Opinion by Daud Khan (rome) Wednesday, June 01, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Jun 01 (IPS) – Developing countries – in Africa, in Asia, in Latin America and in the Middle East – are facing a combination of crises that are unprecedented in recent times. Over the last three years they…
Opinion by Matti Kohonen (london) Tuesday, May 31, 2022 Inter Press Service LONDON, May 31 (IPS) – At this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos which ended last week, the attention of the world’s financial and economic elite was captured by the war in Ukraine whose president Volodimir Zelensky used…
Source: 2022 Global Report on Food Crises; 2022: projected Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Anis Chowdhury (sydney and kuala lumpur) Tuesday, May 31, 2022 Inter Press Service SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 (IPS) – US and allied economic sanctions against Russia for its illegal invasion of Ukraine have not achieved…
Josefa Sacko is the AUC Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE) Opinion by Josefa Sacko, Ibrahim Mayaki (luanda, angola) Tuesday, May 31, 2022 Inter Press Service LUANDA, Angola, May 31 (IPS) – While Africa is yet to fully recover from the socio-economic repercussions of the COVID-19…
Workers pictured at a home in Zimbabwe’s Mwenezi rural district, where 44-year-old Davison Chihambakwe, based in neighbouring South Africa, has helped upgrade and modernise some of the houses belonging to his family. He uses the money he sends after fleeing this country’s economic hardships 15 years ago. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS…
“The world’s richest countries are providing healthier environments for children within their borders, yet are disproportionately contributing to the destruction of the global environment”. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Monday, May 30, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, May 30 (IPS) – The excesses committed by rich people can be…
Opinion by Frederic Mousseau (san francisco, usa) Monday, May 30, 2022 Inter Press Service The writer is Policy Director at The Oakland Institute, San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, USA, May 30 (IPS) – India is being asked by the US government and the IMF to reconsider its decision to suspend wheat exports….
Community organizing is a lynchpin in the lives of environmental defenders in Peru, as in the case of Mirtha Villanueva, pictured here with other activists from the Cajamarca region also involved in the defense of rivers and Mother Earth. CREDIT: Courtesy of Mirtha Villanueva by Mariela Jara (lima) Monday, May 30,…
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting mid-May. by Thalif Deen (united nations) Monday, May 30, 2022 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, May 30 (IPS) – The four-month-old Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has triggered a hefty increase in military spending among Western…
We must silence the guns. All countries must work together to curb rising food and energy prices that have been spurred on by the war in Ukraine, making sure that essential goods are delivered to those most in need first, not those most willing to pay the higher price. Credit:…
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