PORTLAND, USA, Apr 15 2025 (IPS)* –As the world’s population of 8.2 billion people increases in size and becomes older due to demographic ageing, the number of people experiencing the long goodbye, or dementia, is rapidly rising.
Despite the global rise in dementia, people living with the condition should continue to enjoy the same human rights as everyone else — including the rights to dignity, autonomy, and participation in decisions about their lives. Credit: Shutterstock
Millions of displaced Sudanese struggle for survival as conflict and hunger grip South Kordofan
Illustrations to depict the testimonies of people who have fled to Sudan’s Nuba mountains in search of safety from the ongoing conflict, March 2025.
8 April 2025 — “The morning of the attack I was at home and my mother was sick. We ran to escape with my children. I carried my mother on a donkey cart as she could not walk,” says a displaced woman living in Sudan’s Nuba mountains.
“When we were near the mountains, we stopped to bury her. My two brothers were shot and killed during the escape.”
Sudan, 15 April 2025 – Most people know her as Mama Nour (Light in Arabic), a name that perfectly embodies her spirit. Nour Hussein Al Sewaty Mohammed has devoted her life to bringing hope and light to countless women and children in Sudan who have faced unimaginable hardships, even amid Sudan’s ongoing war.
Mama Nour, an orphan herself, now advocates for single mothers and children without parental care in Sudan. Photo: IOM Sudan 2025/Omer Hagali
Mama Nour’s journey began in the shadows of her own childhood. Orphaned at a young age, she grew up in Maygoma, Sudan’s largest orphanage located in the capital, Khartoum.
LONDON, Apr 15 2025 (IPS)* – It is now official that the European continent is experiencing the fastest rate of global warming, according to a new scientific report released by Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Global warming has led to the loss of glacier ice in Austria. Photo credit: H.Raab/Climate Visuals
Last year record temperatures, heatwaves, and floods unleashed a massive toll on infrastructure, cities, economies, and people’s lives and livelihoods in the region.
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