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Scientists Claim Their Place in Struggle for Food Security
- Inter Press Service
Weather events such as extreme temperatures and drought caused global agricultural losses of 11.4 billion dollars in 2011, while 12 million hectares of farmland are lost to land degradation every year, and unsustainable agricultural practices contribute to the emission of greenhouse gases.
New Alternative in Senegal After Wade Defeat
- Inter Press Service
Analysts say that Senegal’s outgoing President Abdoulaye Wade was made to pay for his failure to respond to popular demands, particularly arising from the high cost of basic commodities, a lengthy strike by teachers, and high youth unemployment, by loosing his bid for a third term of office.
OP-ED: Narcotics Watchdog Turns Blind Eye to Rights Abuses
- Inter Press Service
In a world where drug offences are punishable with the death penalty, torture or arbitrary detention, we must ask how far States can go to enforce the global prohibition on drugs.
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.
OP-ED: Tunisia's Youth and Their Fight for Freedom of Expression
- Inter Press Service
In Tunisia, a new debate is taking shape. Long suppressed by the authoritarian regime of former President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia's free expression movement for many years existed on the fringe, comprised of bloggers, software developers, media aficionados and expats whose frustration at Tunisia's Internet censorship and surveillance regime — in place for over a decade — fomented their activism.
Neighbours to Confront Mali Coup Leaders
- Inter Press Service
Mali's neighbours have threatened to use sanctions and a readiness to use military force to dislodge those behind last week's coup, urging them to quickly hand back power to civilian rulers.
Women Lead Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
Kalpana Rani Pal’s pottery business is modest by any yardstick but it is small enterprises like these that are helping reduce poverty levels in Bangladesh.
Haitian women rebuild their lives one brick at a time
- Inter Press Service
The main driving force for earthquake-damaged house rebuilding in Haiti is not the government, the private sector, NGOs or international organizations. Families and communities have been playing a vital role, taking the task to build back a more resilient country into their own hands—especially women who head more than 40 percent of Haitian households.
More Ecology, Less Economy for Rio+20
- Inter Press Service
Hundreds of non-governmental organisations and social movements from around the world hope to counter the failure of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which they consider inevitable, with the success of the alternative People’s Summit.
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.
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