Latest Updates Around The World
For women like 38-year-old Farhiya from rural Beletweyne, the consequences can be devastating: a painful obstetric fistula, a hole in the birth canal that left her incontinent, isolated and cut off from her community. “I was stressed, constantly worried and isolated from my community. I was living in my house as if I had some […]
Canru Pataxo with his son during the People’s March for Climate in the COP30 host city of Belém, Brazil. Credit: Tanka Dhakal/IPS by Tanka Dhakal (Belgium, Brazil) Saturday November 15, 2025 Inter-Press Office BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 15 (IPS) – In the scorching heat and humidity, Canru Pataxo marched with his one-year-old son held tightly in […]
Activists urge the global community to join the blue river in support of conservation and conservation of the environment. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (Belgium, Brazil) Friday November 14, 2025 Inter-Press Office We have seen stalled climate action, rising inequality and people being left behind. At COP27, the establishment of the Just Transition Work […]
UN aid agencies are struggling to access provinces overrun by Rwanda-backed M23 rebel fighters early this year, although dramatic funding shortfalls for humanitarian work have also contributed to the dire situation. Kigali has consistently denied providing military support to the group. Aid would be easier to deliver if air access were restored, WFP stressed that […]
Ahmed Salem Lebsir, battalion chief and director of the Polisario Front Military School, stands next to an installation marking Morocco’s invasion of the area 50 years ago. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza / IPS by Karlos Zurutuza (Rome) Wednesday November 5, 2025 Inter-Press Office ROME, Nov 5 (IPS) – Ehmudi Lebsir was 17 when he trudged more […]
CIVICUS Secretary General Mandeep Tiwana during International Civil Society Week 2025. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (Bangkok) Saturday November 1, 2025 Inter-Press Office BANGKOK, Nov 1 (IPS) – It’s a somber global moment as civil society actors battle assassinations, imprisonments, trumped-up charges and cuts to pro-democracy movements in a world gripped by inequality, climate […]
Mali’s military-led government has revoked more than 90 mining permits over alleged non-compliance with the country’s new legal requirements. An official decree signed by Mining Minister Amadou Keita on October 13 announced the revocation of permits issued between 2015 and 2022 for gold, iron ore, bauxite, uranium, rare earths and other minerals. Reuters reports this. […]
A community health worker in a door-to-door campaign to vaccinate people in communities in Nanyamba village, Mtwara region, southeastern Tanzania. Credit: Kizito Makoye/IPS by Kizito Makoye (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) Tuesday October 28, 2025 Inter-Press Office DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Oct 28 (IPS) – When COVID-19 hit Tanzania in 2020, Alfred Kisena’s life was torn […]
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When noted religious skeptic and TV host Bill Maher highlighted the plight of Christians in Nigeria during a conversation with South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace in September, he brought up a conversation that has been an ongoing tension for many of us in the humanitarian space: […]
A seller speaks to a customer at a second-hand clothing market in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (Mutare, Zimbabwe) Thursday October 23, 2025 Inter-Press Office MUTARE, Zimbabwe, Oct 23 (IPS) – Shamiso Marambanyika helps a male customer choose a pair of jeans on a Saturday morning in Mutare, a town […]
