News headlines in January 2024, page 7

Shakira has long helped raise awareness for the rights of the world’s most vulnerable children, so on the heels of the International Day of Educationmarked annually on 24 January, we took a look at the Grammy-award winning singer’s work with the UN.

HARARE, Jan 24 (IPS) - Twenty years after completing high school in Zimbabwe, 38-year-old Tinago Mukono still has not found employment, and in order to survive, he has switched to betting, turning it into a form of employment.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 (IPS) - IPS is offering an exceptional opportunity for two journalists to develop their understanding of climate change justice.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 (IPS) - For over a year, a group of United Nations peacekeepers from Ghana led by Captain Esinam Baah regularly patrolled the “blue line” or the demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel, and visited neighbourhoods in the area, checking in with local families and making sure they were safe.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 24 (IPS) - At high cost and with dubious efficiency, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have increased private profits at the public expense. PPPs have proved costly in financing public projects.

Work harder to end the war in Gaza and recognize the State of Palestine was the message once more from many countries on Wednesday, taking part in the two-day Security Council debate over the Middle East crisis.

In just a matter of years, Africa has become the “global epicentre of terrorism”, with groups such as Da’esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates exploiting local conflicts and fragilities to serve their own ends, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday, calling for violent extremism to be rooted out.

Houthi authorities in Yemen on Wednesday have ordered UN and other humanitarian staff holding US and UK passports to leave the country within a month.

UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Government of Bangladesh to undertake key reforms to reverse “repressive trends” and restore dialogue.

Nine people were killed and 75 injured on Wednesday in a direct hit on a training centre turned shelter in southern Gaza run by UNRWAthe UN agency that assists Palestinians, according to initial reports.