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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 …

“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 …

Much of Gaza has been destroyed in the current conflict. Credit: UNICEF/Eyad El Baba, February 2025 Opinion by Alon Ben-Meir (new york) Friday, February 07, 2025 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Feb 07 (IPS) – Even after Trump declared that he wanted to take back the Panama Canal, acquire Greenland by force, if necessary, and rename the Gulf of Mexico to …

An infant and young Child Feeding Nutrition programme in the Sidama region of Ethiopia, which has been considerably affected by climate-induced disasters. Credit: UNICEF/Bethelhem Assefa by Oritro Karim (united nations) Friday, February 07, 2025 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 07 (IPS) – Over the past few years, climate shocks have become more frequent and have devastated economies and agriculture systems, …

In a press release on Saturday the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Director-General Fernando Arias and his team had met interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa and caretaker Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani, at their invitation – drawing a line under “11 years of obstruction” by the Assad regime, which was driven from power in early December. The …

Timor-Leste’s road to peace has not been easy. In 1976, not long after Indonesia became independent it invaded the eastern part of the island of Timor, formerly a Portuguese colony. An unhappy period of occupation, punctuated by violent repression, followed until 1999 when, with the support of the UN, the small Asian nation embarked on the path of self-determination. The …

Credit: Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, February 07, 2025 Inter Press Service LONDON, Feb 07 (IPS) – Alexander Lukashenko will soon begin his seventh term as president of Belarus. The official result of the 26 January election gave him 86.8 per cent of the vote, following an election held in a climate of fear. Only …

Women vanish from public life under Taliban rule. Credit: Learning Together. Friday, February 07, 2025 Inter Press Service The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons Feb 07 (IPS) – Since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021, girls and women have been systematically banned …

U.S. Embassy Charge de Affairs Andy Lentz dances with teenagers during a World Aids Day Commemorations in Dar es Salaam. Credit: Kizito Shigela/IPS by Kizito Makoye (dar es salaam) Friday, February 07, 2025 Inter Press Service DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 07 (IPS) – At 9 a.m. on Monday, Mariam Msemwa clutched her clinic card tightly as she stood in line at …

The international community must take action to address the CO2 emissions of the carbon aristocracy as climate change analysis makes it clear that there is no alternative. Credit: Bigstock Opinion by Philippe Benoit (washington dc) Thursday, February 06, 2025 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Feb 06 (IPS) – For centuries, innumerable countries were ruled by an entrenched, typically inherited, political class: …