Putting Road Safety on the Development Agenda
Stephen LeahyLEIPZIG, Germany, May 31 2011 (IPS) - The leading killer of children over the age of five is not...
South Sudan’s Most Vulnerable
JUBA, Sep 29 2011 - At first sight, the village of Rokwe on the outskirts of Juba looks like any...
Q&A: Water Will Be Lifeblood of Smart Urban Expansion
U.N. Bureau Chief Thalif Deen interviews ANDERS BERNTELL, executive director of the Stockholm International Water InstituteUNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 2011...
Give Women the Seeds and They Can Feed the World
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 2011 (IPS) - If women farmers were given more tools and resources, the number of hungry...
SOUTH AFRICA: No Political Will to Support Generic Medication
Kristin PalitzaCAPE TOWN , Nov 16 2011 (IPS) - South African health experts are calling on governments to use legally...
CAMEROON: Stepping Naturally Away from Plastic
YAOUNDÉ, Jan 6 2012 (IPS) - Maya Stella, a restaurant manager in the capital of Cameroon, no longer uses plastic...
Drought in Sahel Affects Urban Cameroonians
YAOUNDE, Feb 27 2012 (IPS) - Sala Aminata, a housewife from Logone and Shari Division in Cameroon’s Far North Region,...
Liberia’s Government Finding a Way to End FGM
MONROVIA, Apr 2 2012 (IPS) - There were three people. One person was holding me down; one person was holding...
Hunger Feeds Growing Protests in Prison
A demonstration at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Credit: Jillian Kestler-D’Amours/IPS A demonstration at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Credit: Jillian Kestler-D’Amours/IPSJERUSALEM,...
Finetuning the Fight Against AIDS in Cuba
HAVANA, Jun 18 2012 (IPS) - New attitudes are emerging among Cubans toward the AIDS epidemic, as HIV-positive people who...