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AFRICA: France Plays Suspicious Role in Countries in Crisis
- Inter Press Service
The three African states in which political crises have recently erupted — Côte d’Ivoire, Niger and Tunisia — all feature a strong French economic presence as well as close military and political ties to the former European colonial power, with France at times playing a protective role towards elites accused of abuses.
UN Women Head Unveils Empowerment Agenda
- Inter Press Service
Despite birthing 100 percent of the world's children, growing 70 percent of the world's food and performing 60 percent of the world's labour, women only receive a fraction - a mere 10 percent - of the world's income.
EGYPT: Public Noose Tightens Around Mubarak
- Inter Press Service
Demonstrations calling for the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt continued for the second day in several Egyptian cities with police cracking down violently, a development that many analysts here say reflects the nervousness of the regime.
COLOMBIA: Food Prices Rise after Record Rains
- Inter Press Service
Food prices are set to rise in Colombia, due to the combined effects of soaring international prices and local crop losses after nine months of devastating rains. The government expects food prices to rise three percent in February, while independent analysts forecast an increase twice as high.
U.S.: Republican 'Budget Hawks' Zero in on Foreign Aid
- Inter Press Service
With the U.S. national debt standing at 14 trillion dollars, the Barack Obama administration pledging to tackle the monstrous deficit and a Republican-led House of Representatives pushing for a 'Cut-and-Grow' Congress, budget hawks are zeroing in on international affairs spending - from diplomacy to development.
ECUADOR: Seven Foreign Oil Companies to Pull Out
- Inter Press Service
Seven of the 16 foreign oil companies operating in Ecuador have decided to pull out of the country in disagreement with a reformed oil law that turned the firms into providers of services to which the government will pay a fixed tariff for operating the fields.
GUATEMALA: High Staple Food Prices Drive Up Hunger
- Inter Press Service
The rise in prices of corn, beans and other staple foods, driven up by damages to crops caused by extreme weather events, is making it even harder for the poor to afford a basic diet in Guatemala, which has the highest rate of child malnutrition in Latin America.
ECUADOR: Migrants Uprooted Twice
- Inter Press Service
Ecuadorean immigrants have been put in an even more vulnerable position by the lingering economic crisis in the industrialised world, especially in Spain and the United States, the main destinations for migrants from Latin America.
Dipping Dollar Hits Burmese Refugees
- Inter Press Service
Tracking gun battles along the Thai-Burma border and preparing for another wave of refugees are not the only things that concern British humanitarian Sally Thompson.
Mexico Tempted to Shift From Tortillas to Ethanol
- Inter Press Service
Farmers' protests and the rise in corn tortilla prices in late December put temporary brakes on the Mexican Senate, which was preparing to lift the national ban on utilising maize to make fuel alcohol, or ethanol.
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