News headlines for “Human Population”, page 399
Moroccan Women Porters – Heroism and Hardship on the Border
- Inter Press Service
MÃLAGA, Spain, Jan 28 (IPS) - Before sunrise, a Moroccan woman waits her turn at the pedestrian border control separating her country from the Spanish city of Melilla. Hours later she crosses over, takes up an 80-kilo bundle of merchandise and carries it back to her country, for a payment of less than six dollars.
Q&A: Africa’s Tremendous Progress Amid War and Famine
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 28 (IPS) - The issue of peace and security, particularly in South Sudan and the Central African Republic, are expected dominate the discussions at the African Union's (AU) semi-annual summit being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week.
Political Duels Collapse Into Sexist Squabbles
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Jan 28 (IPS) - Supaa Prordeengam, a 48-year-old businesswoman, came to take part in the anti-government rallies that have been continuing in the Thai capital for nearly three months now. But disturbed by the sexist speeches emanating from the protest platforms, she said, "We need to be critical, not invade women's rights."
When the Suicide Pilots Said Goodbye
- Inter Press Service
CHIRAN (Japan), Jan 26 (IPS) - They were known as the Kamikaze who swooped down on enemy ships with their bomb-laden planes – with the pilots inside. A museum here is now planning to register the last letters of Japan's famed World War II suicide bombers as a Unesco Memory of the World document. The museum is calling these records "symbolic" of the country's commitment to peace.
Kenya’s Scorched Earth Removal of Forest’s Indigenous
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jan 24 (IPS) - Kenyan government security forces are forcefully evicting thousands of people, including the indigenous Sengwer tribe, from the Embobut forest in western Kenya by burning homes and possessions in an effort to promote forest conservation, safeguard urban water access and "remove squatters".
Impoverished Cambodians For Sale
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, Jan 24 (IPS) - Many Cambodian women arrive in South Korea or China for marriage, only to find themselves being chosen as mistresses, say labour rights activists. While young Cambodian men, who travel to Thailand to work on fishing boats, often fall prey to drug abuse.
New Leader in CAR, Same Human Rights Crisis?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (IPS) - The appointment of a new transitional president, Catherine Samba-Panza, in the Central African Republic (CAR) is generating optimism in some quarters that the country's first female leader will manage to quell mounting ethnic strife.
The Missing Faces of Ethiopia’s Poor
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 22 (IPS) - It's hard to tell if Gelegay Tsegaye is smiling, since a flap of skin covers half his mouth, but his eyes crinkle when he talks and his muffled voice rings with an upbeat cadence. He's sitting in a special ward of the Korean Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's most modern healthcare facility.
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.
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