Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 215
More Bang for Your Buck: Saving Lives by Investing in the Poorest
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 28 (IPS) - Investing in the health of the poorest communities saves almost twice as many lives, according to a UN agency's analysis.
China Drives Nuclear Expansion in Argentina, but with Strings Attached
- Inter Press Service
UN Response Teams Underfunded as Costs Hit Staggering $23.5 Billion
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 23 (IPS) - UN response teams that help the most vulnerable people in the world are still largely underfunded, a new status report has revealed.
The funding available to the teams is no match for the record number of people—141 million—who need assistance today.
No Wall for Ethiopia, Rather an Open Door—Even for Its Enemy
- Inter Press Service
ADINBRIED, Ethiopia, Jun 22 (IPS) - It's one thing to read about the exodus of souls flowing out of Eritrea, it's quite another to look into the tired eyes, surrounded by dust and grime, of a 14-year-old Eritrean girl who's just arrived on the Ethiopian side of the shared border.
East Asia’s real lessons
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 21 (IPS) - International recognition of East Asia's rapid economic growth, structural change and industrialization grew from the 1980s. In Western media and academia, this was seen as a regional phenomenon, associated with some commonality, real or imagined, such as a supposed ‘yen bloc'.
Sexual Violence Fuels Vicious Recruitment Cycle in Congolese Militia
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (IPS) - In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the active recruitment of young girls by armed militias has produced disastrous effects—facing social stigma when they're freed, many girls find their way back to these violent groups and rejoin them.
Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Kenya through Innovative Financing
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 19 (IPS) - Every year, one million Kenyans are driven below the poverty line by healthcare-related expenditures. Poverty predisposes them to disease and slows all aspects of growth in the economy.
Africa: Drought and Jobless, Hopeless Youth, Fertile Grounds for Extremism
- Inter Press Service
ROME/OUAGADOUGOU, Jun 19 (IPS) - Ignoring the plight of jobless young people in sub-Saharan Africa is a recipe for political instability and global insecurity, warned a high-level symposium of Africa's interior, environment and foreign affairs ministers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Safeguarding Precious Crop Genes in Trust for Humanity
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Nigeria, Jun 19 (IPS) - A genetic resource centre run by the Nigeria-based International Institute for Tropical Agriculture has banked thousands of crop varieties for disaster relief and research, holds the world's largest and most diverse collection of cowpeas, and contains some of Africa's rarest insect species.
Africa Could Help Feed the World – If Its Fertile Land Doesn’t Vanish
- Inter Press Service
OUAGADOUGOU, Jun 16 (IPS) - The 23rd World Day to Combat Desertification was celebrated in Burkina Faso's capital of Ouagadougou on June 15 with a call to create two million jobs and restore 10 million hectares of degraded land.
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