Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania Sources: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations As the locusts continue their invasion throughout eastern Africa, and more details […]

Credit: Patrick Burnett/IPS By Ifeanyi NsoforABUJA, Feb 25 2020 (IPS) Recently, Nigerian feminist author Ukamaka Olisakwe spoke about her post-partum depression after giving birth in the city of Aba, southeast Nigeria. This follows her 2019 Longreads essay, in which she narrated painful details of her experience.  In 2007, Olisakwe was 24 years old when she had her first […]

Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah (BPBD) Kabupaten Bener Meriah, Provinsi Aceh menyatakan bahwa kebakaran hutan dan lahan (karhutla) terjadi di kawasan Desa Uning Gelime, Kecamatan Wih Pesam dengan luas mencapai enam hektare, …

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Delegates gather at FAO headquarters to advance negotiations of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Credit: Maged Srour/IPS By Maged SrourROME, Feb 24 2020 (IPS) “The world out there is watching and waiting for results,” Elizabeth Maruma Mrema warns while talking to IPS regarding the preservation of biodiversity of our planet. […]

The spread of coronavirus has entered a new phase with outbreaks outside of China, and Italy’s count had reached 200 by Monday. What that meant for Milan Fashion Week, which was just wrapping up in the neighborhood of many of northern Italy’s confirmed cases, is that Sunday’s show from designer […]