Debt-Pushing as Financial Inclusion — Global Issues

Atrocity crimes still being committed in Ethiopia, UN experts warn — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia said it was vital independent investigators continue to review the country’s dire human rights situation.” “We are gravely concerned about the situation in Ethiopia and the potential for future atrocities,” said Mohamed Chande Othman, Chairperson of the Commission. Risk factors remain…

Debt-Pushing as Financial Inclusion — Global Issues

Looming hunger emergency for South Sudanese families fleeing war — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Nearly 300,000 people have arrived in South Sudan since the conflict began across the border in mid-April, most of whom are returnees. Among them, one in five children is malnourished and 90 per cent of families are experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity. Screening data from the border crossing also…

Informal Workers Key to Successful Waste Management in Africa — Global Issues

Informal Workers Key to Successful Waste Management in Africa — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The Mbeubeus dumpsite in Dakar, Senegal, where Practical Action, an international organisation is helping the communities phase out open burning of waste. Credit: Practical Action. by Robert Kibet (nairobi) Monday, October 02, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Oct 02 (IPS) – With the African continent recycling less than 11 percent of…

Debt-Pushing as Financial Inclusion — Global Issues

The Human Cost of a Green Energy Transition Without Safeguards — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Opinion by Olivier Ndoole Bahemuke (goma, democratic republic of congo) Monday, October 02, 2023 Inter Press Service GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct 02 (IPS) – The world is moving away from fossil fuels towards so-called “green” energies as a solution to the climate crisis, which has increased the demand for…

Innovative Business Models, Critical for African Governments to Unlock Carbon Markets — Global Issues

Innovative Business Models, Critical for African Governments to Unlock Carbon Markets — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Carbon credits in Africa can be generated by projects that curb emissions with a major focus on switching to renewable sources such as solar energy. Nasho solar power plant in Eastern Rwanda. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS by Aimable Twahirwa (nairobi) Friday, September 29, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Sep 29 (IPS) –…

Debt-Pushing as Financial Inclusion — Global Issues

WHO supports battle against cholera in the east — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The UN agency said on Friday that 264 suspected cholera cases, four confirmed cases and 16 associated deaths werereportedin the eastern state as of 25 September. Investigations are taking place to determine whether the disease has spread to Khartoum and South Kordofan states, which have seen increased cases of acute…

Debt-Pushing as Financial Inclusion — Global Issues

Aid workers under threat, DR Congo food crisis, Niger floods — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told reporters in Geneva that out of 71 aid worker deaths recorded so far this year, 22 had been working in South Sudan and 19 in Sudan. The victims are overwhelmingly local humanitarians working on the front lines of the response, Mr. Laerke said. He stressed…