Geographic Region

NAIROBI, Apr 09 (IPS) - The state of food and nutrition security in the Global South masks the great strides and investments made to increase agricultural yields to feed a rapidly growing population. As discussions deepen at the ongoing CGIAR Science Week, plenary discussions on Wednesday (April 9) explored transformative strategies and innovations driving agricultural resilience across Africa, the Caribbean, and…

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Diversity does not look the same in each country or locale.

From a relative "Wild West" in the United States to highly complex rules in the European Union—here are some key points about regulation in major regions.

Freddie Ponton | This key region is now prone to instability as US strengthens ties with Armenia and whilst sanctioning both Georgia and Azerbaijan.

Syrian Anarchist Omar Aziz's short text on the formations of councils in Syria during the uprising against Assad's regime.

Turkey's strategic position between Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia places it at a pivotal crossroads in Eurasian geopolitics, particularly as

With geographic diversity and English proficiency, LATAM is entrepreneurial, leading to technology expansion in the region.

The Mobile Airport Authority recently received a $2 million grant from the state Industrial Development Authority's SEEDS program toward expanding the Brookley Aeroplex.

NAIROBI, Oct 31 (IPS) - Global education is facing a critical moment amid severe setbacks. Millions of children are out of school, learning levels are falling, and millions are leaving school without the skills they need. New out-of-school figures reveal that global progress in reducing the number of out-of-school children has been just 1 percent since 2015, leaving 251 million behind.

Rising temperatures and unpredictable weather patterns have become a pressing concern within the UAE. In April, Dubai experienced its heaviest rainfall in 75 years over a 24-hour period, ...

This changes everything we knew about African 'prehistory.'

As urban centers in mountainous regions grow, more people are driven to build on steeper slopes prone to slow-moving landslides, a new study finds. Slow-moving landslides are frequently excluded from estimates of landslide risk, but they could threaten hundreds of thousands of people globally, the researchers conclude.

BANGKOK, Thailand, Sep 16 (IPS) - When the Beijing Declaration was adopted in 1995, it called for the removal of systematic and structure barriers that prevent women and girls from enjoying their human rights across social, economic, political and environmental domains. Over the last decade, the proportion of population with access to the internet has increased from 36 per cent in in 2013 to 67 percent today.

As the West protects its markets, China will need to dump its exports elsewhere—and emerging nations are alarmed.

About 68 million people in Southern Africa are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought which has wiped out crops across the region, the regional bloc SADC said on Saturday.

The national election in India this past spring produced a shocking outcome.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were widely expected to win a third five-year term...

Foreign direct investments (FDI) in tropical countries in extractive industries like mining, logging and fossil fuels have a long, environmentally destructive track record in tropical countries. Are FDI in food systems another extractive industry?

The continent's human capital is its greatest resource.

The MIT School of Architecture and Planning and the LUMA Foundation established the MIT-LUMA Lab to advance paradigm-shifting innovations at the nexus of art, science, technology, conservation, and design in order to address climate-related issues and solve pressing challenges facing the Mediterranean region.