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Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Tuesday January 6, 2026 Inter-Press Office KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 6 (IPS) – While US President Donald Trump has blamed the BRICS and foreign investors for de-dollarization, his rhetoric, actions and policies are mainly responsible for the recent acceleration of the trend. Jomo Kwame Sundaram Threats and […]
Samuel Ndungu works on his farm in Githunguri, Kenya. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (Githunguri, Kenya) Wednesday December 24, 2025 Inter-Press Office GITHUNGURI, Kenya, Dec 24 (IPS) – For the past two years, Samuel Ndungu, a smallholder farmer, has been growing and supplying organic food to the local market in Githunguri, just […]
In the Central Gaza Strip, State of Palestine, four-year-old Abd Al Kareem eats from a pouch of lipid-based nutritional supplements (LNS) during a UNICEF survey on malnutrition. Credit: UNICEF/Rawan Eleyan by Oritro Karim (united nations) Tuesday December 23, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Dec 23 (IPS) – Despite notable improvements in humanitarian conditions in the […]
“Central Asia plus Japan Dialogue” (CA+JAD). Credit: The Office of the Prime Minister of Japan Opinion by Katsuhiro Asagiri (Tokyo, Japan) Monday December 22, 2025 Inter-Press Office TOKYO, Japan, Dec 22 (IPS) – The leaders of Japan and the five Central Asian states met in Tokyo on December 20 and approved the “Tokyo Declaration”, launching […]
Sahrawi refugees walk near the Awserd refugee camp in Algeria’s Tindouf province. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider by Umar Manzoor Shah (Srinagar, India) Tuesday December 16, 2025 Inter-Press Office SRINAGAR, India, Dec 16 (IPS) – The global refugee system is entering a period of great tension. The delivery of protection and aid is undergoing a transformation […]
A snowy Christmas could be forgotten in many places if we do not avoid serious climate change. Credit: Shutterstock Opinion by Philippe Benoit (Washington DC) Monday December 15, 2025 Inter-Press Office WASHINGTON DC, Dec 15 (IPS) – As Christmas draws closer, one song is ringing the airwaves in the United States and elsewhere: White Christmas. […]
A family poses in front of their house that was rebuilt as part of the Sindh People’s Housing for Flood Affectees (SPHF). At COP30, the project was highlighted for its significant successes in empowering women in rehousing families following the devastating floods of 2022. Credit: SPHF by Cecilia Russel (Belgium, Brazil) Friday December 12, 2025 […]
Caroline Awuor plants seedlings on her farm in Siaya County, western Kenya. She is a beneficiary of the My Farm Trees Project. Credit: Jackson Okata/IPS by Jackson Okata (Siaya, Kenya) Monday December 8, 2025 Inter-Press Office SIAYA, Kenya, Dec 8 (IPS) – Morris Onyango has been trying for years to reforest his degraded land on […]
Nickson Zhuwayo, a Grade 7 student at Manyoshwa Primary School in Seke, Zimbabwe, uses this lantern to read and do his homework at home. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (like, Zimbabwe) Friday December 5, 2025 Inter-Press Office SEKE, Zimbabwe, Dec 5 (IPS) – When Monica Ben goes home after school, she takes […]
Nigerians at a newsstand with headlines reflecting the Trump-Nigeria saga. Credit: Promise Eze/IPS by Promise Eze (Abuja, Nigeria) Wednesday November 26, 2025 Inter-Press Office ABUJA, Nigeria, Nov 26 (IPS) – Diplomatic ties between Nigeria and the US have deteriorated further after US President Donald Trump threatened “military” intervention over what some US lawmakers have called […]
