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Bill Commits U.S. Diplomacy to Ending Abuse of Women
Women protest insecurity and living conditions at a tent camp in central Port-au-Prince, January 2011. Credit: Ansel Herz/IPSBy Carey L. BironWASHINGTON, Dec 6 2013 (IPS) The U.S. Congress is being...
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U.N. Stays on Sidelines of Central African Chaos
Patients wait at the Kaga Bandoro Hospital in Central CAR. An estimated 35 percent of the population is particularly vulnerable and in need of life-saving assistance. Credit: Gregoire Pourtier/cc by...
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Working To Honour Nelson Mandela’s Legacy
Former South African President Nelson Mandela died at the age of 95 on the evening of Dec. 5, 2013. Courtesy: Government Communication and Information System (GCIS)By Qaanitah Hunter and Estelle...
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Deforestation Spawns Creeping Desert in Central Argentina
The water level in the Dique La Quebrada, the reservoir seven km from Río Ceballos, has never been lower. Credit: Fabiana Frayssinet/IPS By Fabiana FrayssinetRÍO CEBALLOS, Argentina , Dec 6 2013 (IPS)...
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Poll Finds Iranians Sceptical of Rouhani Government
By Barbara SlavinWASHINGTON, Dec 6 2013 (IPS) A new poll following the election of President Hassan Rouhani says that a majority of Iranians oppose Iran’s intervention in Syria and Iraq and believe...
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OP-ED: What Europe Must Do for Syrian Refugees
Syrian refugee children learn to survive at a camp in north Lebanon. Credit: Zak Brophy/IPSBy António Guterres and Anders DanielssonGENEVA/STOCKHOLM, Dec 6 2013 (IPS) The terrible bloodshed in Syria...
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AIDS-Free Generation Still a Dream in Southern Africa
Eighteen-year-old Maureen Phiri from Malawi knows first-hand about the loneliness of HIV. At age 12, she discovered her HIV status but did not tell her mother. Courtesy: Martina SchwikowskiBy Martina...
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When Families Fear “Human Services”
While only 50.3 percent of Philadelphia’s children are black, they comprise 73 percent of children in foster care. Credit: BigstockBy Kanya D'AlmeidaPHILADELPHIA, U.S., Dec 6 2013 (IPS) It is nearly...
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Free Expression Another Casualty of Sanctions
Western tech companies are often confused as to what type of digital products they are actually allowed to unblock in sanctioned countries. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPSBy Ramy SrourWASHINGTON, Dec 6 2013...
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Mandela, Pacifist or Rebel?
Nelson Mandela in 1937. Credit: Public domainBy Diana CariboniMONTEVIDEO, Dec 6 2013 (IPS) Perhaps it’s a false contradiction. But today there are many who stress the pacifist message with which South...
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Staff Accuses U.N. of Violating Human Rights
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Staff Union representatives from around the world on Oct. 4, 2013. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder DebebeBy Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Dec 7 2013 (IPS) The...
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Orphaned by Poverty
(L to R) Eric Gjertsen from Payday Men's Network, Carolyn Hill and Celyn Camen from EMWM. Credit: Kanya D'Almeida/IPSBy Kanya D'AlmeidaPHILADELPHIA, U.S., Dec 7 2013 (IPS) Seated at a table in the...
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More U.N. States Quietly Say No to Drug War
A group of drug users in a Dhaka suburb. Credit: Shafiqul Alam Kiron, Map/IPSBy Samuel OakfordUNITED NATIONS, Dec 7 2013 (IPS) An internal United Nations draft document leaked last weekend has offered...
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An African Dream Called Lampedusa
African migrants wait for work in Tripoli that might pay eventually to take them to Lampedusa in Italy. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPS.By Karlos ZurutuzaTRIPOLI, Dec 8 2013 (IPS) Youssef crossed the...
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Drone Killings Show Numbers, Not Bodies
Local leaders at a protest camp against drones in Hayatabad town in Pakistan. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS.By Ashfaq YusufzaiPESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec 9 2013 (IPS) More than 300 U.S. drone attacks have...
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ARV Intolerance – A Growing Problem for AIDS Treatment in Africa
A CD4 testing machine. Research by the University of Zimbabwe shows that female patients with high CD4 counts have developed a nevirapine toxicity. Credit: Jennifer Mckellar/IPSBy Ignatius BandaCAPE...
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Africa Urged to Use Multilateral Approach to Achieve Sustainable Development
Irrigation near Kakamas, South Africa. Experts at the African Development Bank (AfDB) say they have witnessed irrigation systems that have been designed based on ecosystems and river basins that have...
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The Nobel for Peace – an Expanding Scandal
In this column, Norwegian lawyer and author Fredrik S. Heffermehl, whose latest title is The Nobel Peace Prize: What Nobel Really Wanted http://www.nobelwill.org, writes that the Nobel Committee has...
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Lynch Mobs Hide Behind ‘Community Justice’ in Bolivia
Police officers carry the charred remains of a lynch mob victim in a community in Chapare in the Bolivian department of Cochabamba. Credit: Courtesy of Dico Soliz/OpiniónBy Franz ChávezLA PAZ, Dec 9...
View ArticleU.S. Still Playing Catch-up in Asia
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 2013 (IPS) U.S. Vice President Joe Biden wrapped up his finger-wagging tour of Asia on Friday, with a busy week of lecturing the Chinese, trying to get the South Koreans and Japanese...
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