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Ugandan Farmers Sue EACOP in London in Last Minute Effort to Stop Crude Oil Pipeline

2026-04-03T11:25:29-07:00

NYAMTAI, Uganda, April 3 (IPS) - Environmental activists and farmer groups opposed to the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), the world’s longest heated oil pipeline, are mounting a last-ditch legal effort meant to stop its construction in a suit they plan to have filed in London, UK, believing that it stands a chance to stop the controversial project despite being at the 78 percent completion stage.

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New York City Cracks Down on Homeless People Cluttering Streets & Subways

2026-04-03T07:55:35-07:00

NEW YORK, April 3 (IPS) - Faced with a growing problem of homeless people living and sleeping in park benches and on subway trains, New York city (NYC) authorities are physically moving them out—mostly under protest– to some 150 encampments or public shelters.

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The Inter-American Development Bank Invest Talks Growth–but Ignores People Bearing the Cost

2026-04-03T07:41:46-07:00

MEXICO CITY, April 3 (IPS) - In Asunción, Paraguay last month, finance ministers, central bank presidents, and private sector leaders gathered for the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Annual Meetings to talk about growth.

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Iran War: What African Countries Can do to Get Through the Crisis and Emerge in a Better Place

2026-04-03T07:28:04-07:00

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 3 (IPS) - By Easter 2026 it was still not clear when – or how – the war initiated by Israel and the US against Iran would end. But what was already clear was that it would harm Africa in a number of ways.

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‘We watched them die before our eyes’: Sudan health workers helpless amid medical shortages

2026-04-03T05:00:00-07:00

As violence forces tens of thousands to flee Sudan’s South Kordofan state, doctors in a key maternity hospital are facing impossible choices – with too few supplies, too many patients, and lives slipping away.

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Deminers race to keep up with military technology

2026-04-03T05:00:00-07:00

In conflict zones where new technologies are making landmines more dangerous, deminers must innovate at the same pace to avoid being left behind, a leading UN mines expert has told UN News.

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WHO: Migrants and Refugees Face Rising Health Risks as Global Systems Fall Short

2026-04-02T17:47:17-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, April 2 (IPS) - Global human migration is at record-high levels, as the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that roughly 1 in 8 people—about one billion individuals—are on the move. Many of these migrants and refugees face harsh living conditions and heightened challenges, such as poverty, insecurity, and limited access to basic services. With the number of international migrants having doubled since 1990, new findings from WHO call for expanding health systems to meet the growing scale of needs.

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It Is Time For Africa to Fund Its Health Security

2026-04-02T16:53:14-07:00

Relying on foreign aid is bad for Africa’s health and it must stop if the continent is to enjoy health security.

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ITALY: ‘White Supremacist Concepts Are Entering Mainstream Political Discourse on Migration’

2026-04-02T16:50:43-07:00

CIVICUS discusses Italy’s restrictive immigration policies with Eleonora Celoria, a researcher at FIERI (Forum Internazionale ed Europeo di Ricerche sull’Immigrazione), a research centre on migration, and a member of the Association for Legal Studies on Immigration (ASGI), an Italian legal organisation that defends migrants’ and asylum seekers’ rights through advocacy, public awareness and strategic litigation.

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UN80: UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Mandate Review

2026-04-02T12:55:15-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, April 2 (IPS) - UN Member States made progress toward the UN80 initiative by adopting a resolution that would implement a mandate review, which is set to pave the way to strengthen the process of mandate creation and implementation.

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