By Morounfolu Olugbosi JOHANNESBURG, Oct 21 2021 (IPS)- Before COVID-19 came along, tuberculosis (TB) was a primary focus of health authorities in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2019, approximately 1.4...
By Neena Bhandari Sydney, Australia, Sep 23 2021 (IPS) - Sepesa Curuki and his community are coming to terms with the prospect of relocation from Cogea village on Fiji’s second-largest island of...
By Mario LubetkinMario Lubetkin is Assistant Director General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ROME, Sep 17 2021 (IPS) - The traumatic events that occurred in...
LIMA – Sequía y un frío inusitado en la calurosa selva central de Perú son dos manifestaciones del cambio climático que este año ha experimentado Aurora Coronado, productora del valle agrícola de La...
BUENOS AIRES – “Jamás en mi vida había recibido tanto amor de personas desconocidas como he recibido en Argentina”, cuenta Claudina Noriega, una psicóloga proveniente de Caracas que se radicó en...
Aug 6 2021 - Awut Deng Acuil is the first female Minister of Education for South Sudan, and only the second person to serve as Minister of Education for her country -- which became independent...
By Sania Farooqui NEW DELHI, India, Jul 29 2021 (IPS) - The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most hostile and dangerous regions for journalists. A complex conflict, deeply rooted in the...
HAMILTON, Ontario, Canada, Jul 29 2021 (IPS) - In 1995, a highly-respected water expert in South Africa, Bill Pitman, in very concise terms illustrated that the country, already battling a growing...
RÍO DE JANEIRO – En 2020 nacieron 2310 hijos de madres venezolanas en hospitales del estado de Roraima, en el norte de Brasil, en la frontera con Venezuela. El promedio de 6,3 al día bajó a 5,4 entre...
By Joyce Chimbi NAIROBI, KENYA , Jul 27 2021 (IPS) - The difficulties in accessing education faced by children and young people forcibly displaced from their homes were today laid bare in a virtual...