Global IssuesNews headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 9
ECOWAS at 49: Successes in Regional Integration, Despite Emerging Challenges
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 6 2024 (IPS) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was founded in 1975 to promote economic integration in the region. Forty-nine years later, the regional bloc boasts significant successes in integration, peace and security and good governance, but also faces some challenges.
Activists Challenge Pharma Company Gilead Over HIV Medication
- Inter Press Service
MUNICH, Aug 02 (IPS) - Campaigners and experts have demanded a breakthrough HIV intervention hailed as “the closest thing to an HIV vaccine” must be made available as soon and as cheaply as possible to all who need it as its manufacturer faces protests over its pricing.
Femicide and Reproductive Violence Harm African Women, Girls
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 31 (IPS) - International African Women’s Day on July 31 recognizes the contribution of African women toward political, social, and economic freedom on the continent. But gender equality is still not a reality for most African women.
Can Kenyas Gen Z Lead an African Agriculture Revolution?
- Inter Press Service
URBANA, Illinois, US, Jul 31 (IPS) - Kenyan Gen Z recently led a series of historic protests that resulted in Kenya’s President rejecting the Finance Bill 2023 and dissolving his cabinet. These protests are inspiring a wave of changerevolutions, and optimism in Kenya and the African Continent.
Intl. AIDS Conference: Trans Man Asks Governments to Pressure Uganda to Repeal Punitive Anti LGBT+ Law
- Inter Press Service
MUNICH, Jul 31 (IPS) - Jay Mulucha, Executive Director of FEM Alliance Uganda, gave an impassioned plea to governments around the world to push lawmakers in his home country to reverse punitive new legislation criminalizing the LGBT+ community.
Sportwashing Allegations at Africa's Top Football Tournament
- Inter Press Service
Jul 30 (IPS) - Following the recent Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Ivory Coast, a continent-wide campaign has emerged on social media challenging the tournament's main sponsor, TotalEnergies, over its involvement in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).
Zimbabwe Needs Awareness, Advanced Tech to Beat Cancer
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Jul 29 (IPS) - Earlier this year, then 46-year-old Lydia Musundiwa, based in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, was diagnosed with colon cancer, which, already at an advanced stage, killed her in less than two months.
Building Tomorrow Today
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 29 (IPS) - Around the world, young people are driving change to ensure our youngest learners get the best start in life.
In rural Kenya, Aisha, a young female entrepreneur trained through a UNICEF-supported programme, has started her own Early Childhood Education (ECE) centre. This centre provides quality early learning to over 50 children and creates jobs for other young women as teachers and support staff.
Eswatini: Jailing of Politicians the Latest Act of Repression
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 26 (IPS) - Two politicians have just been sentenced to long prison terms in Eswatini. Their crime? Calling for democracy.
Mthandeni Dube and Bacede Mabuza, both members of parliament (MP) at the time, were arrested in July 2021 for taking part in a wave of pro-democracy protests that swept the southern African country. A third MP, Mduduzi Simelane, remains subject to an arrest warrant after going into hiding.
World Hepatitis Day: Celebrating Progress and Confronting Persistent Challenges
- Inter Press Service
Jul 25 (IPS) - July 28th is World Hepatitis Day, created to celebrate the life and work of Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Baruch Samuel Blumberg. Blumberg’s work contributed to the discovery of hepatitis B, and the development of a vaccine that could prevent infection with this infectious viral disease. These discoveries revolutionized the public health response in preventing the liver cancer that hepatitis B causes.
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