Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 220
With an Eye on Electoral Violence, Kenya Keeps Tight Rein on Media
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 25 (IPS) - As the clock ticks down to Kenya's general elections slated for Aug. 8, a move by the Kenya Communication Authority (CAK) to make journalists adhere to guidelines on election coverage has elicited fear that the government could be trying to control how they report on the polls.
Reclaiming the Bandung Spirit for Shared Prosperity
- Inter Press Service
Bangkok and Sydney, Apr 24 (IPS) - "The despised, the insulted, the hurt, the dispossessed—in short, the underdogs of the human race were meeting. ... Who had thought of organizing such a meeting? And what had these nations in common? Nothing, it seemed to me, but what their past relationship to the Western world had made them feel. This meeting of the rejected was in itself a kind of judgment upon the Western world!."
—Richard Wright, The Color Curtain .
Dispute Settlement Becomes Speculative Financial Asset
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LAMPUR, Apr 19 (IPS) - Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions in bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) have effectively created a powerful and privileged system of protections for foreign investors that undermines national law and institutions.
“The Ocean Is Not a Dumping Ground”
- Inter Press Service
PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius, Apr 19 (IPS) - An internationally renowned scientist, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim became Mauritius's sixth president on June 5, 2015 – and one of the few Muslim women heads of state in the world.
"We Can't Protest So We Pray": Anguish in Amhara During Ethiopia's State of Emergency
- Inter Press Service
BAHIR DAR, Apr 17 (IPS) - As dawn breaks in Bahir Dar, men prepare boats beside Lake Tana to take to its island monasteries the tourists that are starting to return.
ACP: One Billion People to Speak To Europe with One Voice
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 14 (IPS) - Seventy-nine countries from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, which are home to around one billon people, will speak with one voice as they prepare to negotiate a major partnership agreement with the European Union (500 million inhabitants) in May.
Survivors of Sex Abuse Say UN Neglected Them
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14 (IPS) - Several survivors who were sexually abused by peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) continue to be neglected by the UN, an investigative team has found.
The Unbearable Cost of Drought in Africa
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 12 (IPS) - Nearly 50 per cent of all emergency multilateral food assistance to Africa is due to natural disasters, with advancing droughts significantly threatening both livelihoods and economic growth, warns the African Union through its ground-breaking extreme weather insurance mechanism designed to help the continent's countries resist and recover from the ravages of drought.
From Research to Entrepreneurship: Fishing Youth and Women out of Poverty
- Inter Press Service
MONGU, Zambia, Apr 12 (IPS) - Ivy Nyambe Inonge, 35, is the treasurer of Mbeta Island Integrated Fish Farm in Senanga district. Her group won the first prize in Zambia under the Cultivate Africa's Future (CultiAF) Expanding Business Opportunities for African Youth in Agricultural Value Chains in Southern Africa. She is excited at the prospect of what 5,000 dollars can do for her group, and ultimately, the whole community of Mbeta Island.
World Must Act Now on Lake Chad Basin Crisis: FAO DG Graziano da Silva
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 11 (IPS) - Food assistance is a priority and the only way to prevent the crisis from worsening in the Lake Chad Basin, is to support food production according to José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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