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They ask heartbreaking questions: "What will happen to us?" "Is it true they will deport us?" "We don't want to go back. How can I live in Afghanistan?" The words of Sumaiya, who staffs a helpline for refugees and asylum-seekers living in Pakistan .. ...

When her family moved from Somalia to London in the 1980s, Safia Jama watched women in her community help her mother navigate a new life in the UK -- booking doctor's appointments, enrolling children in school, and learning how to access everyday ...

Sudan's protracted conflict has spiralled into one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises, with hunger, displacement and the collapse of basic services exacting a daily toll on civilians.

When it comes to protecting women and girls from gender-based violence, change happens when they are "at the heart of every decision," according to Erin Kenny, Global Coordinator of the Spotlight Initiative a United Nations-European Union partnership ...

NITERÓI, Brazil, January 9 (IPS) - "We moved from a context of socio-environmental exclusion to one of environmental justice," said Dionê Castro, coordinator of the Sustainable Oceanic Region Program which led Brazil's largest nature-based ...

BULAWAYO, January 9 (IPS) - As they ate catered meals, COP30 negotiators had no appetite for fixing broken food systems, a major source of climate pollution, experts warn.

WASHINGTON, USA, January 9 (IPS) - The Trump Administration's sweeping executive order to withdraw the United States from dozens of United Nations bodies and international organizations, as well as a treaty ratified by the United States with the ...

Aid agencies marked 1,000 days of war in Sudan on Friday with a grim reminder that the conflict has created the world's biggest hunger crisis and largest displacement emergency. Every day, civilians have been "paying the price for a war they did not ...

The United States' intention to withdraw from a host of UN bodies announced this week targets programmes and initiatives focusing on a wide range of crucial areas, including the climate crisis, trade, gender and development.

The UN has raised serious concerns ahead of Uganda's elections scheduled for 15 January, warning they will take place in an environment marked by widespread repression, intimidation and shrinking civic space.