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Egypt’s Generals Face a Watery Battle
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Feb 06 (IPS) - Heavy reliance on water intensive crops, a major upstream dam project for the Nile basin, and rising groundwater levels pushing at pharaoh-era monuments will be pressing issues for the next Egyptian president - whether military or civilian.
U.S. Selling Coal Mining Rights at Undervalued Prices
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 05 (IPS) - The U.S. government is violating federal leasing policies when it sells land to certain coal-mining companies, according to a new audit from an official watchdog agency.
After Slowdown, Global Fight for Land Rights at Tipping Point
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 05 (IPS) - Global trends towards a strengthening of legal rights over land for local and indigenous communities appear to have slowed significantly in recent years, leading some analysts to warn that the fight for local control over forests has reached an inflection point with a new danger of backtracking on previous progress.
The Ugandan Traffic App to Tackle Corruption
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Feb 05 (IPS) - There's the good: "A slight delay of about a minute."
The bad: "Terrible jam!!"
And the unbelievable: "No jam." But as long as Kampala motorists and pedestrians are talking traffic, the eight Ugandan creators of new app called RoadConexion, are happy. For the time being, anyway.
Carbon-Neutral Costa Rica: A Climate Change Mirage?
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSÉ, Feb 05 (IPS) - Meeting Costa Rica's self-imposed goal of being the first country in the world to achieve carbon neutrality by 2021 will depend on the priority given this aim by the winner of the second round of the presidential elections in April.
OP-ED: Egypt’s Revolution Teeters as Sisi Seeks the Presidency
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 04 (IPS) - Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is set to run for president and is expected to win handily. The ruling junta and the interim government have taken several steps to make this happen.
Not Enough Money to Bring Peace to CAR
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 04 (IPS) - There are growing concerns that the massive funding crisis for peacekeeping operations in the Central African Republic (CAR) will jeopardise any prospect of restoring stability to the country.
Pakistan Caught Between Talking and Fighting
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 04 (IPS) - Whether to make war or peace with the Taliban has become a dilemma for the Pakistani government.
Advocacy Groups Split on Republican Immigration Guidelines
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 04 (IPS) - Pro-immigration reform advocates here are seeking to capitalise on new federal momentum on the issue after conservative lawmakers ended months of dithering late last week and released an initial set of principles that they would be interested in pursuing in broader negotiations.
U.S. Urged to Conclude Longstanding Review on Landmines
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 03 (IPS) - The U.S. government is being urged to conclude a review of national policy on landmines that has dragged on for more than four years, a lag that some say has indirectly led to the injury or death of more than 16,000 people.
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