“Food Safety Policies Are Globally Necessary” Says World Health Organisation

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 8 2015 (IPS) – To mark World Health Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) […]

8.2 Million Iraqis In Need of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance

Credit: Iraqi Yazidi refugees receive help from the International Rescue Committee/Credit: DFID-UK Department for International Development/CC-BY-2.0 […]

Humanitarian Crisis Looming Over Venezuela, Says ICG

Children playing in Karañakaek, Venezuela. Credit: Fidel Márquez/IPS BRUSSELS, Aug 5 2015 (IPS) – A Brussels-based […]

Africa’s Senior Citizens Cornered By Poverty

Despite the UN goal to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger globally, Africa’s senior citizens are finding […]

Anti-Retrovirals but No Food

Daniel Chirara, a farmer in Vumba, Zimbabwe shows his wilting maize crop as the country suffers […]

Water Security Critical for World Fastest-Growing Economy

Water tanks and pots are used to store water all over Myanmar. Credit: Sara Perria/IPS YANGON, […]

Biogas Brings Heat and Light to Pakistan’s Rural Poor

Nabela Zainab prepares tea on the biogas stove in her home in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The stove […]

Dhaka Could Be Underwater in a Decade

This story is part of special IPS coverage of World Humanitarian Day on August 19. Dhaka […]

Aging, Depression and Disease in South Africa

Manoj K. Pandey is Lecturer in Economics, Development Policy Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; Vani […]

Genetically Engineered Disappointments

Jomo Kwame Sundaram is a former economics professor who served as a senior UN official during […]