Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 130
Africa’s Post-pandemic Future Needs to Embrace Youth in Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
Jun 29 (IPS) - Warnings at the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic that Africa could be hit by a wave of up to 10 million cases within six months thankfully now seem unfounded, although it is still far too early to be over-confident.
COVID-19 Pandemic Could Widen Existing Inequalities for Kenya's Women in Business
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 29 (IPS) - Pauline Akwacha's popular chain of eateries, famously known as Kakwacha Hangover Hotels and situated at the heart of Kisumu City's lakeside in Kenya, is facing its most daunting challenge yet. As Akwacha and other women in business across this East African nation brace themselves for the post-COVID-19 economy.
Sudan's Partners Pledge almost $2Bn but Is it Enough?
- Inter Press Service
KHARTOUM, Jun 26 (IPS) - This week, when Sudan's Minister of Energy and Mining Adil Ibrahim addressed the country, stating that households will face power-cuts for up to seven hours a day, people had already been sitting on plastic chairs outside their homes, scouring the internet to purchase battery-operated fans. This Northeast African nation has seen temperature highs of up to 41 degrees Celsius recently.
African Governments Failing Survivors of Child Sexual Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 26 (IPS) - In Malawi, Mary* was only 14 years old when she was recruited and trafficked to the city of Blantyre and sold for sex in a bar. A man had arrived in her village looking for girls to work as domestic helpers for families.
The Critical Role of Women in Avoiding a Covid-19 “Food Pandemic” in sub-Saharan Africa
- Inter Press Service
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Jun 24 (IPS) - As infections with Covid-19 appear to be intensifying in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), fears of severe food shortages have prompted experts to warn that the region may be "on the brink of a hunger pandemic." Efforts are intensifying to rally a major global response.
Senegalese Women's Participation in Energy Sector equals Empowerment
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Australia, Jun 24 (IPS) - Aïssata Ba, 45-year-old widow and mother of seven children, has been practising market gardening for the past 30 years in Lompoul Sur Mer village in the Niayes area of north-west Senegal. For many women in the village, endowed with fertile soil and favourable climate, it is the primary source of income throughout the year.
Racism, Shitholes and Re-election
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 23 (IPS) - Over the course of his presidency, US President Donald Trump's racism has become more evident with more leaks of his private remarks, which he has been generally quick to deny, qualify and explain away.
You’ve Got Money: Mobile Payments Help People During the Pandemic
- Inter Press Service
Jun 22 (IPS) - The practical challenge of quickly getting financial support in the hands of people who lost jobs amid the COVID-19 economic crisis has baffled advanced and developing economies alike. Economic lockdowns, physical distancing measures, patchy social protection systems and, especially for low-income countries, the high level of informality, complicate the task. Many governments are leveraging mobile technology to help their citizens.
Sudan, Where Illegal Abortions remain Dangerous and Deadly
- Inter Press Service
KHARTOUM, Jun 22 (IPS) - Omnia Nabil*, a Sudanese doctor, who worked in one of the largest hospitals in Khartoum, the country's capital, was devastated to witness the deaths of 50 young women who had unsafe abortions during a space of just three months.
African Countries Need to Seize Opportunities Created by US-China Tensions
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jun 19 (IPS) - The unfolding US-China power rivalry bears a striking resemblance to the tensions between the US and the Soviet bloc during the Cold War years. Back then, African countries were positioned like pawns on a grand chessboard. Their social and economic progress was hampered because they expended energy aligning themselves with either of the superpowers in the battle for world supremacy between communism and capitalism.
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