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Back to SearchHow Has Rwanda Saved The Lives Of 590,000 Children?
In 2000 the world committed to reduce child mortality rates by 2015. At the time, there were on average 90 under-five deaths per 1,000 live births globally. Now there are 46. The UN says that means 1…
Published on 10 years, 8 months ago
What Is The Yemen Conflict Really About?
In a matter of months rebels have swept through Yemen, capturing the capital, forcing the president into exile and causing hundreds of casualties as a simmering conflict has exploded into war. But th…
Published on 10 years, 8 months ago
Is There A New Nuclear Arms Race?
Later this month 190 nations will meet in New York to discuss the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), 45 years after it came into force. The Treaty prompted several aspiring nuclear-weapon nation…
Published on 10 years, 8 months ago
Cuba: What Would Che Say?
Ahead of a historic meeting between Cuba’s President Castro and US President Obama, The Inquiry asks if the island nation’s warmer relations with America are a betrayal of its revolutionary past. Mor…
Published on 10 years, 8 months ago
Are We Tired Of Talking About Climate Change?
It seems something is missing from newspapers and TV bulletins - climate change. A story which dominated the news five years ago has dropped steadily down the agenda. One study has found coverage has…
Published on 10 years, 8 months ago
Will The Dalai Lama Reincarnate?
Who has authority in Tibet? Many Tibetans revere the Dalai Lama and support his goal of greater autonomy from Beijing. But officials there hold the opposite view. For them, he is a villainous traitor…
Published on 10 years, 9 months ago
Has The War On Drugs Been Lost?
Forty-four years after President Nixon declared “war on drugs”, four US states have now agreed to legalise the sale of marijuana and a majority of Americans supports legalisation. Across the world, d…
Published on 10 years, 9 months ago
Who Wants What In Libya?
The beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians on a Libyan beach has exposed the lawlessness of the country ruled by Colonel Gaddafi until 2011. The internationally-recognised government is trying, without …
Published on 10 years, 9 months ago
Is Life Getting Worse For Women In Erdogan’s Turkey?
The murder and disfigurement of a 20-year-old woman in southern Turkey has prompted nationwide protests. Demonstrators have chanted the victim’s name, Ozgecan Aslan, and claimed that Turkey is becomi…
Published on 10 years, 9 months ago
Could Europe Stop Migrants Dying In The Mediterranean?
More than 3,000 people are estimated to have died in the Mediterranean Sea last year. The Pope has warned that the waters are in danger of becoming "a vast cemetery". So what could European countries…
Published on 10 years, 10 months ago