Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1091
A Tale of Two Worlds
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (IPS) - As violence rips through South Sudan and ongoing conflict plagues the Central African Republic and Syria, developing countries stand at a difficult crossroads – struggling to grow economically and politically, yet fielding deep inequalities within their own borders.
Kenya’s Journey Towards Zero New HIV Infections Falters
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jan 29 (IPS) - In early January 2008, during the violence that rocked Kenya after disputed general elections, a man knocked at Lucia Wakonyo's gate at Mathare Valley, in the sprawling Mathare slum.
Pacific Nations Need Help Away From Aid
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jan 29 (IPS) - Long-term dependence on development aid in Pacific Island nations, many of which have been independent for 30-40 years, continues to cause concern.
Nile Delta Disappearing Beneath the Sea
- Inter Press Service
EL RASHID, Egypt, Jan 29 (IPS) - It only takes a light covering of seawater to render land infertile, so Mohamed Saeed keeps a close watch on the sea as it advances year after year towards his two-hectare plot of land. The young farmer, whose clover field lies just 400 metres from Egypt's northern coast, reckons he has less than a decade before his field – and livelihood – submerges beneath the sea.
Human Trafficking Survivors Urge U.S. to Take Action
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (IPS) - Advocacy groups and some legislators are calling on the U.S. government to mandate an increase in corporate supply chain transparency, with the aim of cutting down on the estimated 14,000 to 17,000 people trafficked into the United States each year and the tens of millions enslaved globally.
Caribbean Walks the Talk on Clean Energy Policy
- Inter Press Service
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan 28 (IPS) - Despite having an abundance of wind and sunshine, Caribbean countries have found that going green is requiring significant shifts in policy, and most importantly, significant financing.
Moroccan Women Porters – Heroism and Hardship on the Border
- Inter Press Service
MÃLAGA, Spain, Jan 28 (IPS) - Before sunrise, a Moroccan woman waits her turn at the pedestrian border control separating her country from the Spanish city of Melilla. Hours later she crosses over, takes up an 80-kilo bundle of merchandise and carries it back to her country, for a payment of less than six dollars.
Q&A: Africa’s Tremendous Progress Amid War and Famine
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 28 (IPS) - The issue of peace and security, particularly in South Sudan and the Central African Republic, are expected dominate the discussions at the African Union's (AU) semi-annual summit being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week.
U.S. Tightens Development Safeguards
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (IPS) - Development activists and rights watchdogs are applauding a surprise strengthening of environmental and human rights policies governing U.S. development funding and overseas financial assistance.
Resistance Over GMOs as South Africa Pushes Biotechnology
- Inter Press Service
MASOPANE, South Africa, Jan 27 (IPS) - On a family farm tucked between the rolling hills of Masopane, 40 km outside of South Africa's capital, Pretoria, 35-year-old Sophie Mabhena is dreaming big about her crop of genetically modified (GM) maize.
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