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BRAC International recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bihar Government’s Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society to launch Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana Shahari, the first government-led urban Graduation programme in Asia. Credit: BRAC by Rina Mukherji (pune, india) Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Inter Press Service PUNE, INDIA, Aug 30 (IPS) – In …

Csaba Kőrösi, President of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the General Assembly meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider by Abigail Van Neely (united nations) Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (IPS) – The President of the UN …

Council’s general secretary alleged that one Taiwo has been spreading false information on some Yoruba elders. The Yoruba Council of Elders has described as untrue and fake the purported report of …

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has issued an order saying he must approve all secret talks after a leaked meeting between his foreign minister and the latter’s Libyan counterpart led to a fiasco. The premier has also said his ministers need to secure his consent before publicising news of any …

The governor of Pskov, Russia, shared videos on his Telegram account showing smoke rising from the city’s airport and rounds being fired into the sky.

The NDLEA says hard drugs don’t promote performance of students in any examination. The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has warned Nigerian students, particularly students of the University of Ilorin, …

The US Secretary of Commerce says United States companies have complained that China has become “uninvestable”, pointing to fines, raids and other measures that have made it risky to do business there. Gina Raimondo’s comments came on Tuesday as her delegation of American officials headed from Beijing to Shanghai in …

Community Protest against Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT), a wildlife conservation NGO. Credit: Pastoralist Media Initiative Opinion by Arjun Amin (oakland, california) Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Inter Press Service OAKLAND, California, Aug 29 (IPS) – African leaders, public officials, and private-sector executives will converge in Nairobi, September 4-6, at the Africa Climate …

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will not attend the funeral for Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the mercenary chief who launched a failed mutiny against Russia’s military leadership and died in a plane crash last week, the Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday, according to Russian state media. The spokesman, Dmitri S. …

Opinion by Timothy A. Wise (cambridge, ma.) Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Inter Press Service CAMBRIDGE, MA., Aug 29 (IPS) – As the adage goes, when you find yourself stuck in a hole, stop digging. As African leaders and their philanthropic and bilateral sponsors prepare for another glitzy African Green Revolution Forum, …