19/07/2025
PORTLAND, USA, Jul 16 2025 (IPS)* – To be, or not to be, an undocumented migrant, that is the question for millions of men, women and children in many less developed countries.
The chance of dying during the first year of life in the least developed countries is ten times higher than in the more developed countries. Credit: Franz Chávez/IPS
“Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them” for a better life as an undocumented migrant in a foreign land.
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19/07/2025
GENEVA – Following major cuts to humanitarian budgets, up to 11.6 million refugees and others forced to flee risk losing access this year to direct humanitarian assistance from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, according to a report published on 18 July 2025.
Caption: Families who fled the conflict in Sudan wait to be relocated from the overcrowded Renk border point in South Sudan. © UNHCR/Reason Moses Runyanga
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16/07/2025
A Q&A with Robert Kelley, a Distinguished Associate Fellow at SIPRI.
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15/07/2025
World’s nuclear arsenals being enlarged and upgraded
(Stockholm) The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on 16 June 2025 launched its annual assessment of the state of armaments, disarmament and international security.
SIPRI Yearbook 2025. Photo: SIPRI.
Key findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2025 are that a dangerous new nuclear arms race is emerging at a time when arms control regimes are severely weakened.
Nearly all of the nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Israel—continued intensive nuclear modernization programmes in 2024, upgrading existing weapons and adding newer versions.
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15/07/2025
10 July 2025 — In 2017, extreme violence erupted in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, and spread to other areas. The conflict, along with two major cyclones in two years, has driven hundreds of thousands of people away from their homes.
“I came from Chiure with my husband and three children in March 2024 because of the conflict. I don’t plan to stay here forever, but I can’t go back home either,” says Virivir, 64. Photo: Karl Schembri/NRC
Yet, Mozambique’s crisis has unfolded largely outside the spotlight, as competing global crises have diverted attention and resources elsewhere. In 2024, Mozambique was third on NRC’s list of the world’s most neglected displacement crises.
Here’s what you need to know.
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14/07/2025
By Ashfaq Khalfan, Climate Justice Director, Oxfam America*
Mega rich oil, gas and coal companies, described as the ‘Godfathers of climate chaos’, are driving humanity to the edge of destruction and earning billions in doing so. For decades, they’ve spread lies and disinformation about the climate crisis and lobbied to create fossil-fuel driven economies.
They’ve received billions in government subsidies and as energy prices soared, instead of investing in renewable energy, enriched their shareholders to the tune of $403 billion in 2024 alone.
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13/07/2025
Nairobi – Despite its critical role in sustaining billions of lives, the global food system fails to deliver for health, rights, and particularly, nature.
Image: Unsplash/Dan Meyers
A report published on 1 July 2025 by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Chatham House highlights three system barriers – the cheaper food paradigm, market consolidation and investment path dependencies – that must be addressed to meet sustainable development goals.
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13/07/2025
Droughts displace young and poor pastoralists, while wildfires displace older urban residents with higher socio-economic status.
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A new study by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) shows the wide range of demographic and socio-economic profiles affected by weather-related displacement worldwide.
This publication provides first-of-its-kind global insights into the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of communities facing weather-related displacement.
With an estimated 218.6 million internal displacements caused by weather-related disasters over the past decade, the analysis fills a critical data gap by revealing detailed profiles of these populations, including their age, income, education, and livelihoods.
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12/07/2025
Global fertility rates are falling, prompting warnings about “population collapse.”
Young people who are optimistic about the future are more likely to pursue the lives they want for themselves and their families.PHOTO:© UNFPA Asia and the Pacific
But the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)’s State of World Population report shows the real issue is a lack of reproductive agency—many people, especially youth, are unable to have the children they want.
The World Population Day 2025 [11 July] highlights this challenge, focusing on the largest-ever generation of young people.
The theme, “Empowering young people to create the families they want in a fair and hopeful world,” calls for ensuring youth have the rights, tools, and opportunities to shape their futures.
Young people are already driving change, but face major obstacles: economic insecurity, gender inequality, limited healthcare and education, climate disruption, and conflict.
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HUMAN WRONGS WATCH 
In January this year, a nuclear trafficking case made the international news headlines. The United States Department of Justice announced that Takeshi Ebisawa, an alleged Japanese gangster, had pleaded guilty to charges of major narcotics trafficking as well as conspiring to traffic nuclear materials.