Category: Global

From favelas to informal settlements, new UN report points to housing solutions that work

From Thailand to Jordan, from Brazil to Germany, new approaches to housing are quietly taking shape. Residents of informal settlements…

DRC Ebola outbreak: hundreds of suspected cases, no vaccine

A fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has health workers rushing to stop transmission while…

Stop the Madness: Civil Society Cannot Thrive on Burnout

BAGAMOYO, Tanzania / BEIRUT, Lebanon / WASHINGTON D.C., May 18 (IPS) – In an era when civil society funding is…

Civilian Casualties Grow Amid Russian and Ukrainian Drone Strikes

UNITED NATIONS, May 18 (IPS) – Four years after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War, 2026 has marked a significant…

Breaking Cultural Barriers to Equip Marginalised Kenyan Girls With Entrepreneurial Skills

MORPUS, Kenya, May 18 (IPS) – For generations, communities in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) have viewed girls through…

Media As Bedrock for Developing Russian-African Relations

MOSCOW, May 18 (IPS) – Under the auspices of the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Russian-African…

Africa’s Golden Future

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 18 (IPS) – It is very appropriate that this Africa Forward Summit is being held in Kenya.…

World News in Brief: More attacks in Ukraine, violence against children in Haiti, refugee IDs in Africa

Civilians, including humanitarians, continue to face great danger across war-torn Ukraine amid ongoing hostilities, according to the UN humanitarian relief…

UN underscores protection of nuclear sites following drone strike on Emirati plant

The head of the UN atomic watchdog on Monday underscored the need to safeguard nuclear security in wartime, a day…

WHO assembly opens under shadow of Ebola, hantavirus and funding cuts

From Ebola outbreaks in Central Africa to the complex evacuation of passengers aboard a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, the UN World…