The UN’s multi-agency polio vaccine campaign in Gaza is set to begin this weekend. It will do so under continued constraints ...

The development paradigm has shifted to ‘digital by default’ as a norm, reshaping societies and economies. As a hub for ...

Civil society is working on all fronts to tackle the climate crisis. Activists are protesting in numbers to pressure ...

Sportswomen in Pakistan face numerous obstacles—they lack proper grounds, equipment and coaches. Now, as the country faces ...

NAIROBI, Aug 26 2024 (IPS) - Groundbreaking research indicates that the wild relatives of wheat could be turned into an ...

The flooding of the Zambezi River has had devastating consequences for three countries in Southern Africa. The three worst affected countries are Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

As we approach 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals look harder than ever to achieve. Shocks to the global economy caused by climate change, COVID-19, and conflict threaten humanity's survival. For ...

Life is a series of choices. And choices have consequences. When it comes to climate change, some choices have bigger consequences than others, and there's a startling takeaway: your next "big" ...

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have reminded us that ‘universal challenges’ are experienced differently, based on context. The varying demographics, systems, and administrative structures in ...

The one thing that has become clear is that there is no point in negotiating with Putin. Ukraine is considered as the gates of Europe, or a borderland with a brutal past.

Like many Mozambicans in the agricultural sector, 39-year-old Fatima Matavele, a commercial farmer in the district of Chokwe, some 213 kilometres north of the capital, Maputo, has had a tough year.

The world is facing a "global epidemic in need of a global effort", according to a panel of experts on tobacco control, who met at the United Nations Tuesday to commemorate World No Tobacco Day.