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Africa · UgandaIPS looks at the project's human rights record for the compensation of affected communities. It is anticipated that part of the 1.4 billion barrels of oil discovered in the Rift Valley region bordering DRC should be pumped out of the ground by the end of 2025. So far, 12,000 jobs have been created, according to Betty Namubiru, the National Content Manager at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda.See the Story
The Bitter-Sweet Sides of Uganda’s Oil and Gas Development
Africa · KenyaYam, sweetpotato, cassava and other roots are forecast to create $140 billion in additional market value. Root crops can naturally withstand heat and drought better than cereals, legumes and vegetables. Cassava, in particular, is an unusual example of a food crop that may even benefit from rising temperatures.See the Story
Why Root Crops Are the Future of Food Security in Africa
Middle East · EgyptThe population of Egypt increased from 104 million in November 2022 to 105 million in June 2023. The population increase means that every 245 days, it increases by one million, or 3 people per minute. Cairo is the most populous Governorate in Egypt, with over 10 million residents, followed by Giza, with 9.5 million residents.See the Story
Population Increase in Egypt: A Blessing That Has Become a Curse
International · MalaysiaThe growing and changing material requirements for new technologies have triggered natural resource scrambles for strategic minerals, generating dangerous rivalries fought out in the global South. Scrambles for resources Jayati Ghosh, Shouvik Chakraborty and Debamanyu Das have analyzed these new scrambles for mineral resources in developing countries triggered by major new innovations since the electronics …See the Story
Dangerous Scramble for Renewable Energy Resources
Middle EastA group of UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed their grave concern over a new draft law in Iran sanctioning new punishments for women and girls who fail to wear the headscarf, or hijab, in public. Wearing a hijab in public is mandatory for women in Iran. Protests ensued in cities and towns across the country.See the Story
Women’s Lives and Freedom in Iran: Gains, Losses and Lessons One Year On
InternationalThe UN hosted a SDG Summit 2023 to review progress toward those goals. Asia-Pacific should have made half the progress needed to achieve the goals but its progress has reached only 14.4%. Only 18% of women are from the region among women in professional and higher categories of staff in UN organizations.See the Story
UN Must Live Up to Its Promises of Gender Equality —and Support Women
Middle EastThe anniversary of the death of Iranian student Mahsa Amini is being marked with a series of protests across the country. A year on, the theocratic regime has not been able to quell the protests, which have spread from the streets of Tehran to the country's towns and cities.See the Story
Iran: One Year on, What’s Changed?
United NationsThe UN has made remarkable progress providing food, shelter and medical care to millions of people caught in military conflicts. Four of the five permanent members (P5) of the Security Council were missing in action. The reform of the UN, including the revitalization of the General Assembly, has never got off the ground.See the Story
