South Sudan

April 17, 2024

Ongoing fighting threatens to exacerbate food insecurity in Sudan, says UN official

Ongoing fighting in Sudan threatens to exacerbate food insecurity across the country, a United Nations (UN) official has said, calling for urgent agricultural support to Sudan. “The scale and severity of hunger

Education Is a ‘Life-Saving Intervention’ in Emergencies, Says South Sudan’s Education Minister

In times of crisis, education is an essential component of humanitarian intervention packages, South Sudan’s Minister of General Education and Instruction Awut Deng Acuil told IPS in an exclusive interview. She was speaking to IPS during the UN’s ECOSOC High-Level

August 3, 2023

Ongoing fighting threatens to exacerbate food insecurity in Sudan, says UN official

April 17, 2024

Ongoing fighting in Sudan threatens to exacerbate food insecurity across the country, a United Nations (UN) official has said, calling for urgent agricultural support to Sudan. “The scale and severity of hunger

Education Is a ‘Life-Saving Intervention’ in Emergencies, Says South Sudan’s Education Minister

August 3, 2023

In times of crisis, education is an essential component of humanitarian intervention packages, South Sudan’s Minister of General Education and Instruction Awut Deng Acuil told IPS in an exclusive interview. She was

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Has India’s Election Commissioner Sinned?

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After Kohat: Why Pakistan’s Strikes on Taliban Were Needed

In March 2008, Colombian jets crossed into Ecuadorian airspace and

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Donald Trump and the Age of Evil

We must fight back while we can. But to do

Kashmir’s UN Ghost Returns

The Kashmir dispute has once again found its way onto

Munir’s Ascendancy

There are moments in the life of a nation when

Can Mark Carney build a new middle power alliance?

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney went to France over the

Can The UN Still Deliver?

World leaders gathering in New York for the 81st United

Greed and Conflicts – Are Humans Unwise?

The article questions whether humanity’s endless pursuit of power, wealth,

Women of the Latin American Left: Leaders in Power or Power-Hungry Women?

Three powerful Latin American women — Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez, Nicaragua’s

Different times, shared hearts: What brings China and the US together

This column looks beyond government tensions to explore the human