Climate Resilient Indigenous Crops Underutilised even as Climate Change Threatens to Cripple Food Systems — Global Issues

Climate Resilient Indigenous Crops Underutilised even as Climate Change Threatens to Cripple Food Systems — Global Issues

The potential for indigenous crops and plant species to address hunger remains largely untapped even as extreme weather changes threaten to cripple food systems. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Monday, March 27, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Mar 27 (IPS) – Elizabeth Njoroge recounts her poverty-stricken upbringing in Ting’ang’a…

Pressure from the Taliban has Contributed to Rise in Underage Marriages in Afghanistan — Global Issues

Pressure from the Taliban has Contributed to Rise in Underage Marriages in Afghanistan — Global Issues

The life of women has become extremely restricted in Afghanistan since the Taliban took over in August 2021.  by Anonymous Friday, March 24, 2023 Inter Press Service Mar 24 (IPS) – The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld…

Artisanal Miners Face Onerous Obstacles to Become Legal — Global Issues

Artisanal Miners Face Onerous Obstacles to Become Legal — Global Issues

It’s a struggle for artisanal miners working in South Africa to be legalised due to onerous requirements. Credit: NAAM by Fawzia Moodley (johannesburg) Friday, March 24, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Mar 24 (IPS) – Greed, poverty, irresponsible legal mining giants which exploited and then abandoned South Africa’s mines, together with…

Challenges & Prospects for Peace & Human Security — Global Issues

Challenges & Prospects for Peace & Human Security — Global Issues

Opinion by Shivan Fazil, Alaa Tartir (stockholm, sweden) Friday, March 24, 2023 Inter Press Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Mar 24 (IPS) – Over the past two decades Iraq has been affected by several waves of intense conflict and violence. The 2003 invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition led by the United…

Turkish Writer Pinar Selek Faces Her Fifth Life Sentence — Global Issues

Turkish Writer Pinar Selek Faces Her Fifth Life Sentence — Global Issues

Pinar Selek, a Turkish writer, is the victim of one of the most Kafkaesque trials in Turkey’s history. Credit: Juantxo Egaña/IPS by Karlos Zurutuza (biarritz, france) Thursday, March 23, 2023 Inter Press Service BIARRITZ, France, Mar 23 (IPS) – The woman we’re meeting in a house on the outskirts of Biarritz…

Burkina Faso Home to Almost Half of Closed Schools in Central & West Africa — Global Issues

Burkina Faso Home to Almost Half of Closed Schools in Central & West Africa — Global Issues

Opinion by Marine Olivesi (ouagadougou, burkina faso) Thursday, March 23, 2023 Inter Press Service OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Mar 23 (IPS) – Over a million children in Burkina Faso are currently affected by school closures with 6,134 academic institutions shut as of February 2023, an increase of over 40 per cent since…

Bhutans Long-Serving Political Prisoners Should be Released — Global Issues

Bhutans Long-Serving Political Prisoners Should be Released — Global Issues

Longtime political prisoners in Bhurtan, in photos provided by their families. Top row: Lok Bahadur Ghaley; Rinzin Wangdi; Chandra Raj Rai; Kumar Gautam. Bottom row: San Man Gurung; Birkha Bdr Chhetri; Omnath Adhikari; Chaturman Tamang. © Private. Opinion by Elaine Pearson (sydney) Thursday, March 23, 2023 Inter Press Service SYDNEY, Mar…

Cash Transfers, Poverty Alleviation Assists with Mental Health Study — Global Issues

Cash Transfers, Poverty Alleviation Assists with Mental Health Study — Global Issues

Governments low- and middle-income countries are encouraged to take note of a new story that finds cash transfers help with mental health of those living in poverty. Credit: Annie Spratt/Unsplash by Francis Kokutse (acra) Thursday, March 23, 2023 Inter Press Service ACRA, Mar 23 (IPS) – Poverty alleviation policies, especially cash…

Kenyan Entrepreneur Using Organic Microbes to Unlock Hidden Nutrients in Dairy Feeds — Global Issues

Kenyan Entrepreneur Using Organic Microbes to Unlock Hidden Nutrients in Dairy Feeds — Global Issues

Juma Kiboi displays pre-fermented animal feeds ready to be fed to dairy cows. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS by Isaiah Esipisu (nakuru, kenya) Wednesday, March 22, 2023 Inter Press Service NAKURU, Kenya, Mar 22 (IPS) – Using naturally occurring microbes, a Kenyan entrepreneur has developed a molasses-based supplement that pre-ferments animal feeds to…