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Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail* FALLUJAH, Mar 31 2008 (IPS) – Iraqi doctors in al-Anbar province warn of the spread of Blackwater fever, a complication of malaria. Many Iraqis see that name as ominously one with Blackwater Worldwide, the U.S. mercenary company operating in Iraq. This disease is a severe form of malarial infection caused … Read more

Abdul Samba Brima and Jessica McDiarmid FREETOWN, Dec 22 2011 (IPS) – Elizabeth Zainab Kargbo was a successful young woman, eight months pregnant and working in Sierra Leone s civil service, when she had her first seizure. Elizabeth Zainab Kargbo suffers from epileptic seizures. Suffers in Sierra Leone are often undiagnosed and unaware that their … Read more

Organisations in the Pacific Islands believe that achieving the post-2015 development goals depends on getting implementation right. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS SYDNEY, Jan 19 2015 (IPS) – As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of poverty-alleviation targets set by the United Nations, come to a close this year, countries around the world are taking stock … Read more

A pregnant woman is being examined at a local hospital in Bannu district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 11 2015 (IPS) – “We are extremely happy over the government’s initiative to give money to the pregnant women and enable them to seek proper treatment,” said Sharif Ahmed at a … Read more

A Dao family sharing a meal in Sa Pa, Lao Cai province, Vietnam. The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) support the Vietnam government’s Zero Hunger challenge. Credit: Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT – Trong Chinh ROME, Oct 1 2021 (IPS) – Amidst the verdant hills and remote … Read more

  The following opinion piece is part of series to mark International Women’s Day, March 8. LONDON, Mar 3 2022 (IPS) – At Equality Now, we have been on a years-long journey to track and analyze sexual violence laws and their implementation around the world. This work was born after working with survivors of sexual … Read more

STOCKHOLM / ROME, Mar 30 2021 (IPS) –   I was born in the winter in 1990 in a country not my own i was born with my father’s eyes maybe i stole them he doesn’t look like that anymore i was born in seven countries i was born carved up by borders i was … Read more