Category: Global

For Pakistan Rising Fistula Cases Make SDG 3 Goal Elusive

KARACHI, Pakistan, October 2 (IPS) – “You’re living a life drained of joy,” is how Shehnaz Sher Ali describes her…

SUDAN: ‘It’s Shocking to Be Forced into Silence Simply Because You Are a Refugee’

CIVICUS discusses life as a refugee with an exiled Sudanese civil society activist who has asked to remain anonymous for…

The Ingenuity Trap

DOHA, Qatar, October 2 (IPS) – In the 21st century, getting a pencil into Gaza became international news. In January,…

If We Can Start an Epoch, We Can Start a Farming Revolution

NEW YORK, October 2 (IPS) – In November 1952, the United States detonated the world’s first thermonuclear device at Enewetak…

Escalating fighting in Yemen deepens food security crisis

Renewed conflict in Yemen has triggered a surge in hunger that could have consequences in the wider region and beyond,…

Gaza: WHO appeals for massive aid influx ahead of winter

Repeated delays in bringing lifesaving medicines, prosthetics and more from Israel into Gaza risk having devastating consequences on Palestinians who…

‘I have not lost my dreams’: Refugee education funding cuts threaten millions

A teenage girl who fled war-torn Sudan for neighbouring Egypt and hopes to pursue a technology degree is an example…

‘Money alone won’t get us there’: UN steps up aid for 12 forgotten crises

Getting aid to people in the world’s most neglected emergencies takes more than money. It takes open roads, open borders…

Global life expectancy bounces back to near pre-pandemic levels, WHO says

People around the world are living longer again, with global life expectancy almost fully recovered from the disruption of the…

Ukraine war ‘a human rights catastrophe’ that must end, says Türk

The war in Ukraine is a human rights catastrophe that is “growing and intensifying by the week” and threatening an…