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It was originally reported that 215 students had been kidnapped from St. Mary’s School in Papiri, Niger State, early Friday morning, but the figure was revised upwards to 303 students and 12 teachers, according to The Christian Association of Nigeria. The association’s president, who reportedly visited the school on Friday, said more than 80 students […]
The plan does not introduce new proposals, but sets out how the UN system intends to advance the proposals already on the table: 87 actions, grouped into 31 work packages across 3 work streams, ranging from peace operations and humanitarian response to technology, shared services and institutional mergers. “The aim is to bring structure, transparency […]
Delegates met at the Global Climate-Smart Agriculture Conference in Brasilia ahead of the COP30 climate talks. Credit: 2025Clim-Eat/Flickr Opinion by Ana Maria Loboguerrero (Belgium, Brazil) Thursday November 20, 2025 Inter-Press Office BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 20 (IPS) – The language of sustainability in agriculture changes with the seasons: from ‘climate-friendly’ to ‘regenerative’, ‘agroecological’ and ‘nature-positive’. Each […]
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 […]
Artificial intelligence is changing the way students, teachers and creators interact with education across the continent. A new wave of AI innovation is transforming learning in countries across the African continent – from chat-based tutors to hybrid hubs and gamified farms. Credit: UNICEF | Through initiatives such as Digital Skills for Africa, Lumo Hubs and […]
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 […]
Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), briefs reporters on UNRWA’s services in the occupied Palestinian territories and on UNRWA’s ongoing operations. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten by Oritro Karim (united nations) Tuesday November 18, 2025 Inter-Press Office UNITED NATIONS, Nov 18 (IPS) […]
COP30 Belém Amazônia (DAY 03) – PCOP daily press briefing. Credit: Rafa Neddermeyer/COP30 Brazil Amazon by Joyce Chimbi (Belgium, Brazil) Monday November 17, 2025 Inter-Press Office BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 17 (IPS) – The COP30 negotiations have reached the halfway point. So far, the conversations about historical similarities are moving forward, backward, or stagnant, depending on […]
More than 236,000 buildings were destroyed or damaged during the war and more than 2.5 million homes – approximately 10 percent of the housing stock – are damaged or inaccessible in some way due to the ongoing conflict. The shortage of council housing, combined with an under-regulated rental market and large-scale displacement caused by people […]
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 […]
