Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Population”, page 397
The Scramble for Kenya's Kibera Slum
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jan 03 (IPS) - Controversy continues to brew here over ownership of the land under Kibera slum, one of Africa's largest.
Hospitality, Agriculture Firms Vulnerable to Human Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 03 (IPS) - Shareholders are calling on 15 U.S.-based multinational corporations to ensure that their global supply chains are not facilitating human rights abuses, particularly labour and sex trafficking.
Seedpods Worth More than Gold in Argentina’s Arid North
- Inter Press Service
GUANACO SOMBRIANA, Argentina, Jan 02 (IPS) - Tired of the drought driving away their men and killing their livestock, the women of Guanaco Sombriana, a town in northern Argentina, have found a new source of income by using the seedpods of native trees that up to now merely provided shade in this arid landscape.
Democracy Gets an Electronic Boost
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dic 31 (IPS) - A mock poll held in Peshawar earlier this week could clean up the face of elections in Pakistan. The Pakistan Tehreek Insaf Party led by former cricketer Imran Khan tested biometric polling methods to eliminate election fraud.
Cuba’s Reforms Don’t Believe in Tears
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Dic 30 (IPS) - The landscape has changed in Cuba's cities and towns: where once only political slogans could be seen, today lighted signs are cropping up to advertise the best of local and international gastronomy and air-conditioned lodgings – signs of an emerging private sector that was inconceivable until recently.
Growing Number of Private Operators in Cuban Education
- Inter Press Service
HAVANA, Dic 30 (IPS) - Cuba's state education monopoly is increasingly sharing space with private operators, including churches and teachers working as tutors, which are filling in gaps and providing knowledge that has become necessary as a result of the country's economic reforms, such as business management courses.
Every Eucalyptus Felled Equals Gallons of Water
- Inter Press Service
NSO, Cameroon, Dic 28 (IPS) - Sabina Shey Nkabiy, a farmer in Cameroon's North West Region, moves around these days with a million-dollar smile on her face. The mother of six, who used to trek 10 kilometres a day to farm, now harvests food in her backyard.
Farmers in Mozambique Fear Brazilian-Style Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
NAMPULA, Mozambique, Dic 28 (IPS) - Rodolfo Razão, an elderly small farmer in Mozambique, obtained an official land usage certificate for his 10 hectares in 2010, but he has only been able to use seven. The rest was occupied by a South African company that grows soy, maize and beans on some 10,000 hectares in the northeast of the country.
Syrian Children Lose More Than Their Country
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Dic 28 (IPS) - As refugees from Syria continue to pour into Lebanon, the majority of children are not going to school, spurring concern that they will become a ‘lost generation'.
Rebuilding Lives Skilfully
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Dic 27 (IPS) - Farhat Bibi, 43, was left to fend for her three young sons after her husband was killed in a bomb attack in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) three years ago. A few days later, she landed at a camp for people displaced by violence. "The camp proved to be a blessing in disguise," she says.
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