Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1081
North Korea Doing Fine Without the South
- Inter Press Service
SEOUL, Feb 27 (IPS) - If the North Korea of the 1990s was seen as a starving nation that produced an exodus of hungry people, then the picture should be even gloomier now – six years after it stopped receiving South Korea's generous aid. But it's not. The nation of 24 million people, widely said to be the most secretive in the world and a nuclear threat, appears to have weathered the years well.
Zanzibar’s Rising Violence Against Women
- Inter Press Service
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, Feb 26 (IPS) - The story of Feiza*, an 18-year-old girl who was abducted and raped, is a bleak testament to the worsening plight of women in Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago, Zanzibar.
The Race to Save the Caribbean's Banana Industry
- Inter Press Service
LONDONDERRY, Dominica, Feb 26 (IPS) - When Dean, the first storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, lashed Dominica on Aug. 16, it left behind a trail of destruction, claimed the lives of a mother and son, and decimated the island's vital banana industry.
U.S. Prison System Resembling Huge Geriatrics Ward
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 26 (IPS) - A nurse helps an old man up from his chair. Holding onto her arms, he steps blindly forward, trusting her to lead him to his spot at the lunch table.
Casting Call for Kenya’s ‘Briefcase’ NGOs
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 26 (IPS) - Ben Okoth, 45, was born and raised in Kibera, the largest urban slum in Africa, situated just outside of Nairobi, Kenya's capital. Over the years, he has encountered many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working to improve the plight of the poor who live here.
Smuggled Medicines Save Lives
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 26 (IPS) - They are contraband, yet a large number of Pakistanis have come to depend on drugs made in India and smuggled into Pakistan. Patients as well as doctors say these are cheap and effective, even as law enforcers look the other way.
An Environment-Wrecking Pipeline Hangs in Limbo
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 26 (IPS) - The Pine Ridge Reservation of the Lakota Nation, in the midwest of the United States, is one of the most abandoned places in the country and in the world.
Cartel Boss Captured, Mexican Drug Trade Marches On
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Feb 25 (IPS) - The arrest of the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, will not affect drug trafficking in Mexico, but it presents an opportunity to change the country's drug policy, experts told IPS.
Uganda’s Human Rights Record Plunges With Signing of Anti-Gay Law
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Feb 25 (IPS) - Uganda's gays are bracing themselves for a spate of arrests and harassment as the country's draconian anti-gay bill was signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni on Monday, Feb. 24.
EU No Instant Saviour for Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
KIEV, Feb 25 (IPS) - Ukrainians are facing years of pain and upheaval if the country moves towards closer EU integration – or the prospect of the country being left to "rot" if they do not, experts say following the weekend's revolution.
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