Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, September 06, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Sep 06 (IPS) – After decades of resistance by rich nations, African governments successfully pushed for the United Nations to lead on international tax cooperation. All developing countries and fair-minded governments must rally…
Opinion by Marianne Buenaventura Goldman, Reitumetse Nkoti Mabula (cape town, south africa) Tuesday, September 05, 2023 Inter Press Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Sep 05 (IPS) – The Role of the New Development Bank in Monitoring Project Impacts on Communities The 15th BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa this month…
Opinion by Angela Churie Kallhauge – Ishmael Sunga – Serah Makka (nairobi, kenya) Tuesday, September 05, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 05 (IPS) – When a continent with 65% of the world’s arable land struggles to feed its 1.4 billion people, we know something is wrong. The African and…
Opinion by Bibbi Abruzzini (cartagena, colombia) Monday, September 04, 2023 Inter Press Service CARTAGENA, Colombia, Sep 04 (IPS) – In the midst of a complex web of crises, spanning climate change, biodiversity depletion, constraints on civic space and mounting debt burdens, civil society organizations and human rights defenders from over 50…
Mushroom workers rally, Sunnyside, Washington, April 18, 2023. Credit: Peter Costantini by Peter Costantini (seattle, usa) Thursday, August 31, 2023 Inter Press Service SEATTLE, USA, Aug 31 (IPS) – The Yakima River runs southeast from the Cascade Mountains through central Washington state to merge with the Columbia a little north of…
Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 30 (IPS) – The United Nations Secretary-General’s Dialogue on Financing for Development on 20 September may well be the world’s last chance to save the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and curb global…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (IPS) – The United Nations will host six “high-level” meetings, including two summits of world leaders– over a short span of five consecutive days, beginning September 18. The back-to-back meetings, described as unprecedented, includes the…
Opinion by Antonio Pedro (addis ababa, ethiopia) Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Inter Press Service While the challenges associated with achieving the 2030 Agenda remain complex, the slow progress in Africa is, fortunately, redeemable. Africa possesses abundant assets to achieve the SDGs. The challenge lies in effectively harnessing these resources to turn…
Credit: Safe Harvest Opinion by Sharon Behn, Ignacio Blanco (bangkok, thailand) Monday, August 28, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 28 (IPS) – When Lisa Huyen first set up her company, Vinasamex, which specializes in certified organic cinnamon and star anise grown in the mountainous and poorer provinces of Viet…
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…
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