By Global Issues UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) – On October 28, the Israeli parliament voted to ban activity from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Israel. Two bills were passed by the Knesset, Israel’s house of representatives, one that barred all UNRWA efforts, and […]
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By Global Issues CALI, Columbia, Oct 31 (IPS) – José Aruna, a forest defender from Sud Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), remembers the night in September 2019 when a group of heavily armed men barged into his house in the middle of the night. Aruna and his wife—6 months pregnant […]
By Global Issues CALI, Colombia, Oct 29 (IPS) – As countries are meeting in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 16), the fate of biodiversity hangs in the balance, and with it, the sustainability of our food systems. Read the full story, “Food Security Is Key To Making ‘Peace with Nature’”, […]