Hope for jobs drives recruitment by militant groups in Africa – report
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters Hope of employment more than religious belief is driving people to join fast-growing extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the UN Development Programme based on interviews with hundreds of former fighters. While worldwide deaths from terrorism have declined in the last five years, deaths in sub-Saharan Africa have […]
Climate justice gets harder as world population passes eight billion
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Reuters The world population surged past eight billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations said, warning that more hardship is in store for regions already facing resource scarcity due to climate change. Whether its food or water, batteries or gasoline, there will be less to go around as the global population adds […]
Coronavirus shocks to fuel years of unrest and hunger in poorest economies
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Economic shocks caused by the new coronavirus are set to fuel poverty, unrest and instability in heavily-indebted and politically fragile countries for years to come, found an international thinktank on Wednesday. The pandemic’s impacts will undo years of socio-economic development for some countries, the Institute for Economics and Peace said in a […]
Climate change seen posing threat to global peace in next 10 years
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Climate change poses a threat to peace in countries around the world in the coming decade, according to an annual peace index that factored in the risk from global warming for the first time. Nearly a billion people live in areas at high risk from global warming and about 40 per cent […]
World less peaceful than a decade ago, global index shows
Thomson Reuters Foundation The world is less peaceful than a decade ago, mostly due to conflict in the Middle East and Africa that is costing the global economy trillions of dollars, an international index showed on Wednesday. “There’s been a gradual decline in peacefulness over the last decade,” said Steve Killelea, head of the Institute […]