan 09 (IPS) – On March 3, 2022, Malawi declared a cholera outbreak after a district…
Droughts are a growing threat to global food production, particularly in Africa. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS by Busani Bafana (bulawayo) Friday, January 06, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Jan 06 (IPS) – Escalating conflict and climate change threaten the implementation of the Great Green Wall Initiative (GGWI), an ambitious land restoration project…
Credit: United Nations Opinion by Simone Galimberti (kathmandu, nepal) Friday, January 06, 2023 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jan 06 (IPS) – The UN Democracy Fund, also known as UNDEF, is an interesting tool but it is too small and lacking resources to mark a difference. How can the UN do…
Roma community protest in the Serbian city of Nis after dozens of families in a settlement in the city had their electricity cut off. Credit: Opre Roma Srbija by Ed Holt (bratislava) Thursday, January 05, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Jan 05 (IPS) – As European households brace for energy shortages…
Opinion by Natalie Goldring (arlington, virginia) Thursday, January 05, 2023 Inter Press Service ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan 05 (IPS) – More than 10 months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its allies continue to seek the most effective military, humanitarian, political, and economic means of assisting Ukraine. In…
Women students and workers travel free from harassment in the BRT buses, which reserves seats for them in the conservative region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. by Ashfaq Yusufzai Wednesday, January 04, 2023 Inter Press Service Jan 04 (IPS) – A bus rapid transport (BRT) system in Peshawar is benefiting female students…
Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels) Wednesday, January 04, 2023 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jan 04 (IPS) – Three years after the coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the Chinese government began in December to abruptly scrap its harsh containment policy known as “zero-Covid.” This zero-Covid policy relied on…
Opinion by Lakshmi Kumar (washington dc) Tuesday, January 03, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Jan 03 (IPS) – The writer is the Policy Director at Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank specializing in research, advocacy, and advisory services.Over the last decades, the private investment fund sector has…
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