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WHO: Migrants and Refugees Face Rising Health Risks as Global Systems Fall Short

UNITED NATIONS, April 2 (IPS) - Global human migration is at record-high levels, as the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates...

UN80: UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Mandate Review

UNITED NATIONS, April 2 (IPS) - UN Member States made progress toward the UN80 initiative by adopting a resolution that...

MC14 Exposed US Heavy Hand at the WTO; Developing Countries Need Each Other

YAOUNDE, Cameroon, April 2 (IPS) - The WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14), which took place from 26 to 30 March...

Artisanal Miners in Western Kenya Move Away From Mercury

KAKAMEGA, Kenya, April 1 (IPS) - They call this land Bushiangala. Gold has been mined here for nearly a century....

UNECA Warns Africa Risks Remaining Uncompetitive, Urges AI Adoption

TANGIER, Morocco, April 1 (IPS) - Africa must move swiftly to harness data and frontier technologies such as Artificial Intelligence...