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Careless Handling of Benin’s Medical Waste Could Cost Lives
- Inter Press Service
Fifteen-year-old Aicha is one of the many spice vendors hawking their wares in the Dantokpa market, in Benin's economic capital, Cotonou. But a closer look at her tidy stall reveals a disturbing detail: the powdered spices are packaged in recycled medicine vials.
Chad Famine — Mothers Breaking Apart Anthills in Search of Food
- Inter Press Service
'Only God knows what will happen to me and my children - for two months there's been nothing to eat. We're living like beggars,' Henriette Sanglar, a mother of four in the Moursal quarter of the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, told IPS.
Drone Technology Takes Off
- Inter Press Service
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) held its conference this month in Israel for the first time. Do future wars by land, sea and air belong to robots?
Palestinian Prisoners Fight Back With Hunger
- Inter Press Service
As 29-year-old Palestinian prisoner Hana Shalabi enters day 43 of her open- ended hunger strike Thursday from a hospital bed in northern Israel, over two dozen other Palestinian prisoners have now followed suit, refusing food as a way to protest their arrest, detention and treatment in Israeli prisons.
Petrol Guzzlers Send Venezuela's Carbon Emissions Soaring
- Inter Press Service
China may be the country that emits the most carbon dioxide (CO2), but oil-rich Venezuela and some of its Caribbean neighbours produce more of this greenhouse gas responsible for global warming on a per capita basis.
The Forgotten Emergency in Sudan’s Blue Nile State
- Inter Press Service
Hamid Yussef Bashir said he walked for 17 days with his wife and five children to get to a refugee camp in South Sudan. Here in Jamam, they joined about 37,000 other people who fled from the war across the border in Sudan’s Blue Nile state.
Kazakhstan Divided Over Fugitive Banker
- Inter Press Service
As the trial began this week of 37 alleged participants in a strike-related riot, the man who did the most to help the striking oil workers and to publicise their cause, Mukhtar Ablyazov, remained far beyond the Kazakhstan government’s grasp.
South Africa No Longer the Gateway to the Continent
- Inter Press Service
South Africa’s membership of the bloc of leading emerging economies and its unique position in Africa heralded the country’s role as a gateway into the African continent. However, trade experts question whether it can live up to this position as investors begin to increasingly look towards other African markets.
Ahead of Revived Talks, US Wavers: Diplomacy or Sanctions for Iran?
- Inter Press Service
A former top state department official singled out diplomatic engagement as the best available option for ending decades of 'mistrust and misunderstanding' between Washington and Tehran.
Ahead of Revived Talks, US Wavers: Diplomacy or Sanctions for Iran?
- Inter Press Service
A former top state department official singled out diplomatic engagement as the best available option for ending decades of 'mistrust and misunderstanding' between Washington and Tehran.
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