Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 320
Will the Upcoming Climate Summit be Another Talkathon?
- Inter Press Service
PENANG, Sep 17 (IPS) - As the United Nations hosts a Climate Summit Sep. 23, the lingering question is whether the meeting of world leaders will wind up as another talk fest.
Organic Farmers Cultivate Rural Success in Samoa
- Inter Press Service
SALELOLOGA, Samoa, Sep 17 (IPS) - Rural farming families in Samoa, a small island developing state in the central South Pacific Ocean, are reaping the rewards of supplying produce to the international organic market with the help of a local women's business organisation.
A Flood of Energy Projects Clash with Mexican Communities
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Sep 15 (IPS) - Since January, villagers and townspeople near the Los Pescados river in southeast Mexico have been blocking the construction of a dam, part of a multi-purpose project to supply potable water to Xalapa, the capital of the state of Veracruz.
OPINION: Investing in Adolescent Girls for Africa’s Development
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Sep 15 (IPS) - Adolescence is a time of transition from childhood to adulthood. It is also a time of change and challenge.
OPINION: Ebola Crisis Reversing Development Gains in Liberia
- Inter Press Service
MONROVIA, Sep 11 (IPS) - As the Ebola crisis continues to take a toll on people's lives and livelihoods in West Africa, the focus is increasingly not just on the health aspects of the crisis, but also on its social and economic consequences.
Free Economic Zone Plan Slammed as ‘Suicide’ Pact for Taiwan Farmers
- Inter Press Service
TAIPEI, Sep 11 (IPS) - The Taiwan government's plan to liberalise tariff-free imports of agricultural produce from China and other countries for processing in free economic pilot zones, which will then be exported as ‘Made in Taiwan' items, may mean suicide for Taiwanese farmers if approved by the national legislature.
Will You be Chief? How Niger’s Traditional Leaders are Promoting Maternal Health
- Inter Press Service
BANDE, Niger, Sep 11 (IPS) - It is a long, 14-hour drive from Niger's capital city Niamey to the village of Bande. And the ride is a dreary one as the roadside is bare. The occasional, lone goat herder is spotted every few kilometres and the sightings become a cause of both confusion and excitement since there aren't any trees, or watering holes in sight.
Africa’s Dividing Farmlands A Threat To Food Security
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 10 (IPS) - When Kiprui Kibet pictures his future as a maize farmer in the fertile Uasin Gishu county in Kenya's Rift Valley region, all he sees is the ever-decreasing plot of land that he has to farm on.
LGBT Visibility in Africa Also Brings Backlash
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 09 (IPS) - Eighteen-year-old Gift Makau enjoyed playing and refereeing football games in her neighbourhood in the North West Province of South Africa. She had come out to her parents as a lesbian and had never been heckled by her community, according to her cousin.
U.S. Military Joins Ebola Response in West Africa
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 08 (IPS) - The U.S. military over the weekend formally began to support the international response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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