Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (IPS) – Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most people in poverty, and generally worse…
Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug 30 (IPS) – Asia and the Pacific is the most digitally divided region of the world, and South-East Asia is the most divided subregion. The Covid-19 pandemic detonated a “digital big bang” that spurred…
A view of two towers in Vaca Muerta, the field whose discovery gave Argentina huge potential in shale gas and oil. Since 2011, governments have dreamed of fully exploiting it, but have been unable to do so, so the country spends billions of dollars annually on imports of gas. CREDIT:…
by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, August 29, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (IPS) – When UN diplomats are charged with civil or criminal offenses – from traffic violations to sexual abuse — they avoid prosecution and civil law suits under cover of diplomatic immunity. It’s a privilege…
Zimbabwean First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa appears to be following the example of her predecessor Grace Mugabe. Credit: Wikipedia. by Cecilia Russell (bulawayo) Friday, August 26, 2022 Inter Press Service Bulawayo, Aug 26 (IPS) – On Friday, November 24, 2017, Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn as interim leader during a colourful ceremony at…
Michelle Bachelet Opinion by Michelle Bachelet (geneva) Friday, August 26, 2022 Inter Press Service GENEVA, Aug 26 (IPS) – As you know, after four years as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, my mandate ends next week, on 31 August. The world has changed fundamentally over the course of my…
The Nueva Zelandia school is leading a pioneering experience of community electricity generation with solar panels that will reduce the cost of consumption for the school and 20 local families taking part in the project in the poor municipality of Independencia to the north of Santiago. To this initiative, the…
In the United States, race is the number one indicator of whether or not you live near potential toxic exposures. Credit: Courtesy of the author. Opinion by Chandler Blythe Duncan (birmingham, usa) Thursday, August 25, 2022 Inter Press Service BIRMINGHAM, USA, Aug 25 (IPS) – Built in 1942 and still operating…
Dr Mohsina Chaklader, a doctor with Humanity Auxilium, pictured here in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, says she has Rohingyas refugees for physical and psychological wounds after they were forced to flee unspeakable brutality in Myanmar. Credit: Humanity Auxilium by Sania Farooqui (new delhi) Thursday, August 25, 2022 Inter Press Service New Delhi,…
As of 2019, the total value of the annual world shipping trade had reached more than 14 trillion US Dollars. Credit: Bigstock by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, August 25, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Aug 25 (IPS) – ‘There is a prevailing doctrine among the right and far-right political parties who…
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