The remains of a shipwreck on a beach in western Libya. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPS by Karlos Zurutuza (rome) Monday, June 19, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, Jun 19 (IPS) – A new catastrophe in the Mediterranean, this time off the coast of Greece. The number of drowned still to be determined…
Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york) Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 14 (IPS) – As we head into June, we will commemorate a number of important international days that call for much-needed support to protect refugees, end child labour, stop sexual violence in conflict and ensure…
Student evacuees from Sudan wait to return to Nigeria. Credit: Handout by Abdullahi Jimoh (abuja) Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Inter Press Service ABUJA, May 30 (IPS) – Seven weeks after the bloody conflict in Khartoum, Sudan started, and 41 days after the Nigerian government began the evacuation of residents studying there,…
Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait, speaks with a young Sudanese refugee in Borota during a field visit with UNHCR to the border regions of Chad with Sudan. Credit: ECW by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi & new york) Monday, May 22, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI & NEW YORK, May…
Credit: Martín Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, May 19, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 19 (IPS) – On 7 May, Chileans went to the polls to choose a Constitutional Council that will produce a new constitution to replace the one bequeathed by…
Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york) Monday, May 08, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, May 08 (IPS) – A civilian student named Saber was caught in the crossfire in Khartoum. He had two choices: either flee and lose everything; or die. But within a moment his option to choose was…
Ahmed Saber with two of his children. His son, Sabre Nasr, died when he was unable to access medical attention due to the conflict in Khartoum, Sudan. by Hisham Allam (cairo) Thursday, May 04, 2023 Inter Press Service CAIRO, May 04 (IPS) – On the first day of the Muslim holiday…
Source: TRAC Syracuse University. Opinion by Joseph Chamie (portland, usa) Wednesday, May 03, 2023 Inter Press Service PORTLAND, USA, May 03 (IPS) – Approximately 225 million people from around the world would like to migrate permanently to the United States. But given America’s current policies, relatively few of them will be…
A doctor talks to a TB survivor at a clinic in Manilla, Philippines. Credit: Getty Images for TB Alliance by Ed Holt (bratislava) Tuesday, May 02, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, May 02 (IPS) – While there is no established causal relationship between climate change and tuberculosis (TB), studies have begun…
ECW High-Level Mission to Colombia ECW Executive Director Yasmine Sherif meets a young female student at the ECW-supported learning facility ‘Eustorgio Colmenares Baptista’, in Cúcuta, Colombia. Disability and inclusion are at the forefront of ECW-supported learning activities. Credit: ECW by Joyce Chimbi (new york & nairobi) Monday, April 24, 2023 Inter…
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