Easing Africa’s Debt Burdens: a Fresh Approach, Based on an Old …
WEBSep 27, 2024 · PRETORIA. South Africa / CAMBRIDGE, USA, Sep 27 2024 (IPS) - The statistics are stark: 54 governments, of which 25 are African, are spending at least 10% of their revenues on servicing their debts; 48 countries, home to 3.3 billion people, are spending more on debt service than on health or education. Among them, 23 African countries are spending more on debt service than on health or education.
Belarus Crackdown Leaves Human Rights, Minorities Exposed
WEBBRATISLAVA, Sep 6 2021 (IPS) - There will soon be no one left to defend human rights or help minorities in Belarus as the country’s third sector moves closer to “complete liquidation”, international rights groups have warned. Belarus’s authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, has stepped up his regime’s crackdown on any potential opposition in recent weeks, ordering the closure ...
Peter Kamalingin - Author - Inter Press Service
WEBThe corona virus pandemic is impacting Africa’s population in quite differentiated ways and is significantly entrenching inequality. At the greatest risk are lives and livelihoods of the poor.
Central Asia Has Always Been Important for Europe
WEBBRUSSELS, Sep 3 2019 (IPS) - The EU has presented a new strategy for Central Asia. The first one has been adopted in 2007 and revised in 2015. Where do you see improvements? Our new Strategy will aim to focus future EU action in the region on two key priorities.
Guterres - Author - Inter Press Service
WEBThe situation in the Middle East is growing more dire by the hour. The war in Gaza is raging and risks spiralling throughout the region. Divisions are splintering societies.
Bangladesh faces a challenge to ensure welfare of its aging …
WEBFeb 22, 2019 · This report is produced by UNB United News of Bangladesh and IPS Inter Press Service.. DHAKA, Bangladesh, Feb 22 2019 - (IPS/UNB) – Bangladesh economy’s impressive growth trajectory over the last decade has been buttressed by the demographic dividend resulting from a large portion of its population — around 65 percent on average — being of working age.
Kenya: The troubles of a science PhD from the West
WEBNAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 27 2019 (IPS) - Graduate students of the London School of Economics and Political Science gathered at Kenya’s coast in September 2018, where the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Dr Mukhisa Kituyi told them: “With your international credibility, it is easier and tempting to leave and take out of the continent the little ...
Huge moment for Ethiopia as Abiy Ahmed wins Nobel Peace prize
WEBOct 12, 2019 · Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (centre wearing sunglasses) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday. He is pictured here in Addis Ababa with Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (red tie), behind Kenyatta is …
Paraguay Moves Towards Sustainable Commodities
WEBASUNCION, Paraguay, Jul 2 2019 (IPS) - The statistics are alarming. By 2050, the world will require an estimated 60 percent growth in agricultural production to meet the food demand of a population of close to 9 billion people.
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WEBThree western powers -- the US, Britain and Canada -- have broken their silence on Guyana's controversial Dec. 15 general elections by recognising the Janet Jagan-led government, but their endorsements may not be enough to repair the damage the country has suffered from mounting social unrest in the past three weeks.