Global Issues
News headlines for “Food and Agriculture Issues”, page 39
U.S. White House Executive Order Raises Concerns for Its Support to the UN
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 06 (IPS) - A new executive order from the United States White House calls for withdrawing support from major UN entities and a review of all international intergovernmental organizations which the United States is a member of. The U.S.’s orders against the UN Palestine Refugee Agency also do not bode well for ongoing ceasefire negotiations in Gaza.
Benin: An African Pioneer
- Inter Press Service
PORTO-NOVO, Benin, Feb 04 (IPS) - Benin faced a number of negative spillovers in 2022: a deteriorating regional security situation at its northern border, the lingering scars of COVID-19, and higher living costs amid the war in Ukraine.
Hidden Danger: How War Remnants Threaten Syrian Lives
- Inter Press Service
IDLIB, Syria, Feb 03 (IPS) - When 42-year-old Amina al-Hassan's family returned home after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime, her son stood on a landmine.
Mexico's New Economic Plan Lacks Energy
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO, Jan 31 (IPS) - This January, Mexico has embarked on a new industrial path for the next six years, where the viability of its energy component faces fundamental challenges that put it at risk.
Gaza Humanitarian Aid: How a Lack of Political Will Sabotaged Resolution 2720
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 31 (IPS) - Before the three-phased ceasefire deal—proposed by President Joe Biden and dragged over the finish line by the then-incoming Donald Trump administration—silenced the bombs and drones over Gaza and allowed for humanitarian aid to flow into the strip, there was United Nations Security Council Resolution 2720.
African Countries Called Upon to Improve Data Collection
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Jan 30 (IPS) - Africa's lack of robust application of statistical research has been flagged as slowing the use of evidence-based data to drive development.
Malnutrition in Nigeria Rises Alarmingly, Urgent Action Needed
- Inter Press Service
KADADABA, Nigeria, Jan 29 (IPS) - In June 2024, 26-year-old Zainab Abdul noticed her two-year-old daughter growing pale, losing weight, and battling diarrhea. She wasn’t surprised. Since jihadist-linked bandits had forced them out of their village in Kadadaba, Zamfara State, in northwestern Nigeria, her family had been living in a refugee camp with limited access to food.
Brazil to Free Classrooms from the Invasion of Mobile Phones
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 27 (IPS) - It was necessary to repel the "invasion" of mobile phones in Brazilian classrooms, even to spark a debate about the use of technology in education, according to Silvana Veloso, an educator with extensive experience on the subject.
Rising Opposition Movement Looks to Political Renewal, Stemming Erosion of Democracy in Hungary
- Inter Press Service
BUDAPEST, Jan 27 (IPS) - The Central European nation of Hungary is officially a democracy. But civil society, the media and democratic norms have increasingly come under threat as the Fidesz-KDNP coalition government, led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has entrenched autocratic rule over the past 14 years. Now a new wave of energy and popularity is driving the younger opposition movement into the spotlight ahead of next year’s parliamentary election.
Report Exposes Silent Global Emergency as More Crises-Affected Children Need Urgent Education Support
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK & NAIROBI, Jan 24 (IPS) - A report released today on the International Day of Education sounds alarm as the number of school-aged children in crisis worldwide requiring urgent support to access quality education reaches a staggering 234 million—an estimated increase of 35 million over the past three years fueled by intensifying armed conflict, forced displacements, more frequent and severe weather and climatic events, and other crises.
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