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FAYZABAD, Afghanistan, August 21 (IPS) - Afghanistan has seen a number of unexplained murders in recent months.One of the latest victims is Lailuma, the wife of well-known local singer Salam Maftoon and a community activist. Read the full story, “Lailuma Built Opportunities for Afghan Women – Then She Was Killed”, on globalissues.org →
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, August 21 (IPS) - The 14-year-old girl arrived at the hospital fighting for her life. After a tragic hit-and-run car accident, she was rushed into the emergency department with serious abdominal injuries. Every passing minute brought her closer to death. Read the full story, “New Emergency Care Skills Help Tanzania’s Frontline Doctors Save Lives”, on globalissues.org →
LONDON, August 21 (IPS) - India’s strongman leader, Narendra Modi, has just been forced to do the thing he likes least: making concessions in response to protests. Read the full story, “Cockroach Insult Unleashes Biggest Challenge yet to Modi’s Repressive Rule”, on globalissues.org →
UNITED NATIONS, August 21 (IPS) - As the global HIV response shifts toward sustainable, nationally led, and rights-based care, a new UNAIDS framework published this week argues that integration must start with a country’s readiness. Read the full story, “UNAIDS Framework Pushes for the Protection and Integration of HIV Care”, on globalissues.org →
As the deadliest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo’s history continued spreading on Friday, UN responders renewed their urgent appeal for immediate international support, with existing funding for lifesaving work critically low. Read the full story, “DR Congo Ebola outbreak spreading exponentially, UN responders warn”, on globalissues.org →
UNITED NATIONS, August 20 (IPS) - World Humanitarian Day celebrates humanitarian workers and the life-saving services they provide under the most complex and often dangerous conditions. Read the full story, “World Humanitarian Day — Protect Aid Workers Against Drones”, on globalissues.org →
ROME, August 20 (IPS) - FIVE years after the Taliban returned to power, Fawzia Koofi, the former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament, denounces what she describes as “gender apartheid.” Read the full story, “How the Taliban Hunt Women in Afghanistan”, on globalissues.org →
Russian ballistic missile strikes killed 17 people and injured more than 40 in and around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, local authorities reported. Read the full story, “Russian missiles kill 17 more in Ukraine as Guterres calls for ceasefire”, on globalissues.org →
Ninety-four cent of Gaza’s 2.1 million residents need shelter as Israeli gunfire and strikes continue inside the enclave, UN agencies and peacekeepers warned on Thursday. Read the full story, “Middle East: 94 per cent need shelter in Gaza, Israel ramps up demolitions in Lebanon”, on globalissues.org →
Ten days after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia, an estimated 1.2 million people need humanitarian assistance, while some communities have still received little or no aid, UN agencies said on Thursday. Read the full story, “Colombia earthquake: 1.2 million need aid as some communities remain out of reach”, on globalissues.org →
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine from the UN’s international vaccine coordination group (ICG) to protect frontline communities against the Ebola virus disease. Read the full story, “DR Congo receives 70,000 Ebola vaccine doses as Bundibugyo outbreak spreads”, on globalissues.org →
The under-reported humanitarian crisis in South Sudan risks deepening with the real possibility of further atrocity crimes unless renewed fighting stops, a UN-backed probe said on Thursday. Read the full story, “As elections near, South Sudan risks new atrocity crimes, warns rights probe”, on globalissues.org →
Weeks have gone by since the World Cup ended. Its aftermath has sparked a broader conversation about who football’s biggest tournament belongs to and how it should look in 2030 . One postscript to that conversation comes from Mexico. Read the full story, “How Mexico’s Search Collectives Claimed a Place at the World Cup”, on globalissues.org →
UNITED NATIONS, August 19 (IPS) - When smoking was common in the corridors of the UN, in the delegate’s lounge and in committee rooms during the 1970s and 90s, the office of the Secretary-General sent a memo that read: “Smoking was Discouraged” in the UN building—sounding far short of a ban. Read the full story, “UN Reiterates its 18-Year-Old Ban on Smoking”, on globalissues.org →
CIVICUS discusses the state of civic and humanitarian action in Gaza with Ibrahim Arandas, a Palestinian activist and project manager at SPARK Gaza, a civil society organisation that provides humanitarian and psychosocial support. Read the full story, “GAZA: ‘There Are No Standards to Tell You What to Do in Conditions like Gaza’”, on globalissues.org →
SYDNEY, August 19 (IPS) - The 13th of August marked the 100th birthday of Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz – in short Fidel Castro. Amidst an intensified US siege and the threat of invasion, Cubans commemorated their dear leader’s centenary birth anniversary with events that included an International Book Fair, art exhibitions, concerts and gatherings of delegates from…
What if the infrastructure needed to fight climate change could also help repair the land beneath it? Read the full story, “The clean energy transition needs land. Can it help restore it too?”, on globalissues.org →
Reports of new illegal Israeli outposts in the occupied West Bank raised alarms at UN Headquarters on Wednesday while the UN rights office called on Israel to condemn its national security minister’s words that incite “violence amounting to atrocity crimes” against Palestinians. Read the full story, “Raising alarm over new illegal Israeli outposts, UN condemns attacks, incitement against…
