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Most Suspended Ugandan NGOs Still in Limbo
- Inter Press Service
Kampala, Jul 18 (IPS) - Nearly a year after the Ugandan government suspended 54 NGOs for allegedly operating illegally and failing to file accounts, most civil society organisations (CSOs) remain shut.
UN and partners meet to address ‘critical’ state of global food crisis
- UN News
Scaling up climate resilience across food systems is among the actions needed to counter rising hunger and malnutrition, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid said on Monday, at a special meeting to address the global food crisis.
A New World Order is Dawning - But will it be Liberal or Illiberal?
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Jul 18 (IPS) - With the invasion of Ukraine, Russia effectively destroyed the European peace order. Now, Europe needs to find ways to contain its aggressive neighbour, while its traditional protector, the United States, continues its shift of focus to the Indo-Pacific.
Abortion Decision Felt Worldwide
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Jul 18 (IPS) - The 24 June decision of United States Supreme Court to overturn the country’s nearly 50-year constitutional right of a woman to an abortion is being felt worldwide.
Xenophobia in Mandiba’s Land: Too Black… Or Just Too Poor?
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Jul 18 (IPS) - South Africa, the home land of the late giant fighter against Apartheid, racism and discrimination – Nelson Mandela “Mandiba”, is already ‘on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence’ against migrants, refugees, asylum seekers - and even citizens perceived as outsiders.
Clean Energies Seek to Overcome Obstacles in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jul 18 (IPS) - The multitude of solar panels stands out along a dirt road in an unpopulated area. Although located just an hour's drive from Buenos Aires, the new solar park in the municipality of Escobar is in a place of silence and solitude, symbolic of the difficulties faced by renewable energies in making inroads in Argentina.
Kenya’s Kuruwitu corals are back, thanks to local conservation drive
- UN News
A small, quiet village in Kenya has found a new purpose in the fishing industry through a successful marine coral conservation project, the first of its kind in the Marine Protected Areas of the western side of the Indian Ocean.
A safe space for Venezuela’s indigenous women
- UN News
Venezuela's rural, remote, indigenous communities have been particularly affected by COVID-19 and the country's socio-economic crisis; community gardens help Wayúu women from Rio Negro to make ends meet, and provide a haven from violence.
Key UN forum closes with ‘enthusiasm, passion and high-energy’ to reach the SDGs
- UN News
Following two years of virtual meetings due to COVID-19, the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) closed on Friday at UN Headquarters in New York with delegates showing “enthusiasm, passion and high-energy” for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Ensure peaceful and constitutional transfer of power in Sri Lanka, urges UN Resident Coordinator
- UN News
The head of the UN Country Team in Sri Lanka has urged senior politicians to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in line with the national Constitution, following weeks of protests that finally saw the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday.
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