Insecurity and Violence Turn Nigeria into a ‘Pressure Cooker’ that Must Be Addressed Urgently — UN Human Rights Expert12
To Alternative on Wednesday Sep 04 2019 03:58

UN Human Rights Experts Decry Torture of Rakhine Men and Boys Held Incommunicado by Myanmar’s Military12
To Alternative on Wednesday Sep 04 2019 03:26

Friends give Syrian children a route off the streets and back into class13
To Alternative on Tuesday Sep 03 2019 05:58

This September Is Critical for Our Climate. Here’s What You Can Do61
To Alternative on Tuesday Sep 03 2019 05:42

Extreme Heating: Are We Hot Enough to Act Now on Climate?634
To Alternative on Tuesday Sep 03 2019 04:34

‘These Are Very Dark Times for Yemen’ – Senior UN Official on Air Strike Mass Casualties8
To Alternative on Monday Sep 02 2019 10:34

Is the UN’s High Seas Treaty Heading Towards Troubled Waters?8
To Alternative on Monday Sep 02 2019 06:34

Agriculture Is crucial to Africa’s Development But Needs Increased Mechanization to Boost Productivity, Reduce Harvest Losses, Meet Growing Demand for Food7
To Alternative on Monday Sep 02 2019 06:10

Trump Administration to Deport Sick Children, People with Disabilities9
To Alternative on Monday Sep 02 2019 05:59

Average Sea Surface and Land Temperatures across Large Parts of the World Are Forecast to Be Above Normal in September/November – World Meteorological Organization15
To Alternative on Monday Sep 02 2019 05:42

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Expresses Alarm at Statelessness Risk in India’s Assam2
To Alternative on Monday Sep 02 2019 04:51

A Long, Steep Road to Equality for Women at Work in Latin America and the Caribbean5
To Alternative on Monday Sep 02 2019 04:34

India Renders 2 Million Stateless, Far-Right BJP Slammed by Hindu Nationalists for Excluding Hindus8
To Alternative on Monday Sep 02 2019 04:26

Indigenous Peoples Protest in West Papua36
To Alternative on Monday Sep 02 2019 03:18

The Idea of Harmony – Religions in Modern China14
To Alternative on Monday Sep 02 2019 02:58

The Myth of Gender Differences in Intelligence17
To Alternative on Sunday Sep 01 2019 07:50

Reimagining ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ as Social Commentary on Inequalities in Asia-Pacific7
To Alternative on Sunday Sep 01 2019 06:50

The Burning of the Amazon Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg103
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 31 2019 07:10

Stop Blaming Cows and Start Targeting the Corporations that Are Destroying the Amazon39
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 31 2019 06:43

Triumph of the Right Is Changing the World Order13
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 31 2019 06:18

West Africa: Extreme Inequality in Numbers5
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 31 2019 05:58

Bananas Could Purify Water in the Amazon46
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 31 2019 05:34

‘We Are Better Herders Now’9
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 31 2019 04:58

Top of His Class and Hungry for More, a Young South Sudanese Refugee Battles the Odds20
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 31 2019 04:42

The Merciless Path Towards Europe: Mamadou’s Story17
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 31 2019 03:26

‘More than Half of World’s Refugee Children ‘Do Not Get an Education – UN Calls on Hosting Countries to Prevent Them from “Languishing” in Camps for Years and Losing Hope21
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 31 2019 03:10

Portugal as a Strategic Target37
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 31 2019 02:50

‘Ground Zero’: Report from the Former Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan28
To Alternative on Friday Aug 30 2019 05:50

Restoring the Future of Tradition90
To Alternative on Friday Aug 30 2019 04:26

The Arctic: Earth’s Last Frontier11
To Alternative on Friday Aug 30 2019 04:10

Beyond Brazil: Who Benefits from the Fires in the Bolivian Amazon?112
To Alternative on Friday Aug 30 2019 03:42

Iraq: Displaced Families Being Forced Out of Camps with Nowhere to Go8
To Alternative on Friday Aug 30 2019 03:18

Digital Hell118
To Alternative on Friday Aug 30 2019 02:58

‘Fires Raging in the Amazon Rainforest Are Compounding the Stress on Global Climate and Environment Already Unleashed by Exceptional Fires in the Arctic’14
To Alternative on Thursday Aug 29 2019 06:34

