Global Issues
News headlines for “Democracy”, page 247
Education Cannot Wait for Refugee Children in Crisis, says Yasmine Sherif
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 19 (IPS) - With financing, the number of out-of-school refuges could be reduced to zero, Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW) says, as the world commemorates World Refugee Day.
Apocalypse Now? Christian Fundamentalists and COVID-19
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Jun 17 (IPS) - Like most male Swedes of my age I had to enter obligatory military service for almost a year. In my barrack was a “born-again-Christian” who when he became angry shouted “Now you mock me, but when the Last Judgement has come I will sit in heaven and smile down at you while you burn in Hell!” Since then I have wondered about the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation. It was written by a frustrated Christian man who by the end of 100 CE by Roman authorities had been deported to an isolated island where he wrote a long letter to Christian congregations in Asia Minor.
Getting hard to breathe
hard to believe in anything
at all, but fear.
Peter Gabriel, Mother of ViolenceWill a British ICC Chief Prosecutor be Brave Enough to Investigate UK & its Allies?
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 17 (IPS) - As British barrister Karim Khan QC begins his term as ICC chief prosecutor, his first steps should be to proceed with investigations into alleged war crimes involving UK allies in Afghanistan and Palestine.
Prison was Horrible but I Will Still do my Work as a Journalist - Jeffrey Moyo Upon Prison Release
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Jun 16 (IPS) - International correspondent Jeffrey Moyo, who was a released from detention today after being arrested for breaching Zimbabwe’s Immigration Act by helping two foreign journalists work in the country, says press freedom is undermined when journalists cannot work undeterred.
Central Sahel: Ground Zero in Tackling Climate Change Through Education
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 16 (IPS) - The climate crisis is amplifying the effects of instability and violence in the world’s poorest countries. Nowhere is this more visible than in Africa’s Central Sahel region, where increasing temperature, floods, droughts and other climate change-induced disasters are triggering conflicts, displacement, and pushing girls and boys into the shadows.
The Marginalisation of Africa
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 15 (IPS) - Is Africa marginalised in contemporary economics and politics, and in contemporary economic and political research?
Impressions gathered over the years and a bit of evidence (much more could be assembled) indicate that it is. I would distinguish three types of marginalisation: objective, objectified and subjective marginalisation.
Britain Must Fix Its Anti-Muslim Sentiment Problem
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Jun 14 (IPS) - In 2015, When Rabina Khan was running as an independent candidate in the Tower Hamlets’ mayoral elections in London, a male voter asked her what colour her hair was under her veil. Rabina replied and said, it was pink. This small interaction is what got Rabina inspired to write her book, My Hair is Pink Under This Veil.
The Real Price of Marriage in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
ARLINGTON, Virginia, USA, Jun 14 (IPS) - August of this year will mark the one-year anniversary of the end of South Sudan’s civil war, yet recent surges of violence suggest that peace is far from being realized. These attacks by armed groups include instances of sexual violence against women and girls.
Global Leaders to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed: Stop the Atrocities in Tigray
- Inter Press Service
DILI, Jun 11 (IPS) - Seven highly respected leaders in conflict resolution have issued a call for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to take immediate action to bring a halt to the atrocities being committed in the Tigray region of his nation. The letter urges the Prime Minister to implement seven steps to resolve the crisis.
A Staggering 160 Million Are Victims of Child Labour
- Inter Press Service
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Jun 11 (IPS) - Among the many daunting issues leaders of the G7 will have to discuss in their upcoming summit in idyllic Cornwall on June 11-13, child labour won’t be on the official agenda.
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