Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 1022
No Silver Lining for Somalia’s Child Labourers
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI/MOGADISHU, May 17 (IPS) - Twelve-year-old Halima Mohamed Ali wakes up every morning at five am, but unlike her peers she does not go to school. Instead, she begins her duties as a nanny for five children, the oldest of whom is just two years younger than she is.
When China Sneezes, Latin America Gets the Flu
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 16 (IPS) - China's massive urbanisation has been built, literally, by metal, supplied mostly by Latin American countries (LAC). Yet now China's slowing economic growth and falling commodity prices threaten Latin American commodity booms.
Bagua Massacre – A Test for Justice in Peru
- Inter Press Service
LIMA, May 16 (IPS) - The trial of 52 indigenous people that just got underway for a 2009 massacre near the city of Bagua in northwest Peru will test the judicial system's independence and ability to impart justice.
Why Nigeria Couldn’t Keep Schoolgirls Safe and Why Paris Summit May Offer Hope
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, May 16 (IPS) - Tomorrow Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will meet other heads of state at a security summit in Paris, France to focus on ways of combatting Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group which kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from Chibok in April.
OP-ED: Militarised Humanitarianism in Africa
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 16 (IPS) - As the world remains transfixed by the kidnapping of almost 300 Nigerian girls, there have been increasing calls for international intervention in the effort to rescue them. But what many people don't know is that the U.S. military has been active in the region for years.
Inequality and Democracy
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 15 (IPS) - Not a day goes by without news on the growing inequality that is the telling indicator of the kind of economic model in which we have put ourselves, following the neoliberal binge unleashed by the Washington Consensus. The idea that economic growth is "a rising tide lifting all boats", as the late Margaret Thatcher declared when she announced war on the welfare state, and its twin "capital will trickle down to everybody", are now totally discredited. Facts, as it has been said, are stubborn.
Militancy Pushes Northern Pakistan Close to Industrial Collapse
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 15 (IPS) - Already saddled with a veritable catalogue of crises, Pakistan's largest province, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) now finds itself on the verge of industrial collapse, as extortion and kidnappings drive away all prospects for production or employment.
Bulgaria, No Country For Syrian Refugees
- Inter Press Service
Warsaw, May 15 (IPS) - Since November last year, Bulgaria has virtually closed its borders to an inflow of Syrian asylum seekers and other migrants trying to enter the country from Turkey, while EU institutions concerned appear to have acquiesced to this.
Not Yet a Week and Another South Sudan Ceasefire Fails
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, May 15 (IPS) - It has not yet been a week, but South Sudan's most recent ceasefire appears set to collapse, along with hopes that – after five months of fighting – the country might finally be on the path to recovery.
Lagging Urban Transport Works Hinder World Cup Sustainability
- Inter Press Service
NATAL, Brazil, May 15 (IPS) - Brazil's efforts to promote the image of an environmentally sustainable World Cup have focused on the stadiums built for the tournament. But the 12 cities where the matches will be played are in a race against time to complete the urban transport projects.
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