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LATIN AMERICA: IDB Agrees to Reforms, But NGOs Will Keep Up Pressure
- Inter Press Service
Although social organisations in the region got the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to agree to a process of internal reforms, there are still doubts about how the changes will be reflected in the multilateral lender's new strategy.
KENYA: Construction of Dam Will Devastate Local Communities
- Inter Press Service
Gideon Lepalo describes growing up in Loiyangalani, 20 kilometres from Lake Turkana, as magical. However, he fears the building of Gilgel Gibe III dam in Ethiopia, upstream of the Omo River, will soon mean that his childhood memories of the lake will be exactly that - memories.
EDUCATION-AFRICA: 'Change the System to Fit the Child'
- Inter Press Service
Teachers in Africa need to be trained to teach pupils from multiple grades simultaneously because although this is a common form of instruction on the continent, many teachers are not educated to do this.
BIODIVERSITY: Corals Fight for Survival
- Inter Press Service
The survival of corals, which face grave threats from ocean acidification, bottom trawling and the jewellery and decor trade, depends in great measure on a conference under way in Doha, Qatar.
MEDIA-MALAYSIA: Censorship Taking A Religious Turn, Critics Say
- Inter Press Service
For many Malaysian journalists these days, it has become very tricky to draw a clear line between commenting critically on an issue and offending a particular community and thus threatening social order.
TRADE: Whither African Cotton Producers After Brazil’s Success?
- Inter Press Service
African cotton-producing countries hope that Brazil’s intended retaliation after its success at the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) dispute settlement body will have a positive spin-off for them but seem reticent about pursuing a similar course of action against the U.S. for its continued use of subsidies in cotton production.
DEVELOPMENT: Sanitation Goals Falter Amid Official Apathy
- Inter Press Service
At the United Nations, 'water and sanitation' have remained inseparable twins on the world body's social and economic agenda.
WORLD WATER DAY: Water Everywhere but Not a Drop to Drink
- Inter Press Service
When there are water cuts in Bulawayo the plants in 59-year-old Ntombizodwa Makati’s vegetable garden are still watered, but she and her family go thirsty.
TRINIDAD: Last Chance for Stalled Smelter Plant
- Inter Press Service
The full-page newspaper advertisements touting the benefits of a controversial aluminium smelter plant appeared here just as the court of appeal is preparing to rule on whether such a facility is ever built in Trinidad and Tobago.
RIGHTS-MALAWI: Full Court Trial for Gay Couple
- Inter Press Service
Two men who married each other in a traditional engagement ceremony will have to undergo trial and face years of imprisonment if found guilty of having a homosexual relationship.
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