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Why Africa is Divided Over the Russia-Ukraine War?
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 12 (IPS) - While the West has closed its ranks in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the response in Africa has hardly been uniform.
Following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, various constituencies within the international community have reacted with a mixture of shock, anger, and trepidation as they ponder the invasion’s implications for international security.
China Debt Traps in the New Cold War
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 12 (IPS) - As China increases lending to other developing countries, ‘debt trap’ charges are growing quickly. As it greatly augments financing for development while other sources continue to decline, condemnation of China’s loans is being weaponized in the new Cold War.
Connecting the Dots for the Transforming Education Summit
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 11 (IPS) - Look around the world at this very moment. Whether we look at it in stark numbers and statistics, whether we look at it as a generational loss of basic human rights, including the right to an education, or whether we look inwardly and feel the unspeakable human suffering and devastation taking place, we all agree: we are at a historically low point in our collective humanity.
COVID-19 vaccine access in conflict areas remains critical
- UN News
Although safe and effective COVID-19 vaccinations are available, the pandemic is still far from over, and countries affected by conflict are in danger of being left behind, the UN Security Council heard on Monday.
School Meal Programs Getting Back on Track in Central America, Despite Hurdles
- Inter Press Service
ZARAGOZA, El Salvador, Apr 11 (IPS) - A group of preschool students enthusiastically planted cucumbers and other vegetables in their small school garden in southern El Salvador, a sign that school feeding programs are being revived as the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ukraine war: Trauma ‘risks destroying a generation’, Security Council hears
- UN News
Increasing reports of sexual violence and human trafficking in Ukraine - allegedly committed against women and children in the context of massive displacement and the ongoing Russian invasion - are raising “all the red flags” about a potential protection crisis, the head of the UN’s gender agency warned the Security Council on Monday.
Rights expert concerned about erosion of democracy in Brazil
- UN News
Decrying the erosion of democracy in Brazil, a UN expert has called for authorities to create and maintain a safe environment conducive to the exercise of the rights to peaceful assembly and association.
Protection of older persons’ rights needed now ‘more than ever’: Bachelet
- UN News
The basic rights of older persons need to be protected today, more than ever before, said the UN human rights chief on Monday, but existing legal safeguards render them, in effect, “invisible”.
Traditional, Time-Tested Methods and a Modern App Helps Beat Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
PUNE, India, Apr 11 (IPS) - Even as erratic weather and extremely high temperatures increase pest infestation and affect harvests, a combination of traditional methods, integrated pest management through intercropping and multilayering is helping farmers in Ahmednagar and Aurangabad districts of Maharashtra, India.
Twilight for the 1951 Refugee Convention
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Apr 11 (IPS) - Twilight for the 1951 Refugee Convention is becoming a 21st century reality for an increasing number of countries worldwide.
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