Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 283
U.N. Sets Up Independent Panel to Probe Sexual Abuses in CAR
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 03 (IPS) - The United Nations, which came under heavy fire for its failure to act swiftly on charges of sexual abuse by French troops in the Central African Republic (CAR) last year, has decided to set up an External Independent Review (EIR) to probe these allegations.
Zimbabwean Women Weave Their Own Beautiful Future
- Inter Press Service
LUPANE, Zimbabwe, Jun 03 (IPS) - Seventy-seven-year-old Grace Ngwenya has an eye for detail. You will never catch her squinting as she effortlessly weaves ilala palm fronds into beautiful baskets.
Campaign for Affordable Medicine Gains Ground in South Africa
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jun 03 (IPS) - Patient and leading health organisations in South Africa have now joined a Fix the Patent Laws campaign launched in 2011 by Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to push for reform of the country's current patent laws.
Cueta, An Enclave For Migrating Birds Not Humans
- Inter Press Service
CEUTA, Spain, Jun 03 (IPS) - A few kilometres before the border between the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and Morocco, a sign informs passers-by that this outpost of Spain on African soil stands in a privileged position for those who wish to observe the annual migration of birds across the Strait of Gibraltar, their shortest route from Africa to Europe.
Native Communities in Mexico Demand to be Consulted on Wind Farms
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jun 03 (IPS) - "It hurts us that our land is affected, and the environmental impacts are not even measured. Wind farm projects affect streams and hurt the flora," said Zapotec Indian Isabel Jiménez, who is taking part in the struggle against the installation of a wind park in southern Mexico.
Newly-Recovered Ship Contains Rare Remnants of Slave Trade
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 02 (IPS) - A Portuguese slave ship that left Mozambique in 1794 bound for Brazil had hardly rounded the treacherous Cape of Good Hope when it broke apart violently on two reefs only 100 yards from shore.
Jamaican Gov't Sees IMF Successes but No Benefits for the Poor
- Inter Press Service
KINGSTON, Jun 02 (IPS) - For Jamaicans like Roxan Brown, the Caribbean nation's International Monetary Fund (IMF) successes don't mean a thing. Seven consecutive tests have been passed but still, the mother of two can't find work and relies instead on the kindness of friends and family.
Africa Primed to Take Advantage of Internet Opportunity
- Inter Press Service
TUNIS, Jun 02 (IPS) - There has been robust growth in Internet access and usage over the past few years and Africa is now primed to take advantage of the social and economic opportunities that Internet can bring to people across the continent, according to Kathy Brown, President and CEO of the Internet Society.
Opinion: Why the US-Iran Nuclear Deal May Still Fail
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Jun 02 (IPS) - The euphoria that spread though the world after the Iran nuclear agreement reached in Lausanne in April this year with the United States, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom and Germany, plus the European Union, is proving short-lived.
Corporate Tax Dodging Cheats Africa Out of 6 Billion Dollars, Says Oxfam
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jun 02 (IPS) - G7-based companies and investors cheated Africa out of an estimated six billion dollars in a year through just one form of tax dodging, according to a new Oxfam report ‘Money talks: Africa at the G7', released Jun. 2.
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