Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 255
Focusing on Future of Food: What’s Next for Global Agricultural Research?
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 11 (IPS) - Food security scientists from around the globe gathered in Johannesburg last week with one objective: to work towards the transformation of agriculture as engine for growth in developing regions of the world. The gathering was also an opportunity to examine what farmers need to prosper in the face of social and environmental challenges.
Ethiopia’s Smoldering Oromo
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Apr 11 (IPS) - The Ethiopian government's most serious domestic political crisis in more than a decade began over a scruffy football field appropriated by local officials for development.
Interoceanic Canal Bogged Down in Nicaragua
- Inter Press Service
MANAGUA, Apr 08 (IPS) - Nearly three years after Nicaragua granted a 50-year concession to the Chinese consortium HKND to build and operate an interoceanic canal, the megaproject has stalled, partly due to a severe drought that threatens the rivers and lake that will form part of the canal.
Need to Encourage Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, South Sudan, Apr 08 (IPS) - Facing an unprecedented economic crisis, South Sudan -- the newest nation of the world -- has urged its 12 million inhabitants to turn to agriculture instead of depending on declining oil revenues.
OPINION: Indian Economy: Fading Promise or Gearing for Growth
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Apr 06 (IPS) - It was in 2001 that the Chief Economist of Goldman Sachs, Jim O'Neill, coined the acronym, BRICs, to denote the special category of large emerging economies, which he predicted were destined to transform the structure of the global economy, through sustained growth in the twenty first century. According to him, the BRICs, namely, Brazil, Russia, India and China, which at the turn of the century accounted for 25% of global Gross domestic product (GDP), could double their share to 50%.
Saving Beira
- Inter Press Service
BEIRA, Mozambique, Apr 06 (IPS) - Mozambique's second largest city, Beira, is heading for climate change-induced disaster. Cyclones, floods, storm surges and the rising sea level are threatening to annihilate this important Indian Ocean coastal city; a city which is strategic for landlocked countries like Zimbabwe and Zambia.
OPINION: Why South Africa Must Not Lose Plot on Civil Society
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 05 (IPS) - South Africa celebrated human rights month this March with President Zuma recalling the "heroism of our people who stood up for their rights." However, this same month which commemorates the sacrifices of those who took part in the struggle against apartheid and those who died in the Sharpeville Massacre of 21 March 1960 was not a happy one for today's civil society activists and organisations engaged in defending human rights. Two shocking incidents raise troubling questions for the future of civil society in the country.
Balancing Economic Potential of Marine and Social Life
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Apr 04 (IPS) - When Africa's oldest protected marine area, Tsitsikamma -- the largest in the world, incorporating 80 km of rocky coastline, bustling with marine life, much of it endangered -- was opened as a pilot for public fishing on December 15, 2015, there was a big outcry.
Women Benefit From Simple Economic Ventures
- Inter Press Service
GAZA, Mozambique, Apr 01 (IPS) - Angelina Chiziane starts her day by getting her husband ready for work in a small village in the southern province of Gaza, Mozambique, some 216 kilometers away from the capital, Maputo.
Benefits of Backpack Biogas
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Mar 31 (IPS) - Billions of dollars of aid has been pumped into Africa. Yet effective change too often remains an elusive outcome, leading to a vicious cycle: more needs, more aid but still little change. How to resolve this seemingly intractable dilemma?
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