Category: Global

How the Global Anti-Rights Movement Is Targeting Women’s Rights in Africa Through Family Laws

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 25 (IPS) – The theme of Africa Day 2026, “63 years of unity, integration and development,” offers…

The Search is On for the Next U.N. Secretary General in a Turbulent World

NEW YORK, May 25 (IPS) – AS THE WORLD HURTLES TO HELL (albeit in a SpaceX rather than a hand basket),…

Trump’s Cuts are Pushing the UN out of Geneva. That may be a Win

FORT COLLINS, Colorado USA, May 25 (IPS) – The $1.2 billion renovation of the Palais des Nations was intended to…

Faced with a Cash Crisis, UN is Urging Senior Staff to Forgo First Class & Business Class Travel

UNITED NATIONS, May 25 (IPS) – The United Nations has had a longstanding tradition, described by some as a “privilege”,…

Ebola epidemic spreading rapidly and outpacing containment efforts

There are more than 900 suspected cases of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,…

Khalida Popal and Javier Zanetti among football stars appointed UN Champions

With the World Cup just days away, 16 greats of the game have been appointed Football for the Goals (FFTG)…

Massive Russian strike on Kyiv: ‘I hope my friends are alive’

The overnight Russian attack on Ukraine, which centred on the capital, Kyiv, reportedly involved some 90 missiles, including a powerful…

Displaced in Gaza: From home comforts to the shattering horror of war

In front of a simple tent in Gaza that offers no protection from the cold or the heat, in a…

WHO chief calls for urgent Ebola action and pandemic preparedness

The recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks demonstrate that the world is still vulnerable to rapidly spreading infectious diseases, Tedros Ghebreyesus,…

Review of landmark nuclear treaty breaks up without consensus, raising arms race fears

After four weeks of negotiations at UN Headquarters in New York, the 11th Review Conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty…