2015 was a fruitful year for the United Nations. It began with the adoption by 193 UN Member States of...

The Western Sahara scandal. The last colonial war in Africa is still unresolved, in spite of over 40 years of...

Jenny Santi, born and raised in the Philippines and now living in New York, has become something of a guru in...

After the Copenhagen fiasco in 2009 when no agreement was reached, the subject of climate change looked dead and buried....

 BOOK REVIEW HOOKED: HOW TO BUILD HABIT-FORMING PRODUCTS by Nir Eyal 256 pages, Penguin (2014) Winner of best Marketing book in 800-CEO-READ...

Note from the Editor: In these hours, following the tragic killing of innocents in Paris and Beirut,  our thoughts are with the...

Water is life. Water is essential to food security and nutrition: who could disagree? There is a "right to food"...

The gold rush for sand - used in everything, from construction to glass to wine - is leading inexorably to...

A world without war. That was the dream of the United Nations’ founding fathers. They had lived through World War II and...

May 1990, on the road to Yalinga . A potholed dirt road , plunging straight forward, in the middle of...

World Food Programme, Executive Board, 25 May 2015. This was a memorable day - the WFP Executive Director,  Ms. Ertharin...

Should Politicians pass an EXAM like diplomats do, in order to represent their country / people ? That question was...