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As Military Force Returns, Can Dialogue Still Build Peace? An Assisi Gathering Confronts the Question

From stalled peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of...

När militär makt åter träder fram – kan dialog fortfarande skapa fred? Ett möte i Assisi ställer frågan

Från de avstannade fredsansträngningarna i Demokratiska republiken Kongo till...

Turning Nuclear Memory Into Joint Action: Kazakhstan and Soka Gakkai Expand Their Cooperation

Drawing on the experiences of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Semipalatinsk,...

As El Niño Returns, East Africa’s Urban Poor Brace for Heavy Rains

By Kizito Makoye     DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (IPS)...

COVID-19 Pushes Millions into Destitution

By Jaya Ramachandran GENEVA (IDN) — A once-in-a-century crisis—a Great Disruption unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic—hit the world economy in 2020. The pandemic has reached every corner of the globe. Meanwhile,...

UN’s ECOSOC Chief Calls for Backing Up World’s Poor Fight COVID-19

By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | NEW YORK (IDN) — UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) President Munir Akram has called for a 'Coalition of the Willing' to...

COVID-19: Brazil Implements Basic Income Policy Following Massive Civil Society Campaign

By Pedro Telles The writer is 2018-19 Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity at the International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics. SÃO PAULO (IDN) –...

UN Warns of Growing Inequality Triggering New Great Divergence

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – In the run-up to 2020, the UN has warned that despite remarkable progress on laying a solid...

$78 Billion a Year Will Suffice to Abolish Extreme Poverty

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power “Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere” is the first of 17 Goals of the United Nations. The latest data indicate...

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När militär makt åter träder fram – kan dialog fortfarande skapa fred? Ett möte i Assisi ställer frågan

Från de avstannade fredsansträngningarna i Demokratiska republiken Kongo till...

Turning Nuclear Memory Into Joint Action: Kazakhstan and Soka Gakkai Expand Their Cooperation

Drawing on the experiences of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Semipalatinsk,...

As El Niño Returns, East Africa’s Urban Poor Brace for Heavy Rains

By Kizito Makoye     DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (IPS)...

People Who Choose to End Their Lives

By Joseph ChamieReprint PORTLAND, USA (IPS) - People who...
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