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More Than 18,000 Rohingya Flee as Violence Renews
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 01 (IPS) - A surge in deadly violence in Myanmar has forced over 18,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee in less than one week, a migration agency said.
US Pressure Keeps Palestinians Blacklisted at UN
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 01 (IPS) - When Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposed the appointment of former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad as UN's Special Representative in Libya back in February, the proposal was shot down by US Ambassador Nikki Haley, purely because he was a Palestinian.
UN Rights Chief : Trump’s Attack on Press is “Dangerous”
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 31 (IPS) - Freedom of the press is under attack in the United States and could incite further violence against reporters, said a UN official.
Climate Smart Crops: A Necessity for Future Food & Nutrition Security
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Aug 31 (IPS) - Climate change is taking a severe toll on farmers, as they watch their livelihoods disappear with the onslaught of floods, droughts and rising sea levels and temperatures. With agriculture currently employing over 1.3 billion people throughout the world, or close to 40 percent of the global workforce, it is imperative that we incorporate climate resilience into all aspects of crop breeding and food innovation.
Latin America Seeks New Ways to Fight Rural Poverty
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Aug 31 (IPS) - Experts in Latin America warned about the serious risk that would be posed if the fight against hunger, still suffered by 33 million people in the region, is abandoned, while proposing new alternatives and insights which include linking social protection with economic growth.
To Be a Nigerian Migrant in Italy
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Aug 31 (IPS) - Bako* (24), a Nigerian migrant, stairs at new comers at an old, local Roman bar. Extremely polite, he asks for money. If you offer to him to buy some food instead, he immediately accepts.
Women Play Key Role in Solar Energy Projects
- Inter Press Service
ABU DHABI, Aug 31 (IPS) - Since weather affects everyone, the idea that women are more susceptible to the effects of climate change may strike some as puzzling.
Once Decimated by AIDS, Zimbabwe’s Khoisan Tribe Embraces Treatment
- Inter Press Service
TSHOLOTSHO, Zimbabwe, Aug 31 (IPS) - Sixty-seven-year-old Hloniphani Sidingo gives a broad smile while popping out through the gate of a clinic in her village, as she heads home clutching containers of anti-retroviral pills.
"New Normal" for the U.S., All Too Familiar for the Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Aug 31 (IPS) - The government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines says that it hopes that the devastating loss and damage that Hurricane Harvey has wrought in Texas might inspire the government of President Donald Trump to rethink its position on climate change.
Venezuela’s Government Is Following a “Policy to Repress,” the UN Says
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (IPS) - After sending a team to investigate the human rights conditions in Venezuela amid growing political and economic crisis, the UN Human Rights Office has reported that the crushing of anti-government protests point to the "the existence of a policy to repress political dissent and instil fear in the population to curb demonstrations."
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