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Single Mothers Battle on in Former War Zone
- Inter Press Service
VALIPUNAM, Sri Lanka, Jul 07 (IPS) - The village of Valipunam, 322 km north of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, occupies one of the remotest corners of the country's former war zone. The dirt roads are impossible to navigate, there are no street lights, telephone connections are patchy and the nearest police post is miles away, closer to the centre of the battle-scarred Mullaitivu district.
Salvadoran Peasant Farmers Clash With U.S. Over Seeds
- Inter Press Service
JIQUILISCO, El Salvador, Jul 05 (IPS) - Under a searing sun, surrounded by a sea of young maize plants, Gladys Cortez expresses her fears that her employment in the cooperative that produces seed for the Salvadoran government may be at risk, if United States companies achieve participation in seed procurement.
Burundian Women Tops in Service Delivery But Need Greater Management Role
- Inter Press Service
BUJUMBURA, Jul 05 (IPS) - As Burundi heads towards the 2015 general elections, and despite a quota of 30 percent women's representation in parliament, women in this southeast African nation feel that they are yet to have a significant say in the management of their country.
Lack of Toilets Keeps Women Out of Politics
- Inter Press Service
MALLAMPETA, India, Jul 04 (IPS) - Nine months after she was elected head of her village council, 36-year-old Krupa Shanti has overseen some significant changes in this rural outpost of Mallampeta, 570 km away from Hyderabad, capital of the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Floods Displace Lives and Dreams in Paraguay
- Inter Press Service
ASUNCIÓN, Jul 03 (IPS) - The worst floods in the history of Paraguay have forced 300,000 people to flee their homes. Asunción, the most affected area, and other urban and rural areas were flooded by the rain-swollen Paraguay and Paraná rivers, foreshadowing what might happen when the El Niño phenomenon kicks in.
Illicit Drug Deals Multiply on the Dark Net
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 03 (IPS) - In its two years of operation, the online marketplace Silk Road raked in 1.2 billion dollars in revenue and amassed an estimated 200,000 registered users – a success story that would be any start-up's dream.
Cambodian Migrant Workers Pay for Thai Labour Scramble
- Inter Press Service
Poipet, Cambodia, Jul 03 (IPS) - Eight people, three women and five men, are crouched in the dirt in the center of a roundabout where the main road at Poipet --a major Cambodia border town-- merges with the check point to Thailand. Dust swirls in the wind as they squint their eyes at the sun. Others playing the waiting game mill about on the road's edges.
Shoemaking Saves Zimbabwe’s Jobless Youth
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Jul 03 (IPS) - For many young Zimbabweans like 19-year-old Shelton Mbariro, running an unlicensed, backyard handmade shoe business has become a way to escape unemployment in this southern African nation.
Obama Urged to Sanction Mozambique over Elephant, Rhino Poaching
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 02 (IPS) - Environmentalists are formally urging President Barack Obama to enact trade sanctions on Mozambique over the country's alleged chronic facilitation of elephant and rhinoceros poaching through broad swathes of southern Africa.
Africa Under “Unprecedented” Pressure from Rich Countries Over Trade
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 02 (IPS) - African countries are coming under strong pressure from the United States and the European Union to reverse the decision adopted by their trade ministers to implement the World Trade Organization's trade facilitation agreement on a "provisional" basis.
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