Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 337
Small Farmers’ Loss of Land Increases World Hunger
- Inter Press Service
UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 29 (IPS) - The world is increasingly hungry because small farmers are losing access to farmland. Small farmers produce most of the world's food but are now squeezed onto less than 25 percent of the world's farmland, a new report reveals. Corporate and commercial farms, big biofuel operations and land speculators are pushing millions off their land.
Rural Communities Push El Salvador Towards Ban on Mining
- Inter Press Service
SAN ISIDRO, El Salvador, May 29 (IPS) - Mining is not viable in this country, say Salvador Sánchez Cerén - who will be sworn in as the new president of El Salvador on Jun. 1 - and his team of environmental advisers.
Malawi’s President Joyce Banda Gains Support for ‘Fraudulent Election’ Recount
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, May 29 (IPS) - When Malawi's President Joyce Banda said that last week's elections were fraudulent and riddled with rampant irregularities, social media went viral calling her a loser.
Ugandan Lawyer Revolutionises Access to Justice with Just an iPhone and Facebook
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, May 29 (IPS) - When Gerald Abila received an iPhone as a gift almost two years ago, the Ugandan law student didn't just use it to text his friends. He used it to create what would eventually become the first organisation of its kind in East Africa — a tech savvy, multi-award winning, not-for-profit organisation that uses Facebook, Twitter, SMSes, and radio and television partnerships to provide free legal advice and consultations.
U.N. Vows to Eliminate Open Defecation by 2025
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 28 (IPS) - At the height of his election campaign last October, Narendra Modi, India's Hindu nationalist leader, briefly set aside his spiritual aspirations when he told a surprised audience that economic development should take precedence over religion.
OP-ED: Why Ending Child Marriage in Africa Can No Longer Wait
- Inter Press Service
, May 28 (IPS) - Just 17 years old, Clarisse is already a mother of two, who lives with her husband and his four other wives in rural southern Chad. Three years earlier, she had watched her mom and sisters preparing food for a party one day. At first she celebrated along with everyone else, not realising it was her own wedding ceremony. When she discovered this, she was frantic.
Offsets to Cushion South African Carbon Tax
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, May 28 (IPS) - To curb greenhouse gas emissions, South Africa wants to put a tax on carbon emissions from big polluters.
Somalia Warns Kenyan Refugee Expulsion Will Lead to ‘Chaos and Anarchy'
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 27 (IPS) - Somalia's Minister for Interior and Federalism Affairs Mohamud Moalim Yahye has told IPS that the hasty repatriation and mass deportation of its citizens by Kenya could compromise recent, critical security improvements made by regional governments against the Islamic extremist group, Al-Shabaab.
Burundi Headed for Election Turmoil as Ruling Party Allegedly Arms Youth Wing
- Inter Press Service
BUJUMBURA, May 27 (IPS) - Burundi could be heading for political violence ahead of the 2015 elections amid allegations that the ruling National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) has been arming its youth wing.
Divided Opinions on Feasibility of Kenya’s Option B+ Roll Out
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 26 (IPS) - Kenya's health sector has been facing significant challenges, ranging from a shortage of health care providers to a series of labor strikes. The problems have not only disrupted health services, but have HIV experts divided on whether to roll out Option B+ nationwide or just to pilot it in high volume facilities such as major referral hospitals.
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