By Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM / ROME, Jul 9 2019 (IPS) The Libyan catastrophe and the suffering of ”illegal” migrants are generally depicted as fairly recent events, though they are actually the results of a long history of greed, contempt for others and fatal shortsightedness. Like former Yugoslavia, Libya was created from […]

Sandton Gautrain Station in Johannesburg, South Africa. By Finbarr ToeslandUNITED NATIONS, Jul 9 2019 (IPS) Megacities, cities with a population of at least 10 million, are sprouting everywhere in Africa. Cairo in Egypt, Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Lagos in Nigeria are already megacities, while […]

The United Nations said the current internet shutdown in Sudan forms part of a larger effort to stifle the free expression and association of the Sudanese population, and to curtail the ongoing protests in the country. In this dated picture, Sudanese journalists attend a press conference. Courtesy: Albert González Farran […]

As awareness is rising about the need to reduce carbon emissions drastically, more and more companies are transitioning to renewables as their primary energy source. Yet not even the scores of major companies, including corporate giants such as Apple and Google, that have pledged to use only renewable energy in […]

This paper brings together evidence on the links between social norms and sexual and reproductive health as well as women’s economic empowerment.