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A village in Nigeria that has been flooded due to the collapse of the Alau dam in Maiduguri. Credit: Esty Sutyoko/OCHA by Oritro Karim (united nations) Friday, September 13, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 (IPS) – On Monday, the Alau dam in Maiduguri, Borno State, collapsed, causing flash floods to ravage neighbouring regions…
Credit: Freedom House Opinion by Liam Scott (washington) Tuesday, August 27, 2024 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) – At least 55 governments in the past decade have restricted the freedom of movement for people they deem as threats, including journalists, according to a Freedom House report published last Thursday. Governments control freedom of movement…
Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Monday, August 19, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Aug 19 (IPS) – There was an unusual sense of hope going into Venezuela’s 28 July presidential election. Democracy seemed on the horizon. María Corina Machado, the opposition’s rallying figure, had inspired a rare level of enthusiasm, promising millions of…
Confrontation with a Deep Sea Mining Ship in the at-risk Pacific Region. Greenpeace International activists from around the world have paddled and protested around MV COCO, a specialized offshore drilling vessel currently collecting data for deep sea mining frontrunner, The Metals Company, on its last expedition before it files the world’s first ever application to mine…
Credit: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Monday, July 15, 2024 Inter Press Service LONDON, Jul 15 (IPS) – The political tide has turned in the UK – and civil society will be hoping for an end to government hostility. The 4 July general election ended 14 years of rule by…