Floods and heavy rain in Guam. Credit: – [email protected] Opinion by Anselm Vogler Thursday, February 13, 2025 Inter Press Service To address the core challenges to human security imposed by climate change, the “emergent practice of climate security” must be sensitive to two contexts. First, local political and economic contexts shape how these processes of environmental change translate into human …
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In addition to those killed by the former government’s security and intelligence services alongside Awami League party associates, a report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) into the alleged crimes indicated that thousands were injured, including one youngster who was shot in the hand at point-blank range for throwing stones. “There are reasonable grounds …
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IFAD president Alvaro Lario at a media conference during the first day of the 48th session of the IFAD Governing Council. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (rome & nairobi) Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Inter Press Service ROME & NAIROBI, Feb 12 (IPS) – Nearly one in 11 people in the world and one in five people in Africa go hungry …
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by Oritro Karim (united nations) Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (IPS) – As ongoing gang violence and unrest bring down the living conditions in Haiti, humanitarian groups sound the alarm on human rights violations and the increasing challenges they dace in providing relief efforts. On February 7, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a …
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Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), interacts with Sudanese refugee children in Egypt. Sherif appealed to the global community to empower girls in crises to receive the education, training, and resources they need to improve their knowledge and skills base in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Credit: ECW by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Inter …
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Collins Otieno, Hivos Opinion Tuesday, February 11, 2025 Inter Press Service Feb 11 (IPS) – The global commitment to fair climate finance is at a crossroads. COP29 concluded with a disappointing New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG), leaving developing nations at risk of being left behind. With the U.S. withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and slashing development aid, …
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Flashback to 2020 protests against a rigged election. Credit: Andrew Keymaster/Unsplash by Ed Holt Monday, February 10, 2025 Inter Press Service Feb 10 (IPS) – In the months leading up to presidential elections at the end of January, Belarus’s authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of hundreds of political prisoners. Some observers saw this as a sign that the …
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A protester holding a sign declaring the death of democracy during social protests against the authoritarian policies of Peru’s President Dina Boluarte in downtown Lima, July 2024. Credit: Walter Hupiu / IPS by Mariela Jara (lima) Monday, February 10, 2025 Inter Press Service LIMA, Feb 10 (IPS) – “We are facing a deeply conservative government that is opening the doors to …
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This figure represents a threefold increase from the previous week, when at least 89 civilians lost their lives amid the ongoing hostilities.The crisis is compounded by intensifying violence in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, where a humanitarian catastrophe looms, according to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami. Escalation of violence This week, the conflict has intensified as …
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“Our thinking should be grounded by the fact that we have more conflicts today than at any time since World War Two and by the evolving nature of conflict,” said Catherine Pollard, UN Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance, in her opening remarks to the two-day meeting held 4 and 5 February. “We are seeing an increase in conflicts …
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