Global Issues
News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 439
Opinion: Arab Youth Have No Trust in Democracy
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 27 (IPS) - The results of a survey of what 3,500 young people between the ages of 18 and 24 – in all Arab countries except Syria – feel about the current situation in the Middle East and North Africa have just been released.
New Anti-Terrorism Law Batters Cameroonians Seeking Secession
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Apr 26 (IPS) - Cameroon's government under President Paul Biya is bearing down on a separatist movement fighting for the rights of a minority English-language region, using as its weapon a sweeping new anti-terrorism law introduced at the end of last year.
Swelling Ethiopian Migration Casts Doubt on its Economic Miracle
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Apr 25 (IPS) - The 28 Ethiopian migrants of Christian faith murdered by the Islamic State (IS) on Apr. 19 in Libya had planned to cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of work in Europe.
Kenyan Pastoralists Protest Wanton Destruction of Indigenous Forest
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 25 (IPS) - Armed with twigs and placards, enraged residents from a semi-pastoral community 360 km north of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, protested this week against wanton destruction of indigenous forest – their alternative source of livelihood.
Planned Mega-Port in Brazil Threatens Rich Ecological Region
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 24 (IPS) - Activists and local residents have brought legal action aimed at blocking the construction of a nearly 50 sq km port terminal in the Northeast Brazilian state of Bahia because of the huge environmental and social impacts it will have.
Corruption in Southeast Asia Said to Threaten Economic Integration
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 24 (IPS) - Rampant corruption across Southeast Asia threatens to derail plans for greater economic integration, according to Transparency International, the global coalition against corruption.
Opinion: To Solve Hunger, Start with Soil
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 24 (IPS) - Peter looked confused as he recounted how he'd painstakingly planted potatoes to sell and to feed his family of eight, only to find that when harvest time rolled around he had been greeted with tiny tubers not much bigger than golf balls.
Riches in World’s Oceans Estimated at Staggering 24 Trillion Dollars
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 23 (IPS) - The untapped riches in the world's oceans are estimated at nearly 24 trillion dollars – the size of the world's leading economies, according to a new report released Thursday by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
Opinion: Has the World Reached Peak Plutocracy?
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 23 (IPS) - Parents in despair because they can't pay the fees at the privatised neighbourhood school…
Two Years After Rana Plaza Tragedy, Rights Abuses Still Rampant in Bangladesh’s Garment Sector
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA/UNITED NATIONS, Apr 22 (IPS) - Some say they were beaten with iron bars. Others confess their families have been threatened with death. One pregnant woman was assaulted with metal curtain rods.
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