News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 3
Shipping Industry Seeks Certainty as Experts Back Strong Net-Zero Framework
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, April 16 (IPS) - As global shipping braces for another round of high-stakes negotiations, a volatile mix of rising fuel costs, geopolitical tensions and deep political divisions is testing the fragile consensus around a proposed Net-Zero Framework (NZF) aimed at decarbonising one of the world’s most polluting industries.
Civil Society Launch a Campaign Against Extractive Industry Exploitation and Land Grabs
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, April 14 (IPS) - Over 800 households in Ikolomani Constituency in Kakamega County, Western Kenya, fear eviction to pave the way for a British firm, Shanta Gold Limited, to begin extracting gold valued at Sh683 billion ($5.29 billion) on an estimated 337 acres of residential and agricultural land.
Will Sierra Leone’s Democracy Make Room for Persons with Disabilities?
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, April 10 (IPS) - As Sierra Leone prepares for its next national election in 2028, political parties across the country have begun setting strategies and preparing to select their candidates. However, persons with disabilities say they remain poorly represented and are calling on political parties to nominate them as candidates ahead of the election.
Unexpected Ally Stepping Up Against Sexual Assault in Kenyan Slums: Landlord Standfirst
- Inter Press Service
BELLINGHAM, Washington USA, April 10 (IPS) - Trigger warning: This article discusses child rape. Their quiet latent power comes from being ever-present eyes and ears on the ground. As they move around their compounds, collecting rent and checking on anywhere from 10 to 20 houses occupied by as many as 200 people, they see and hear things.
Stateless at Home: Kenyan Somalis Struggle to Reclaim Citizenship from Refugee Records
- Inter Press Service
GARISSA, Kenya , April 8 (IPS) - In 2006, Amina Saida was only two years old when her parents moved to the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya, near the border with Somalia.
Cambodia Unveils Statue Honouring Tanzanian-Born Bomb-Sniffing Rat Magawa
- Inter Press Service
MOROGORO, Tanzania , April 7 (IPS) - At Mazimbu village, not far from Tanzania’s Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Stephano Jaka still remembers the night he trapped and killed a rat that had been feasting on his maize cobs – stored in a meticulously woven basket designed to protect grains from rodents.
The Political Economy of Bangladesh’s LDC Graduation
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, April 7 (IPS) - Bangladesh is scheduled to graduate from the least developed country (LDC) status in November this year after more than half a century. Bangladesh joined the UN club of LDCs in 1975 and consistently met all three graduation criteria – per capita Gross National Income (GNI), human asset and economic vulnerability – since 2018.
Ugandan Farmers Sue EACOP in London in Last Minute Effort to Stop Crude Oil Pipeline
- Inter Press Service
NYAMTAI, Uganda, April 3 (IPS) - Environmental activists and farmer groups opposed to the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), the world’s longest heated oil pipeline, are mounting a last-ditch legal effort meant to stop its construction in a suit they plan to have filed in London, UK, believing that it stands a chance to stop the controversial project despite being at the 78 percent completion stage.
Iran War: What African Countries Can do to Get Through the Crisis and Emerge in a Better Place
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 3 (IPS) - By Easter 2026 it was still not clear when – or how – the war initiated by Israel and the US against Iran would end. But what was already clear was that it would harm Africa in a number of ways.
It Is Time For Africa to Fund Its Health Security
- Inter Press Service
Relying on foreign aid is bad for Africa’s health and it must stop if the continent is to enjoy health security.
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