Global Issues
News headlines for “Consumption and Consumerism”, page 1218
Women Hit by Malawi’s Maize Shortage
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Apr 26 (IPS) - Each night Esnart Phiri, a widow with five children, sleeps outside the gates of the state-run maize trader or Admarc market, in Malawi's capital Lilongwe, as she waits for days on end to buy maize.
Portugal’s Carnation Revolution under the Shadow of the Troika
- Inter Press Service
LISBON, Apr 25 (IPS) - The anniversary of the peaceful Carnation Revolution that overthrew Portugal's 1926-1974 dictatorship has gone from being a popular celebration to a day of mass protests against the draconian austerity policies of the government of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho.
Rural Colombia Takes Its Place on the Agenda
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Apr 25 (IPS) - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) initiatives working to overcome poverty and improve food security in the Colombian countryside can make a positive contribution to government efforts to tackle some of the most neglected problems facing this South American country.
Cell Phones Yes, Toilets No, World Body Laments
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 25 (IPS) - Speaking of the widespread sanitation crisis, U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson was quick to produce staggering numbers: of the world's seven billion people, about six billion have mobile phones but only about 4.5 billion have access to toilets.
South Sudan “Between Somalia and Congo”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 25 (IPS) - Experts here are calling on the United States and the international community to increase pressure on the government of South Sudan to address weaknesses in its central governance.
Carbon Credits Could Finance Improved Cookstoves in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 25 (IPS) - Environmental organisations in Mexico are hoping to finance the promotion of fuel-efficient wood-fired cookstoves, which reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions, through the sale of carbon credits on the voluntary market.
African Governments Recognise Land Rights But Promote Landgrabbing
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDÉ, Apr 25 (IPS) - Bordered by a rubber plantation in the west, a forestry plantation in the east and a palm oil farm in the south, the 18 local communities that live in Ocean Division, southern Cameroon, have had an uphill struggle for the rights to their land.
No Money to Fix Rural Zimbabwe’s Taps
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Apr 25 (IPS) - For the last 13 years, Trynos Mbweku, the headman of Mwenezi district in southeastern Zimbabwe, has had to use a cart to fetch water from the only remaining borehole in his area, which lies some 10 kilometres from his home.
U.S. Proposal Would Require Labelling on Genetically Modified Foods
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (IPS) - A decades-long push to require the labelling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients in the United States received a significant boost Wednesday, when bipartisan bills on the issue were simultaneously proposed in the House and Senate.
Trade Unions Fight Walmart in Mexico
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Apr 24 (IPS) - Trade unions in Canada, the United States and Mexico are preparing protests and legal action against the Mexican subsidiary of Walmart, the world's largest retailer, which is accused of paying bribes and breaching labour rights.
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