Trade : South countries warn credibility of WTO hangs in balance at MC12 (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Trade envoys from many developing countries on 23 July warned that the credibility of the World Trade Organization hangs in the balance at the 12th ministerial conference (MC12) if it fails to deliver on the mandated issues and on the temporary TRIPS waiver aimed at halting the increasing scale of deaths worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said people familiar with the development.

Rwanda : Farmers pin hopes on new tech to tackle food losses (PRIV)
(IPS, Kigali)
Rwanda is trying to reduce post-harvest loss by relying on new technologies to increase the amount of food available for consumption and help smallholder farmers confront some challenges caused by the overproduction of staple crops.

Opinion : Need for creation of a real national public health system in Nepal (PRIV)
(IPS, Kathmandu)
Following the Supreme Court's decision to re-install the House of Representatives and appoint - after a prolonged and nasty legal battle - a new Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, there is high probability that a government of national unity will be put together in Nepal.