Aya, a 5-year-old girl clutching her doll to ease her fear, gazes at Gaza’s sky filled with warplanes from inside an UNRWA school in the Gaza Strip. Credit: UNRWA by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Monday, November 20, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Nov 20 (IPS) – As the global community marks World Children’s Day, every child should …
Large areas of the Gaza Strip have been destroyed by missile strikes. Credit: WHO Opinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Friday, November 17, 2023 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Nov 17 (IPS) – Two centuries ago, Percy Shelley wrote that “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” Yet elite power has routinely vetoed …
Girl stands among the ruins in Gaza. The UNDP warns that the continued war with its loss of life and infrastructure could take years to recover from. Credit: UNICEF/UNI448902/Ajjour by Naureen Hossain (united nations) Monday, November 13, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Nov 13 (IPS) – One month into the war in Gaza, Palestine has …
UN Secretary-General addresses the Security Council 24 October 2023. Credit: UN Photo by Guterres (united nations) Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 25 (IPS) – UN Secretary-General, in an address to the Security CouncilThe situation in the Middle East is growing more dire by the hour. The war in Gaza is raging …
72-year-old Kawthar Ajlouni stands alone in her yard in H2, Hebron, the occupied Palestinian territory. The backdrop reveals a fortified Israeli checkpoint. Amid 645 documented movement obstacles in the West Bank, 80 are here in H2 as of 2023. Isolated due to strict Israeli policies, she is one of 7,000 Palestinians enduring heavy restrictions, while …
Credit: AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sep 13 (IPS) – On 26 August, Gabon went through the motions of an election. Official results were announced four days later, in the middle of the night, with the country under curfew. Predictably, incumbent …
With Hope and Courage: 2022 Annual Results Report by Joyce Chimbi (united nations & nairobi) Friday, September 08, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS & NAIROBI, Sep 08 (IPS) – In a world set on fire by climate change and brutal conflict, millions of children in emergencies and protracted crises need educational support. Children in 48 …
Elias Yousif Opinion by Elias Yousif (washington dc) Friday, September 01, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Sep 01 (IPS) – In what has become an all too familiar phenomenon, U.S.-trained security personnel have been implicated in the July 26th coup that deposed Niger’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. It is the fifth such putsch in …
Women share nutritious diverse local crop varieties at 2022 Djimini seed fair in Senegal. The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa is helping rewrite African laws and policies to favor conversion to hybrid and GMO maize seeds. Credit: AFSA or Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) Opinion by Timothy A. Wise (cambridge, ma.) Tuesday, …
Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka on April 13, 2022. Credit: Wikipedia Opinion by Asoka Bandarage (washington dc) Friday, August 25, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Aug 25 (IPS) – Sri Lanka has been faced with an unprecedented political and economic crisis since the beginning of 2022. The dominant narrative attributes the crisis to the confluence …