Women’s Savings in Zimbabwe Struggle Under Weight of Unstable Currency — Global Issues

Women’s Savings in Zimbabwe Struggle Under Weight of Unstable Currency — Global Issues

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Zimbabwean women’s informal savings clubs have been hit by high inflation and the low value of the country’s currency. Credit: Ignatius Banda/IPS by Ignatius Banda (bulawayo) Wednesday, June 28, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Jun 28 (IPS) – For years, self-employed and unemployed women in Zimbabwe formed neighbourhood “clubs” where they…

malnourished children fighting for their lives — Global Issues

malnourished children fighting for their lives — Global Issues

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The UN’s top humanitarian official in the country Matthias Schmale informed that severe hunger is affecting 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. The number of children under five at risk of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition has doubled in one year to reach 700,000. Describing the situation…

Guterres condemns Israel’s recent advancement of plans to build in occupied West Bank — Global Issues

Guterres condemns Israel’s recent advancement of plans to build in occupied West Bank — Global Issues

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A strongly worded statement by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General reiterates that settlements are a flagrant violation of international law and relevant UN resolutions. Antonio Guterres, it says, urged the Government of Israel to halt and reverse the expansion of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to immediately and completely…

Huge Increase in Transnational Crime in Asia ‘Golden Triangle — Global Issues

Huge Increase in Transnational Crime in Asia ‘Golden Triangle — Global Issues

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In the United States and Canada, overdose deaths, predominantly driven by an epidemic of the non-medical use of fentanyl, continue to break records. Credit: Shutterstock. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jun 27 (IPS) – How come that in a world where technology is -or…

The Common Good, or Transactional Religion? — Global Issues

The USAs Systemic Racism includes Its Wars — Global Issues

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Opinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Jun 27 (IPS) – A recent Justice Department report concluded that “systemic” racial bias in the Minneapolis Police Department “made what happened to George Floyd possible.” During the three years since a white police…

The Common Good, or Transactional Religion? — Global Issues

‘Dire year’ for children caught in conflict, as hospital and school attacks double — Global Issues

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Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba unveiled the Secretary-General’s latest annual report, for 2022, which showed there were 27,180 grave violations overall, an increase from the previous year. The recorded violations only refer to verified information, with the likely toll much higher, and cover four categories: recruitment…

The Common Good, or Transactional Religion? — Global Issues

Top UN official urges Israeli, Palestinian leaders to ‘put on the brakes’ — Global Issues

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“The choice is clear,” said Tor Wennesland, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO). “Either continue along the downward spiral of violence and provocations leading to a political vacuum or turn towards constructive dialogue linked to concrete actions that can create hope and a political horizon.”…