The world’s Least Developed Countries are in a race against time to deliver Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (united nations & nairobi) Monday, February 06, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS & NAIROBI, Feb 06 (IPS) – It is a race against time to form…
Yasmine Sherif, the Director of Education Cannot Wait, sees the ECW High-Level Financing Conference as crucial to turning the agreements from the Transforming Education Summit into action. Credit: ECW by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, February 03, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Feb 03 (IPS) – The world is in the throng…
by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Tuesday, January 31, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jan 31 (IPS) – The new year brought bad news for press freedom on the African continent with the brutal murder of one journalist and the suspicious death of another. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Africa program head Angela…
Pope Francis and Yohei Sasakawa, Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination led a global appeal to end leprosy and the stigmatization of those impacted. The pope’s statement was read to the second international symposium on Hansen’s Disease in Rome hosted by the Holy See, Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Initiative, the French…
A new conversation is needed about food production in Africa. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Monday, January 16, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Jan 16 (IPS) – Concerns are rife that while Africa is growing more crops, these are not for food and that on the current trajectory, present…
A blue sea star (Linckia laevigata) photographed on a largely dead coral reef on the Coral Coast on Fiji’s largest island Viti Levu. IPBES estimates that nearly one-third of reefs are threatened with extinction. Credit: Tom Vierus / Climate Visuals by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Wednesday, November 30, 2022 Inter Press Service…
IPBES’ Assessment Report on Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature Report tells of the successful campaign by the Niyamgiri Movement. by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Wednesday, November 23, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi, Nov 23 (IPS) – The Dongria Kondhs say they are the descendants of Niramraja, a mythical god-king who is…
Pan-African initiatives to boost food production and research and development could increase yields on farms on the continent. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi, Nov 22 (IPS) – Upheaval on the global stage, the war in Ukraine, conflict in the Horn of…
Miss World Brazil Letícia Frota and Pragnya Ayyagari, Miss Supranational India agreed that zero leprosy and campaigns to destigmatize the disease should not be sidelined because of COVID-19. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Tuesday, November 08, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi, Nov 08 (IPS) – Deep-rooted discrimination against persons…
Biodiversity is in trouble as the WWF report, 2022 Living Planet Index, indicates that the global wildlife population had decreased by 69 percent since 1970. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Inter Press Service Nairobi, Oct 25 (IPS) – Home to a variety of iconic and…
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