Category: Global

Guterres condemns Israeli move to militarise seized compound in occupied East Jerusalem

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday strongly condemned Israel’s decision to establish military facilities at a seized UNRWA compound in…

30,000 people flee fresh violence in Haiti as hunger crisis deepens

Around 30,000 people have had to flee their homes in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas following a new…

Governing the Ungovernable

Where does real power reside in the UN development system? A new policy brief from Cepei, a Colombian development policy…

One of the Oldest Agricultural Innovations Needs New Actions

ROME, May 19 (IPS) – For thousands of years, humans have kept bees. Beekeeping is a key agricultural activity, yet…

Desperate Nooria Disguises Herself to Provide for Her Family

KABUL, May 19 (IPS) – Nooria is a young girl who, because of poverty and the absence of a man…

How Am I Going To Die?

PORTLAND, USA, May 19 (IPS) – With death being an inevitable outcome, a fundamental question that crosses the minds of…

‘Do More With Less’: GEF CEO Claude Gascon on Speed, Scale and Reform

WASHINGTON D.C. & HYDERABAD, India, May 19 (IPS) – As governments prepare for the Eighth Assembly of the Global Environment…

UN Weather Agency Warns of Escalating Climate Extremes Across Caribbean and Latin America

CASTRIES, Saint Lucia , May 19 (IPS) – Faster-than-average sea level rise, intensifying hurricanes, extreme heat and worsening swings between…

The World Bank Wants to Change the Way It Manages Complaints: The Fixes That Could Make It Better

PRETORIA, South Africa / WASHINGTON DC, USA , May 19 (IPS) – The World Bank made history in 1994 by…

‘I had a good life and I lost it’: How one man survived four years on the streets

A missed warning sign. A forged cheque. A passport confiscated in a foreign country. Within months, the life Latyr Thioye…