Category: Global

My Journey Through 50 Years of Seychelles’ Independence

VICTORIA, Seychelles, June 29 (IPS) – On the night of 29 June 1976, just before midnight, I stood among my…

Universities Join Hands to Enhance Agroforestry Research for Mitigating Climate Change

NAIROBI, June 29 (IPS) – A team of universities, led by Addis Ababa University, has joined forces to implement a…

GHANA: ‘This Is Bigger than Lgbtqi+ Rights – It’s about the Kind of Society We Want to Be’

CIVICUS discusses Ghana’s anti-LGBTQI+ law with Leila Lariba, Executive Director of One Love Sisters Ghana, a community-driven organisation that advances…

Cuba’s Last Hand

MEXICO CITY, June 29 (IPS) – Ever since the Berlin Wall fell 37 years ago and the communist Eastern Bloc…

The Silent Metamorphosis

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, June 29 (IPS) – There is a question that is never asked plainly enough in reports on Haiti:…

Venezuela earthquake death toll passes 1,700 as UN continues to scale up response

Five days after powerful earthquakes struck central-northern Venezuela, the death toll continues to climb along with the intense rescue operation…

Sudan: UN welcomes extension of vital aid corridor amid rising insecurity

The United Nations has welcomed Sudan’s decision to extend the opening of an aid corridor with neighbouring Chad and continues…

World News in Brief: Afghanistan airstrikes, rights violations in DR Congo, Gaza displacement

At least 28 civilians were killed and 49 injured in airstrikes carried out in Paktya, Paktika and Kunar provinces in…

International cooperation critical as terrorism threat evolves

Terrorism is evolving amid global instability characterised by heightened geopolitical tensions, protracted conflicts and growing fragmentation – and the international…

UN details humanitarian toll of strikes on Ukrainian power industry

Missile and drone attacks killed at least a dozen civilians in Russia and Ukraine over the weekend as both countries…