Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 98
Egypt Rushes to Find Alternative Wheat Suppliers following Russian Invasion of Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Mar 03 (IPS) - Egypt is scrambling to find alternate sources of wheat after the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put supply to the country in jeopardy. This is especially urgent because the price of bread in Egypt has in the past sparked protests in the country.
We Must Carry on Paul Farmer's Work on Social Determinants of Health
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Mar 02 (IPS) - Paul Farmer, the legendary global health equity warrior, recently died in his sleep from heart-related complications at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Butaro, Rwanda, the university he co-founded.
African Governments Urged to Support Plastic Pollution Solutions
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Mar 01 (IPS) - Environmental experts gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, have urged African governments to take advantage of ‘circular plastic opportunities’ to lower greenhouse gas emissions and stop environmental degradation. They were speaking to IPS on the sidelines of the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA).
Inflation Targeting Voodoo
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 01 (IPS) - All over the world, people expect policies by central bankers trained in economics to have a sound scientific base. But in fact, inflation targeting is an article of faith with neither theoretical nor empirical basis.
Cyclone Ana Floods Choke Malawi's Water and Sanitation Goals
- Inter Press Service
Blantyre, Malawi, Feb 22 (IPS) - On the night of January 24, 2022, as Cyclone Ana-triggered rains incessantly rattled on the rusty roof of her house, amid intervals of gusty winds, a thud woke up Josephine Kumwanje from her sleep.
Financialization at Heart of Economic Malaise
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 (IPS) - COVID-19 has exposed major long-term economic vulnerabilities. This malaise – including declining productivity growth – can be traced to the greater influence of finance in the real economy.
The New World Wonder: a 100 Million Hectares Wall to Protect Africa
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Feb 17 (IPS) - Once completed in 2030, it could well be considered the world’s eighth wonder, this time natural. It is the African-led Great Green Wall or the largest living structure on the planet – an 8.000 kilometres natural hit stretching across the entire width of the continent.
A Step Toward Africa's First Covid-19 Vaccine of Its Own
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 16 (IPS) - Akshaya Kumar is the crisis advocacy director at Human Rights Watch.Efforts to combat the vast global inequity in access to Covid-19 vaccines just got a boost. A Cape Town company claims it successfully made a vaccine that mimics Moderna’s messenger RNA vaccine—without any help from Moderna. This copycat will still need to undergo clinical trials, but the effort could yield Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccine.
WASH Interventions Key to Reaching Africa's Child Health Milestones
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Feb 15 (IPS) - For two days in a row back in 2018, four-year-old Calvin Otieno suffered from diarrhoea and vomiting, and his mother responded by giving him a salt solution.
Call for Increased Global Efforts to Ease Africa’s Climate-Induced Water Crisis
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Feb 14 (IPS) - When years ago warnings were sounded that future wars would be fought not over oil but water, the predictions were dismissed as alarmist.
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