A Mother’s Desperate Plea16
To Alternative on Thursday Aug 29 2019 06:18

Hellish Journey over for Young Woman Rescued from the Mediterranean18
To Alternative on Thursday Aug 29 2019 06:10

Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Key in Stemming Amazon Fires10
To Alternative on Thursday Aug 29 2019 05:50

‘Extinction Crisis’ Pushes Countries to Agree Stronger Protection for Global Wildlife13
To Alternative on Thursday Aug 29 2019 05:34

‘Dramatic Resurgence’ of Measles Continues to Threaten the European Region, UN Health Experts Warn30
To Alternative on Thursday Aug 29 2019 04:43

‘The Legacy of Nuclear Testing Is Nothing but Destruction… Our Collective Security Depends on Bringing a Global Treaty into Force that Bans Nuclear Explosions’73
To Alternative on Thursday Aug 29 2019 04:34

How Car Companies Are Speeding Us Towards a Climate Crash (and What We Can Do to Stop Them)274
To Alternative on Thursday Aug 29 2019 04:26

Let the World’s Future Not Turn into Ashes2
To Alternative on Wednesday Aug 28 2019 06:26

Gaza: A Documentary Film12
To Alternative on Wednesday Aug 28 2019 06:10

Greenland Cannot Be Bought as It Is Not for Sale21
To Alternative on Wednesday Aug 28 2019 05:58

Urgent Action Needed in Greece to Save Lives Before Winter Sets In10
To Alternative on Wednesday Aug 28 2019 05:34

Five Campaigns to Prevent Irregular Migration in Mexico and Central America2
To Alternative on Wednesday Aug 28 2019 05:10

‘Complete Political Deadlock’ over Middle East Peace Risks More Violence, Regional Escalation, Warns UN Envoy3
To Alternative on Wednesday Aug 28 2019 04:58

Rummaging Through Trash To Find Clean Energy19
To Alternative on Monday Aug 26 2019 06:43

Little Hope of Justice for Rohingya, Two Years after Exodus7
To Alternative on Monday Aug 26 2019 06:11

The Poor – Black and White611
To Alternative on Monday Aug 26 2019 05:51

When Growing Vegetables Is No Longer Safe720
To Alternative on Monday Aug 26 2019 04:42

School Closures Triple in Central and Western Africa as Education Comes Under Fire37
To Alternative on Monday Aug 26 2019 04:18

Myanmar Military Committed “Routine, Systematic” Sexual Violence against Ethnic Minorities – UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission.10
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 24 2019 04:43

What Would It Really Take to Plant a Trillion Trees?13
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 24 2019 04:34

Statement by the Executive Director of UN Environment on the Ongoing Fires in the Amazon Rainforest4
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 24 2019 03:58

7 Secrets that Forests Have Been Keeping from You46
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 24 2019 03:42

Not So Rosy: Time to Halt Trafficking of Coveted Tropical Timber15
To Alternative on Friday Aug 23 2019 10:26

Relentless Sequence of Disasters in Asia-Pacific ‘Sign of Things to Come’, Cautions UN Regional Body188
To Alternative on Friday Aug 23 2019 05:58

Our Vanishing World: Glaciers8
To Alternative on Friday Aug 23 2019 05:42

How to Bring the Indus Delta Back to Life – Give it Water7
To Alternative on Friday Aug 23 2019 05:26

The Difficult Relationships Between Iran And USA – Who Is Looking For, or to Whom a War Is Convenient?13
To Alternative on Friday Aug 23 2019 04:18

Lack of Funds Forces UN to Close Down Life-Saving Aid Programmes in Yemen13
To Alternative on Thursday Aug 22 2019 07:11

Fascism, Then and Now8
To Alternative on Thursday Aug 22 2019 06:42

‘Restraint and Genuine Dialogue in the Middle East, Urgently Needed to Avoid a Major Confrontation, Which Would Have Disastrous Consequences, Even Well beyond the Region’6
To Alternative on Wednesday Aug 21 2019 07:59

