The War in Ukraine Triggers a Record Increase in World Military Spending — Global Issues

The War in Ukraine Triggers a Record Increase in World Military Spending — Global Issues

Opinion by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, April 24, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Apr 24 (IPS) – The United Nations has warned that the February 2022 Rusian invasion of Ukraine has threatened to force up to 1.7 billion people — over one-fifth of humanity — into poverty, destitution and…

Sudan Conflict Marks Failure of Transition Plan — Global Issues

Sudan Conflict Marks Failure of Transition Plan — Global Issues

Opinion by Andrew Firmin (london) Friday, April 21, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON, Apr 21 (IPS) – The current fighting in Sudan marks the failure of supposed processes for transition to democratic rule. The international community needs to learn the lessons of this catastrophe and work with civil society. Democracy betrayed…

No Parent Should Ever Be in the Position We Find Ourselves, Say Mothers of LGBTQ+ in Uganda — Global Issues

No Parent Should Ever Be in the Position We Find Ourselves, Say Mothers of LGBTQ+ in Uganda — Global Issues

Activists from Freedom and Roam Uganda launch LGBTQI+ campaigns, My Body is Not a Battlefield and Break the Chains, Stop Violence campaigns. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS by Wambi Michael (kampala) Friday, April 21, 2023 Inter Press Service KAMPALA, Apr 21 (IPS) – The mothers of LGBTQ+ individuals in Uganda have taken a…

Global Solidarity Needed to Address Talibans Attacks on Womens Rights — Global Issues

Global Solidarity Needed to Address Talibans Attacks on Womens Rights — Global Issues

Opinion by David Kode (johannesburg) Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Apr 19 (IPS) – Matiullah Wesa’s crime was to try to ensure young people got an education in Afghanistan. His recent forceful abduction by the Taliban offers the latest stark reminder that global solidarity and coherent action from…

Bahrains Botched Whitewashing Attempt — Global Issues

Bahrains Botched Whitewashing Attempt — Global Issues

Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, March 31, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 31 (IPS) – The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), an organisation whose motto is ‘For democracy. For everyone’, just held its global assembly in a country with a mock parliament and not the slightest semblance of…

Beatriz v. El Salvador Case Could Set Precedent on Abortion in Latin America — Global Issues

Beatriz v. El Salvador Case Could Set Precedent on Abortion in Latin America — Global Issues

On Mar. 22, 2023, dozens of people watched a live broadcast from San José, Costa Rica, on a large screen at the University of El Salvador, in San Salvador, of the open hearing of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, listening to the testimony of witnesses in the Beatriz v….

Belief in Witchcraft Costing Lives of Elderly Women in Malawi — Global Issues

Belief in Witchcraft Costing Lives of Elderly Women in Malawi — Global Issues

Attacks on the elderly are increasing in Malawi, often under the pretext that witchcraft is at play. Survivor Christian Mphande lived to tell her story, but there is a worrying increase in elder abuse. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS by Charles Mpaka (blantyre) Friday, March 17, 2023 Inter Press Service BLANTYRE, Mar 17…

The Western Threat to Russia — Global Issues

The Western Threat to Russia — Global Issues

Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Monday, March 06, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Mar 06 (IPS) – Putin’s regime recently suspended Russia’s participation in a nuclear arms agreement with Washington. After the decision Putin declared that the move was a retaliation for the US’s, France’s and Britain’s “targeting” of…