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‘The World Knows What Must Be Done’: New SDG Report Urges End to Wars and Greater Investment in People

SRINIGAR, India & PARIS, June 23 (IPS) - As the world enters the final years before the 2030 deadline for...

Our Ocean Conference: After Mombasa – Will Africa and the World Make Ocean Promises Real?

VICTORIA, Seychelles, June 22 (IPS) - Now that the lights have dimmed in Mombasa and the delegations have gone home,...

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...