Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 211
Quantitative Easing for Wealth Redistribution
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 (IPS) - Following the 2007-2008 global financial crisis and the Great Recession in its wake, the ‘new normal' in monetary policy has been abnormal. At the heart of the unconventional monetary policies adopted have been ‘asset purchase' or ‘quantitative easing' (QE) programmes. Ostensibly needed for economic revival, QE has redistributed wealth – regressively, in favour of the rich.
Internet Shutdowns in Africa Stifling Press Freedom
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 21 (IPS) - "The internet for journalism is now like the air you breathe," said Befeqadu Hailu, an Ethiopian journalist and a member of the Zone 9 blogger collective who was arrested in April 2014 and charged with terrorism. "Without the internet, modern journalism means nothing." Yet, the internet is something that journalists in multiple African countries are often forced to do without.
Union Conflict Rages on in South Africa
- Inter Press Service
RUSTENBURG, South Africa, Aug 21 (IPS) - It was two thirty at night. Inside his home, the telephone rang. Sibongile Nota's brother's life drew nearer its end. A few minutes passed, the telephone rang again. His brother was now dead.
Resettling Congolese Refugees in Angola, a New Shot at a Normal Life
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 (IPS) - The UN's refugee agency is relocating more than 33,000 Congolese refugees from overcrowded temporary shelters in northern Angola to a more permanent establishment in Lóvua.
When Policies Speak the Same Language, Africa’s Trade and Investment Will Listen
- Inter Press Service
MAPUTO, Aug 17 (IPS) - The rising Maputo-Catembe Bridge is a hard-to-miss addition to Mozambique's shoreline.
Promise or Peril? Africa’s 830 Million Young People by 2050
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Ghana / NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 11 (IPS) - Last month, Spanish charity workers rescued 167 migrants arriving from Africa aboard a small boat.
Leadership Failure Perpetuates Stagnation
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 09 (IPS) - What kind of leadership does the world need now? US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's leadership was undoubtedly extraordinary. His New Deal flew in the face of the contemporary economic orthodoxy, begun even before Keynes' General Theory was published in 1936.
Mauritanians Go to Polls for Controversial Referendum Vote
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 07 (IPS) - While voters in Venezuela overwhelmingly rejected President Nicolás Maduro's plan to amend the constitution recently, similar tensions and a clash between protesters and state authorities appears to be brewing across the Atlantic in the West African nation of Mauritania.
Un Analytical Leadership in Addressing Global Economic Challenges
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 03 (IPS) - The United Nations recently released the 70th anniversary issue of its flagship publication, the World Economic and Social Survey (WESS). First published in January 1948 as the World Economic Report, it is the oldest continuous publication analyzing international economic and social challenges. The 2017 issue reviews 70 years of WESS policy recommendations, many of which remain relevant today to address global challenges and to achieve the 2030 Agenda or Sustainable Development Goals.
African Migrant Women Face “Shocking Sexual Abuse” on Journey to Europe
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jul 28 (IPS) - Up to 80 per cent of Nigerian migrant women and girls arriving on Europe's shores in Italy could potentially be sex trafficking victims, spotlighting the horrific levels of abuse and violence migrants face along their arduous journeys for a better future, according to a UN study.
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