INPS Japan

Tanzania’s Women Miners Digging for Equality in a Male-Dominated Industry

By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM (IPS) - Under the scorching Tanzanian sun, Neema Mushi wipes sweat from her dust-covered face and swings her pickaxe into the...

Sights Set on Highest Ambition as World Rows Through Toughest Ocean Crisis

By Joyce Chimbi BUSAN, Korea (IPS) - Participants from over 100 countries will leave the 10th Our Ocean Conference in Busan, the Republic of Korea, with stark...

Kazakhstan Celebrates Unity in Diversity

By Aiman Nakispekova ASTANA – Kazakhstan marks the Day of Unity of the People on May 1, paying tribute to the country’s rich multicultural identity. Officially...

Chel Snakehead: A Fish That Time Forgot, Rediscovered

By Diwash Gahatraj NEW DELHI (IPS) - The Chel Snakehead fish, thought to be extinct, has made a dramatic comeback to the eastern Himalayan ecosystem after more...

The ‘Plastic Man’: Turning Trash into Treasure

DAKAR, Senegal (IPS) – In a quiet corner of Medina Gounass, on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, one man has taken it upon himself to...