Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 103
Inequity in Funding: Africa’s Agripreneurs Pay a High Price for Start Up Finance
- Inter Press Service
Nov 15 (IPS) - Africa has pinned its hopes on agriculture for the creation of jobs and the resulting reduction of poverty. But its role is being stymied by the high cost of financing.
Rich Food from Poor Fish, Making Food and Health Sustainable
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Nov 12 (IPS) - During the COVID-19 lockdown in Uganda, a breastfeeding mother struggled to improve the health of her malnourished child. With the closure of her local health centre, she worried the child could die without urgent medical treatment.
Journalists Covering the Protest Movement in Nigeria were Beaten, Harassed & Fined by Law Enforcement
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 12 (IPS) - The photos showed blood-soaked concrete, a gashed open thigh, and an injured protester grimacing in pain on the ground. Taken by photojournalist Eti-Inyene Godwin Akpan on October 20, 2020, the images tell the story of Nigerian forces’ mass shooting of anti-police brutality protesters at Lagos’ Lekki Toll Gate, an incident the government continues to deny.
Experts call for Improved Protection of African Fisheries
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Nov 11 (IPS) - With subsidies of global fisheries back on the World Trade Organisation’s agenda, experts are calling for African governments to upscale the protection of the sector long plagued by activities that continue to threaten the continent’s blue economy.
Education Cannot Wait Investments Change Lives for Children, Including At-Risk Girls, Children with Disabilities and Teachers in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
Juba, South Sudan, Nov 10 (IPS) - Ayom Wol sits under a tree in South Sudan in the scorching midday sun. He is a newly-trained teacher, preparing for tomorrow’s lessons. His school principal says he has to prepare while at school because there is no electricity at home.
West of The Nile and Around The Sudd
- Inter Press Service
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, Nov 09 (IPS) - Tensions and hostilities persisted until early 2019, when the regime of Omar al-Bashir - to a large extent symbolized by oppressing minority groups in the Darfurs, Blue Nile state and South Kordofan - finally ended. Meanwhile, many inhabitants of the Nuba Mountains and other parts of South Kordofan, had escaped to South Sudan, which had become independent in 2011.
Optimizing Sustainable Groundwater Management Calls for a System Thinking Approach
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 08 (IPS) - “The Systems thinking approach could innovatively contribute to a water-secure Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to mitigate the acerbating impacts of climate change”. This view is shared by Engineer James Sauramba, SADC-GMI Executive Director.
Zimbabwe's High-Risk Cross-Border Trade
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Nov 04 (IPS) - Thirty-six-year-old Thandiwe Mtshali* watched helplessly as her informal cross-border trading (ICBT) enterprise came to a grinding halt when the Zimbabwean authorities closed the border with South Africa as part of global efforts to stem the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus.
COP26: Combined Exclusive Maritime Zone for Africa to Combat Illegal, Unreported & Unregulated Fishing
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 04 (IPS) - “Working together means we widen the number of like-minded actors towards a common good” –Dr. Azza Karam, Secretary-General of Religions for Peace International.
As global leaders and civil society actors participate in COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing is a significant problem that must be tackled.
Mobilising the ‘Tools’ for Renewable Energy Investment in the Seychelles
- Inter Press Service
CANBERRA, Australia, Nov 03 (IPS) - Breaking the world’s reliance on fossil fuels and accelerating the global uptake of renewable energy will play a decisive role in diminishing the threat of global warming to the survival of life on earth, according to experts. But turning the vision into reality will demand unwavering political will and, critically, massive investment, which can no longer be shouldered solely by aid and development partners.
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