Deadly Airstrikes and Drone Hits Displace Thousands of Civilians in Libya Oasis Town162
To Alternative on Wednesday Aug 21 2019 05:51

‘No Time to Lose’ UN Special Envoy Tells Security Council, ‘Yemen Cannot Wait’12
To Alternative on Wednesday Aug 21 2019 05:50

5 Ways to Reduce Our Reliance on Plastic15
To Alternative on Wednesday Aug 21 2019 05:26

Negotiating Legally-Binding Agreement to Provide Future Generations with a ‘Healthy, Resilient and Productive Ocean’9
To Alternative on Wednesday Aug 21 2019 04:43

‘Invisible’ Crisis of Water Quality Threatens Human and Environmental Well-Being: World Bank Report9
To Alternative on Wednesday Aug 21 2019 04:26

South Must Also Set International Tax Rules9
To Alternative on Tuesday Aug 20 2019 05:50

Afghanistan Bloodshed Mars 100 Years of Independence4
To Alternative on Tuesday Aug 20 2019 05:10

From the Field: Green Wall of Opportunities Grows in the Sahel10
To Alternative on Tuesday Aug 20 2019 04:59

America’s Migratory Routes Reach Grim Milestone: Over 500 Deaths So Far in 201914
To Alternative on Monday Aug 19 2019 06:34

All-Women Team Provides Life-Saving Humanitarian Support in Marawi [Philippines]20
To Alternative on Monday Aug 19 2019 04:19

Prisoners Of The Cyber Space – Click Delete to Save Your Mind25
To Alternative on Monday Aug 19 2019 03:42

‘The Work of Women Humanitarians Makes a “Huge Difference” to the Lives of Millions of Women, Men and Children in Urgent Need’ – World Humanitarian Day.11
To Alternative on Monday Aug 19 2019 02:58

Sharp Increase in Grave Violations against Children in Mali, Warns UNICEF543
To Alternative on Sunday Aug 18 2019 06:35

Forest-Friendly Chocolate111
To Alternative on Sunday Aug 18 2019 04:59

Abstraction and the Economy — Small Is Beautiful19
To Alternative on Sunday Aug 18 2019 04:34

On the ‘Sacrifice’ Necessary for Climate Change34
To Alternative on Sunday Aug 18 2019 02:58

Think Farmers Can’t Grow Food in Situations of Crisis or Disaster? Think Again89
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 17 2019 12:10

Producing Energy from Pig and Poultry Waste in Brazil14
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 17 2019 04:26

Environmental Protection Moves ‘Closer to the People’ Through New Human Rights Agreement19
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 17 2019 02:42

Meet Antonio C. S. Rosa: Pioneer in Peace Journalism16
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 17 2019 02:26

Displaced by DR Congo Violence, Survivors’ Testimonies Highlight Brutality of Armed Militia14
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 17 2019 02:10

‘Daily Struggle to Survive for Rohingya People in One of World’s Largest Refugee Settlements, Has Caused “Overwhelming” Despair, Jeopardized Hopes of Entire Generation’19
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 17 2019 01:58

Mexican Women Use Sunlight Instead of Firewood or Gas to Cook Meals160
To Alternative on Saturday Aug 17 2019 01:42

Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match in China4
To Alternative on Friday Aug 16 2019 05:34

Over Half a Million Girls and Boys Will Go Back to UNRWA Schools for the News Scholastic Year 2019-202026
To Alternative on Friday Aug 16 2019 05:34

Terrorism Survivors: Forced to Farm, Fish, Fight, ‘They Slaughtered Three of My Friends’73
To Alternative on Friday Aug 16 2019 04:43

‘Saving Children Stranded on the Mediterranean Must Be Prioritized over Politics’49
To Alternative on Friday Aug 16 2019 03:42

UN Refugee Agency Urges Europe to Allow 507 Rescued Passengers to Disembark – Many Are Reportedly Survivors of Appalling Abuses in Libya3
To Alternative on Friday Aug 16 2019 03:26

Ethiopians Abused on Gulf Migration Route – Trafficking, Exploitation, Torture, Abusive Prison Conditions91
To Alternative on Friday Aug 16 2019 02:50

White Supremacy59
To Alternative on Friday Aug 16 2019 02:10

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