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DR CONGO: Promise of Potable Water for Kikwit
- Inter Press Service
When the ground is broken for the Kakobola dam, engineers just might be able to hear the jubilation in the city of Kikwit, 200 kilometres away. The city's million residents are desperate to improve their water supply.
Overhaul Foreign Aid to Rebuild Haiti
- Inter Press Service
The international community's response was fast and effective during the emergency cause by the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti that claimed at least 230,000 lives. But the 'impressive' outpouring of solidarity stalled when reconstruction began, as international and local institutions failed to measure up to the challenge.
U.S. Bank Blacklists U.N. Missions
- Inter Press Service
When the United Nations decided to locate its secretariat in the city of New York, the United States as host nation signed a 'headquarters agreement' back in 1947 not only ensuring diplomatic immunity to foreign diplomats but also pledging to facilitate the day-to-day activities of member states without any hindrance.
HAITI: Haphazard Aid Hindering Long-Term Recovery
- Inter Press Service
That Haiti will not recover from the trauma of 2010 for many years is an unfortunate but understood fact. More disturbing, according to a new analysis, is that aspects of current aid efforts are undermining Haiti's ability to begin the reconstruction process and develop a strong, functional state infrastructure.
Latest Food Crisis Brewing for Months
- Inter Press Service
The United Nations, which is trying to reach out to nearly a billion undernourished people, some living in perpetual hunger, is anticipating another food crisis later this year.
CAMBODIA: Chinese Dams Challenge Western Development Monopoly
- Inter Press Service
A steady rise of new dams in Cambodia is becoming a platform for the country’s prime minister to showcase where the Southeast Asian kingdom’s ties with China - a late arrival among Cambodia’s foreign aid and development partners - is headed.
Unrest Spreads to Algeria
- Inter Press Service
At least three Algerians have died and hundreds have been injured in four days of protests over housing shortages, rising food prices and failing economic policies that only three months ago won praise by the International Monetary Fund and other Western financial institutions.
ARGENTINA: On the Path to Sustainable Development?
- Inter Press Service
This year will be the ninth straight year of impressive economic growth for Argentina. Some analysts say the international context is the key to the high rates of growth since 2003, while others stress that there are also internal factors behind the expansion.
India Emerges as the World’s Suicide Centre
- Inter Press Service
'India has become the suicide capital of the world,' says Daya Sandhu, a counselling psychology professor at the University of Louisville in the U.S.
ECONOMY: South Africa Prepares to Head Into the BRIC fold
- Inter Press Service
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