Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 120
World Bank Urges Governments to Guarantee Private Profits
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Nov 24 (IPS) - The World Bank has been leading other multilateral development banks (MDBs) and international financial institutions to press developing country governments to
de-risk
infrastructure and other private, especially foreign investments.African Employers for Gender Equality
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Nov 18 (IPS) - Africa has over 700 companies with an annual revenue of more than $500 million, including 400 with revenue above $1 billion. The ability of these companies to thrive rests on building and retaining talented women and men.
Eswatini makes Progress on NDCs thanks to Crucial Partnership Support
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Nov 17 (IPS) - Barry de Maine, the director of Green Cross Pharmacy, lost about $ 7,675 worth of stock when The Mall, the largest shopping centre in Mbabane, was flooded back in 2003. But when the flash floods hit again this year, he had already installed a flange to stop water from coming in.
This is the best I could do under the circumstances, De Maine told IPS, adding: Otherwise since we started experiencing floods at The Mall (17 years ago) nothing has been done.
Redesigning Urban Markets Post-Covid
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 16 (IPS) - Across Africa, even in cities with relatively modern infrastructure, many shoppers prefer the informal markets. In our case, both our mothers preferred the fresh produce sold at informal markets by women from the rural areas.
The Silence of the International Community on Western Sahara
- Inter Press Service
TINDOUF, Algeria, Nov 16 (IPS) - For my entire life, I have been forgotten. I am a Sahrawi refugee, born and raised in the Algerian desert, where my people have remained displaced for 45 years, awaiting the moment when we can finally return to our homeland, Western Sahara.
African Languages Matter: Is There Still Time to Prevent Cultural Genocide?
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Nov 16 (IPS) - As a 10 year-old newly arrived in Lagos from England, I recall listening intently to how the Yoruba language - my father's language - was spoken. I would constantly repeat in my head or verbally repeat what I thought I had heard. I was not always successful. Many times, what would come out of my mouth would throw my friends into fits of laughter.
More Children in Zimbabwe Are Working to Survive: What's Needed
- Inter Press Service
Nov 12 (IPS) - The ability of Zimbabwean families to take care of children has been compromised by a collapsing economy, compounded by COVID-19. About 4.3 million people in rural communities, including children, are food insecure this year. The World Food Programme indicates that at least 60% of the population of Zimbabwe need food aid.
Is Development for the World Bank Mainly Doing Business?
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 (IPS) - The World Bank has finally given up defending its controversial, but influential Doing Business Report (DBR). In August, the Bank "paused" publication of the DBR due to a "number of irregularities" after its much criticized ranking system was exposed as fraudulent.
Q & A: Escalating Tensions in Ethiopia adds to Tenuous Refugee Setting
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 10 (IPS) - Already reeling from conflict, extreme weather events and growing displacement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, escalating tensions in Ethiopia's Tigray region have placed the country on the brink of civil war and many are looking to Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to avert a potential humanitarian disaster.
Punches & Insults: Why Zimbabwe's Women Candidates Want to Change the Political Playing Field
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Nov 06 (IPS) - "I have long given up on active politics," Gertrude Sidambe, a 36-year-old member of one of Zimbabwe's opposition parties, tells IPS.
When female members of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front complained last month about political violence as male members chose brawn over brains to solicit for positions, the party's National Secretary for Women's Affairs Mabel Chinomona advised that they enter the punch-and-insult battlefield and "fight" like everyone else.
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