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Dwindling Humanitarian Aid Devastates the Rohingyas in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp

UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (IPS) - Nearly nine years after the violent persecution of the Rohingya minority population in Myanmar...

A UN Secretary-General who Defied the US– and Suffered a Backlash

UNITED NATIONS, June 22 (IPS) - When Egypt’s onetime Foreign Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali was running for the post of U.N....

Sudan: Security Council warns of mass atrocity risk in El Obeid

The UN Security Council has expressed alarm over reports of substantial military reinforcements by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) around...

Hong Kong: No Safety in Exile

LONDON, June 19 (IPS) - When performance artist Sammu Chen tried to tie a red thread to a streetpost, plainclothes...

How AgricTech Cuts Labour for Zimbabwe’s Female Farmers

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe , June 19 (IPS) - Long burdened by the labour-intensive nature of agriculture, Zimbabwe’s female farmers are finding...