Global Issues News Headlines for “Global Financial Crisis”

GHANA: ‘This Is Bigger than Lgbtqi+ Rights – It’s about the Kind of Society We Want to Be’

2026-06-29T06:14:00-07:00

CIVICUS discusses Ghana’s anti-LGBTQI+ law with Leila Lariba, Executive Director of One Love Sisters Ghana, a community-driven organisation that advances human rights, social inclusion and wellbeing for Muslim LGBTQI+ people in Ghana.

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The Silent Metamorphosis

2026-06-29T05:00:56-07:00

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, June 29 (IPS) - There is a question that is never asked plainly enough in reports on Haiti: why, despite decades of analysis, billions in international aid, and an abundance of national strategies, does the potential of Haitian youth remain so consistently underutilized? This report, The Silent Transformation, is an attempt at an honest answer.

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The Forgotten Triumph of Rinderpest Eradication, and the Cost of Ignoring Its Lesson

2026-06-27T06:57:02-07:00

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 27 (IPS) - Animal disease is no longer a distant concern for farmers and veterinarians alone. It is increasingly visible in household budgets: global egg prices surged more than 60% during recent bird flu outbreaks. In South Africa, foot-and-mouth disease pushed beef prices up by 34%. These are not isolated fluctuations in price. They are reminders that when prevention falls short, families, farmers and food systems all pay the price.

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AI Will Destabilize Jobs, the Middle Class and the Welfare State Unless We Act in Time

2026-06-26T16:41:56-07:00

NEW YORK, June 26 (IPS) - Artificial intelligence (AI) promises remarkable gains in productivity, science, medicine and education. But it is also poised to wipe out millions of jobs, hollow out the middle class, and drain the tax revenues that pay for hospitals, schools and pensions. The process has already begun, and the time to act is running out.

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War, Heatwaves and Energy Shocks Fuel Push for Clean Energy

2026-06-26T16:22:21-07:00

LONDON & KARACHI, Pakistan, June 26 (IPS) - The 30 COP gatherings may not have done what three months of US-Israeli war against Iran did: expose the world’s vulnerability to fossil fuels.

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Aid Is Falling Fast. What Can African Countries Do?

2026-06-26T07:58:45-07:00

WASHINGTON DC, June 26 (IPS) - For decades, official development assistance has been a central pillar of financing in sub-Saharan Africa. That pillar is now weakening—quickly and broadly.

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In a Post-Aid World, Investing in Sustainable Livestock Farming Is an Investment in Global Stability

2026-06-26T05:03:03-07:00

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 26 (IPS) - Smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia are likely to still be reeling from the fuel and fertilizer crisis caused by conflict in the Middle East when what forecasters expect to be a “super” El Niño arrives later this year.

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Should BRICS+ Lead the Global South?

2026-06-26T04:55:04-07:00

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 26 (IPS) - Leadership of the Global South has gradually declined since the 1980s. Many hope BRICS+ will fill the vacuum, but its purpose and membership suggest such hopes may be misplaced. A repurposed Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) offers the best way forward.

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UNCTAD: A Shift of Risk, Geopolitical Tension Weighs on Global Markets Heavier than Trade Policy

2026-06-25T18:17:11-07:00

UNITED NATIONS, June 25 (IPS) - Amidst increased geopolitical tensions, the risk of volatile energy markets, trade corridors, and regional stability in the Middle East has garnered more attention than trade policy in terms of its power to alter the global economy, according to new findings from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

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From Rotten Tomatoes to AI: Ugandan Commonwealth Youth Award Winner Takes Aim at Hunger Across Africa

2026-06-25T14:34:50-07:00

LONDON & DAR ES SALAAM, June 25 (IPS) - Before anyone called her an innovator, before artificial intelligence entered the conversation, before solar-powered cold rooms, before the language of sustainable development, Shifra Ainomugisha knew food loss in its painful form.

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