By External SourceMay 8 2023 (IPS-Partners)   Folly Bah Thibault was appointed as Education Cannot Wait’s Global Champion on 25 April 2023. Through her work for Al Jazeera, France24, Radio France International and Voice of America, Thibault has become one of the most recognized and respected journalists in the world. […]

Country: Myanmar Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs The security and humanitarian situations in Myanmar have continued to worsen amid ongoing fighting across multiple states, particularly in Kachin, the Northwest and Southeast.

Concert musicians performing at the University of Maryland plan to use an augmented reality (AR) experience to call attention to sea level rise in the Eastern Shore region of the United States coastline. Their audience will hear the music live but also can use the ImmerSphere app to add immersive […]

Countries: Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, World, Yemen Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees With the eruption of conflict on 15 April, UN refugees agency urges all countries to allow civilians fleeing Sudan, non-discriminatory access to their territories.

Dramas, using professional actors and compelling storylines, are used to persuade reluctant parents to have their children immunized against polio. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS By Ashfaq YusufzaiPESHAWAR, May 5 2023 (IPS) Pakistan, one of two polio-endemic countries in the world, has started staging theatrical dramas to promote immunisation in an attempt […]