Ephraim Walters in his fishing shed. The father of nine has been a fisherman for 59 years. Credit: Zadie Neufville/IPS…
Browsing: global issues
Grow Food, not Tobacco. Credit: PAHOby Thalif Deen (united nations)Thursday, June 01, 2023Inter Press ServiceOn May 31, the World Health Organization…
Big consumer goods companies, in league with the fossil fuel industry, produce more and more plastic, reaping the profits while…
Student evacuees from Sudan wait to return to Nigeria. Credit: Handoutby Abdullahi Jimoh (abuja)Tuesday, May 30, 2023Inter Press ServiceABUJA, May 30…
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has now reported on the “Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in the last…
Period poverty, or the inability to afford menstrual products, is a serious issue especially in developing countries, an issue menstruating…
This feature, which focuses on the illegal trade in substandard and fake medicines, is part of a UN News series…
Jaggery making on a sugarcane farm in Mandla. Small-scale farmers in India are benefitting from a scheme where they are…
Long wait at the border between Sudan and Egypt. Credit: Hisham Allam/IPSby Hisham Allam (cairo)Thursday, May 25, 2023Inter Press ServiceCAIRO, May…
Founder of Wagner private mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin (here pictured with fighters), claims that Bakhmut is now in Moscow’s control.…