Stability in the Sahel will come not through the rule of the gun but through the rule of law. The Biden administration can use the Africa Leaders’ Summit to reset approaches to the Sahel. Credit: William Lloyd-George/IPS Opinion by Doussouba Konate (bamako) Friday, November 11, 2022 Inter Press Service BAMAKO, Nov…
A campus at one of Nigeria’s universities. The recent strike has put the spotlight on the West African country’s brain drain. Credit: Pius Adeleye?/IPS? by IPS Correspondent (abuja) Friday, November 11, 2022 Inter Press Service Abuja, Nov 11 (IPS) – For eight months, the halls of Nigeria’s universities and colleges remained…
Kathleen Mogelgaard Opinion by Kathleen Mogelgaard (washington dc) Friday, November 11, 2022 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Nov 11 (IPS) – Global population is about to reach 8 billion, a mere 11 years after it reached 7 billion. The official Day of 8 Billion is observed by the UN November 15,…
Opinion by A.H. Monjurul Kabir (new york) Thursday, November 10, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Nov 10 (IPS) – We are living in a world where both our bilateral and multilateral achievements, consensuses on human rights and social justice, and our resolve to public good are being tested like never…
Nuclear experts warn that ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons could have devastating death toll and destruction. This photo shows the war damage in Borodianka, Kyiv Oblast. Photo: Oleksandr Ratushniak / UNDP Ukraine by Ed Holt (bratislava) Thursday, November 10, 2022 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Nov 10 (IPS) – Since the start of Russia’s…
Decision-making power is still held at the national and international level, often failing to (financially) enable local actors to lead climate action. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS Opinion by Anne Jellema (capetown, south africa) Wednesday, November 09, 2022 Inter Press Service CAPETOWN, South Africa, Nov 09 (IPS) – Anne Jellema is CEO of…
Map of the 1858 trans-Atlantic cable route. Credit: Wikipedia. Opinion by Manuel Manonelles (barcelona) Wednesday, November 09, 2022 Inter Press Service BARCELONA, Nov 09 (IPS) – The recent incidents of sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the depths of the Baltic Sea, the authorship of which still raises doubts…
The Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. June 2022. Credit: CIAT/Neil Palmer Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Wednesday, November 09, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Nov 09 (IPS) – The electoral defeat of Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is a triumph for everyone who is concerned about the peril of climate change. Bolsonaro’s…
The 7th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Opinion by Azza Karam (new york) Wednesday, November 09, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Nov 09 (IPS) – In this year’s COP 27 two-weeklong summit in Egypt, which concludes November 18, a rough count indicates there will…
In Africa only 60% of the estimated TB cases have been diagnosed. All the other infections are hidden by poverty—and so the disease continues to spread. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS. Opinion by Morounfolu Olugbosi (johannesburg) Tuesday, November 08, 2022 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Nov 08 (IPS) – The news in many parts…
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