News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 274

  1. Fish Farming Now a Big Hit in Africa

    - Inter Press Service

    HARARE, Aug 05 (IPS) - Hillary Thompson, aged 62, throws some grains of left-over rice from his last meal, mixed with some beer dregs from his sorghum brew, into a swimming pool that he has converted into a fish pond.

  2. Mandela Prizewinner from Namibia Still Bringing Sight to the Blind

    - Inter Press Service

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    WINDHOEK, Aug 04 (IPS) - There was pure emotion in the face of Dr. Helena Ndume, more used to bringing sight to the blind than wiping away tears of her own.

  3. Suez Canal Reopens to Fanfare but Not Shared by All

    - Inter Press Service

    CAIRO, Aug 03 (IPS) - Ships at sea around the world will blast their horns on Aug 6 to mark the re-opening of the world-famous centenarian waterway in Egypt, local officials there say.

  4. Opinion: Peace and Friendship Remain at Core of South Africa’s Foreign Policy

    - Inter Press Service

    PRETORIA, Aug 03 (IPS) - The Freedom Charter, which turned 60 this year, envisaged that a free and democratic South Africa would be guided in its relations with the rest of the African continent and the world by a desire to seek "peace and friendship".

  5. Zimbabwe's Climate Change Ambitions May be Too Tall

    - Inter Press Service

    BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Aug 02 (IPS) - With the U.N. Climate Change conference later this year in Paris fast approaching, Zimbabwe's climate change commitments face the slow progress on an issue that continues to stalk other developing countries – climate finance.

  6. Nigeria to Balance GHG Emission Cuts with Development Peculiarities

    - Inter Press Service

    LAGOS, Aug 02 (IPS) - Nigeria seems in no haste to unveil its climate pledge with just four months to go before the U.N. Climate Conference scheduled for December in Paris.

  7. ‘Permaculture the African Way’ in Cameroon’s Only Eco-Village

    - Inter Press Service

    YAOUNDE, Aug 02 (IPS) - Marking a shift away from the growing trend of abandoning sustainable life styles and drifting from traditional customs and routines, Joshua Konkankoh is a Cameroonian farmer with a vision – that the answer to food insecurity lies in sustainable and organic methods of farming.

  8. RIP Cecil the Lion. What Will Be His Legacy? And Who Should Decide?

    - Inter Press Service

    LONDON, Jul 31 (IPS) - Cecil the lion, a magnificent senior male, much loved and part of a long-term research project, was lured out of a safe haven in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park last week and apparently illegally shot, to endure a protracted death.

  9. Belo Monte Dam Marks a Before and After for Energy Projects in Brazil

    - Inter Press Service

    ALTAMIRA, Brazil, Jul 31 (IPS) - Paulo de Oliveira drives a taxi in the northern Brazilian city of Altamira, but only when he is out of work in what he considers his true profession: operator of heavy vehicles like trucks, mixers or tractor loaders.

  10. Kenyan Pastoralists Fighting Climate Change Through Food Forests

    - Inter Press Service

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