News headlines for “Causes of Poverty”
It Is Time For Africa to Fund Its Health Security
- Inter Press Service
Relying on foreign aid is bad for Africa’s health and it must stop if the continent is to enjoy health security.
UN80: UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Mandate Review
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, April 2 (IPS) - UN Member States made progress toward the UN80 initiative by adopting a resolution that would implement a mandate review, which is set to pave the way to strengthen the process of mandate creation and implementation.
MC14 Exposed US Heavy Hand at the WTO; Developing Countries Need Each Other
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Cameroon, April 2 (IPS) - The WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14), which took place from 26 to 30 March 2026 in Cameroon, was reported as a collapse resulting from the stand-off between Brazil and the United States on the extension of the e-commerce moratorium. This is one screen shot of a bigger unfolding story where the US is attempting to enforce its will on the organization, while some are resisting.
Artisanal Miners in Western Kenya Move Away From Mercury
- Inter Press Service
KAKAMEGA, Kenya, April 1 (IPS) - They call this land Bushiangala. Gold has been mined here for nearly a century. In 1931, colonial prospectors arrived after traces were found in the nearby Yala River, setting off a rush that changed this quiet corner of western Kenya.
UNECA Warns Africa Risks Remaining Uncompetitive, Urges AI Adoption
- Inter Press Service
TANGIER, Morocco, April 1 (IPS) - Africa must move swiftly to harness data and frontier technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drive its economic growth and make the continent globally competitive in the digital economy, a senior official at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has told policymakers.
CONGO: ‘The Result Was Already Decided Before Polling Stations Opened’
- Inter Press Service
CIVICUS discusses the presidential election in the Republic of the Congo with Ivan Kibangou Ngoy, executive director of Global Participe, a civil society action-research organisation focused on democratic governance based in Pointe-Noire.
Escalation in Middle East Reverses more than a Year of Economic Growth in the Region
- Inter Press Service
AMMAN / NEW YORK , April 1 (IPS) - New estimates by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) suggest the military escalation in the Middle East, now into its fifth week, may cost economies in the region from 3.7 to 6.0 percent of their collective Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Middle East war: Energy crunch hits vulnerable nations
- UN News
The war in the Middle East and the near halt to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has amplified the energy crunch facing developing nations in Africa and South Asia that rely heavily on imported liquid gas, food and fertilizers.
Iran War Threatens World Food Crisis
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, March 31 (IPS) - While media coverage of Iran’s restrictions on passage through the Hormuz Straits focuses on fuel prices, partial closure is also disrupting crucial fertiliser and other supplies, risking catastrophe for billions worldwide.
CSW70: Women’s Equality under Siege
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay / BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 30 (IPS) - On 19 March, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) did something unprecedented in its eight-decade history: it held a vote. The Trump administration, having spent two weeks attempting to defer, amend and ultimately block the session’s main outcome document, known as the agreed conclusions, cast the only vote against its adoption. That dissenting vote said a lot, as it came from the world’s most powerful government, backed by financial leverage, bilateral reach and a network of anti-rights states and organisations that are making inroads at many levels.
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