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Ebola and ISIS: A Learning Exchange Between U.N. and Faith-based Organisations
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 13 (IPS) - The simultaneity presented by the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus on one hand and militant barbarism ostensibly in the name of Islam on the other present the international development community - particularly the United Nations and international NGOs – with challenges, as well as opportunities.
OPINION: Now Is the Time to Tackle Malnutrition and Its Massive Human Costs
- Inter Press Service
ROME/GENEVA, Nov 13 (IPS) - The scourge of malnutrition affects the most vulnerable in society, and it hurts most in the earliest stages of life. Today, more than 800 million people are chronically hungry, about 11 percent of the global population.
How a Small Tribe Turned Tragedy into Opportunity
- Inter Press Service
PICHAVARAM, India, Nov 13 (IPS) - When the Asian tsunami washed over several Indian Ocean Rim countries on Boxing Day 2004, it left a trail of destruction in its wake, including a death toll that touched 230,000.
Legal Vacuum Fuels Conflicts Over Water in El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
TACUBA, El Salvador, Nov 13 (IPS) - Rural communities and social organisations in El Salvador agree that the lack of specific laws is one of the main hurdles to resolving disputes over water in the country.
Big Soda Challenged on World Diabetes Day
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (IPS) - Corporations marketing unhealthy foods to poorer consumers are being challenged for their role in the growing global burden of diseases like diabetes.
Braving Dust storms, Women Plant Seeds of Hope
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (IPS) - In the world's largest refugee complex – the sprawling Dadaab settlement in Kenya's North Eastern Province – women listen attentively during a business management workshop held at a hospital in one of its newest camps, Ifo 2.
How SADC is Fighting Wildlife Crime
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Nov 12 (IPS) - "We are underpaid, have no guns and in most instances are outnumbered by the poachers," says Stain Phiri, a ranger at Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve — a 986 km reserve said to have the most abundant and a variety of wildlife in Malawi — which also happens to be one of the country's biggest game parks under siege by poachers.
OPINION: Obstacles to Development Arising from the International System
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Nov 12 (IPS) - As the international community wades into the political discussions regarding the alternatives to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) after 2015 and the design of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as mandated by the Rio+20 conference, it is timely to consider the question of whether development is a matter mostly of individual effort on the part of nation-states or whether there are elements in the international economic system that could serve as significant obstacles to national development efforts.
U.N. Chief Eyes Upcoming Summits to Resolve Development Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 11 (IPS) - The continued widespread economic recession - aggravated by the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa - is threatening to undermine the U.N.'s highly-touted post-2015 development agenda.
Kenya on the Right Economic Path But Challenges Abound
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 11 (IPS) - Each year on Dec. 10, Lucy Mwende and her two children hop aboard a night bus and travel to the white sandy beaches and warm waters of Kenya's Indian Ocean, some 441 km from the capital, Nairobi.
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