Global Politics Online Journal / IPS
Zahira Kharsany
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 15 (IPS) – A new UNICEF report reveals there is still much to be done to reduce infant and maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Failure to improve care for pregnant women and newborns threatens to undermine progress on all health-related development goals.
”Newborn deaths account for [...]
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DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Better Education Improves Health of Mothers and Children
MIDEAST: Ceasefire Moves Fading Away
Global Politics Online Journal / IPS
Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani
CAIRO, Jan 13 (IPS) – A week after the unveiling of a Franco-Egyptian ceasefire proposal aimed at stopping the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian resistance faction Hamas and on the face of it Israel, are still discussing the fine print of an [...]
BRAZIL: Afro-Brazilian Religions Battle New Threats
Global Politics Online Journal
Mario Osava
SALVADOR, Brazil, Jan 8 (IPS) – Millions of Brazilians usher in the new year by wading into the sea, dressed in white, scattering flowers on the water as an offering to the Afro-Brazilian deity Iemanjá, in return for her blessings for the year to come. But few of [...]
MEXICO: Fishermen on Strike over High Fuel Prices
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Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY, Jan 7 (IPS) – Thousands of fishermen in Mexico have gone on strike over the last few days to protest the rise in the cost of diesel fuel which, they say, has reduced their profit margin to zero. But the industry’s problems, which have [...]
