News headlines for “Geopolitics”, page 1104
OPINION: Africans’ Land Rights at Risk as New Agricultural Trend Sweeps Continent
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 01 (IPS) - Agriculture in Africa is in urgent need of investment. Nearly 550 million people there are dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods, while half of the total population on the continent live in rural areas.
Arab Region Has World’s Fastest Growing HIV Epidemic
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Sep 01 (IPS) - At a time when HIV rates have stabilised or declined elsewhere, the epidemic is still advancing in the Arab world, exacerbated by factors such as political unrest, conflict, poverty and lack of awareness due to social taboos.
Jordan’s LGBT Community Fears Greater Intolerance
- Inter Press Service
AMMAN, Aug 31 (IPS) - As the region is rocked by violence against a backdrop of the rise of radical groups, Jordan's lesbian gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community fears that new instability in the Hashemite kingdom could lead to increased intolerance towards the community.
Europe’s Two-Time Turnabout on Syria/Iraq
- Inter Press Service
LEIDEN, Netherlands, Aug 30 (IPS) - Is this one of those rare occasions where policy-makers self-critically correct a gigantic blunder? Or is it a cold turnabout guided by pure self-interest?
Ban on Nuke Tests OK, But Where's the Ban on Nuke Weapons?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (IPS) - As the United Nations commemorated the International Day Against Nuclear Tests this week, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon lamented the fact that in a world threatened by some 17,000 nuclear weapons, not a single one has been destroyed so far.
SDGs Make Room for Education for Global Citizenship
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (IPS) - Civil society leaders and U.N. development experts gathered on Wednesday to discuss the role of education for global citizenship in the post-2015 development agenda.
Africa-U.S. Summit – Catching Up With China?
- Inter Press Service
OPINION: Why Kazakhstan Dismantled its Nuclear Arsenal
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (IPS) - Today is the fifth observance of the International Day against Nuclear Tests.
Large Dams “Highly Correlated” with Poor Water Quality
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (IPS) - Large-scale dams are likely having a detrimental impact on water quality and biodiversity around the world, according to a new study that tracks and correlates data from thousands of projects.
IPS at 50, Leads That Don't Bleed
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 (IPS) - Tarzie Vittachi, a renowned Sri Lankan newspaper editor and one-time deputy executive director of the U.N. children's agency UNICEF, once recounted the oft-quoted story of an African diplomat who sought his help to get coverage in the U.S. media for his prime minister's address to the General Assembly.
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