News headlines for “Human Population”, page 401
Breast Is Best, But Not in Swaziland
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Jan 07 (IPS) - Smiling as she breastfeeds her six-week-old baby boy, Lindiwe Dlamini, 38, is optimistic about his future.
Anti-Poaching Operation Spread Terror in Tanzania
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Jan 06 (IPS) - Ali Nyenge, a resident of Iputi ward in Tanzania's northern Ulanga District, woke up as anti-poaching security officers surrounded his home. He says they accused him of illegal hunting and in front of his 11-year-old son, made him take his clothes off, poured salt water on his body and whipped him with a cane.
Best Wishes for a Less Destitute New Year
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Jan 06 (IPS) - Over the past year more than 50,000 Palestinian refugees have fled violence, chaos and destitution in Syria to seek sanctuary in Lebanon. The vast majority have found themselves living in dire poverty, and trapped in chronically insecure existence.
Women Farmers in Chile to Teach the Region Agroecology
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jan 05 (IPS) - An organisation that brings together some 10,000 peasant and indigenous women from Chile is launching an agroecology institute for women campesinos, or small farmers, in South America.
Women Farmers in Chile to Teach the Region Agroecology
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Jan 04 (IPS) - An organisation that brings together some 10,000 peasant and indigenous women from Chile is launching an agroecology institute for women campesinos, or small farmers, in South America.
Argentine Protesters vs Monsanto: “The Monster is Right on Top of Us”
- Inter Press Service
MALVINAS ARGENTINAS, Córdoba, Argentina, Jan 03 (IPS) - The people of this working-class suburb of Córdoba in Argentina's central farming belt stoically put up with the spraying of the week-killer glyphosate on the fields surrounding their neighbourhood. But the last straw was when U.S. biotech giant Monsanto showed up to build a seed plant.
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.
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