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 […]
Pope Francis Donates to FAO for Drought, Conflict-Stricken East Africa
Children in the town of Embetyo, Eritrea. Credit: OCHA/Gemma Connell ROME, Jul 21 2017 (IPS) – […]
Driven to Extremes–How Poverty Fuels Extremism, and How to Help Africa’s Youth
Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya. Follow him on twitter: African Union […]