People who choose to end their lives through voluntary assisted dying typically face terminal, incurable, or debilitating ...

Nearly three decades have passed, but Japhet Gimbi still remembers the El Niño-induced rain in his town of Tabora, in western ...

Nearly 40 percent of the population of Afghanistan is projected to face high levels of acute food insecurity this winter, and ...

Afghan women's protests continue online despite Taliban restrictions, as activists risk their safety to defend education, freedom and women's rights ...

Bangkok hosted two summits last week. Inside the Queen Sirikit Convention Center, more than 15,000 finance ministers, central ...

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 10 2026 (IPS) - Over the past few years, the humanitarian crisis in Africa’s Sahel region has expanded considerably, largely driven by a surge of violence—particularly in the ...

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 10 2026 (IPS) - New findings from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveal that millions of children are having their images manipulated into sexualized content through ...

The date also marked four years since a landmark UN report found that abuses in the region may constitute crimes against humanity. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch estimate that over a ...

The world lost more than 7m hectares of forest to deforestation in 2025, a modest improvement but still far from what is ...

An Ebola death last week in Kenya is highlighting the urgency of Africa’s public health emergency preparedness.

Thirty years of war and impunity fuel the DR Congo conflict. Ida Sawyer calls for international action to end atrocities and ...

Against this backdrop, the 2026 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty calls for Safe Homes for All, under the ...