Category: Global

Artisanal Miners in Western Kenya Move Away From Mercury

KAKAMEGA, Kenya, April 1 (IPS) – They call this land Bushiangala. Gold has been mined here for nearly a century.…

UNECA Warns Africa Risks Remaining Uncompetitive, Urges AI Adoption

TANGIER, Morocco, April 1 (IPS) – Africa must move swiftly to harness data and frontier technologies such as Artificial Intelligence…

CONGO: ‘The Result Was Already Decided Before Polling Stations Opened’

CIVICUS discusses the presidential election in the Republic of the Congo with Ivan Kibangou Ngoy, executive director of Global Participe,…

Escalation in Middle East Reverses more than a Year of Economic Growth in the Region

AMMAN / NEW YORK , April 1 (IPS) – New estimates by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) suggest the…

World News in Brief: Lebanon peacekeeper deaths, Haiti mission support, drought and conflict in Somalia

Although the situation on the ground is challenging, investigations are underway into the killing of three UN peacekeepers over two…

Breaking the Gaza aid bottleneck: 106-tonne delivery arrives via new sea route

The World Health Organization (WHO) has facilitated the delivery of some 106 metric tonnes of lifesaving nutrition supplies to the…

Middle East war: UN’s Türk decries ‘severe restrictions’ on free speech

From Iran to multiple nations in the Gulf and the wider Middle East, around 3,000 people have reportedly been arrested…

Middle East war: Energy crunch hits vulnerable nations

The war in the Middle East and the near halt to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has amplified the…

Women leaders unite to advance gender equality, defend multilateralism amid growing global pushback

The Secretary-General’s commitment towards women leadership in the United Nations was recognized at a pivotal moment marked by global uncertainty,…

Once Evicted From This Kashmir Lake, People Now Seen as Its Saviours

SRINAGAR, India, March 31 (IPS) – For the past few weeks, residents living in and around Dal Lake in Indian…