Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Population”, page 395
Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill, Unsigned but Still Effective
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Jan 21 (IPS) - Last week, Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, refused to sign a controversial anti-gay bill that would mean life in prison for people convicted of homosexual acts.
Seasonal Migration Frustrates Ethiopia’s Family Planning
- Inter Press Service
DOLLO ADO, Ethiopia, Jan 20 (IPS) - Yohamin Kesete, 32, and her six children live in Dollo Ado, a pastoralist community in Ethiopia's drought-stricken Somali Region. But this is not where you will always find them.
Small Projects, Big Changes in Climate Risk in Honduran Slums
- Inter Press Service
TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 18 (IPS) - For some 250,000 shantytown-dwellers in the Honduran capital, fear of dying or losing their home due to a landslide or other weather-related event has been reduced, thanks to a global warming mitigation plan that has carried out small infrastructure works in 180 ecologically and socially vulnerable neighbourhoods.
Africa’s Billions that the Poor Won’t Touch
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI/HARARE, Jan 17 (IPS) - With its two-trillion-dollar economy, recent discoveries of billions of dollars worth of minerals and oil, and the number of investment opportunities it has to offer global players, Africa is slowly shedding its image as a development burden.
The Right Note Hits Taliban
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 15 (IPS) - For many years they could not sing, dance or play their favourite instruments. The performing artists of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northern Pakistan lost their voice as the Taliban carried out terror attacks and banned music, calling it un-Islamic. But after tentative advances in recent months, the Pakistani province is alive with the sound of music once again.
Zimbabwe's Rocky Economic Start to 2014
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Jan 14 (IPS) - Evelyn Mhasi, a qualified nurse, has not worked in her profession for the last seven years. Hiring in several Zimbabwean government sectors, including nursing, remains frozen despite colleges churning out skilled professionals each year.
Development Follows Devastation from Brazilian Dam
- Inter Press Service
PETROLANDIA, Brazil, Jan 13 (IPS) - Valdenor de Melo has been waiting for 27 years for the land and cash compensation he is due because his old farm was left underwater when the Itaparica hydroelectric dam was built on the São Francisco river in Brazil’s semiarid Northeast.
The Virtual Doctor Will See You Now
- Inter Press Service
CHILANGA, Zambia, Jan 09 (IPS) - There are thousands of miles between Chanyanya Rural Health Clinic, a basic medical centre in Zambia's rural Kafue District with no resident doctors despite being the main centre for nearly 12,000 people, and the New York University (NYU) Teaching Hospital, one of the world's most prestigious medical schools.
Fashion Backward: Cambodian Government Silences Garment Workers
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, Jan 09 (IPS) - “Cambodian garment workers have two handcuffs and one weapon . One handcuff is a short-term contract . Even if they get sick, if they get pregnant they feel they have to get an abortion so they don’t lose their jobs.
Europe's Leaders Visit Athens to Celebrate Their Failure
- Inter Press Service
ATHENS, Jan 08 (IPS) - The start of Greece's six-month presidency of the EU was marked by a ceremony Wednesday in the Greek capital attended by the EU commissioners. But protests were banned and there was no talk about the raging controversy over the bloc's handling of the Greek debt crisis and the renewed concerns about the vitality of the Eurozone.
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