Digging Africa Deeper into Hunger<br>Annual Green Revolution Forum ignores widespread failure of its push for industrialized agriculture

Digging Africa Deeper into Hunger<br>Annual Green Revolution Forum ignores widespread failure of its push for industrialized agriculture

Opinion by Timothy A. Wise (cambridge, ma.) Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Inter Press Service CAMBRIDGE, MA., Aug 29 (IPS) – As the adage goes, when you find yourself stuck in a hole, stop digging. As African leaders and their philanthropic and bilateral sponsors prepare for another glitzy African Green Revolution Forum,…

Debt & Crisis of Survival in Sri Lanka & the World — Global Issues

Debt & Crisis of Survival in Sri Lanka & the World — Global Issues

Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka on April 13, 2022. Credit: Wikipedia Opinion by Asoka Bandarage (washington dc) Friday, August 25, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Aug 25 (IPS) – Sri Lanka has been faced with an unprecedented political and economic crisis since the beginning of 2022. The dominant narrative attributes…

International Systems Are Key for Ethiopia’s Security and Development Amidst Renewed War — Global Issues

International Systems Are Key for Ethiopia’s Security and Development Amidst Renewed War — Global Issues

There are still tens of thousands of people in need of health services including surgical interventions from the previous war that left almost 600,000 people dead. Credit: James Jeffrey/IPS Opinion by Abdo Husen (addis ababa) Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Inter Press Service ADDIS ABABA, Aug 23 (IPS) – Less than a…

Sexual Violence Survivors in Tigray Need Urgent Medical, Psychological and Economic Support — Global Issues

Sexual Violence Survivors in Tigray Need Urgent Medical, Psychological and Economic Support — Global Issues

Hilina Berhanu Degefa, researcher, gender policy expert and co-founder of the Yellow Movement AAU, addresses the UN Security Council. CREDIT: UN Photo/Loey Felipe by Francis Kokutse (accra) Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Inter Press Service ACCRA, Aug 22 (IPS) – The war in Tigray, northern Ethiopian, led to sexual and gender-based violence…

Russia Upstages Neo-Colonialist France in West Africa — Global Issues

Russia Upstages Neo-Colonialist France in West Africa — Global Issues

Opinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Friday, August 11, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 (IPS) – Going back to the 16th century and continuing through the late 1960s, France was described as the world’s second largest colonial power—just behind the British Empire. As the old saying goes: The…

Cutting Food Loss and Waste is an Opportunity to Improve Food Security — Global Issues

Cutting Food Loss and Waste is an Opportunity to Improve Food Security — Global Issues

Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India, December 17, 2021: No Food Waste (NFW) staff serve a nutritious meal to community members in Eswaran Koil Street. Credit: The Global FoodBanking Network / Narayana Swamy Subbaraman Opinion by Lisa Moon (chicago, usa) Tuesday, August 08, 2023 Inter Press Service CHICAGO, USA, Aug 08 (IPS) –…

Putin’s Many Paradoxes & Russia’s Weaponisation of Food — Global Issues

Putin’s Many Paradoxes & Russia’s Weaponisation of Food — Global Issues

UN inspectors of the Joint Coordination Centre go to inspect a grain shipment aboard the merchant vessel LADY SPERANZA under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Istanbul, 17 February 2023. Credit: UN/Duncan Moore Opinion by John R. Bryson (birmingham, uk) Friday, August 04, 2023 Inter Press Service BIRMINGHAM, UK, Aug 04 (IPS)…

Ukraine Humanitarian Response Plan Only 30 Percent Funded — Global Issues

Ukraine Humanitarian Response Plan Only 30 Percent Funded — Global Issues

Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown. Credit: UN by Abigail Van Neely (united nations) Tuesday, August 01, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 01 (IPS) – Civilian infrastructure is under attack in cities across Ukraine, and the need for long-term aid grows. However, the United Nations’ 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan…

Should Military Leaders be Barred from Addressing the UN? — Global Issues

Should Military Leaders be Barred from Addressing the UN? — Global Issues

by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, July 31, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Jul 31 (IPS) – A rash of military coups in African countries — including Burkina Faso, Sudan, Guinea, Mali, and most recently Niger– has raised a legitimate question: What should be the response of the United Nations,…

International Inertia Follows Israeli Assault on Jenin in the West Bank — Global Issues

International Inertia Follows Israeli Assault on Jenin in the West Bank — Global Issues

Shu’fat refugee camp is home to 120,000 Palestinian refugees on the outskirts of East Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank. Photo credit: Jawad Al Malhi by Catherine Wilson (sydney) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Jul 28 (IPS) – The likelihood of further confrontations remains high following a major…