Global Issues
News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 48
What is financing for development?
- UN News
According to the United Nations, the world needs an extra $4 trillion every year to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges – ending poverty and hunger, fighting climate change, and reducing inequality.
From the Global South to the stars: A new space race
- UN News
Once the exclusive domain of a handful of technologically advanced countries, outer space is now within the reach of emerging nations from the Global South, as costs fall and technology becomes more widely available.
Climate and Health: Urgent Need for Adaptation Strategies in Africa
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Jun 20 (IPS) - In recent years, there has been growing evidence of how climate change is impacting human health in several ways.
Women Protestors Targeted, Insulted on Georgian Anti-Government Rallies
- Inter Press Service
BRATISLAVA, Jun 20 (IPS) - Having attended hundreds of anti-government protests in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, Gvantsa Kalandadze is no stranger to police intimidation and violence.
South Korea‘s Democracy Renewed
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 20 (IPS) - On a resounding 79.4 per cent turnout, South Korean voters have delivered a clear mandate for change. Lee Jae-myung of the centrist Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) decisively won the 3 June election, becoming the country’s new president after a turbulent time for South Korean democracy.
Euro-visions: A Larger Global Role for the Euro?
- Inter Press Service
WURZBURG, Germany, Jun 20 (IPS) - In a recent speech, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), articulated a clear desire for the euro to play a more significant role as an international currency.
The Cost of Conservation—How Tanzania Is Erasing the Maasai Identity
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Jun 19 (IPS) - On the vast plains of Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), the sight of young Maasai men in bright shawls, wielding sticks as they herd cattle, has long symbolized peaceful coexistence with nature. These herders, moving in harmony with zebras and wildebeests, are inseparable from the landscape. But today, that very identity—nurtured for generations—is under siege.
Tanzania and Uganda: Bad Places To Be an Opposition Politician
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Jun 19 (IPS) - In East Africa's Tanzania and Uganda, political tensions are rising as they prepare for the next elections. Tanzania goes to the polls in October 2025, while Uganda’s presidential and general elections will take place early in 2026.
World News in Brief: Global investment plunges, hurricane season in Haiti, rising cholera and hunger in South Sudan
- UN News
Global investment fell a full 11 per cent to $1.5 trillion last year – it’s a huge blow for developing nations, the UN trade agency, UNCTAD, said on Thursday.
Development is ‘the first line of defense against conflict,’ Guterres tells Security Council
- UN News
Of the 700 million people worldwide living in extreme poverty, 40 per cent live in conflict-affected or fragile settings and this is on track to worsen, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday.
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