Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Director Yasmine Sherif speaks to crisis-affected children in Burkina Faso. ECW has launched a multi-year programme...
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Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york)Saturday, January 23, 2021Inter Press ServiceNEW YORK, Jan 23 (IPS) - Looking back upon 2020, we...
Siddharth Chatterjee. Credit: Newton KanhemaOpinion by Siddharth Chatterjee (nairobi, kenya)Wednesday, January 20, 2021Inter Press ServiceNAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 20 (IPS) - Siddharth...
Humanitarians seek $1.3 billion to help millions in war-weary Afghanistan. Homes for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan....
Opinion by Mandeep Tiwana (new york)Tuesday, January 19, 2021Inter Press ServiceNEW YORK, Jan 19 (IPS) - Two events generated significant interest...
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia)Tuesday, January 19, 2021Inter Press ServiceKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 19 (IPS) - Covid-19 infection...
International Year of Volunteers: A volunteer ombudsman in Peru helps a local woman with her problem, 2001. Credit: UN Photoby...
Small island nations are taking on water in the form of a vicious debt trap which damages their productivity and...
Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPS.Opinion by Esther NgumbiWednesday, January 13, 2021Inter Press ServiceAs a brand new year begins, I can’t help but...
Respondents being questioned for the United Nations global conversation on the world they want. Many called for universal healthcare in...
Opinion by Saul Escobar Toledo (mexico city)Monday, January 11, 2021Inter Press ServiceMEXICO CITY, Jan 11 (IPS) - The new year...
At a COVID-19 sample collection centre in a Rohingya refugee camp, a healthcare professional takes a swab from a Rohingya...
Women producing facemasks in Ghana. Credit: World BankOpinion by Angela LusigiWednesday, January 06, 2021Inter Press ServiceJan 06 (IPS) - Angela...
Sudip Ranjan BasuOpinion by Sudip Ranjan Basu (bangkok, thailand)Thursday, January 07, 2021Inter Press ServiceBANGKOK, Thailand, Jan 07 (IPS) - As...
James Dean accident.Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm / rome)Wednesday, January 06, 2021Inter Press ServiceSTOCKHOLM / ROME, Jan 06 (IPS) -...
Women’s empowerment is a crucial aim of the social networking site Fuzia. Credit: Fuziaby Fairuz Ahmed (new york)Monday, January 04,...
Borna Nyaoke-Anokeby Sam Otieno (nairobi, kenya)Tuesday, January 05, 2021Inter Press ServiceNAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 05 (IPS) - The ANTICOV COVID-19 clinical...
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia)Tuesday, January 05, 2021Inter Press ServiceKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 05 (IPS) - Goodbye...
Trevor PageOpinion by Trevor Page (lethbridge, canada)Tuesday, January 05, 2021Inter Press ServiceLETHBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 05 (IPS) - Most people around...
Siddharth Chatterjee with CS Eugene Wamalwa, Heads of Missions from the United Nations Mission and other development partners visited the...