Credit: United Nations by Baher Kamal (madrid) Monday, July 10, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jul 10 (IPS) – A quick glance at the current European political map would…
Read more Extremist Ideology in Europe: Leave Everyone Behind (Except Us)In the United States and Canada, overdose deaths, predominantly driven by an epidemic of the non-medical use of fentanyl, continue to break records. Credit: Shutterstock. by Baher Kamal (madrid)…
Read more Huge Increase in Transnational Crime in Asia ‘Golden TriangleSantiago Abascal, leader of Spain’s far-right Vox party. The party could soon be in government, after the 23 July 2023 general elections. Credit: Shutterstock by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday,…
Read more Extremist Ideology Spreading Like an Oil Spill in EuropeThese human tragedies are playing out at Europe’s land and sea borders on a daily basis. The first quarter of this year marked the deadliest in the central…
Read more Migration: Europe’s Complicity in Massive Human Rights ViolationsOceans produce at least 50% of the Planet’s oxygen, while absorbing about 30% of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming. Credit: Claudio Riquelme/IPS…
Read more Guess Who Is the Worst Enemy of the Oceans (And Everywhere Else)?Fake or substandard antimalarial medicines kill as many as 267,000 sub-Saharan Africans every year. Credit: Mercedes Sayagues/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, June 02, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID,…
Read more Of the Sahel and the Merchants of DeathThe UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has now reported on the “Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in the last 20 years.’ Credit: Manipadma Jena/IPS by Baher Kamal (rome)…
Read more Climate Carnage: Things Can Only Get Worse“As reuse and recycling capacities in Europe are limited, a large share of used textiles collected in the EU is traded and exported to Africa and Asia, and…
Read more Europe Sells to Africa and Asia 90% of Its Used Clothes, Textiles WasteThe argan tree forest constitutes a vital fodder reserve for all herds even in periods of drought. All parts of the argan tree are edible and very appreciated:…
Read more A Short Tale of a Tree and a Moroccan Wedding PartySeveral human-caused threats lay behind the current annual loss of up to 40% of food crops globally, mainly due to plant pests and the introduction of alien species.…
Read more Unceasing Human Attacks on the Source of 80% of Food, 98% of OxygenAfrica is the continent that has contributed the least (just 2 to 3%) to the causes of the current climate emergencies while bearing the brunt of 82% of…
Read more Of Africa and The Magic Formula of The Italian Taxi DriverRhine River, Cologne,,Germany,10.08.2022. Credit: Shutterstock. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Apr 25 (IPS) – Apologies to those Western politicians and media who…
Read more Now Europeans Learn What Climate Extremes Are All AboutThe IMF has made some encouraging improvements in paying attention to social protection, health, and education, but it needs to do much more to avoid, in its own…
Read more Africa, Now Squeezed to the Bones“If people do not change the way antibiotics are used now, these new antibiotics will suffer the same fate as the current ones and become ineffective” . Credit:…
Read more Superbugs Among Top 10 Threats to Whole Cycle of LifeWe’re spewing a torrent of waste and pollution that is affecting our environment, our economies, and our health, warns UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS by Baher…
Read more Planet GarbageHate speech – including online – has become one of the most common ways of spreading divisive rhetoric on a global scale, threatening peace around the world, says…
Read more Outright Hatred Towards Muslims, Risen to ‘Epidemic Proportions’Nearly every maternal death is preventable, and the clinical expertise and technology necessary to avert these losses have existed for decades. Credit: Patrick Burnett/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday,…
Read more Why Do 800 Mothers a Day – 1 Every 2 Minutes Die from Preventable Causes?Chronic underinvestment in agriculture is a key cause of the widespread hunger experienced in 2022, according to Oxfam report. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Friday, March 03,…
Read more Most African Govts (3 in 4) Spend More on Arms, Less on FarmsA million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction, we have lost half of the world’s corals and lose forest areas the size of 27 football fields…
Read more Wildlife Is Much More than a Safari. And It Is at Highest Risk of ExtinctionIn Nigeria’s Northeast the number of children suffering from acute malnutrition is projected to increase to two million in 2023. Credit: UNOCHA/Christina Powell. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, February…
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