Global Issues

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, February 27 (IPS) - Your morning cup of coffee could soon cost more, thanks to climate change, which is raising the heat on the production of the world’s most loved beverage. Read the full story, “Climate Change Is Coming for Your Morning Coffee”, on globalissues.org →

SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal, February 27 (IPS) - When you walk through the streets of Senegal’s cities, you notice them almost immediately: young boys in worn clothes, clutching plastic cans or tin bowls, weaving between cars and pedestrians to ask for spare change or food. They are often barefoot, alone and hungry. These children are known as talibés. Read the full story, “Maison des Talibés Confronts Abuse of ‘Talibé’ children in Senegal”, on globalissues.org →

GENEVA, February 27 (IPS) - The situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is a human-made disaster.The report before you sets out events between 1 November 2024 and 31 October 2025 that show Israel’s utter disregard for human rights in Gaza and the West Bank, and the serious violations also committed by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups.Read the full story, “Over 25,500 Palestinians Killed: Absence of Accountability is Nothing Short of Shameful”, on globalissues.org →

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, February 27 (IPS) - As US President Donald Trump pushes the world to war, arms spending has been rising worldwide. Wars secure more budgetary allocations, mainly benefiting the US-dominated military-industrial complex. Read the full story, “Massive US War Spending Hike Raises Debt, Taxes, Doubts”, on globalissues.org →

KAMPALA, February 26 (IPS) - When people ordinarily think about sexual violence, it’s of the rape of women by men. In Uganda, as in other countries, activists say men are also victims of sexual violence perpetrated by women, though males remain silent. Read the full story, “Why Ugandan Male Sexual Violence Survivors Suffer In Silence”, on globalissues.org →

UNITED NATIONS, February 26 (IPS) - International Women’s Day 2026 comes at a defining moment: Women and girls have never been closer to equality, and never closer to losing it. Legal protection against domestic violence has expanded in many countries. Yet, the rights of women and girls are being rolled back in plain sight, and across the world, women still do not enjoy the same legal rights as men. Read the full story, “International Women’s Day & 70th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women”, on globalissues.org →

UNITED NATIONS, February 26 (IPS) - The 193-member General Assembly, the highest-ranking policy-making body at the United Nations, is most likely to elect Palestine as its next President in an unprecedented move voting for a “non-member observer state”—a state deprived of a country to represent. Read the full story, “Will Palestine Preside Over the Next UN General Assembly?”, on globalissues.org →

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday appealed for dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan amid border clashes and deadly airstrikes, while condemning ever harsher “apartheid” edicts issued by the Afghan de facto authorities that continue to severely impact women and girls.Read the full story, “UN’s Türk urges dialogue after deadly clashes on Afghan-Pakistan border”, on globalissues.org →

The UN rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday highlighted the “human-made disaster” across the Occupied Palestinian Territory stemming from Israel’s disregard for human rights norms and serious violations also committed by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups.Read the full story, “Palestine: UN rights chief highlights suffering, atrocity crimes ‘that remain unpunished’”, on globalissues.org →

Nearly three years of war in Sudan have been marked by killings, rape and other violations, with risk of genocidal violence spreading, the UN Human Rights Council heard on Thursday. Read the full story, “Human Rights Council hears of ongoing risk of further genocidal violence in Sudan”, on globalissues.org →