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SOUTH SUDAN: Making of a Nation still Holding on to the Past
- Inter Press Service
The five children of Mary Muwombi have grown up in the war of south Sudan. It was a harsh existence - living on the brink of death and eating whatever they could find just to survive.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Asians Find their Collective Voice
- Inter Press Service
If some Asian states appeared to be disunited in the lead-up to the climate change talks currently underway in Copenhagen, now they are rising in unison to get the developed world to accede to their demands.
U.S.: Activist Groups Press for Sticks Against Khartoum
- Inter Press Service
Despite major progress in recent days in forging an agreement over a 2011 referendum on independence for south Sudan, activist groups here are calling on President Barack Obama to impose tough new sanctions against the government in Khartoum.
SIERRA LEONE: Woman Breaking Traditional Walls in Chieftaincy Elections
- Inter Press Service
A war is raging in the eastern part of the country, once the centre stage for battles during the 10-year civil war and the place where 'blood diamonds' where once mined.
CLIMATE CHANGE: The Many Lives of the Tobin Tax
- Inter Press Service
In the decades since 1972, when Nobel laureate economist James Tobin (1918-2002) first proposed it, the idea of a tax on currency speculation has resurfaced and disappeared many times, according to the economic tides.
CLIMATE CHANGE: ''The Struggle Does Not Stop Here,'' Say Witnesses
- Inter Press Service
‘’Those who run the decision-making on climate change are the same who have caused it,’’ said Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the world’s first international climate hearing on Tuesday, pithily identifying the reason why justice has been elusive at the ongoing climate change summit in the Danish capital.
ENVIRONMENT: Honduras Heads List for Climate Risk
- Inter Press Service
Honduras has been hit harder by extreme weather events than almost any other country over the last 18 years, says a study of weather-related losses, released here as the climate summit continues this week.
Q&A: South Is No Longer a Peripheral Actor
- Inter Press Service
There are broad prospects for developing countries to build on complementarities and leverage South-South Cooperation for development, according to Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, Ambassador of Qatar to the U.N.
ZAMBIA:: Justice Delayed Becoming Justice Denied
- Inter Press Service
Harry Mubita was tired of his wretched condition in prison. He had been in Lusaka Central Prison for more than a year, and still there was no sign that his theft case would be heard.
CLIMATE CHANGE: The World Needs a Hero
- Inter Press Service
Climate change is becoming an increasingly colossal problem, and civil society, fed up with fruitless negotiations, seems to have found its David: Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed.
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