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Violence, Climate Shocks, and Hunger Push The Sahel To The Brink of Collapse

By Oritro Karim UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Over the past few years,...

Central Asia Bets on a New Water–Land Pact to Survive Environmental Degradation

By Kizito Makoye SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (IPS) - As ministers, diplomats and development...

Africa’s Water is its Future. Who will Govern it?

By Cristina Duarte UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Africa holds 9 per cent...

Make Last Sprint Towards 2030 a ‘Turning Point’ for Nature Finance, Eighth GEF Assembly Told

By Cecilia Russell SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (IPS) - “While pressures on public budgets...

Young Africans Priced Out of Cities as Urban Housing Crisis Deepens

By Promise Eze ABUJA (IPS) - After graduating in 2019, Jeremiah Achimugu left Sokoto State in northwestern Nigeria for Abuja, the nation’s capital, in search of better...

Smallholder Farmers Are Not ‘Beneficiaries’, but the ‘Co-Creators of Change’

By Naureen Hossain NAIROBI (IPS) - Eliud Rugut comes from generations of farmers, yet his family expected him to move out of their home and pursue another...

Malnutrition in Nigeria Rises Alarmingly, Urgent Action Needed

By Promise Eze ABUJA, Jan 29 2025 (IPS) - In June 2024, 26-year-old Zainab Abdul noticed her two-year-old daughter growing pale, losing weight, and battling diarrhea. She...

A World Where Rich Get Richer, Poor Get Poorer — and Billionaires Rise

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Perhaps one of the UN’s most ambitious and longstanding projects – the launching of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)– is...

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2024

IPS Correspondents: Our world has witnessed unprecedented levels of economic development. The advance of our technological capabilities continues unabated. Our financial resources continue to grow. Yet, as of...

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Filipino Indigenous Leader Takes Ancient Wisdom to the Global Stage

By Kizito Makoye SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan(IPS) - Every year, when dark clouds gather...
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