News stories by Busani Bafana, page 5

BULAWAYO, Oct 22 (IPS) - Christian Tiambo has always wished to uplift local farmers' communities through cutting-edge science.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 15 (IPS) - World Food Day 2024. High levels of hunger will continue for another 136 years in many developing countries, according to a new report assessing global hunger.

BULAWAYO, Oct 11 (IPS) - A holistic approach and transformative change of systems are needed to tackle biodiversity loss and to put the world on a sustainable path, an assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has recommended.

TURIN, Italy, Oct 08 (IPS) - Edward Mukiibi, President of Slow Food, champions agroecology as a transformative answer to the world's most pressing crises: food insecurity, climate change, and violent conflicts.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Sep 26 (IPS) - In 2017, South African activist Nonhle Mbuthuma took a stand against the powerful oil giant Shell, halting their plans to explore the pristine Wild Coast.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Aug 13 (IPS) - Local informal food markets feed millions of urbanites in bustling African cities, but the consequences of tainted food could be illness and death for unsuspecting consumers.

ADDIS ABABA, Jul 18 (IPS) - Scientific research has led to social and economic gains worldwide, but the scientists who make it happen face significant challenges.

BULAWAYO, Apr 11 (IPS) - While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on women is growing, more is needed to enable them to realize their rights to climate justice.

VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe, Mar 11 (IPS) - With 20 percent of the global population and vast untapped natural resources, not forgetting its human capital, it is time Africa had its rightful seat at the global table, the United Nations Under Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver Gatete, has called.

GENEVA, Jan 31 (IPS) - Zero leprosy is not an impossible dream—Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination at the Global Appeal 2024 to End Stigma and Discrimination Against Persons Affected by LeprosyTuji Sode detached himself from his family and hid himself from the public, embarrassed by his condition, which in biblical times meant exclusion from society and even death.