News headlines for “Human Population”, page 562
MALAWI: MALAWI: Tax on the Poor Is to Compensate for Tariff Revenue Loss
- Inter Press Service
The decision by the Malawian government to introduce value-added tax (VAT) of up to 16.5 percent on products such as bread, meat, milk and dairy products is being blamed for losses incurred by small-scale businesses. The move comes in response to a loss of revenue due to regional trade commitments.
U.N. Chief Quashes Reports of Run for President of Korea
- Inter Press Service
Ban Ki-moon, who has been re-elected Secretary-General of the United Nations for a second five-year term beginning next January, dismissed longstanding speculation that he plans to run for the office of president in his home country, South Korea.
Poor Countries Host Vastly More Displaced People Than Wealthier Nations
- Inter Press Service
The hardest part of Jan Egeland’s job is coming home at the end of the day. He is the Director of the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs and the former U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator, and has travelled to the farthest reaches of the world to help protect refugees and displaced people.
Amidst ‘Dire’ Humanitarian Crisis, U.S. Urges Ceasefire in South Kordofan
- Inter Press Service
As the date for South Sudan’s long anticipated Jul. 9 secession inches closer, on-going violence in the Northern state of South Kordofan threatens to destroy the country’s hopes for peace.
Women’s Soccer Coming to the Fore
- Inter Press Service
This time last year the entire world gathered in front of TV screens to watch the World Cup. According to International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) estimates, 3,178,856 people made their way to South Africa, and around the globe 700 million viewers watched the Spanish victory in the final match.
Burkina Faso Losing Thousands of Hectares of Forests Each Year
- Inter Press Service
The Burkina Faso authorities have sounded the alarm over the increased rate of degradation of forests in this Sahelian country.
ITALY: ‘They Saw Numbers, We Saw People’
- Inter Press Service
It’s only a few hundred metres from the rocky hillside overlooking Lampedusa’s commercial port to the other side of the protected bay. For more than a decade this narrow strip of ocean has been a migratory gateway into Europe for tens of thousands of mostly African migrants. The numbers have risen and fallen in response to shifting government policies and geopolitical developments.
NICARAGUA: Rape Victim Launches New Hunger Strike for Justice
- Inter Press Service
After a series of hunger strikes and vigils, Fátima Hernández had managed to become an exception, as one of the few rape victims in Nicaragua to obtain justice. But now her fight has started all over again and the hope that her case offered to others might become a mirage.
KENYA: Empowering Women through Micro-Finance Credit
- Inter Press Service
Without a college education and against the backdrop of limited job opportunities, it was not easy for Salome Wairimu to find employment.
KENYA: Uneducated Women Struggle to Access Credit Fund
- Inter Press Service
As an estimated 3.7 million dollars continues to sit idle in the Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) kitty, the very women the fund was meant to benefit have complained about the difficult requirements that need to be met in order to access the money.
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