Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 127
Youth Rural-Urban Migration Hurts Malawi's Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
CHIRADZULU DISTRICT/BLANTYRE, Malawi, Aug 12 (IPS) - As households in Chiradzulu District in Southern Malawi start preparing their farms for the next maize growing season, Frederick Yohane, 24, is a busy young man.
To Stay Ahead of the Next Insect Outbreak, Harness Available Data Intelligence
- Inter Press Service
ILLINOIS, United States, Aug 12 (IPS) - Recently, the UK contributed £17 million pounds to support the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to continue their efforts to combat the desert locust surge in East Africa and improve early warning and forecasting systems.
COVID-19: Where to From Here For Efforts to Support Youth Economic Inclusion?
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 11 (IPS) - As the world marks International Youth Day on August 12, it is difficult to ignore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people - particularly on efforts towards youth economic inclusion in Africa. Meaningful and swift action is needed from African states to ensure the damage is not long-lasting.
CPTPP Trade Liberalization Charade Continues
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 11 (IPS) - The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement should be dead and buried after President Trump announced US withdrawal immediately after his inauguration in January 2017. After all, most major US presidential candidates in the last election, including Hillary Clinton, had opposed the TPP.
Understanding the Benefits of local Wetland Encourages Eswatini Community to Save it
- Inter Press Service
LAWUBA, Eswatini, Aug 10 (IPS) - Sibonisiwe Hlanze, from Lawuba in Eswatini's Shiselweni Region, lights up as she shows off her sleeping mat which she made from what she described as "the highest quality indigenous fibre".
Clean Cooking Transition: Pathways as Seen by Kenyan Villagers
- Inter Press Service
AMSTERDAM, Aug 04 (IPS) - The Sustainable Development goals on energy speak clear: universal access energy and clean cooking by 2030 (SDG7). But the current efforts are still lagging several steps behind the specific needs of the communities and are not enough to achieve energy access for all, especially clean cooking solutions.
Address Malnutrition with Food Insecurity
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 04 (IPS) - The 2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, issued by the Food and Agriculture Organization and its United Nations partners in mid-July, reports that chronic hunger continued to increase to 690 million worldwide in 2019, 60 million more than in 2014.
With Proper Investment in Youth, Kenya’s Potential for Progress Is Unlimited
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 03 (IPS) - Africa's demographic boom has been hailed as its biggest promise for transforming the continent's economic and social outcomes, but only if the right investments are made to prepare its youthful population for tomorrow's world.
Why the African Free Trade Area Could be the Game-Changer for the Continent's Economies
- Inter Press Service
Aug 02 (IPS) - Most economists see structural transformation as one of the main routes to Africa's sustainable development. What it means is changing the share of agriculture, manufacturing and services in an economy. It is a central aim of the African Union's Agenda 2063.
Sierra Leone - Why Everyone is Not Celebrating the New Media Law
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, Jul 30 (IPS) - Last week, Sierra Leone's parliament voted to repeal the country's 55-year-old libel law, which criminalised the publication of information that was deemed defamatory or seditious, and which had been used by successive governments to target and imprison media practitioners and silence dissenting views. But not everyone is convinced it was in the best interest of media freedom.
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