Category: Global

More health workers, stronger systems: Africa’s new ambitious goal

Facing a projected shortage of more than six million health professionals by 2035, African countries are stepping up efforts to…

Security Council LIVE: Rising tensions in Gaza, West Bank

Amid illegal Israeli settlement surges, continued attacks in Gaza and the West Bank alongside tensions throughout Occupied Palestinian Territory, the…

Retired in Ukraine: One Cheese, Two Chickens and a Dozen Eggs

UZHGOROD, Ukraine, August 25 (IPS) – Marina says she does not particularly like her flowers, but that, “for some reason,”…

Colombia Declares State of Emergency Following Deadly Earthquake

UNITED NATIONS, August 25 (IPS) – Over the past week, the humanitarian crisis in Colombia has deteriorated significantly following the…

South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Violence Slows SDG Goals, Rips Apart Africans’ Free Movement Call

BLANTYRE, Malawi, August 25 (IPS) – When the Malawian government announced the conclusion of the repatriation of its citizens trapped…

Japan’s ‘2050 Weather Forecast’ highlights extreme heat in the future

As extreme heat becomes an increasingly visible reality across Japan, meteorologists, scientists, businesses and professional footballers are joining forces to…

UN chief, Red Cross renew call for rules on lethal autonomous weapons

Amid unconfirmed reports that fully autonomous and AI-guided drones are now being used on the battlefield, UN chief António Guterres…

The Plastics Treaty Process Needs Greatly Improved Observer Participation at this Critical Point in the Negotiations and Beyond

GENEVA, August 24 (IPS) – In 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly mandated an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop…

GEF Proposes $140 Million Program to Strengthen Drought Resilience

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, August 24 (IPS) – For pastoralists in Arvaikheer — a village in Mongolia’s dry central plains…

100 days of Ebola and the race to stop the spread

A hundred days after the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak was declared, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing an…