News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”, page 864
Urban Farming Mushrooms in Africa Amid Food Deficits
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Sep 02 (IPS) - There is a scramble for unoccupied land in Africa, but this time it is not British, Portuguese, French or other colonialists racing to occupy the continent's vacant land – it is the continent's urban dwellers fast turning to urban farming amid the rampant food shortages that have not spared them.
Latin American Scientists Call for More Human Climate Science
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Sep 02 (IPS) - With the effects of global warming becoming more and more visible and the complicated socio-economic decisions indispensable to address this planetary crisis, science needs a new breed of experts: social scientists who specialise in climate change.
Impeachment Motion Stirs Political Waters in Somalia
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 01 (IPS) - The impeachment motion Somali parliamentarians filed against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Aug. 12 has created a political standoff that might further threaten the country's stability shortly ahead of planned elections in 2016.
Despite Treaty, Conventional Arms Fuel Ongoing Conflicts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 01 (IPS) - Despite last year's Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the proliferation of conventional weapons, both legally and illegally, continues to help fuel military conflicts in several countries in the Middle East and Africa, including Syria, Iraq, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen.
OECD Paving Way for Costa Rica’s Membership
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Sep 01 (IPS) - The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), once a domain of the rich countries, is keen to extend its global membership and has set out a clear path for Costa Rica's membership, within months of launching accession discussions with Colombia and Latvia.
Strong Words, But Little Action at Arctic Summit
- Inter Press Service
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sep 01 (IPS) - After a one-day summit in the U.S. Arctic's biggest city, leaders from the world's northern countries acknowledged that climate change is seriously disrupting the Arctic ecosystem, yet left without committing themselves to serious action to fight the negative impacts of global warming.
Health Officials Warn of Dengue Outbreak in War-Torn Yemen
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 01 (IPS) - An outbreak of dengue fever in Yemen's most populated governorate has prompted urgent calls from the World Health Organisation (WHO) for a "humanitarian corridor" to facilitate the flow of medicines to over three million civilians trapped in the war-torn area.
Local Development, the Key to Legitimising Amazon Hydropower Dams
- Inter Press Service
ALTAMIRA, Brazil, Aug 31 (IPS) - In the case of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in Brazil, the projects aimed at mitigating the social impacts have been delayed. But in other cases, infrastructure such as hospitals and water and sewage pipes could improve the image of the hydropower plants on Brazil's Amazon rainforest rivers, turning them into a factor of effective local development.
Stop Food Waste – Cook It and Eat It
- Inter Press Service
LEEDS, England, Aug 31 (IPS) - A new grassroots initiative born in the northern England city of Leeds has set itself the ambitious goal of ending food waste, once and for all.
Faith Leaders Call for Debt Relief to Puerto Rico
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (IPS) - Puerto Rico's religious leaders have called for debt relief of the Caribbean U.S. territory in the face of the 72 billion dollar liability that represents 20,000 dollars of debt for every man, woman and child.
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