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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Credit: UN Photo/Gustavo Stephan | The Group of Twenty (G20) consists of 19 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom and the United States) and two regional bodies: the European Union and the […]
Mariann Bassey-Olsson of AFSA, left, and Prof. Ruth Hall of PLAAS Nigeria. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS by Isaiah Esipisu (Addis Ababa) Wednesday November 19, 2025 Inter-Press Office The idea of land abundance is a colonial fiction that refuses to die. Our research shows that Africa’s lands are already intensively used and highly valued by millions of […]
Activists protest against the need to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius during COP30, Belém, Brazil. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (Belgium, Brazil) Tuesday November 18, 2025 Inter-Press Office We did not start this fire, but we will be handed the bill. The rich country’s bill. It’s time to pay it […]
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 […]
Amitabh Behar speaks to IPS at ICSW2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: Zofeen by Zofeen Ebrahim (Bangkok) Sunday November 2, 2025 Inter-Press Office BANGKOK, Nov 2 (IPS) – Speaking to IPS on the sidelines of International Civil Society Week in Bangkok (1-5 November), Amitabh Behar, Executive Director of Oxfam International and a passionate advocate for human […]
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 […]
A damaged classroom and school materials at Dahilig Primary School in Gainza Municipality, Camarines Sur, Philippines, weeks after severe Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami) caused extensive damage in October 2024. Credit: UNICEF/Larry Monserate Piojo by Oritro Karim (united nations) Thursday October 30, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (IPS) – By 2024, the climate crisis […]
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 […]
Time2Graze will use Sentinel-2 satellite data to monitor rangeland biomass and support farmers and land managers in making informed decisions about grazing management, resource allocation and sustainable land use. Opinion by Lindsey Sloat (Lancaster, op) Friday October 24, 2025 Inter-Press Office LANCASTER, PA, Oct 24 (IPS) – Thousands of years ago we looked to the […]
In Hela Province, in the far interior of mainland PNG, rural women would have to travel considerable distances by road or air to reach a hospital that provides mammograms for breast screening. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS by Catherine Wilson (Sydney, Australia) Friday October 24, 2025 Inter-Press Office SYDNEY, Australia, Oct 24 (IPS) – The burden of […]
