United Nations: Hunger on the rise in Africa (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Food insecurity continues to deteriorate in Africa, and a fifth of the population, or 257 million people, are undernour ished today, some 35 million more than in 2015.

United Nations: World's youth are being left behind (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
Globally, youth are being l eft behind in education and employment, threatening the future vision of sustai nable, inclusive, and prosperous societies.

United States: Intricacies of a broken system - a convict's tale (PRIV)
(IPS, Miami)
Inaccessible justice and socio-economic inequality act as core components of the United States criminal justice sys tem.

Opinion: Are SDGs reaching indigenous peoples? (PRIV)
(IPS, Orlando)
Life and death for whole communities hang in the balance of achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that include eliminating poverty, conserving forests, and addr essing climate change in a resolution adopted unanimously by the United Nations in 2015.