Global Issues
News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 254
Why Nigeria Couldn’t Keep Schoolgirls Safe and Why Paris Summit May Offer Hope
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, May 16 (IPS) - Tomorrow Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will meet other heads of state at a security summit in Paris, France to focus on ways of combatting Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group which kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from Chibok in April.
OP-ED: Militarised Humanitarianism in Africa
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 16 (IPS) - As the world remains transfixed by the kidnapping of almost 300 Nigerian girls, there have been increasing calls for international intervention in the effort to rescue them. But what many people don't know is that the U.S. military has been active in the region for years.
Militancy Pushes Northern Pakistan Close to Industrial Collapse
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 15 (IPS) - Already saddled with a veritable catalogue of crises, Pakistan's largest province, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) now finds itself on the verge of industrial collapse, as extortion and kidnappings drive away all prospects for production or employment.
Not Yet a Week and Another South Sudan Ceasefire Fails
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, May 15 (IPS) - It has not yet been a week, but South Sudan's most recent ceasefire appears set to collapse, along with hopes that – after five months of fighting – the country might finally be on the path to recovery.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Begins to Destabilise Cameroon
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, May 13 (IPS) - Senior defence officials say that Cameroon has been infiltrated by Nigeria's Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and there are fears that this central African nation, known for its stability, is drifting into chaos.
Kremlin’s International Policies Could Mean Russian Brain Drain
- Inter Press Service
MOSCOW, May 13 (IPS) - As Russia faces harsh sanctions and growing international isolation over its annexation of Crimea and support of separatists in eastern Ukraine, economists and sociologists are warning that the Kremlin's international policies may fuel a potentially devastating brain drain.
Eyewitness to Nuke Explosion Challenges World Powers
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (IPS) - When the Foreign Minister of Marshall Islands Tony de Brun addressed a nuclear review Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting at the United Nations last month, he asked whether anyone in the room had witnessed a nuclear explosion.
In Syria, Life Goes On Despite Everything
- Inter Press Service
DAMASCUS, May 12 (IPS) - On a weekday afternoon, the Old City of Damascus heaves with people, cars, motorcycles, bikes. Markets are crowded with locals bartering with merchants for the heaps of spices, flowery perfumes, clothing, and most things one needs, abundant in the Hamidiyah market.
El Salvador’s New Government to Inherit Hot Potato of Gang Truce
- Inter Press Service
SAN SALVADOR, May 10 (IPS) - When left-wing president-elect Salvador Sánchez Cerén takes office in El Salvador on Jun. 1, he will find big cracks in the truce between street gangs brokered by the outgoing administration, which has brought crime rates down in the past two years.
New Gestures to Opposition Unlikely to Change U.S. Syria Policy
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 07 (IPS) - Despite new gestures of support for the Syrian opposition, the administration of President Barack Obama is unlikely to change its longstanding policy of restraining U.S. involvement in the country's more than three-year-old civil war, according to experts here.
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