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From Small Islands to Antalya: COP31 Must Move Climate Promises from Paper to People
- Inter Press Service
VICTORIA, Seychelles, October 21 (IPS) - When you grow up on a small island, the ocean is not scenery. It is your neighbour, your livelihood, and the measure of time itself. For decades, as I walked the beaches of Seychelles, I watched the subtle shifts that scientists were warning the world about. The tide crept a little higher up the sand each year. After a warm season, vibrant coral gardens turned ghost-white. Storms that once belonged to rare memory began arriving with unsettling regularity.
Food Insecurity and Child Malnutrition Worsen in Afghanistan Despite Strong Agricultural Season
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, Afghanistan, October 20 (IPS) - Nearly 40 percent of the population of Afghanistan is projected to face high levels of acute food insecurity this winter, and cases of acute malnutrition are expected to soar during 2027, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned.
Afghan Women Defy Taliban Restrictions Through Online Protests
- Inter Press Service
PARWAN, Afghanistan, October 20 (IPS) - Afghan women have resorted to online protests as their only available recourse, even though the risks of being caught are high and carry enormous consequences.
People Who Choose to End Their Lives
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, October 20 (IPS) - People who choose to end their lives through voluntary assisted dying typically face terminal, incurable, or debilitating conditions that cause severe physical or psychological suffering.
As El Niño Returns, East Africa’s Urban Poor Brace for Heavy Rains
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, October 20 (IPS) - Nearly three decades have passed, but Japhet Gimbi still remembers the rain.
AI on track to ‘crowd out’ human decision-making in warfare
- UN News
Artificial intelligence is already being widely used on the battlefield, and the role of human judgment in military operations is shrinking rapidly, the head of the UN’s independent disarmament research institute warned on Tuesday.
As Sudan war spills into Central African Republic, UN warns against early peacekeeper exit
- UN News
The UN warned on Tuesday against a premature withdrawal of its peacekeepers as the war in Sudan spills over into the Central African Republic (CAR).
Bangladesh: UNICEF chief calls for an end to child marriage
- UN News
At 14, Bushra faced being married off – until community leaders at a UNICEF-supported child protection hub worked with her father to prevent her from being given away against her will.
‘One step away from famine’: Inside Afghanistan’s hunger crisis
- UN News
Following extreme hunger warnings, a bitter reality is unfolding across Afghanistan: food is available, but remains inaccessible for millions of people.
Yemen war continues to force families from homes amid hunger and disease
- UN News
More than 250,000 people have now fled renewed fighting in Yemen, the UN said on Tuesday, citing particular concern for those sheltering in the southwestern city of Taiz and the wider governorate, where access is “essentially blocked”.
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