Mr. Dennis Francis, President of the UN General Assembly, writes a message of blessing at the National Children’s Center in Beijing. Credit: China National Children’s Center Opinion by Siddharth Chatterjee (beijing) Thursday, February 08, 2024 Inter Press Service BEIJING, Feb 08 (IPS) – The Year of the Dragon is upon us. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said …
Displaced families living in an UNRWA school-turned shelter in Deir al-Balah, Middle Areas, The Gaza Strip, January 2024. Credit: Mohamed Hinnawi/UNRWA by Naureen Hossain (united nations) Friday, February 02, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Feb 02 (IPS) – South Africa’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Mathu Joyini, said the country would take further legal action …
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, with CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe while on tour in Africa. Some commentators have questioned the effectiveness of US foreign policy in Africa. Credit: CAF media by Promise Eze (abuja) Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Inter Press Service ABUJA, Jan 30 (IPS) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s week-long …
The International Court of Justice in the Hague heard the South Africa versus Israel case earlier this month. Credit: ICJ by Cecilia Russell (johannesburg) Friday, January 26, 2024 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Jan 26 (IPS) – The International Court of Justice will deliver it’s order for provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case of South …
Opinion by Patrick Devine (nairobi, kenya) Monday, January 22, 2024 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 22 (IPS) – Among East Africa’s dozens of pastoral tribes, major conflicts have erupted repeatedly, largely over land and water disputes. Generational trauma and anger have built to create tensions and grievances that carry emotional weight even hundreds of years …
A family displaced by prolonged drought in Ethiopia now live in a makeshift tent in Mogadishu, Somalia. June 2023. Credit: IOM/Muse Mohammed Opinion by Sudip Ranjan Basu – Chen Wang – Monica Das (bangkok, thailand) Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Jan 17 (IPS) – As the world is still gearing up to …
Mahmoud Abbas (centre right), President of the State of Palestine, addresses an event to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Nakba, held by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People on 15 May 2023. by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, January 05, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jan 05 …
Destruction in Gaza Strip. Credit: UNICEF/Hassan Islyeh Opinion by Connor Echols (washington dc) Wednesday, January 03, 2024 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Jan 03 (IPS) – In its military campaign in Gaza, Israel faces a seemingly endless list of alleged human rights violations. International monitors argue the Israel Defense Forces have starved Gazans, targeted journalists attempting …
Opinion by Farhana Haque Rahman (toronto, canada) Friday, December 22, 2023 Inter Press Service TORONTO, Canada, Dec 22 (IPS) – The year 2023 has brought so much tragedy, with incomprehensible loss of lives, whether from wars or devastating ‘natural’ disasters, while our planet has seen yet more records broken as our climate catastrophe worsens. Farhana Haque …
Azzawieh Market in Gaza City lies in ruins. Credit: UNICEF/Omar Al-Qattaa Opinion by Mouin Rabbani (montreal, canada) Monday, December 18, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTREAL, Canada, Dec 18 (IPS) – The political significance of US-Israeli differences is easily exaggerated. It is certainly true that tensions in the relationship exist. Israel is currently committing genocide against the …